THE HOWARD STERN SHOW - "....FOOD!!!!!"

"...........what are those white things in your mouth that help you eat?"

DRUMROLL PLEASE.....

Beetlejuice hurridly blurts out, "FOOD !!!!!".. AND YET ANOTHER FORGETABLE MOMENT IN TV HISTORY IS BORN......

Don't get me wrong. I know there are a lot of FORGETTABLE moments on tv, (Rosie O Donnel, Moesha, Megan Mullalay, Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfield, Love Boat, and so so so many others its not even worth counting......... Basically the last 40 years). But this stuff is somewhat significant because it defies quality. Instead of eagerly trying to absorb itself into mainstream America, (What is that?) this stuff cuts across the grain and eagerly mannifests its way into miserly entertainment.

Its a little hard on the ears, ( especially the whiney Ms Howard Stern -- grab your Raid repellent bug spray -- no kidding -- she is THAT bad) and a little hard on the eyes too... Get a load of Beetlejuice's teeth. There is no INVISILIGN system that can contain those sinful yet horrifying chompers.......

This is entertainment for those who have sit through, (somewhat patiently) an entire barage of garbage on TV throughout the years. When there is nothing else out there that tug a chuckle out of you or make you giggle this stuff is there to do the trick.

Cantu 2007

HOWARD STERN - BATTLE OF THE NITWITS

ADAM ANT - BEAT MY GUEST MAN !!!!

"THE NAME OF THIS SONG
IS BEAT MY GUEST !!!"

This is one of the most INCREDIBLE SONGS EVER RECORDED. I put it up there with anything Sinatra did or even the blues tunes by Robert Jordan and even anything that MOZART CREATED.

Its that good.... honestly.

I think its better than anything that came out of the early Punk movement. It is one of the earliest songs that came out. Adam Ant was heavily influenced by Malcom McLaren, (Sex Pistols) but I have no real clue to how much... beyond the clothing. Adam was kicking around with a group called Bazooka Joe and they opened up for the first Pistols gig, ( a concert that totalled under 15 minutes in a small art college). This song was actually hard to find at one point in history. You had to either know someone who was lucky enough to have stumbled upon it or you had to tape it off a late night music broadcast out of Canada at 3 in the morning....

MY MY HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED.... FOR THE BETTER......

The studio version Adam screams, " ALLLLWWWWLLLRIGHT MUCHACHOS !!!" Look a bit over to the left and you will see Marco Pironi wailing away on his guitar cranking out groovy ear splitting riffs. He is a bit pissed off about the original punk movement, ("We invented everything !!!") and nobody is taking that away from him .... well.. that is except unless you count the retched Green Day, (the Clash Rip Off !!).... These guys are the real deal and its exciting to see them do their dirt. Its exciting to see ANY of these original guys do their stuff that makes them famous... Buzzcocks, Damned, Pistols, Souixsie, ... and even.. ahem... Billy Idol when he doesn't get glammed out and carried away..... But lets get sensible here.... the real punk rock... like Adam and the Ants carries a powerful energy to it -- even today.

Cantu 2007

ADAM ANT - BEAT MY GUEST

ECHOBELLY - WHERE YOU BEEN?

"One of the Best B-Sides You'll Never Hear..... "

This B side is hard to find -- its from the old Fauve label. You have to hunt it down on Ebay or go to an UK CD site. Even then you have to dig around till you find it. The GREAT THINGS Cd collection is actually two seperately released EP's. They are really great if you can find them..... honestly!

This great track ONE AFTER 5 AM was never a video. I found this online -- someone made a compilation of it and posted it. This is one of the more thought provoking tracks I come across by this band in quite some time. You can also find LUSTRA and many wonderful tracks on it. If you want a real score check that one out on AMAZON.COM. You can get it for like.. TWO BUCKS... and man.. its a steal.... These CD's are treasures.....

The NEW ECHOBELLY is great too but they have swung a serious introverted left and are now delivering a different brand of pop music. It is just as interesting but lacks a lot of power packed guitar hooks that attracted me to them in the first place.

All in all, a worthy effort.

When Madam Sonya Aurora sang to the kids in the front row.... a number of them burst out into tears. This soulful pop got them into the music press quick and fast and even attracted the attention of pop typography publisher David Carson, (RayGun magazine) and singer Morrissey. They sang their hearts out at the WETLANDS in New York City, ( Don't bother looking for it now, they tore it down around 1999). After LUSTRA the band went silent and that particular CD became very hard to track down.

I had to go to a UK based record store in CT called, AB/CD. I got some of the singles and limited EP's. The videos were hard to locate..... But you can find them these days online.

Cantu 2007, this post was created on March 23, 2007. Cantu can be found at http://www.1seomichigan.com

ECHOBELLY - ONE AFTER 5 AM