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Topic: Mad Music Hour #162 "Organ Grinder 1"
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Started by: Stavro Arrgolus
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fiogf49gjkf0d Deluge is over. Show's almost done.
I was wrong. This mix is terrible. Oh, well.
2 segments uploaded; 1 left.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Hmm, first heat waves, now tropical floods are trying to stop me from making this dirty, dirty show. The ghods don't seem to want me to make it.
They don't mind the priests around here molesting every boy they can find, but it's THIS SHOW that offends them. That's not right. They're like crazy people up in the sky zapping the internet guy instead of the pervy priests. And if you got that Kevin Meaney reference, you're crazy, too.
I'm going to make an extra effort to post this show before my basement floods...yet again. And I just got all the rust off of the Nordic Track down there, too. ...I make the effort to tone my flabby ass and it's, "Oh no you don't! ZAP! FLOOD!"...grumble....
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fiogf49gjkf0d Ok, seriously, listening to segment 2 again, Wayne would NOT have made a show like this. I'd like to emphasize again that this is an occasional thing and won't be habitual.
Even the new feature won't happen in every show. It'll be disruptive as hell, though. Fun!
Yes, I know making this little hour long show is taking forever. I'm doing what I can manage.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Update: New feature is new...and it works rather well. The hard part is over. Now I just have to finish.
Maybe the mixing in this show is a bit less crap than last time...maybe. But all that noise at the beginning of the show is due to bad microphone syndrome.
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fiogf49gjkf0d The actual warning is less than 20 seconds. I just think it's worded badly. I want it to open with a Pythonesque fanfare. It all has to be about the silly. It can't stop with the music. The DJ-ing has to be part of "what's demented about the show". Silly DJ with silly bgm, then the silly music. It all fits together.
This should be Lesson 1 in making this kind of show and it comes directly from Barry himself.
I've used some of my vocal disadvantages to turns things around a bit and make my delivery quite silly indeed...in its own way. I think it works.
I still need a "not cheap" microphone that can tolerate noises without producing feedback. That would help immensely. Gotta get off my ass and go out & buy one...somewhere.
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Tim P. Ryan:
Dr. Demento usually gets to the first song in 42 seconds. And does not get to how to make requests and other data.
For my MMShows, I worked with that goal, leaving the rest of that stuff for later in the show. To easy to click to 90 seconds and still be waiting for the tunes that are supposed to draw you into the show.
(I have not listed yet, but I think is what is being discussed.)
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fiogf49gjkf0d Dr. Demento usually gets to the first song in 42 seconds. And does not get to how to make requests and other data.
For my MMShows, I worked with that goal, leaving the rest of that stuff for later in the show. To easy to click to 90 seconds and still be waiting for the tunes that are supposed to draw you into the show.
(I have not listed yet, but I think is what is being discussed.)
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Stavro Arrgolus:
...I'm not at all happy with how I recorded the opening announcement (the one describing the nastiness to follow). It needs a noisy, sarcastic fanfare or something.
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fiogf49gjkf0d With your kind indulgence...I'm not at all happy with how I recorded the opening announcement (the one describing the nastiness to follow). It needs a noisy, sarcastic fanfare or something.
Also, the bgm needs to be less noisy...and different. The one thing that actually works well is that new feature I mentioned. That works perfectly. The rest, not so much. I just need more sleep now that I have the means.
Late in the week I'm thinking.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Miraculously (they'll sometimes give it to you if you're completely out...sometimes), I've a new supply of the all too necessary agony/insomnia pharmacological assistance, so with the show preparations completed and the heat wave gone, the show can now be recorded.
Expect it by Wednesday at the soonest. Of course, all this will move back MMH-163 also. Oh, well. At least they're getting made now.
Who knows? Maybe its quality will improve. HA! Kidding. Need to go out & buy a better microphone. And a younger voice.
addendum: There are a few spoken word bits in this show as I mentioned before. Since it's only an hour show, it may affect the flow of the outcome where it wouldn't in a full MMS. knowtalentagency once said that it's supposed to be a mad MUSIC show.
Though since I'm in charge of it now, I'll play whatever sounds best (yeah, to an old guy with tinnitus [grumble]) for the theme, I still want your input. I know from the feedback and from monitoring the pages that at least some of you are listening to it, so tell me if this mix of music & spoken is too much, ok?
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fiogf49gjkf0d How it is
When I separated the requests to make an hour show instead of a full TMMS, most of the requests were relegated to later shows. Only two remain in the current show. It's just something I didn't anticipate.
Did you know having fans pointed at you when it's over 90° screws up anything you try to record? Even if you use Audacity to remove the noise. All the (hopefully) amusing little details are planned and typed out, but no recording can be done until the heat wave breaks. I'm not powerlifting that 100 lb AC into the window with no pharmacological assistance for my back and no sleep for one more lousy hot day and then a cold, rainy June. F*ck that.
MMH-162 = middle/late next week.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I've temporarily run out of certain vital pharmaceuticals that allow me to sleep and keep away the chronic agonizing pain. So now I have to deal with both those things during the first heat wave of the year. This show may take more than a weekend.
Just saying.
This episode also introduces a quick feature previously mentioned elsewhere. It's not especially innovative, but it is quick. This feature will come out of nowhere and allow me to break the theme for one song, a segment...or replace the theme for the rest of the show. Listen for it.
With this feature, you may start wondering if an entire announced upcoming theme is fake.
Usually, it won't be. Usually. Even if it sounds fake. Nø, realli!
If I didn't pound the message home before, let me do it now. This episode is not for the kiddies. Be warned. There will be considerably more spoken comedy in this show. Just because. Also, the cute segment titles return.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Playlist complete.
Now you may ask, WHY is this show going to be so dirty, HMMM? (actually, it's not going to be that bad...) And well you should. There's a perfectly logical reason.
First, I can't avoid it any more. I'm going to have to play actual new songs. Tried to avoid it because everyone else plays them. I don't want this show to be relegated to being a mere oldies show. That would be "bad". So the first segment must consist of new songs - which won't be dirty for the most part. At least for this show.
Secondly, with only two remaining segments in the hour, I could focus on only two body parts...the show is about body parts...in case anyone's forgotten. One male, one female... I think you can see where this is going. There's no way in hell this show was going to be able to stay clean. Not going to make a habit of this. It's a once in a while thing and I'm getting these out of the way first.
Aside from the obvious stuff, it will take several shows just to break out of the messy/disgusting parts. And that's a "good thing". The 'body parts' shows won't be one after another. They'll make an occasional return every now and again.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I hope that I've convinced at least some of you that I'm not screwing around and that TMMH will now be made on a (comparatively) regular basis again. I've no desire to have to relearn Audacity again. With that in mind...
Dilemma: The completed scripts & playlists I have are all for 2 hr (or longer) shows or for podcasts. I won't make more podcasts unless they can be put on iTunes and they can't at the moment, so it's a bit pointless to make them, really. I don't feel up to making longer shows yet. If you were in my condition, you wouldn't want to get out of bed, much less make internet shows.
So it'll be Mad Music Hours for the near future. As many as I can manage. This one - #162, is the only show currently in pieces that can easily be made into an MMH. Too many pieces for one show. It's too good a subject to fit into one hour anyway, so this will be the first hour of...however many of these get made.
BONUS: It already has requests for it. Lots of them. - Though no law says you can't request more.
It's going to be dirty. Very dirty. The first one is, anyway.
Look for it next week or possibly the week after. I've not been making shows for a while so obviously I'm going to have to string a few of these together to be taken seriously as a maker of shows.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Artificial Heart-Jonathan Coulton
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d It's increasingly looking like I'm going to have to make these shows myself. I think I've got everything I need to do it. Just a little practice and I can churn them out on a regular basis. Maybe I should start with a podcast before making a full show.
I'd still rather see Wayne return and do it...
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Oh, How could I have forgotten that!!!! Second!! Second!! Oh, Helz Yeah...
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Blaydeman2:
If your still accepting requests, "99 Words For Boobs" by Robert Lund and Spaff.com.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Pancreas -- Heywood Banks
Kidney -- Heywood Banks
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d We've Got A Lot of Livers To Do-The Capitol Steps
Enormous Penis-Da Vinci's Notebook
Your Brain Fell Out-Logan Whitehurst & the Junior Science Club
Live Organ Transplants-Monty Python
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I'll continue to accept requests until the Wednesday after show 156 is posted. Whenever that is.
With a smidgen more effort, this can become a de facto all-request show.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d If your still accepting requests, "99 Words For Boobs" by Robert Lund and Spaff.com.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Glad to hear it. Here's to your continued good health.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Full disclosure: I've been in remission for a while. My worry is that it can come back and finish me off at any time. They actually did a marvelous job with the surgery (can barely see the scar on my neck) and the radiation treatments. It's the agony in my back and hips that make me so cranky these days.
I've made a short test recording with Audacity (the 'letter' sequence from 'Gumby Theatre') that sounds ok, but I can't upload it to my 'file cabinet' here. All this is on the fix list I sent him but there's been no response.
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peterpuck9:
Make cancer walk the plank!
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Make cancer walk the plank!
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d 
I agree! Kick some butt Stavro!
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jmanforever:
No Problem Stavro. You are in the process of kicking cancer's ass. Show it!! Be the gruff-voiced salty-dog first mate of this pirate ship, and tell us what demented clips we WILL be listening to, if we wish not to walk the plank... You've been screaming at this wretched crew of landlubbers all day, and your voice is shot to hell. AAArrrrr.
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Stavro Arrgolus:
...my horrible voice which has been described as the sound of a cat being thrown into brushed nylon curtains (it was thyroid cancer that I had, after all. Think Bonnie Tyler.)
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d No Problem Stavro. You are in the process of kicking cancer's ass. Show it!! Be the gruff-voiced salty-dog first mate of this pirate ship, and tell us what demented clips we WILL be listening to, if we wish not to walk the plank... You've been screaming at this wretched crew of landlubbers all day, and your voice is shot to hell. AAArrrrr.
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Stavro Arrgolus:
...my horrible voice which has been described as the sound of a cat being thrown into brushed nylon curtains (it was thyroid cancer that I had, after all. Think Bonnie Tyler.)
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Perhaps I can write a script and create a playlist for you when you guest host. You guys sound better than I would. I'm going to try to make them on my own first, though. ...After we clear out this backlog of ideas a bit.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d pdx-dj1 uses Audacity and Cool Edit pro. I use Cool Edit Pro or Magix Studio software. Audacity should be more than enough for you to put together a show. We've found that making the playlist, writing the script and then recording our parts, takes a lot longer than editing the show together.
:-)
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I put playlists together in days. I just haven't tried the hard part yet. I only have Audacity. Do you guys use expensive specialized software? I know I need a better microphone. My PC power supply is about to die, so I want a better machine - not one like this replacement I grabbed at Walmart in 2009 to replace the one that had just died.
I found a quiet, disused room in the house for all this. It may just work out. If you can stand my voice, there might be consistent TMMS soon.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Hey it only takes pdx-dj1 and me about a year to do a new show, so Wayne is doing way better than we are.
;-)
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Stavro Arrgolus:
Ofter wonder how you guys do it.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Yes, it does. It would solve the problem of having to make multiple downer tribute shows and the 'treasure chest' segment can be used for this until I get everyone on the list.
The bad news is that to do this, we would have to have consistent shows.
I'm contemplating guest hosting and have Wayne's approval. The only reason I haven't tried it already is my horrible voice which has been described as the sound of a cat being thrown into brushed nylon curtains (it was thyroid cancer that I had, after all. Think Bonnie Tyler.)
Maybe Audacity can alter it a bit so it sounds tolerable. Ofter wonder how you guys do it. I think with a bit of advice and the use of Wayne's WAV site, becoming a permanent guest host doesn't seem so far fetched.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d A lot of the people on your tribute list did not record demented songs, so how about a snippet of music or sound effects from their show(s), movie(s), a sound bite of them talking, or whatever, and then mention their passing. That should free up some time for the songs by demented artists that passed. Make a medley of songs, playing just the best known parts of their songs. Do one segment of tributes per show until caught up.
Does any of this make sense?
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Stavro Arrgolus:
The tribute show is on hold again until I figure out how to make a good show out of what is essentially an increasingly massive obituary. If you've any marvelous notions, don't keep them to yourself...
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Tons of time. We haven't had show 156 yet.
Policy = Put together new show only after completed show gets posted. In the off chance the next show takes place at Christmas.
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Max DeGroot:
If it's not too late...
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d If it's not too late...
Involuntary Organ Donor -- Max DeGroot
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Yes, you can. However, just because I put something on a playlist doesn't mean it always stays there. For example, this song - www.madmusic.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=43702 didn't quite make an Xmas show a year or two ago. From time to time, Wayne decides that certain tunes are right out.
As of right now, we have an arrangement where this sort of thing is tolerated uncensored in small amounts - and so small amounts of these types of songs are what I add. It's been working.
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Bob Guest:
If Jmanforever can request those, I can request "Tits", by Sparks.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d If Jmanforever can request those, I can request "Tits", by Sparks.
That should balance out the nose songs.
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jmanforever:
If a PG rating is of no concern, then how about:
"Bounce your Boobies" by Rusty Warren,
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"Titties and Beer" by Frank & The Mothers.
I bet you can't guess what's on my mind this morning!
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d "I Got Life" from the musical "Hair" consists mainly of a laundry list of body parts, including two (three?) naughty ones, but not the naughtiest ones of all. It has not been played on any shows tracked here including Dr. Demento.
The musical "Hair" contains a number of demented songs; the only one ever played on a tracked show is the title song, played 4 times by Dr. D between 1978 and 2006, but listed under artist name: "James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Company (Original Broadway Cast)"
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d It's of no concern to me; bastards who kick cancer in the ass (it'll get me eventually) don't fear words, but belly fat bothers me - go figure. The Cap'n takes some convincing, though. We're both fans of FZ and his work, so it may be less of a challenge than usual.
I only question these things if a song was played on the show recently.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d If a PG rating is of no concern, then how about:
"Bounce your Boobies" by Rusty Warren,
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"Titties and Beer" by Frank & The Mothers.
I bet you can't guess what's on my mind this morning!
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Sorry I started the nose picking. ;-)
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d And this bothers me since David Tanny did a show about noses recently. It was a golden example of how many nose songs there are and I'm NOT going to copy it. Noses are indeed funny and have inspired a lot of dementia, but there's no plan to go mad with any one part...well, maybe that one... but not noses.
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Goofy Gary:
Lots of Nose songs so far...
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Lots of Nose songs so far. Here's anudder one: "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" by Little Jimmy Dickens. N-Joy.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d It's all-inclusive and as such, we may need more shows such as "Return Of The Killer Organ Grinder" to get all the good tunes that fit this theme.
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Tim P. Ryan:
Up your nose with a Rubber Hose - Gabe Kaplan
Would that fit in, or are trying to stay with organs and less so with other body parts?
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Up your nose with a Rubber Hose - Gabe Kaplan
Would that fit in, or are trying to stay with organs and less so with other body parts?
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Heart Transplant - Ray Stevens
Johnny Came Home Headless - Arrogant Worms
Can't Find My Penis - Robert Lund
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Earache My Eye & Up His Nose - Cheech & Chong
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Detachable Penis-King Missile
Pancreas-Weird Al Yankovic
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d This is a show about body organs, both internal and external. I think you know where this is going. But not too many songs about those, yeah? Until now, I've avoided anything that's been done before. I'm sure Dr. D did a show about this at least once.
The tribute show is on hold again until I figure out how to make a good show out of what is essentially an increasingly massive obituary. If you've any marvelous notions, don't keep them to yourself...
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