Music
Humorous Songs of Abe Burrows
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 20, 2023 -
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Category: Humor, Music, 1940s
Chrome
Let us all know if/when you bail.The band's Wikipedia page.
Chrome is an American rock band founded in San Francisco in 1976 by musician Damon Edge and associated with the 1970s post-punk movement.[3] The group's raw sound blended elements of punk, psychedelia, and early industrial music,[4] incorporating science-fiction themes, tape experimentation, distorted acid rock guitar, and electronic noise.[5] They have been cited as forerunners of the 1980s industrial music boom.[6] They found little commercial success as part of San Francisco's 1970s music scene...
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 16, 2023 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Music, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Miss Juke Box, Revisited
A few months ago, I made a post titled "Miss Juke Box" that involved a song of that name. But now, with more diligent research, I actually find some beauty contest queens under that rubric. Alas, I cannot identify the woman in the first photo.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 15, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Music, Technology, Twentieth Century
Werner Hirzel
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 09, 2023 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Human Marvels, Music, Television, Twentieth Century
Space is the Place
The definitive statement from a master weirdo, Sun Ra. A couple of clips below.The entire movie can be viewed on YouTube (but not embedded here).
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 08, 2023 -
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Category: Aliens, Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Music, Space Travel, 1970s
You Are What You Eat
This entire documentary about hippies, titled YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, is not embeddable, but is available on YouTube. After viewing these two clips, you'll know if you can take the entire 70-minute production.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 07, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Documentaries, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
Cuba Va!
Stoke your revolutionary fervor via the embedded player below!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 05, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Revolutions, Coups, Collapses and Regime Changes, 1970s, Caribbean
Punch and Judy: The Opera
The Wikipedia page for the opera.The work caused great controversy with members of the audience, because of the violence of the plot and the nature of the music. Benjamin Britten was reported to have left the premiere at the interval.[3]
The composer's Wikipedia page.
Birtwistle's music is complex, written in a modernistic manner with a clear, distinctive voice, with sounds described as of "sonic brashness".[10]
Your reactions solicited.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 31, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Avant Garde, Myths and Fairytales, 1960s
Annual Whistling Contest
Learn more at their website.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 29, 2023 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Human Marvels, Music
The Baroque Beatles Book
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 28, 2023 -
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Category: Humor, Music, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, 1960s
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