Arts and Entertainment

OK, 'Boozer, you say you want surf rock?  I'll GIVE you some surf rock. Starting with this real early Beach Boys obscurity:  

Unrequited love in a wax museum.  Just an amazing lyric from Ian Fitzgerald, who mesmerized an Arden audience during his opening set on Saturday. They, um, melted for this song:

Thought I'd close out Randy Newman Week with an illustration as to how demagogues operate.  BTW, didja know that Huey Long built his own full-scale replica of the White House…

This one gives me chills:

Randy Newman has a thing for people who are not, um, well-adjusted sexually.  Some of the songs can even be funny, like 'Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong' or 'You Can…

I love this song. Love the atmosphere of impending doom . Notice how Newman doesn't spell everything out for the listener.  He gives you room to fill in the blanks. …

Don't we all know at least one person like this?: Gonna send out to the drugstore Buy myself a goat Tie him up in my front yard For all my so-called…

Randy Newman on 'Davy The Fat Boy' from a Rolling Stone piece: It's sung by a con man who is telling these parents that he is going to take care…

Before he became Jingle Writer To Spec for Disney, Randy Newman created a canon of unforgettable (and often loathsome) characters in his songs.  Pretty much the stories of their lives…

Why not conclude our salute to Procol Harum with the title track from their Magnum Opus?:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOj3kJKy-_U

Hadn't planned on turning this into a Procol Harum-themed week, but so be it. Shine on brightly, quite insane:

Introducing the 'multilingual business friend'. I love the song and the lyric...even though I have no idea what it means. I think that Keith Reid loved him some Lewis Carroll,…