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From: sjl@TEFS1.acd.com (Scot Leibacher)
Subject: Re: Hey, what's YOUR *TOP 25*?
Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:21:04 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.232614.4160@arizona.edu> waldo@arizona.edu writes:
>Hey, just curious, if it were up to you to put together THE top 25 novelty
>songs of ALL TIME (not just this year) what would you include?
>
>I ask, because I'm hoping to make myself a tape, and I want to include only
>THE funniest songs ever recorded.  If you (plural netusers) were going to
>list the twenty-five BEST... what would they be?
>
>Waldo ?
>(I'm also interested what % will go to:
>   Weird Al
>   Tom Lehrer
>   Spike Jones
>   and other consistant multi-songwriters)

     Interesting question. I'm afraid we would never come to a conscensus
on what "THE" definitive 25 would be. Here are a couple ways one might 
select such a list:
1) Use the old survey technique...have everyone vote for their top 25.
2) Trust Dr. D. Doesn't he have an album entitled something like 'THE 
   TOP DEMENTED TUNES OF ALL TIME'? Use his list.
3) Come up with categories like the Grammies (e.g. top demented Country and
   Western tune, top demented Christmas tune, top demented song parody, etc.).
   Appoint members to an "Acadamy of Dementia" who will make the nominees, 
   etc.
4) Just ask me!
                 -SJL

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Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: jbmorris@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Morris)
Subject: Re: demento society
Keywords: newsletter, CD
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 03:39:13 GMT

If you're already a member of the society, AND your membership has been
renewed in the last year, send them $4.95 and ask for "Dr. Demento's
Basement Tapes" on CD (or cassette if you prefer - no LP available).
If you're not a member, join now and you'll get the CD automatically.
Join by sending $14.95 and asking for membership in the Demento Society.
Send your check or money order (no COD) to:

The Demento Society
P.O. Box 884
Culver City, CA  90232

He does say that the offer is for a limited time only, but he doesn't say
how long that is.  If you want it, you'd best act now.

- Jeff ("That's right, they even stick on rubber baby buggy bumpers!" - Will)
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From: bal@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (alan.c.lester)
Subject: demento society
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:22:39 GMT


     I just received my demento society membership package yesterday (finally

after about 2 months).  I got the newsletter, bumper sticker and button, along

with a letter stating that the CD was on back order, but the package didn't

have my membership card, the Dr's bio, or the autographed picture.

     Has anyone else received their package and if so, are these items also

missing from it?  I plan on writing to let them know, but would like to

know if this is widespread or they just forgot mine.  Thanks.

Stay Demented...



                             Alan Lester

bal@att.com


I'm sorry, by dog ate my sig.


Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: gopher@yar.cs.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz)
Subject: Re: Any demented Christmas songs????
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:02:11 GMT


How about "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Christmas at Ground Zero"?
Pretty demented and Christmasy to me.

Chris

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Univ of Wisc - Madison    |  
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From: jbmorris@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Morris)
Subject: Re: demento society
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 04:28:10 GMT

Also, has anyone received this year's newsletter?
They used to come out quarterly, but the past few years, they've only come
out every December.  However, I haven't received one this year.  What about
you?

Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: BCLEWIS@LSTC2VM.stortek.com (Brian Lewis)
Subject: "You Can't Take it Back"
Organization: StorageTek SW Engineering
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:38:06 GMT

I just happened upon this news group, so forgive me if this title has
come up before.
 
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of a record called
"You Can't Take it Back?"  I believe it was by a group called
The Flying Alligator Band, from Key Largo, FL.  I think the
flip side is called "She'd Be a Perfect Lady, if She Didn't
Say F*** So Much."
 
Any information will be much appreciated.  Thanks.
 
Brian
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: jbmorris@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Morris)
Subject: Re: 1-800 # for Rhino
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 04:36:53 GMT

1-800-432-0020.  They're open 9:30-5:30, Pacific Standard Time.
From: aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Re: demento society
Date: 28 Dec 92 21:39:23 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Helen Keller Bondurant's Performance Driving School for the Blind

In article <1992Dec22.182239.22575@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> bal@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (alan.c.lester) writes:
>     I just received my demento society membership package yesterday (finally
>after about 2 months).  I got the newsletter, bumper sticker and button, along
>with a letter stating that the CD was on back order, but the package didn't
>have my membership card, the Dr's bio, or the autographed picture.
>  Alan Lester  bal@att.com

Same here (arrived last week), except that I got a second package that
arrived the same day that included the missing bits *except* for the CD,
which is still on back order...

--
Alan Denney      aland@informix.com      {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland

  Smith and Wesson: the Ultimate Point-and-Click User Interface.
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri)
Subject: Re: Classical(was: Wendy Carlos (was Re: Weird Al albums))
Keywords: classical
Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton (Plainsboro), NJ
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 23:28:33 GMT

>I heard a shwo on NPR sometime last year that had composers who were
>insane or nearly insane, or probably insane, or something like that. 

I've been told that many people thought that Paganini was The Devil, that
he had flaming red hair and acted wildly.
-- 

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From: bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob)
Subject: Re: Can Some One Record Funny 25?
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:44:08 GMT

In article <1992Dec20.225832.6206@ennews.eas.asu.edu> elder@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Greg Elder) writes:
>Would it be possible for someone out there in netland to record Dr. D's
>Funny 25 for me?  I live in the Dementia-less state of Arizona and haven't
>heard Dr. D since I moved here 3 years ago.  I'll, of course, pay for the
>cost of a cassette tape and postage.  Thanks.

  Seattle is also Dementia-less.  I would appreciate a tape of the
  Christmas shows and will reimburse the costs.

  Thanks.
  ==

  Bob                                        Seattle, Washington

Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: Chuck.Lavazzi@launchpad.unc.edu (Chuck Lavazzi)
Subject: Classical dementia
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:40:46 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.180324.22502@zip.eecs.umich.edu> stame@emunix.emich.edu (Stewart Tame) writes:
>In article <1992Dec21.145830.18402@samba.oit.unc.edu> Chuck.Lavazzi@launchpad.unc.edu (Chuck Lavazzi) writes:
>>  [stuff deleted]
>>	Maybe we need to start a thread on classical dementia, accidental or
>>otherwise....>:-)>
>
>I second this one.  P.D.Q. Bach has given me more of an appreciation for
>classical music than anyone else (except maybe E.L.P.  Some of their
>swipes^H^H^H^H^H^Hborrowings come from some out of the way places.)
>
	Never been a big ELP fan, but the classical (ahem) "borrowings"
they've done have always been from fairly mainstream sources, IMHO.
>Of course this raises the question of whether some of the really avant
>garde stuff from the sixties and seventies was dementia or not . . . :-)
>
	Heh.  Reminds me of a line from an Anna Russell album about how one
never knows whether contemporary composers are serious or "just trying to
get away with something".  Russell is quite the classical dementia figure
herself, of course, any anyone who has ever heard her 25-minute version of
Wagner's "Ring" can attest!

>		-- Stewart "not to mention 4'33" " Tame
>
	We told you not to mention that! <rim shot>
Chuck
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From: darrin@engin.umich.edu (Darrin P Cardani)
Subject: Re: Wendy Carlos (was Re: Weird Al albums)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 15:13:12 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <1992Dec21.182754.21668@netcom.com> jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:
>In article <1992Dec21.145830.18402@samba.oit.unc.edu> Chuck.Lavazzi@launchpad.unc.edu (Chuck Lavazzi) writes:
>
><<stuff ommitted>>
>
>Enigma Variations is one of my favorite pieces and well worth listening to. 
>Some of its segments are pretty demented in their own right, though - the 
>short one with the high-speed bassoon solo about the bulldog falling into
>the river still makes me laugh every time I hear it.
>-- 
>John Switzer               | "What we have here is a failure to 
>                           | masticate."
>Compuserve: 74076,1250     | -- Dr. Clayton "Firebrand" Forrester, after
>Internet: jrs@netcom.com   | TV's Frank is unable to eat his 13th turkey.

Actually, I think that's most of the other stuff by him I've heard.
(Okay, so I jumped to conclusions :) and I found it to be incessantly
boring. Maybe I'll give it another listen and see if I missed something
the other times I've heard it. I second rec.music.dementia.classical.

					Darrin Cardani
darrin@engin.umich.edu

Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: jbmorris@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Morris)
Subject: Re: predictions for the Funny 25
Keywords: demento, funny 25, predictions
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:39:59 GMT

Reconsidering after hearing the Funny 5 from a couple of weeks ago, I'd
say that Bananas at Large have definitely got a spot on the 25, and
The Geezinslaws may have lost theirs.  Also, "Christmas Is Coming Twice
This Year" by The Hollytones may show up.  We'll see for sure soon...

- Jeff ("Well, anyhow..." - B.a.L.)

Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: darrin@engin.umich.edu (Darrin P Cardani)
Subject: Re: Classical(was: Wendy Carlos (was Re: Weird Al albums))
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 15:21:23 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Keywords: classical

I heard a shwo on NPR sometime last year that had composers who were
insane or nearly insane, or probably insane, or something like that. 
There was one guy who was a doctor by profession, but liked to compose.
He made some funeral marches that were really upbeat. They also profiled
Eric Satie and some others that were more familiar. Anyone else hear
this and remember any of the composers? Anyone know of any other insane
composers (classical or otherwise)?
						Darrin Cardani
darrin@engin.umich.edu
From: kerryg@stat.rice.edu (Kerry Go)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Demento in Philadelphia
Date: 28 Dec 92 22:16:57 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: na
Organization: Dept. of Statistics, Rice University

What is the station that carries the Dr. Demento show around Philadelphia,
and what time does it come on?
From: glazier@isr.harvard.edu (Andrew Baker Glazier)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: "Vague"
Date: 29 Dec 92 18:46:31 GMT
Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Julie Brown ("Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun," not the lame MTV VJ)
has a new video out called "Dare To Be Truthful" which is (as the title
suggests) a parody of Madonna's "Truth Or Dare". As in the original, it has
concert clips of Medusa (JB's Madonna persona) in concert, some demented
songs,  but no complete songs.

Titles:
Everybody, Be Excited
Party in My Pants (No, not the B&B song)
Vague (parody of "Vogue" "ladies with no point of view/fellows who don't
have a clue....Why they're famous we don't know but/Paula Abdul's got to
go")
Expose Yourself ("Express Yourself")

It's about 55 minutes, retails for about $25, saw it (& bought it) in Tower
Records, and well worth it, especially if you've seen the original

-- 
"A horse! A horse! Somebody give me a horse, man, because|glazier@ 
I come to bury this dirtball, not to praise him. Whaddya |harvard.isr.edu
think I am? Whether it's nobler for the mind to make people suffer with all
these totally outrageous arrows arrows for a fortune, or what!" -- D.R.
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: poohbear@solaria.mil.wi.us (Timothy Winslow)
Subject: Re: demento society
Organization: Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 02:09:53 GMT

In rec.music.dementia article <1992Dec22.182239.22575@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, bal@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (alan.c.lester) wrote:
:
:     I just received my demento society membership package yesterday (finally
:after about 2 months).  I got the newsletter, bumper sticker and button, along
:with a letter stating that the CD was on back order, but the package didn't
:have my membership card, the Dr's bio, or the autographed picture.
:     Has anyone else received their package and if so, are these items also
:missing from it?  I plan on writing to let them know, but would like to
:know if this is widespread or they just forgot mine.  Thanks.
:Stay Demented...
:
:
:

The two I ordered also came missing these items.  I have already srent a
letter out, telling them of the problem, and hope it will be rectified soon.
I also asked them how long the CD will be backordered.  And they gave a list
of the songs that will be on the CD, and NON of them have ever been released
by Dr. Demento before, and many have never been released period, before!

I will enjoy this CD a lot!

-- 
Weird Al is a God!					CO Life is for me!
       poohbear@solaria.mil.wi.us                  or 
                                    Timothy_Winslow@solaria.mil.wi.us
Life is strange, but so are you!			I like me!    :P
From: cobra@jab.tucson.az.us (Ken Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Re: demento society
Keywords: Doctor Demento
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 22:02:19 MST
Organization: Just Another Bbs. Tucson, AZ

aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes:

> In article <1992Dec22.182239.22575@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> bal@cbnewsm.cb.att.com
> >     I just received my demento society membership package yesterday (finall
> > [ bill of lading deleted ]
> 
> Alan Denney      aland@informix.com      {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland
> 
>   Smith and Wesson: the Ultimate Point-and-Click User Interface.

I like that .sig line...  :)
 
Um, onto a topical response now...is there a listing of Dr. D stations 
that comes in the Membership Package?
 
Wonder if a current listing of stations can be obtained direct from the 
Dr. himself...

Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: "daniel bishop" <daniel.bishop@canrem.com>
Subject: radio toronto
Reply-To: "daniel bishop" <daniel.bishop@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 2 Jan 93 23:07:58 EST

When and on what station does the Good Doctor grace the air in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada?  Any information would bring me a great deal of
pleasure.
--
Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario
World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: jbmorris@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Morris)
Subject: Re: demento society
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 06:23:10 GMT

I've ordered my CD, but haven't received it yet either.  I have been asking
him for years to put out a whole CD of unreleased stuff, and he's finally
done it!  He's mentioned on the show what several of the tracks are, but
would you be oh-so-kind as to post a complete track listing?
Thanks.

- Jeff ("There's a moose in my house!")
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: pjb4288@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Pete - Toonatic - Boulay)
Subject: I got my Demento material!!! YAAA!!!!!
Originator: pjb4288@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 02:36:09 GMT

Well, one month to the day that I wrote the check my Dr. Demento Society
material came in the mail.

And with it was...<someone asked a few posts back>:

1 Demento bumper sticker <already on my van>
1 Demento wear-on-shirt-to-annoy-everyone pin
1 Dr. Demento biography <surprising info in this>
1 10% off coupon towards future purchases
1 Cassette of Christmas Novelty <which I DID order>
1 non-hand-autographed picture...<waahhh>

It did have a notice that there has been problems getting the CD out and
it will be mailed sometime in the future.

Pete
-- 
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Disclaimer: You don't like what I'm writing? Oh well.
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From: ST1T0@jetson.uh.edu (Carl Seiler)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Accurate translations was (Re:CONTRADICTIONS ABOUT GOD)
Date: 29 Dec 1992 05:53:26 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
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X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <1992Dec28.205712.20440@cbnews.cb.att.com> ajw@cbnews.cb.att.com writes:

>  In article <1992Dec28.182853.28423@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu> conditt@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Paul Conditt) writes:
>  >
>  >
>  >I thought Paul wrote "Let it Be", or was that John?
>  
>  Yep, that was Paul.  John wrote "All You Need is Love," based on 
>  1 Corinthians 13.  George wrote "My Sweet Lord," based on Psalm 40.
>  Ringo does not write, and can barely read.
>  

Hmmm.  Have you ever listened to "The Word"?  I've often wondered if John
based it on the Gospel According to John.

Just wondering if anyone ever noticed that.  Am I crazy or what?

Carl
<><

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From: 00sanaylor@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: re:long haired men; rebuking needed?
Date: 31 Dec 92 16:27:25 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

In respone to the long-haired debate...

I think we should start a support group (preferrably 12-step...)
for men with long hair.

Right!

All of a sudden, SNL's 'Stuart Smalley' comes to mind.

Have you ever been rebuked for it, thoguh? I haven't directly, although
I mentioned before I did get directly rebuked for my guitar playing.
No kidding; this pastor comes up to me and proceeds to explain to me
how I'm NOT going to play guitar in HIS church, which was God's House.

Boy, was I glad to know who was calling the shots in God's house.

And this was in a praise & worship group I was travelling with... not
even rock! I was warming up, for heaven's sake!

anyway, I have yet to get rebuked for hair; I did get it to get a this job,
though (okay, yes, for money...), but I later found out I would have gotten
the job anyway... and that was 5 years ago....


Scott Naylor
Computing Services
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana (Motto: Boy, do we have corn!)

Opinions represented herein do not necessarily agree with anyone else's,
and that probably will not anger God as much as it will some of us...
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
From: conditt@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Paul Conditt)
Subject: Re: the evil beat...
Organization: Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas at Austin
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:41:49 GMT

In article <1hskqvINNo14@news.aero.org> sco@aero.org (Stacey C. O'Brien) writes:
>In article <1992Dec30.090743.13308@bsu-ucs> 00sanaylor@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
>>Just a note...
>>
>>I have been in christian (or gospel, whichever label you prefer) rock groups
>>for years now and had to justify my hair and guitar playing (i got rebuked
>>once for playing guitar with what I guess must have been 'demonic' overdrive,
>>no kidding...) at least a dozen times.
>>
>>about the evil beat-
>>IF it is the case that the Rock music is bad because 'the devil' uses it, 
>>it would only be because the christians have up and let him have it.
>>
>>There are lots of things that 'the devil' uses that aren't intrinsically
>>evil.  I won't banter on, but my point is that a lot of people love to
>>find reasons that things they DON'T LIKE are evil. It makes their 
>>theology a lot tidier that ; no challenges to accept something 
>>different, you know...
>
>when are people going to wake up and quit all this witnessing and
>giving and praying and worshipping and serving, and get on the
>ball and start abolishing cars and cameras, for pete's sake!?
>
>               --Stacey

We need to get rid of all cars except for Fords.  See the previous 
discussion on Bible translations.

Paul
From: co940@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Nicholas E. Damato)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: ERRATA: Over The Rhine
Date: 29 Dec 1992 01:01:47 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu



I must apologize to fans and the members of the band alike,
Over The Rhine Has not "sealed the deal" with IRS records yet, and
I was not supposed to disscuss it, however, there was no real
harm done, keep tuned for further updates.
 
Marc Strine.
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian