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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #165 on: January 04, 2009, 12:25:29 PM »
This was thoughtful: The Village Voice has improved its search for specific contributors.  Here are my Voice links, in case anyone's curious (most of them are events pieces and off-off-Bway reviews):

http://www.villagevoice.com/authors/joseph-mccombs
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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #166 on: February 12, 2009, 08:26:14 AM »
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #167 on: February 12, 2009, 10:27:55 AM »
"Music is the Earth, People are the Flowers, and I am the Hose."

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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #168 on: February 12, 2009, 10:41:23 AM »
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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #169 on: February 12, 2009, 03:31:27 PM »
My 10-year-old game show appearance is now on YouTube.  In 3 parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu8nTqHFzM0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDgxEf9m4H8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO0WNuzD1ok

Excellent! Was hoping I'd get a chance to see that some day! (And good for you for putting the whammy on the rockabilly dude who was hatin' on the Beatles. Wotta schmuck.)
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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #170 on: February 12, 2009, 03:54:06 PM »

Excellent! Was hoping I'd get a chance to see that some day! (And good for you for putting the whammy on the rockabilly dude who was hatin' on the Beatles. Wotta schmuck.)


Indeed -- that guy looked like Greg Proops' bastard son. And I bet you'd know the Springsteen quote if you played today. But the early-in-his-career Jeff Probst was just awful there.

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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #171 on: February 12, 2009, 09:38:07 PM »

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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #172 on: February 12, 2009, 10:05:52 PM »
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #173 on: February 13, 2009, 09:12:01 AM »
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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #174 on: February 13, 2009, 09:28:50 AM »
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #175 on: February 15, 2009, 06:07:34 PM »
One of my music-geek colleagues - the guy who was the inspiration for my Timi Yuro blog entry a few months ago - is currently unconscious, in grave condition, in a Seattle hospital.  I know only these scant few details.  But please think a good thought for Rickey Wright and join me in hopes for his full recovery.

Thanks.
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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #176 on: February 21, 2009, 09:53:17 AM »
My list of all-time favorite songs is now roughly organized to the top 250.  Already on its way to 300+, though.

1   Jefferson Starship, "Miracles"
2   Grass Roots, "I'd Wait a Million Years"
3   Lighthouse, "Pretty Lady"
4   Todd Rundgren, "I Saw the Light"
5   Nina Simone, "Wild Is the Wind"
6   The Turtles, "She's My Girl"
7   Billy Stewart, "Summertime"
8   Stevie Wonder, "Another Star"
9   The Beatles, "Penny Lane"
10   The Mamas & the Papas, "California Dreaming"
11   Lighthouse, "One Fine Morning"
12   John Lennon, "#9 Dream"
13   Culture Club, "Time (Clock of the Heart)"
14   Aretha Franklin, "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"
15   Rod Stewart, "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
16   Stevie Wonder, "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing"
17   Orpheus, "Can't Find the Time"
18   Barenaked Ladies, "Jane"
19   War, "Galaxy"
20   Barry Manilow, "Daybreak"
21   Marty Balin, "Hearts"
22   Grand Funk Railroad, "Bad Time"
23   Lesley Gore, "California Nights"
24   George Harrison, "My Sweet Lord"
25   Joni Mitchell, "Coyote"
26   Los Pop Tops, "Mamy Blue"
27   Nuclear Valdez, "Summer"
28   English Congregation, "Softly Whispering I Love You"
29   Flaming Ember, "Mind, Body and Soul"
30   Beach Boys, "God Only Knows"
31   Norman Connors, "You Are My Starship"
32   Gladys Knight & the Pips, "I Don't Want to Do Wrong"
33   Stevie Wonder, "As"
34   Sade, "Sweetest Taboo"
35   Jefferson Starship, "There Will Be Love"
36   The Beatles, "Only a Northern Song"
37   The Monkees, "Daily Nightly"
38   Air Supply, "Even the Nights Are Better"
39   Wilco and Billy Bragg, "California Stars"
40   The Supremes, "You Keep Me Hanging On"
41   JoBoxers, "Just Got Lucky"
42   ABBA, "The Winner Takes It All"
43   Captain & Tennille, "Love Will Keep Us Together"
44   The Supremes, "I Hear a Symphony"
45   Elton John, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
46   The Monkees, "Randy Scouse Git"
47   Tears for Fears, "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
48   The Turtles, "Happy Together"
49   The Beatles, "Your Mother Should Know"
50   Player, "Baby Come Back"
51   Spinners, "(They Just Can't Stop It The) Games People Play"
52   Sly & the Family Stone, "If You Want Me to Stay"
53   Pulp, "Common People"
54   The Turtles, "Love in the City"
55   Sly & the Family Stone, "Somebody's Watching You"
56   Jellyfish, "Baby's Comin' Back"
57   The Turtles, "Goodbye Surprise"
58   Four Tops, "Bernadette"
59   Three Dog Night, "I'd Be So Happy"
60   David Bowie, "Stay"
61   Sonny and Cher, "Living for You"
62   Marvin Gaye, "I Want You"
63   Maxine Nightingale, "Right Back Where We Started From"
64   Lovin' Spoonful, "Summer in the City"
65   Bobby Sherman, "Easy Come, Easy Go"
66   Nina Simone, "Do What You Gotta Do"
67   Kantner/Slick/Freiberg, "Harp Tree Lament"
68   War, "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
69   Liz Phair, "Supernova"
70   George Harrison, "What Is Life"
71   Stevie Wonder, "I Was Made to Love Her"
72   George Michael, "Cowboys and Angels"
73   Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, "Without Love"
74   The Temptations, "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)"
75   The Miracles, "Come 'Round Here (I'm the One You Need)"
76   The Mamas & the Papas, "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)"
77   The Monkees, "You and I"
78   5th Dimenson, "Aquarius / Let the Sun Shine In"
79   Dells, "There Is"
80   Wilco, "Nothingsevergonnastandinmywayagain"
81   Gladys Knight & the Pips, "If I Were Your Woman"
82   Curtis Mayfield, "Move On Up"
83   Four Tops with the Moody Blues, "A Simple Game"
84   Stevie Nicks, "Edge of Seventeen"
85   The Monkees, "Daydream Believer"
86   The Supremes, "Forever Came Today"
87   The Montanas, "You've Got to Be Loved"
88   Sophie B. Hawkins, "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"
89   Three Dog Night, "Eli's Coming"
90   Earth, Wind & Fire, "Fantasy"
91   Elton John, "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
92   Jefferson Starship, "Hyperdrive"
93   Sly & the Family Stone, "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"
94   Kiki Dee Band, "I've Got the Music in Me"
95   Terence Trent D'Arby, "Sign Your Name"
96   Beginning of the End, "Funky Nassau"
97   The Doors, "Shaman's Blues"
98   Dionne Warwick, "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
99   Wild Weeds, "No Good to Cry"
100   Aretha Franklin, "Call Me"
101   The Supremes, "Up the Ladder to the Roof"
102   Procol Harum, "Conquistador"
103   Gloria Gaynor, "Reach Out, I'll Be There"
104   Charlatans UK, "The Only One I Know"
105   The Doors, "My Eyes Have Seen You"
106   The Beatles, "Strawberry Fields Forever"
107   Sonique, "It Feels So Good"
108   Shannon, "Let the Music Play"
109   Dusty Springfield, "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten"
110   Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, "Fallin' in Love"
111   The Supremes, "Stoned Love"
112   Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey"
113   David Ruffin, "Walk Away From Love"
114   Barry Manilow, "Ready to Take a Chance Again"
115   Hellogoodbye, "Baby It's Fact"
116   Steve Winwood, "While You See a Chance"
117   Roberta Flack, "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
118   Air Supply, "The One That You Love"
119   David Ruffin, "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)"
120   John Lennon, "(Just Like) Starting Over"
121   Sweet Sensation, "Sad Sweet Dreamer"
122   The Flirtations, "Nothing But a Heartache"
123   Jefferson Starship, "All Fly Away"
124   Bran Van 3000 f/ Curtis Mayfield, "Astounded"
125   Love, "You Set the Scene"
126   Connells, "'74-'75"
127   Four Tops, "Love Music"
128   Alice Cooper, "You and Me"
129   Edwin Starr, "My Sweet Lord"
130   Dionne Warwick, "Walk On By"
131   David Bowie, "Wild Is the Wind"
132   Lou Christie, "Lightning Strikes"
133   Amen Corner, "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice"
134   Neil Sedaka, "Laughter in the Rain"
135   De La Soul, "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'"
136   Barry Manilow, "Could It Be Magic"
137   Robbie Williams, "Karma Killer"
138   Chris Rea, "Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
139   Gladys Knight & the Pips, "I've Got to Use My Imagination"
140   Leon Haywood, "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You"
141   The Turtles, "Elenore"
142   Benny Mardones, "Into the Night"
143   Paul Mauriat, "Love Is Blue"
144   Flamin' Groovies, "Shake Some Action"
145   King Harvest, "Dancing in the Moonlight"
146   Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"
147   Carole King, "Avenue P"
148   The Beatles, "Good Day Sunshine"
149   Donovan, "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"
150   Amerie, "1 Thing"
151   The Addrisi Brothers, "Nanny and the Professor"
152   Jim Croce, "I Got a Name"
153   Sly & the Family Stone, "I Want to Take You Higher"
154   B.J. Thomas, "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
155   Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks, "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'"
156   Moody Blues, "Isn't Life Strange"
157   Dusty Springfield, "This Girl's in Love With You"
158   Grass Roots, "The River Is Wide"
159   The Marmalade, "Reflections of My Life"
160   Marvin Gaye, "You"
161   Looking Glass, "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"
162   Spiral Starecase, "More Today Than Yesterday"
163   Dave Matthews Band, "Dancing Nancies"
164   Wings, "Silly Love Songs"
165   George Michael, "Praying for Time"
166   Sheena Easton, "Morning Train (Nine to Five)"
167   The Four Seasons, "C'mon Marianne"
168   Simon & Garfunkel, "My Little Town"
169   Petula Clark, "Downtown"
170   Queen, "You're My Best Friend"
171   Wilco, "Jesus Etc."
172   Three Dog Night, "An Old-Fashioned Love Song"
173   Barbra Streisand, "Woman in Love"
174   Bangles, "Hazy Shade of Winter"
175   Joni Mitchell, "River"
176   The Monkees, "As We Go Along"
177   Joe Jackson, "Steppin' Out"
178   Spinners, "I'll Be Around"
179   The Beatles, "Eleanor Rigby"
180   Rolling Stones, "Gimme Shelter"
181   Andy Gibb, "Everlasting Love"
182   Robert Palmer, "You Overwhelm Me"
183   The Partridge Family, "Summer Days"
184   Wham!, "Freedom"
185   Jefferson Airplane, "The Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil"
186   Elton John, "Where to Now, St. Peter?"
187   Dexys Midnight Runners, "Come On Eileen"
188   Culture Club, "Church of the Poison Mind"
189   Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods, "Who Do You Think You Are?"
190   Vanity Fare, "Early in the Morning"
191   Pulp, "Disco 2000"
192   Charlie Rich, "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
193   Dandy Warhols, "You Were the Last High"
194   Deee-Lite, "Groove Is in the Heart"
195   The Mamas & the Papas, "Glad to Be Unhappy"
196   Neneh Cherry, "Buffalo Stance"
197   The Beatles, "We Can Work It Out"
198   Pet Shop Boys, "Always on My Mind"
199   Christopher Cross, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
200   Joni Mitchell, "Court and Spark"
201   George Harrison, "You"
202   Parliamets, "I Wanna Testify"
203   Monkees, "Carlisle Wheeling"
204   Left Banke, "Walk Away Renee"
205   Box Tops, "Neon Rainbow"
206   Bocephus King, "Wreck of the Century"
207   Indigo Girls, "Language or the Kiss"
208   Concrete Blonde, "Joey"
209   Odyssey, "Native New Yorker"
210   Peter Criss, "You Matter to Me"
211   Jefferson Starship, "St. Charles"
212   Sade, "Never As Good As the First Time"
213   Culture Club, "Victims"
214   Orpheus, "Walk Away Renee"
215   Left Banke, "And Suddenly"
216   Grass Roots, "Midnight Confession"
217   Gladys Knight & the Pips, "Let It Be"
218   Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman. "Stumblin' In"
219   Waterboys, "Fisherman's Blues"
220   The Doors, "Love Street"
221   The Temptations, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
222   Godspell, "Day by Day"
223   Stories, "Mamy Blue"
224   The Monkees, "Sometime in the Morning"
225   Jake Holmes, "So Close"
226   Electric Indian, "Keem-O-Sabe"
227   Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, "Say Say Say"
228   Love Unlimited, "Walking in the Rain With the One I Love"
229   Tommy James and the Shondells, "Get Out Now"
230   Stevie Wonder, "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)"
231   Adam Ant, "Desperate But Not Serious"
232   Paul Revere & the Raiders, "Let Me"
233   Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, "Winners and Losers"
234   Glen Campbell, "Wichita Lineman"
235   Jefferson Starship, "Count on Me"
236   Roachford, "Cuddly Toy (Feel for Me)"
237   Curtis Mayfield, "If There's a Hell Below (We're All Gonna Go)"
238   Little Anthony and the Imperials, "Hurt So Bad"
239   Adam Ant, "Goody Two Shoes"
240   R.E.M., "Texarkana"
241   Billy Joel, "Pressure"
242   Robbie Williams, "The Road to Mandalay"
243   Elvis Presley, "Suspicious Minds"
244   Roberta Flack, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
245   Little Anthony and the Imperials, "Goin' Out of My Head"
246   Three Dog Night, "It's for You"
247   American Breed, "Bend Me Shape Me"
248   Foreigner, "Cold As Ice"
249   Waterboys, "The Whole of the Moon"
250   Aztec Two-Step, "The Persecution and Resurrection of Dean Moriarty"
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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #177 on: February 21, 2009, 10:32:38 AM »
My list of all-time favorite songs is now roughly organized to the top 250...  

Nice -- thanks for reminding me about the fabulous "Pretty Lady".

Have you submitted a list of "shoulda-beens" to Rich Appell?
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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #178 on: February 21, 2009, 01:34:10 PM »
My list of all-time favorite songs is now roughly organized to the top 250...  

Nice -- thanks for reminding me about the fabulous "Pretty Lady".

Have you submitted a list of "shoulda-beens" to Rich Appell?

I'm going to, sometime this weekend.
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Re: Gazoo's Thread of Self-Indulgence
« Reply #179 on: February 21, 2009, 02:21:16 PM »
My 10-year-old game show appearance is now on YouTube.  In 3 parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu8nTqHFzM0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDgxEf9m4H8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO0WNuzD1ok

awesome! 

I liked your posing during the intros.  I suppose they really encouraged the big gesture thing, which you pulled off nicely.
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