Sondra Prill: Nasty Boys

“Take a minute to decide whether you feel like laughing or crying, then hit play. Back in the mid-80s, Sondra Prill thought she was going to be the biggest thing to ever come out of Tampa, Florida. It might have actually happened if it hadn’t been for one minor detail: she didn’t have a lick of talent. None. When you watch clips from her short-lived show (which was creatively titled “My Show”), it’s hard to tell if she’s actually serious. Watch a handful of her other videos on YouTube and you might start to think that it was all an elaborate joke, that Sondra Prill was just some bizarre performance art piece or something. Take this as either proof that she was for real, or proof that she took the joke way too far: In 1992, Sondra rented out a 900-seat Tampa amphitheater to put on something called “A Musical Fantasy” as a Hurricane Andrew fundraiser. She charged up to $50 a ticket-the same theater hosted acts like Al Green and Patti LaBelle around that time for a maximum ticket price of $25. Amazingly, she managed to sell 41 tickets to the show. Which might mean that she did end up being the biggest act to ever come out of Tampa, Florida” -Ross Wolinsky

Please do NOT watch this when mashed. It may do your head in and scar you for life.

Justin Parker: The Man with The Largest…

[Sauce: Cracked.com] I really do envy the chinks nchimps that don’t have this problem. As for myself… Justin, I know what it’s like to live in your shoes and tripod pants.  I feel you brotha, I feel you.

The Merrill Howard Kalin Show

Psalmnopsis: A mentally handicapped person is somehow given his own cooking show on the local cable network. The show goes on to be somewhat of a cult hit in the States, but for all the wrong reasons - Merrill Kalin is horrible at cooking. He literally fucks everything up. Completely. If the show were about how to contract salmonella or how to grow new exotic varieties of fungi under your sink, it would be the video holy grail. Although oddly enough, it sort of is. Watch as he teaches you how to ‘cook’ chicken, talk like Yogi Bear, and learn why ‘salad is the most important food because it is the easiest to do’.

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To be honest, I’m inclined to think there’s a bit of genius here. The comedy is there, the framework is there, the intent is there… unfortunately the execution is totally demolished by his obvious brain impairment.

Think of this guy’s routine but with better delivery and execution and who do you get? That’s right, Dave Cook. I have to admit, I’m a bad person because I laughed, but not so much at the absurdity of Merrill Howard Kalin, as I actually laughed because he was genuinely funny.

This is exactly why:

1. I love Daft Punk

2. I love the DS

3. I want to learn the Theremin

Just fucking awesome, all I can say.

David Gray - Babylon

Friday night I’m going nowhere
All the lights are changing green to red
Turning over TV stations
Situations running through my head
Well looking back through time
You know it’s clear that I’ve been blind
I’ve been a fool
To ever open up my heart
To all that jealousy, that bitterness, that ridicule

Saturday I’m running wild
And all the lights are changing red to green
Moving through the crowd I’m pushing
Chemicals all rushing through my bloodstream
Only wish that you were here
You know I’m seeing it so clear
I’ve been afraid
To tell you how I really feel
Admit to some of those bad mistakes I’ve made

If you want it
Come and get it
Crying out loud
The love that I was
Giving you was
Never in doubt
Let go your heart
Let go your head
And feel it now

Babylon

Sunday all the lights of London
Shining , Sky is fading red to blue
I’m kicking through the Autumn leaves
And wondering where it is you might be going to
Turning back for home
You know I’m feeling so alone
I can’t believe
Climbing on the stair
I turn around to see you smiling there
In front of me

If you want it
Come and get it
Crying out loud
The love that I was
Giving you was
Never in doubt
Let go your heart
Let go your head
And feel it now

Babylon

Can’t believe it’s been 8 years since I first heard this song. One of my most memorable summers. My one regret is that I never got to watch David Gray live in London when I had the chance.