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From: tmorgan@astro.as.arizona.edu (Tad Morgan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Re: BOOT TO THE HEAD !!
Date: 22 Jul 92 07:38:20 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

In article <1992Jul18.182315.2313@nic.csu.net> jtinkle@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (j. tinkle ) writes:
>That's what I'd like to give Westwood One!  And not just for dropping the
>Good Doctor . . .
>hee hee hee
>Care to join me?

Close, but how about...

"And, finally, to Westwood One, who has cancelled our show, I leave not a boot
to the head, but a rabid Tasmanian Devil, to be placed in their trousers...
arrghhh, oaahhggh, and I leave my entire estate of 10 million dollars to the
fans of Dr. Demento so that they can finally have a decent network!"


Tad <calling in from the undemented 8-( state of Arizona>
: Tad Morgan   --  "There is no such thing as dusk in the city." - 2NU        :
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From: pond@rand.org (Susan Pond)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Little Danny Quayle Song
Date: 24 Jul 92 23:21:51 GMT
Reply-To: pond@rand.org (Susan Pond)
Distribution: usa
Organization: The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA

I would like to know where the "Little Danny Quayle" song was aired
(on Dr. Demento) and what times over the past few weeks. If anyone
could reply with a listing it would be much appreciated.

Thanks
From: gasarch@cs.umd.edu (William Ian Gasarch)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Re: Bad covers
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:01:37 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

>which are really just ordinary rock songs.  In particular, all these 
>bad covers of Beatles songs.  Does anybody think they're funny?  

	Actually they are funny in a weird way- more like
disconcerting. If they are cross-genre, like singing
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds as if done by Chuck Berry
(which BIG DADDY has done) then I think it REALLY IS funny.

>with maybe a change of style.  Maybe it's just me, but I don't think they
>really fall within the realm of "demented" songs.

	`Demented' has a wide range, and as we are on
the fringe of mainstream music (and on the fringe of
good taste as well :-) I hesitate to draw lines
to much saying `THIS is dementia, THIS is not'

>I'd hate to think that the good Dr. has run out of original material,
>but sometimes it really seems that way.  Lets hope that switching syndicators
>will revitalize the show!

	Actually I think he has been doing Beatles stuff
since it is the 25th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper.

	I LIKE the fact that he plays things you can't 
hear elsewhere, though you are right in that
its not always funny stuff.

				Stay Demented,
				bill
From: danw@mitchell.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Dan White)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: ONCE AGAIN - THE ADDRESS
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:27:12 GMT
Organization: Society for the Prevention of Paronomastic Defenestration


Westwood One Companies
9540 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA, 90232-2689
(310) 204-5000


-- 
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                                                               Dan White
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"Sometimes  I  think  the  surest  sign  that  intelligent  life exists
 elsewhere  in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
                                                  Calvin (Bill Waterson)
From: danw@mitchell.hac.com (Dan White)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Update From the Desk of Doug Corbin
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:26:44 GMT
Organization: Society for the Prevention of Paronomastic Defenestration

First of all, here's the address to write to:

Westwood One Companies
9540 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA, 90232-2689


Next, some more information from Doug ...

  This seems, in my opinion(me, Dan, not Doug), to be the abortion of the
Marketing Division (trained by Sirius Cybernetics, no doubt) *AND* the
radio stations that carry the show.

  For many years, the radio stations have been broadcasting the show in
one of the most horrible time slots for trying to sell anything - Saturday
and/or Sunday at 10 p.m. and after.  The noise from the potential sponsors
is that there is no audience to reach during that time slot, and therefore,
they do not want to advertize therein.

  I think we need to initiate a second "front" in this non-violent war for
the preservation of the Smogberry Tree.  Direct letters to your favorite
radio station that carries the Doctor, and to your could-be-favortie radio
station that could carry the Doctor -- and tell them that you would like
to hear the show broadcast at a more human time slot - say 9 p.m. or even
8 p.m.  (** Hey you folks that hear the show live -- what time does the
live show go out ? **)

  Let's see some more traffic here on the net.  I am sending HARD COPY of
the net traffic to Dr. Demento.

-- 
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                                                               Dan White
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"Sometimes  I  think  the  surest  sign  that  intelligent  life exists
 elsewhere  in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
                                                  Calvin (Bill Waterson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Re: BOOT TO THE HEAD !!
From: jtinkle@sparc1.sparc1.csubak.edu (j. tinkle )
Date: 22 Jul 92 22:51:10 PDT
Distribution: na
Organization: California State University, Bakersfield

As an Aussiephile (including Tasmania): I LIKE!  I LIKE!
"You sick little monkey!" :)

Jennifer
************************************************************
Elmyra: "I just *LOVE* their Happy Baby Puppy Face Meals."

The Adventures of FIDO and MEWMEW....
Max: "Aaaaaaaaiiigh!!  Make it stop!"

Elmyra: "But I'm lonesome over here all by myself.  Let's snuggle."
Max: "I got seltzer!  Stay Baaaaaaack!!"

Max: "I think I'm in love."
************************************************************
From: z9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: The Good News We've Been Waiting For!
Date: 26 Jul 92 16:37:55 EDT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Cornell University


Here it is folks, indirectly to us from the pen of the good Dr.  
This letter was sent to all Demented radio stations this week.
Enjoy!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

July 15, 1992

Dear Program Director -- 

As you've undoubtedly heard, Westwood One will no 
longer be distributing the Dr. Demento Show  
after the last week in August. 

While we'll miss our friends at Westwood, we 
are not about to lket this turn of events stop 
us from getting Demented!

We've received offers from several major
syndicators, and expect to announce a new
arrangement for distribution of the show
in the near future.

We will be supplying you with weekly programs
without interruption.

Thank you so much for your support!

Yours -- 

s/ Dr. Demento
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Yay!!!!!!  It looks like any former Demento carrier that wants to continue
broadcasting the show will be able to do it.  Direct all correspondyour local
radio station from this point, telling them how much you want/need to hear
Demento......

If I hear any more I'll be sure to let you know.....

Matt Kall



Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: lgold@callahans.Cadence.COM (Lynn Gold)
Subject: Re: Tom Lehrer:Orchestral Version
Organization: /mnt4/lgold/.organization
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1992 06:51:46 GMT

In article <1992Jul17.161209.8685@samba.oit.unc.edu> Chuck.Lavazzi@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Chuck Lavazzi) writes:
>In article <14486@umd5.umd.edu> spinoza@next03wor.wam.umd.edu (Prince Lev of the Domovoi) writes:
>>
>>Have any recordings of the orchestral versions of Lehrer's stuff been  
>>released on CD? 
>>Thanks.
	   A version of "The Masochism Tango" with a small orchestra backing
>Lehrer was released private some years ago, and has been preserved on the
>six-volume "Greatest Hits" set Dr. D released a few years back on Rhino.
>I don't know of any others.

His version of "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" with strings is on Demento's
"Greatest Novelty CD of All Time."

--Lynn
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Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Beatles dementia request expanded
From: thompson@gumby.mgi.com
Date: 29 Jul 92 21:27:26 CDT
Organization: Management Graphics, Inc.

Thanks to all who have already posted and e-mailed in response to my request
for Beatles novelties and "bad covers". Keep them coming! As promised, I
will respond and summarize to the group.

Many of the responses are outside the bounds of what I asked for, and I now
realize I inadvertently limited the scope of my request. I want info on:

songs that mention the Beatles

covers of Beatles songs that are outrageous and/or so-bad-it's-good and/or
and/or imitative or the beatles and/or silly and/or anything else that sets
them apart from the thousands of run-of-the-mill covers

songs by groups that are deliberately Beatlesque (such as The Rutles)

songs by counterfeit Beatles (such as the album _A Hard Days Night_ by
(read the fine print) The Manchesters.

albums with imitations/satire of The Beatles or their cover art

anything not by the Beatles themselves that would make a die-hard Beatles
fan say "Oh wow!" or "Oh God!"

In other word, any Beatles dementia. 
 
Most of the responses have been "This probably isn't what you had in mind,
but..." and then go on to give me exactly the sort of thing I had in mind.
So, if you haven't responded because you think your info is not quite what
I'm looking for, or you figure I've already heard of it, PLEASE RESPOND!

So far, you are making the folks over at rec.music.beatles look absolutely
sad. Keep it up!


MOKO

"You think you know me, but you haven't got a clue."
               -- John Winston Ono O'Flipping Lennon
                                       _Hey Bulldog_
From: ngsippel@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: re: BOOT TO THE HEAD !! (I agree!)
Date: 20 Jul 92 21:07:21 GMT
Organization: Watch Ren And Stimpy or Else!

This is what I think of Westwood One off the record:

BOOT TO THE HEAD!!
nana
BOOT TO THE HEAD!!

:)

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Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
From: reb@Ingres.COM (Phydeaux)
Subject: Re: shel silverstein
Reply-To: reb@Ingres.COM (Phydeaux)
Organization: E 4th St Home For The Overeducated Underemployed - Chicago Div.
Date: 29 Jul 92 21:47:19 GMT


Two Shel Silverstein albums are being released next month on CD  They are:

Light In The Attic   and
Where The Sidewalk Ends


They are due out on 8/25/92.

			reb
From: filfeit@rael.Tymnet.COM (Fil Feit)
Newsgroups: rec.music.dementia
Subject: Re: shel silverstein pot song
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:28:26 GMT
Reply-To: filfeit@rael.Tymnet.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems

In article 5446@m1.cs.man.ac.uk, dnd@ee.man.ac.uk (Darryl Davis (RA)) writes:
>In article <12379@inews.intel.com> sramirez@milos.intel.com (Steve Ramirez) writes:
>>
>>Does anyone recall a song (actaully more of a poem) by Shel Silverstein,
>
>If my memory (i forget what that is at the moment) serves me well (cue Zimmerman)
>
>....It is on His Freakin' At The Freakers' Ball solo album..
>
>along with
>Stacy Brown
>	Everybody got one
>	Everybody got one
>	Stacy Brown got two!
>
>The social renegade

Didn't Silverstein also record a song about Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
not taking out the garbage?  Is that also on this album??

I also remember hearing, about 20 yrs ago, a song about Romping Through
The Swamp that sounded alot like SS.  Was it?  Also, was "You're Always
Welcome at Our House" one of his?  Is he on CD?  Or is he pretty much
lost forever?

--f2
-----------------------------------
  Still crazy after all these years
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Mike Warnke Controversy in Cornerstone magasine
From: sands@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Greg Sands)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 23:49:09 GMT
Reply-To: g.sands@aukuni.ac.nz
 <1992Jul20.142448.10094@cs.rose-hulman.edu> <22JUL92.08483739.0013@lafibm.lafayette.edu> <22JUL199210174323@summa.tamu.edu>
Organization: University of Auckland

nab4574@summa.tamu.edu (The Lord Reigns) writes:

>The point of the Cornerstone article is that this suppposed testimony
>is a LIE. Not that he was in the Satanic church but that his claims
>to have been were not true.


Could someone please type in a summary of this article for those of us without
access to it? (It'll take a month or two to get to New Zealand!!)  Just the 
main points (without personal opinion if possible) - I don't want to trouble
anyone too much.

Greg.
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g.sands@aukuni.ac.nz                  |  New Zealand.
From: rock@Kingston.AC.UK (Paul Rock)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Listen up all you ALARM fans...
Date: 24 Jul 92 09:25:52 GMT
Reply-To: rock@Kingston.AC.UK (Paul Rock)
Organization: Kingston Polytechnic (Faculty of Science)


	After the sad demise of The Alarm last June (my only claim
to fame is that I was there), I was overjoyed to find out that `Dave
Sharp and the Barnstormers' were playing `Greenbelt' last year and I
was even happier to find out that `Mike Peters and the Poets of
Justice' were playing the `Mean Fiddler' the night before last.
Plenty of you will have seen / heard Dave's new stuff and know it to
be brilliant so I don't need to tell you about that. Well I've seen
Mike and the Poets now and since the tour was 10 dates in the UK and
there won't be an album until next year I'll tell you just how good
his new band is.
	Mike sings, plays acoustic guitar and harmonica and (I
think) writes all the songs. His wife, Julie, plays keyboards and
sings. The bass player is quite good and sings too. Drummer likewise
but he doesn't sing. The lead guitarist is very good indeed
(obviously not quite as good as Dave (IMHO)).
	They performed all new material except for "Unsafe
Building", "One Step Closer to Home" and "Spiritual" (which has been
available on bootlegs for a while but is a new(ish) song). The new
songs are excellent - of course I didn't really have an opportunity
to examine the songs' lyrical content but he does seem to have a lot
to say nowadays - for instance he has a new song called "Train
a-Coming Round the Bend" which he said is dedicated to his father
whom (I quote) "I may have said goodbye to in this world but I
really beleive I shall see him again in the next" - Hardly
over-the-top but he obviously wanted to nail his coulours to the
mast there... One surprise for me was that they didn't do anything
in Welsh, I suppose I was kinda expecting him to. The musical style
is different to classic Alarm but closer than Dave's recent songs.
	As I say, it was an excellent gig and I shall be queueing to
see `The Poets of Justice' at Greenbelt (they're playing the Friday
night) and I shall be wandering down to my local record shop as soon
as there are any signs whatsoever of an album to order it in
advance.
	By the way, I found out last night that Dave Sharp is
playing Greenbelt on the Monday too - oh wow, I think this could be
a particularly vintage year...
	Anyway I'll go now, oh yes for the uncultured of you, Mike
Peters was lead singer with The Alarm, Dave Sharp was lead
guitarist, does anyone know what Eddie & Twist are doing now???

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From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Mike Warnke Controversy in Cornerstone magasine
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 18:37:47 EDT
Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A.

bdevilbi@uceng.UC.EDU (Brian Devilbiss) writes:

> the article.) In an effort to get both sides of the story, I asked about
> the controversy in a local Christian bookstore. They gave me a 30+ page

> then base their verdict on that alone?  Most noteworthy in the statement is
> a notarized statement from Sue Warnke, Mike's first wife. According to Mike,

> If I thought it would be helpful, I would post portions of his statement
> but it is awfully long and, quite frankly, doesn't say much. The other five

In the arena of justice and fairness, it might be helpful for you (or
others) to key in significant portions of this document and make them
FTPable from the same source as the Cornerstone article.  With this
information (coming from both sides), perhaps we can make a fair
judgement on this matter.

(Or, we may end up with the same as a political situation where you
sometimes conclude that you CAN'T tell who is right and who isn't)
                         - tom
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From: mdtanx@cs.umd.edu (Michael D. Tan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: ============T Bone Burnett====================
Date: 25 Jul 92 13:49:45 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742


T Bone Burnett was the guest on NPRs Fresh Air program last night 
(Friday). I donUt know if it is a weekely program or daily. Some of you may
have the opportunity to hear it today (Saturday) if it is a weekly show.
It was a half hour section in which he played three songs from the
new _Criminals_ release, as well as a cover of a Rogers and Hart song.
He spoke briefly about being a Christian as well.

Michael Tan
P.S. The new albunm is worth getting
From: gt9730a@prism.gatech.EDU (Bill Standhardt)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Is there anybody here that's not a Baptist?
Date: 29 Jul 92 14:28:26 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Jul29.095614.18709@comp.lancs.ac.uk>, se@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Steve Elliott) writes:
> In article <64521@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt9730a@prism.gatech.EDU (Bill Standhardt) writes:
> >It just seems that all of the people on here are Baptists, or
> >secular. 
> 
> How on earth do you work that out from reading the newsgroup?!!

  Well, I wrongly used the word Baptist's here, it should have been
  conservative. Now I know not all here in this group aren't conservative,
  but, don't you think that maybe the majority is conservative? I mean,
  due to the Amybashing/crossovers/whoshouldwelistento/letsnickpick threads
  that have been going on in the past year. No!?!, well it sure seems that
  way.

  In Christ and take care,


  Bill


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From: crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Pig Question (that's right...PIG!)
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:09:40 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Oops.  Not sure why that didn't go through.  What I said was that
Phad Thai is a type of Thai dish.  What it has to do with one
Bad Pig I have no idea, except that it often contains pork.

-- 
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Lauren Crawford  //  crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind is being very
wasteful.  How true that is."--J. Danforth Quayle to United Negro College Fund
From: HJ46@lafibm.lafayette.edu (Baboo (Holton, Jeffrey))
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: RE: Carman's "The Third Heaven"
Date: 22 Jul 92 13:17:55 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University
Originator: news@lafcol

In article <1992Jul21.224553.3520@arizona.edu> CASTILLO@nauvax.ucc.nau.edu (Ulysses Castillo) writes:
>Could someone educate me and _please_ tell me what the Third Heaven
>is?  I've heard the song, and I really like it, but I have no clue why it
>is called what it is.

Hmmm...I've often wondered myself.  It's a reference to 2 Cor. 12.
Check it out and see if you have a commentary or a revelation in
prayer that will explain it to you, and please share it with me as
well.  :)

--j.
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Let the Wind Blow/Police sound
From: bproden@ualr.edu
Date: 23 Jul 92 13:01:45 GMT
 <1992Jul18.015207.16457@aero.org> <1992Jul21.230935.741@pictel.com> <1992Jul22.134853.18465@rice.edu>
Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

In article <1992Jul22.134853.18465@rice.edu>, mueller@owlnet.rice.edu (Ernest Conrad Mueller) writes:
   { stuff deleted }
> 
> Speaking of the Police, I just heard a song on local Christian radio called
> "Let the wind blow" or something like that.  Its style was 100% Sting.
> Does anyone know any details about the song/artist?
> 
> Ernest Mueller

"Let the Wind Blow" was the title track off the Imperials' 1985 (I think that's
the year) album.  It was written by David Martin.  The lead vocal was by Paul
Smith, who I think has sounded a little like Sting on some of his solo stuff,
too (_Let_the_Wind_Blow_ was his last album with the Imps).

Brian P. Roden
Programmer/Analyst
Leisure Arts, Inc.
Little Rock, AR         No funny line about Clinton this time.
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
From: daphne@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Amy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Madeleine L'Engle question
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:27:21 GMT

Andy Whitman writes:
>John Updike - anything, but particularly his four "Rabbit" books - 
>"Rabbit, Run," "Rabbit Redux," "Rabbit is Rich," and "Rabbit at
>Rest" - to get a picture of modern man alienated from God and
>himself

I would like to throw in my agreement with Andy on John Updike.  The man
is an incredible writer, and his books are so accurate on the state of an
aging man's mind, especially Rabbit.  I read and loved that series three
times.  I tried to get my dad to read a Frank Peretti.  He didn't like it at
all, (my dad is a writer and an English teacher), but he did LOVE John Updike.
 Maybe that says something, maybe it doesn't.  But I like Ms. L'Engle and John
Updike,  Great thread I know about this stuff.   Amy