Thanks to WBCN-FM in Boston playing Monty Python records, I was already familiar with the (eventually legendary) comedy troupe when first reading about them, shortly after starting my freshman year of college.
Like Something Called Firesign Theatre
The Jazz Singer, Lucky Lindy and Mom
Mind-Blowing Music
Big Planet Noise on WFMU’s Give the Drummer stream (see the LINKS section) continues to fill my Monday evenings with the sounds of original Sixties singles and albums, accompanied by lively online chat. A recent fun-raising fund-raiser reward is this delight-filled compilation, culled from cheap-o supermarket records of long ago.
Every track by these anonymous performers who never made it onto a Nuggets1 or Pebbles2 album is a treat. Here’s but one example, by the NOW GENERATION, a dreamy sounding, non-existent group that’s been rescued from certain obscurity.
Here’s one from the never to appear again HAIRCUTS. Light up your black light poster, turn on that lava lamp and burn some incense!
Drain the Swamp Thing
From DC to DC, Swamp Thing makes a special guest appearance on Paul Krugman’s Substack, nudging me ever closer to becoming a paid subscriber.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/wake-up-and-smell-the-corruption
Anybody Surprised?
The inevitable breakup is here. The only surprise is it came after Elon had already split from the scene. I guess his gold key to the White House wash room won’t be working after all.
“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Funny “Money”
I continue to sit on the fence about upgrading to a paid subscription for Paul Krugman’s presence on Substack. His recent essay on the undeniable risks of indulging crypto inclines me more on the side of sending $7/month to the Nobel Prize winning economist.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/digital-corruption-takes-over-dc