Babysitter of the Damned

Leni Riefenstahl's Missing Rap Video

2008-11-20T20:14:00.002-05:00

NSFW due to Hitler.... and some colorful free style gangsta rap action.

Dont blame me. I voted for Kodos!

2008-11-05T05:29:00.001-05:00

Monkey Mondays blows a seal

2008-10-27T21:13:00.000-04:00

Monkey Mondays: Pop Culture Ate Itself...

2008-10-13T19:00:00.001-04:00

and threw up:

Signifying Monkey Monday

2008-09-29T18:32:00.002-04:00

This is a NSFW due to language clip of Rudy Ray Moore as Dolemite doing his take on the Signifying Monkey:

Monkey Mondays Gone To Heaven

2008-09-22T07:01:00.001-04:00

The Pixies on David Letterman's show:

Rest in Peace Earl Palmer

2008-09-20T07:37:00.002-04:00

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

W. H. Auden

Earl Palmer helped invent rock and roll. In fact he probably did more for it with one song that most of his contemporaries did with their entire catalogs. That song is "The Fat Man" by Fats Domino; it is usually cited as one of the first recordings to feature nothing but New Orleans style back beat from start to finish. This is the essential rock and roll rhythm.

Earl Palmer played drums on most of the hits by Fats Domino and Little Richard and was considered the ultimate session drummer for most of his career.

He is gone. At 84 years old, he had a much longer life than your average rock and roll drummer and in these troubled times I am afraid that his death will largely go unnoticed by the general public. The small blurb on the "latest news" section of the cnn.com site simply states 'Tutti Frutti' drummer Earl Palmer dead at 84. Yep, he played on "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard and while that is certainly one of the more well known records of that era, I don't think that this headline says nearly enough. I wonder if that same writer would refer to Chuck Berry as the "My Ding-A-Ling" singer. Why the Hell not, That was Chuck Berry's only number one hit.

Here is a youtube clip of Earl Palmer playing on "I'm Walkin'" on an instructional tape:

Earl Palmer played on the original hit recordings of this song for both Fats Domino and Ricky Nelson so he is the last word on this number.

Anyway, Earl Palmer is dead. Our Mainstream media doesn't know shit about rock and roll. I am pissed. Only the first item in that list is news.

Tweeter and The Monkey Monday

2008-09-15T13:10:00.000-04:00

Monkee Mondays: Paperback Believer

2008-09-08T06:01:00.001-04:00

It's like mashed up bubblegum.

Monkey Mondays: Noisy Love Duet

2008-08-24T20:50:00.002-04:00

As seen on Fark:

"The male and female became star attractions at Bristol Zoo when they arrived as part of a breeding programme, and were described as the "all-singing Kings of the Swingers". They had the run of the outdoor area complete with playground equipment and trees to swing on, and were even allowed to roam the space at night. "

Here is a link to the Gibbon love call and one for the London Telegraph article.

My thoughts:
1. If I could make a woman howl like that I'd never have to work another day in my life and 2. "all-singing King of the Swingers" is one hell of a better nome de plume than "Babysitter of the Damned"

Monket Mondays Gets An Ape Drape

2008-08-18T06:56:00.002-04:00

Make it like that famous country singer
Or that guy I saw last night on Jerry Springer
Clean me up but let me keep my edge,
In the day I like to keep it dignified
But at night you know I got another side
And I don't give a damn,
Cause I am what I am
Even if it's really really bad.

Hitler bad, Vandals good...
I've given up the Ape Drape but I still want to be a cowboy...

Monkey Mondays: Space Monkey

2008-08-11T19:36:00.001-04:00

Monkey Mondays Goes to The Olympics

2008-08-04T22:59:00.003-04:00

"In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and yet again, as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of Heaven, the moisture of the Earth, the powers of the Sun and the Moon all worked upon a certain rock, old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named "Thought". Tathagata Buddha, the Father Buddha, said, "With our thoughts, we make the World". Elemental forces caused the egg to hatch. From it then came a stone monkey. The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!"

From a Chinese folk tale to a campy 1970s Japanese television show. Now the legend of Monkey has been transformed into....

an advertisement for BBC Olympic coverage.

Nuts, Hot Nuts

2008-07-31T19:40:00.001-04:00

Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts. Now there was a party band. Here is a video made by a fan:

Alice: 1993 - 2008

2008-07-28T20:48:00.002-04:00

It was probably the cancer that caused the liver failure a couple of months ago. Today it was the lungs and it was too much.

R.I.P Alice.

"Dog," by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The dog trots freely in the street

and sees reality

and the things he sees

are bigger than himself

and the things he sees

are his reality

Drunks in doorways

Moons on trees

The dog trots freely thru the street

and the things he sees

are smaller than himself

Fish on newsprint

Ants in holes

Chickens in Chinatown windows

their heads a block away

The dog trots freely in the street

and the things he smells

smell something like himself

The dog trots freely in the street

past puddles and babies

cats and cigars

poolrooms and policemen

He doesn't hate cops

He merely has no use for them

and he goes past them

and past the dead cows hung up whole

in front of the San Francisco Meat Market

He would rather eat a tender cow

than a tough policeman

though either might do

And he goes past the Romeo Ravioli Factory

and past Coit's Tower

and past Congressman Doyle of the Unamerican Committee

He's afraid of Coit's Tower

but he's not afraid of Congressman Doyle

although what he hears is very discouraging

very depressing

very absurd

to a sad young dog like himself

to a serious dog like himself

But he has his own free world to live in

His own fleas to eat

He will not be muzzled

Congressman Doyle is just another

fire hydrant

to him

The dog trots freely in the street

and has his own dog's life to live

and to think about

and to reflect upon

touching and tasting and testing everything

investigating everything

without benefit of perjury

a real realist

with a real tale to tell

and a real tail to tell it with

a real live

barking

democratic dog

engaged in real

free enterprise

with something to say

about ontology

something to say

about reality

and how to see it

and how to hear it

with his head cocked sideways

at streetcorners

as if he is just about to have

his picture taken

for Victor Records

listening for

His Master's Voice

and looking

like a living questionmark

into the

great gramophone

of puzzling existence

with its wondrous hollow horn

which always seems

just about to spout forth

some Victorious answer

to everything

Monkey Mondays: Where Is Your God Now?

2008-07-21T07:28:00.003-04:00

Yes, it's a Bob Marley/Iron Maiden mashup .... and a monkey!

Olaf Made Me Do It

2008-07-18T22:14:00.003-04:00

Olaf over at Gradin.com tagged me to do some sort of meme. I am supposed to tag 5 other people. As I am sort a recluse, both on the Internet and in real life, the tagging will end here. Also, I don't think I know 5 other people with blogs.

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?

Well back in 1998, I was living in Ball Ground Georgia, working as an desktop database developer in Duluth Georgia and enrolled in the MBA program at Kennesaw State University. I think I spent more time that year driving than doing anything else.

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today?

It is almost Ten O'clock so these items are in the past. I finished some reports at work. I swam laps at Green Street Pool at noon. I had a rare lunch date with the missus at Longhorn thus using a gift card that had been in my wallet for a month. I cooked a pretty good stir fry containing leftover rice and the remains of a roasted chicken that had been in the fridge since Wednesday. I watched the latest Avatar - The Last Airbender episode with the small child. All I have left on the list is to finish this post and go to sleep

3. Snacks I enjoy:

For better or worse I like pretty much all of them. I'm a snackin' fool but there are others who take snacking to another level.

4. Places I’ve lived:

These towns are all in Georgia: Tifton, Athens, Canton, Jasper, Ball Ground and Gainesville. Athens was the most fun from what I remember.

5. Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

I would try to keep a very low profile. You have to keep a low profile when you are building an army of indestructible killer robot monkeys. Then there is another step best described as "?" but after that is step 3: Profit.

I would also hire The Cramps to play at my daughters first school dance. Hell, I might try to do that anyway.

I could probably do the monkey robot thing with less than a billion dollars too.

"I can't lose with the stuff I use...."

Monkey Mondays: A Touch of Class

2008-07-14T07:08:00.002-04:00

Well, it rhymes with class at least. Damn. What quality entertainment I find on the Internets....

Monkey Mondays From Across The Pond

2008-07-07T18:37:00.000-04:00

Monkey Mondays Says Good Morning

2008-06-30T08:58:00.001-04:00

Monkey Mondays: Get your filthy paws off me, you damn dirty ape

2008-06-23T06:42:00.001-04:00

Rocky Mountain National Park: Bear Lake

2008-06-22T20:48:00.003-04:00

Snow in June? We don't have that in my neck of the woods down here in the deep south. But this recent vacation picture is of Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park Colorado. The trail around the lake is easily accessible and incredibly beautiful despite the multitude of tourists. I didn't see any bears at the lake but we did spot one in Littleton CO earlier in the week during a local event called "T-Bone Tuesday".

The Anti Pigeon Shit Starbucks Sign

2008-06-22T20:30:00.003-04:00

I was recently at the massive REI store in Denver CO where I noticed this heavily fortified Starbucks sign on the side of the building. A closer inspection will reveal the upturned nails protruding from every millimeter of the sign and the protruding brickwork on the outside wall. The nails keep the winged bastards from shitting on the building but the birds still lurk in the trees and on the patio furniture....watching.....waiting for any crumb from the ginger molasses cookie to hit the ground. Then they strike.

Unknown Hinson: Master of Love

2008-06-21T10:19:00.001-04:00

Violent and Crazy

2008-06-21T10:14:00.002-04:00