I'm so sorry, Metafilter, really I am. I don't know what's come over me, but I am posting one of the dopiest, most embarrassing celebrity novelty tunes ever recorded. It's by the fellow who played Batman in the 60s TV series, Adam West, in a breathtakingly stupid recording of an utterly ridiculous song called
Miranda. I pray that you'll forgive me for my indiscretion, and I promise I will post some inspiring and worthwhile music next time around.
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Aug 30, 2011 -
41 comments
A unique (to say the least) musical voice from the past emerges, with a timely tune to those along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Yes, friends, it's Nervous Norvus, with
Evil Hurricane.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Aug 26, 2011 -
19 comments
Performances [MLYT] from the
2010 Old-Time Piano Championship in Peoria. Featuring early March, Cakewalk, Ragtime, Boogie, Stride, Blues, Novelty, Jazz, Classical, and popular song styles from before 1930.
posted by gman
on Jun 20, 2010 -
13 comments
Well ladies, just when you thought you had all of your cosmetic needs taken care of, they come up with
something new. Although I'm not entirely sold on this being essential for your kit, it sure is novel. (And surprisingly not NSFW)
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posted by empatterson
on Feb 11, 2010 -
95 comments
Ramsey Kearney was a teenage country music prodigy
nicknamed the Dixie Farmboy, a rockabilly singer with
the Jimmie Martin Combo, a
songwriter for Brenda Lee, and a producer of the most cloying
Elvis tribute single ever recorded. Kearney would have almost no connection to alternative music whatsoever until John Trubee,
a notorious crank phone caller and sideman for
Zoogz Rift, found an ad in the back of the
Midnight Globe tabloid from Kearney's
Nashco Records label, a
song-poem company offering to
put his words to music for a small fee. Trubee sent his own
disturbing LSD-fueled lyrics to Nashco, but to his surprise, Nashco accepted the lyrics after taking a $79.95 fee from Trubee. Kearney tweaked the lyrics slightly in order to avoid a
lawsuit from Stevie Wonder, but the end product was the cult classic novelty song,
Blind Man's Penis. (more inside)
posted by jonp72
on Aug 3, 2006 -
12 comments
Singaporean scientists
genetically modify zebra fish to detect water pollutants by turning fluorescent. An American company realizes there's a consumer market for novelty glow-in-the-dark fish,
and starts selling the US's first genetically modified pet. While the FDA, which oversees GM animals,
'finds no reason to regulate', California's Fish and Game Commission
bans sales in the state over ethical concenrns, and a coalition of watchdog groups
files suit to support a national ban.
A year later, GloFish are still on sale, and
California's reconsidering its sales block. With the first GM pet quietly swimming into homes, and others (
like hypo-allergenic cats) close behind, are we ready for a designer pet invasion?
posted by thomascrown
on Dec 20, 2004 -
51 comments
Do you like boobs? Do you like spikes? How about boobs that look like
blowfish? Spiky Bras is an innovative concept, to say the least. Bras (and other, related underthings) covered with spikes. Why not? Give people the impression you have 300, 400 nipples! But why stop there? They have
feathery bras and
flowery bras and
men's underpants that talk (ie. "I'm a horny 'lil devil!"). This may seem crass and juvenile but nothing is as cool as the
glowing cactus that now tops my Christmas list.
The site is relatively SWF, that is, if you think looking at pictures of boobs stuffed in bras covered with what looks like white, plastic Hershey's kisses is safe for your workplace.
posted by E_B_A
on Dec 2, 2004 -
16 comments
Truck-nutz? Can it get any more crude, I mean 'red', than this? (here, another
brand and lots of pics - click on mugshots). Who in their right mind would hang these under thier bumper?
posted by tomplus2
on Aug 11, 2002 -
33 comments
