We watched Joseph Losey's Mr. Klein recently. It opens with a Nazi doctor measuring a woman's nose and ears to determine if the "patient" was Aryan enough, and that scene got me thinking about a 1920s American trial I read about a while back called the Rhinelander case ( Read more... )

The back of The Royalettes LP describes the album as a "liberal concert of lush poetical songs encased in shimmering arrangements, uniquely blending the soft trumpet voices of The Royalettes", and that arranger and producer Teddy Randazzo, "wraps The Royalettes in a velvety cloak of lushness, and they respond most warmly." Hey, extravagant songs ( Read more... )

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The Waitresses were a band that was quickly formed by Akron,OH musician Chris Butler because his tape of "I Know What Boys Like" generated an interest in New York. The band featured Butler's friend, sassy chain-smoking dame Patty Donahue, who indeed was a waitress. Their two original LPs and EP have never been released on CD, so here's two tracks ( Read more... )

I had the misfortune of discovering the existence of these while at the grocery store tonight.
Peep the publisher's tag line:
Hitch up your wagon and take a buggy ride into Amish country, where love, faith, and hope get a second chance at life!

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I pretty much slept 15 hours today. However, I did take a break from sleep around 1 PM to eat breakfast and buy my Kids in the Hall tickets that went on sale today. I have not had to deal with Ticketmaster in a while. I'm amazed how two $35 tickets total over $100 after all the fees. I think I got pretty decent seats, they are a little left of ( Read more... )

Whoa, it's been a while. I went back to school last semester and I'm still working 40+ hours a week, but a lack of time is not the only reason I have not been around: I simply lost interest. I know my lack of interest in planting myself in front of the computer has hit an all-time high when I even neglect Flickr. I noticed a lot of people I know on ( Read more... )

I'll let the Weather Girls and their amazing back-up dancers handle my Christmas greetings this year:

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A few weeks ago, a customer got me hip to a movie I never heard of before, Black Devil Doll From Hell. Take a look at a review HERE. It sounds like it's a crowning achievement in crackpot cinema. Has anybody seen it? Can anyone burn me a copy? I can trade for a copy. I NEED this black devil doll in my life.

I bought a Nintendo DS last week just so ( Read more... )

Here's two female versions of "Tar & Cement", originally by Italian singer-songwriter-actor-all around cool guy, Adriano Celentano. Does anybody have his version they could share? And speaking of Italian singers, was it somebody on LiveJournal who posted a Rita Pavone file this past June or July? I downloaded it, totally forgot about it, and I just ( Read more... )