Beatles Rock Band for Under $30

On Amazon for under $30 - All Systems.

Finally a new Podcast....

Well it's been too long my friends...but I think I've finally tapped into the cosmic unconsciousness with my new music podcast, Plate O' Shrimp; an exploration of a parallel pop music universe. This week, we delve into Harry Dean Stanton, Charles Bukowski, and tracks from Damien Jurado, Mano Negra, Aimee Mann, Vashti Bunyan, Tim Hardin, Dios Malos, the Plugz, as well as some obscurities from The Kinks, Rolling Stones, and Pink Floyd.

Download Here.

Stop for Me

Science v. Religion

KNEEL

SOTD: Winning the War on Drugs

As we get closer to inauguration I can't help but wonder if we'll shift in the drug war policy of this country. Trust me, 100 years from now will see this time period the way we view prohibition in the 30s. You know the surge in drug violence in Mexico over the last few months? Tied directly to the restrictions we placed on cold medicine making it harder to obtain Epiphendren(sp) to make crystal meth, so a lot of meth production has moved south, hence creating a new drug war in Mexico as cartels fight for control for exporting this new drug north.

But enough of that. What do the Asylum Street Spankers have to say about it?

I give you: Winning the War on Drugs

Ken's Dinner with Pim!

Updates of Ken's Adventures in Thailand!

Ken would never blog himself, so I shall do it for him.

"I'm texting you from the patio of a delightful Moroccan bar. It's 80 degrees at 20pm. I'm in the company of a lively and lovely, but off limits, Thai beauty of 25. I go home soon to my empty apartment.

So alone.

Things have been worse."

(Note: Ken is too lazy to take his own photos, so this is just a bar in Thailand, not necessarily the one he's at....but it could be.

The Baron does stand up!

I was working on this Scottish film at work....

They switched our coffee brand. Let's see if anyone notices

Simply Brilliant

I will not even preface this piece of brilliance with words...

R.I.P. George Carlin

I'm so mixed on Carlin. Listening to his work so much of it is cheap, cheap humor; in his later years it seems like he is dependent upon his reputation for laughs, as many of the jokes themselves are just, what my mom would call, "bathroom humor". Not funny unto themselves, but funny coming out of him. And then, every so often, he drops in a brilliant piece of work like this, and I'm reminded of why he is brilliant.

If I Were Wes Anderson: A Fictional Soundtrack

Part 2 in our ongoing fictional soundtrack series...Today I'm channeling my beloved Wes Anderson.

Presenting:



The Flying Finklesteins

The ups and downs of a multi-generaltion trapeeze circus family.

The Finklesteins are Jewish French trapeeze artists, famous for their part for fighting the Nazis with the French Resistance and then finding themselves on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall...until their daring escape back to France in the late 60s which is when we catch up with them. Francois Finklestein, the family patriarch has been cursed with 4 rebellious daughters who seek to escape the circus life and live ordinary, normal lives...a lofty goal that they are ill-prepared to achieve.

1. Morning Song by The Kinks
2. The Arrival of The Queen of Sheba by Swingle Singers
3. The Partisan by Leonard Cohen
4. A Well Respected Man by The Kinks
5. The First Cut is the Deepest by Cat Stevens
6. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan
   
7. I’ll be Your Mirror by The Velvet Underground
8. I Think I See the Light by Cat Stevens
9. Badinerie by Swingle Singers
10. Green is the Colour by Pink Floyd
11. Je T’aime Moi Non Plus by Serge Gainsbourg
12. Unknown Soundtrack Music by Unknown (Can you identify it?)
13. La Mantilla by Esquivel
14. The Pilgrim’s Tale by T-Rex
15. Sunny Goodge Street by Donovan
16. I Wish I Wish by Cat Stevens
17. Malambo #1 by Yma Sumac
18. Concerto Grosso Op6 No 1 by Swingle Singers
19. La Fin De L’ete by Friends of Dean Martinez
20. In My Life by Judy Collins

Get the soundtrack here.

Speaking of contact juggling

Here's the behind-scenes from Labyrinth about the contact juggling. The 20th Anniversary edition is available on DVD etc.

My Friend Arlen's Review Of Indy IV

No words are necessary....

Contact Juggling

This reminds me of the crystal ball scene from Labyrinth. Very Cool

Wonder Twins? Noooooo!

Sigh. At least they weren't Jan & Marvin. I still hate them so much.

R.I.P. Sydney Pollack

Here's a great scene out of Tootsie. A little backstory which you can find on the Extras on the 25th Anniversary DVD. Sydney didn't want to do the part of the agent. Originally that role was going to Dabney Coleman, but Dustin Hoffman really pushed Sydney to do it. I believe he sent him roses everyday until he relented.

That's Damn Fine Pie.

For some inexplicable reason, every single episode of Twin Peaks is on CBS.com.

Don't question. Just go and watch.