Kurt Braunohler raised $6,000 on Kickstarter to “hire a man in a plane to write stupid things in the sky.”Perfect.
New frontiers of skywriting right here.
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The Simpsons (and Prince) - My Name Is Bart
Originally recorded in 1993 as the single from what came out later as The Yellow Album, ‘My Name Is Bart’ was Prince trying to do what Michael Jackson did with ‘Do The Bartman’. It’s…well, it’s not as good as ‘Do The Bartman’.
-TB
From the tumblr of the 90 Percent Hits podcast I’m part of. Just in case you wanted a headache.
There she goes…
There she goes again…
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Chap Trick
I accidentally wrote ‘Chap Trick’ earlier today, and then decided that Chap Trick would be a funny band, the kind that would wear monocles and cufflinks on stage. What ho, Jeeves! Featuring tunes like ‘Dream Bobbies’, ‘I Would Be Most Grateful If My Presence Would Make You Most Grateful’ and ‘In The Event That You Require My Affections, They Will Be Yours.’
The #2 single in Australia as the clock turned from 1989 to 1990: “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Billy Joel. I had no idea this song was a hit so late in the 1980s. I wonder whether Billy was influenced by REM’s ‘Its The End Of The World As We Know It?’
Since writing this post for the shamelessly nostalgic tumblr for our 90s singles podcast, I’ve had a strange mix of the two songs stuck in my head: “JFK blown away, Leonard Bernstein!”, “you symbiotic patriotic British politician sex”, etc.
Why ‘90 Percent Hits’? Well, the 1990s saw the duel of the long running Australian pop compilation series 100% Hits (1991-) and Hit Machine (1993-1999). Above are photos of Tim’s 1993-era 100% Hits Volume 11, which featured the likes of ‘What’s My Name’ by Snoop Doggy Dogg and ‘Asshole’ by Denis Leary. Back in the days when people bought music on tapes.
Also, as 90s kids, we learned that we needed a name that’s witty at first, but that seems less funny every time you hear it.
I now have, on CD, 100% Hits volumes 1-27 (I got most of them on ebay or the Brisbane Lifeline Bookfest for, you know, about $3 each).
Also, yes. There’s a podcast that I am if you want to hear my voice.
That’s it. That’s the scene.
The economy of the English language.
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Love — A House Is Not A Motel - 1967
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