Browsing the blog archives for May, 2008

Tom Waits Week: Some Say He Once Killed A Man With A Guitar String

31 May, 2008 in fnord, music by

Share I don’t love Tom Waits, per se. I love an era of Tom Waits’ career. I love from Rain Dogs through Bone Machine. This particular swath of Tom’s career really speaks to the addict in me. The Irish. This song is from Bone Machine. One look in his eye, and everyone denies ever having [...]

1 Comment
tagged , , , , , ,

Readers. I haz them.

30 May, 2008 in craziest shit ever, fnord, humor, Jimmy Page, lolcats, music by

Share more cat pictures Rockabilly week was a huge success. I actually have traffic. People read this blog. As a thank you to the fine folks at Planet Zeppelin for the clicks (I joined your board, but I am awaiting moderation), I give you locats. Also, oddly enough, Harvey Korman’s passing coincided with my posting [...]

6 Comments
tagged , , , ,

Rockabilly Week: My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant

28 May, 2008 in fnord, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, music by

Share This is from (I think) 2001, and features Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and the late, and legendary Ahmet Ertegun (whose memorial concert featured the reunion of Led Zeppelin) performing My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It. It was for the album, A Tribute To Sun Records. Ahmet produced this track, as he produced the [...]

4 Comments
tagged , , , , ,

Your Majesty, You Look Like The Piss Boy! (Mel Brooks)

28 May, 2008 in fnord, funniest shit ever, humor, wisdom by

ShareI loved this movie when it came out, Youdopia. It makes me laugh still. This scene, although a bit long, is truly hilarious in places. This is part of Mel Brooks’ History of the World Part 1. This is the last funny movie Mel Brooks made. That’s right, Spaceballs isn’t funny. Sorry. Anyhoo, this little [...]

5 Comments
tagged , , , , , , , ,

Roackabilly Week – Baby Let’s Play House : Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, Montreaux Jazz 2001

27 May, 2008 in fnord, Jimmy Page, music by

Share I don’t know why, but I’m on a rockabilly kick. It started with the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss business, jumped to Neil Young, and now it’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. This show was neat, in that it was a strictly rockabilly set, even though they did play Heart In Your Hand, that’s [...]

3 Comments
tagged , , , ,

Rockabilly Week: This Song Has Been In My Head. Neil Young & The Shocking Pinks

24 May, 2008 in fnord, music by

Share I remember this from the good old video days of MTV. If I recall correctly, the director/editor cut out every fifth frame (or something) to give the video that herky jerky look. I don’t know whose idea it was to make Neil look like a transient. Probably his. Great song. Great mono mix. Great [...]

5 Comments
tagged , , , , ,

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Sing In The Mood Live

24 May, 2008 in Coolest Shit Ever, fnord, music by

ShareBergen, Norway May 19th, 2008 Robert Plant and Alison Kraus (and T-Bone Burnett). I like it. I also like the fact that they’re switching up the playlist as the tour goes on. I can’t say that I love it, stylistically, but damn, it is nice to see some innovation and originality. I do like the [...]

2 Comments
tagged , , , , , , , , ,

You Know What It’s Going To Be 100 Years From Now? It’s Gonna be SAND! (Sam Kinison is still funny)

23 May, 2008 in fnord, humor by

Share This six minutes changed my life when it aired in 1985 (I think). I was a high school kid, just discovered Hunter Thompson, and Led Zeppelin. This is still hilarious. What got me back then, was the taboo aspect. The intensity, the misogyny, the heresy, the drug humor, and (underneath it all) the outrage. [...]

0 Comments
tagged , , , ,

Nano Bot Plays Soccer On Microscopic Maltese Cross (Holy Shit)

22 May, 2008 in craziest shit ever, fnord by

Share Well, neato! Certainly no one would use those gadgets for evil? Ok, how about for good? No? Just novelty? oh, ok.

1 Comment
tagged , , ,

Honey, The Lungfish Needs An Enema

20 May, 2008 in craziest shit ever, fnord, humor by

Share A friend of mine, who shall remain nameless, although angelic… was supposed to go to Florida for a really fun time. But.. her boyfriend’s lungfish got sick, and they had to give the lungfish a barium enema. It was spendy, so she couldn’t go on her trip. She did, however, enjoy the local Bug [...]

1 Comment
tagged ,

Sister Rosetta And The Ghost Of Tom Waits (Robert Plant and Alison Kraus)

4 May, 2008 in Uncategorized by

Share Alison Kraus has the purest voice I’ve heard. This collaboration is genius. This song could be on The Black Rider (Tom Waits). Kudos to Robert Plant for embracing the joyous constraints of discipline required by bluegrass. This album is not full of effects and overdubs. Alison and Robert shared one mic, so …. you [...]

0 Comments

Mr. President, Have You Ever Called Your Wife A Cunt?

2 May, 2008 in craziest shit ever, fnord by

Share What a twat. I mean the guy that asked the question. I have no beef w/ McCain. Of course the septuagenarian is a convervative. I will be too.

2 Comments
tagged , , , ,