#dr. demento

[queenrepent]

scooby doo, dr. demento, AND a napoleon xiv reference? this really is the best panel of the illustrated al!

[paintingsandrecords]

paul baribeau; ink and watercolor

last fifteen days listening:

allan sherman - more folk songs by allan sherman and friends

paul baribeau - pul baribeau

sparks -gratuitous sax and senseless violins

off! - free lsd

various - one great tribute: a love letter to the weakerthans

frank turner - no man’s land

boogie down productions - edutainment

various - dr. demento covered in punk

the pist - is risen

the glory stompers - abandoned youth

the pist - input equals output album one

[blacjaq1]

[mortifiedandawesome]

Christmas Wrapping (Long Version)

[adam16bit]

An interview from - I think - the early 1990s, it's worth a listen if you're the kind of person who stayed up until 2 AM listening to the Dr. Demento show and showing up to school half out of your mind the next morning.

[oldshowbiz]

The Montreal sketch troupe Radio Free Vestibule had a cult following in Canada in the 1980s and among Dr. Demento listeners in the United States. They're mostly forgotten today.

[selfcallednowhere]

Nice Dial-A-Song shoutout after the "Don't Let's Start" video from this Dr. Demento countdown from 1988

[tomoleary]

Michael H. Price “Cemetery Toons” Record-Album Cover from Dr. Demento Show Original Art (Cremo Records; 1998) Source

[issela-santina]

surrogate dad/idol who literally introduced his fanboy/son figure to LSD and near consequently made him more aggressive about being original as an artist, not that he intended that: I think this material girl who got you drunk an hour before this gig is a bad influence on you

[krispyweiss]

Movie Review: “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”

There’s another world in “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.”

This is a world where accordions make women swoon and may be illegal. On this plane, Tiny Tim, Pee-Wee Herman and Wolfman Jack are contemporaries; “Eat It” is an original song and “Beat It” is a parody; and Led Zeppelin will to reunite if they can open for Yankovic, whom refused an invite to play with Queen at Live Aid.

And the titular character - played flawlessly by Daniel Radcliffe - has been dead since 1985.

“Weird”’s mockumentarian pile of bullshit - much of it hysterical; some of it groan-inducing - is so high, it makes “This is Spinal Tap” look like serious movie-making. Which is its charm as director Eric Appel makes sure to include virtually every cinematic cliché - fights scenes, montages and flashbacks among them - in lying about Yankovic’s life and career.

“We agreed it would be best for us all if you would just stop being who you are and doing the things you love,” Yankovic’s mom says to her son in setting the path.

Overly long at 110 minutes, “Weird” makes ample use of its runtime, with a staggering lineup of bold-faced names - Will Forte, Jack Black, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Conan O’Brien, Emo Philips and Jimmy Walker Jr. among them - making cameos as Yankovic launches his career after Dr. Demento (Rainn Wilson) discovers him wowing a skeptical biker-bar crowd with a stirring rendition of “I Love Rocky Road.”

There’s a torrid affair with Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood), who is skewered mercilessly throughout the movie, and more murders than in a typical “Halloween” flick.

“I’ve killed so many people this week … the things we do for love, huh?,” Yankovic says to Madonna after he offs an entire drug cartel in the Columbian jungle.

For its part, “Weird” doesn’t kill. But it’s a worthwhile investment of time for whiling away an empty couple of hours.

Grade card: “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” - B-

1/19/23

[chasgow]

A staple on the Dr. Demento radio show and a top contender for "World's Worst Record" award - Roy Esser's "Can I Pawn My Teeth To You" b/w "Man Do I Like Fridays". Promo copy, signed by the legend himself.

If you're dying to know more about this gem, read on:

[queenrepent]

wishing a very happy birthday to the weird als of both worlds!

[paintingsandrecords]

a silvery marmoset; ink and watercolor

last eighteen day’s listening:

tsunami - be like that/newspaper

new lost city ramblers - the new lost city ramblers

pete seeger/almanac singers - the original talking union and other union songs

various - dr. demento’s mementos

steve martin and the steep canyon rangers - the long awaited album

slickee boys - mersey, mersey me

frank turner - undefeated

general patton vs. the x-ecutioners - general patton vs. the x-ecutioners

blake babies - earwig

lovage - music to make love to your old lady by

juliana hatfield - bed

descendents - 9th & walnut

priests - bodies and control and money and power

inquisition - revolution live

[jiimjaaam]

[mortifiedandawesome]

Tom Stankus Existential Blues full version

[dreamcatch22]

Here is my latest film review for Birmingham Public Library!