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I’m putting Wednesday’s post up a little early.
How can you go wrong with a script by Jules Feiffer, direction by Robert Altman, and (most importantly) songs by super undoubtedly 100% genius Harry (I love you!) Nilsson?
Well, a lot of people would say you could go wrong by having them do a Popeye movie. However, Popeye [...]

Today’s Vegetable is brought to you by the shuffle function on my ipod. It brings this song to me a lot, and I’m always very happy when that happens.
One of the greatest film musicals ever. Please see it if you haven’t.
John Cameron Mitchell - Sugar Daddy from the soundtrack to the movie Hedwig And [...]

Just close your eyes and listen to this until the start of the 2012 season, and it should be all over by then.
This is a Vince Guaraldi time of year, but instead of a Christmas track, here’s something from the first Peanuts album Guaraldi did. It was written for a documentary about Peanuts in 1964 [...]

I don’t think I ever heard this until just recently, and that’s an insane shame. It’s from Viva Las Vegas, but the number was cut from the film. Maybe because it was way too saucy.
Elvis Presley & Ann-Margret - You’re The Boss available on The Very Best Of Ann-Margret (amazon / itunes), Viva [...]

Elvis Presley - Sand Castles
Elvis Presley - Queenie Wahine’s Papaya
from Paradise Hawaiian Style