Dr. Demento - Revision history

Maroual: /* Zappa and Demento */ Removed quote from Biffy the Elephant Shrew wrongly attributed to Dr. Demento

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Zappa and Demento: Removed quote from Biffy the Elephant Shrew wrongly attributed to Dr. Demento

Jason.Kreitzer at 20:51, 29 October 2021

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Jason.Kreitzer at 19:57, 21 September 2021

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Duncan: /* FZ as DJ: Dr. Demento, KMET, Dec 1973 */

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FZ as DJ: Dr. Demento, KMET, Dec 1973

Jason.Kreitzer: It's how he got the "Dr." in his name. The "Demento" comes from when he was working as a DJ under his own name and he played Nervous Norvus' "Transfusion," and a co-worker said, "You've got to be demented to play that song."

2021-08-04T17:39:03Z

It's how he got the "Dr." in his name. The "Demento" comes from when he was working as a DJ under his own name and he played Nervous Norvus' "Transfusion," and a co-worker said, "You've got to be demented to play that song."

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	==Zappa and Demento ==		==Zappa and Demento ==
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−	<blockquote>''"Like Frank Zappa, I spent many, many hours of my youth haunting that ''jukebox dump'' under the Maryland Hotel, at Seventh and F Street in San Diego. By this time [the mid-'70s], the price of those old jukebox singles was up to 35 cents, and LPs - all stuck randomly in bins with no alphabetization - were two bucks a pop. The store's name was Arcade Records, and, as it happens, the first record I bought there was a Frank Zappa bootleg"''.</blockquote> [http://www.drdemento.com Dr. Demento official website]

	Zappa was a guest on Demento's show twice. Once on December 24, 1973 and again on May 17, 1981.		Zappa was a guest on Demento's show twice. Once on December 24, 1973 and again on May 17, 1981.

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 '''Dr Demento:''' Snuky Tate with "He's The Groove" on the Doctor Demento show, from the collection of Frank Zappa. A little later on in the show, we'll tell you how to get a Doctor Demento t-shirt, so stay tuned. Frank, you've got another one here by a former business associate of yours, I believe.
-'''FZ:''' Yeah. This is a record made by an electronic genius named [[Paul Buff]], and those of you in the electronic business know Mr. Buff. He's made some very interesting devices, but nothing quite as interesting as this song, called "[[She's Got A 60-Cycle Brain]]."
+'''FZ:''' Yeah. This is a record made by an electronic genius named [[Paul Buff]], and those of you in the electronic business know Mr. Buff. He's made some very interesting devices, but nothing quite as interesting as this song, called "She's Got A 60-Cycle Brain."
 ''[She's Got A 60-Cycle Brain - [[Paul Buff]]]''

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 '''Dr Demento:''' "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" 1981, from the new Frank Zappa album, [[Tinseltown Rebellion]]. Frank's our guest on the Doctor Demento show. You're putting out not just one album but a whole slew of 'em.
-'''FZ:''' Yeah, I like to take care of my business as efficiently as possible. And what we've done this time is released a double album called Tinseltown Rebellion, and on the inside of Tinseltown Rebellion there's a notice on the inner sleeves telling people that all of you who are interested in the stuff that I do on guitar, we're making available at this time three albums, by mail order only. First one's called [[Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar]], second one is [[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More]], and the third one is [[Return Of The Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar]]. All three of these single albums are available by mail order, and the notice for that is inside the album. There'll also be ads in Guitar Player magazine and Musician and...and like that.
+'''FZ:''' Yeah, I like to take care of my business as efficiently as possible. And what we've done this time is released a double album called Tinseltown Rebellion, and on the inside of Tinseltown Rebellion there's a notice on the inner sleeves telling people that all of you who are interested in the stuff that I do on guitar, we're making available at this time three albums, by mail order only. First one's called [[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar|Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar]], second one is [[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More]], and the third one is [[Return Of The Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar]]. All three of these single albums are available by mail order, and the notice for that is inside the album. There'll also be ads in Guitar Player magazine and Musician and...and like that.
 '''Dr Demento:''' All this and you've got another one coming out in the fall, too.

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 '''Dr Demento:''' Well, fair enough. Okay, some more R&B.
-'''FZ:''' Okay. We have time now for a record that's on Federal, which is a very attractive label, as I'm sure you know--forest green with silver letters. This is by a group called [[The Cats]] that didn't make too many records, and this is one of their better ones. It's called "After I Gave you My Heart."
+'''FZ:''' Okay. We have time now for a record that's on Federal, which is a very attractive label, as I'm sure you know--forest green with silver letters. This is by a group called [https://www.discogs.com/artist/5286509-The-Cats-6 The Cats] that didn't make too many records, and this is one of their better ones. It's called "After I Gave you My Heart."
 *''[After I Gave You My Heart - The Cats]''
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 '''Dr Demento:''' Well thank you, and stay demented.
 On December 5, 1994, Demento dedicated [[Dr. Demento Frank Zappa Special December 5 1994|his whole show to Zappa]].

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 '''Dr Demento:''' Where did you find them?
-'''FZ:''' Well, you know, they had these white-person record stores that wouldn't carry these black-person records, and so it was not easy to find them, so I had to go to places like jukebox dumps. There was this place in San Diego that was located in the [[Maryland Hotel]] that was a place that sold used jukebox records and you could get great things for 10 cents apiece down there. And some of the real good rhythm and blues...you know, like guitar/harmonica-type rhythm and blues records...were on a label called Excello, and they had a policy that stated that if you had a record store and you wanted to carry Excello records, you couldn't just get the blues cuts, you had to take their gospel catalog. So that kept a lot of stores from carrying the entire line. And so if you wanted to get a [[Lightnin' Slim]] record, or a [[Slim Harpo]] record, or [[Lonesome Sundown]] or something like that, you had to really go out and scrounge around for it.
+'''FZ:''' Well, you know, they had these white-person record stores that wouldn't carry these black-person records, and so it was not easy to find them, so I had to go to places like jukebox dumps. There was this place in San Diego that was located in the [[Wikipedia:Maryland Hotel (San Diego)|Maryland Hotel]] that was a place that sold used jukebox records and you could get great things for 10 cents apiece down there. And some of the real good rhythm and blues...you know, like guitar/harmonica-type rhythm and blues records...were on a label called Excello, and they had a policy that stated that if you had a record store and you wanted to carry Excello records, you couldn't just get the blues cuts, you had to take their gospel catalog. So that kept a lot of stores from carrying the entire line. And so if you wanted to get a [[Lightnin' Slim]] record, or a [[Slim Harpo]] record, or [[Lonesome Sundown]] or something like that, you had to really go out and scrounge around for it.
 '''Dr Demento:''' Well, growing up in Minneapolis as I did, I know that scrounging. And I know the jukebox dumps, too. We have a blues record here, it looks like.

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 '''Dr Demento:''' From Frank Zappa's private stash, that's Don and Dewey and "Jungle Hop."
-'''FZ:''' That's right, and you can see that...well, in those days things were a little bit more crude than they are now, ladies and gentlemen. Just to show you how far we've progressed since that record came out...I think it's been about 25 years since that was recorded...here's a lovely little thing from a group called [[The Model Citizens]], called "I Am Honest."
+'''FZ:''' That's right, and you can see that...well, in those days things were a little bit more crude than they are now, ladies and gentlemen. Just to show you how far we've progressed since that record came out...I think it's been about 25 years since that was recorded...here's a lovely little thing from a group called [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4680657-Model-Citizens-3 The Model Citizens], called "I Am Honest."
 *''[I Am Honest - The Model Citizens]''
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 '''Dr Demento:''' "I Am Honest," the Model Citizens on the Doctor Demento show. Our guest disc jockey: Frank Zappa. I've never heard of that one before.
-'''FZ:''' That's one of four lovely items on an EP called [[The Model Citizens]]. I think we might play something else from that later. That's uh...the group doesn't exist anymore. They went the way of all the modern groups, you know.
+'''FZ:''' That's one of four lovely items on an EP called [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4680657-Model-Citizens-3The Model Citizens]. I think we might play something else from that later. That's uh...the group doesn't exist anymore. They went the way of all the modern groups, you know.
 '''Dr Demento:''' Where were they from?
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 '''Dr Demento:''' Well, the other day we did the "history of laughing records" here on the Doctor Demento show; that one can certainly go in the "sobbing" hall of fame.
-'''FZ:''' Well, actually, that one...that should go into the hall of fame with "[[Death Of An Angel]]." You remember that one?
+'''FZ:''' Well, actually, that one...that should go into the hall of fame with "[[Donald Woods|Death Of An Angel]]." You remember that one?
 '''Dr Demento:''' Oh yes, sure do.
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 '''FZ:''' Heh heh. Lemme tell you a little bit about what's coming up here. Now, this selection, this goes out to everybody who has a birthday that's listening to the show today. This is your birthday greeting. And one thing that you have to bear in mind about a lot of the records that are played on the Doctor Demento show, they are for entertainment purposes, and the people that made these records never forgot that music was supposed to entertain you and to show you a good time and maybe even make you laugh. I don't think that the reason why this piece was written was to make anybody laugh, but it was definitely designed as a type of entertainment. This is a selection by [[Igor Stravinsky]], and it is his arrangement of "Happy Birthday."
-*''[[Greeting Prelude]] - [[Igor Stravinsky]]''
+*''Greeting Prelude - [[Igor Stravinsky]]''
-*"[[1959 Volvo]] - [[The Medallions]]''
+*"1959 Volvo- [[The Medallions]]''
-'''Dr Demento:''' "59 Volvo," the [[Medallions]] on the Doctor Demento show. That's from Frank Zappa's collection, and Frank's here with us. They did one about Buicks, too, didn't they?
+'''Dr Demento:''' "59 Volvo," the Medallions on the Doctor Demento show. That's from Frank Zappa's collection, and Frank's here with us. They did one about Buicks, too, didn't they?
 '''FZ:''' Yes, they also did "Buick 59" [snorts].
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 '''FZ:''' Yeah, this is a lovely tune entitled "Shift The Blame."
-''[Shift The Blame - [[The Model Citizens]]]''
+''[Shift The Blame - [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4680657-Model-Citizens-3The Model Citizens] ]''
 '''Dr Demento:''' "Shift The Blame" with the Model Citizens from Frank Zappa's collection, one of the newer records thereof, on the Doctor Demento show. Frank, are your kids making music?
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 '''Dr Demento:''' From Frank Zappa's collection, that's The Cats with a wonderful R&B tune. We've got another one that we don't have to beep here. Time for at least a couple choruses of, I guess, this one. The sound of the swamps.
-'''FZ:''' Okay, this is [[Lightnin' Slim]] on Excello. The name of this song is "[[Have Your Way]]," and the lick in the background on this record is the thing that gave me the idea for the background on "[[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]."
+'''FZ:''' Okay, this is [[Lightnin' Slim]] on Excello. The name of this song is "Have Your Way," and the lick in the background on this record is the thing that gave me the idea for the background on "[[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]."
 *''[Have Your Way - Lightnin' Slim]''

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 ==  FZ as DJ: Dr. Demento, KMET, Dec 1973 ==
 '''Playlist:'''
-*Bang Bang Lulu - [[Lloyd Tyrell]]
+*Bang Bang Lulu - [[wikipedia: Lloyd Charmers|Lloyd Tyrell]]
 *Earth To Buffalo - [[Ruben And The Jets]]
 *Joe The Grinder - [[The Hawks]]

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