I was going to post this whole album, but! I believe that Tammy Faye is actually offering this album as a reissue on her website. (Go there) As you may know, Tammy's been sick for some time, but she'd rather you pray for others than for her right now. Still, we send a salute and blow a kiss her way. Thanks for this, Tammy!
44 (!) Benedictine nuns singing on the Ed Sullivan show! This same episode had the Stones singing Ruby Tuesday (and something else- I'd have to check). I guess they needed a little family oriented balance. This is actually an amazing chunk of 60s TV.
¡Kids! Download this as a Quicktime movie you can keep on your own computer... ...here!
Just to provide a little balance for those of you who might not be moved by the vocalizations in the previous post- Here are six musical gifts, golden moments of voice and arrangement:
There are people in some circles of our lives who know not Mrs. Miller. For these colleauges and loved ones, a little introduction. For you old hat-sayers, there are a few snips from the above record further down
Kicking off with the top 40 hit (yes- we really did hear it regularly on the transistor radio during those WKNR Think Summer days)...
The 7 inch pictured above is a radio promo record. It has an open-end interview so that you, the DJ, could interview Mrs. Miller in your own studio. I wish this record was in better shape, it's one of those vexing bits o' vinyl that looks clean, but doesn't play as such. I've tried a number of things, if anyone out there has some expert (as in beyond the basics) technique to share with me, I'll clean it up and upload the rest. For now here's a few "play-the-record-now" snips...
This infant Horned toad demonstrates that, yes, generally most babies are cute
Baby songs today, becaue I made a mix (well, 2- because there's always 2-much good music) for a little baby shower event which transpired this day. So here are a few tracks:
No, it's not an accidental multi-track blend- just some wacky production on...
...No Other Baby An excerpt is all that's needed of this worst songs of all time candidate. Maybe I never made it through the whole song before- a serious listen brings us to this deeply moving final verse...
The brilliant Nicole and subsequently (yet simutaneously) brilliant Sidney are responsible for sharing our way this amazing reality video. You can find...