Oddiophiles (Oddities for Audiophiles) Archive

2August 27, 2009
Cheap Thrills Thursday: Lessons In Literacy With Strawberry Shortcake

Let’s see… When this Kid Stuff Records book (copyright 1980) & record (copyright 1981) set of Strawberry Shortcake’s Day in the Country came out, I would have been 16 or…
3August 20, 2009
Cheap Thrills Thursday: The Joys Of TCM, Bathing Beauty Edition

I’m not about to go all mathy on yer arse, but in a world of streaming video, on-demand downloadable rentals, home delivery rentals (even without fees!) TCM, part of basic…
2August 9, 2009
Thriller Panties

Black Michael Jackson printed in white on black nylon panties. The Thriller album pose, along with Jackson’s signature, all printed on the fanny… The ultimate compliment?
4July 30, 2009
The “What Happened To You?!” Musical Family Road Trip

On Monday we drove from Fargo (ND) to Menomonie (WI) to meet my folks and get the eldest who had spent a week at their house. We do road trips…
0July 24, 2009
Fabric Swatch Friday: Times Two

I couldn’t choose just one fabric to show you today, so I’m showing you two. (Plus, this sort of makes up for skipping Fabric Swatch Friday last week.) When you…
1June 8, 2009
Ah, The Sights & Sounds Of 80′s Flicks

The Monday Movie Meme is I love The 80′s; here are some of my quick thoughts on my favorite 80′s films… Desperately Seeking Susan — I was dressing like slutty…
0June 5, 2009
DIY Radiohead Logo Shirt

Instructions from Barry at 3stylelife for making your own “Modified bear” Radiohead Logo t-shirt with just simple household objects — and a clean “blank” t-shirt, of course.
11April 20, 2009
Mixed Reactions To A Literal Three-Ring Circus

Trying to move past my fear knowledge of clowns and their assassination attempts on my life, we went to the circus on Saturday — El Zagal’s 58th Annual Shrine Circus,…
2April 1, 2009
The Baldknobbers (It Ain’t No April Fool’s Joke!)

Flipping through a box of ephemera at an antique mall, I spotted the word “Baldknobbers” in big red letters — who wouldn’t pull that up for a closer inspection?! In…
1March 24, 2009
Dancing With The Stars, My Age Is Showing

Watching Dancing tonight, the results show, I saw Hall & Oates perform one of the songs from my glory days, Maneater. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9whJrLy7Nk[/youtube] Now the interesting thing, the thing is not…
1March 24, 2009
The Tale Of The Dachshund

The Tale of the Dachshund, A Humorous Song, by Harvey B. Gaul, is another silly little ditty: I had a little dachshund once, So long, you haven’t any notion, The…
1March 18, 2009
You Can’t Judge A Racist Nun By Her Habit, Part Three (Or, The Little Chink In Sister’s Armor)

That darn Sister Patricia also owned a copy of Little Chink, one of (at least) three Musical Recitations by Helen Wing. Little Chink is by one Mildred Merryman — who,…
0March 16, 2009
You Can’t Judge A Racist Nun By Her Habit, Part Two

More vintage sheet music owned by Sister Patricia; this time, Story Poems with Musical Settings by Phyllis Fergus. The song, The Woodpecker (copyright 1925 by Clayton F. Summy Co.), takes…
3March 10, 2009
You Can’t Judge A Racist Nun By Her Habit

Normally the most interesting thing to me about vintage sheet music is the cover art; this is because I’m musically illiterate and can’t use it for anything but decoration and/or…
0March 9, 2009
The Naughty Little Clock

The amazingly cute and gay lyrics to The Naughty Little Clock: There once was a frivolous and giddy little clock, A little French clock very gay; Very trim and very…
4March 6, 2009
Gimme Back That Filet-o-Fish

Not since “Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame-seed bun” have I enjoyed singing along with a McDonald’s commercial so much, so many kudos…
0February 2, 2009
Send Mixtape Messages

Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day trinket for the one who makes you mixed tapes? Check out these marvelous engraved audio cassette tape cufflinks made of pink mirror acrylic with…