Sunday, February 20, 2011

Elvis Costello on the Road Again!

So Elvis Costello and the Attractions are going out on tour again. This man has influenced my musical tastes and life in general in ways I cannot describe. My musical directions and taste in eye wear fashion have all been touched my Mr. McMannus. I was excited to hear about his new tour this spring. He will be bringing out the game show wheel to allow fans to spin and choose the songs the band will play. There will be other surprises as well. I have heard rumors of an onstage bar also. There will be 40 possible tunes on the wheel for the band to play. As I sit here on this overcast day here in Louisville and listen to some hot jazz featuring Barney Kessel on some A Train, I look forward to the possibilities of checking out the Elvis tour when it hits Cincinnati (the nearest venue to me). Check out his website for dates and venues in your area!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

More Smashed band names you seek, hmm?

Steve Earle the Pearl Jam

The Billy O'Shins (I always listen to Billy Ocean on St. Paddy's Day).

Mojo Richard Millhouse Nixon

Lorretta Lynnmp Biscuit

The Judds Heath

The Flying Burrito Brothers Johnson

Earth, Wind & Pharcyde

Chet Atkins Diet

Nirvana Stick

Cheap Trick or Treat

Glen Campbell Soup

The Four Tubes Tops

Marvin's Gay

Pink Floyd (Cramer) Tillman

Jimmy "U ain't seen nuthin til ya down on a" Ruffin

Tears for Zamfir (pan flutist extraorinaire)

Belly Idol

Celine Dion DiMucci (Dion sang the Lawyer anthem, "Runaround (n) Sue")

Neil Diamond Rio

Elvis Abbott & Costello

Steve Miller Highlife Band

Vanilla Icehouse

The Who Doo Gurus

WhamBone

Sponge Bob Dylan

smashed banana: the Pigman mashes up his favorite imaginary band names.


smashed banana
Originally uploaded by bananas of seattle
Short List of imaginary mashed up artists and band names:


Rascal Flatulence!

Do White Pokem?

Gerth Brooks N'Done

Toobee Keith Burpin

Keith Urban Dictionary

Boy George Straight?

Stingk

Duflush Commode

Edgar Allen Police

Uriah Carey

Goat Finger

Ted Newgentry

New Skids on the Block

Talking Header

Brett Michaels' Jackson Hole

Cracker Jacks N' Feivel

RUSHer

Jimi Hindrance

The Beotch Boyz into Menz

The Buzzed Cox

Chrissie Hinder

The Beeagles

The Accounting Crows

The Black Scrotes

The Indigo Squirrel(s) Bait

Tom Love Jones

Government Cheeses Lizzard

Ari M. & M.

Animal Collective Soul Asylum

The Bee Fifty Two Gee Fugees

The Bejesus Anne Murray Allison Krause n'Chains

The Screaming Treatise

Rich Little River Band of Horses

Santana Clause

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