Strike One

Lew Burdette, a crafty right hander for the Milwaukee Braves was the MVP of the '57 World Series. Known for his outstanding control, the Nitro, West Virgina native was often accused of throwing the illegal spitball. Sportswriter Red Smith was once quoted as saying, "There should be 3 pitching statistics for Burdette: Wins, Losses, and Relative Humidity."
Burdette was also a bit of a practical joker posing as a lefty in this 1959 Topps card.

Lew shows a bit less control in this number recorded in 1959. Another in a short list of baseball player recording fails.

Thanks to my Facebook buddy, Radiolux Franky for the goodness.

Thank Jehovah for Kung Fu Bicycles and Priscilla Presley

Our friends at PBS give us the documentary Off the Charts, a look at the song poem monkey business.

Rolling In the Deep

Ain't talking about Adele. This is rock and droll at its finest. Thanks to Bop Shops Tom Kohn for the magic.

Jesus Rap

Maybe this qualifies as cyber-bullying, but don't put the blame on us. PCL has always been eager to put the truth out there. We are the wiki-leaks for the lost and nerdy trash culture generation. Sometimes the truth is ugly. So be it.
So, thanks to cringevenom (again!) we can now "enjoy" Jesus Rap.

I'll Be Your Freakazoid.

I usually don't share much Everything is Terrible stuff, but some things are just too good not to share. Like this.

One For You, One For Me

Since I've unwittingly started the "embarrassed to be white" (who said it? Lex?) series, I keep stumbling across these. Really - I don't set out to find them ... they just find me. And they were HITS!

When I Smoke My Face

Don't know the language? No problem!

Take Me Out To The Ball Game?

"Let's play ball it's game day......"
No thanks, Scott. I'd rather stick an ice pick in my eardrums than hear you whine your way through a baseball themed tune. Just awful. Whomever on the Marlins commissioned this abortion needs to think about another line of work.

Viewer Beware: This video sucks ass.

Grandma's Party

Why?

John William "Black Boy"

Words fail me.

The Mystery of the Mystrys

The story of the Mystry's is the stuff of legend. Formed in 1966 by an enterprising Australian entrepreneur named Michael Kopp, the band was destined as the "next big thing" after the British Invasion phenomena. Mr. Kopp, thinking way too hard for an angle that would propel the band into the stratosphere came up with idea that the band would claim that they were from another planet. Alien names were assigned to the band members and their identity would remain an complete Mystry

Lead guitarist, Ziggy Zapata, bore the nickname "Kuff" (try it backwards) and bandmates sported "futuristic" costumes that were little more than green velvet hoods hurriedly stitched together with eye and mouth holes cut out.



Their crowning achievement was the single, "Witch Girl" backed by "Land of The Green Sun"


The Mystrys - Witch Girl
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Predictably, the end of the road for the band was rife with bounced checks, police investigations and management abuses. Unmasked at last.

Love's a Prima Donna

... Lethal.

A Little Less Conversation

Hot off the presses!
Live Melodifestivalen 2010!
Dolph Lundgren!

Grabbed from nistagmus

Mime Rock

Ladies and Gentlemen... The Hello People
Be sure to check out host Del Curtis cracking up at the close of this mess.

Tennessee Tacos

Tennessee Tacos? Brass versions of Orange Blossom Special and Crazy? This is one of the more jaw-droppingly horrible things I have heard in a while, and believe me, that's saying a LOT. You can get it at the Vinyl Room, if you're brave enough.

Sham-Wow: the Early Years

Here in the US, there is a commercial that is on incessantly, featuring a hyped-up pitchman named "Vince" and his amazing product, the "Sham-Wow." Here it is:





Well, it turns out, Vince, like most pitchmen, has a Hollywood past! He produced, directed, and starred in The Underground Comedy Movie, with other luminaries like Slash and Joey Buttafuco. Trust me, the dubbed clip is better:

Used and Abused

The comments are just as funny. That one on the right reminds me of one of the Benny Hill guys in drag. A perfect follow up to Lex's toast.

A friend clarifies: "Mr Rumbold on 'Are you Being Served' in drag."

Cake Wrecks

Don't be fooled by this James Bond number - the others on this site will have you reaching for eyedrops (or a barf bag):

In honor of PCL's fourth. I was hoping to bake a big Cary Grant acid cake but it didn't work out.