"Polly came from Miami, F L A
Hitchhiked her way across the U S A
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
Said 'Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side..."
It's 1972.
Things are changing, man.
Every generation thinks it cuts new cloth.
Above, the reason I own Fugs albums and too many copies of Paul Krassner's The Realist.
Keep up, old man.
Be a bro. Be whatever.
What are your pronouns?
"And the colored girls sing Doot da doot ... "
When you're zillionaires, you can throw a huge party for yourselves and 10,000 fans.
South Park gods Trey Parker and Matt Stone celebrated the 25th anniversary of their cut-out kids cartoon show at Red Rocks, the spectacular geo-theatre above Denver.
Drones, Cartman projections, Primus and the Park dudes wow'd the comfortably numb crowd, but it was the above "surprise" that provided the oh fuck moment.
A Rush walk-on.
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson.
Feel the love.
(10 mins)
Stone and the late Neil Peart were pals.
The thanks of a grateful nation.
You can find the complete show, from beginning to end that August night a few weeks ago
Clip: "Closer to the Heart" Live at South Park The 25th Anniversary Concert
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It's the Bob and Ray game show where troubled contestants beg for help.
All prayers are answered.
(4 mins)
Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie show off their persuasive Love God skills.
The New Zealand duo took a decade's worth of songs to their 2007 HBO series, Flight of the Conchords, grabbed the money after two seasons and ran.
The resulting live tours paid off in moments like the one above.
And the rap battle below...
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If you weren't around in 1979, this may send you down a YouTube rabbit hole.
Rickie Lee Jones was Tom Waits' girlfriend.
Charles E. Weiss was Tom's best friend.
Chuck told his pals he was in love.
Rickie then wrote ... this.
If I had a nickel for every dorm room ....
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"A film by Kenzie Sutton reveals human nature’s tendency to repeat routines over, and over, and over, and over._
--newyorker.com
This is a very odd five minutes.
The dog peeing is worth the click.
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The Three Haircuts' 45 disc of these two songs made it to the pop charts, back when pompadour'd rock dudes ruled music in the 1950s.
Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar and Howie Morris deliver killer energy in this live telecast of the two parody tunes.
(5 mins)
Clip: Your Show of Shows (1955)
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Be warned, coffee drinkers!
Duck's Breath Mystery Theater produced dozens of these one-minute science gags, back when Firesign Theater was a thing. The troupe was based in San Francisco.
Several contemporary covers of this tune fall short of the original.
Clip: Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time music video
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