March 2009
(Let's Dance) The Screw
In honor of Phil Spector, who is awaiting a new verdict on his murder trial as we speak, I was curious to look up the story of (Let’s Dance) The Screw. Read all about this story here on Snopes. Then head over to YouTube and listen to the song!
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video on iTunes →
I knew one day “Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video” would make it to DVD and thanks to the good people at Shout Factory, it finally has. Surprised to see it in the iTunes store though! If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s the best ten bucks you’ll ever spend.
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Disco Sucks!
I just watched a documentary on the Disco Demolition Night that took place in 1979 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. You can order the DVD here, but here’s some footage I found on YouTube of the local news coverage from that night.
What’s so amazing is that it didn’t take much to incite the insane riot! All Steve Dahl did was blow-up a bunch of Disco records and sing a goofy...
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WatchGerald Casale from Devo talking potential producers for the new album. Exciting stuff!
One Trick Pony on DVD! →
I wish every movie studio would do this. Warner Brothers has just opened up the “Warner Archives.” Check out this EW article.
You can order custom DVD’s for $19.95. It’s mostly a bunch of old movies, but mixed in there was the Paul Simon film, “One Trick Pony.” It’s sort-of like Rhino Handmade, giving you access to stuff that may not sell a million...
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Gobstopper →
Check this out - my old friend Eric Appel made this! Super funny and Scheer’s in it!
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Spinal Tap: Unwigged & Unplugged →
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer doing Spinal Tap and Folksman songs Ungwigged and Unplugged. Tickets for the NYC show go on sale at 10:AM today. Pretty awesome!
High Pitch Mike Web! →
The long wait is over. High Pitch Mike has opened his website. Now we can get all the last minute updates on High Pitch Mike!
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Let’s see if this audio post thing works!...
Finally
I was waiting for a way to update from my iPhone and Caitlin told me there was a Tumblr app. Awesome, now I might update this thing!