The rock band Angel was discovered by KISS' Gene Simmons in a Washington, DC club in 1975. They released six albums between 1975-1980 but never quite hit the big time. I had their album On Earth As It Is In Heaven (1977) when I was a kid and listened to it along with my KISS and Alice Cooper records. In 1978 they released a single called The Christmas Song (not to be confused with the 'Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire' song).
Here's the classic (?) Christmas In The Stars: STAR WARS Christmas Album. My neighbor had this on vinyl when it came out in 1980. This rip is from the 1996 CD release from Rhino. This album was produced by Meco Monardo, best known for his disco album Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk. It features the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO and sound effects wizard Ben Burtt provides the sounds for R2-D2 and Chewbacca. The strangest thing about this album is that it features an 18-year-old Jon Bon Jovi (credited as John Bongiovi) fronting a high school choir on the song "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas." Be warned -- this album is pretty cheesy.
By decree of the King, let the festivities begin!
Director Robert Altman passed away Nov. 20 at age 81. He was responsible for two of my favorite films -- M*A*S*H (1970) and Popeye (1980). In tribute to Mr. Altman, here is a song from each of those movies.
Ken Konz (DB 1953-59)
I also picked up a new CD by Mr. Jingeling, The Keeper Of The Keys called Story & Songs. Mr. Jingeling has been a Cleveland tradition since 1956. I've been looking for his theme song for a while now and this year is the first time it has been made available. It's not the original version, but it will have to do. Here's the track listing for the CD --
Here's the lyrics to Mr. Jingeling's Jingle --
I had thought about posting this CD, but someone has beaten me to it. Go here --
Anyone growing up in Northeast Ohio (or Canada) from the late 50's through the late 80's was aware of Barnaby. He was the host of a children's show created by Linn Sheldon. Here's the theme music and his signature ending --The following two novelty Christmas songs were recorded by Barnaby in 1960. Thanks to Lee at Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else for posting these last Christmas.
Boofo Goes Where Santa Goes
Rabbits Have A Christmas
Sadly Linn Sheldon passed away this past April at age 86.
Jonathan Harris ... Commander Issac Gampu
Ric Carrot ... Captain Chris Gentry
Pamelyn Ferdin ... Cadet Laura Gentry
Brian Tochi ... Cadet Tee Gar Soom
Ty Henderson ... Lt. Paul Jerome
Maggie Cooper ... Adrian
Eric Greene ... Loki
and Peepo the Robot
Read the story HERE.
I posted this great CD at the beginning of the Halloween season, if you didn't get it then - what are you waiting for?! Christmas?! :) Get it while you can, you won't regret it. Here's the original post --
Thanks to everyone who visited my little blog during October. I hope I made everyone's Halloween a little bit creepier. I have some other (non-Halloween) stuff I'll post this month, though probably not as often. I'm still on dial-up and it takes a looooong time to upload and download stuff (plus my wife likes to get on the computer every once in a while). I'm gonna start gearing up for Christmas. Next to Halloween, Christmas is my favorite time of year. I've been searching for music that combines Christmas and monsters, I have the Tales From The Crypt Christmas CD, The Monster Christmas Mash and a few other songs. If anyone knows of any such music I'd like to hear about it.Thanks again everybody.
Hello, my name is Erick...
(Hi, Erick!)
And I make scrapbooks.
Yes, I'm a scrapper and proud of it. I go to the local Archiver's on crop night and scrap with the ladies.
I made the above poem for a swap in an online scrapbooking group I belong to. Here's how a swap works -- First, the hostess chooses a theme (this one was Halloween). Each group has 12 people in it. Each person makes or buys 12 of the same thing (topper, stickers, paper, poem, brads, ribbon, etc.). You then mail your items to the hostess and she splits them up so that you get one of each different item and she mails them back to you. Hopefully I'll get back some cool stuff to make a Halloween scrapbook.
