late night with guy mondo

As Election Day is a mere five days away there seems to be some pretty ridiculous attempts at derailing Barack Obama's bid for the White House. Of the more idiotic schemes comes from Philadelphia where a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Obama's qualifications for to be president. No, it's not one of the McCain/ Palin camp's beating the dead horse of Obama's inexperience. Hell, if experience is a qualification no one would be eligible except the one guy who's had the office for the last eight years. Nobody wants that, do they? I don't think so. The newest challenge to the possibility of an Obama/ Biden White House was reported in the Washington Post on Sunday October 26, 2008. It seems that lawyer Philip J. Berg's lawsuit alleging that Obama is ineligible for the leader of the free world because he is not a citizen of the US. Berg asserts that Barack Obama is either a citizen of his father's native Kenya or became a citizen of I...

I really like Bjork. She's like the Salvador Dali of pop music. I mean that, if you've ever heard Dali speak or if you've read anything he'd written, you would see that Bjork has the same sort of literal eccentricity in her lyrics and sometimes in her interviews. This is the cover for her single for " All is Full of Love ". It's an enhanced CD that has the video that was directed by Chris Cunningham and, as you will see here , it's all at once beautiful, erotic, creepy, and melancholy. One of my favorites music videos.

Thanks to my really good friend Jeni Morrell for this VIDEO . I tried to embed it here but it didn't work so you'll have to go to the CNNBC page to view it. Okay, just so you know: I actually wrote-in my vote for Al Sharpton (again!) because he has cooler hair. Also, Barack Obama's name sounds like one of those guys that you see outside the subway station trying to sell you a bean pie. I don't want a president that's gonna go over to, say China, to negotiate trade agreements or something and then try to sell them bean pies... On the StudioMONDO Hi-Fi: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Royskopp - Melody A.M. Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man in Babylon Zero 7 - Simple Things

Image courtesy of USAToday via JibJab.com The ABC News website has created this nifty little game for people to determine which presidential nominee, Obama or McCain, really matches our concerns. Find out which candidate is your match for the next 4 years by playing Match-o-Matic II ! Now, my advice to you, if you're going to play this game, is to simply read each quote without trying to figure out which candidate may have said what. Just pick the quote that most reflects your point of view. You might be surprised. Today on the StudioMONDO Wheels of Steel: Lonette McKee - Words and Music Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial Thievery Corporation - The Mirror Conspiracy Alice Coltrane - Ptah the El Daoud

When Jeff and I were little kids we had one of those portable record players that was like a suitcase and it had three speeds: 33, 45 and 78rpm. We use to play these 12" colored-vinyl Disney records and my Mom's 7" 45's by people like Major Lance, Gene McDaniels , Fontella Bass and others. Also there was Brahms' "Hungarian Dance Nos. 5 and 6", Jerry Lewis "I've Got the World on a String" and my all-time favorite "Jezebel / Rose, Rose I Love You" by Frankie Laine . My Mom still had those 45's until the late '70s when she moved from DC to Atlanta. Unfortunately, she threw them all away in the process of packing so I ended up searching yard sales and thrift stores for replacements to no avail. Every once in awhile I would think about these old records and would come across a battered Frankie Laine LP in a used record bin but it didn't have both the songs I wanted. Then, a few years ago, I was trolling eBay for Andy Wil...

My fictitious pre-fab home courtesy of Sears Roebuck Co. Okay, so Done Gunderson, et al., never contacted me again. Too bad as I was thinking of trying to, eventually, see if I could get him to send me some cash (y'know, for gas and time off from work and such) so I could go to the bank to cash his phony check. Alas, no go. However, this week I have received another email from some heir to African fortunes with an email account on Japanese Yahoo ( lily_jone2008@yahoo.co.jp ). As with all 419 scams this letter was full of poor grammar, misspellings, religious references and soap-opera melodrama. Here is the email from "Lily Jones": Dear Belove one Based on your profile, l am happy to request for your assistance because I beleive that you are not going to betrayed the trust which I am going to lay on you Dear Beloved i pray all is well with you and Other members of your family. My name is Lily 20 years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs Jones, My fathe...

I, basically, work lots of part-time jobs doing a few different things though most of the time my work is in security or catering. I am always looking for new opportunities to fill up my calendar so, occasionally, I go to Craigslist. Back in August I answered an ad for a driver, 3 to 4 days a week, claiming good pay. I replied and sent along a copy of my resume. I was immediately suspicious when the lister, Done Gunderson, Esq., replied to my email with a different name, Douglas Raymond, in an letter from Gunderson's G-mail account. I smelled what is commonly known as a "419 Advance Fee Fraud" scam or "The Nigerian Letter Scam" and decided to see just how far I could run with it. Here is the reply I got: Hello There, Thanks for your swift response and i am glad to read from you as regard to the driving job. I am Douglas Raymond by name and I live here in illinois, presently in United kingdom, I have informed my wife {Sandra by Name} concerning the pick up and fo...