Dude! This is my 13th Halloween album. Since the first was released back in 2008, the response has been totally receptive. Whether the tunes are weirdly scary, or unfailingly appealing, the Samhain vibe has remained a successful element to listeners. This new collection mainly sticks to the appeal part, while also maintaining a noticeable Halloween style. This time, though, the blends are all surf music, combined with traditional scary songs in a memorable way.
I strived to merge the music in a way that interested me, & yet also would appeal to y’all. There’s plenty of artists you’ll know, all combined with welcome unknown ones. I started all the tracks live on decks, then saved the sections into a static mixing application which led to completion. This really sped up the entire process, again resulting in more tracks than needed. I pared them down to one full “discs” worth, & hosted it for downloading. ( plus there’s an unlisted 14th track with Lady Gaga singing over Surf greats Spring Break Shark Attack )
There’s mixes of INXS vs The Volcanos, Gene Simmons vs Satans Pilgrims, Creedence Clearwater Revival vs Creepxotica, & plenty more bootleg-style audio combinations. I included cover art for all, so your eyes can indulge along with your ears. I never bother with videos for the cuts, as I can make 10, or more audio mashups in the time it takes me to create a video. I advise watching a large bag of Halloween candy while listening, instead.
Expect another “Variety Mashups” album from me before the end of the year, as it’s mostly finished now. If you enjoy this Halloween collection, you’ll love the coming album even more.
• Published authors are frequently annoyed by would-be authors who want them to read their writing and help them get it published. On his deathbed, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux was besieged by one of these would-be authors, who insisted on reading his play to him as Mr. Boileau-Despréaux lay dying. Mr. Boileau-Despréaux said to the playwright, “Do you wish to hasten my last hour?”
• After getting AIDS, writer David B. Feinberg used to amuse himself with black humor. For example, he would make up lists of totally inappropriate songs to be played at his memorial service: Marilyn McCoo’s “One Less Bell to Answer,” Maureen McGovern’s “There’s Got to Be a Morning After,” and Peggy Lee’s “Is That All There Is?”
• Traditionally, griots of Western and Central Africa traveled throughout the territory, telling stories and singing songs and conveying news of a political and personal nature. Such griots learned huge amounts of information, and so arose the proverb, “Whenever a griot dies, a library dies.”
• William Ellery Channing, the friend and biographer of Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden, was unable to accept Mr. Thoreau’s death. Instead of saying that Mr. Thoreau had died, Mr. Channing instead said, “When Mr. Thoreau went away from Concord ….”
Eccentrics and Enthusiasts
• When Sidney, the father of author Franz Lidz, was a child, he buried his dead pet cat at Grant’s Tomb just so whenever someone asked him, “Who is buried at Grant’s Tomb?,” he could answer, “My cat.” By the way, Sidney came up with this idea for an epitaph for his paranoid brother, Danny: “What the hell are you looking at?” Just in case anyone is wondering whether the Lidz family was weird, another brother, Leo, used to sit on the sidewalk in front of a table on which was a fishbowl covered with a velvet cloth. Also on the table was a sign that said, “ONE PENNY TO SEE THE INVISIBLE FISH.”
• Creative people can be more than ordinarily madcap. In France, Charles MacArthur and H. Scott Fitzgerald once kidnapped an orchestra. They had invited the musicians to take their instruments from the Hotel Provencal to the villa that Mr. Fitzgerald had been renting. That way, the musicians could have a nice nightcap before going home. However, once at the villa the two writers locked the musicians in a room and threatened never to let them out unless they played music all night long. At dawn, after a night of music, they let out the musicians‚ who went straight to the police and had them arrested.
• Playwright George Kaufman was a hypochondriac. He once called his personal physician, Dr. Menard Gertler, and said dramatically, “I need you immediately!” Dr. Gertler rushed to Mr. Kaufman’s house only to see Mr. Kaufman in perfect health and holding a stopwatch. Mr. Kaufman explained, “I wanted to see how long it would take you to get here if I were really ill.” (Mr. Kaufman once joked that he kept a careful watch on a man one year older than himself “to see what I’m going to catch next year.”)
• The 18th-century eccentric Timothy Dexter, who lived in Newburyport, Massachusetts, wrote a book titled A Pickle for the Knowing Ones. The body of the book contained absolutely no punctuation, but two pages at the end contained nothing but punctuation marks, which Mr. Dexter told his readers to insert into the body of the book as desired.
• American fans tend to be uninhibited when they meet J.K. Rowling, author of the very popular and very profitable Harry Potter books. In LA, a middle-aged woman told her, “I’m so glad you’re rich.” And in New York, a young boy told her, “YOU ROCK!”
Named for a cocktail, the lyrics of this 1977 song reflect a laid-back lifestyle in a tropical climate and the search for a lost shaker of salt. What is the title of this song?
The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica include diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, octave, orchestral, and bass versions. A harmonica is played by using the mouth (lips and tongue) to direct air into or out of one (or more) holes along a mouthpiece. Behind each hole is a chamber containing at least one reed. A harmonica reed is a flat, elongated spring typically made of brass, stainless steel, or bronze, which is secured at one end over a slot that serves as an airway. When the free end is made to vibrate by the player's air, it alternately blocks and unblocks the airway to produce sound.
The basic parts of the harmonica are the comb, reed plates, and cover plates.
The harmonica was developed in Europe in the early part of the 19th century. Free-reed instruments like the Chinese sheng were fairly common in East Asia since ancient times. They became relatively well known in Europe after being introduced by the French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–1793), who lived in Qing-era China. Around 1820, free-reed designs began being created in Europe. Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann is often cited as the inventor of the harmonica in 1821, but other inventors developed similar instruments at the same time. In 1829, Charles Wheatstone developed a mouth-organ under the name "Aeolina" (inspired by the Aeolian harp). Mouth-blown free-reed instruments appeared in the United States, South America, the United Kingdom and Europe at roughly the same time. These instruments were made for playing classical music.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Harmonica.
Billy in Cypress U. $. A. said:
Harmonica
After three days buried at Walter Reed Hospital,
tAnus declared himself born again and
returned to the WH so he could miraculously convert those survivors
from talking puppets to walking corpses.
Dave wrote:
Harmonica. For some reason that came to mind although I’ve never played one.
Alan J answered:
A Harmonica.
zorch replied:
Harmonica, or mouth organ.
Mac Mac responded:
harmonica
Randall wrote:
Harmonica
Cal in Vermont said:
I would like them to be the parts of a Grand Concert Orchestra and Marching Band Kazoo, what with the comb and all, but are more likely to be those of a harmonica.
Deborah, the Master Gardener responded:
The reed part indicates it’s a woodwind or brass instrument through which air is blown to create musical notes. That runs the gamut from the piccolo to the tuba. I’m going with a vague answer: Woodwind instruments.
Just when you think it can’t get any worse…it does.
Kenn B replied:
Harmonica
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
harmonica
Rosemary in Columbus wrote:
Harmonica
Daniel in The City answered:
Harmonica
DJ Useo responded:
The "Harmonica". An instrument I excel at. Never even had a lesson.
I have lots of different harmonicas. Here's me playing my nickel-plated diatonic G-major blues harmonica.
I'm playing the Coasters' "Charlie Brown". lol
Joe ( -- Vote Blue, No Matter Who -- ) replied:
The harmonica. Boy howdy, my friend Google is really getting a workout these days. Thing is, I really like harmonica music especially Mickey Raphael harmonica music.
Roy, still socially isolated in Tyler, TX took the day off.
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mj took the day off.
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Michelle in AZ took the day off.
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John I from Hawai`i took the day off.
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Harry M. took the day off.
George M. took the day off.
Doug in Albuquerque, New Mexico, took the day off.
-pgw took the day off.
Gary K took the day off.
Roy the (now retired) hoghead (aka 'hoghed') ( Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. ~Frank Zappa ) took the day off.
Saskplanner took the day off.
Gateway Mike took the day off.
Steve in Wonderful Sacramento, CA, took the day off.
MarilynofTC took the day off.
Paul of Seattle took the day off.
Brian S. took the day off.
Gene took the day off.
Tony K. took the day off.
Noel S. took the day off.
James of Alhambra took the day off.
BttbBob has returned to semi-retired status.
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Info: This album is a cover of the Ramones’ album SUBTERRANEAN JUNGLE.
Brad Marino is a singer/songwriter from New Hampshire and the cofounder of veteran rock n roll band The Connection.
“I've always enjoyed this album. It’s in between the poppy Ramones and harder sound of the later 80’s albums. Though it has 3 cover songs, the 9 original songs are top notch and the covers are great choices as well. Add Walter Lure from The Heartbreakers on lead guitar and I'm surprised it’s not a more talked about album. Different bands of mine over the years have kicked around the idea of covering a lesser known Ramones album and being stuck at home for a couple months gave me the time to do it myself. Big Thanks to Tino Valpa for releasing this on his label, Pine Hill Records. Gabba Gabba Hey!”
Brad Marino - All Vocals/Instruments/Sounds
With Special guest: Kris Rodgers - Keyboards/Back Up Vox on “I Need Your Love.”
Price: $1 (USD) for track; $8 (USD) for 13-track album
King Orangejello has been all over the news, first with the debates, which were just an hour and a half of arguing and insults. It was entertaining at first but got old quickly. Then he managed to catch the virus at the supreme court nomination party. The fake news media showed video released of the party. Only a few wore masks, no social distancing, and lots of hugging and smooching.
Consequently, a rare confluence of two universal laws and a universal power came together. I’m talking about the law of Unintended Consequences. By ignoring virus protocol, the participants broke this law and by definition:
“Is the actions of people—and especially of government—always have effects that are unanticipated or unintended. ... Most often, however, the law of unintended consequences illuminates the perverse unanticipated effects of legislation and regulation.”
Ignoring the scientific principles for virus precaution for political purposes. Do as I say, not as I do!
Secondly, the Ripple Effect came into play and can be defined in this way:
“A ripple effect occurs when an initial disturbance to a system propagates outward to disturb an increasingly larger portion of the system, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it.”
All the folks at this party, republicans, ignored virus protocol and were exposed en masse to one person who had the virus. The exposure rippled through the crowd and at this writing approximately 12 people became infected including Orangejello and Mrs. Orangejello.
Third, the Universal Power of Karma finally came to the White House. Karma, means:
“Action, work or deed; it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect). Good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and bad rebirths.”
Orangejello ignored the warning signs, claimed it was a hoax, then downplayed the virus and defied warnings by science experts, thus unleashing the Power of Karma, an ancient power and well documented in the literature.
Orangejello decided to taunt Karma by leaving the hospital for a short drive-by of his great unwashed fans near the hospital. Dude loves him some adulation. Orangejello has returned to the White House and is currently infecting the entire structure and those who work there.
Perhaps when those presidential quality steroids wear off, further October surprises await us.
CBS starts the night on the East Coast with a FRESH'Big Brother', followed by the LIVE'VP Debate'.
CBS starts the night early on the left coast with the LIVE'VP Debate', followed by a FRESH'Big Brother', then some local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are Pete Buttigieg and Future Islands.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Gloria Steinem, Sally Hawkins, Craig Roberts, and Conan Gray.
NBC opens the night on the East Coast with a RERUN'Weakest Link', followed by the LIVE'VP Debate'.
NBC opens the night early on the left coast with the LIVE'VP Debate', followed by a RERUN'Weakest Link', then some local crap, and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Maya Rudolph, Matt Bomer, an 070 Shake.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are America Ferrera, Ina Garten, and David Remnick.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 10/22/19) are Rosario Dawson and Zoey Deutch.
ABC begins the night with a RERUN'Shark Tank', followed by the LIVE'VP Debate'.
ABC begins the night early on the left coast with the LIVE'VP Debate', followed by a RERUN'Shark Tank', then some local crap.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Billy Crystal, Jaime Harrison, and Natanael Cano.
The CW offers a FRESH'Devils', followed by a FRESH'Coroner'.
Faux has a FRESH'The Masked Singer', followed by TBA.
MY recycles an old 'Dateline', followed by another old 'Dateline'.
AMC offers the movie 'Trick 'r Treat', followed by the movie 'Thir13en Ghosts', then the movie 'Evil Dead'.
BBC -
[6:00am] the andy griffith show
[6:30am] the andy griffith show
[7:00am] the andy griffith show
[7:30am] the andy griffith show
[8:00am] the andy griffith show
[8:30am] the andy griffith show
[9:00am] the andy griffith show
[9:30am] the andy griffith show
[10:00am] the andy griffith show
[10:30am] columbo - By Dawn's Early Light
[12:45pm] columbo - Troubled Waters
[3:00pm] criminal minds
[4:00pm] criminal minds
[5:00pm] criminal minds
[6:00pm] criminal minds
[7:00pm] criminal minds
[8:00pm] criminal minds
[9:00pm] criminal minds
[10:00pm] criminal minds
[11:00pm] criminal minds (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of OC', another 'Real Housewives Of OC', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of OC', then a FRESH'Watch What Happens: Live'.
Comedy Central has all old 'South Park' all night.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Daily Show it's The Daily Social Distancing Show.
FX has the movie 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom', followed by the movie 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom', again.
History has 'Counting Cars', another 'Counting Cars', followed by a FRESH'Counting Cars', and another 'Counting Cars'.
IFC -
[6:00am] The Three Stooges - Uncivil Warriors
[6:28am] The Three Stooges - You Natzy Spy!
[6:58am] Road To Perdition
[9:28am] Braveheart
[1:28pm] The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
[3:58pm] Soulmates
[5:00pm] American Hustle
[8:00pm] The Wolf Of Wall Street (ALL TIMES ET)
Sundance -
[6:00am] the andy griffith show
[6:30am] the andy griffith show
[7:00am] the andy griffith show
[7:30am] the andy griffith show
[8:00am] the andy griffith show
[8:30am] the andy griffith show
[9:00am] the andy griffith show
[9:30am] the andy griffith show
[10:00am] the andy griffith show
[10:30am] columbo - By Dawn's Early Light
[12:45pm] columbo - Troubled Waters
[3:00pm] criminal minds
[4:00pm] criminal minds
[5:00pm] criminal minds
[6:00pm] criminal minds
[7:00pm] criminal minds
[8:00pm] criminal minds
[9:00pm] criminal minds
[10:00pm] criminal minds
[11:00pm] criminal minds (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'A Nightmare On Elm Street', followed by the movie 'Sinister'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 9/8/20) is Judd Apatow.
TCM "improved" their website and I can no longer access it.
Antenna TV - Johnny Carson (from 10/05/89) - Carl Reiner, Helen Shaw, and Jann Karam.
The Second City, the Chicago-based improv and sketch comedy brand that spawned Hollywood talent like Tina Fey, John Belushi, Bill Murray and Keegan-Michael Key, has put itself up for sale.
“I have had an extraordinary 47-year run guiding this wonderful living, breathing, dynamic comedy institution. Watching the talent development process has given me more joy than one person should be allowed. But it is time for a new generation with fresh ideas to take the company to the next level," Andrew Alexander, a current owner of The Second City and a former CEO, said in a statement.
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey will advise on the sale of The Second City as part of a formal process to field buyer interest over the coming months. “While all our lives have been affected by the pandemic, The Second City has found green shoots that have further highlighted our growth potential,” Steve Johnston, The Second City president, said in his own statement on Tuesday.
Beginning as a small cabaret theater in 1959, the comedy empire includes a school of improv-based arts and a corporate division. Among the long list of alumni that used Second City as a way station to Saturday Night Live and Hollywood movie careers are Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Chris Farley, Adam McKay, Bonnie Hunt, Jack McBrayer, Mike Myers, Amy Poehler, Gilda Radner, Joan Rivers, Amy Sedaris, Nia Vardalos and Fred Willard.
An activist speaking out about inadequate waste and water sanitation in rural America, an author of young adult and children’s literature reflecting the world’s diversity, and a neuroscientist who used mathematics to study the brain’s development are among the 21 recipients of this year’s “genius grants”.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the fellowships Tuesday. Each will receive $625,000 over five years to spend as they please.
Writers, sociologists, scientists, a documentary filmmaker, a legal scholar and an environmental health advocate are among the luminaries named this year. The Chicago-based foundation has awarded the “genius grants” every year since 1981 to help further the pursuits of people with outstanding talent.
MacArthur Fellows managing director Cecilia Conrad says this year’s group offers a reason to celebrate as the nation deals with civil unrest, a global pandemic and natural disasters.
Keith Olbermann announced Tuesday that he his leaving ESPN, for the third time. This time around, however, it’s on good terms, the sportscaster reassured fans in a Twitter video.
“This time it is on very, very happy terms. I hope to their desires for their sport casters to refrain from purely political commentary which is an approach with which I largely agree with anyway,” he said.
In his social media post, Olbermann announced that he is leaving the sports network “in every conceivable way possible.” He said he an ESPN have reached an agreement that will allow Olbermann to “serve [his] country the best way” possible: political commentary.
He went on to announce that he will turn his attention to a new daily YouTube series, called Worst Person In The World, in which he will discuss the 2020 election. The new series will launch Wednesday at 5 p.m. ET.
Saturday Night Live came back during the weekend to kick off its 46th season, but after months since COVID-19 ravaged New York, much has changed. To ensure that the in-studio production is adhering to state guidelines, audience members of the beloved late-night sketch series received a check for $150 to watch the show.
The New York times reported that SNL paid audience members to adhere to coronavirus guidelines noting that shows “must prohibit live audiences unless they consist only of paid employees, cast and crew.” By cutting audience members a check and essentially treating them as extras for their weekly sketch show, the NBC show safely brought back the live studio audience and continues to comply with state regulations.
Fans obtained their tickets for the Saturday premiere, hosted by Chris Rock, through a third-party website called called 1iota. The Times reported that upon signing up for tickets audience members had to confirm that they did not have COVID-19 or experienced any symptoms indicative of the infectious disease. The website also laid out coronavirus precautions and encouraged audience members to keep their parties limited to those in their close social circle.
New York state also established that televisions shows that decide to make an audience out of its employees, can only limit the viewing capacity to 25 percent of its typical group and no more than 100 people.
A maskless and infected Donald Trump (R-Shameless) appears to have re-shot his entrance to the White House - with a camera crew in close proximity.
In a highly staged return, the president waved to the waiting media after disembarking from Marine One on the South Lawn.
Mr Trump then climbed the South Portico steps and appeared on the Truman balcony, where he ripped off his face mask before waving to the cameras.
He then disappeared into the White House. However, TV footage shot from far back on the South Lawn shows the president reappear on the balcony a short time later - still without a mask.
The footage apparently shows at least one cameraman and four other people in close proximity to the president.
California’s extraordinary year of wildfires has spawned another new milestone – the first “gigafire”, a blaze spanning 1m acres, in modern history.
On Monday, the August complex fire in northern California expanded beyond 1m acres, elevating it from a mere “megafire” to a new classification, “gigafire”, never used before in a contemporary setting in the state.
At 1.03m acres, the fire is larger than the state of Rhode Island and is raging across seven counties, according to fire agency Cal Fire. An amalgamation of several fires caused when lightning struck dry forests in August, the vast conflagration has been burning for 50 days and is only half-contained.
The August complex fire heads a list of huge fires that have chewed through 4m acres of California this year, a figure called “mind-boggling” by Cal Fire and double the previous annual record. Five of the six largest fires ever recorded in the state have occurred in 2020, resulting in several dozen deaths and thousands of lost buildings.
Decoy sea turtle eggs loaded with tracking devices inspired by the TV show Breaking Bad could be used to catch poachers, a study has found.
Researchers at the University of Kent equipped the 3D-printed eggs with GPS trackers and planted them in 101 nests on beaches in Costa Rica. One in four was taken, the team reported in the journal Current Biology.
Scientists tracked the stolen eggs as far as 85 miles as they were handed off to traffickers to be sold to restaurants and bars, where they are eaten as a delicacy.
Co-author Kim Williams-Guillen, of US conservation non-profit Paso Pacifico, said she had been inspired to invent the device, dubbed the InvestEGGator, by the tactics of narcotics police in TV shows such as Breaking Bad and The Wire.
Disrupting a sea turtle nest carries a $530 (£409) penalty in the country, though in practice sanctions have been much higher as courts take into account the ecological and protection costs involved.
Jail officers accused of forcing inmates to listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark” on repeat have been charged in Oklahoma, officials say.
Detention officers in the Oklahoma City jail handcuffed inmates to a wall and loudly played the song over and over for up to two hours, according to the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office. The officers subjected inmates to the “cruel and inhuman” treatment on several occasions in late 2019, officials say.
Christopher Hendershott, Christian Miles and Gregory Butler are charged with misdemeanor cruelty to a prisoner and conspiracy. Miles and Butler played the music, and Hendershott, who was their supervisor, is accused of failing to stop the mistreatment, according to court documents filed this week.
“It was unfortunate that I could not find a felony statute to fit this fact scenario,” Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater told The Oklahoman. “I would have preferred filing a felony on this behavior.”
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has returned to semi-retired status.
In memory.
King Orangejello has been all over the news, first with the debates, which were just an hour and a half of arguing and insults. It was entertaining at first but got old quickly. Then he managed to catch the virus at the supreme court nomination party. The fake news media showed video released of the party. Only a few wore masks, no social distancing, and lots of hugging and smooching.
