Sunday, August 25, 2013

When you have Lucky Lips, you tell Mama if your man treats her daughter mean

Ruth Brown (1928-2006) was known as the Queen of Rhythm and Blues and The Voice. Her instrument was rich and expressive, confident, energetic and brimming with exuberance. She was the first great female vocalist to emerge from Atlantic records in the early Fifties and along with Big Joe (Shake, Rattle and Roll) Turner, kept the label afloat until Ray Charles, The Drifters, Coasters et al. found their stride and the label became the rock giant it remains today.
Lucky Lips

Saturday, August 24, 2013

The Triumph of the Motherf*****s and Cock*****s

40 years years after Lenny Bruce's nightclub career was flushed down the toilet following a series of arrests on obscenity charges;
30 years after his progeny, George Carlin, used the sanctity of college campuses to rail against the seven words he could not say on TV, it is finally safe to say that, (aside from the conundrum of the "n-word"),* language barriers in the arts and the great world beyond have all come tumbling down. 



Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Burton and Goulet Wonder Where Camelot Went

Let us now return to the magical musical days of Camelot as Robert “The Lusty Lance” Goulet and Julie “The Ice Queen” Andrews cloak their adulterous natures and avert the gaze of King "Cuckold" Arthur, embodied by Richard “Behold As My Magnificently Overblown Acting Chops Lay Waste To This Pair of Shmos” Burton, as he vows to visit steely vengeance upon the heads of the offending duo before they can reach the hills that  are alive with the Sounds of Music. (He might have done it too if only his sword were not made of cardboard).

Seriously,this is from a 1962 television special, The World of Lerner and Loewe - and it's pretty cool.
The World of Lerner and Loewe