Weird Nightmare

Directed by Raymond Douglas Davies in 1993, Weird Nightmare documents the making of the Hal Willner's 1992 Mingus tribute record Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus.
In multiple parts, just follow the numbers …

Happy Birthday to You

This is the ultimate Happy Birthday production number, in fact I wish I could have a birthday exactly like this every year. Except for the part with the bagpipes, you can leave those out when you're planning my birthday celebration. In March. The 30th.
Found by Doug Spalding

Shocking Blue

From the Dutch band who had a big worldwide hit in the early 70s with "Venus".
Little Cooling Planet - Shocking Blue (From Rock 4 All)

Whipe it.

Mr. Dantefontana, this one's deliberate ;-)

Chuck Woolery is Naturally Stoned

Psych Spaniol has an important collection of the singles of sixties band Avant Garde, including their near mega-hit "Naturally Stoned". The band was the first taste of stardom for game show host Chuck Woolery. I'm not sure why this is important, it just IS.

Horror!

See here.

Jazz from Italy, 1959

Cool jazz from Italians Basso/Valdambrini quintet. Of course I have never heard of them before because I am slowly trying to overcome the snobbish attitude that jazz needs to be played by Americans or it sounds like a re-creation. I liked this, so who knows, maybe there's hope for me yet.

Basso Valdambrini Quintet - Parlami D'Amore Mariù:

1977 Vampirella Calendar

works for 2011! art by Warren. From the fine folks at Crosseyed Cyclops.

The Johnny Pearson Orchestra X 2

Spiral and Easy Listening World have decided that the 6th of February is the international Johnny Pearson Day.
Sharing: Johnny Pearson and his orchestra - One Day In Your Life and The Johnny Pearson Orchestra - Misty Sunset.


Sukiyaki (from 'One Day In Your Life')


You've Got A Friend (The Carole King composition from 'Misty Sunset')

Tura Satana on Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill

Tura Said

I'm not going to get into a big 'in memoriam' - there's plenty of those going around now. Tura was a real kick (to put it mildly), so here's an interview I did with her in 2009 for my blog. I had readers send in questions. She was having a ball! We did this at my house and sat side-by-side.


MJ:Tell her we LOVE her!

A: Thank you!

No.6 said...

Ask TURA : "Just do it!" is her motto, what was the first thing she's done with that in mind?

A: Let's see. I got married. I married a cop (laughs.) Basically just about anything I do is what I want to do. Who can tell me no?


Mavis Martini said...

I'd like to know who HER idols are! Who does she look to for guidance?

A. My father and as far as a female idol, I don't have one. I made my own (laughs.)


6 said...
My second "ask Tura" is, to match more the DL Trade Mark : when she was a lil' girl, what was the first woman artifact she remember using to play a woman?

A. Being a Jehovah's Witness, my mother wouldn't let me wear makeup. So it was a cigarette.

My Third "Ask Tura"is, what is her first personal physical LA/Hollywood male souvenir?

A. He wants to know who was the first star I ever screwed? Tony Bennett.

Muscato said ... Ask her for some good Ted "Astrozombies" Mikels dish!

A. It depends on how high my heels were when I stepped on him.
Me: do you want to want put that on there? Tura: yes.


The Stewardess asks: What do you wear to bed?

A pair of lace panties. Even on cold nights.

Anonymous: What was the first club you worked at?

A. The first club I worked at was the Club Rendezvous, in Calumet, Illinois. The first club I ever danced in, not as a stripper, was the Tropicana, on Sunset Boulevard, in Hollywood.


DL: What was it like working with Dean Martin?

A. Great. He was a fun person to work with, and he was very easily surprised, especially when I did a backbend and was twirling my tassels without a bra on (laughs.) He got the biggest kick out of that. I told if I could rev 'em up fast enough I could fly! That day on the set - we had a closed set where supposedly nobody was supposed to come on because I was doing my strip routine - well, we had a huge audience of everyone from all the different offices! They found out when I was going to do it, and they were there!

What lot was that on?

A. That was on the main lot at Paramount Studios, Stage 3 or Stage ... not sure, but it was a huge stage. They had the Tijuana nightclub set in there. And I really would like to know who told all those people! For a closed set, we had Robert Mitchum, of course Billy Wilder (laughs) and (director) William Wyler and a lot of the different stars that were working at Paramount then. Everybody was there. I told the director Danny Mann I should have collected a fee for this and he said, "No, I oughtta!"

You were in "Our Man Flint," too, right?

A. I actually played both the dancers in the nightclub. I played the first and second one in the Marseilles nightclub. James Coburn was very funny - he was a hilarious person. He's the one who went around 20th Century Fox telling everyone that I was going to be doing the routine. Daniel Mann was also the director on that film! It seemed like every place I ever worked Danny Mann was around. He was a sweetheart. He was afraid to make love to me. We used to sleep together. But we didn't ever make love. There's a lot of weird people in Hollywood!

The Synthesizer Sound Machine

Since synthesizer music is, by definition, annoying and pointless, performing such classic tunes as ":Mouldy Old Dough" and poppy versions of Mozart melodies (an annoying subgenre to itself) on synthesizer is overkill. But since Overkill is now my married name (Native American/Indonesian, he is) that means aural bliss, courtesy of the Synthesizer Sound Machine, courtesy of Funky Frolic. That is, until I realize "Kree-rist I've been listening to seventies synth-pop for over an hour now" and promptly delete it forever.

And how's YOUR Sunday going?

Mouldy Old Dough - Synthesizer Sound Machine

Feroz Khan

Wow, Ted Lyons & his Cubs that isn't.....well, you know.
Found by Snailbooty

Two For The Seesaw score

The score to 'Two For The Seesaw' by Andre Previn. Available thanks to In-Flight Entertainment.


Everybody's Got A Radio

Clapping Music by Steve Reich

Angie Dickenson slaps Lee Marvin in Point Blank. For a very long time. And with a beat.

Video edited and uploaded by petervanderham

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Because sometimes...

you just need some Classels.

for Dusty

SUPER SCIENCE