Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Vitameatavegamin

I've been working on this song intermittently for more than a year--a victim of neglect, life events, and many technical disasters in the recording process.

The title is taken from Lucy Does a Commercial, "the second greatest television episode of all time" according to Nick at Nite.

The lyrics were inspired by various narcissists.

















This song features:

Terry Dumdei, an amazing guitarist in Flagstaff. He provided the rockin' guitar. Throw money at him if you get a chance.

Anne Wittke, a friend who sang at my wedding, and was a good sport to help out with the background and bridge vocals here.

Here is the classic sketch:



And this is rare: I kind of like my vocal performance on this song. How did I ever do that inflection on "bald-headed clown?"

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Pelosi Car parody reveals more about conservative anxieties

This is supposed to be funny, but really it's a revealing glimpse into the paranoia of the wingnut psyche. Or perhaps a laundry list of conservative canards.



I'm sure they thought they covered every base:
  • Unemployment ala 1970s
  • Rationing
  • Impotence
  • Command Economics
  • Al Gore
  • Homophobia
  • Chappaquiddick
  • NPR
  • Unions
  • Wealth Redistribution
  • Public Transportation
  • Barack Hussein Obama

But I think they could have done better, and covered the entire wingnut checklist:

They left out several important features:
  • Pregnancy-detecting seats with automatic abortion.
  • Includes blanket permit for use in any Gay Pride parade (but not Veterans Day, Memorial Day, or Independence Day parades).
  • Firearm trade-ins available -- it's mandatory anyway.
  • Owners manual printed in 27 languages, including Arabic.
  • Fits through the smallest illegal border tunnel for easy commuting.
  • Free parking inside the Jersey-barrier perimeter of any government building.
  • Built-in GPS continuously sends your location to nearest black helicopter.
Too subtle, eh?

It's kind of old, but I just got it today.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The Munsters Theme

This is my adaptation of the Munsters Theme.

I created this about 17 years ago when I was in The Peace Corps, apparently with not enough to do.

This has always been my favorite TV theme song, but I never recorded my version until now, thanks to a loaner nylon string guitar.







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