Okuda San Miguel transforms abandoned church into Kaos Temple. [Related post here, via].
GEICO extended cut.
How bout some rough cajun booze-rock blues? Give a listen to “Interstate Love” by the Alabama Black Snakes… then read this.
Category: Saturday Matinee
Saturday Matinee – Pre-Christmas Festivities
That’s a cover of one of the best songs of The Phil Spector Christmas Album from 1963, but it’s not Christmas until I hear Leroy Anderson‘s “Sleigh Ride” sung by The Ronettes.
This corrupted and irreverent version of the traditional song always amuses me even though the missus hates it.
Have a great weekend, folks, and I’ll make up for this later. Honest.
The Saturday Matinee – Capuchin Monkeys, The Cramps, The Two Man Gentlemen Band & Tuba Skinny
This clip from Frans de Waal’s TED presentation amuses me (and I may have posted it previously).
The Cramps were a product of the legendary 1970s CBGB NY punk scene, as were these folks:
Okay I lied. The Two Man Gentlemen Band never played at CBGBs (which stood for Country, Blue Grass & Blues in case you didn’t know). Let’s go for one more.
Tuba Skinny is a modern day traditional classic.
Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll be back tomorrow, rain or shine.
Saturday Matinee – Justin Johnson, Luna Lee, Kim Wilson & Patrick Sweany
Roots music performer Justin Johnson plays an electrified custom cigar box diddley bow.
Luna Lee plays Elmore James on the gayageum [found via].
The Kim Wilson Blues All-Stars. Jump to 08:20 for an impromptu jam.
Here’s some heavy duty swamp rock. Although Patrick Sweany is from Ohio, he stomps it with “Every Gun.” Zach Setchfield on guitar, Ron Eoff (?!) on bass and Dillon Napier on drums.
That should make the nut for this edition of The Saturday Matinee. Have a great weekend, folks. See you tomorrow.
Saturday Matinee – Pantsula, The Clark Brothers / Killer Diller & Dr. John
The Clark Brothers at the Apollo Theater. That amazing clip was from the 1948 movie “Killer Diller.” Here’s the full version:
Bunkessa and the missus were watching the movie “Holes” this afternoon and this song played during the credits:
Dr. John Rebennack performs “Let’s Make a Better World” at Live On The Green in 2012.
Have a great Holiday Weekend folks. There’s always more to come.
Saturday Matinee – Harrier Lands Sans Nose Gear, El Mariachi Manchester & Bad Manners
Harriers are awesome… and scary as hell if you happen to be the enemy. You hear its death whistle before you see it.
El Mariachi Manchester covers The Smiths‘ “Girl in a Coma” with a poco mariachi, poco ska style. (The trumpet player is using a Harmon mute and Bunkessa said the singer looks like me).
Since I’m in a ska mood, let’s wrap it up with this.
Bad Manners first hooked me with their cover of Millie Small‘s 1964 hit “My Boy Lollipop” which was a cover of a song written by Robert Spencer of The Cadillacs and recorded by Bobbie Gaye in 1956 (according to Wiki). Bad Manners also recorded one of the prettiest reggae love songs ever in my opinion: “Samson and Delilah.”
So let’s wrap up this babozo with a full dose of British Ska.
Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow whether you like it or not.
Saturday Matinee – Saving Daylight Trailer, Caifanes, The Iguanas & Tito Puente
Saving Daylight – The Movie. [via].
The guy that brings our mail and kills the rats in our building showed up today wearing a baseball jersey with Los Caifanes logo on it, so I asked him about it, and he told me. They remind me a bit of these guys:
Although it’s real bad advice, “Oye, Isabel” is one of The Iguanas‘ catchiest tunes. Okay, let’s go for one more, and since we’re on a latino music kick tonight, here’s some addictive Mambo rhythms from Tito Puente.
Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll see you back here on Sunday.
Saturday Matinee – Samhain, All Hallow’s Eve & Halloween: Bobby Pickett, Ted Cassidy & Tom Waits
The history of Samhain (aka All Hallow’s Eve, aka Halloween) is interesting, and despite what some claim (that it’s “The Devil’s Holiday”) it’s actually the opposite. Check this out.
But that’s not what we’re here for, and we’re not here to post Bobby Pickett‘s “Monster Mash” either even though Leon Russell played on that recording according to Wiki.
Nice try, Bobby, but that sucked donkeys. Ted Cassidy did it right.
So how do we wrap up this Halloween vid post? How ’bout some Tom Waits?
Yeah, when the kids were tads, we’d do up the front stoop right, with spiderwebs, pumpkins that made little kids cry and dogs bark, and blast Tom Waits and Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum cassettes on a boom box that could be heard for blocks. Fun times.
Have a safe Samhain, All Hallow’s Eve, and Halloween, folks. Be back tomorrow for El Día de los Muertos.
Saturday Matinee – Sam Chatmon, Rory Gallagher & Night Music
Sam Chatmon (1897 – 1983) was a classic Mississippi Delta bluesman with a great voice and pure country pickin’.
Roots blues rocker Rory Gallagher jams William Harris’s 1928 song “Bullfrog Blues” in 1980.
From 1989’s “Night Music,” (produced by Lorne Michaels of SNL fame) this line up is pretty awesome. It’s a long vid, but I think I got the numbers right if you want to skip the intros.
Was (Not Was) – 04:22, 21:16
Sonny Rollins – 08:30, 30:16
Leonard Cohen – 13:45, 34:30
Ken Nordine – 26:07.
That should hold you for a while. Be back here tomorrow for more amazing and astounding inanity.
Saturday Matinee – Rain in Los Angeles, Bass Bash & The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
STORM WATCH! [via].
There’s something really wrong with bass players, and I’ve got a Rickenbacker.
Simmer down, y’all, a’cause The Mighty Mighty Bosstones be done say so.
Have a great weekend, folks, see you back here in a few.
Tacky Raccoons 