Although the radio aspect of Dr. Demento’s career is done (broadcast syndication of the show ended on June 6, 2010 according to Wikipedia), you can still find him online here: http://www.drdemento.com/online.html
Fortunately, I have the complete vinyl set (the CD leaves pieces out) and vinyl – digital transfer equipment, so eventually I’ll have all my favorite wacky pieces available whenever I want them.
Dr. Demento Week continues with Napoleon XIV…
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When I was a kid, my favorite radio station was the now-defunct WAXC — AM classic Top 40 radio at its finest. When the station switched format to all religion all the time, I moved to WCMF (classic rock), but it was never quite the same, except…
Dr. Demento played late night on the Westwood One Radio Network.
First time I heard it, I was hooked. 1978, in my first year of high school, I was prime audience material for the show, and I stuck with it all the way till I got to my second year in college, when I shipped off to New Paltz and had to leave the good Dr. behind.
But not before “Poppies, poppies, poppies…” became firmly embedded in my grey matter.
Dr. Demento Week continues…
Comments closedAnd so we begin Dr. Demento Week. Not with “Weird Al” (though he will show up sometime later this week, he was only part of the overall Dr. D. experience), but with Kip Addotta, and two of my all-time favorite pun-filled pieces.
In 1986, when I moved to the DC area, I also attended my first World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon), in Atlanta, GA. A group of us drove to and from the con in convoy mode, with (I think) two CB radios for easy communication. One of us ran in front of the four-vehicle convoy, and the other brought up the rear.
The two radios (as I recall) belonged to me and my friend Marty Gear, who died suddenly a few weeks ago. Vampire and White Rabbit, Tan Van, and the fourth car, which I’ve since forgotten, were on the road some 14 hours straight from one point to the other.
On the way home, punchy from general lack of sleep and the late night, I recall engaging in (if not instigating) a fish-based pun war, thanks in part to Addotta’s work. I’ve since forgotten most of the events of that con, but not the drive home.
I have no idea how many truckers or other drivers were involved, but I do know it expanded well beyond our two radios. Kept us going for at least an hour on the road.
But enough for now. On with the show…
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Comments closedAnother Spit-Take warning from your friendly neighborhood video pusher. How to give PBS that extra edge? Pull out the super powers, that’s how.
Unexpected Crossover Week comes to an end tomorrow with a cross between superheroes and seriously bad puns, leading to…well…that would ruin the surprise, wouldn’t it?
Comments closed“A revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.”
Seriously. How cool is this?!?
Unexpected Crossover Week continues…
Comments closedLes Miz. Bowie. Together…again?
Unexpected Crossover Week continues with this tip of the hat to two ubiquitous art forms: Musical Theatre and Glam Rock.
Comments closedAs the original poster says, “Is there really any need to explain?…”
Again with the fair warning – swallow first or don’t blame me later.
Unexpected Crossover Week continues…
Comments closedThis one might command a “swallow first” before playing it. Seriously. Protect your keyboard or don’t blame me later. Unexpected Crossover Week continues with this mash-up of Lord of the Rings and rapper Jay-Z.
Seriously. Here’s the original:
(In the previous video, Leonard Nimoy is singing part of his Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. You see, this is how my mind works.)
Comments closedUnexpected Crossover Week begins with an unexpectedly hilarious commercial for some automobile or other. Spock vs Spock. Like Mad Magazine’s Spy vs. Spy. In fact, I’m willing to bet that was the inspiration for this awesome work of art!
Enjoy!
Comments closedOne last animated bar graph version of classical music. Mozart was known for the complexity of his pieces and you can really see them here. Musanim Week ends today. Tomorrow we begin Unexpected Crossover Week.
Comments closedMusanim Week is almost at an end. Watch how the piano weaves the music in and out.
Comments closedHandel’s Hallelujah Chorus is an annual staple, sung the Saturday of Thanksgiving in my circle of friends.
Here’s Musanim’s take on the piece. Musanim week continues…
Comments closedThe second Beethoven piece, and one of my favorites. Also in the “eggs” format.
Musanim week continues…
Comments closedThe Pastoral scene from Fantasia was never quite like this. Watch how complex the music is by tracking the different colors along the path.
Musanim week continues…
Comments closedMusanim Week continues with the second of two Bach pieces, and a different sort of animation. These pieces are mesmerizing to me, Listening to the weaving of instruments as presented in a visual, colorful form, I don’t want to do anything else while they’re playing.
Enjoy!
Comments closedA new way to view music! I picked these up when someone posted one of these pieces randomly on my FB feed, and I spent the better part of a couple of hours wandering around the YouTube site finding more pieces, with music I liked. Toccata and Fugue in D minor has a warm, fuzzy spot in my heart. It’s been my cell ring tone for the better part of a decade.
These pieces are somewhat reminiscent of Disney’s Fantasia, my intro to the music. Trust animation to get these pieces of music implanted firmly in the minds of the young.
Musanim Week begins now.
Comments closedThe end of Comedy Week comes with a surprise combination of Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama, possibly the coolest First Lady ever. There were a multitude of other comedy snippets I could have chosen – Carol Burnett is getting her own week a little later in the year, but this struck me as awesome and I didn’t want it to wait.
My list, my rules.
Comments closedSo sorry! I know you’ve been dying to see what was next, but I’ve been in the middle of a house move and now the internet and I are living in separate places. That will change soon, but in the meantime, here’s the entry for July 13. I’ll catch up on the rest in the next day or so. One more to go for Comedy Week…
Comments closedEnjoy the changing seasons, Monty Python style. Comedy Week continues.
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