The Rutles! Who among us is not a fan of the Prefab Four? Who can’t remember where they were when Ron, Dirk, Stig, and Barry appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show? Who could forget the riots when they played the concert at Che Stadium? Who could forget the outcry when Dirk announced that he wasContinue reading “On A Brand-New Rutles Project”
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More on a Music Meme
Yes, I did this music meme yesterday. I said, at the time, that I’d gone the easy way out by picking the Beatles. “Do something challening,” a reader wrote in by e-mail. “Blow my mind,” she wrote. Alrighty, then! Learning of Bobby Pickett’s death two days ago reminded me of one of the all-time greatContinue reading “More on a Music Meme”
On Bobby Pickett
You may not know the name Bobby Pickett, but you almost certainly know his music…. I was working in my lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight My monster on the slab began to rise Suddenly, to my surprise He did the mash He did the Monster Mash The Monster MashContinue reading “On Bobby Pickett”
A Correction
An update from the accuracy department! At the Shore Leave convention last weekend, Glenn Hauman said, in reference to a man dressed as a Smurf at the convention’s Masquerade, “Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?” to which I replied, “Glenn, did you know that’s a song?” I thereupon said it had been done in theContinue reading “A Correction”