Paul Scheele - Deep Relaxation

Paul Scheele - Deep Relaxation

cassette released in 1993

*note: both sides of the cassette are the same

Are you being stressed out by the holiday season (shopping for gifts, visiting relatives or being lonely because there's no family and friends available, being constantly bombarded by Xmas music, pressure to celebrate accordingly, etc.)? In the spirit of generosity by yours truly, I am offering this item to help you relax from all of the pressures of the holiday season. Yes, this is another present from me to you.

This is not anything subliminal, this is what is called "paraliminal" as the cover says. Dictionary.com nor any other similar dictionary-type site does not give a definition of this term "paraliminal". Apparently "paraliminal" is where a soothing voice can be heard. Then sometime later, two soothing voices from the same person are heard as what happens around the 21-minute mark of the recording. I think it sounds cool and it is my favorite part of the tape. The voice on the tape is by Paul Scheele, founder of an organization called Learning Strategies Corporation. He has produced and released many other "paraliminal" tapes focusing on self-improvement topics.
When you're finished listening to this tape, you should feel refreshed. That's what Mr. Scheele in his calm soothing voice says, so it shall be.

A few tips are provided in the liner notes. They include:

* Use stereo headphones. (If you are using a monaural tape player, place it at your left side.)
* Be in a place without distractions. [Duh.]
* Do not listen to this tape while driving or operating machinery. [Duh.]
* Sit or lie back in a comfortable position when listening.
* Give your attention to the tape. [Duh.]
* Do not force concentration.
* Relax as deeply as you like. You may move on to anything else whenever you desire by simply opening your eyes.
* At times two voices will be speaking simultaneously. At times they may seem to move. [Told you it sounds cool.] It is best not to follow the words of each voice, but go with the flow, rhythm and movement of the voices and sounds.
* HAVE FUN! [Does this mean I should play this at a party? The thought never occurred to me to relax and have fun at the same time.]

I hope all of you have a joyful and deeply relaxing Xmas and/or holidays.

Tracklisting:

1. Deep Relaxation {32:49}

various artists compilation - The V/Vm Christmas Cracker

various artists compilation - The V/Vm Christmas Cracker

released in 2000

More lovely Xmas music here to warm your heart and soul. It features "appearances" by Wham, Queen, and Gary Glitter. There's also a heart-stirring rendition of that Band Aid song "Feed the World" or whatever it's called.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Banned Aid with Jansky Noise - Do They Know It's Christmas Time? {4:20}

2. V/Vm with Rodd Dodd and Wham! - Last Christmas I Gave You a Heart {4:36}

Side B

1. V/Vm with Garry's Glitter - Another Cuban Rock 'n' Roll Christmas {4:33}

2. Butcher Claws with Queen - Thank Pig It's Christmas {4:16}

various artists compilation - Stuffing

various artists compilation - Stuffing

7" vinyl released in 1998

Yet another set of heartwarming music from those fine folks who released the items featured in the last two posts. I love Xmas and I love to give. That is why I love Xmas. [I also happen to love receiving :) ] So why do people want to wage war on Xmas? Why do they hate Xmas trees and ornaments? Why do they hate large gatherings or parties with lots of people and lots of delicious yet unhealthy food? Why do they hate the joy of shopping for gifts by hastily grabbing those things before that damn fool with the overloaded cart does? Why do they hate the joy of giving gifts to loved ones or those weirdos who happen to be loved ones? Why do they hate colorful displays of lights? Why do they hate Xmas music? Why do they hate Santa who blesses all of us with his blessings? What did he ever do to them? I just don't understand people. I suppose that these people decided to engage in subversive behavior by getting jobs as managers at retail establishments so they can order their hired help to say "happy holidays" to shoppers instead of "Merry Xmas."

We here at the Basement support Xmas and will defend it against all heathens and scrooges just to let you know. That is why I have been posting Xmas music every December this blog has been in existence and will try to keep posting Xmas music every December so that people can rejoice.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. V/Vm - Christmas Stuffing Fanfare {0:30}

2. V/Vm - Santa Claws is Conning Your Town {2:33}

3. The Jon Matthy Quartet - The World is Waiting for Misery and Suffering Forever {0:30}

4. The Stranger - In the Bleak Mid-Winter {1:54}

5. Leon and Hits Ask >> - Who Gobbled Gobleys Wobblers Wobbler?? {0:26}

6. The Eggnog Chorus - Dog Ye Rest Gentlemen Merry {1:12}

Side B

1. Bored in Columbia - Dreaming of Turkey and Ham {0:32}

2. Alien Porno Midgets - Ding-Dong Merrily We're High (Altitude) {2:13}

3. Butcher Claws - Come Ride My Slay {0:24}

4. Animal - Last Kristmas* You Burst All My Warts,, {2:35}

5. Derek Plays Pops - The Gringo Bouncing_Butcher Jingle Balls {1:36}

various artists compilation - Turkey

various artists compilation - Turkey

7" vinyl released in 1998

Here's another heartwarming set of Xmas music from the same folks behind the Whine and Missingtoe compilation I posted yesterday. Be sure to play this when you gather with your friends and family to celebrate Xmas or one of those other darn holidays. They will love you again if you happen to be out of favor with them or they will love you even more if they already love you.
Tracklisting:

Side A

1. V/Vm - Christmas Turkey Fanfare {0:13}

2. Electronic Fly Symphony - Born of the Meat, From Heaven to Hell * The First Noel {1:50}

3. Stock, Hausen & Walkman - Simply {1:58}

4. People Like Us - Christmas Show [edit] {1:31}

5. The Stable feat. The Two Wise Men from Bethlehem - Once in Royal David's Cattle Shed {1:57}

Side B

1. V/Vm - What's in Our Christmas Stocking? {0:34}

2. Broxburn and the Xmas Guards - Please Stop the Butchering {0:55}

3. The Eggnog Chorus - Deck the Halls with Mince and Holly {0:22}

4. Butcher Claus - Merry Xmas Bastard {2:32}

5. The Bouncing Bucephalus Bellringers from Brinningt - Christmas Bells Interlude {0:47}

6. Stock, Hausen & Walkman with Arfer Daley and Terry Mk (Can S) - 'Er Indoors {1:29}

7. V/Vm - Pull Our Christmas Cracker {0:33}

various artists compilation - Whine and Missingtoe

various artists compilation - Whine and Missingtoe

7" vinyl released in 1997; CD reissue released in 2001

This is the CD reissue.

I'm back just in time for the Xmas (or holiday for you heathens) season. I hope all of you are doing well in your lives. I'm glad that school is at an end for this semester. It seems like my professors were trying to wear me out plus I've been learning a lot at my full-time job.

Anyway, I'm here to spread some Christmas cheer and joy especially with what's been happening on the nets lately especially for us sharity blogs. A lot of them have been shutting down with most of them taken down by the powers that be (whom I'm sure are rich, successful, powerful, glutinous, and greedy). That is a depressing turn of events piled on top of what's happening in the world.

Some of you may not be familiar with this one, but that is part of my mission here at the Basement to introduce you to new things you've never heard or seen. Here's another delightful set of tunes you can add to your annual Christmas music playlist. This is some heartwarming music that will be a part of that tradition to celebrate the one and only St. Nick (a.k.a. Santa Claus) who blesses us with his blessings.

Tracklisting:

1. V/Vm - Erald Hark Angel {2:28}

2. Hell Interface - Soylent Night {3:26}

3. Butcher Claus - A Sprig of Holly on the Electric Turbine {1:33}

4. Animal - Oil Come All Ye Industrial {3:53}

5. Professor Broxburn - Christmas Fractions and Brandy Snaps {2:09}

6. V/Vm - Xmas Live-Show 1997 {1:54}

7. V/Vm - Pipes of Peace Christmas 2001 {3:48}

The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laff Clinic

The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laff Clinic

released on LP (no date given)

Well, here's the last one of the bunch that I found at the recent local library sale. I believe there are a few more Heap/Idaho/Sex to Sexty albums out there. If anyone wants to kindly hook me up with any of those, drop me a note in the comments section.

From the liner notes:

Dear Fans:

Today medical science has come up with a pill for just about everything and they are wonderful. Even the birth control pills are changing a lot of won'ts into will's, and since there are so many Child Brides they even have the "Candy Coated Birth Control Pill." They've got pills to get up by and pills to go to bed by and even a new tranquilizer that doesn't calm you down but makes you enjoy being tense. Even the old people are getting a helping gland with the Monkey Gland and the Goat Gland or you can play it safe and get one of each just in case you are monkeying around and just happen to butt into something. Doctors are even changing men into women and women into men or half-and-half for the do-it-yourselfers, but we are proud to announce that we the first with a "Laff Clinic."

In this album Grandpa Flewhardy pays us another visit and he's still got that gleem in his eyes but he finds out it's just the sun reflecting off his bifocals.

Jukebox in the Bedroom is a story of a man and his "Beef Stew Marriage." His wife Beefs and he's always Stewed. He hires a Topless Waitress and finds out that the best things in life comes in pairs.

Peabody's Pills: They don't contain feathers and X-Lax but they'll still tickle the stuff out of you.

Beat Saint Nick is a routine about Santa's Swinging Helper who thinks a Trip Around the World is a form of making love while on L.S.D.

Percy Fillrod is a mixed up fellow that just "Blew" into town but when they try to take him into the Army they have to separate the men from the boys with a crowbar.

Dr. Seamore Rumps is a story about a friendly neighborhood doctor that dabbles in medicine and any other thing that might be in his office at the time.

We hope that this album will be as much fun as your favorite girlfriend, so lay it down and give it a spin. (Ken Idaho)
Tracklisting:  (link coming back soon)

Side 1

1. Grandpa Flewhardy {5:43}

2. Jukebox in the Bedroom {7:06}

3. Peabody's Pills {8:29}

Side 2

1. Beat St. Nick {8:17}

2. Percy Fillrod {7:01}

3. Dr. Seamore Rumps {6:31}

The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laff-a-Rammer

The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laff-a-Rammer

released on LP (no date given)

From the liner notes:

Dear Fans, Here we go again with our Sex to Sexty album. I've heard it said that the third time is a charm, well there's nothing charming about "Laff-A-Rammer", it's a Riot. (Riot: That's a sex maniac turned loose in a Cat House with a credit card.) So why not invite in your friendly neighborhood sex maniac and put on this album and you're in for a complete evening of "Laff-A-Rammer". If an old prude should drop by, forget it, hide the record. If you can't find a place to hide it then sit on it. This album may not be as good as sex but if you sit on it, it will be the next [best] thing to it. Get the gang together and play it for them, they'll get a bang out of it.

In this album Grandpa Flewhardy celebrates his 50th wedding anniversary. He goes all out but ends up all in. "Just Plain Crazy" is a song and story about a boy who meets a girl who tries to take him for everything. She thinks he's a real bargain because he's 50 per cent off but she ends up in the hole. "Snow White" is a story about an oversexed girl who woke up every morning feeling like a new man and got eight. In "Drunk Again" I portray a man suffering from bottle fatigue and proves that life is full of Urps and Downs. "Almost Persuaded" is a song about a girl who stays that way to keep from getting that way. The Nudist Colony was written in a nudist colony and it took a lot of poise. Poise: A man in a nudist colony that doesn't raise anything but an eyebrow.

This record may get scratchy like the record of life but you can have a lot of fun if you keep your needle in the groove. (Ken Idaho)

Tracklisting:  (link coming back soon)

Side 1

1. Grandpa's Anniversary {8:38}

2. Just Plain Crazy {7:31}

3. Snow White {6:53}

Side 2

1. Drunk Again {9:40}

2. Almost Persuaded {3:18}

3. The Nudist Colony {7:55}

The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laff Fun-tier

The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laff Fun-tier

released on LP (no date given)

This may or may not be the 2nd album put out by Jimmy Heap, Ken Idaho, and Sex to Sexty. More raunchy humor including Idaho's unique versions of the fairy tales, Cinderella and Red Riding Hood.

The liner notes provide some interesting tidbits about Jimmy Heap:

On the road with the Jimmy Heap Show is one big ball with seven of the greatest guys you'll ever meet. But that is to be expected because they work for the greatest boss man in the business, "Jimmy Heap". In all of his twenty years in the music business Jim has never fired anyone. He expects a night's work out of his band members and that's what he gets. [Apparently, Jimmy never had to go Buddy Rich on anyone.] That is why when you see the Jimmy Heap Show there is never a dull moment. A weekly rehearsal of songs and show routines keeps the band up to date on the latest songs in every field of music, with seven vocalists to sing the songs to give you variety in listening and watching pleasure. If you get a chance to see this sow, don't miss it, it's the show that everyone is talking about.

Credits from the back cover:

Jimmy Heap - guitar
Bill Glendening - bass
Butter Ball Harris - steel guitar
Ken Idaho - violin and saxophone
Butch Keith - trumpet
Lee Roy Eichler - drums
Johnny McMurtray - guitar


Tracklisting:  (link coming back soon)

Side 1

1. Grandpa Flewhardy {5:04}

2. Giddy Up A Go Go {6:13}

3. Cinderella {8:48}

Side 2

1. Little Brown Shack {10:50}

2. Little Red Riding Hood {6:47}

The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laugh Potion

The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laugh Potion

released on LP (no date given)

When I was sifting through the boxes of records at the most recent local library sale, I noticed an album cover with illustrations and the words "sex to sexty" on it. Then I saw a few others like it and grabbed those too. I figured they had to be worth checking out and there was something familiar sounding about "sex to sexty", but I couldn't recall what it was. Besides, I already went through a few other boxes and didn't find anything remotely interesting, just the usual boring pop and easy listening records everyone used to own along with Firestone Christmas albums. I finally found some potentially worthwhile stuff with these albums. Overall, it was not a great night at the library sale. I found just a few other good records and checked out.

I listened to most of the stuff on these LPs and I was laughing a lot although this stuff is a bit beneath my sensibilities. I learned that Jimmy Heap was a band leader who wrote and performed country and western music. He seems to be most remembered for writing a hit song called "The Wild Side of Life". Then apparently while out in Las Vegas, Jimmy Heap thought that he needed to add comedy to his act. He found a guy named Ken Idaho who not only could play the violin and saxophone, he was also a comic who specialized in raunchy or bawdy comedy routines. (Ken Idaho's real name is Ken Alderhold.) The comedy act became a hit and Heap and Idaho teamed up with a humor magazine called Sex to Sexty and released several albums on Heap's label Fame Records (which Heap started in the mid 1950s after leaving Capitol Records). Sex to Sexty was vaguely familiar. I think I may have sneaked a peak at an old issue or two at some used merchandise shop when I was a kid. Sex to Sexty often put out issues from 1965 to 1983 and I'm sure you can guess what subject the magazine focused on. (There is even a book released that has all of the covers from the magazine.)

Read more at these sources about Jimmy Heap, Ken Idaho, and Sex to Sexty which most of the info came from and used in the above paragraph:

Vintage Sleaze
Jimmy Heap interview with Ray Campi
Answers.com biography of Jimmy Heap

This particular LP may or may not have been the first one put out by Heap, Idaho, and Sex to Sexty. I am going by the catalog number and it is the lowest one of these albums I have. Three of the tracks are renditions of three popular tunes and the other one is a routine with Heap and Idaho about the game of golf. This one, as is the case with all of these albums I have, is a party album with "adults only" type of humor including double entendres and dick jokes. In other words, it delivers entertainment and we don't have enough of it in our lives, right.

The band members credited on the back cover:

Jimmy Heap - "leader", guitar
Bill Glendening - bass
Butter Ball Harris - steel guitar
Ken Idaho - violin and saxophone
Ken Frazier - guitar
Butch Keith - trumpet
Lee Roy Eichler - drums

Tracklisting:  (link coming back soon)

Side 1

1. Henry the VIII {6:33}

2. Golf Game {7:33}

Side 2

1. See the Big Man Cry {5:02}

2. Love Potion No. 9 {8:44}

Hi-Fi News & Record Review - Test Record

Hi-Fi News & Record Review - Test Record

LP released in 1996

I'm not going to lay out some sob story about how or why there has not been an update in almost two months. I'm not going to make an apology that I have not posted in a while. I know I have let my 60-something devoted fans down. I feel terrible that I have not provided anything that could be life-changing or just downright amusing, but there was not much I could do about it.

I'll be brief in explaining what's been going on behind the scenes. I went from a part-time job to a full-time job around the end of September. That was also the time I was getting ready for the next post here. So, I now have a full-time job in my field with somewhat decent pay and benefits plus I now contribute to society even more in the form of more withholding taxes. Also I happen to still be enrolled in the Master's of Library and Information Science (LIS) program in grad school. In case you're wondering, I should be finished next year in December. I need something to fall back on just in case the self-help/life improvement gig doesn't work out. Librarianship doesn't pay enough to buy a mansion in Hawaii and a jet helicopter, but there are a lot worse jobs out there. I've tried to adjust to the new job schedule and school. Now I think I've done just that, I'll be able to help you work on you through my postings on a regular basis.

I thought I would make my somewhat grand return with another LP designed to test your records and your turntable from an operation called Hi-Fi News & Record Review (now just called Hi-Fi News). I needed to test my turntable anyway, so I thought I would record this LP while I'm at it. This LP is all about the tones, signals, and the pink noise. What I like about this LP is that there is no middle-of-the-road music tacked on or any music for that matter.

Here is what a chap named Len Gregory, "The Cartridge Man" has to say about this record:
All the test tracks on this disc have been carefully chosen to help you set up your cartridge and arm combination to work optimally. It is assumed that you have already followed the manufacturer's recommendation as regards setting-up their particular unit, and that the platter is perfectly level. When you have a cartridge for which the manufacturer gives a range of tracking weights (for example, between 1.5 and 2.5 grams), it is recommended that you begin the tests at the manufacturer's suggested maximum weight. You can then decide whether you want to reduce the tracking weight or not, according to the cartridge's capability during the first run.

The back cover also provides record handling tips which are obvious but still helpful:

• Always handle records with great care.
• Avoid touching the playing surfaces.
• Keep your records clean - if they need cleaning, then find a dealer with a record-cleaning machine (or buy one).
• Make sure your turntable mat is kept clean.
• Keep your stylus clean too - remember, dust and dirt shorten both the life of your records and your stylus.
• The opening of the inner record sleeve should always lie inside the outer sleeve if you are to avoid dust contamination.
• Store records upright at an even temperature.
• Make sure that you keep your records away from heat sources.

One more thing: if you happen to live in the United States of America, be sure to exercise your right to vote tomorrow.

Tracklisting:  (link coming back soon)

Side 1

1. Channel Identification {0:28}

2. Phasing {0:26}

3. Channel Balance {1:04}

4. Pink Noise -20dB, L Channel {0:27}

5. Pink Noise -20dB, R Channel {0:29}

6. Bias Setting (300 Hz Tone L+R at +12dB) {0:19}

7. Bias Setting (300 Hz Tone L+R at +14dB) {0:17}

8. Bias Setting (300 Hz Tone L+R at +16dB) {0:18}

9. Bias Setting (300 Hz Tone L+R at +18dB) {0:18}

Side 2

1. Tracking Ability 1 (300Hz L+R at +15dB) {0:21}

2. Cartridge/Arm Lateral Resonance Test {1:22}

3. Cartridge/Arm Vertical Resonance Test {0:44}

4. Tracking Ability 2 (300Hz L+R at +15dB) {0:14}

5. Cartridge Alignment (Azimuth) Test: 300Hz Vertical {0:21}

6. Residual System Noise (Unmodulated Grooves) {0:20}

7. Tracking Ability 3 (300Hz L+R at +15dB) {0:21}

John Ankerberg - The Fatal Myths of Condom-Based Sex Education

John Ankerberg - The Fatal Myths of Condom-Based Sex Education

released on cassette in 1993

I found two cassettes of this program at a local thrift store. The program on the cassettes is from the The John Ankerberg Show TV program. "The Fatal Myths of Condom-Based Sex Education" purports to explain the fallacies of sex education involving condoms and other sexual protection drawn from supposed research and wild tales of public schools encouraging promiscuity. It does not take long on the program for Ankerberg to make clear his agenda of pushing ideological fundamental Christian based abstinence-only programs in public schools. Ankerberg and his many guests including the likes of Phyllis Schlafly, D. James Kennedy, Gary Bauer, Charles Stanley, Beverly LaHaye (wife of Left Behind author Tim LaHaye), etc. assert that using condoms will still lead to dire consequences such as teenage pregnancies and death. According to them, public schools or rather every school should be teaching morality drawn from their kind of religion.

Some douchebag named Josh McDowell says on the program that people believe it is not government's or society's business what goes on with two consenting adults behind closed doors. Josh becomes indignant when he points out that these same people want the government to fund AIDS research as if it is a hypocritical thing to do. I guess that finding a cure for a deadly disease is immoral if said deadly disease is supposed to prevent teens and unmarried adults from fornicating, right. I would not be surprised if Josh is still as ignorant of AIDS today as back in 1993.

Ankerberg and his ilk contend that abstinence-only programs work the best for turning teens into responsible and moral abstinent teens. Even better is that teens become followers of Ankerberg's brand of religion and give 10% of their paycheck to their church. Anyway there is factual evidence that proves Ankerberg and his friends wrong [the two links are examples out of many more sources]. Plus check out the .pdf report "Abstinence Only vs. Comprehensive Sex Education: What Are the Arguments? What is the Evidence?" on the AIDS Research Institute website.

Informing teens, who happen to be at stages in their lives where the hormones rage the highest, about all of the options including contraceptives and abstinence along with factual information about sex is the most effective way for teens not to end up in terrible situations due to their having sex. Teens will be at least interested in sex due to the combination of raging hormones and curiosity. Why not properly educate them. Ankerberg tries to counter this fact by saying that human beings are not animals and that abstinence-only programs can control the animal urges that people do not supposedly have in the first place. Even if teens are growing up in a religious household or in religious surroundings, they'll most likely still engage in some fooling around. My friend and fellow blogger, JACkory, attended a church camp for three years while he was in high school. During the third year at church camp, his girlfriend did for him what Monica Lewinsky did for Bill Clinton. I have no doubt that stuff still takes place at church camps and church meetings around the world.

John Ankerberg is much occupied with Christian apologetics among with everything else of interest to fundies if his crammed website is any indication. According to his biography:

President and founder of The Ankerberg Theological Research Institute.

Producer and host of the nationally televised John Ankerberg Show, a half-hour program seen in all 50 states via independent stations, the DAYSTAR Network, the DISH Network, DirecTV and on the SKY ANGEL Satellite, numerous cable outlets, as well as on the internet. The program can be seen each week by a potential viewing audience in excess of 99 million people. John presents contemporary spiritual issues and defends biblical/Christian answers.

Note: The tapes have quite background noise including hissing that I was unable to get rid of. Otherwise the tapes still play and the listener can hear what is said.


Tracklisting:

Side One

1. The Fatal Myths of Condom-Based Sex Education Prog. 1 {19:44}

Side Two

1. The Fatal Myths of Condom-Based Sex Education Prog. 2 {20:03}

Side Three

1. The Fatal Myths of Condom-Based Sex Education Prog. 3 {19:33}

Side Four

1. The Fatal Myths of Condom-Based Sex Education Prog. 4 {19:31}

Drunk Neighbor Recites Opening of "Also Sprach Zarathustra"

Drunk Neighbor Recites Opening of "Also Sprach Zarathustra"

recorded in 2009

Some while ago, I had a neighbor at the apartment complex where I live who was usually loud and obnoxious during the night and occasionally during the day too. This was mostly due to his drunkeness although he acted the same way sometimes even when he was sober. He lived across the hall from me. Sometimes he would play his stereo and sing along to whatever was being played. The music was mostly mainstream "classic" rock. Other times he would just yell to the point that the people living close to him could hear him. A few times the landlord gave him warnings to be quiet. If he did not do as he was asked, the landlord asserted that he would be evicted. He always was quiet for a few times each time he received a warning. Then when the landlord was not present he would start again getting drunk and yelling. I think I was the only one who was displeased with his behavior especially when I can hear him from my place.

One night, the obnoxious neighbor visited my next door neighbor whom he made friends with. They started talking and laughing. Then the obnoxious neighbor started getting drunk. I don't think the other guy was quite as drunk as the obnoxious neighbor was the only one being loud. I was getting pissed off at having to hear him while I was reading a book. Immediately an idea came to me. I decided to record the drunken idiot. Maybe I would play back what I recorded to the landlord. Actually I never did play anything back for the landlord or anyone else [until now].

I used the recording feature on my Sansa mp3 player. As a recording device, it is inferior, but it will do. During the recording, the drunk neighbor screamed, made an ass of himself, said some incoherent things loudly and recited the opening music of the famous Richard Strauss composition "Also Sprach Zarathustra" which I'm sure many people are familiar with it from the Kubrick masterpiece 2001. The audio presented here is the drunk's version. It's quite riveting which is why I am willing to present only this part of the recording here. I think the same reasoning given on the Raymond and Peter post applies here: "you have to wonder how much right to privacy a person who's screaming at the top of their lungs expects." No identifying information about him is given nor will be given to anyone.

I recorded him at the entrance to my apartment. I never stepped out in the hallway the entire time. The drunk is in the next door neighbor's apartment when he does his thing. Obviously, he did not care if anyone could hear him or not. I should note that there was a fan in the hallway during the recording as the ventilation was not working in the hallway at the time. Anyway, that should tell you how loud he was.

The good news is that he moved out some time ago though it was amazingly by his own desire to move elsewhere rather than him being evicted. I can sleep without worrying about being awakened by him. Just in case I somehow miss him, I have a few recordings to remember him by.

Tracklisting:

1. Drunk Neighbor Recites Opening of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" {1:19}

A. A. Allen Miracle Revival Ministries - Crying Demons

A. A. Allen Miracle Revival Ministries - Crying Demons

*special thanks to JACkory for this

I will point out first that this is not actually the complete LP of Crying Demons. This is a 2-CD release of various stuff taken from several of A. A. Allen's LPs including the first side of Crying Demons. The rest appear to be from a series of records released on Allen's Miracle Records. There is a photo of the LPs embedded in the files which come up when I play the tracks on Windows Media Player [yeah, I know I'm lame]. A few of them involve Allen exorcising demons or the devil from people who claim to be possessed as he did on "Crying Demons". One track, "Thus Saith the Lord", is a recording of prophecies uttered where God is supposedly speaking through different people. Apparently they're possessed too, but it's by the good supernatural entity Allen worships so no exorcisms are conducted. All of the tracks were recorded at Allen's tent shows er I mean sermons he held. I wish I was alive back then to attend these events as they would have been some memorable fun entertainment. Oh well, these recordings will have to do.

This release was put out by a label called Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God (apparently inspired by Francis E. Dec). This is most likely a bootleg. There are a few used copies available by third-party sellers on Amazon.com including a "new" copy for $77.98 as of this writing.

Tracklisting:  (links will be back soon)

CD1

1. Miracles as They Happen (F) {21:51}

2. Miracle Revival Service (C) {22:32}

3. How to Have God's Faith [excerpt] {6:25}

4. Miracle Revival Service (B) {21:55}

CD2

1. Thus Saith the Lord {22:47}

2. Miracle Revival Service (E) [excerpt] {5:40}

3. God's Last Message (To a Dying World) {22:28}

4. Crying Demons {22:18}

various artists compilation - A Basement of Curiosities Sampler

various artists compilation - A Basement of Curiosities Sampler

This compilation is intended as a sampler of the records, tapes, and CDs discussed in A Basement of Curiosities during the first two and a 1/2 years of the blog's existence featuring the highlights (or lowlights). This post is for newcomers to the blog as well as for visitors familiar with the blog.

The other day, I went to that TED website to check out what recent talks are available. The site posts free videos of what are advertised as "riveting talks by remarkable people" at the TED conferences. What I have seen so far from my few visits to the site is interesting and even riveting. However, I noticed that no one at these TED conferences talk about stuff that matters such as how to make more money, how to be more successful in life, how to have better sex, how to attract people to have sex with, how to develop your ESP powers (everyone is supposed to have them, right), how rock 'n' roll inspired by the powers of hell will be used for Communist takeover of America aided by dirty unshaven stinkin' beatniks, why America is the #1 country in the world, how Satan and the New Age Movement corrupt young minds, how to hunt elk, etc. This is what people care about. I am going to toot my own horn and say that I am proud my blog has its fair share of "ideas worth spreading".

To keep the compilation at a manageable length, the length of the compact disc was used as an arbitrary measure of the length of the compilation. The compilation was intended to only be as long as one CD, but there was a decision made to include more material to present a better representation of A Basement of Curiosities. Therefore, the compilation is the length of 2 CDs. One can burn this compilation onto 2 CDs if one wishes to do so to listen to or to pass around to other people.

Half of the tracks are musical performances and the other half are excerpts from spoken word recordings of what could be considered riveting lectures and sermons. The tracklisting below is an intended sequence of the compilation including which tracks are included on the first and second CDs. Of course, anyone can rearrange, resequence, or even remix and make mashups of the tracks if one wishes to do so for listening and/or burning onto CDs.

There are two options for getting the sampler. Each CD has a link to a zip file. Each track also has a link for downloading for those who prefer to choose which tracks to get and for those familiar visitors who may have been hesitant to download a long lecture or sermon which excerpts are provided.

Tracklisting:

CD1  (full CD links will be back soon, all the links to the individual tracks should still be active)

1. Dr. J. Clifton Williams - Techniques for Academic Success [excerpt] {3:11}
from recording Techniques for Academic Success cassette
Note: Dr. Williams explains why you should use the library.

2. Corelli-Jacobs - track 1 {2:37} from recording Music to Grow Plants LP

3. Dr. Joseph Murphy - Developing a Wonderful Personality [excerpt] {2:11} from recording Developing a Wonderful Personality/Communicating with the Subconscious LP

4. Bill Glass - Giving All of Oneself {1:39} from recording The Most Important Thing LP

5. Dickie Goodman - Energy Crisis {1:42}
from recording Mr. Jaws and Other Fables LP

6. Earl Nightingale - 9th Principle: Power of the Master Mind {1:23}
from recording Think and Grow Rich LP

7. The Electric Moog Orchestra - Imperial Attack {4:12} from recording Music from Star Wars LP

8. Stephen Ettinger - Acquired Murmurs (2) {1:58}
from recording Canine Heart Sounds LP

9. Dr. Ed Sceery - Advanced Elk Calling [excerpt] {2:13} from recording Advanced Elk Calling cassette
Note: This is the beginning of the tape with elk calls and an introduction by Dr. Sceery.

10. Apes of Wrath - The Apes of Wrath {3:07}
from recording Apes of Wrath LP

11. Audio Sellers - The Money Machine [excerpt] {3:44} from recording The Money Machine LP

12. Millard Bennett - How to Get People to Act Favorably With You [excerpt] {3:27}
from recording How to Get People to Act Favorably With You cassette
Note: Millard Bennett talks about the 30/10 power formula. Go to the post for this cassette to learn more if you're not familiar with it.

13. Boomer Sooner - When You Play the Sooners {2:05} from recording University of Oklahoma 7" vinyl

14. Directional Sound - Hogs Slaughtered {0:52} from recording The Sound of Sounds LP

15. Neil Brahe - The Magic Power of Enthusiasm in Dental Practice [excerpt] {2:10} from recording The Magic Power of Enthusiasm in Dental Practice LP

16. Marty Gold - Whistle While You Work {1:27} from recording Wired for Sound LP

17. Louise Egolf - Hello Pretty Bird {2:30} from recording Train Your Bird to Talk LP

18. Fred Lowery - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot {1:22} from recording Abide with Me LP

19. Dr. Michael Dean - Dr. Michael Dean's Hypnosis Record [first side] [excerpt] {1:57}from recording Dr. Michael Dean's Hypnosis Record LP

20. Tom Massey - Guided Visualization for Happiness & Prosperity [excerpt] {1:19}
from recording Guided Visualizations cassette

21. Henry Blythe - Stop Smoking [excerpt] {2:36}
from recording Stop Smoking LP
Note: Henry starts to use the hypnotic sponge.

22. James Walker - The New Age Movement: Space Age Heresies [excerpt] {4:08}
from recording The New Age Movement: Space Age Heresies cassette
Note: James believes The Beatles were evangelists of the New Age Movement and the implication was that young minds were corrupted by The Beatles.

23. Sapulpa High School Chorus - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds {3:57} from recording A Tribute to The Beatles LP

24. Charles Kebbe - The Harper's Bazaar Success Formula for a Beautiful Speaking Voice [excerpt] {1:27} from recording The Harper's Bazaar Success Formula for a Beautiful Speaking Voice LP

25. Jim Bakker - How to Accomplish the Impossible with the Big Three Mountain Movers [excerpt] {3:11} from recording How to Accomplish the Impossible with the Big Three Mountain Movers LP
Note: Bakker proves Pat Robertson wrong.

26. Jimmy Swaggart - The Ring of Fire [excerpt] (1) {2:29} from recording The Ring of Fire LP
Note: Rock 'n' roll is evil and parents ought to be horsewhipped for letting their kids have that rotten filth of Beatle records.

27. The Moog Machine - You Keep Me Hangin' On {2:23} from recording Switched-On Rock LP

28. Jack Van Impe - Marked for Death: Can America Survive? [excerpt] {3:27} from recording Marked for Death: Can America Survive? LP
Note: Rock 'n' roll is used as a vehicle for wild and rebellious youth to take over America or something like that.

29. John Cook - And God Gave Me a Fix [excerpt] {2:08}
from recording And God Gave Me a Fix LP
Note: Cook led a good life as a stuntman getting his ass kicked by the likes of John Wayne and Lee Marvin in movies and hanging around celebrities and possessing lots of money and material possessions while suffering the ill effects of drugs and alcohol.

30. Gil Trythall - Folsom Prison Blues {3:12} from recording Country Moog: Switched On Nashville LP

31. Russ Burgess - The Burgess Method: Developing Your ESP Powers [excerpt] {3:19}
from recording The Burgess Method: Developing Your ESP Powers LP

32. Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band - Capricorn's Thing {2:13} from recording Electric Coffey LP

CD2

1. Vanguard Stereolab - Speaker Balancing Signal {0:58}from recording Vanguard Stereolab Test Record LP

2. Hunter Lott - The Firing Session [excerpt] {3:07} from recording Front-Line Interviewing and the Firing Session cassette

3. Art Holst - The Challenge of a Pro [excerpt] {2:45}
from recording The Challenge of a Pro LP
Note: Art is optimistic that a few stinkin' long-haired dirty unshaven beatniks won't change America plus the War on Christmas was waging as far back as the late 1960s too.

4. The Sanborn Singers - Recruit/Train/Motivate {2:50} from recording Sing Out for Free Enterprise LP

5. Hilton Sutton - The U.S.A. in Prophecy [excerpt] {2:12} from recording The U.S.A. in Prophecy cassette
Note: Intellectualism is the subject of this excerpt.

6. Tony Dolan - Cuba Will Be Free {1:55} from recording Cry, the Beloved Country LP

7. Pat Robertson - It's Time to Pray, America [excerpt] {2:16}
from recording It's Time to Pray, America LP

8. John Wayne - Face the Flag {3:49} from recording America, Why I Love Her LP

9. Earl Nightingale - The Southwestern Company Sales Tips: Your Job as a Salesman {2:37}
from recording The Strangest Secret LP

10. Ajay Lowery - Taxanity {3:02} from recording I Will Not Be Swayed LP

11. - Stock Sports Car Class {0:50} from recording Drag Race Sound Effects LP

12. Bob Harrington - A Real He-Man {2:47} from recording Holy Happy Hour LP

13. J - The Way to Become the Sensuous Woman [excerpt] {1:48}from recording The Way to Become the Sensuous Woman LP

14. Jimmy Swaggart - The Ring of Fire [excerpt] (2) {2:33} from recording The Ring of Fire LP
Note: Jimmy talks about his favorite subject.

15. - Erotica, The Rhythms of Love [excerpt] {0:53} from recording Erotica, The Rhythms of Love LP

16. Lust Control - Virginity Disease {3:31}
from recording We Are Not Ashamed cassette

17. Helen Gurley Brown - How to Behave at Home {2:19} from recording Lessons in Love LP

18. Charley Drew - The Girls I've Loved & Lost {2:27}
from recording An Evening with Charley Drew, His Piano, and His Party Songs LP

19. Warren Mintz - Plateau Phase of the Male Sexual Cycle [excerpt] {4:06} from recording Plateau Phase of the Male Sexual Cycle cassette
Note: Warren reads a part of the D. H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.

20. - Chicago {1:59} from recording Stag Party in London Vol. 2 LP

21. Jack Van Impe - From Night Clubs to Christ [excerpt] {4:05} from recording From Night Clubs to Christ LP
Note: Jack talks about how movies are getting worse with their increasing amounts of nudity, sex scenes, lesbianism, and violence.

22. 101 Strings - This Guy's in Love With You {3:40} from recording The Sounds of Love LP

23. Willard Cantelon - LSD: Battle for the Mind [excerpt] {2:38}
from recording LSD: Battle for the Mind LP

24. Dr. James Dobson and Steve Russo - Fighting Satan in Today's World [excerpt] {2:08}
from recording New Age, Humanism and Satanism: Protecting Your Family cassette
Note: Russo explains how teens get into Satanism.

25. Pat Robertson - Teens' Question #6 (Music) {2:22}
from recording Answers for Today's Parents and Teens cassette

26. Former Fetus - I'm Free {2:45} from recording A Rock Opera CD

27. A. A. Allen - God is a Killer [excerpt] {3:32}
from recording God is a Killer LP

28. Directional Sound - Sports Cars on Curve, with Crash {1:20} from recording The Sound of Sounds LP

29. Brian Ruud - From a Bum Trip to... "The Trip Beyond" [excerpt] {2:32}
from recording From a Bum Trip to... "The Trip Beyond" LP
Note: Hoodlum Brian discovers Jesus in prison.

30. Raymond and Peter - Don't Call Me Goodnight! {1:09} from recording Shut Up, Little Man! CD

31. Lloyd Lindroth - Tequila {2:28} from recording Harpist's Bazaar LP

Peter Thomas - Everything You Need to Know to Operate a CB Radio

Peter Thomas - Everything You Need to Know to Operate a CB Radio

LP released in 1976

UPDATE 7/26/2010: There was an error on my part as the wrong link was included. Now the correct link is in the post.
Breaker one nine this is grey calx, I need a smokey report, anyone there, over. I don't want to feed the bears.

Long before the age of the Internet with its chat rooms, message boards, IM, social media sites, and blogs as well as cell phones with the texting feature, people talked to both acquaintances and strangers alike using aliases or handles through citizen's band (CB) radio. The CB fad was at its peak from the late 1970s (when this LP was released) to the early 1980s. CB use was featured in classic movies and TV shows such as Smokey and the Bandit, Convoy, and The Dukes of Hazard. Then people no longer were excited to use CB radio I guess. I think that truckers and emergency personnel are the only ones who still use CB radio.

This LP explains about everything you need to know to use a CB radio from codes and terminology to etiquette and laws. By the way, the Peter Thomas on this LP is not the musician, he is the announcer and narrator of documentaries known for his work on PBS shows (NOVA) and Forensic Files and the announcer of NPR's sponsors.

I think it would be awesome if people used CB terms and codes in chat rooms, message boards, IM, social media sites, blogs, and cell phones instead of what is used now.

10-4. Have a fine day and a better tomorrow. We're down, we're gone, bye bye.

Tracklisting:  (link will be back soon)

Side 1

1. No Sour Grapes, Please {5:11}

2. Introduction {4:11}

3. Courtesy on the Air {9:52}

4. Time Check and Ten Code {3:02}

5. Radio Check {3:26}

Side 2

1. Choosing a Handle {1:23}

2. Be Heard When You Shout {7:01}

3. Channel 9-For Emergency {3:53}

4. Having an Eyeball {2:00}

5. How About an Eastbounder {2:58}

6. Meet Me on 18 for Directions {1:50}

7. Where are the Smokeys and Beavers? {1:14}

8. Smokeys with Ears {1:46}

9. You, Your Radio and the F.C.C. {5:40}