The Disappointed by XTC

A great tune by the master of all things Brit Pop, Andy Partridge. This is off the XTC album Nonsuch. Run out and buy it as it rules.

Well Well Well (A Poem)

Lennon growls
and tears apart
the walls
with six strings
of fingernail
agony

shredded

ripped

my back to
pieces

bloodied
with not
a band aid
in sight

nothing to imagine

cant start over

just blood on
my carpet
under tonight's
full moon

I take off my glasses
slowly
and
call
911

knowing
full well
this is not
the kind
of emergency
they are
trained
for
  *Can be found in my book Dead Hip

Grow (A Poem)

play
simple
three
open
chords
real
fast

play
them
over
and
over

again
and
again

sing
words
straight
from
your
head

your
heart

out
of
your
mouth

loud

always
loud

three
simple
D
G
C
chords
and
your
night
is
complete

and
your
song
may
be
about
every
fool
in
front
of
their
television
sets

sitting
stale
watching
Friends

idiots

learn
three
chords

provide
your
own
dumb
entertainment

fingers
on
a
remote
control
is
like
a
ice
cube
dropped
in
the
Antarctic
Ocean

but
but
fingers
on
six
strings
is
water
in
your
garden
  *Can be found in my book Talk Me Down

Babe Of The Day * Anna Paquin

Babe Of The Day *Summer Glau

Wrong Side Of The Moon by Squeeze

For my friend Roberto...a Jools Holland / Chris Difford song recorded by Squeeze. Good stuff.   Photography by Scavullo.

Radio Show 20 - Peppy Numbers

Here is a batch of 17 tunes sure to get you up on your feet and dance dumb around your home.


shake - otis redding
refrigerator white - nick lowe
party weekend - joe king carrasco
what difference does it make - the smiths
images of loving - squeeze
I see red - split enz
it's gonna be a long night - ween
youth against fascism - sonic youth
the conspiracy song - dead milkmen
down with the bass - firehose
cut your hair - pavement
valley girl - frank zappa
strut - sheena easton
sexuality - prince
crackity jones - pixies
rock you up - romantics
riding on the rocket - shonen knife

Happy Birthday Nick Lowe ----62----"Ba Doom"

One more video to celebrate Nick's 62nd year of life.    This wonderful tune is from his Nick The Knife record which I am happy to report I have on vinyl..in fact I have almost all of his stuff on wax which sits proudly in my home here. Anyway...I've also added some cheese cake babes from old magazines that date (I'm guessing) from the 50's....they have nothing to do with Nick Lowe but I knew you folks out there would have a splendid time staring at they ladies.  Happy B-Day Nick!

Happy Birthday Nick Lowe----62----"Let Me Kiss Ya"

In celebration of Nick Lowe's 62 birthday I offer you this tune of his from the Nick The Knife album released in 1982. Enjoy this one as it is a great song and happy happy to Nick.

I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (alternative version) by The Beach Boys

From the Pet Sounds Sessions Box Set this is an alternative version of this classic tune. If you have some money burning a whole in that tight pocket of yours I suggest you go out and buy this collection of Beach Boy masterpieces.
  Got the photos from the funny as hell web site AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.

Horse On The Hill (A Poem)

massive mood

with

new moon virginity

slapping it away

on the beach

ancient scripts

hidden to move forward

with an

spongy eye

and shaking

passionate thighs

the dumb mountain

with its predictable rocks

and snowcaps

are property of four

masters

on horseback

whose names

now

escapes me

(thanks to a thirty

year love affair

of the come hither booze)

smiling with

nipple pierced

freedom

and

green hair

to boot

  shear slices of

painted lips

calls out my

name with

mighty baritone

and a thunderous

appetite

feeding the fire

to more fire

and all the while

Gabrielle

knits down by

the lake of suicide

and I compose lyrics

comprised of

twigs

ash

mercury

and

myrrh

  a love song

straight to the

beating hearts of

the Magi

from

my one eye head

my 12 fingered hand

my pattern of failure

turning fire to steam

in the

once green fields

asking why…

ask why again…

asking away the

afternoon

 the cloudless spine days

when all turns yellow

with fear

..even the green eyed monster

of Shakespeare’s

nursery rhymes

and so

this little piggy

and this rancid pony

collapses

into a heap

before the woman

even had a chance

to swallow

what was read to her

with the sun

shining in her

eyes

and no one

meant for her

to cry

  it was simply an accident

that every

old man

in the universe

could not

have prevented

no one is perfect

she tells herself

as she settles

into

the final knock

of deaths rasping cough

not even the horse

on the hill

nope

not even he

Babe Of The Day * Barbara Stanwyck

Withered Hope by They Might Be Giants

This great track comes off They Might Be Giants album The Else...a fantastic record that is a must have in anybody's collection.    I've added some photographs that are very TMBG-Like. A warning though, it does contain a bit of black and white nudity so if you are a bit of as prude please don't hit that play button.   Enjoy.

Radio Show 19

   Howdy and welcome to show number 19. Sorry for the long delay in getting this show to you all as my computer crashed last Friday leaving me to stare at the white walls of my home and feeling utterly alone as my family went to Maine to visit our new little niece.  So anyway, here it is...number 19:

bag of fat - ween
seagulls screaming, kiss her , kiss her...(demo) - andy partridge
poor lola - april march
pure denizen of the citizen band - frank black
temporary secretary - paul mccartney
hello again ..(remix version) - the cars
close to the edit ..(12 inch edited mix) - art of noise
paisley park ...(remix version) - prince
wild wild life ...(long E.T. mix) - talking heads
lmlyp ...(demo) -  ween
down in the valley - otis redding
rocky road ...(demo version) - nick lowe
A well respected man - the kinks
I wanna be a cowboy...(12 inch saddle mix) - boys don't cry

Babe Of The Day *Anonymous

Found this record at the local Salvation Army last week and man if that ain't the sexiest album cover of all time...and so, this anonymous chick is the babe of the day. 

Vulture (A Poem)

its out there
circling me
on a
lawnmower

around my home
she
goes and
goes
in
cirlcles

and I know
that
when
that
mowers
motor
is stopped
my
doorbell
(as loud as a fire
alarm)
will ring

and she knows
I am home

and
I know
that
she knows
I am home

my
car is parked
outside
as a clue
of
sorts

she will ring
I will sit
she will ring
again
I will calmy drink my
beer
in the
dark

and she will have
no choice
but to
walk
back
to her
pickup truck

without
the
rent again

and I will
rise...
turn on the
lights
and
just laugh
at how pathetic
my
life
has
become.

hell, its
either
giggle
or hang
the
noose
up

*Taken from my book Talk Me Down

Fame by Les Baxter

From his album Perfume Set To Music this Les Baxter tune is downright beautiful. There are many songs with Fame in the title but this one is the loveliest.  Have a listen.

Issues

Hello...I've had some bad luck with my computer this past weekend and just now got it back. I'll add a radio show tomorrow and update the babes of the day and perhaps a poem or two.  Sorry for the delay. KpH

Honky Tonky Cha Cha by Esquivel!

This wonderful cha cha tune by Esquivel is off his 1960 See It In Sound record which you need to have in your collection. If you are a lover of fun music...lounge and exotica then go right out and find it. I believe you can find it at some blogs that cater to music such as this. I know Amazon has it but it is pricey as hell. Regardless it is essential music to own. I hope you enjoy this song.   KpH

Baby Of The Day * Addyson Mary Kunkel

Baby of the day…week…month and year….we were blessed with the addition to our family on February twenty seventh 2011.

Weighing in at 9lbs 3oz... 22 1/2" long..... 13" chest and 14" head..... eyes of grey.....the new love of our lives....Addyson Mary Kunkel!!!!!!!!

Giving major love and congratulations to my brother Frank and his lady Meredith for having one heck of an adorable baby.  It honestly could not happen to two finer people.   It is an honor to know them and may they be blessed for all of time.

Babe Of The Day * Carole Lombard

Hard Crusty Yellow

There’s no time

For this

This meaty clock

That ticks

And

Tocks

Inside the walls of

My brown kitchen

The fleshy sheep

In the oven

Baking like

Lamb cookies

On Easter Sunday

Has risen

I am stimulated

Despite the last hour

Of the night

As I groom my

Eyelashes for

A date I have

With satin and

Duck feathers

I am hard in lipstick

Rigid under nausea stars

That fights each rainbow

To its brutal

And timely

Death

I find myself

Upright

In the mirror now

Not giving

Two shits

About

This

Or

That

Anymore

I take to the bed

Like the lamb took

To the cleaver

And I bleed

Red ooze

On the paisley

Pillowcase

And

Semen stained sheets

Hard

Crusty

And yellow

(Like Popeye

After a vicious fight

With his nemesis

Bluto)

But I am asking for this

I

Want to bleed

I

Want to be cut open

I’m

Positive

While the monkey grinder

Calls it a day

And packs up

His nickels

On the street corner

He hails himself

A cab

And lets his partner

In rancid fur

Ride the

Checkered rooftop

Surfing, if you will

But for me,

There’s no time for this

While I am 87% sure

That

I would go down on it

If only the thighs were

Open like a

24 hour

Butcher shop

I turn a cold shoulder and

Let my tattered back

Face the

Drapes

In the window

As the snow falls harder

With each

Passing millisecond

I peek out

One more time

To check

The percentages

My eyes focus slowly

And I decide

In the last remaining

Second

To shut them quickly

And forget

The whole fucking thing

Radio Show 18 * Great tunes over 5 minutes long

Hello and welcome to show 18. Here we have 12 songs that come in over 5 minutes long. Each song is a pleasure to the ear and I believe you'll be enjoying yourself  as the songs play from your speakers.  Due to the graphic nature of some of the songs you must be well over 18 to click that Play button. You don't want to become corrupted at such an early age now do ya? 

Radio Show 18
Great Tunes Over 5 Minutes Long

love for sale (extended mix)- talking heads 6:08
P control - prince 5:59
close to me (original extended mix) the cure 6:26
river of orchids - xtc 5:53
foggy notion - velvet underground 6:44
you know my name (anthology version) the Beatles 5:43
titties and beer (lather version)- frank zappa 5:23
LMLYP - ween 8:48
heroes and villains (suite) beach boys 5:23
try a little tenderness (live)- otis redding (Live) 5:14
Mississippi (Take One) - bob dylan 6:03
pop muzik (cabinet remix) M 7:40

Kiss by Ween *A Prince Cover*

In the middle off Voodoo Lady, Ween busts into this cover of the Prince classic. Great stuff.  I have no idea which year this nugget is from so if anyone knows fill me in. Thanks for watching and enjoy.

Babe Of The Day *Jean Harlow

Birthday girl Jean Harlow is today's wonderful babe.

Voodoo Lady by Ween

Here we have the video for Voodoo Lady by Ween. One of the greatest rock videos of all stinking time folks. So...push up your glasses and view this tremendous video feat.

Four Short Poems

ROUGH SEA'S


with my wrists
turned up

the blade sails in
closer
every second
I dont hear from
you

================


THE WATER BOWL


the water bowl
on the floor
in my kitchen
reminds me
that
there
was something
not exactly
human
at my apartment
today

she also brought a dog with her


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(Figure) EIGHT INCHES

I slipped...
like on ice
into her mouth

she took me in

slowly
with tender
care

I came to
the conclusion
that
she's all
right
with me.

=======================


THE SMILE


she has a smile

like a ghost
who can see
its
reflection

finally
===
  *All four can be found in my new book Dead Hip.

I Heard Her Call My Name by The Velvet Underground

To celebrate Lou Reeds birthday today I offer you this Velvet Underground song from their White Light/White Heat album, one of my all time favorite records. Enjoy the surrealism photography that I added.

 

In Bed (A Poem)

I take all my secrets

to bed with me

and while I

dream of

deeds long done

I do not twist a bit

nor does guilt

pound like waves in my head

I sleep like a child

with an innocent thumb

placed in my mouth

and I need no

sleepy time elixir

to help into sleep

I fall quite easily

into its velvet grasp

taking  seconds

 within the blink of an eye

I am gone

to that wondrous place

and no puddles of conscience

to drown me

I simply ease into it

   a lovely sleep

and let my day end

on a high note

California Dreaming by Enoch Light and The Brass Menagerie

 A great number by Enoch Light and his band. I've added some photographs of old actors and actresses back when Hollywood was beautiful...you'll see if you watch the video. So lounge around and have a listen.

Babe Of The Day *Bessie Love