Ajay Lowery - I Will Not Be Swayed

Ajay Lowery - I Will Not Be Swayed

The deadline (April 15) here in the US of A to file taxes is approaching. Maybe some will be lucky and receive a refund. Others will not be so lucky as they owe taxes. Perhaps these unlucky folks can take comfort in the entertaining and heartfelt songs on this album. I am kind of surprised that the country style song, "Cut the Thievin' Hands off the IRS" is not more known. It is basically an anthem for those who don't like paying taxes especially to the IRS. I'm sure that these folks would be singing "Taxanity" in the shower often if the song was more widely distributed.

Ajay Lowery was a member of the United Soverign Party which seems to be similar to the Libertarian Party. The United Soverign Party was headquartered in Clinton, Arkansas.

Ajay cut and released this LP in 1984 when he ran for president of the US. Obviously, Ajay was not successful as Reagan won in a landslide. Along with anti-tax anthems, there are heartfelt anti-war songs. In my opinion, this LP succeeds as a means to get the attention of people to listen to viewpoints not often heard in the mainstream media. Ron Paul probably should think about doing an album.

The liner notes below by Dan Hoffman explain more:

"I am an outraged sovereign American and I am running for President in 1984." These are the words of a determined, dedicated, God-fearing man who loves his Country and the principles which made America great. He believes that she may be great again.

Arthur J. (Ajay) Lowery is a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II and for the past 12 years, the Publisher of the Justice Times, the National Voice of the Second American Tax Freedom Movement, with subscribers in all fifty states. He is a common man, self educated, and has never had any political grooming. (I believe that's an asset.) He has never been a congressman or a senator, an astronaut or a vice president. He has never had a part in fomenting war, he has never voted for deficit spending, he has never helped to create double digit inflation, he is not a lawyer or in any position to buy votes or repay political favors.

All the narrations which I was privileged to perform on this record made me think of the brave men who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Many of the same conditions that led to that signing have reappeared today and we are losing our freedoms at a terrifying rate.

In summary, Ajay Lowery is YOU and ME; fed up with politicians who care nothing for our constitutional form of government. We must put government back in its place; that place is as the servant of US - the People. Listen to this album; every song was written and performed right from the heart of this man who really cares.

Abraham Lincoln said, "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men," and Mark Twain said, "In the beginning of a change the Patriot is a scarce man - and brave - and hated - and scorned. When he succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."

Ajay Lowery - you will see- is a Patriot personified ... who will not be swayed!

Tracklisting:

Side One

1. Dialogue {1:20}

2. Cut the Thievin' Hands off the IRS {2:29}

3. America Arise {2:36}

4. Dialogue [2] {1:22}

5. Taxanity {3:02}

6. Just Nineteen {2:44}

Side Two

1. Dialogue [3] {1:53}

2. US {3:14}

3. Dialogue [4] {2:16}

4. Land of Liberty {3:35}

5. Dialogue [5] {1:19}

6. Money Game {2:19}

7. The Gore of War {3:06}

Jim Bakker - How to Accomplish the Impossible with the Big Three Mountain Movers

Jim Bakker - How to Accomplish the Impossible with the Big Three Mountain Movers

Jim Bakker is a televangelist who was the leader of the PTL (Praise the Lord) Club with his then wife Tammy Faye Baker from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. Bakker's time as head of the PTL Club is the most memorable time in his career as he had a media empire consisting of not only a TV show, The PTL Club, but also a cable network, an amusement park (Heritage USA) as well as a luxury hotel. Jim and Tammy preached the prosperity gospel telling people it's okay to live lavish lifestyles by obtaining lots of money and excessive material possessions . Even God wanted people to live like this according to the Bakkers. Before they became famous, Jim and Tammy started out in Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) where they came up with the idea of the variety show format and made the show The 700 Club the successful program it is today. Afterward, they moved out to California to help Paul and Jan Crouch with their then new network, Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) where the Bakkers were involved in the creation of the Praise the Lord show that still airs on TBN to this day. Then the Bakkers left for Charlotte, North Carolina to launch their show, The PTL Club. It is clear that Jim and Tammy Bakker have played a major role in the success of the two biggest and most successful Christian media ministries today, CBN and TBN.

In the late 80s, PTL crumbles due to accounting and fraud scandals by Jim Bakker and his underlings. Jim also decided to move a couple of mountains of his friend, Jessica Hahn, in some hotel room which Jim also paid her to keep hush about the affair. Jim was hauled to prison for a few years and Tammy divored him in 1992. Meanwhile, Jessica did okay with appearances in some photo spreads for Playboy which I'm sure are tasteful and in TV shows (Married With Children) and music videos (Sam Kinison's "Wild Thing").

Jim was released from prison and started over. He has remarried, moved to Branson, Missouri and has a new TV show, The Jim Bakker Show. Apparently, Jim has gained a greater understanding of The Bible and he vows to no longer fleece people for every dollar they have and spend the money on himself.

This LP was released in 1977 when the PTL Club was just getting started. It was recorded at PTL Studios, Heritage Village, Charlotte, North Carolina. The liner notes written by Gary Paxton provide more information about the LP:

Dear fellow belivers:
My endeavor to describe Jim Bakker in a few short words is an impossible task. It would take several pages just to outline his accomplishments, several more to explain his failures, and still several more to explain the mountain of mountains he has encountered in his ministry. One thing I have learned in the few short years I have been closely associated with Jim, is that he will not run from or back down when he is faced with a mountain. In the type of ministry he leads as President of the PTL Television network, almost every mountain I have seen him encounter was so big no one (any of us) could see over or even around any of the mountain. In a society that constantly bombards you with theorys of white power, black power, green power, brown power, consumer power, boycott power and new ones on the list every day, thank God Jim Bakker holds fast to one that he believes all Christians should live by 24 hours a day every day, and that's KNEE POWER. In the words of the Apostle mark in Chapter II, Verse 22 thru 24, "Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Jim Bakker has proved to me beyond any doubt that you too can learn How To Accomplish The Impossible (with the Big Three Mountain Movers) just add Knee power, stir well into your daily living and ZAP - look people, no more mountain and in its place victorious living. Listen now as Jim Bakker teaches you How To Accomplish The Impossible (with The Big Three Mountain Movers).



Tracklisting:

Side One

1. How to Accomplish the Impossible... {28:49}

Side Two

1. How to Accomplish the Impossible... [cont.] {30:24}

The Building Blocks of Successful TV-Service Salesmanship

The Building Blocks of Successful TV-Service Salesmanship

Today on the 17th of February in the year 2009, all television stations here in the United States were all supposed to permanently cease broadcasting with an analog signal and switch to broadcasting in digital. The date has been pushed back to June 12 by Congress because not everyone is ready to make the switch. The government has ran out of funds to provide for the coupons to purchase converter boxes. I should be lucky that I received my $40 coupon earlier last year to buy a converter box which I did. I say this because in the area where I live, nearly all of the local stations are switching today to digital whether people like it or not.
I guess the TV stations are saying in effect to the public, 'if you are not ready to watch our programming in beautiful digital quality, tough luck.' It seems that the local TV stations have a rather callous attitude towards their viewing public. What could possibly happen is that people really start to realize that most of the content aired on the local stations is mostly shit (infomercials, judge shows, mindless talk shows, news that is not really news, just sensationalistic pap, not to mention the junk known as advertisements that interrupt the programs or shows). Therefore, people would start to watch less television which results in declining ratings for the stations as well as lost revenue because hardly anyone is watching the ads. What I've said sounds overly optimistic, but there is a good chance that the scenario depicted takes place although I would place a low percentage on that actually happening. Most people here are just too addicted to the tube and if they can't get any coupons they'll just use the money that is set aside for food, the house payment, or bills and get a converter box or a digital TV so they won't miss out on "Desperate Housewives" and they want to watch their favorite newsanchor/TV personality. Also, it seems that most of the culture people here have nowadays comes from commercials.

Yes, I know this post is about a record that offers lessons for TV repair people on how to provide customer service. I'm sure that the lessons dispensed on this LP would apply today, but only used for the lucky elite people that have the equipment to watch the all-digital broadcasted TV.


Tracklisting:  (link will be back soon)

Side A

1. Your Store {7:25}

2. Handling Store Customers {4:36}

3. Advertising and You {4:13}

Side B

1. Telephone Techniques {3:37}

2. Home Service Calls {7:17}

3. Additional Tips {3:23}

Gregg Oliver and Lois Cooper - Seduction!

Gregg Oliver and Lois Cooper - Seduction!

Celebrate Valentine's Day Basement style with a tale depicting a day and evening in the life of a playa as he goes for another of his "thousand nocturnal invasions".

Another enjoyable gem found in the bowels of cyberspace.

Tracklisting:

1. Act One-Scene One {1:31}

2. Act One-Scene Two {1:46}

3. Act One-Scene Three {4:16}

4. Act Two-Scene One {2:43}

5. Act Two-Scene Two {3:04}

6. Act Three-Scene Two {12:08}

7. Act Three-Scene Three {5:03}

For more delight, you can also check out last year's Valentine's Day gift to you from the Basement.

Bob Harrington - Holy Happy Hour

Bob Harrington - Holy Happy Hour

Bob is a hero. Not just any plain hero. He is a holy hero. He tried to save souls in the modern version of Sodom and Gomorrah. He tried to purge wickedness from the place, but he couldn't get it done. It's still a decadent place full of drinking, strip clubs, partying, not to mention girls flashing their breasts at passersby. There is no doubt that the place is decadent when there have been several volumes of Girls Gone Wild videos filmed in the place. Oh, by the way, Mardi Gras is just around the corner. More info about the holy hero from the liner notes:

BOB HARRINGTON - HOLY HERO. Ours is an age without heroes. And, when we say this, we suddenly realize how spectacularly the world has changed in a short time. Most of us grew up in a time of towering personalities. For better or for worse, great men seemed to dominate our lives and shape our destiny. Many of these, though already dead, still influence our existence.

This century [20th century] has known such as Churchill, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, the Roosevelts and Kennedys, Einstein and Freud. Some of these great men influenced the world for good, others for evil; but whether for good or for evil, the fact that each had not died at birth made a difference to every one who lived after them. [I don't know about you all, but I wouldn't go far to call Hitler and Stalin great men.]

Today no one strides our narrow world like a colossus; we have no giants who play roles which we can imagine no one else playing in their stead. Before he died, Charles De Gaulle remarked, "The age of giants is over." Recently, another exclaimed, "The century of the common man has come into its own."

Like a refreshing rain, a man has walked on the scene with his face to the wind - God's Man: God's Holy Hero - Bob Harrington. In this man from Bourbon Street one senses strains of a Daniel Boone or a Sam Houston coupled with portions of John the Baptist, Elijah, and Daniel. [Thank you lord!]

Why is it, many have asked, that Bob Harrington is attracting such unique attention? The answer is simple. Like great men of the past, Bob Harrington believes that man is meant to change history and not be determined by it. He introduces extremes in both joy and judgment. He tells it like it is and lives like he tells it - straight from the shoulder.
...
Bob Harrington does not shrink from the role of God's Holy Hero because he believes that a bland society will never be creative. "I want my boldness to be looked upon as eccentric to an unsaved society like America. We have considered the sub-normal in the search for right to be normal for so long that the normal holy righteousness of Jesus Christ appears abnormal. That's fine with me. Other men may say follow my plan or my words. I'm saying 'Follow me.' And those mothers' sons and dads who do will find who the real hero is - Jesus!" [What Bob is not a real hero after all? The liner notes further down sure mention that he is still a Holy Hero.]
...
And so Bob Harrington makes no pretense that he is out to claim the position of Holy Hero in the hearts of Americans today, young and old. He says, 'Which of us hasn't gained strength from the wisdom of Socrates, the creativity of Shakespeare, from the courage of Washington, the compassion of Lincoln, and above all, from the life and death of Jesus?"

And so we thank God for the Chaplain of Bourbon Street, God's Holy Hero. We are glad that he has determined to be God's great man, for in the words of Emerson, "Great men exist that there may be greater men." Bob Harrington strides toward greatness as God's man so there may be an army of God's men to follow.

Yes, Bob was a great man in the footsteps of Churchill, Einstein, Kennedy. But not even Bob was able to turn Bourbon Street into a center of holiness as today there may be more boobies flashed than ever.



Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Happiness {1:37}

2. Be Positive Not Negative {2:07}

3. Drinking Drunks {2:01}

4. Education {3:17}

5. A Real He-Man {2:47}

6. Pentacostal Lady {3:43}

7. Not by Wishing {2:58}

Side 2

1. Smoking on a Jet {3:13}

2. Holy Boldness {4:25}

3. Jews in the Rotary Club {2:34}

4. The Bible is Powerful {3:40}

5. Saved and Sure {3:05}

Fred Lowery - Abide with Me

Fred Lowery - Abide with Me

I don't care what anyone may think, Fred Lowery is an inspiration. Having to endure the difficulties in his daily life, Fred Lowery possesses an amazing talent to whistle. Jeebus, I can't whistle worth a shit. Not only can Fred Lowery whistle tunes with precision and in pitch, he can imitate bird calls to the point where they sound like the real thing! If it was Fred Lowery only imitating bird calls on this LP, I could pretend that this is one of my nature sounds posts on my other blog and no one would know the difference. More about Fred Lowery below.

From the liner notes:

Fred Lowery is blind, but he knows the beauty of the world he lives in. Through his amazing ability to whistle, he presents this beauty for you in a unique way. Making sounds as clear as a dewy spring morning and mellow as dusk in October, Fred Lowery helps you paint pictures of God's handiwork. What he cannot see, he knows exists and he deftly generates within you a panorama of scenes.
Fred Lowery is an artist in his own right. Few people can create the sounds and moods that have been captured on this album. Every familiar hymn he whistles seems to contain a fresh new message of praise.
This "King of Whistlers" is inimitable. He has, through years of practice and performance, developed techniques and methods that have put him far above the class of the ordinary and made him known around the world. He has performed with the great entertainers of our day and for several years was on the Horace Heidt Show.
On this recording Fred Lowery displays his abilities as a whistling artist. Some selections are his expression of assurance, others are of his faith, some are exciting, all are rich and alive.
Many of the selections are sparked with birdcalls recorded by Lowery. They seem to give you a sense of peace and a feeling that all is well. It's like another breath of fresh air in the midst of summer.
Whether you hear him whistle two notes at once, imitate a bird call or trill a note, you know he's a true artist. His style and manner carry you from one scene of beauty to another, as you renew again your interest in the world you may have taken for granted.


Tracklisting:  (link will be back soon)

Side 1

1. Abide with Me {2:30}

2. Bringing in the Sheaves {0:45}

3. I Love to Tell the Story {1:23}

4. No Night There {2:35}

5. Where Shall I Run {1:54}

6. Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior {1:59}

Side 2

1. The Lord's Prayer {2:05}

2. What a Friend We Have in Jesus {2:08}

3. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot {1:22}

4. My Faith Looks up to Thee {1:47}

5. Work for the Night is Coming {1:16}

6. Rock of Ages {1:42}

7. Goin' Home {1:54}

Cecil Todd - Blueprint for Slavery

Cecil Todd - Blueprint for Slavery [book]

Cecil says that sex, sports and not sharing his beliefs in God is all part of a master plan to cause people in America and all over the world to become slaves to atheist communists. Despite people becoming more obsessed with sex and sports, the evil atheist commies have become nearly extinct over time and freedom prevails (or does it). The remaining commies are probably hiding in a cave somewhere with Osama Bin Laden. At least, Cecil's paranoid fantasies make for some interesting reading.

This message in the book is also available on LP. I don't have this LP since I'm not as cool as I think I am. Someday I promise to have the LP to share with you. This LP is advertised on the back of the booklet. The same description of the LP also applies to this book.

It contains the God-less "blueprint" of the communists to enslave America and the world - the naked truth of who is behind the race riots, demonstrations, civil disorders, labor strikes, revolutions, the "God-Is-Dead" movement, etc!!!!!!!

Thousands have flocked to hear this message in rallies from Phoenix, Arizona, all the way to Savannah, Georgia. Now -here it is, for the first time on record!!! IT WILL JAR YOU TO YOUR TOES! You'll find out why atheist Madalyn Murray didn't like it!

Order it for church services, class meetings, missionary meetings, freedom academies, radio broadcasts, and your own personal use. Order extra copies for your friends.

the book  (link may be back soon)

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - America was Born on Her Knees page 1

Chapter 2 - The Slave Chain of "Get God Out" page 9

Chapter 3 - The Slave Chain of "Giving People a Twisted View of Sex" page 12

Chapter 4 - The Slave Chain of "Getting People's Minds on Sports and Athletics page 15

20 pages total

Vince Hatfield - George Bush for Our USA

Vince Hatfield - George Bush for Our USA [single track]

Today is the big day. A new era begins. The often misunderestimated George "Dubya" Bush is no longer the president. I'm sure that today will be a sad day for a lot of people especially for those here in Oklahoma and the few other states that voted for Sarah Palin. Since Sarah Palin lost, oops I mean John McCain lost the election, God will no longer have a place in the Oval Office. The White House also will no longer be occupied by a regular guy with whom you want to have a beer with. Now America will look forward to having communism/socialism, devil worship, free love, and worst of all, intellectualism ushered in the consciousness of American society.

I was going to post the Bushisms collection that is a compilation of audio clips where former President GWB articulates his ideas and policies on various topics, but it's not on my laptop. I'm out of town at the moment. However, I did find this gem on my laptop. Vince Hatfield's song was found somewhere on the webs several years ago. Vince wrote this song in 2000 while driving from home to his oil producing business. Sometime after God's president was given the keys to the White House, Vince performed the song at Bush's going away party in Midland, Texas. As Vince sings, indeed Bush has made the world proud of the USA. While listening to this tune, people can look back fondly on the last eight years as Bush has brought back morality and families. Surely, the wonderful man of values and character would not lie about engaging in war of aggression against another country much less committing the act of attacking another country in the first place and putting America into a massive deficit as a result. Now tears will flow because George Bush will no longer lead on.

George Bush for Our USA {3:27}

George Burns - George Burns Sings

George Burns - George Burns Sings

I think that there's an unwritten rule that you have to include a celebrity who attempts singing when you do one of these wacky/weird/oddball/novelty type of sites. The celebrity is supposed to be someone who not only specializes in an area of entertainment other than music, but who has achieved some kind of success in that area. For example, I'm sure you already know about actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy who thought for some reason they also had musical talent where they recorded and released a few albums for public consumption. Sometimes the celebrities' attempts are downright entertaining despite the lack of talent (e.g. Shatner and Nimoy). Actually it seems that the less talent there is, the more entertaining the results are.
Before I get back to posting the usual assortment of preachers, hypnotists, self-improvement gurus and other visionaries, here's my celebrity contribution, Mr. George Burns. He is most famous for the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show on radio and TV. That was around before my time and no reruns of that show ever appeared in my area. So to me, he is most famous as God in the movie Oh God! and its two sequels.


From the liner notes by producer Lewis Merenstein:

After all the kidding about George Burns' singing, I was surprised when Neil Bogart, head of Buddah Records asked me to produce an album with George. Neil and Scott Shukat, head of the William Morris office, felt an album by the multitalented Burns, would be fantastic.
Off to California to produce the album. With me, Larry Fallon, arranger extraordinaire.

POOLSIDE

George: Here is a script I worked up with my writers-
let's run through it.
Me: ???????????
Larry: ???????????
George: What do you think?
Me: No! no! no!!!!
Larry: ??????????
Me: George, let's just do an album with you singing! You've got a wonderful vocal quality, warm feeling, Larry is a contemporary arranger-composer, I'll select the tunes, etc. etc.
George: ???????
Larry: ?????????
George: I have never finished singing a song in my life! and, I've never sung a ballad.
Me: You can do it!
George: How about a little comedy between the tunes?
Me: Let's do the album first!!!

As the great pro would, George breezed through the album, and sang every note of the way - he finished every song, and if anyone thinks he can't sing a ballad, listen to AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'. After MR. BO JANGLES, the musicians applauded him. The album came out so great, we decided not to fit the comedy bits in!
Fallon's tasty arrangements set the many moods of this album; the lightness of WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS, 1941, YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU medley, the George Burns favorites; I'LL BUY THE RING and GRIZZLEY BEAR, and the very sad, but meaningful OLD FOLKS.
George Burns is a great talent, a wonderful man, it was an honor and a pleasure to produce this album. I am sure, as the last song in the album states: "The sun will always shine on his street."

Tracklisting:  (link will be back soon)

Side A

1. In the Beginning {0:38}

2. With a Little Help from My Friends {2:19}

3. Mr. Bo Jangles {4:28}

4. Medley {4:32}
(a) King of the Road; (b) 59th Street Bridge Song; (c) I Kissed Her on the Back Porch; (d) Satisfaction

5. Ain't Misbehavin' {3:15}

6. Your Mother Should Know/I'll Buy the Ring {2:44}

Side B

1. Medley {2:48}
(a) It All Depends on You; (b) You Made Me Love You

2. 1941 {2:21}

3. Grizzley Bear {1:41}

4. Old Folks {5:04}

5. The Sun Shines on My Street {2:01}

Barrie Konicov - Subliminal Insomnia

Barrie Konicov - Subliminal Insomnia

Usually I don't try to put my visitors to sleep on this blog. I hope that everything or at least just about everything I post is exciting and engaging on some level. However with this post, I'm going in a different direction. Maybe one of you is having trouble going to sleep. After listening to this tape, that should not be a problem. You'll never need sleeping pills again. Yes, the intention of this tape is to aid people in going to sleep. But, speaking from personal experience, there are other reasons people can fall asleep easily when listening or hearing this tape.

Barrie Konicov, who regularly releases tapes all containing subliminal messages pertaining to different subjects and who was featured in a previous post, this time attempts to help the listener sleep. As with the previous post, side 1 of the tape has new agey music with sounds of the ocean in the background. The music is actually a little better on this tape than on the Stop Smoking tape. Then on side 2, Barrie does his thing.

The listener is supposed to hear subliminal messages while listening to the music on side 1. I don't hear any messages, but about seven minutes into it, I'm knocked out cold. About side 2, actually I never made it all the way through. I think I'm usually asleep half way into Barrie's message. It may be his voice that does the job. I also get the impression that Barrie may be a bore. He seems to be someone who keeps droning on about whatever he is talking about. Barrie doesn't really need to try to offer suggestions for relieving insomnia. Barrie could talk about anything such as how mortgage rates are calculated or what wine to match with which meat or something interesting like the Dadaist movement for example and the listener could still be asleep in no time from having to listen to Barrie.

(yawn) I think I'm getting sleepy from writing this post. If you need to get some sleep, give this tape a try. I guarantee it will work. (falling on the keyboard zzzzzzzzzzzz)

Tracklisting:

side 1

1. Subliminal Series {35:19}

side 2

1. Health Series {33:52}

Dr. Frank Garlock - The Morality of Music

Dr. Frank Garlock - The Morality of Music

Recently, fellow Basement dweller, The Basement Rug, left me a comment letting me know that he posted minister Frank Garlock's LP The Big Beat: A Rock Blast. Overall, Garlock tells us that rock 'n' roll is evil. I suppose that he arrived at his conclusion since he has claimed to have listened to more than 2000 rock songs in a single week. I do wonder if Garlock has a personal struggle with himself in that deep down he really loves rock 'n' roll, but he can't fully accept himself maybe because he had a strict religious upbringing. He feels that he must suppress his love of rock 'n' roll because he fears being ostracized from God and his fellow fundamental Christians.

A year after The Big Beat was posted, The Basement Rug posted a mix called the Frank Garlock Remix Project that features snippets from The Big Beat and some notable rock 'n' roll songs that involve spiritual themes.

Recently, Dr. Frank Garlock (yup, he's a doctor now) has returned to lecturing about that evil music. Obviously, he still has trouble accepting himself. Dr. Garlock had a two-part (two-day) lecture called "The Morality of Music" at Bob Jones University, the place where interracial dating, dancing and smooching is still not allowed. Dr. Frank has learned that evil rock music has planted itself in Christian culture in the form of CCM (Contemporary Christian Music). This lecture is available on some website, but you have to give your e-mail address before you can download anything. You'll be receiving e-mail often from the folks behind that website. I'm sure that you have to deal with plenty of unwanted e-mail everyday such as for penis enlargement and from people in foreign countries asking if you can hold their money in your bank account. Since I'm a nice guy, I'll save you the burden of dealing with additional unwanted e-mail and provide a separate link for Dr. Frank's important lecture. The files are low quality as that is how they were posted, but you should be grateful anyway that you can save yourself from CCM.

Tracklisting:

1. What Kind of Music Does God Want Us to Have (The Morality of Music part 1) {30:46}

2. Proving What is Acceptable Unto the Lord (The Morality of Music part 2) {29:53}

Mona Ling - How to Get Appointments by Telephone

Mona Ling - How to Get Appointments by Telephone

I should point out that it's not actually Mona Ling who does the lecturing on this LP. It is some tool instead and Success Motivation Institute (SMI) did not bother to give his name or credit him. I paid only a dollar for this used record at one of the flea markets in Oklahoma City, but I still somehow feel ripped off as I was expecting a woman's voice (i.e. Mona Ling) to do the narration. With a name like Mona, there could be expectations of hearing a sexy woman's voice. That's what I was hoping for as I have no doubt that Ms. Mona Ling has a very pleasant voice and I am more likely to learn how to make appointments and sell stuff by telephone. Why is Mona absent from the record? Was Mona not allowed to speak? Was she really timid and afraid to have her self recorded? With her credentials that is plastered all over the back cover, I would think that Mona spoke somewhere on the record.

Some of her credentials include:

Dr. G. Herbert True, Special Consultant and former Professor of Marketing at Notre Dame wrote of the author, "I have found few people with as daring, with as revolutionary, and with as helpful ideas as Mona Ling!"

Miss Ling enjoys a well-deserved national reputation as an outstanding Telephone Sales Consultant. Her training courses have been presented to thousands of salesmen across the continent. She has worked with virtually every type of sales organization.

She is a prolific writer and contributes articles regularly to such national publications as: Insurance Field, Rough Notes, Health Insurance Underwriter, Insurance News and Canadian Insurance.

Hugh S. Bell, General Agent of Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa and author of "Championship Selling" and "How to Be a Winner at Selling" said, "In our agency we have used Mona Ling's record album. The men have been very much impressed and feel that sales may be increased by more intelligent and systematic use of the telephone, especially in prospecting. Miss Ling's suggestions are very practical and inspirational."

Edwin O. Carlson, General Agent of Occidental Life, San Jose, California said, "In today's market, only the professional sales approach gets to first base in producing business. Mona Ling's expertly developed technique is professional and produces immediate results. It would be impossible to recommend this program too highly."

My copy came with a booklet that has the script of the narration, the best times to call for different professions, instructions for breathing exercises and voice work, a self-analysis chart for telephone sales approach, etc. The booklet is supposed to be used as an aid as one can listen to the record and read the script at the same time. This is called the double sensory impact as the message is firmly implanted in the mind of the listener/reader. This is supposed to enable people to become more successful according to SMI. Keep in mind that some used copies of SMI records are missing these booklets as I have a few of their other records without booklets.

Lucky for you, you can learn how to better sell stuff by phone with the booklet available. Even better, thanks to cell phones, you can do this anywhere such as the coffee shop, the grocery store, while driving in traffic, at the park, etc. So what if other people around you become irritated at having to hear you talk. You probably gab on your cell phone in public anyway when talking to your friends or lovers. The important thing is that you're on your way to success.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. How to Control Time and Production {4:48}
Wasted time costs YOU money! Learn how to tighten your schedule and eliminate wasted time.

2. How to Write a Telephone Presentation {5:15}
Learn to use the same techniques that pay off for authors of each season's hit plays!

3. How to Deliver a Telephone Presentation {5:06}
Smile as you Dial! There are secrets to using your voice to sell yourself and your product.

4. How to Listen Effectively {2:46}
The art of telephoning works two ways, and a salesman can frequently "listen himself" into more appointments than he can talk himself into!

5. Guides for Telephone Approaches {4:06}
Seven steps to success in securing appointments by telephone!

Side 2

1. How to Overcome Objections {4:23}
Learn how Master Salesmen turn objections into opportunities to close!

2. Answers to Common Objections {5:39}
Fifteen common objections, dramatized and answered with time tested and proven methods.

3. Telephone Presentations {5:38}
Practical and effective presentations, recorded in interesting dramatizations that are easy to follow, to learn, and to apply.

4. How to Handle Different Types of Buyers {5:22}
Everyone is different, yet all fit into specific categories. Learn how to judge your prospect and how to appeal to him personally.

5. How to Be a Successful Salesman {4:54}
Learn how to develop and employ all the qualities and abilities available to you ... this is the secret of successful salesmanship.

A Basement of Curiosities is a year old

One year and one day ago, January 3, 2008 to be exact, A Basement of Curiosities was given life in this world. Even I am a little surprised that it has made it this far considering that, according to my educated estimate based upon my expertise of blogs, somewhere around 60% of blogs don't even make it 3/4 of a year. These wannabe bloggers eventually learn that constantly updating posts does take a little bit of effort and time after all. These people come to realize that having a life is more important than writing (or copying and pasting stuff) for blog posts. It is too much trouble and not worthwhile as hardly any of the bloggers' few readers bothers to write a comment just to say "good job man, keep up the good work." Perhaps some people do not have what it takes to blog. I think it takes a special kind of person to not only keep updating their blog(s), but to do this for quite a long time. I don't mean to sound arrogant just because I also have another blog that is over 2 years old. Okay, I am arrogant, but as you can figure out I also really do not have much of a life after all.

Seriously, this blog was created as a place to post stuff that would not be a good fit on my other blog. I thought that the records and other stuff already featured here deserve their own place (i.e. as far away from all that is good as possible). This is where I admit my love for apocalyptic and overly moralistic religious sermon records, success-motivation records, and just about anything "out there."

A lot of noteworthy events has taken place during this blog's first year of existence. For instance, there was a presidential election in the USA that had repercussions on not only the state of the nation, but of the world, as well, where for the first time ever, an African-American person will be the leader of America. Also, gas prices went skyrocketing high then suddenly they dropped to their lowest prices in 5 or 6 years. A swimmer named Michael Phelps (representing the USA of course) has won a record 8 gold medals in the Olympics. One of the county commissioners of Oklahoma County, Brent Rinehart, tried to win re-election with a comic book about Satan and his evil minions who happen to be gay who are trying to stop Brent from doing whatever county commissioners are supposed to do. He failed miserably to win his party's nomination.

Most important of all, my hometown of Oklahoma City got its first-ever professional major-league or big-league (the phrase preferred by the locals) sports team, the NBA (National Basketball Association) team, formerly the Seattle Supersonics now renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder is wowing everyone with an impressive record of 4 wins and 30 losses (as of this writing). That doesn't really matter now as Oklahoma City is a "big league city." For his efforts, chief owner of the OKC Thunder, Clay Bennett, has been named Oklahoman of the Year by Oklahoma Today magazine, the magazine I think that is read by all Oklahomans. Stealing, er I mean relocating a team with 41 years of tradition and that has brought Seattle its only championship and bringing said team to OKC is Mr. Bennett's accomplishment that won him Oklahoman of the Year. Great work, Clay. Gotta love those uniforms too.

I've made some new year's resolutions. I vow to improve myself in all facets of life. Thank goodness, I have a role model in Clay Bennett to look up to as he is a highly successful individual as you should already know. I'll also attempt to post more often in this blog. I know that it's really pointless to make new year's resolutions as I'll likely forget about them in a week. And I will do that. But one resolution that I won't disregard is the one where I say I'll post more. In fact, I'll resume regular or rather irregular posting with a new post tomorrow.

Dickie Goodman - Mr. Jaws and Other Fables

Dickie Goodman - Mr. Jaws and Other Fables

Released in 1975

Well here's that LP I promised yesterday. I was able to post it sooner than I expected. All 10 of these cuts are comedy bits or skits that are mostly fake news reports where the responses to interviews are snippets from hit songs back in the day (i.e. during when these bits were recorded). Fortunately, in keeping with the holiday/Christmas season, "Santa and the Satellite" happens to be on this LP.
I think the first sampling of music I've ever heard was in the "Flying Saucer" track played on Dr. Demento. Is this kind of recording as is on this record still being done today? I'm out of the loop on this and it's been about 13 years since I last listened to a Dr. Demento show because my tastes have evolved to the point where I can't listen to hack novelty music and stale comedy routines for more than thirty minutes.

I may not be back with a new post until next year, so merry holidays to all. Also, I like to wish for everyone to increase their wealth, gain exciting love lives, lose weight, be happier, exercise more, read good literature for 20 minutes a day, get whiter teeth, do some networking to make more friends and establish yourself with people much more important than you in the community, get a promotion by showing initiative and doing whatever it takes to increase the profit margin at work (or just simply kissing the butts of your bosses and management), and overall doing whatever is needed for self-improvement so that the new year of 2009 will be a year of joy, fulfillment and prosperity.


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Mr. Jaws {2:04}

2. Energy Crisis {1:42}

3. Superfly Meets Shaft {2:30}

4. The Touchables {1:57}

5. The Touchables in Brooklyn {1:50}

Side 2

1. Flying Saucer, Part 1 {2:12}

2. Flying Saucer, Part 2 {1:45}

3. Santa and the Satellite, Part 1 {1:37}

4. Santa and the Satellite, Part 2 {1:21}

5. Flying Saucer the Second {2:10}

John & Ernest - Super Fly Meets Shaft 7"

John & Ernest - Super Fly Meets Shaft 7"

Dickie Goodman is one of the producers of this 7 inch single of which side A of this has been included on an album by Goodman which will be posted shortly.

This is one of those faux-newsreport comedy bits, but rather than having someone impersonate the person being interviewed, a snippet from a song is used in place of the interviewee where the lyrics are the answers to the questions. These types of records are neat (I'm looking forward to posting that Dickie Goodman LP already mentioned). Side A is the news report about the fictional movie characters, Superfly and Shaft, where snippets from soul and r&b hits from back in the early 1970s are used. Side B, not included on the Goodman LP, is a repeat of the echo of the snippet used at the end of side A.

Tracklisting:

1. Super Fly Meets Shaft [both sides combined on one file] {4:20}

Mirror Image - Disco Noel

Mirror Image - Disco Noel

You know what would be cool for the holiday, umm I mean Christmas season? How about a retro-style Christmas party to spice up what would otherwise probably be yet another lame ass Christmas party at the office or with your friends or family. Let's assume that you decide to make it a Christmas party as it was in the late 1970s because the 70s totally rocked or something like that. The 70s had the most memorable short-lived trends in the area of fashion so the host(s) and guest(s) of the party could dress up in 70s clothes mixing the outrageous colors, styles and designs with seasonal colors and accessories of course like a pin or something else with Santa, a snowman or a reindeer on it.

Now that it's been decided that those attending the party are dressing like they're back in the 70s, the next thing that's needed is the background music. Obviously, the music should be only Christmas music because Santa is the reason for the season. The problem is there is not anything in the CD (or record or tape or MP3 collection) that sounds dated from the 70s. You don't want to play Mannheim Steamroller. Not only is it from the wrong decade (80s), but yuck. The idea is to come up with a livelier and more memorable Christmas party. So what the heck are we going to play at this 70s theme Christmas party? Oh, the dilemma.

Lucky for you, I have the solution to your problem. I have this rekkid here by some group called Mirror Image. It is a collection of disco versions of everyone's favorite traditional Christmas carols. Now you can do Saturday Night Fever John Travolta moves to such tunes as "Jingle Bells", "Winter Wonderland", "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" and more. I'm sure this is what the DJs were rocking at the Studio 54 Christmas party back in the day so your party will absolutely be the place to be with the sweet ass disco music.

Uh oh, I just saw that this LP is only a half hour long. So, I either do highly recommend making the party short (this would apply to office parties as I'm sure the management would like to see everyone getting back to doing their part to increase productivity and the company's profit margin) or having a lot of alcohol available (this is for grown up parties outside of the office only (unless you work for a really cool and lax company) and I know that only grown ups would be willing to have retro theme Christmas parties anyway while the kids (both cool and dorky) think that such concepts are lame). Quite a bit of alcohol will most likely be consumed when this LP ends so playing it over again shouldn't really be a problem as no one will really notice that the same songs are being played over again. I think that the same songs are repeated at Christmas parties anyway and people usually become drunk out of their minds.

I do hope you take me up on my suggestion. I know you'll thank me later when that Christmas party that you reluctantly either attend or throw turns out to be the most unforgettable ever.

Merry Christmas!

Seasons Greetings!

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Sleigh Ride {2:13}

2. Jingle Bells {3:10}

3. Jingle Bell Rock {3:20}

4. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town {3:08}

5. Joy to the World {3:02}

Side 2

1. Little Drummer Boy {4:04}

2. Winter Wonderland {3:33}

3. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer {3:34}

4. Silver Bells {3:43}

Brad Harris - The Screamer: Turkey Locator Cassette

Brad Harris - The Screamer: Turkey Locator Cassette

* the pic of the wild turkey is not the cover of this recording

I think I'm overdue for a new post in this blog. The Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. of A. is right around the corner. That means that people all over America are hitting the stores to gather a bunch of food for the upcoming traditional Thanksgiving feasts put on by families everywhere. The main staple of the traditional Thanksgiving meal is the turkey. Usually, turkeys are bought from either the meat department of the grocery store or the frozen food section. Just pick up a turkey usually wrapped in plastic, put it in the cart, then check out and pay for it. Take it home and put in the freezer and wait until the big day arrives then bake it for the consumption of relatives that you may or may not be embarrassed that they share the same gene pool with you.

What's so fun about just picking up a turkey from the store? Would it be more exciting to go out in the wild and track and chase down your own turkey? No doubt it involves much more physical activity than shopping at the grocery store, but I'm sure going outdoors in the woods and looking for wild turkeys would provide a nice bit of exercise. Hunting for wild turkeys also involves some skills such as knowing how to track live animals and using a gun or some other weapon to take out the turkey.

Thankfully there is a tool that would aid in finding the main course of your next Thanksgiving meal. This device is called The Screamer. On a cassette tape (found at Goodwill), some dude named Brad Harris explains the merits of The Screamer and how to use this thing. Brad tells about four different calls that would cause the turkey to gobble and give its location. Basically these calls are imitations of bird calls. As Brad explains, you have to have technique and apply the right amount of breath to nail these calls.

I would like to wish my visitors a happy Thanksgiving, even including those visitors who don't celebrate this holiday. May all of your food including those store-bought turkeys turn out delicious and that you don't end up with too many leftovers.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. The Screamer side 1 {12:00}

Side 2

1. The Screamer side 2 {11:51}

George L. Boston - The Final Houdini Seance

George L. Boston - The Final Houdini Seance

*Special thanks to yr agent man for this.

I'm back just in time for Halloween to present this. Harry Houdini was certainly one of the greatest magicians of all time and paved the way for the likes of David Copperfield and David Blaine. Houdini achieved feats such as freeing himself from tied rope and handcuffs and escaping from locked trunks. Will Houdini pull off the greatest magic trick of all time and come back from the dead? There was an attempt to get in touch with Houdini and this LP is a documentation of that attempt. Details from the liner notes below:

The world wide final Houdini Seance took place on Halloween night, October 31, 1936, on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood, California.
This was to be the greatest attempt to pierce the unknown, and form a spirit contact that was ever conceived by mortal man. It was on this night that Mrs. Harry Houdini made the supreme effort to reach her beloved husband, Houdini.
Over 300 invited guests formed the outer circle, while 13 scientists, occulogists, newspapermen, magicians, spiritual leaders and other friends of Houdini, joined Mrs. Houdini in the inner circle.
As Dr. [Edward] Saint said during the seance, "This is a Houdini night, with the spotlight of the public on Houdini; with the whole world paused to see or hear Houdini step on this side of the curtain."



Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. The Final Houdini Seance side 1 {14:16}

Side 2

1. The Final Houdini Seance side 2 {13:05}

Jack Van Impe - Marked for Death: Can America Survive?

Jack Van Impe - Marked for Death: Can America Survive?

Can it? Or will the evildoers destroy America? Only the holy man and "the walking Bible", Jack knows the answer.


Tracklisting:  (link may be back soon)

Side One

1. Marked for Death: Can America Survive? {20:35}

Side Two

1. Marked for Death: Can America Survive? (continued) {19:14}

Hilton Sutton - The U.S.A. in Prophecy

Hilton Sutton - The U.S.A. in Prophecy

The material here has been dubbed onto a blank cassette tape which I found at a thrift store. Hilton Sutton is an expert in Bible prophecy (There are other terms I could use to describe his line of work, but I'll stick with "expert in Bible prophecy" for congenial purposes.) Anyway, Hilton somehow found predictions of the United States in the Bible.

Before he describes the United States as a wonderful place where fundamentalist theocracy will eventually flourish, Hilton rambles about how "godless liberals" has brainwashed America's children through history textbooks that generally stick to the facts and don't include Bible verses in them and then tries to impress the listeners of his knowledge of American history. An interesting point he makes is that America lost its way in the Roaring 20s by neglecting God, so Satan caused the stock market crash on "Black Monday", November 1929 according to Mr. Sutton resulting in the Great Depression. I don't think you'll find that tidbit in any textbook. Satan has also made several attempts to take down the USA, Hilton points out. Hilton mentions that civil strife, homosexuality, witchcraft and intellectualism are tools used by Satan in his continuing attempts to stop the USA. What Hilton means by intellectualism is that there were increasing opportunities in the late 1950s to attend college where people can increase their knowledge as well as learn how to think and question assertions made by folks such as Hilton Sutton.

Hilton says that God won't solely judge the USA, the #1 Christian nation in the world (i.e. the greatest country in the world), but God will judge America along with all of the other heathen nations at the same time. However, Hilton urges Americans to take pride in their country and says that America is blessed by God. America will help usher in the tribulation and the return of Jesus by coming to the aid of Israel from attacks and igniting World War III. Not only will Jesus come back to rule, but America will certainly be a conservative Christian nation run by Republicans which undoubtedly should make Hilton Sutton a happy man.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. The U.S.A. in Prophecy {41:46}

Side 2

1. The U.S.A. in Prophecy continued {39:09}

Paul J. Meyer - Positive Expectancy to Win

Paul J. Meyer - Positive Expectancy to Win

People are winners because they expect to win. People are sorry losers because they don't expect to win, i.e. they lack courage and imagination and a positive attitude. Those are the key points from this lecture by the founder of Success Motivation International (SMI).

So, listen, then listen again, then think, then act so you too won't be a loser.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Positive Expectancy to Win side A {13:53}

Side B

1. Positive Expectancy to Win side B {14:12}

* The text above, especially the last sentence is intended to be somewhat sarcastic.