tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45544004806823177832012-01-01T00:16:27.123-05:00Killing Time before it kills me.Guy Mondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356036286362975036noreply@blogger.comBlogger771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554400480682317783.post-8550908822209378372012-01-01T00:16:00.000-05:002012-01-01T00:16:27.130-05:00

ME: "Hey Kitty..." THE KITTY WITH NO NAME: "Whuddat food?" ME: "It's peanut brittle, you want some?" TKWNN: "Is good food?" ME: "I like it. Do you wnat some or not?" TKWNN: "Food me!" ME: "Here you evil thing." TKWNN: "This not food! What you eat!" ME: "That is what I'm eating." TKWNN: "Do not want! Pingnud brzzle not food! Want cookie foods!" ME: "You ate all the cookies. Go away!" TKWNN: "

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 Collage by Viktor Valentine, 2011 I'm not a "holiday person" because it's always awkward for me to have to explain, again, that, as an atheist, I refuse to accept folktales and legend as fact. However, some of my friends "get it" and are as irreverent as I am and, so, every year I look forward to a holiday card from my friend Viktor who may not consider himself an artist as much as he would say

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I used to love those "Beach Party" movies when I was a kid in the 60's and was, also, a big fan of TV shows like Hullabaloo, Where the Action Is, American Bandstand, and Shindig. What I liked most was the music, of course, especially the "girl groups" and girl singers that always sang songs about getting The Boy, losing The Boy or going through life unnoticed by The Boy. Oddly enough though, out

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Lots of records... Lots and lots of records.... Lots of CDs (on the shelves and in those boxes and crates... And more CDs. I have been cataloging my collection at the Rate Your Music website. It's an ongoing project as I am still acquiring music, in some form, all the time. I've discovered that I can download free music from Amazon, mostly label samplers, that exposes me to artists

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 ©2004 Guy WR Waynes / StudioMONDO Taken at The National Aquarium in Washington, DC, in the summer of 2004.

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Survival Sampler: Fear and Loafing, collage ca. 1985 by StudioMONDOI don't recall how I came into possession of this cassette but it's still one of my favorite albums to listen to. Not one dud on the whole compilation of mid-80s New Wave, Pop and Rock acts from the Second British Invasion. It was the catalyst for my later purchases of music by groups like The Smiths, China Crisis, Scritti

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Today i decided to do a little housecleaning. While rummaging through my collection of VHS tapes i found a bunch of promo music videos. Among them was Rock DJ by Robbie Williams. It's a mediocre song made more interesting by this video in which begins with Robbie center-stage in a roller rink full of yawn-inducing, generic fashion models. He becomes increasingly distressed at not being the

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 I recently bought a new, redesigned copy of the Album Cover Album by Storm Thorgersen and Roger Dean because my original 1977 edition was coming apart from it's glued-in spine and I found a new, hardcover copy on Amazon for $0.99. First, The Cons: For all it's touted redesign this book suffers slightly from it. The axiom "If it ain't broke don't fix it." applies aptly here as the original

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Sunday afternoon I go out to buy some food and find a kitten just chillin' on the stairs.It doesn't seem to be afraid of me so I pet it because TheGuy likes the kitties a lot. When i come home it's still there and the kids from next door say she's been there all day. I suggest to DJ (the youngest kid of the group who lives across the courtyard from me) he take her home since Chico (the oldest of

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This is a compilation of songs, from different Hindi films, performed by "playback" artists (singers that dub the songs for the actors in Bollywood films) Mohammed Rafi and Mohammad Aziz. I guess the idea behind this cassette was to show how Mohammad Aziz's reverence for Mohammed Rafi made him a shoo-in as his successor in pop music after M. Rafi's death in 1980. Both of them are excellent

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A view from inside the StudioMONDO Fortress of Solitudeness of part of my collection of vintage toasters (which all work by the way). Just posted this because it's late and i gots nuthin' else t'say...

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Great Songs of the 60'sColumbia Special Products CSP 129, USA (ca. 1963?)Track list:A1Jerry Vale - Camelot A2The Ray Conniff Singers - Never on Sunday A3Eydie Gormé - Moon River A4Andre Kostelanetz - Desafinado A5Vic Damone - If Ever I Would Leave You A6Lester Lanin - I Believe in You B1The New Christy Minstrels - Green, Green B2Patti Page - Fly Me to the Moon B3Steve Lawrence - Ramblin' Rose

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E-Lux by Human Waste ProjectHollywood Records 1997, HR-62067-2Frenetic guitars, relentless pounding on the drums, bass that sounds like the aural equivalent of a gravel pit and a singer whose voice is somewhere between an air-raid siren and a snarl. This is a pretty good CD considering it was rescued from a flooded basement. If you can find it buy it because it'll probably be about a buck in the

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Every once in a while a record gets released that redefines what American roots rock should sound like and The Brandos "Honor Among Thieves" does even more than that. It managed to bring a fresh sound to the genre without losing sight of it's history. This, their 1987 debut, is a like a buffalo charging across the plains (amazing considering these guys are from New York) that, even today, doesn't

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Photograph copyright 2010 Guy WR Waynes/StudioMONDO.I shot this with a HP Scanjet 3570c flatbed scanner that i bought at the Goodwill for $15. I played with the contrast and did a little SFX on it in Adobe Photoshop 7 (which I copied off a harddrive I found in a computer someone threw away. Lucky me, huh?).For more of my photography and other artwork you can go to my DeviantArt page or my Flickr

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Spicy Thai Seafood Stew(Guy Mondo's Some Like It Hot Remix)1-1/2 lb firm catfish fillets1 tbl vegetable oil 4 onion finely chopped4 cloves of garlic finely chopped2 tbl Thai Prik King curry paste2 small lemongrass stems finely chopped1 tbl Madras curry powder1 can of coconut milk1 tbl fish sauce (nam pla)2 - 3 slices of dried galanga1 red bell pepper sliced into strip (or a combination of red,

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Speaking of fairly common things happening that might make the bullshit news here are some photos of the mangy fox that has be hanging around Temple Sinai where I work.That poor little guy...

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Okay, so it took The Onion to expose the very thing that annoys me most about television news: that, for the most part, it's mindless bullshit masquerading as information designed to fill up the time slot and generate ad dollars...The Onion: America's Finest News Source.Today on RadioMONDO:Tori Amos - Strange Little GirlsHenry Mancini - Music from "Peter Gunn"Macha - MachaNick Annis - Steal the

Guy Mondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356036286362975036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554400480682317783.post-89827108080889918532009-12-22T21:13:00.007-05:002009-12-23T08:23:04.606-05:00

Design by Guy Mondo/StudioMONDOMy latest time wasting project is making a list of album covers in my collection featuring photos of women I think are attractive. Yeah, that's right, I don't have anything better to do right now.(Note: I just figured out that you need to be a member to view my lists so I guess I'll have to post a few of my favorites here in the future.)Today on RadioMONDO:

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Today's deal was bought at the Georgia Avenue Thrift Store, of course, for a mere $1.91.This is a very, very good album from the Nevilles. It's quite a departure from their Nawlins R&B roots largely due to Daniel Lanois' dark, Southern Gothic production. This is the imaginary soundtrack to the Crescent City of Anne Rice and Barry Gifford aided and abetted by Brian Eno most of the songs have an

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"Lilith" by Guy Mondo, 1996Quite a few of my friends, family and acquaintances have made the assumption that I am a good cook based on the fact that I'm a single guy who cooks his own meals rather than buying prepared foods or take-away. Truth is I'm not that good. It's just that the few things I do cook I do well and I'm creative with ingredients because, if I'm using a recipe, it's a good bet

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Because I haven't had time to update lately I thought this video would make an entertaining placeholder until I could think of something better to post. Now I'm off to see if I just need to change the bulb in my car's headlamp of if I need to replace the flasher...They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) from They Might Be Giants on Vimeo.

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For the last two years I have been cataloging my record collection at an online site called Rate Your Music. The site's main purpose is to make a database of every piece of recorded music in the world by relying on collectors to supply all the information. It also encourages collectors to rate and review music. I think this is the best thing ever. Whenever I have some spare time, especially late

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I used to watch Soul Train with an almost religious dedication. I doubt that I ever missed an episode until the last season when I got a job that required my attendance on Saturdays. One show stands out because of the goofy oddity of it. It was the appearance of Yellow Magic Orchestra. They were one of few non-black artists, and one of only two Japanese groups (the other being Hiroshima), to

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I don't get to watch SNL very often so I try to catch up with the episodes on the NBC site. What really keeps me coming back, though, are the digital shorts by Andy Samberg. From "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "Dick in a Box" to almost every short he's produced he is the most consistently funny SNL cast member in a long, long time.This is a classic example. Warning to the kiddies: This is the

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Okay, so today was like every other. Nothing special going on, I went to work at the kitchen this morning then to my job as a security guard. Then things went wrong.About 4:25 I go outside with two co-workers as they are leaving work because I wanted to get my nametag and security key that I'd left in my car. I see a car coming up the wrong way on the one-way driveway in front of the building as

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The hype and subsequent fallout over van Winkle's street cred and the vitriol launched at him by haters for his (gasp!) sampling notwithstanding I find this an amusing piece of the 90's mainstreaming of hip hop (that's right, i said "hip hop"). Just like Elvis was promoted to sell rock and roll to a segregated retail public over the black musicians he idolised, Vanilla Ice moved hip hop into the

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An amazing collection of Maori songs. I took off a half star because, even though these are traditional hakas, over time and missionary meddling some have been given "western" arrangements that incorporate some summer camp sing-a-long style acoustic guitar. Otherwise, the a cappella chants and songs are pretty damn cool. All songs were performed by kids from the Lyttelton High School in Gisborne

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I picked this CD up as the result of hearing one tune on a friend's MySpace page. I'd heard about Harper before but, until then, I hadn't heard his music. Man! I was knocked out of my chair! From the bluesy guitar opener to his rendering of Maya Angelou's "I'll Rise" this CD is an awesome and inspiring ride. Even the throwaway "Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now" serves to lighten the moodiness of the

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I've been using the same 15" CRT monitor for more than 10 years without much thought as to its technological limitations. A week after I responded to a comment from Matthew Lyons week it, literally, blew up. I'm talking "bzzzzzzzzzz....KA-POW!" So, because i use my computer to keep track of my jobs, i needed a monitor in a hurry and, because i'm a broke ass mofo, it had to be really cheap - er,

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In no particular order my Top Favorite Artomatic Artists that I hadn't heard of before:Matty Burns - Danny: The Astronaut Deer seriesEllen Cornett - her Re-imagined TalesJeanette L. Herrera - just about everything!Lisa Harkins - beautiful little collagesPatricia Hartnett - Doves seriesBen Nicholson - great work with no info. points off for that, Ben.Frank Mancino - fabulous realist drawings (

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Okay, so today I decided that, since I finally got a little time off from work, I should shoot some of the stuff I've been collection over the last couple of days. The photo above isn't quite the way I want it yet so there will be some tweaking in PhotoShop. This is just a working proof as I will adjust the colour balance, sharpness and such. I also shot some orchids today.I don't use a

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I had seen these guys before near the kitchen where I work. Youngish (well, under 30-looking) Latino guys in jeans and blue t-shirts that advertise Hogar Crea of DE, Inc. carrying 4 or 5 small foil pans. They stop in at all the storefronts on Elkin Street. They are selling flan to help benefit Hogar Crea which is an international organisation started in Puerto Rico in 1968 to help drug addicts

Guy Mondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356036286362975036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554400480682317783.post-30706703923747411122009-04-22T23:49:00.003-04:002009-04-23T00:12:18.453-04:00

I go to my neighborhood thrift store on a regular basis because I almost always find something really cool there. Today was no exception as I rifled quickly through 3 longboxes of crappy comics that someone unloaded (mostly lame ass DC titles). However, this was the jewel in the junk, a minty fresh copy of BLACK PANTHER #7 with art by the undisputed king of comic book artists, JACK KIRBY! Also,

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While more "accessible" than the later work of Sanders' mentor John Coltrane this is not without its challenges for those who are just discovering post-bop, free jazz. To the uninitiated, what starts out as the sonic equivalent of freeing one's mind of the outer world in preparation to achieving a meditative state that meander beautifully to a kind of rapture, will only hear this as chaos on top

Guy Mondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356036286362975036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554400480682317783.post-12133542896963737082009-03-25T13:17:00.007-04:002009-04-01T18:32:17.739-04:00

I got this CD from Richard Swaine and John Sproul of CD Warehouse in Georgetown fame when they got about 800 CDs that had been in a flooded basement. They couldn't sell them in the store so I got them. I'd never heard of Tim Wilson but this is one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time! I once tried to listen to it in the car and almost had to pull over because I was laughing so hard I

Guy Mondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356036286362975036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554400480682317783.post-67541142471652791502009-03-11T00:42:00.002-04:002009-03-11T00:45:31.799-04:00

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I've had this LP for, at least, ten years and I just got around to listening to it recently. I bought it with a bunch of other stuff and it got shuffled out of sight. I've since discovered that this is one helluva lot of fun to listen to. And the video captures the mood of the entire album. I highly recommend it.

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Now that there is a Black man in the White House a lot of Americans have become, perhaps a bit unrealistic, in believing that changes in the society's attitudes and opinions on race will change dramatically overnight. There are many groups that campaign on Obama's behalf that seem to think that their agendas will be realised with him in office and some have seen progress as the President has

Guy Mondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356036286362975036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554400480682317783.post-54399688803965709282008-12-30T18:18:00.003-05:002008-12-30T18:42:41.522-05:00

This is a concept album on the subject of finding, and holding on to, love from a urban hipster's point-of-view. Nat Cole is the suave narrator on this journey through "Hundreds of Thousands of Girls" that will, ultimately, end with the playboy opting out of the swinging life for "The One".Excellent vocals from the Master of Smooth and you can't go wrong with arrangements by the incomparable

Guy Mondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356036286362975036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554400480682317783.post-3418469120161488352008-12-29T23:06:00.003-05:002008-12-29T23:22:01.331-05:00

The coolest thing I know about this album is that the 5th Dimension played a singing group invovled in a mystery on a TV show called "It Takes a Thief" starring Robert Wagner. It was on that show that the single "Puppet Man" debuted. I imagine that helped it sell like hotcakes as the group was still riding high on the strength of "Aquarius".As for the album itself, the standouts are "Puppet Man"

Guy Mondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356036286362975036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554400480682317783.post-4547001497171700912008-12-24T14:06:00.002-05:002008-12-24T14:16:51.054-05:00

This is a great West Coast hip-hop CD by a guy who never made it. It was given to me by my friend Jeni Morrell, one of the hippest hotties I know.Xmaz-n-the-HoodMC M (aka M Smith, The M)Priority Records CDS 7219 (1991)1 Chris Kringle is a Black Man 4:092 Ebony's a Scrooge 5:133 This Christmas 3:594 Xmaz-n-the-Hood 5:335 Brighter Daze 3:50

Guy Mondohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356036286362975036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554400480682317783.post-72881146655480681802008-12-24T12:43:00.003-05:002008-12-24T14:05:16.376-05:00

I just got this at Som Records. This place is awesome to be so small.According to the liner notes Scene 70 was a weekly TV show seen "...on over 115 markets nationwide..." from 1970 to 1971. It was a showcase for some of the top pop and rock acts as well as fresh, new talents and presented them (presumably live and lipsyncing) in settings from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge to the Atlantic

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Rammstein - Live aus BerlinMercury/Motor Music 314-547 590-2August 31, 1999Tracklist:1. Spiel mit mir - 5:222. Bestrafe mich - 3:493. Weisses Fleisch - 4:354. Sehnsucht - 4:255. Asche zu Asche - 3:246. Wilder Wein - 5:177 .Heirate mich - 6:168. Du riechst so gut - 5:249. Du hast - 4:2710. Bück Dich - 5:5711. Engel - 5:5712. Rammstein - 5:2913. Laichzeit - 5:1414. Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen

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The bad news is that you're now a white woman.The ad above is real. It was found on Wolf's Kompaktkiste's Pink Floyd Trance Remix page. It links to the Life of Lisa "blog" touting the weightloss benefits of the Acai Berry and a product called Colon Cleanse. Apparently the use of these products will not only lighten the load on your feet but it will also, by becoming a white woman, bump you up a

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I got this album from my friend Donna Grove (nee Greenwald) while I was working at The Bomstein Agency. Donna used to live across the street from Ian MacKaye's house in Glover Park. It was in a box with about 15 other records that Ian gave Donna and she gave them to me because she knew how much I love vinyl and music in general.I've been listening to this LP over and over for the last few days (

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Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus swainsoni)(Click on picture for full-size)I found this bird today while I was at work. It had flown into the window of the Temple Sinai Social Hall and fell into the little rubberized playground outside of the Nursery School. It was the third one I've seen that had crashed into that window. I think it's a very beautiful bird and I wanted to preserve it. This

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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

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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

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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

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Image courtesy of USAToday via JibJab.comThe 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

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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

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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

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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

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As the media-proclaimed "election of the century" draws closer I am becoming most fearful of the demographic largely ignored by the the polls because of their social status and level of education. These are the people that feel that voting doesn't matter because they feel they will be screwed anyway. This presidential race will be different because both sides have elements that have been

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The Washington Post, Sunday, March 16, 2008, page C3 Metro Section.

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Back in the 80s I was an illustrator in an ad agency and one of the benefits of being "in the biz" was the loads of free stuff that came in the mail every day. One such freebie that crossed my desk was from a company called Eva-Tone out of Clearwater, FL. Eva-Tone made thin, mailable vinyl promo records that were used to send audio presentations to clients. The "soundsheet" I got that day was a

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The coolest thing I know about this album is that the 5th Dimension played a singing group invovled in a mystery on a TV show called "It Takes a Thief" starring Robert Wagner. It was on that show that the single "Puppet Man" debuted. I imagine that helped it sell like hotcakes as the group was still riding high on the strength of "Aquarius". As for the album itself, the standouts are "Puppet Man

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I like Andy Williams as much today as I did when I was a kid. While most of my peers were crankin' Aretha Franklin and making the 70s the Golden Age of Motown, while The Byrds and Hendrix and "In a Gadda Da Vida" were the soundtrack to many a pot party, I was alone at home singing along with Andy. Then I would go out to a pot party...

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Cambodian rat butcher Louch Savoun holds up a handful of the skinned rodents to a customer in the provincial town of Battambang, some 290 km northwest of Phnom Penh on February 19, 2004.REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaAccording to the Reuters News Service the price of rat meat has been significantly affected by the sagging global economy. Inflation in Cambodia is at about 37% and has quadrupled the price

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I work in catering and have done quite a few wedding receptions. I've seen a couple of odd cakes (a coffin with a Slinky,and a Homer Simpson inside made by The Ace of Cakes) and cake decorations (full sized Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head toys) but none like the pic above. I got this months ago from somewhere on the 'net but I don't recall where.I can only wonder what went on at the reception just

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I was 14 in 1971 and in 9th grade. My family had moved away from my grandmother's house in Mt Pleasant, two blocks from the National Zoo to far Southeast near the Maryland line. I watched a lot of TV because I didn't have much else to do. I stayed up late on the weekends because that's when the horror movies were on and I didn't (and still don't) sleep much. One Saturday night I came across a

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As most people who know me will tell you, I spend a great deal of my time alone. Some will say I spend too much time alone. Pish-tosh, I say. I've been a loner all of my life and like it that way. However, I do like being around other people occasionally. I'm not a complete sociopath. I am very adept at entertaining myself. I have lots of books, movies, comics, art supplies, Freecell and Spider

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I came across this blog entry (a big victory: better late than never: music meme) while trying to find info on DC-based band Made for TV and their song "So Afraid of the Russians". There isn't, not suprisingly, much about them outside of tracklistings and wishlists. No info on the band members at all. I did, however, find that two member are living and/or working in Rappahanock County, VA.

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Photo copyright Universal Studios 2008Okay, so I finally got to see "The Incredible Hulk" and my head is still buzzing. The movie is, indeed, incredible. From the opening credits telegraphing the Hulk's back-story, to Edward Norton's Bruce Banner struggling to do research to cure himself in a Brazilian favela, to the beautiful CGI rendering of the Hulk and seamless integration into the live

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I have one of these luncheon plates that was given to me by my friend Lauren (GreenBean) many years ago. I use it everyday for my breakfast. Unfortunately it has very little of the toaster image left on it as it has worn away. I would very much like to have more of these but they were discontinued by the maker. They were made in 1994 by Sakura and called "Kitsch-In-Appliances". Anybody know

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The StudioMONDO Board of Directors circa 1964.Guy Mondo second from right.Yesterday, while I was driving on University Boulevard towards "Four Corners", some goof in the next lane over keeps drifting into the lane I'm in like they want to change lanes. I slow to let them over and they drift back to the left. I speed up to pass and they drift back into my lane. I toot my horn and they drive along

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Last year my Mom sent me an article from her local paper about a hot pepper from northern India called the Bhut Jolokia. It is in the Guinness Book as the hottest pepper in the world. Mom scribbled a note across the top of the article, "PLEASE DON'T TRY THESE!" So, of course, I've been on a mission to acquire some. I found that I can get seeds from the Chili Pepper Institute at the University of

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Thanks to my old friend Baba-C for sending this to me. As funny as it is, it is also interesting to note how anyone can manipulate the public perception of anyone else, especially those under media scrutiny, with creative editing whether audio, video, or in print. I may go into this further one day but, for now, enjoy this:Note: This is one of those entries from my other blogs originally

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This came to my attention while browsing Laughing Squid. It's an amazing app for use in, according to the developer's web site, advertising and marketing. I think it's pretty damned cool. Other people I've shown this to just think it's creepy. Currently in the StudioMONDO CD player:Dolapdere Big Gang - Just FeelThe Swimming Pool Q's - The Deep EndVerlette Simon - Proof of LifePatsy Cline - 12

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A couple of years ago I bought a digital camera from Target for $88.00. It was a Vivitar Vivicam 3705. It was a nifty little gadget that allowed me to photograph a lot of the stuff I was selling on eBay, nothing fancy but it got the job done wthout much hassle. One of the features of it was that it could record short movies of varying quality and no sound.Now, I have ideas for movies all the time

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Captain America #110. Copyright 1968, Marvel Comics. Artist: Jim SterankoI love comic books.They are one of my favorite sources of entertainment. I really like it when one of my fave titles get made into a movie and is done well. Nowadays super heroics make great movies because they get enough money and talent behind them to make them a worthwhile venture. Back in the day, this wasn't so. Even

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Capitol columns at the National Arboretum, Wash., DC. Photo by Guy MondoAh, well this is my blog. I have other blogs on MySpace and BlackPlanet but they both have the same content which really doesn't matter because only 2 people read them (in total). I figure that no one goes to either of those sites to read anything anyway. Of course, the web being as vast as it is, there is enough intelligent

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