Pat and Lolly Vegas: "Robot Walk" / "Don't You Remember"

Pat and Lolly Vegas may be better remembered for being the core of Native American rock band Redbone, but honestly, if you record a song about a robot, especially one as awesome as this, then that's what I am going to remember you for.

Pat and Lolly performed this song in the 1964 film The Nasty Rabbit.

Click here to do the Robot Walk!

Soupy Sales: "Spanish Flea" / "That Wasn't No Girl"

What's your favorite song? My 2-year-old son's answer to this question would instantly be "Spanish Flea". Not this version...the Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass version. He loves that song.

This version confuses him, because as far as he is concerned, "Spanish Flea" is not supposed to have lyrics. He hasn't seen that one episode of The Simpsons where homer sings part of it. You probably have, right? I couldn't find a good clip of it on youtube, but here is a crappy one.

Anyway, it's Soupy Sales and it's awesome. I was going to make a joke here about his (Soupy's) son's band and how terrible it was but I thought that would seem forced. Although I'm pretty sure I just did make that joke. Oh, well.

The B-Side is about the dangers of driving around with a guy who has "that long Liverpool hair" in your car because your girlfriend will break up with you because she saw him and thought he was a girl. Those were simpler times, I guess.

Here is a little Spanish flea...

The Tune Rockers - "The Green Mosquito" / "Warm Up"

I should thank Devlin for this. Well, Devlin and The Cramps. See, I never would have bought this thing if The Cramps hadn't used the intro to "The Green Mosquito" for their song "Human Fly", and also if Devlin hadn't told me that that's where they got it.

I'm glad I did. This is good sax-driven instrumental rock music. You should spend 5 minutes of your day listening to this.

Click here to download United Artists single # UA 139 X.

The Frantics: "Gayway Twist"

Patrick picked this postcard record up for me when he went to Seattle. Regrettably, neither of us went to the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. The "Gayway" of the title, by the way, was an amusement park that was a part of the 1962 Fair. I did not just know that. I had to use the internet to look it up.

So, yeah, you should download this and for almost two and a half minutes, you can pretend it is 47 years ago and relive the glory of the Gayway. The Gayway was renamed "The Fun Forest" after the Fair. I'm glad they waited because somehow "The Fun Forest Twist" sounds even dirtier.

Click here to start Gayway Twistin'! Front and back scans of the postcard are included for nerds like me.

Human Greed - "Para Eso Habeis Nacido" 7"

If there's one thing that (until today) this "blog" has been lacking, it is pissed-off French Canadian grindcore.

Human Greed did a split 7" with Monster X, which is how I first heard of them, and also this record, and maybe some other stuff, but the internet is not forthcoming with a whole lot of information about this band. There's apparently an active British experimental project called Human Greed, but it's not the same guy(s).

The sound's kind of shitty and I think it skips a couple of times, but you can just pretend you're back living in the punkhouse and it is 1995 and you're more concerned with smashing the fucking state than going out to buy a new needle or whatever. Maybe you can dumpster one later.

Label scans, front and back covers and the (bilingual) lyrics are included.

Click here to download.

The Four Speeds - "My Sting Ray" / "R.P.M"

Do people write songs about their cars anymore? I guess rap is probably the most likely to do something like that in this modern age, and rappers do often make mention of their cars, but there's nothing like this going on now, that I know of. If it is happening, please clue me in because although I have limited interest in cars themselves, songs about cars is another matter altogether.

Also, I know only 5 or 6 people are reading this, but would it kill you dudes to leave a comment once in a while? I'd like to know if anyone besides me is enjoying this.

Also also, you guys should really be paying attention to Red's blog because it is awesome on a scope that I can't manage. He also has a 45-a-day email list which is well worth signing up for.

Anyway, let's all click here to download a couple of songs about cars!

Barmate: Home Bartenders' Guide to Expert Drink Mixing.

I don't drink alcohol. Without getting too Earth Crisis on you, I never saw the point. Always seemed like a wast of time to me, you know? Anyway, this thing is beautiful. From front to back it is an amazing booklet from the fine people at Southern Comfort.

Enjoy!

Here's the link.

You guys have a good weekend!