gts167 “shcallion” Pardon my french in the soup. 01-01 Ed Kirkeby Orchestra – Columbia 758D – She Knows Her Onions (1926) — Ed introduced jazz at Columbia, and was the manager for Fats Waller until Waller’s early death at age 39 in 1943. 01-02 The Shins – Oh Inverted World 04 – Know Your Onion…

gts166 “jayish” Good night, Johnboy. 01-01 Billy Murray & American Quartet – Victor 18279 – Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny Oh (1917-03-16) — not credited on the label, but we know Billy Murray’s voice by now! 01-02 Joanie Sommers – Warner Bros 5275 – Johnny Get Angry (1962) — the cuck is born, or dawn of…

gts165 “horribilish” A group with cubs is called a “streak” but when they go out hungry, it’s an “ambush”. 01-01 Mills Brothers – Brunswick 6197 – Tiger Rag (1931) — always my favorite version, becuase of that “hmm”. Turns out, the acapella Mills Bros were trying to faithfully represent a trombone not in the 1918…

gts164 “combusht” Don’t play with matches. 01-01 Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra – RCA Victor PM-45689 – Oh What You Said (Are We Burnt Up?) (1939) — Charlie didn’t have to do it. He was independently wealthy, music was a fun hobby. Which made him famously affable, everybody liked him. The band’s instruments, sheet music,…

gts163 “shpecks” Easier to breathe with a fork. 01-01 Bob Lawrence & Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra – Victor 24455 – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1934) — Lucky Strike Mother Fucker Turtle? 01-02 Lillie Bryant – Swan 4029 – Smokey Grey Eyes — Lillie’s sister Anita Bryant got much more famous, as the spokeswoman…

gts162 “buggish” All the butterfly songs turned out to be weird. 01-01 Cecil Gant – Gilt-Edge 502 – Wake Up, Cecil, Wake Up (1945) 01-02 Bill & Bink – Hu-Se-Co 1358 – Bed Bug Boogie [excerpt] (1958) 01-03 Heywood Banks – Bob & Tom: Twin Geeks 01 – Dust Mites (1990) 01-04 Weezer – Hurley…

gts161 “stash” Owsley Acid is the standard, but don’t mess with Owsley STP… that’ll put you in the psychward. 01-01 The Ink Spots – Decca 1789 – That Cat Is High (1938) — a year later, the Ink Spots released “If I Didn’t Care” also on Decca, which sold an astounding 19 million copies. For…

gts160 “shpingle” 5 tunes per hour, that’s comfortable progrock. 01-01 Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 302 – The Waiting Room (1974) — the album version. Across 102 shows for the Lamb tour, they never played this song the same twice. This is how one identifies which Lamb concert one is listening to.…

gts159 “shpungle” Nine for the kings of men. 01-01 The Mars Volta – Amputechture 04 – Meccamputechture (2006) — two of my favorite hyphenated Texans: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala. Cedric said: “To me, religion is the reason there is so much conflict in this world, and I think it’s just so unnecessary to believe…

gts158 “shpangle” Intricate dreams. 01-01 Arabs In Aspic – Live At Advantgarden 05 – Rejected Wasteland / Pictures In A Dream (2018) 01-02 Naikaku-No-Wa – Wheel Of Fortune 02 – In Short, You’ve Just Changed “Point Of View”, Don’t You? It’s Only A Superficial Part, Right? Modern? Or Post-Modern? We Don’t Care. Go Home! Go…