Remember this one? I had once thought that it was John and Yoko that were the trail blazers for Asian-Caucasian relationships, but no, South Pacific was. I looked at the population statistics for Hawaii and saw a huge spike right after this movie came out. But it wasn’t until after 1968 that interracial relationships were [...]
Here is Celeste Holmes and Frank Sinatra singing “Who wants to be a millionaire” from HIGH SOCIETY by Cole Porter
Conference of the iGods; © Roger Bourland and Mel Shapiro
“Conference of the iGods” from HOMER IN CYBERSPACE
Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: Mel Shapiro
Chief: Nathan Langdon
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Conference of the iGods (12:51)
Tina:
Stay as far
Under the radar
Of the i-gods,
My man
Don’t let them
Know you exist
They won’t hesitate
To control your
Fate
Don’t let them
Get your number
The i-gods are as strong
As titanium
And deadly as
Uranium
They’ll re-wire your [...]
My wild love went ridin
She rode all the day
She wrote to the devil
And asked him to pay
The devil was wiser
Its time to repent
He asked her to give back
The money she spent
My wild love went ridin
She rode to the sea
She gathered together
Some shells for her head
She rode and she rode on
She rode for a while
Then stopped [...]
“Shame” from FLASHPOINT/STONEWALL (1994)
Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: John Hall
Chorus: Gay Men’s Chorus of LA, Jon Bailey, director
Video: Kim Paulsen
Published by Yelton Rhodes Music/Los Angeles
Alex Theatre, Glendale CA: 1994
Shame
As a a boy I was hated and called names
for being something different.
I did not understand.
I recognized the difference but could not comprehend
what that difference was.
I felt shame.
Later, [...]
In the word to the wise is sufficient category, here’s a song for the list of songs with only one note in the melody.
“Stephen Hawking Came to Dinner” from HOMER IN CYBERSPACE
Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: Mel Shapiro
Bernie and La Belle Klops: Adam Carr, Julie Morgantaler
Computers sing:
Stephen Hawking came to dinner
“Boy, oh boy, he’s a winner
That boy of yours you call Sy”
So he said over pastrami and rye.
“He’s just a little mega now
But when he’s gets bigger
Whatta bigger little [...]
What a find! A treasure trove about the friendship between George Harrison and Ravi Shankar.
George Harrison’s sitar lesson with Ravi Shankar
Chants of India, Part 1
Chants of India, Part 2
“Reel (Homage to Henry Cowell)” was composed by Lou Harrison, a pupil of Henry Cowell’s, here employs palm and arm clusters as a tip of the hat (homage) to his old friend Henry. The performer is unidentified, but I like his ponytail. I’m sure Henry and Lou would have too.
“DreamDrag” from FLASHPOINT STONEWALL (1994)
Music: Roger Bourland
Lyrics: John Hall
Bass: Craig Wheeler
Chorus: Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles
Conductor: Jon Bailey
FLASHPOINT/STONEWALL celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, and was co-commissioned and performed by GMCLA, the Seattle Men’s Chorus, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Wash. DC, and the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. The [...]
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