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
*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
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
