mouth almighty
I just finished my first appearance on a national radio talk show.
I got off the phone with bunnylicious Dean after subjecting him to the slowed-down version of Milli Vanilli's "Girl You Know It's True." I turned on the radio to the Allan Handelman. he has a fairly nifty show, usually banging on about how most good music never gets heard by the typical radio listener. for some reason tonight had a nice mix of punk kids in Wake Forrest NC complaining about bad promotion and some guy in Charlotte talking about the great guitar techs for Nordic death metal bands.
then the topic of declining attendance at concerts came up. I dialed in and got picked to ramble on about ticket cost, bad security and beer bracelets. I went on for at least five minutes. I recorded the whole thing of course, now to star on my new mix tape "Scarier Satans in Mr Big Videos," which includes 2, yes 2, ex-boyfriend-type people on the localcollege radio station either A) introducing his band or B) talking about the merits of AC/DC and KMFDM.
in other news, Friday I went thrift store crawling and hit cheese. along with the aforementioned Milli Vanilli single, I got a 3-record set from Germany called "Kuschelrock" (I get the feeling it translates to "cuddle rock") which has these awful-looking cover stars on the sleeve. it's a woman bending over a man who has stereotypical Bad Teeth and they look locked in some deadly stinky complicated embrace. I got a nice copy of the ...Actually album by the Pet Shop Boys, a cassette single by the KLF (the KLF!!! AHHHH!!!!), and two homemade videos labelled "Scott and Christy's MTV video." tape one contains six hours from around Christmas 1994... there are actual videos on it! lots of interviews with Trent Reznor and REM... when both bands had bigger hair! the best parts are the Malibu Scents commercials ("ooooh, Mal-i-boo! gotta have you!") and 4 episodes of Beavis and Butthead.
B&B had the lovliest crap videos ever. there's a video with Hulk Hogan the wrestler against a song about being "all-American." one minute he's in the ring waving a flag, the next he's playing the guitar against a blue screen of fields of wheat, the Statue of Liberty, and exploding fireworks. then there's the video for the song "The Devil Went Back to Georgia," starring Johnny Cash, some country singer I recognize but don't know the name of, and Travis Tritt's mullet. B&B think MulletMan is the "fat dude from Van Halen," and then say they've "seen scarier Satans in a Mr. Big video." excuse me while I wet my pants laughing.
the final, and best crap video is of "Over the Rainbow" by Sam Harris. (no, don't know him either.) he has very bad late 80s/early 90s fashion victim hair (do not mix the NKOTB height with the Brandon Walsh wave!) and sings in a very falsetto voice. he hit high notes only Mariah Carey wants to do. it is now required that I own this song on cd. it is too bizzare to go unowned.
sigh. I've had a fairly nice weekend.
I got off the phone with bunnylicious Dean after subjecting him to the slowed-down version of Milli Vanilli's "Girl You Know It's True." I turned on the radio to the Allan Handelman. he has a fairly nifty show, usually banging on about how most good music never gets heard by the typical radio listener. for some reason tonight had a nice mix of punk kids in Wake Forrest NC complaining about bad promotion and some guy in Charlotte talking about the great guitar techs for Nordic death metal bands.
then the topic of declining attendance at concerts came up. I dialed in and got picked to ramble on about ticket cost, bad security and beer bracelets. I went on for at least five minutes. I recorded the whole thing of course, now to star on my new mix tape "Scarier Satans in Mr Big Videos," which includes 2, yes 2, ex-boyfriend-type people on the localcollege radio station either A) introducing his band or B) talking about the merits of AC/DC and KMFDM.
in other news, Friday I went thrift store crawling and hit cheese. along with the aforementioned Milli Vanilli single, I got a 3-record set from Germany called "Kuschelrock" (I get the feeling it translates to "cuddle rock") which has these awful-looking cover stars on the sleeve. it's a woman bending over a man who has stereotypical Bad Teeth and they look locked in some deadly stinky complicated embrace. I got a nice copy of the ...Actually album by the Pet Shop Boys, a cassette single by the KLF (the KLF!!! AHHHH!!!!), and two homemade videos labelled "Scott and Christy's MTV video." tape one contains six hours from around Christmas 1994... there are actual videos on it! lots of interviews with Trent Reznor and REM... when both bands had bigger hair! the best parts are the Malibu Scents commercials ("ooooh, Mal-i-boo! gotta have you!") and 4 episodes of Beavis and Butthead.
B&B had the lovliest crap videos ever. there's a video with Hulk Hogan the wrestler against a song about being "all-American." one minute he's in the ring waving a flag, the next he's playing the guitar against a blue screen of fields of wheat, the Statue of Liberty, and exploding fireworks. then there's the video for the song "The Devil Went Back to Georgia," starring Johnny Cash, some country singer I recognize but don't know the name of, and Travis Tritt's mullet. B&B think MulletMan is the "fat dude from Van Halen," and then say they've "seen scarier Satans in a Mr. Big video." excuse me while I wet my pants laughing.
the final, and best crap video is of "Over the Rainbow" by Sam Harris. (no, don't know him either.) he has very bad late 80s/early 90s fashion victim hair (do not mix the NKOTB height with the Brandon Walsh wave!) and sings in a very falsetto voice. he hit high notes only Mariah Carey wants to do. it is now required that I own this song on cd. it is too bizzare to go unowned.
sigh. I've had a fairly nice weekend.