little girl reading to her dog in his dogbed underneath the penitent eye of a strikingly, high Lamar Sorrento painting, eclipsed by the Sun of a chandelier
In This American Life
episode 309 (Cat and Mouse) is a bizarre telling of one man's
18-year quest for the perfect couch.
The story marriesmarital and material aspirations, illustrates in miniature the role of consumer
objects as social agents, the social nature of consumption and desire,
and the immateriality of real and imagined objects of personal experience.
I have for years known it
to offer the ultimate example of humanistic ethnography.
Last year I had the opportunity to attend a concert by This
American Life's creator/rock star, Ira Glass (a furtively obese, oleaginous man with the stage presence of an housebound Olivier), where he rallied and defenestrated chaotic ruminations on his serial radio-unloosing, like a too-sober Donald Trump or Lenny Bruce, overdressed with a multiplicity of lawsuits to defend before the cool bathroom tiles and silence.
me being very serious about this being my favorite 8-minute podcast clip in the last many years @ThisAmerLife ...
with artwork by Lamar GoatboySorrento - also inspired by his purchase of a new couch today
This item is a Mono LP featuring the Opera titled:
Country Opera - The Legend Of Johnny Brown - The World Premiere Of A New Adventure In Country Music Tower Records - -5045(Mono - Promo Issue - 1966)
This issue is a Promo and on the cover the word "FREE" has been cut along the top right corner in the form of small holes.
This LP features what is likely the 1st attempt at mixing Country Music into an Opera.
4 Stars are featured:
Jerry Naylor as Johnny Brown Kay Adams as Mary Lou Ray Sanders as Sheriff Tom Alice Rene as Jezebel Jones
Titles Featured:
Side #1) Johnny Brown Hey There(Pretty Girl) Cottonwood Tree The Wedding Song Cabin Of Love River Of Love Sheriff Tom Jezebel Jones
Side #2) Where Did The Good Times Go Temptation Leads Me You Taught Me Everything I Know River Boat Town I Cried (Until I Can't Cry No More) Paying The Rent Drinkin' And Thinkin Together In Death
Remembering Edward Monroe “Eddie” Miller (December 10, 1919 – April 11, 1977) was an American songwriter, in the country music genre.
He was born in Camargo, Oklahoma and worked as a locomotive engineer before becoming a songwriter. Although he never went beyond high school, he taught songwriting at the University of Tennessee.
He was the founder of the Country and Western Music Academy in Hollywood, as well as a co-founder of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (of which he served as the first president and also another term in the presidency).
He received Performance Awards from Broadcast Music, Inc. for “There She Goes” (1954), for “Thanks a Lot” (1964), and “Release Me” (1954, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1973, as well as a Most Performed Song award in 1968 and a Pop & Country Performance Award in 1974). His publisher, Four Star Publishing, gave him platinum records for “Release Me” and “There She Goes.” The Oklahoma Music Association awarded him the All Time Great Songwriter’s Award.
Eddie wrote a country opera, “The Legend of Johnny Brown,” and a gospel opera, “It Was Jesus.”
“Legend of Johnny Brown” was a concept project that may have been years ahead of its time.
It was released on Tower Records. This project featured Kay Adams as Mary Lou, Ray Sanders as Sheriff Tom, Alice Rene as Jezebel Jones and Jerry Naylor as Johnny Brown.
Eddie Miller pitched this project to Capitol Records, with a demo version he had already recorded with Alice Rene performing all of the female vocals.
Eddie Miller actually wanted Alice Rene for the Mary Lou character but, Capitol Records went with Kay Adams.
Eddie Miller pressed the label to use Alice Rene and secured her the part of Jezebel Jones. The irony is, that the only recorded version Kay Adams had to learn this music, were the original demos previously recorded by Alice Rene.
"KILLERS THREE" - MERLE HAGGARD - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Two backwoods North Carolinians from Ramseur (Robert
Walker, Jr., and Dick Clark, go on a killing spree.
Merle Haggard sings The Ballad of Killers Three from the movie,
"Killers Three."
Merle Haggard Plays a Police Officer in ‘Killers Three’
Country music’s most famous ex-con embraces the other side of the law in 1968 film
I love discovering movies that were completely off my radar, and
tonight's Saturday Night Special is one of those indeed! "Killers Three"
is another one of those "Gun Crazy" "Bonnie And Clyde" type of movies,
but this one's just a little bit different, and this Spanish poster is
freakin' classic!!
The title of the film is "Killers Three," and that is a real misnomer
fer share, but one thing that is a fact, and that is this movie is a
real sixties cultural iconic treasure trove!
This loving couple is Robert (THE SAVAGE SEVEN, THE MAN FROM O.R.G.Y,
BEWARE! THE BLOB) Walker Jr. as poor boy Johnny Warder, and his lovely
wife Carol as played by Diane (PEYTON PLACE, WILD IN THE STREETS, JOHNNY
GOT HIS GUN) Varsi!
"Killers Three" is a movie about moonshiners.............
..........And the guys watching them, and as a matter of fact, a guvment
agent just like this is probably looking through your window right now
too!
Here he is, Mr. American Bandstand himself, a 39 year old Dick Clark as
Roger C. Kirk! When I think 'actor', Dick Clark is not the first person
that comes to mind, but he turns in quite a credible performance here!
Dick Clark also produced "Killers Three!" Roger is coming to visit his
old Army buddy Johnny, and he's brought a present for him and his wife,
an "Ant Farm!"
Roger is a little slow, and a little shy but Maureen (HOT ROD GANG,
THUNDER ALLEY, A MAN CALLED DAGGER) Arthur as Elvira Sweeney gets him to
break out of his shell a little bit!
Lucky for Roger, Elvira doesn't have any inhibitions at all!!
Roger has a bit of a drinking problem!
Still kickin' ass today, here's Bakersfield country music icon Merle
Haggard as Carol Warder's Sheriff brother Charlie! Merle also sings a
running documentary of all the events in the movie! Here's just a little taste!
Well, it's once again time for the annual Ramseur N.C. Centennial Picnic
and Country Dance with entertainment brought to you by Merle's band The
Strangers!
And fronting the band is the amazing Bonnie Owens, a woman so
fascinating she won the heart of, and was at one time married to both
Buck Owens AND Merle Haggard! Now that's a Queen of Country Music for
you!
Without a doubt, these people know how to party!
Talk about an all-star affair, in the background there on the left, I'm
sure that's Barack Obama, and Maggie from "The Walking Dead" dancing
together!
So here's what's happening, while the big dance is going on outside of
town, Johnny and Roger have this plan to use the dance as a diversion
while they're in town robbing the safe of the local payroll office! They
disappear from the festivities to disable all the cars by cutting spark
plug wires etc, but Elvira comes looking for Roger, so for lack of a
better excuse for what they are doing, Johnny explains to Elvira that
him and Roger got a little bit closer than just buddies when they were
in the service, and that they needed some time alone together! Needless
to say, she's a little more than incensed by the whole affair and storms
off!!
The safe was a little bit bigger than Roger had anticipated, so he
didn't really know how much of his nitro/oatmeal mix to use on the door!
Turns out it was a bit too much!
Everything was fine until something went horribly wrong! Now people are dead, and there's no turning back!
Carol's only crime was that she was madly in love with her man Johnny,
but now she, along with Johnny and Roger are all wanted for murder!
The trio is on the run and hungry, so they stop in a local dive to get
some chow, and who should walk in but Carol's brother Charlie! Well,
Charlie's one Helluva nice guy, and he tells Johnny and Carol, that for
at least 10 minutes, he's going to just go on and pretend like he never
saw them, opening up an opportunity for them to escape!
Unfortunately, Roger was out of the room and didn't get the message, so
an unprecedented event happens, and the King of 60's pop music promotion
shoots and kills one of the biggest stars of the 60's country music
scene! I find it culturally ironic!
Well, it doesn't take much imagination to figure out this movie's not going to have a happy ending!
They can try as they may, like with this poster, to make this look like a
gruesome story about bloodthirsty killers, but the reality is that it's
about a couple of nice naive young people who make a couple of bad
decisions, and end up paying the ultimate price for it!
So, there you
go! "Killers Three" is an obscure little movie worth seeking out, and
you won't have to look far if you have a Netflix streaming account!
With three albums released in 1968 (all of which contained a Number One hit), Merle Haggard
was well on his way to becoming one of country music’s biggest stars of
the 20th century – a phenomenal achievement especially considering that
at the beginning of the decade, he was doing hard time at California’s
San Quentin Prison.
Mired in a life of crime, Haggard eventually turned things around
with music, which perhaps explains one of the oddest credits on his
considerable resume. In 1968, the singer-songwriter donned a uniform to
play an upstanding lawman in Killers Three, a seedy Southern
crime drama whose cast included “America’s Oldest Living Teenager,” Dick
Clark. The singer’s earnest (albeit brief and ultimately tragic)
character is actually one of the film’s few redeeming qualities. In
addition to contributing to the country-themed Killers Three
soundtrack (which features an instrumental version of the future
classic, “Mama Tried”), Haggard is a one-man Greek chorus, singing the
lyrics of the theme song which telegraph the film’s plot. Haggard’s wife
at the time, singer Bonnie Owens (who had previously been married to
Buck Owens), also performs briefly in the film.
A household name thanks to his hosting duties on TV’s American Bandstand, Clark capitalized on (well, exploited, really) the 1967 box-office success of Bonnie & Clyde,
co-producing and co-writing what is ultimately a witless, violent tale
of post-World War II North Carolina bootleggers and revenuers. In other
words, it did not have a good beat and was not easy to
dance to. What it does have is Clark, in one of his few acting roles,
as Roger, the weirdo Army buddy of the lead character, Johnny, who’s
played by Robert Taylor Jr. We know Roger is a little “off” because he
mumbles most of his lines. He also has a mustache, wears glasses and is
referred to by the decidedly in-PC nickname the “Sissy Bandit.” Roger
is something of an explosives “expert.” Thanks to his dubious
safe-cracking skills (pssst: the secret ingredient is oatmeal!), Roger
is forced to go on the lam with Johnny, Johnny’s wife, Carol (the
“Killers Three” of the title), and the couple’s young son, whose dubbed
lines manage to be even creepier than Roger’s mustache. What few laughs
the film offers are entirely unintentional, the most obvious one being
Clark’s numerous screen credits (in a special lowercase font, even). He
even manages to sneak the word “bandstand” into the film’s dialogue,
although that could just be a coincidence.
In spite of the dubious results, Killers Three didn’t blow up
Haggard’s career — in either a good or bad way. He even acted again,
playing the character of Duke in a 1975 TV version of Huckleberry Finn, starring Happy Days
actors Ron Howard and Donny Most as Huck and Tom Sawyer, respectively.
The following year, the country icon appeared in an episode of The Waltons.
This movie was made in Randolph County, NC, near a little town named Ramseur. It was made during the summer of 1968. They used "local" townspeople for some scenes. I remember it was the biggest thing that ever happened in Randolph County (other than Richard Petty being from there and still resides there). They had a scene where the townspeople were dancing at a party - most of those folks were locals and some were my classmates at Asheboro, NC (high school). I will say that Dick Clark was always receptive to anyone who approached him for an autograph or just to shake his hand. I saw him in 1968 and again several years later at the Los Angeles International Airport (I was returning from military service in the Far East). I approached him and mentioned the movie "Killer's Three". He immediately smiled and said - Were you there? Dick Clark was exactly the way you saw him on TV - friendly and approachable. BTW, he thanked me for my military service. What a Class Act.
Kay Adams & Dick Curless "A Devil Like Me Needs An Angel Like You" (Tower, 1966) (LP)
Kay Adams "Wheels And Tears" (Tower, 1966/Sundazed, 2004)
A great set of mid-1960s, West Coast-flavored trucker songs... Adams, a
sassy singer who sounded a bit like Loretta Lynn, had a sizeable hit
with the novelty song "Little Pink Mack," and they naturally tried to
follow it up with similar material, like "Six Days Awaiting," an answer
song to Dave Dudley's wildly popular "Six Days On The Road." That
didn't work quite as well, but the rest of this album is still a lot of
fun -- it's pure, glorious Bakersfield twang, and definitely worth
checking out if you like the cool old stuff. Adams even pays homage to a
West Coast foremother, Rose Maddox
with a fine version of "Big, Big Day Tomorrow," a great old weeper that
Rose recorded a few years earlier. Folks looking for lost gems in
country's past would be well advised to snap this tasty reissue up now,
while you still have the chance!
Kay Adams/Various Artists "Country Opera: The Legend Of Johnny Brown" (Tower, 1966) (LP)
(Produced by Eddie Miller)
This ambitious album was conceived of as a country operetta, with songs
and a libretto written by songsmith Eddie Miller (best known for writing
the classic "Release Me," among other hits of the '50s and '60s.)
Although the short narrations that start many tracks get in the way of
the songs, this is still a pretty enjoyable album, with good
performances and a perhaps overly-expository libretto. Although it has
been performed on stage, I think it was mainly intended as a story to be
heard on the hi-fi, and it certainly works in that regard, with solid,
workmanlike accompaniment and good vocal performances throughout.
The
main attracting is probably the underrated Kay Adams, who sings in a
Loretta Lynn style, as well as second-stringers Ray Sanders and Jerry
Naylor (a guy who wouldn't hit the charts on his own until 1975, nearly a
decade later!) as well as Alice Rene, who plays "the other woman" but
is otherwise a total unknown.
This is worth a spin, particularly for
Kay Adams fans (and there are a few out there!)
Kay Adams "Alcohol And Tears" (Tower, 1967) (LP)
Kay Adams/Various Artists "Killers Three" (Soundtrack) (Tower, 1968)
This was a soundtrack album for a cheapo crimesploitation B-movie written by and starring American Bandstand
host Dick Clark.
Also in the cast was songwriter Merle Haggard, who
appears on the soundtrack along with Bonnie Owens, Dick Curless and Kay
Adams, who contributes three songs: "Gonna Have A Good Time," and "Love
Me Now And Forever," and "Maybe You'll Appreciate Me Someday."
Kay Adams "Made For Love" (Frontline Records, 1978) (LP)
Texas-born Kay Adams was one of the more
underrated singers of the Bakersfield Sound... Adams made a splash in
'65 with her Top 30 hit, "Little Pink Mack," which is credited as the
first trucker song recorded by a gal, but even with this early hit and
subsequent acclaim as a hot new artist, Adams failed to chart again and
basically fell off the radar by the end of the decade. She was a
rock-solid singer, though, and her handful of albums from the '60s are
cult faves that remain, sadly, long out of print. Here's a quick look
at her work.
Links
You
already know the greats of Texas' recorded history.
Roy Orbison.
Lightnin' Hopkins. ZZ top. Jandek.
But no Texas record collection is
complete without this regional remnant of the exercise album craze,
Irlene Mandrell'sTexersize.
Born in Corpus Christi, Irlene
grew up in the shadow of her successful sisters, Barbara and Louise, and
cast herself in various projects trying to find her
niche.
Where did you find this? Believe it or not, my uncle wrote and arranged all the music and his best friend and producer, Andy Murphy of Panda Productions, produced the album and was the music producer for the video. I thought this was LONG gone... I haven't seen it since I was a kid!!
While her siblings were playing No. 1 hits at the Grand Ole Opry,
Irlene was guest-starring in skits on See-Haw, attempting a career as a stock-car racer and joining the "aerobics" craze with Texersize.
Swapping leg-warmers for cowboy boots, Irlene leads us though a full
workout of Texas-themed moves: The Pecos Pull. The Big Bend. The Thighs
of Texas.
No longer would Texas housewives with a few extra pounds have
to work out to exercise videos made by commie Hollywood celebs or the
liberal East-Coast gymnastic elite. This one was all Texas, down to its
Texas-size defoliated album cover.
The "tee-haw" calls were even provided
by none other than Asleep At The Wheel's Ray Benson. Happily, a video has emerged
with clips from the VHS (or perhaps Betamax?) accompaniment to the
record.
So y'all pull up a saddle, get out your best workout boots, and
get Texersizin'!
Irlene didn't last long in the exercise biz.
And
now, she has finally found her calling: guns.
She hosts a
yearly "Celebrity Shoot," and is a spokesperson for Smith & Wesson.
In the beginning of Texercise with Vinnie, Olivia and Lindsey, we'll
wear our western outfits.
- Vinnie will wear his cowboy shirt, his belt, his jean pants and his
cowboy boots.
- Lindsey and I will wear our tied cowgirl shirts, our belts, our jean
pants, our cowgirl boots and our bracelets.
Lindsey will say, "Today's active lifestyles demand that we all stay in
top condition. Not only for ourselves, but for our families as well.
That means that we eat right and exercise." Then Vinnie and I will say,
"But Lindsey sometimes finding the time to go to a spa or health club is
hard so we texercise. It's fun and it gives us a complete physical and
cardiovascular workout in just 30 minutes. And best of all Lindsey we
can do it whether we're on the road doing concerts, TV shows or on Young
Talent Times. Now let's get started and texercise" and then we go to
Heavenly Bodies.
- Vinnie will wear his white sweatband, his black tank top, his black
shorts, his athlete socks, his sneakers, his white wristbands and his O
necklace.
- I'll wear my pink sweatband, my pink short sleeve crop top, my black
suspender leotard, my tan tights, my pink leg warmers, my sneakers and
my pink wristbands.
- Lindsey will have her hair in 2 ponytails, she'll wear grey sweatband,
a grey short sleeve crop top, a black suspender leotard, tan tights,
grey leg warmers, her sneakers and grey wristbands.
Jerry & Danielle (orange), Shaun & Kimee (blue), Donny &
Marie (purple), Curtis & Jenn (red), Scott & Julie (yellow) and
Chris & Bindi (green) will texercise with us too.
- The boys will wear tank tops, shorts, athlete socks, sneakers and
wristbands.
- The girls will wear short sleeve crop tops, black suspender leotards,
tan tights, leg warmers, sneakers and wristbands.
Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh will NOT be Trying these Halloween Sexual Assault Cases any Time Soon
Halloween... masks and bones Hattori v. Peairs - How cited 493 So. 2d 835 - La: Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 1986 - Google Scholar ... number two. In this instance the attacker wore a Halloween mask which prevented the victim from seeing his face. Victim ... Again, the intruder wore a Halloween mask to prevent his victim from identifying him. ... SHORTESS, Judge. This suit arose from the unfortunate events of Halloween night in 1981. ...
In re Ellender ... The facts that form the basis of the complaint are not disputed. On October 31, 2003, Judge Ellender and his wife attended a Halloween party held at the 1921 Seafood Restaurant in received when she ran into a brick wall inside of a Halloween haunted house operated by defendant. We affirm. ...
FR v. St. Charles County Sheriff's Dept. - How cited 301 SW 3d 56 - Mo: Supreme Court, 2010 - Google Scholar ... In the second case, Charles Raynor, a convicted sex offender, challenges the constitutional validity of section 589.426, which prohibits convicted sex offenders from going outdoors, turning on their outdoor lights and handing out candy on Halloween, and which requires them to ... Cited by 9 - Related articles
People v. Chase Mich: Court of Appeals, 2010 - Google Scholar ... She then witnessed a man in a Michael Myers mask, from the movie "Halloween," stand over Buchanan and shoot him in the head. ... Later, while driving to the corner store, she saw a man in a Michael Myers "Halloween" mask. ... Related articles 2 MacDonald v. Thaler Dist. Court, SD Texas, 2010 - Google Scholar ... Previously, she and her girlfriend had been at a Halloween block party where she had four or five alcoholic drinks. ... Further, she did not try to escape because she was naked from the waist down and did not think that she could get away, and any attempt to run would make ... Related articles Durkin v. Verizon New York, Inc. Dist. Court, SD New York, 2010 - Google Scholar ... to work with their bras stuffed and wearing name tags with the name "Anne," claiming that they were dressing up as Plaintiff for Halloween. ... The plaintiff complained of a variety of conduct, of which three incidents were graphically sexual: (1) a picture of a naked, obese woman ... Related articles CARANI v. Meisner Dist. Court, D. Colorado, 2010 - Google Scholar ... The stickers spelled out "slut" and made a statement to the effect that a Halloween costume Ms. Sims had been wearing the previous day was ... blanket, or pillow," was "placed in a cell with a surveillance camera," and was "ogled" by a female guard while he was naked); Estrada v ... 4 Prairie Schooner I Watch Her Eat the Apple, and: Métis, and: If Eve Side-Stealer & Mary Busted-Chest Ruled the World, and: Hand-Me-Down Halloween University of Nebraska Press If Eve Side-Stealer & Mary Busted-Chest Ruled the World, and: Hand-Me-Down Halloween I Watch Her Eat the Apple She twirls it in her left hand, a small red merry-go-round. According to the white oval sticker, she holds apple #4016. I’ve read in some book or other of four thousand fifteen fruits she held before this one, each equally dizzied by the heat in the tips of her fingers. She twists the stem, pulls it like the pin of a grenade, and I just know somewhere someone is sitting alone on a porch, bruised, opened up to their wet white ribs, riddled by her teeth— lucky. With her right hand, she lifts the sticker from the skin. Now, the apple is more naked than any apple has been since two bodies first touched the leaves of ache in the garden. Maybe her apple is McIntosh, maybe Red Delicious. I only know it is the color of something I dreamt, something I gave to her after being away for ten thousand nights. The apple pulses... 5 “Some of us can see them with the naked eye,” said Wyatt on Halloween 2001 in an article in Florida Today. “But they're the ones that decide whether or not they want to be photographed. So, when you get one in a picture, essentially what you've photographed is the result of pure thought or consciousness.”
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