Monthly Archives: May 2012

Kid Rap Thursday: Boo-Boo Bones!

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This is one of the great songs that few know about.  Killer beatbox and kid doing a monster/robot voice.  If you can read the fine print on the label of the 12″ it says that Boo-Boo B is the “6-Year-Old Wonder”.  This is the A-Side.  The B-Side features Troy the Wonder Boy and Electric 1000 doing a song called, “Jump”.

Kid Rap Thursday: De La Soul’s Jeff became Chi-Ali

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This story is all over the internet, but to kick off Kid Rap Thursday, I’m putting up a De La B-Side, with Jeff, who was on the skits of De La Soul is Dead.  Jeff later rapped with Black Sheep, then put out his own record, then did some dirt and went to jail for a little while.

This is “The Mack Daddy On the Left”.

People in My Neighborhood: Fintan and the Hole in My Basement

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There was an awful leak in my basement, so I called Fintan, a very popular downtown Handyman, to come help me out.  We had to move my giant Christmas-Tree-Light-Back-Up Generator to discover the water source.  When we did we found a hole in the wall.  Fintan took a hammer to it and opened it up good.

It turns out Rubbish and Sudsy have been tunneling, in hopes of opening a super-exclusive restaurant and cocktail lounge.  What a great idea.  Why didn’t I think of it?  It’s only going to have one stool in the whole place and Rubbish is gonna design a cocktail menu that focuses on cheese juice as the main ingredient.  Instead of music, Sudsy’s just going to sob.

Fintan’s gonna help them source out some repurposed wood for that rustic look
Fintan is from Ireland.  He likes the Transformer movie franchise, eating sweets, and speeding
on the highway.  He welds for a hobby and he’s teaching his 4-year-old son how to drive on
one of his old lawnmowers.  
Fintan likes to goof around, but he doesn’t like for me to put my arm around him.
In this picture, Fintan is trying to strangle Rubbish James because he just caught him looking through
his wallet.  To the left is Fintan’s Assistant, José, playing with some wet drywall.
Here’s Fintan trying to act cool.  Well, if it wasn’t for him, my apartment might have turned to mush.
Then by bedroom would be a mushroom!

People in My Neighborhood: Fintan and the Hole in My Basement

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There was an awful leak in my basement, so I called Fintan, a very popular downtown Handyman, to come help me out.  We had to move my giant Christmas-Tree-Light-Back-Up Generator to discover the water source.  When we did we found a hole in the wall.  Fintan took a hammer to it and opened it up good.

It turns out Rubbish and Sudsy have been tunneling, in hopes of opening a super-exclusive restaurant and cocktail lounge.  What a great idea.  Why didn’t I think of it?  It’s only going to have one stool in the whole place and Rubbish is gonna design a cocktail menu that focuses on cheese juice as the main ingredient.  Instead of music, Sudsy’s just going to sob.

Fintan’s gonna help them source out some repurposed wood for that rustic look
Fintan is from Ireland.  He likes the Transformer movie franchise, eating sweets, and speeding
on the highway.  He welds for a hobby and he’s teaching his 4-year-old son how to drive on
one of his old lawnmowers.  
Fintan likes to goof around, but he doesn’t like for me to put my arm around him.
In this picture, Fintan is trying to strangle Rubbish James because he just caught him looking through
his wallet.  To the left is Fintan’s Assistant, José, playing with some wet drywall.
Here’s Fintan trying to act cool.  Well, if it wasn’t for him, my apartment might have turned to mush.
Then by bedroom would be a mushroom!

Bib-A-Lollie-Boo

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Chubby Parker is most famous for his incredible version of King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O, which is a version of Froggie-Went-A-Courtin’.  It was featured on The American Anthology of Folk Music which was compiled by Harry Smith.  This one wasn’t on it and is less known, but still good.

Camp Song: The Younger Generation

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In honor of the release of Moonrise Kingdom, I present an old camp song favorite, “The Younger Generation”.  Directed by the great Pete Seeger with Eric Darling and the Song Swappers.  Sung by 6 to 11-year-old campers.

You have to wait for the two solo vocalists that come in at 1:01 and 1:08.

In another version of the movie, Anderson could have totally went with a few Seeger folk songs instead of the Hank Williams stuff.

Cracked Venusian Hi-Bouncer

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Have you ever heard of a kid keeping or owning a hi-bouncer? When I use hi-bouncers (aka all-the-time) I get them from the quarter machines at the supermarket, then play with them on the street for a bunch of minutes – I think my record is eleven and a half. There must be a place where all the hi-bouncers go to chill. They must be the most independent ball. Sure, I’ve found my fair share in the gutter, but these things are mass-produced, and for decades – there are MILLIONS of them.  There’s probably a beautiful beach somewhere that has hi-bouncers instead of sand and ball-pool balls instead of ocean and the sun is a giant basketball and soccerball bullies are mean to weakling handballs and everybody sweats those sexy volleyballs.

This is from the elite Hi-Bouncer “Planet” Collection.  Ladies and Germs: Venus.