The Peek Freans song! They’re serious. VERY SERIOUS.

Remember this? Hahahahaha! Good times. I’ve had this in my head all day, thanks to my husband who once heard me sing it and started singing it but doesn’t know it because he’s not from Canada and doesn’t know what a Peek Frean is or how serious they are, as a cookie, I mean.


Exotic dancers of the 1890s

Check out these awesome pics of the exotic dancers of yore. The images are from the Charles H. McCaghy collection of exotic dance from burlesque to clubs at Ohio State University.

I love this totally grouchy looking lady above. And the horse costume! That’s the best thing ever.

Right?

Here are a few more:

And just for comparison purposes. Times have changed, huh? See the rest of the collection over at Ohio State.

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Genius says Madonna ripped him off

This guy thinks Madonna ripped him off for her track “Give Me All Your Luvin.’” Could be. I dunno. Maybe. But he can be comforted with the knowledge that his song is by far the superior work out of the two. This is “L.O.V.E. Banana” by Joao Brasil, feat Lovefoxx. It’s awesome.


Totally the best effing hardcore song by an 8 yr old you will hear today

This is Juliet. She’s eight and Australian she wrote a hardcore song and it is the best hardcore song by an eight year old you will hear ALL DAY. The YouTube page reads:

“8 yr old Juliet teamed up with the hottest producer ROB SHARPE this school holidays and smashed out this BRUTAL track.. Juliet takes you on a journey of her love for her dog, Robert and how her pet fish stink even tho Juliet has zero sense of smell. The Australian Hardcore scene will never be the same!!”

Robert, the dog is really cute.

You can buy the T-shirt here…and the song will soon be available for purchase.

Let’s open up this pit. (via Laughing Squid)


R.I.P. Johnny Otis…of Snatch and the Poontangs (among other things)

R.I.P. Johhny Otis, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, talent scout, deejay, “Godfather of R&B.” Otis died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 90.

Here’s a 1969 recording Otis made as Snatch and the Poontangs with his son Shuggie on guitar and Delmar “Mighty Mouth” Evans on vocals. Yep. Snatch and the Poontangs.


Florida: Call # on sign to report missing sign. Wait..what?

This is an actual thing, and not a hoax.

John Stossel of Fox Business called The Florida Department of Revenue and asked for an explanation. He was told, “A vending machine operator that does not place the notice on the machine presumably is not in compliance with the other requirements such as registration and payment of the tax.”

So, it just like Van Halen’s famous rider clause demanding no brown M&M’s anywhere in the backstage area on penalty of forfeiture of the show with full payment to the band. This has gone down in legend as an example of the band’s diva behaviour at the height of their career (late 70′s-early 80s). But in reality it was a test to see that producers were paying attention, since VH gigs were so technically complex for the time. David Lee Roth explained in his 1997 book Crazy from the Heat, “ if I saw a brown M&M in that bowl . . . well, line-check the entire production.  Guaranteed you’re going to arrive at a technical error.  They didn’t read the contract.  Guaranteed you’d run into a problem.  Sometimes it would threaten to just destroy the whole show.  Something like, literally, life-threatening.”

See? The same! Sort of.

But the question remains…if the sign is missing, how do we know what number to call?

(Image via popehat)


Supercut of Lionel Richie’s Hello!

This made my day. Ha! Someone took the time to go through all these movies just so they could put together a video of actors saying the lyrics to Lionel Richie’s “Hello,” It’s so weird that this is a thing.

Last week I found one of Obama “singing” Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.” Who. Has. This. Sort. Of. Time? WHO? (Oh, actually, I have an answer. For the first one, anyway. This guy)

I sometimes wish I wasn’t the sort of person who needed eight hours of sleep a night, as I often think one thing that’s holding me back from incredible success is my sleep requirements. The things I could accomplish with three or four more hours in a day! Is the work of an insomniac? Is this what people with extra time on their hands do? Or is there some sort of software that does it for you?


Porn star turned disco star Andrea True (More, More More) dead at 68

Andrea True, who had a major hit in 1976 with the song “More, More, More” (which I’ve been known to sing as “Mo, Mo, Mo” for my friend Mo, who is actually mentioned in the previous post) died earlier this month at age 68.

True was a well known porn star before hitting the disco scene with her group Andrea True Connection. She also released the singles “N.Y. You Got Me Dancing” in 1977 and “What’s Your Name, What’s Your Number” in 1978. Her third album tanked and she left the music industry and, according to Dangerous Minds, she’d been working as a psychic for a number of years.

According to the Kingston Daily Freeman, True died on November 7 of causes that have not been released.

The Freeman also says More, More, More is being used in a TV commercial for the Post cereal Honey Bunches of Oats.


Mindblowing breakdance

Motherf’in’ are you kidding me? This kid is amazing.

This video makes me feel old and fat and inflexible and heavy and…other stuff…uncool, maybe. Kinda makes you feel like you need to cut down on the sandwiches and do some stretching, huh?

The director’s name is Alex Yde and he is from Bretagne, France. He’s got a Vimeo channel here.


INCREDIBLE, inspiring acapella version of John Cage’s 4’33″

I know, I know. If you know me, I have shown you this before. But it just cracks me the fark up.


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