
If one really was able to employ a time machine to visit historical eras and witness events taking place which changed the course of history, why would you want to see the signing of the Declaration of Independence? Who would really want to observe first-hand the debut performance of
Hamlet? My choice would be to transport to the year when
New Dance In France was being recorded and ask its creators, "
Why??" Why introduce Arkansas non-entity
Bobby Lee Trammell as "...the very first American Beatle"? Why drop in fake applause every other verse? Why the ridiculous attempt at French lyrics? You can find this track on
Wildsville, a collection of obscure 1950's/1960's no-hit-wonders a la
Wavy Gravy and
Las Vegas Grind. I myself found this cd used at
Amoeba Records (along with a companion in the series, from which I might be posting later, entitled
Weirdsville) but finding a place to order it on the web is proving difficult. You can try some stores in
Australia or
Germany, or you can write to the nice people at
Midnight Records and see what they can do.
2 comments:
speaking of remembering the past, i saw in the new york times that hasil adkins died over the weekend. i thought, 'how weird -- hasil adkins made the new york times!'
dkp
I saw that Hasil Adkins obit in the NYT as well. My guess was that someone in the Obit Dept. was a fan, otherwise, how would you explain it? I have a number of Adkins' records and yet blanked out his death when I was posting the day he died. My apologies. I think the entire world (if they're reading this blog) should be treated to "We Got A Date", one of his most warped songs ever.
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