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Dr. Demento Recommends
By Baron Dave Romm
This week, it is our privilige to have Dr. Demento as Guest Columnist.
Baron Dave has asked me to conduct some guest ruminations in the looney bin. First let me say that I truly enjoyed being a co-panelist with him at the recent MarsCon science fiction fan convention in Bloomington, and I thank him from the bottom of my demented heart for some stellar contributions to upcoming Dr. Demento radio shows.
While the commercial golden age of novelty music may have passed years ago, there's a whole lot of hilarious music being made right now in 2004. I get about 20 CD's worth of it in the mail each and every week. Some of the greatest stars of the new wave of musical mirth were on display at MarsCon...starting with The Great Luke Ski, whose CD's Baron Dave has reviewed here. A terrific live performer (you really have to see him with all his costume changes to get the full picture) and a tireless promoter for himself and all other comedy music performers within reach, Luke amazed and astounded everyone.
Joining Luke were two other performers who often make the Funny Five countdown on my show, each of whom has a new CD. Tony Goldmark's disc is called Rage Against The Mundane. As any fan of science fiction (or, by extension, funny music) knows, a mundane is someone who is not a fan, someone who is content with the humdrum entertainment spoonfed to them by mass media. Tony specializes in brilliantly trashing such media darlings as Britney, Eminem and Creed (his devastating Creed satire Teeth Clenched, our #3 song of 2003 on the Dr. Demento show, is included). The new CD also has a couple of very nice song parodies inspired by the Harry Potter cycle (one of them brilliantly weaves together three different Shel Silverstein compositions) and a wickedly funny song about Iowa, along with some Pythonesque spoofs of cooking shows and other TV fare. Rage Against The Mundane, suitable for adults and older children, is available at www.tonygoldmark.com.
Worm Quartet is the performing name for the North Chili, NY software engineer who also answers to the name of Shoebox. Already well known to Dr Demento listeners for such gems as I Bit William Shatner and Frank's Not In The Band Anymore, Worm Quartet kicks it up a notch on the new CD Faster Than A Speeding Mullet. A fine singer and distinctive musician who could certainly do well in non-comedy music if he chose to, Shoebox has our most requested song so far in 2004 with Great Idea For A Song. It's here, along with what may be comedy music's best-ever song about the urge for reproduction (I'm Gonna Procreate), the world's most caffeinated song about coffee, and an affectionate but very funny song about the singer's wife. This one's not for children; details at www.wormquartet.com. While I'm here let me put in a word for another great collection of funny music by a younger artist: Goodbye My 4-Track by Logan Whitehurst and the Junior Science Club. Logan's lyrics about lizards and fish, robot cats and prosthetic brains, happy noodles and sad noodles are hilarious but his music is even better. As this CD plays it spills out one simple and natural but wonderful tune after another. The disc was not specifically made for children, but kids have a natural affinity for it. So do I -- Goodbye My 4-Track has logged more time on my personal CD player than any other new disc in years. Available through www.pandacide.com; more info at www.loganwhitehurst.com.
Baron Dave's Interview with Dr. Demento from Marscon now up on the romm.org audio page.
Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual artist and a noble of Ladonia with a radio show, a very weird CD collection and an ever growing list of political links. He reviews things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music recommendations from Bartcop-E here.
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Laura's 'Cache'
It sounds like Laura has a problem with her cache. Either
she should clean out her cache (IE for Mac 5.1):
Edit/Preferences/Web Browser/Advanced, click on "Empty Now" or click
on the "Always" radio button to reload the page every time. This is
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I know what's causing the problem with Laura's browser (it isn't a
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Last Night
Sunny spring day.
NBC network news was reporting the average price of gas nationwide is $1.77/gal, but no mention of the gouging that's going on in Ahnold-landia. The local Chevron station has regular/self-serve for $2.34/gal.
Sunday is normally laundry day in the Chaos household. Of all the domestic chores, laundry is the one I don't really mind. Well, until an orange crayon somehow got in the load of the kid's school uniforms this afternoon.
We'll be buying some new pants & shirts, but the kid will be wearing 'festive' underwear for a while.
Tonight, Monday, CBS begins the night with a RERUN 'Yes, Dear', followed by a RERUN 'Still Standing', then a
RERUN 'Raymond', followed by a RERUN '2½ Men', then a RERUN 'CSI: Miami'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave is "Survivor" castaway Colby Donaldson.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Michael Chiklis and Brides of Destruction.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH 'Fear Factor', followed by a FRESH 'Las Vegas', then the Season Premiere of
'Average Joe: Adam Returns'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Ben Affleck, the Fighting Nimrods, and A Perfect Circle.
On a traditional Monday-RERUN Conan (from 1/20/04), are Dave Chappelle, Jerry Orbach, and Candy Butchers.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Ice Cube, Sarah Clarke, and the Star Spangles.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'The Green Mile'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are David Cross and Kevin Shea, with this week's guest co-host Kathy Griffin.
The WB offers a RERUN '7th Heaven', followed by a RERUN 'Everwood'.
Faux has a RERUN 'That 70s Show', followed by a FRESH 'Cracking Up', then a
FRESH 'Forever Eden'.
UPN has a RERUN 'The Parkers', followed by a RERUN 'Eve', then a RERUN
'Girlfriends', followed by a RERUN 'Half & Half'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Biography' (Bruce Lee), 'Beauty Under The Knife', a FRESH 'Airline', followed by a
RERUN 'Airline'.
AMC offers the movie 'Three Days Of The Condor', followed by the movie 'Bugsy', and then the movie 'Prizzi's Honor'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Morris;
[7pm] 'House Invaders' - Storridge;
[7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Beckenham;
[8pm] 'Red Cap' - Long Time Dead;
[9pm] 'McCallum' - Key to My Heart;
[10:40pm] 'The Telly' - Quarter 1, 2004;
[11pm] 'Red Cap' - Long Time Dead;
[12am] 'McCallum' - Key to My Heart;
[1:40am] 'The Telly' - Quarter 1, 2004;
[2am] 'House Invaders' - Storridge;
[2:30 am] 'Changing Rooms' - Beckenham;
[3:00 am] 'McCallum' - Key to My Heart;
[4:40 am] 'The Telly' - Quarter 1, 2004;
[5:00 am] 'Red Cap' - Long Time Dead; and
[6:00 am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'West Wing', 'Sexiest Moments In Film', followed by the movie 'Fatal Attraction'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Savaing Silverman', 'South Park', and 'Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Sen. Charles Schumer.
History has 'Band Of Brothers', 'Hard Target', 'Mail Call', another 'Mail Call', the FRESH
'Irag War: 1 Year Later' (part 4 of 5), and the FRESH 'Irag War: 1 Year Later' (part 5 of 5).
IFC -
[6PM] 'Onibaba' (1964);
[7:45PM] Short: 'Babydoll';
[8PM] 'Dinner For Five 24' (2003);
[8:30PM] 'IFC In Theaters';
[8:45PM] Short: 'Bad Liver Broken Heart' (1996);
[9PM] 'Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls' (1970);
[11PM] 'Dinner For Five 24' (2003);
[11:30PM] 'Saturn 3' (1979);
[1:05AM] 'Beautiful Thing' (1996);
[2:45AM] 'Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls' (1970); and
[4:45AM] 'American Nightmare' (2000). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi is all 'Stargate SG-1' all night.
Sundance -
[4:55PM] 'Aftermath: The Remnants of War' (Feature);
[6:15PM] 'I Remember Me' (Documentary);
[7:30PM] 'Herb Alpert: Music for your Eyes' (Short);
[8PM] 'City of Dreams' (Documentary);
[9PM] 'The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam' (Documentary);
[10:30PM] 'Last Dance' (2002) (Feature);
[12AM] 'Enigma' (Feature);
[2AM] 'The Marriage of Maria Braun' (Feature) ;
[4:05AM] 'Bhaji On The Beach' (World Cinema); and
[5:50AM] 'The Fancy' (Short). (ALL TIMES EST)
TCM spends all day celebrating
George Brent, born in Shannonsbridge, County Dublin, Ireland, on this day
100 years ago (and came to America with a
price on his head).
[6am] 'Female' (1933);
[7:15am] 'The Keyhole' (1933);
[8:30am] 'God's Country And The Woman' (1936);
[10am] 'Submarine D-1' (1937);
[11:45am] 'The Man Who Talked Too Much' (1940);
[1pm] 'South Of Suez' (1940);
[2:30pm] ''Til We Meet Again' (1940);
[4:15pm] 'Luxury Liner' (1948);
[6pm] 'Death Of A Scoundrel' (1956);
[8pm] 'Pocketful Of Miracles' (1961);
[10:30pm] 'Family Plot' (1976);
[12:30am] 'Solomon And Sheba' (1959);
[3am] 'The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor' (2002);
[4am] '7 Women' (1966);
[5:30am] 'MGM Parade Show #22' (1955). (ALL TIMES EST)
U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) answers questions after accepting the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library's 'Distinguished American Award', in Boston, March 14, 2004.
Photo by Jim Bourg
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Sparks Outcry With Gibson Remark
Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney certainly knows how to stir the passion in his viewers. The "60 Minutes" curmudgeon said Sunday he got 30,000 pieces of mail and e-mail in response to his Feb. 22 commentary, in which he called "The Passion of the Christ" filmmaker Mel Gibson a "wacko."
It's the biggest viewer response ever to a segment on the CBS newsmagazine, which has been on the air since 1968, a spokesman said.
"I think the mail was a good indication of how bitterly divided our country is right now," Rooney said on his Sunday "60 Minutes" commentary. "I hope I'm not contributing to that — even though I'm right and everyone else is wrong."
Rooney, 85, noted that many of his critics took shots at his age. Even Faux News Channel's Bill O'Reilly said he was too old.
"That wasn't nice, Bill," he said. "I didn't get old on purpose. It just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you."
Andy Rooney
Luciano Pavarotti waves to the audience during the curtain call of Puccini's 'Tosca' at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Saturday March 13, 2004. Pavarotti, 68, said this performance would be his final night of staged opera anywhere.
Photo by Tina Fineberg
Admits Lucky to Be Alive
Ronnie Wood
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, whose drug and drink fueled lifestyle is the stuff of legend, is surprised he did not die 26 years ago around the time close friend The Who drummer Keith Moon overdosed.
"I should have died around when Keith Moon did in 1978," Wood, 56, told Britain's Sunday Mirror newspaper. "Yeah, because me and Keith, we were hitting it really hard.
"I used to say to Keith, 'You're meant to take one of those tablets, not the whole bottle.' Keith would take literally a whole bottle of Valium. So it didn't surprise me when he died, when he OD'd."
Ronnie Wood
Hundreds Line Up
'Apprentice'
The line to audition for the second season of the hit reality show "The Apprentice" stretched the length of four football fields outside NBC's Burbank studios as more than 1,000 people sought a spot on the program featuring billionaire Donald Trump.
Trump was not present Saturday because "Apprentice" producers didn't want to overshadow his appearance at Thursday's auditions in New York. More than a dozen casting calls will take place in cities including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami and San Francisco.
'Apprentice'
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Australia Names Crowe & Kidman
Living Treasures
Actors Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman were named "Living National Treasures" by Australian heritage group the National Trust of Australia on Sunday.
Cricketer Steve Waugh, runner John Landy and tennis player Patrick Rafter were also named National Living Treasures.
The new appointees replace treasures who have passed away since the 1997 inaugural 100 treasures were announced.
Living Treasures
Marchers line up outside the north gate of Dover Air Force Base, Sunday, March 14, 2004, in Dover, Del., to honor those killed and wounded in Iraq. The group planned to form a funeral procession to Baltimore on Sunday night, then march from Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington and on to the White House on Monday.
Photo by Gary Emeigh
Discusses Marriage to Jackson
Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley said she saw things she "couldn't do anything about" during her marriage to Michael Jackson, according to excerpts of an interview with an Australian talk show.
Presley said she felt powerless during her 1994-1996 marriage to Jackson, who faces child molestation charges, but she refused to elaborate in the interview with Australian Broadcasting Corp.'s respected "Enough Rope" talk show.
Asked how she felt about Jackson now, Presley replied: "It's really bizarre, I feel nothing."
Lisa Marie Presley
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Unwitting Passenger
El Al
A passenger on Israel's El Al airlines got a complimentary gift on a flight home from Germany -- a pistol that security guards slipped into his suitcase, an Israeli newspaper has reported.
El Al personnel, the Haaretz daily reported on Sunday, sometimes sneak fake guns into the bags of unwitting passengers to test if security staff can spot them. One replica went undetected and was found by the startled passenger when he unpacked at home.
Haaretz said he alerted the police and was told it was an inoperable weapon used by El Al security in training exercises.
El Al
Aerial view of skiers mounting a hill during the Engadin cross country skiing marathon on March 14, 2004. Some 11,883 skiers participated in the 42.2 kilometre race between Maloja and Schanf near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz.
Photo by Andreas Meier
Unusual Sea Art Exhibit
40 Illustrators
Their art is often seen but rarely recognized. It adorns the covers of countless books and the pages of newspapers and magazines throughout the world. It stars in today's most popular animated films.
And yet, top illustrators - such as Jack Davis (Mad Magazine), Peter deSeve (Finding Nemo) and Mark Alan Stamaty (Washingtoon comic strip) - remain virtually anonymous.
At at the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport has more than 40 illustrators joining forces in a show inspired by images of the sea. Illustrator and show curator Randall Enos said the exhibit, which opened March 13, is a first.
For the rest, 40 Illustrators
A woman hold a banner reading 'Could this picture have cost 200 deaths?' during a silent march through central Barcelona March 12, 2004. Traumatized Spaniards voted in droves in a general election thrown wide open by a new claim that al Qaeda rather than Basque separatists was behind the Madrid train bombs that killed 200 people last week.
Photo by Albert Gea
Bale Sells for $496,000
Fine Wool
A Chinese clothing manufacturer paid A$675,000 ($496,000) Friday for a bale of Australian wool finer than cashmere or human hair, to be turned into fashionable suits.
The 90-kg (198-lb) bale of wool, grown on sheep living in a low-stress air-conditioned shed and fed a special diet, was bought at auction in Sydney by Shanghai-based Hengyuanxiang Corp.
The wool sold Friday is special because its fiber has a diameter of just 11.9 microns -- the first ever to be less than 12 microns and up to 26 percent finer than wool normally used for cashmere clothing.
Fine Wool
Huge Mural For Museum
Air Zoo
Magician David Copperfield might appreciate what Rick Herter is trying to do at the Air Zoo.
Herter wants to make the aviation museum's new 11,150-square-metre building disappear - from the inside.
The aviation artist is overseeing the creation of an oil painting that will measure nearly 10 metres tall by 275 metres long when completed, making it one of the world's largest indoor murals, museum officials say - the combined size of Diego Rivera's famous four-walled Detroit Industry Murals in the Detroit Institute of Arts is 13 metres by 71 metres.
For a lot more, Air Zoo
One of the rarest bats in the world, a completely white (albino) micro bat, nestles on the thumb of carer Pam Tully while recovering from a cat attack at the Batreach Bat Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Kuranda, near Cairns in northern Australia, Sunday, March 14, 2004. The bat, a Little Northern Freetail nicknamed 'Starshine', is now in recovery and at four months old, weighs just 6 grams - less than a quarter of a ounce. Little or no research has been done into albinoism in bats, with discoveredexamples almost none existent.
Photo by Brian Cassey
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