Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Did I really watch "The Real Gilligan's Island" last night?

I couldn’t find any other alternative last night and ended up watching the premiere episode. It was pretty awful, but I had to keep watching to see the entire premise. Like a car wreck.

Two teams, consisting of a real boat captain (The Skipper), real first mate (Gilligan), a real ultra wealthy couple (The Millionaire and his Wife), real celebrity (The Movie Star), real teacher (The Professor) and real farm girl (Mary Anne) compete against each other to eliminate their opposite number on the other team.

After their competitions (challenges), the loser is sent to the other side of the island (kicked off the island). How are they not getting sued by the folks at “Survivor”? It’s the same damn show, except that one of the dudes is running around in a red shirt. I'm looking forward to the episode where the castaways are visited by a process server who washes ashore with a cease and desist order from Mark Burnette.

What was fun is that one of the Mrs. Howell’s is vehemently anti-gay. The Professor on her team is gay and she was ranting about him and how he flaunts his homosexuality (he showed people a picture of his boyfriend). There was a funny rap equating gays and bestiality. She had some line about people have sex with snakes. Her ignorance was stunning.

My roommate pointed out the gay-bashing Mrs. Howell is flaunting her wealth and acting like she is different than "other people", however, it’s known that her and her husband have “less than 3 million dollars”. Rachel Hunter (who along with Nicole Eggert play Ginger) has $3M. She probably got that much from Rod in the settlement, much less her model money.

And speaking of which, Rachel Hunter is absolutely STUNNING in the slinky Ginger dress. Zoinks!

Monday, November 29, 2004

What I am thankful for this year...

On the way back from my sister's house this Thanksgiving, my cousin and I got the last two seats at the second to last stop, before the bus went express. Easily 20+ people got on at the next stop and had to stand for over a half hour.





Tuesday, November 23, 2004

The Continental 11/19/04

Pictures I took last Frida at the Continental in NYC:

The Master Plan (featuring Keith Streng & Bill Milhizer from the Fleshtones and Andy Shernoff of the Dictators)

The Mighty High (Seven songs about pot. One about coke.)

The Waldos (with special guests Gordon Spaeth and Paul Johnson)

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

It's just wrong

Doin the Lyndie at the WFMU record fair

I'm in love, with that song (#1)


METAMORPHO is the song that first brought the 365 Days Project to my attention. After hearing all the songs, and even curating one, I think it's still my favorite.

It's from the album "Songs & Stories About The Justice League of America". The production values on it is awful. I think there *might* be two guys doing the voices, but it's probably just one. It's certainly a dude doing the voice of Wonder Woman. All the songs about the individual members (Plastic Man, Flash, etc.) are basically their origin stories set to music.

I'll probably post more from this album as this blog progesses, along with other super hero songs. Stay tuned for "Captain Marvel Jones".



The Hottest Dress Ever

Tyra Banks looked stunning at the Vibe Awards. I would stab someone to get next to her.


Tuesday, November 16, 2004

My Contribution to the 365 Days Project

DECEMBER 2 #336
Curated by: Eric Fusco

The Real Don Steele - Cecil The Unwanted Frenchfry

Some years ago I was at a birthday party for a friend and Jahna's gift to the birthday girl was a single by "The Real Don Steele", entitled "Cecil The Unwanted Frenchfry." She knew nothing about the record, but figured by the title it would probably be good for a laugh or two.

She was right. I'd never heard anything quite like it: the voice on the track told the story of a lovable spud named Cecil who dreamed of becoming a delicious frenchfry. When he finally does, he laments that the rest of his fry buddies are bought by a customer, and Cecil is left alone. The unwanted french-fry.

Since that day, I've been keeping my eye out for my own copy of "Cecil the Unwanted Frenchfry."

A few weeks ago I had the good fortune of finding a somewhat battered copy of the single at the garage sale of Telstar Records impresario Todd Abramson's garage sale. Todd books Maxwells in Hoboken, NJ and is known as Todd-A-Phonic Todd to listeners of WFMU. Figure if he's getting rid of a record, its still gotta be pretty good.

The singer on the record is the Real Don Steele. He was a DJ in LA during the sixties, credited with originating "Boss Radio in Boss Angeles".

"Mr. Steele was never one to analyze the evolution of rock radio. In a 1995 interview, he insisted, "Look, you take the Motown sound and the British Invasion and you throw in Elvis and Roy Orbison, and you have a music mix that's hard to beat at any time or any place."

What prompted Don to record the story of Cecil may never be revealed. Another unexplained item surrounding Don was the fact he would start each broadcast with the phrase, "Tina Delgado is Alive! Alive!" Who Tina Delgado was is a mystery he took with him when he passed away in 1997. Not even his wife knew.

www.therealdonsteele.com

Monday, August 16, 2004

Little Steven Show

This summer, my band, the Subway Surfers, were invited to partake in the first round of the Little Steven Undground Garage Battle of the Bands in Asbury Park, NJ, last Friday. It was a lot of fun, even though we didn't win. We got to play to the biggest audience yet and met alot of other cool bands that we've never met before. Some that are in the NYC area, others that came from as far away as Texas to compete.

Wanna see some pics? Go here: