WMFU's Blog posted Loony Tunes for Kooky Times (MP3s), 21 tunes about being loosing it, done by everyone from Dolly Parton to Dinah Washington, Screaming Jay Hawkins to The Sensational Alex Harvey. "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" is there, by Napoleon XIV ("I know you laughed. I heard you laugh. You laughed, you [...]

[There are 21 MP3s contained in this post] Call me crazy, but in 2005, I compiled a bunch of whacked out tunes for my WFMU marathon premium. Back then, the disc, Loony Tunes , was given out exclusively to pledgers to my show Give the Drummer Some , but now, invoking the insanity clause, I'm making the whole shebang available here. Posted below are the original liner notes, MP3s of (most of) the tracks, and quotes uttered by each manic maestro. Go nuts! [...]

Okay, time to shift gears. Two examples of vocalese (lyrical vocal interpretation a jazz solo) and an R & B record by a jazz singer. King Pleasure wrote these lyrics to Lester Young's solo on "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid". Annie Ross interprets Wardell Gray, and Billie Holiday makes a rocking record with Tiny Grimes. Set your dial to "right there close to eighty on the dot". [...]