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Happy 4th of July

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:00:59 +0000

First, the national anthem….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2bGUeDnqPY

….and now for the fireworks….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l6Q8Q1smwg

Tippy Tom is dead.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:21:44 +0000

Image courtesy of foundrymusic.com

It has been confirmed that homeless radio personality extrodinare, Tippy Tom, is dead at the age of 53. A victim of the modern age, he apparently passed away about a month ago after suffering a fall on the streets of New York City. Tippy Tom was a mainstay on the Opie & Anthony Radio Show featuring Little Jimmy Norton (as heard on Sirius/XM satellite radio), and was responsible for countless hours of radio gold.

Prior to taking up residence on the streets and in the alleys of New York City, Tom was reported to have been a successful entrepreneur, owning his own window washing business. Sadly, people are saying his battles with gambling and alcohol led to a crumbled marriage, and drained bank account. Having no place else to go, Tom sought solace, beneath the glimmering street lights of Manhattan, literally beneath the glimmering street lights of Manhattan, and in Port Authority restrooms.

Known also as “Golden Buns”, news of his death has apparently echoed around the globe. Reaching such locations as far off as India. The global public reacted to the news with such fervor that the term “Tippy Tom died” took the top spot on Google Trends for over 6 hours. Though at the time of this posting, he’s since dropped to 3rd.

Tippy Tom believed to be survived by one son.

In memory, we’d like to share:

Greywolf – Shelter Me (Tippy Tom’s Song)
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So, so long Tippy Tom. Your gravelly voice and searing, yet often unintelligible humor will be missed.

Happy New Year and all that stuff…

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:45:43 +0000

So the holidays were good to me. I’m still trying to figure out why Santa stopped visiting my house on Christmas back when I was around 11. I’ll assume he’s just getting lazy in his old age. Needless to say, it was a week and a half off from work, that seemed to just fly right by. Although, the holidays always bring back the memory of one of my favorite (even though it’s cheesier than the Tillamook factory) holiday songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jEnTSQStGE

Sure, it’s full of some of the biggest (and worst dressed & coiffed) artists of the mid 80′s, but it’s the lyrics that really get to me. And by “get to me”, I mean “make me laugh”. Actually one verse in particular, by the great humanitarian (and mulleted rocker) Bono. When discussing the blight and tragedy that was/is Ethopia, the compassionate singer loudly exclaims:

And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom.
Well tonight thank God it’s them instead of you.

Yes, Bono, what better way to extoll the virtues of giving, love, peace, and kindness than to say “well, sucks to be you living in that shithole, but better you than me”. That’s the spirit.

Now I know the song was written by Bob Geldoff and Midge Ure, but it’s sort of ironic that Bono would be the one to belt that particular lyric out. As for a few other notably humorous lyrics I offer the following:

And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas time
(well no shit)

Where nothing ever grows
No rain nor rivers flow
Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?
(Better question: do they even give a damn about a fat man in a suit delivering toys? Cold cuts, water, fertilizer maybe.)

I don’t know why, but for some reason, for a charity song they offer up some pretty ridiculous “food for thought”. The song is basically only three verses, so it couldn’t have been a brain-cramper to write, you know. Yet this drivel is the best they could come up with? Hey, folks are starving on the other side of the globe, so raise your glass and toast them. Yep, that’s the spirit alright!!

I’ll leave you all to ponder this. Talk to you soon.