Ghost Riders Over Japan...

For CC's Bday:
Listen to this fabulous track!

4th of July the Spabelo way

Some music for celebrating your 4th!

A big ole Spabelo compilation suitable for slapping on a disc and livening up the BBQ your in-laws are throwing. Get the whole 82.7MB zip file here

Just to prove you'll love it (or for those who just want to snack, here's a few individual tracks:
March Grandioso mixmash

Holiday For States (Allan Sherman)

Impeach The President (70s Funk Honeydrippers)

Perhaps you'd like to catch UP WITH these certain PEOPLE doing their
own theme song

and The 77 Lancers Marching Band...
...American Woman

As usual, these tracks will download to your computer and you have to open them in your itunes or whatever

Don't blow off those fingers and enjoy those bbq'd beaks and feet dogs

Miriam Makeba

We'd all be better off if Miriam Makeba were only president of the world.
Here's a couple of songs:

The Click Song

West Wind

And her debut album can be found...

HERE

Give Me That Old Time Religion

Download:
[MP3] Where Clould I Go But To The Lord
[MP3] That Old Faded Picture on The Wall

LCBD

Okay, it's a day late, but we're still so glad you were born, Laurie. It makes us wanna dance- hope you will too:


The Tammys...
...Egyptian Shumba

Marsha Gee...
...Peanut Duck

The Goodies...
...Sophisticated Boom Boom

And then, just cuz you luv the guy, Sam Chalpin...
...Dominique

And the current Number 1 song on my personal chart of songs-for-going-through-a-delicate-period-of-transition:
Grace Jones...
...La vie en rose

Some old-timey Easter music

Here's The Cavalry Baptist church with some of the real stuff:
1.That Old Faded Picture on The Wall

3. Where Could I Go But The Lord

and...

The Bethel Baptist Choir...
...The Tomb is Empty Now

The Bethel Youth Choir...
...The Way That He Loves Me

Dr. Casolary for good Friday

This it:
Your premier interpretation of The Sermon on The Mount!
Really.
Listen...
Sermon chunk 1
Against Anger
Concerning Oaths
Sermon Pt.4
Sermon Pt. 5
Sermon Pt. 6
and...
...The Golden Rule To The End

Tammy Faye: Building on The Rock

Continuing with our Holy Week celebration:
A few tracks from this classic from (Jim &) Tammy & their friends...
...The Devil Is A Sly Old Fox
...We're Marching, Marching
...The Devil's After Me

and my personal favorite...
...Isn't It Grand To Be A Christian





I was going to post this whole album, but! I believe that Tammy Faye is actually offering this album as a reissue on her website. (Go there) As you may know, Tammy's been sick for some time, but she'd rather you pray for others than for her right now. Still, we send a salute and blow a kiss her way. Thanks for this, Tammy!

Holy Week for Sister Ellen

What a way to kick off our Holy week celebration!

44 (!) Benedictine nuns singing on the Ed Sullivan show! This same episode had the Stones singing Ruby Tuesday (and something else- I'd have to check). I guess they needed a little family oriented balance. This is actually an amazing chunk of 60s TV.

¡Kids! Download this as a Quicktime movie you can keep on your own computer...
...here!

Sunday morning Devotional Music

Please enjoy this inspiring piece this beautiful Palm Sunday, sorry it's a little scratchy, it's a very old 78...

...hymn

and another, from a slightly more contemporary voice...

...here

These are NOT TO be Missed!!

The first Day of the 4th month

More inspiration for this blessed first day of the 4th month of the year...

...a short spiritual movie

and a little one-up over Frankie Laine...

...check this version of Mule Train (warning: Politicalcorrectness alert!)

Some beautiful music for you

Just to provide a little balance for those of you who might not be moved by the vocalizations in the previous post-
Here are six musical gifts, golden moments of voice and arrangement:

Johnny Hartman...

...Summertime

Joan...

...The Greenwood Side

Chavela Vargas...

...Que Te Vaya Bonito

Nancy Wilson (with Quincy Jones)...

...Ode To Billy Joe

¡Sit down for this one!:

Sarah Vaughn...

...I'll Be Seeing You (live- Sassy Swings The Tivoli)

And an optional- I know the guy might not be everyone's cuppa

(Bryan Ferry) Roxy Music...

...If There Is Something

Mrs. Miller Revisited

There are people in some circles of our lives who know not Mrs. Miller. For these colleauges and loved ones, a little introduction. For you old hat-sayers, there are a few snips from the above record further down

Kicking off with the top 40 hit (yes- we really did hear it regularly on the transistor radio during those WKNR Think Summer days)...

...Downtown (from Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits)

The "Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller?" LP brings us...

...Monday Monday

From "The Country Soul of Mrs. Miller...

...A Little Bitty Tear

"Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing" singing about the...

...The Renaissance of Smut

The 7 inch pictured above is a radio promo record. It has an open-end interview so that you, the DJ, could interview Mrs. Miller in your own studio. I wish this record was in better shape, it's one of those vexing bits o' vinyl that looks clean, but doesn't play as such. I've tried a number of things, if anyone out there has some expert (as in beyond the basics) technique to share with me, I'll clean it up and upload the rest. For now here's a few "play-the-record-now" snips...

...1, 2, 3, 4, and, an interview snip

the Swingin' Six and one more Baby

Here's a fave LP of that clean-cut folksy sound of '66-'67. A couple of tracks:

...Behind The Green Door (mp3)

...I Met Him On A Sunday (mp3)

and you can get the whole album...

...here (r.share link)

One very important baby song I forgot last post: Dusty's very effusive rendition of...

...Mockingbird

(mp3)

Oh Baby

Oh Baby

This infant Horned toad demonstrates that, yes, generally most babies are cute

Baby songs today, becaue I made a mix (well, 2- because there's always 2-much good music). So here's a few tracks:

No, it's not an accidental multi-track blend- just some wacky production on...

...Cher- Dream Baby

Four Jacks and A Jill...

...No Other Baby

An excerpt is all that's needed of this worst songs of all time candidate. Maybe I never made it through the whole song before- a serious listen brings us to this deeply moving final verse...

...about Havin' my baby

I suppose "Daddy" in our next excerpt would be horrified that they'd even think it...

...a bit of christian sex ed (thanks to Dinosaur Gardens

Rufus and Chaka do justice to a brilliant Stevie Wonder track...

...Maybe Your Baby

But the most amazing for last- Frances Faye...

...Shortnin' Bread

Let's Go See Mr. Leaky

The brilliant Nicole and subsequently (yet simutaneously) brilliant Sidney are responsible for sharing our way this amazing reality video. You can find...

...the answer here to a true life mystery water leakage story.

Kids! Visit Mr. Leaky (above) and his friends Phil Dumpster and Bert The Salmon here, and then ferry your rotten water-wasting parents over to play...

...Mr Leaky's Water Saving Adventure Game Be warned! Connect The Leaky Pipes is TOO challenging!

The song of the day must be Irma Glenn...

......Everyday is Earth Day (from now on) (mp3)

The Way To Start A Day

I believe my pal Marcel has a birthday around now, so a few tracks for the man. And don't despair over the birthdays, after all you know the alternative. Approaching that other door is Mr. Lee Hazelwood. Lee, with great foresightedness has given us the oppportunity to listen to and honor him pre-humusly on the release Cake Or Death I love this track. If you no shpeaka any of the shtart part- wait for the English- and picture me hearing this for the first time on my Ipod while drowning out the "urban contemporary" alleged music at the gym ...

...First Song of The Day

And just cuz it's by The MARCELs...

...Blue Moon

Chris Cornell swings it easy with his cover of...

...Bille Jean

Since Marcel loves hanging out in the year 2525...

...Zager and Evans

While we're there, may as well groove to Ted Heath's NOW sound now...

...Also in the year 2525

Buster celebrates Saint Paddy's

A few songs tunes for S.P.D. The Rufftones...

..Whiskey In The Jar

Lupus in Fabula...

...Whiskey In The Jar

A mere excerpt suffices of The Irish Hamsters version...

...Whiskey In The Jar

In the outside chance you hadn't heard it somewhere today, The Irish Rovers...

...The Unicorn Song

Sure beats watching another rerun of Celtic Woman, huh?

Almost forgot- your best, most tragically sad Irish drinking song- Joan Baez' version of...

...Carrickfergus

An Association with The Association

A little laugh with Russ Giguere after The Association show here in Antioch last Saturday. You know what? These guys could still play, sing, move (especially Russ), and look the picture of health. This living testament to clean living put on a nice show, though I could have done without the large cover-hits-of-the-60s section of the show. If only they could trust their fans, and lay a little of those...

...Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies on us

Did you know these guys opened The Monterey Pop Festival with this song...

...Enter The Young

At that fest with...

...Along Comes Mary

A track from Russ Giguere's 1971 solo release Hexagram 16...

...Pegasus

Just for fun, from The Association's Birthday album...

...Rose Petals, Incense and a Kitten

and a little very bad fan video...

...Never My Love(on Youtube)

I Gotta Right

Contemplate this while listening to The Mutants, great San Francisco punk band back from when it all began......InsectLounge

Spabeloscars: Best Songs (past)

I know these songs were never once considered worthy by any academy (except maybe Starfleet), but THIS is some film music you can tap your foot to. I guess we can be glad these masterworks aren't honored- can you imagine Celine murdering these?

From Godzilla Vs. The Smog Monster, the English version (!) of a song Al Gore wishes was in HIS movie...

...Save The Earth (mp3) this song is part of a strong contender in both the Opening Credits and Bond-homage categories of the spabeloscars.

Next, Godzilla's distant cousins in "War of The Gargantuas" make their opinion clear of an unfortunate lounge singer after her heartfelt tune...

...The Words Get Stuck in My Throat(mp3)

Hmm, you might enjoy watching Celine get a similar (un)fan response, you can watch the actual clip, um, as soon as I get the right file uploaded. Coming soon!

LOOKIE: All fixed- Go see that fine film clip at youtube...

...Now.

Geraldine, the Chicken Queen

Go see for yourself if what you see of that chicken...

...is what you get(takes you to youtube)

So, yes, I finally got that youtube bug (it's not as bad as some of the others going around). You can visit my playlists to find a few of my highly recommended diversions (and more Geraldine). Spabelo playlists have links to: Bobbie Gentry! Miriam Makeba! Giant Monster trailers! and more... ...The Spabelo page

The Kids are All Right

The 8 baby Dwarf Hamsters look more like hamsters now than this quickly outdated photo. In fact, they've become quite social; my sleeves are filling with rodent poop just like the old days.

In their honor, we have some of their fellow Kalifornia Kids hoistin' the brass and skins. A couple from The Rancho Mayes Middle School Band...

...Tequila!

And, their very special, award winning...

...Queen medley(mp3)

Then, The Benito High School Band with their classic rendition of......Sunshine of Your Love(mp3)

These bands won a contest last year on a San Francisco radio station. Part of their prize was getting up really early in the morning, schlepping on a long bus ride to a freezing SF parking lot to play live on the radio and be tormented by Greg Kihn.

Barbara McNair

passed away a few days ago. I remember driving through fast food lanes in the seventies with fellow ill-influenced juvenile delinquents, reclining in the shotgun seat, and proclaiming, "I see Barbara Bain and Barbara McNair dancing nude on my eyelids". Ms. McNair sang, acted, even had her own show for a while. She contributed a lot to us. I hope she died thinking of...

...Something Happy (mp3)

from the above album

I've been under the weather, I'll try to fix this track and upload a better copy later.

Spabelo treats on Youtube

This is a crazy psychedelic style 60's educational film by British Petrol. It tells of and shows all about how oil functions in your engine, accompanied by a killer electronic soundtrack. Enjoy, rate, and comment, please.

Oil in Your Engine Part 1t:

Oil in Your Engine Part2

Frankie and the Hamsters

another great one gone on. Frankie Laine, to me, THE Mr. Suave and Cool. Listen to the the way he sing that "L" in "blue" on

...Jezabel...(mp3)which is my hands down fave Frankie song

The obits seem to peg him as most famous for "Rawhide"...

...so here's a hamster singing that(mp3)

thereby we recognize the great circle of life and death, as we suddenly have 9 baby hamsters (pic soon)

Hopefully, the latter will also make up for my egregious lack of Groundhog acknowledgement herein on 2-2.

Dad...

...who would probably not have enjoyed the state of being 91 this day. And Dad, who never did reveal if there really was any connection between that chicken dinner and the mystery of the missing pet rabbit. He loved his...

...John Philip Sousa(mp3)
always a rousing number in my book, even if I've had enough of George lately. Lately? No wait- for the past er, how many years is it now?

What that swan be...

Today we have this brilliant meditation on classical art from this essential LA band from a few years back...

...O. & P. Art(mp3)

Ms. Magnuson has kept busy, realeasing a new CD this week. Visit her here

Today's companion piece is by someone oft bedraped in feathers, Shirley Bassey...

...with some help from some feathered friends(mp3)

Please bear with us

Hold your horses. There are new tracks coming as soon as I work the bugs out. In the mean time, you can contemplate this photo while getting "down" to this ... very short track... and earn 4 points for guessing the featured creature of the next post

Sponge Arise

Two selections to meditate upon

From the Cal Expo State Fair Exhibition pavillion some years back...

...Sibilant Salesman- Smart Sponge(mp3)

Rolf Harris (Creator of the super mega sixties hit Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport)...

...Sun Arise(mp3)

Rolf is still cranking out beautiful things; painting, and more. Visit Rolf

A couple o' Swingin' Singles

I'm sure you could probably find a cleaner version of this Jimmy Smith track, but I kinda like the real record sound, as in just the way it always sounded on the suitcase record player. Here's Jimmy with...

...Mickey Mouse(mp3)

The 45 box these were in has the same heavenly-transportation smell upon opening as that of the aforementioned and betubed record player. Even Minikitty just couldn't get enough of that scent. Here's Barney Kessel...

...Honey Rock(mp3)

Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda...

...has gone on. You can read free-form thoughts by me by going to the comments below. Here is a track from "A Monastic Trio", 1968...

...The Sun (mp3)

Mr. Wonderful

Here's Miss Teddi King singing...
...Mr. Wonderful>(mp3)

This is a record ("A General Electric Flash Bulb Limited Edition") that I've had for a very long time. It figured quite significantly in a romantic friendship of mine in the seventies. We had a few 45s that had to spin when the mood moved, and then we would dance emphatically. Actually, this one was usually followed by playing the record again, but at 33 RPM, an excert of which follows..
...Mr. Mr. Wonderful(mp3)

Ah, Mossa Rapida E, I know not if you are out there- I suspect you moved on some time ago.

Moms Honors The Day

Today we honor Dr. King. No question, Dave, Moms Mabley does it best. Have a moment with Moms...

...Abraham, Martin & John(mp3)

and a little Nina Simone- live Antibes 1965...
...Four Women(mp3)

Dr. Ladyman listens

Dr. Stephen Ladyman (above), British Minister of Road Safety, may never have heard the following songs, but we hope he'd enjoy them, as we're sure you will!

For the talented Ms. St John of impeccable taste, another Pussy Tourette track...

...If I Can't Sell It(mp3)a charming little number about a second hand store proprietotress bothered by cheap customers

And, for the Chipsy Chopsy, the only Fugs songs you ever need to hear...

...CIA Man(mp3)

French Bitch

For Ellen- San Francisco phenom Pussy Tourette performs...

...French Bitch(mp3)

A Happy Birthday to Dame Bassey

Here is a pic of Shirley from my first pilgrimage. Los Angeles 1997. Listen to her perform...

...Yesterday When I Was Young(mp3 from LP Something)