Rebel Music

This atrocity made the rounds some time back with various junk music purveyors. I must've been drunk that month. The good folks here at PCL are more than happy to pick up the scraps and share it with our minions.

The James "Rebel" O'Leary family were a local outfit out of the bustling metropolis of York, Pennsylvania who were well known for plugging in wherever and whenever duty called. This take on the Ernest Tubb standard, "Walking The Floor Over You" is proof positive of their prowess.

"Look At Us We're Walking"

Labor Day weekend here in the States and one thinks of cookouts, parades and the inevitable Jerry Lewis MDA telethon. Not sure that this anthem was part of Jerry's shtick but it is eternally stuck in my medulla oblongata and rears it's pointy little head the first weekend in September each and every year.





Schlockmeister, Vic Damone is responsible for this version.

Helen

I found this 'Helen' piece by a certain Mr. Tom Johne quite hypnotique.
Via MoPA (Museum of Poor Art) over at facebook.

John William "Black Boy"

Words fail me.

So bad, it's really bad.

The Medicis had Michelangelo. Rich Americans (and one rich English actress) get Dick - Zimmerman, that is. Feast and avert your eyes.

Early Christmas Greetings.

(Image courtesy of Big Rock Candy Mountain.)

The madness of Christmas is descending soon, my friends, but before the holiday whisks me away from PCL-dom for a couple of weeks, I wanted to share a few seasonal links with you all.

• First, a Flickr set of vaguely disturbing photos of Santa with crying children. (via Monkeys For Helping.)

• A list of 10 Unintentionally Scary Santas. (via Monkeys For Helping.)

• And finally, probably the most amazing accomplishment in the history of humankind, this Korean rap Christmas album. (via Waxidermy.)

Have a wonderful holiday, friends!

Groovy Shorts.

I'd wear shorts like this everyday if it got more chicks to grab me. But sadly, I don't that will really happen, no matter what Madison Avenue says:


[via Found in Mom's Basement.]

Six Slick Fellows.

Someday, if I ever get married again, I'm going to make all my groomsmen dress like this.

[via Katastrofala Omslag.]

Weirdo bad song contest

Bad Song Contest

That's right, Weirdo Records is holding a bad song contest.

To compete simply send in your bad song. It can be submitted on any recorded format. Reels, 2-track tape, 16rpm lps, wax cylinders, beta tapes, etc are perfectly welcome alongside more popular formats. If you prefer you may also submit a score or even some mere rough chord charts/lyrics/directions.

It's completely up to you to decide why the song is bad. Perhaps you know a creepy song that's quite fascinating. Perhaps there's an especially annoying song you find very intensely mediocre. Perhaps you know one that unduly pushes the limits of what could be called a song. Or you may think some entangled aesthetic combination of all of the above. The song does not necessarily have to be written/recorded by you, although originality is a factor of the judging process.

Submissions must be recieved at Weirdo by September 1st, 2008 & will not be returned. Qualifications, disqualifications, & other decisions are entirely at the discretion of Weirdo. However please note that your comments are more than welcome & all submissions will be given due consideration.

The winner of the bad song contest will receive a $50 gift certificate to Weirdo, so be sure to include your contact info along with your submission. Winner, runners up & honorable mentions will be posted on this page as they come in for all to see, hear, & guffaw over. The winner will be announced on the Weirdo email list & posted here promptly upon the end of the submission period.

What are you waiting for?

Send your submission to:

Bad Song Contest
Weirdo Records
652 Somerville Ave. #3
Somerville, MA 02143
weirdo@weirdorecords.com
http://www.weirdorecords.com/

First Christmas Post 2007??

Stolen from April Winchell's Blog
"Here’s Rajaton, a Finnish a cappella group, performing Jingle Bells on some Nordic morning show. I don’t know the name of it, but I like to pretend it’s Live! With Hrothgar and Gunhilda."

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....time to get back in the bunker.

Where Have You Gone Nelson Briles?

With the World Series ready to kick off, it's a perfect time to load up on this cheesy collection of baseball tunes. Close your eyes and take in a deep breath. Smell the brats, the fresh cut grass, fresh hops from the cold draft beer you're holding. Ahhhhhhhhhhh America's pastime in all it's glory!

Listen to the dulcet tones of Johnny Prytko and His Connecticut Hi-Tones playing "Yaztremski Hop Polka: From the Play Pennant-Winning Polkas LP, released in celebration of the Cards winning the 1967 World Series.

Maury Will and The Base Stealers classic rendition of "Crawdad Hole" anyone?

Brace yourself for Phil Rizzuto, Tommy Heinrich, Ralph Branca, and Roy Campanella's - The Umpire.

And my personal fave from the page:
"Ed Nottle - Always On My Mind: Nottle has spent most of his career managing minor league and independent league teams. When he finally did receive a brief shot in the big leagues, he blew his savings recording To Baseball With Love. The album cost Nottle his house ("But big deal. Everybody’s got a house."- Ed Nottle). Forget about Rites of Spring, this is as emo as it gets."

It can all be had for your listening pleasure courtesy of Withdrawn Records in streaming or download modes.

Play Ball!

I'm a Fool

You might think that contributing to a swell pop culture blog like PCL is all fun and games...but quite frankly, being hipper than thou several times a week can be downright exhausting. So I’m going to stop the madness here and now, and confess to the world—-that I have heinous musical taste, and always have. I’m not only going to admit to the first album I ever owned, but the first 45 record I bought as well (no, I don’t mean an EP), which is of course a dead giveaway to my age bracket.


Frankly, I have forgotten the first album I ever bought for myself , though I remember buying a 99 cent album for my father of bad cover versions of such hits as Al Hirt’s Java and Alley Cat (hey Mom, do you still have that one?). But I do recall the first album that was given to me for my birthday:
Trini Lopez: The Folk Album, featuring not only his “hit” Lemon Tree, but possibly the definitive versions of Michael Row the Boat Ashore and Scarlet Ribbons.
(download graciously offered by Na Onda do Samba-Rock which seems to have much better stuff than Trini available)



I was completely unable to find a download of the first 45 record I remember buying--even on the taste-challenged Internet--but I was able to locate a video of the song. Clocking in at a mercifully brief 1:22, here are Dino, Desi & Billy pretending to play instruments (and possibly pretending to sing, as well) on the forgettable ditty “I’m A Fool”.



I invite my fellow PCL-ers to also reveal his or, um, his own embarrassing first musical purchases to the world. Go on, I DARE you. Then, and only then, can the healing begin.