
Tasha Thomas sadly passed away in 1984 at the age of 34, fortunately during her time she made some great music hers our personal favourite 1979's epic funk infused boogie ' Hot Buttered Boogie'. Tasha Thomas - Hot Buttered Boogie

Almost a half-century ago, comedian Ernie Kovacs died in an auto crash, one that was said to have been caused by him trying to drive while lighting one of his signature cigars. At the time, he was just 42 and married to beautiful singer/actress Edie Adams, and was finding some success as a busy character actor in movies like Strangers When We Meet and North To Alaska . But he was also continuing to make occasional appearances on TV, the medium that had provided him with the opportunity to reach stardom. His unusual, cutting-edge style [...]

So, we went to Nice. Nice was nice and Nice was tres expensive, and so my hope of coming home arms laden with records was slightly foiled... We did pick up one or two souvenirs that didn't empty our pockets though: I picked this one up at the flea market for 1 euro: a seven-inch ep of Léo Petit , ses Guitares et ses Rythmes playing "4 Rocks Formidables", on the Trianon label. No idea what year it's from. On side [...]

So I am currently living in Israel for the next few months, and in honor of Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year - decided to post about the greatest Israeli cultural export. No, not Natalie Portman , I'm referring to Gershon Kingsley , a former Kibbutznik and electronic-music pioneer who is probably most famous for writing Popcorn . Kingsley was born in Weimar Germany in 1922 and immigrated to then-Palestine in 1938 where he learned piano and played jazz in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. In 1946, he moved to L.A., studied at Cal [...]

Overdid it at Christmas? Time to start that exercise regime. Here's Professeur Dutronc with a quick aerobics lesson: [...]

In a time of nearly uniformly bad news, Obama's election is certainly a good reason to rejoice, and what would a celebration be without a good dose of Space Age Moog music? So today I offer a mix that surfaced some years ago on the Internet for a short time, the compilation Switched-On Basic Hip . Who could resist a computer singing "I Walk The Line", or Hugo Montenegro doing the Neil Diamond classic "Porcupine Pie"? It also features one of my favorite Walter Carlos tracks, the Burt Bacharach cover "What's New Pussycat". See the rest of this [...]

Ever wonder what it would sound like if you were dropped into the inside a game of Mario Super Brothers? Well, that's what it's like listening to this new self-titled album by Adventure on Carpark Records . Adventure is 24 year-old North Carolina native and recent Baltimore transplant Benny Boeldt. Inspired by the soundtracks of those classic Sega Genesis video games and electro-pop acts like Sparks and Yellow Magic Orchestra, Adventure's musical computer games are dance-floor ready and for all you gamester-indierockers he'll be in town here [...]

Are there any rules to making mixtapes or in the present day and age, CD-Rs? Discuss. I think great music, surprise, and a bit of variety should still count for something, though... Ennio Morricone -'Theme from the Good, The bad and the Ugly (Le Bon, La Brute et Le Truand).' mp3 Hot Butter - 'Popcorn.' mp3 Toyah -'It's A Mystery.' mp3 Enjoy your weekend...

One more belated entry for Muppet Covers Week... this should've gone up yesterday, but churning out these daily posts was wearing me out. A quick round-up of last week's posts: Day 1: It's Time to Play the Music... Day 2: The Muppet Movie Day 3: Songs From the Street Day 4: Covers by Muppets & Friends Day 5: The Batman Connection Day 6: Pinball Number [...]

Arcade Fire: The Well And The Lighthouse - 7MB The Beatles: Savoy Truffle - 5MB Hot Butter: Popcorn - 4MB Elvis Costello: Hoover Factory - 3MB Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker: Salt Peanuts - 8MB Heaven 17: Penthouse & Pavement - 10MB Cibo Matto: Know Your Chicken - 6MB The Clash: Lost In The Supermarket - 6MB Leonard Cohen: Chelsea Hotel #2 - 4MB [...]
Hot Butter - Popcorn Gershon Kingsley - Popcorn Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Popcorn Well hello from Simon James (or Simon II given Simon SVC's attempt to turn his esteemed corner of the internet into a Gormanesque Simonfest) and thanks to Simon for inviting me to join the SVC family. I have a sneaking suspicion that he's only taking on staff to enable him to introduce Elizabeth to the

There is some debate over this debate. Some say it is Jan. 19. Either way, below are some popcorn songs including three different takes on the elementary school dance song that made PE fun. Tante Stefan (it's all coming back to you now) Shawn White (not the classic but fun all the same) The Fairfax High School Marimba Band (can you see your saggy teacher teaching you the movements in front of the class on the hardwood gym floor?) ABYSS [...]