Judy Henske

My lovely friend Robin turned me on recently to Mrs. Judy Henske, and i'm in love! Hailing from Chippewa Falls - home of the supercomputer and Leinenkugels Beer - Judy's a one woman riot with a killer voice that will knock the socks right off yer feet. She became popular in the 60's, especially among the beat crowd - some hack even styled her "the queen of the beatniks"- and the moniker stuck. While working in NewYork, she started a romantic relationship with Woody Allen, which allegedly inspired him to use Judy as a model for the character Annie Hall.

This is my dear Robin: one of the most beautiful people I know! (pic stolen from her Flikr)

She's away on amazing adventures. She's living in Amsterdam for a year. I miss her so!
But this music makes me happy. I hope it will make you happy too.

Devil Got My Woman

films de jean painleve

So wonderfully magical!

Le Vampire:



Acera or the witches' dance:

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

Rolling Stone magazine declared Last Night a DJ Saved My Life as "one of the greatest songs ever written about being a girl, listening to the radio or any combination of the two".

And when it comes to being a girl, nobody does it better than the Diva herself Mrs. Mariah Carey, i.e., Butterfly, the Emancipation of mimi, and GLITTER!

Here's Mariah busting the JAM:


The song was remixed by the artist Mirage for the After Dark compilation by the folks at Italians Do It Better. The compilation is hand jiven, booty shakin, pure euro disco fun!

The tubular Linda Blair

Giant Snow globes, a whole lot of green screen, and an electric keytar! What more can you ask for...The Book of Love really delivers on this one:

Even the Possessed like their synthy jams!
Linda Blair would definitely have some mad convulsions and project some serious demon vomit to the Book of Love's synthy version of The Exorcist theme song- Tubular Bells.

Here's the original version of Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. The song was heavily popularized after its use as the opening theme for The Exorcist.

Soul Jazz Records

Soul Jazz Records is a British based record label that started in the early nineties. They release compilations of predominately black music, including soul, dub, reggae, and jazz. More recently they have expanded their catalog with some pretty amazing post-punk, electronica, and world music albums. Below are some choice songs for your listening pleasure.....

The Sisters Love were an early 70's soul and funk troupe, born from the ashes of Ray Charles' back up group The Raelets.


Marilyn Barbarin is featured on the compilation New Orleans Funk: The Original Sounds Of Funk 1960-75. Her voice reminds me of Candi Staton. She seems like a pretty groovy lady.

This Next track is from the compilation titled The Sexual Life of The Savages. The record traces the story of Brazilian musicians who gathered influence from U.S. acts like ESG, Liquid Liquid and Arto Lindsay.

Mantronix is the best of the NY club scene from the 1980s. The album features a mix of old-school hip hop, disco, electro, and club tracks.
This track is off a 12" release called Big Apple Rappin'. Soul Jazz will release a Big Apple Rappin' 2x double album in early '09.


This track is off the compilation Miami Sound: Rare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida 1967-74. Helene Smith was a leading gal in he Miami Soul scene, along side the great Betty Wright.


The Last two tracks are from one of my all time favorite albums - New York Noise Volume 1: Dance Music from the New York Underground.

Liquid Liquid was a NY City post punk band that was active from 1980-83. This track is super hot!


And Finally, the great great ESG! There name stands for emerald, Sapphire, and gold! sooo good, it hurts! Everybody dance!

Popeye the sailor man meets sinbad

In this two reel animated short directed by Dave fleischer, Popeye saves olive oyl from the brute Sinbad the Sailor! And it's all in technicolor!

The 3-D look was created using a device called the Stereoptical Camera or Setback, which was invented by The technicians at Fleischer Studios in 1934. Their apparatus used three-dimensional miniature sets built to the scale of the animation artwork.

The animation cels were placed so that various objects could pass in front of and behind them, and the entire scene was shot using a horizontal camera. It looked something like this:

The results are stunning and really bring to life all the captured creatures on Sinbad's island.

The cartoon has been deemed "culturally significant" and has been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry, as well as being voted #17 of the 50 greatest cartoons ever!

Spinach
Apparently the idea for Popeye's power food to be spinach came from a study which, because of a misprint, attributed to spinach ten times its actual iron content. The error was discovered sometime in the 1930s but not widely publicized until 1981!

Watch the cartoon!

mississippi records

For the past six months or so I've been completely obsessed with Mississippi records, the vinyl only re-issue label, that I've decided to name my blog after my favorite one, I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE.

Mississippi has a knack for unearthing absolute treasures! The covers are gorgeous, the sound and the mastering impeccable! These are the precious gems you hope to find while searching through your grandmother's attic.

You can purchase the entire catalog at Forced Exposure.

listen here: I don't feel at home in this world anymore- Two Gospel Keys