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Cast your vote before the end of December.

The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (45)

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Tidy Tim

Tidy Tim was Detroit's premiere midget clown litter foe in the 1950s.

SCORNED SOUND

Hey Ba Ba Re Bob mystery (MP3)

Unknown - Hey Ba Ba Re Bob (3:10)

A bit earlier this week, a friend sent me this MP3 in hopes of solving the mystery of who, exactly, made this record. The disc features an unidentified artist or band offering a decidedly smutty version of Lionel Hampton's colossal 1946 hit Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bob.

The question is: who the heck is the mystery artist? The Maddox Brothers minus Rose is one guess that's materialized. I have no idea. How about you?

MOTHER FUYER

Périphérique Est - Dans Ma Roll's (Belgium 2010)

WILSON WEDNESDAY

Winter Soul-stice!

Tune in this Sunday from 5-7 PM for the semi-annual Soooooooooooooul-stice show on WFMU.  Gaylord and I will bring you two solid hours of original soul 45s, like this one by Effie Smith.

Harper Valley P.T.A. Gossip (45)

Listen to the archive.

Ichiban New Bin

Great Googly Moo!  Thanks to Dave the Spazz for the add.

Shirley Ellis - Ka Ta Ga Boom Beat (mp3)

Bonus Shirley:

Fannie Mae!

Here's another overlooked masterpiece from Booker T. and the MG's. Yeah, I called it a "masterpiece".
"But", you protest, "it's just a simple 12 bar blues workout!" Then I say it sure is, and it's better than anything the Beatles ever did, and then we either agree to disagree or the whole thing escalates into physical violence.
This version of Buster Brown's "Fannie Mae" was originally on the flipside of "Mo' Onions" and was later pulled in favor of "Tic Tac Toe", a move that to my mind is a little like trading Sandy Koufax in his prime for Pedro Martinez in his. Anyhow, this "Fannie Mae" is slower and a little more loping and dirty than the (also great) different take issued on the Stax CD Soul Men, a collection of covers of hits which you should go get right now if you don't already have it, it's got killer versions of Harlem Shuffle, Day Tripper and Baby, Scratch My Back, among other gems.
Steve Cropper's solo here says pretty much everything that needs to be said, and he only takes one time thru the changes to say it. So, in all its scratchy glory, direct from the 45 RPM record to your home typewriter, here it is:
Booker T. and the MG's - Fannie Mae

The Orchids - Mr. Scrooge (Cinebox Film)

The Desperate Hours

Surely, this is the most profoundly disturbing publicity photo ever taken to promote a Humphrey Bogart movie. I have, understandably, been forbidden to hang this unsettling picture on the wall in my house.