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December 23, 2008
Xmas Tunes, Vol. 1 - 20th Anniversary Free Download The Norwegian tape label Hypertonia World Enterprises put together their first compilation in 1988. It was an underground xmas comp. with contributions from many artists from Europe and the US. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of this release the label is offering a free download of the hour long tape.
Artists included: Nicole Campau, Laurent Fauconnet, X-omatic (aka Skjit-Lars), Sack, Joe Menichetti & Beverly Slade, George Galvas & The Helmets, F:A.R., Injuryen (Juryen, with Brt from Famlende Forsøk), Leisure Sisters, To Trøtte Typer, Trio Zuter, X Ray Pop, James Hill & Mickey Stein, No Unauthorized, Åreknuteknyterne, Walter Ulbricht Experience, Phantom Limb & The 3 Wise Men and Costes.
Reviews:
«Quite a few of these xmas tunes are those we've come to know & love, some are perhaps traditional in other countries, & some have definately been specially written for this compilation...», Stick It In Your Ear zine
«This is an especially good tape for those of you who have relatives who insist on playing those old Bing Crosby records throughout December. Pop this baby in - there's enough "seriousness" mixed in to pull it off! A definite MUST!!!», But a Twist of the Lip... zine
(Gratis julemusikk! Det er 20 års jubileum for den første samlekz'n på labelen Hypertonia World Enterprises. Det var en julekassett med "hjemme"-innspilt musikk fra en lang rekke europeiske og amerikanske artister og band. Du kan laste ned hele utgivelsen her.)
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Also available thru my brother's Bruunski Beats
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December 07, 2008
Free Bizarre Christmas Album Gearing up to mailing out my own xmas comp. to family & friends for the 7th time, news pour in that BIZARRE magazine in the UK is giving away a xmas comp. for free. Check it out here. Includes downloadable cover art. You do have to register to download, but not to listen to streaming audio.
Other recent xmas album of note: Aimee Mann // Lorena McKennit // Little Steven's Comp. // Fleshtones
Easy listening xmas music champions of the world are found at FALALALALA.
Also, check out seven free xmas comp's at Suburban Sprawl. These are not thrift store finds, but original material by current bands from Michigan and beyond. The 2008 edition is 2 CD's, 44 tracks!
A Christmas Yuleblog // Donewaiting Hearts Xmas // Ernie (Not Bert) (incl. audio adaptation of "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians"!!!) // Hip Christmas // Mistletunes
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December 01, 2008
Showman William "Billy" Rodgers R.I.P.This just in from James Taylor of SHOCKED AND AMAZED!:
 Maybe I got this news a bit later than Judy Tomaini-Rock wanted to get it to me, but the news is the saddest I’ve gotten in a long time regardless. Showman William "Billy" Rodgers, owner of show supply shop The Pirates Treasure Cove in Gibsonton [2], FL, died Nov.24 at the age of 74. If you want more details, you can go to [Tampa Bay obits], though I’ve been told there are a number of errors in the piece.
Despite those errors, I can tell you accurately that Billy was a huge friend to SHOCKED AND AMAZED! over the years, one of the best. I met him on my first visit to Gibtown at the start of my work on S&A!, and from moment one he was a major source of material and contacts on the show business, putting in many a good word with the showfolk, recommendations he needn’t have given except, well, that was the kind of guy he was. At the end of my very first visit to Gibtown, disappointed that I had not achieved one of my major goals for the week (though with Billy’s help I’d accomplished much, much more than planned), I told him my regret: that I’d not met "Lady Sandra" Reed, photographic subject of renowned photographer Diane Arbus.
Sandy Reed’s image – head thrown back, arms thrown out, cruciform, multiple swords down her throat – had been an iconic inspiration to me from the first time I’d seen it. And now, at the end of that initial journey, I’d come no closer to her than the picture I’d seen years and years before. Billy looked at me across that dining table there in the showmen’s club, put on that huge grin he was famous for, and told me, "Why, Sandy’s one of my best friends." And the rest was history. Thanks for that, Billy, and much, much else.
Taylor's Palace of Wonders // Show History // Sideshow World
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