This song commemorates Fiesta 2008 in San Antonio,TX. Fiesta is a very laid back version of Mardi Gras. Instead of beads, boobs and assholes you have Mexican food, beer, and floating river parades. You lose one good thing and one bad thing and get the mild buzz that is Fiesta. Don’t knock a mild buzz though. It works.

This song is named after the decorated eggs you smash over people’s heads during Fiesta.  The shells are full of confetti so it isn’t that bad. Cascarones, tamales, beer, fireworks, bull riding, and barbeque are all covered here. Here is a snapshot of Texan fun from 2008 to get you ready for Fiesta 2009 which starts this weekend… Ohh yeah this is a song by The Fadge.

 

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Here is a tune where Allen tells us about The Chocolate Wolf. If you see this Chocolate Wolfman ladies you better run. You can either run away from him or towards him. Either decision would be the right one.

Allen displays an excellent Scoobie Doo impersonation here.

 

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This is a song from Skurj’s “Gops and Gooblins” CD. It is all about an 80’s flashback in New Jersey that ends with a post-modern, surreal guitar solo. Ohh yeah Barry White is the hook. The “Gops and Gooblins” cover is below. It is an illustration I did of a Motley Crue of monsters. No reason.

If you are a Barry White fan then I bet you are confused by this post. Sorry.

 

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The above picture is a CD cover I designed a few years ago. It was inspired by Skurj’s “Left Coast” contact: The Amazing Mike Timpson. Mike moved to LA from Baltimore to pursue his ambitions in the world of comedy. He has since become one of Skurj’s biggest heroes (next to George Clinton).

He won the WWE’s biggest fan contest a few years ago and a $25,000 check. He went to the Playboy Mansion and macked on the ladies successfully. He has worked with Doogie Howser, and he has even met Stacey Keech! Every year he does something that makes me envious.

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Through his journey Timpson has turned to Allen and I to help him out with theme songs for his skits at the Fake comedy club on Melrose Ave. I have included one of those songs at the bottom of this post.

I captured the main image I used at the Fake. I manipulated it and pieced together some images from an old book of 18th century woodcuts I had found at a thrift store. I decided to make it black and white to save on printing costs. I had done a color version, but I then decided to be thrifty. I have a better pic of the cover somewhere in my files. If you are reading this I am still searching for it. If you an 18th century woodcutter, sue me.

Timpson got the body suit from someone in LA who had worked on some 80’s monster movie about a huge man sized rat. The hat was his addition. When he walked on stage he stood 7 feet tall and then proceeded to make the room laugh till it hurt. I was lucky to have it together enough to snap this pic. It also helped that I was in LA with a camera.

The track included here is “Swamp Ass”. It is about a guy who always sweats through his shorts when he is playing basketball. (Sorry, I have no pics from this skit.) I really like the guitar work I did for this track. It is a cross between Stevie Ray Vaughn and Southern Culture on the Skids. It is a sound I really need to work into less sarcastic songs. Allen supplied the lyrics of course.

There is another more popular tune from a Timpson skit I will post later…Skurj fans and fans of Steve the Thrill Hill know what I am talking about.

 

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Here is a song where Skurj gets political. Like most people we didn’t care much for Bush, and one afternoon this song developed. What is most interesting about this song is not the political commentary, but the word “Kamage”. Dan makes this word up here and I always love trying to figure out what it means. Is it a technicolor camouflage that is always changing color. Is it one of the lesser known members of the 80’s pop group Debarge?

Most likely Dan couldn’t get the word camouflage out while he was freestyling. Whatever the reason, the word “Kamage” is here now and I encourage everyone to try to use it this week. Let me know if you discover other meanings or definitions. Kamage!

 

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