The Silver Screen Oasis

Up and at 'em, earlybirds -- it's time to start the Wenzday morning music machine with some post-modern crumpet dunkers. You won't be misled at Dewey's Record Party...

ALAN PRICE and his title song from the great 1973 movie "O Lucky Man"


1979 New Wavers THE STRANGLERS do Burt Bacharach proud with their punked up "Walk On By"


Rockpiler DAVE EDMUNDS with the Elvis Costello song "Girls Talk"


Always loved THE CLASH (the band that mattered). Here's "Train In Vain"


An all-time favortie, THE ENGLISH BEAT with their great early 80s anthem "Mirror in the Bathroom"



Stay tuned.

Picture this...Summer, '72...driving to (fill in the blank) with your main squeeze...a song comes on the radio...fade to nirvana...

Malo "Suavecito"

In that same hip groove comes a pair of lip-smackin' summertime raves from Dewey's time capsule:

War "Low Rider"


Young Rascals "Groovin"


Go on out and catch some rays!

jondaris wrote:movieman, your wife has impeccable taste.

However, I don't.

Where No Man Has Gone Before

William Shatner -- Rocketman

I'm terribly upset. I really wanted to post that one and you beat me to it! I can't get enough of Shatner, even though I'm not a Star Trek fan.

Anyway, it's that time of the day where I put on my iPod and dance around the kitchen while making dinner.

The video where I first found out about the Shatner "Rocketman" performance:

Beck (before Scientology involvement made him dull), "Where it's At"


Elvis Costello, "Pump It Up"


Rosemary Clooney, "Mambo Italiano"


Sophie-Ellis Bextor, "Murder on the Dancefloor"


The Cardigans, "Carnival"


The Odds (especially great if you're a Kids in the Hall fan), "Heterosexual Man"

Glam Rock...

Gary Glitter "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)"


New York Dolls "Stranded In The Jungle"


Roxy Music "Remake/Remodel"


T-Rex "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"


David Bowie "Rebel Rebel"

sugarpuss, I didn't know Beck "converted" to Scientology. Was that after "Guero?" His best since "Odelay." I do like the melancholy "Sea Change." Great "break up" album. It took me awhile to get into "The Information." The DVD with the surreal home videos with his friends helped...

"Think I'm In Love"

Ta Ta For Now...

James "Laid"

Ben and sugarpuss: your ongoing grooviocity astounds me! Thanks for helping to make Dewey's Record Party the most sensational on-line record hop in America! And that goes for everyone else who has chosen to spin a little musical mayhem our way, too!

For now, let's dig down deep into the well of forgotten weirdness. I humbly offer up the following party favors:

Joi Lansing "Web of Love" this one sizzles!


"Pussy-cat A Go Go"


Vince Tayor & the Playboys "Whole Lotta Twistin' Goin' On"


James Darren "Because You're Mine"


Johnny Hallyday (the French Elvis) "Noir c'est Noir" (Black Is Black)


Let's rip it up!

Hola, nite owls. Sometimes a heavy shot of something a little different is just the ticket. Like five full-on body blows to the soul-ar perplexus at 11:30 pm Pacific Standard Time. Buckle up cuz back we go. That's the plan, no sense lyin' about it...

Sly and the Family Stone "Dance To The Music (etc)"


Brenton Wood "Gimme Little Sign"


Curtis Mayfield "Move On Up"


Stevie Wonder "Superstition"


Marvin Gaye "What's Going On"

Time to greet your day, breakfast brigade! Spread a little bit of this on your Thursday morning muffin...

The inimitable Carole King "It's Too Late"


Cutting to the quick is Janis Ian with "At Seventeen"


Spreading the gospel is soulful Laura Nyro and "Save the Country"

Summer's Here!

Theme from "A Summer Place" Percy Faith


"Summer In The City" Lovin' Spoonful


"Summertime" Janis Joplin


"Summer Love" Justin Timberlake

Hey gang, here in Northern California it's a beautful sunshiny first day of summer. I don't know what it's doing where you are, but these three toe-tappers are bound to chase any and all your blues away...

Gene, Debbie and Donald "Good Morning!" (from SINGIN' IN THE RAIN)


Judy Garland "Get Happy" from an early 60s TV appearance


Gene Kelly & Phil Silvers "Dig!" from SUMMER STOCK

"Dancing In The Streets" Martha Reeves And The Vandellas


And everywhere else...

"Jumpin Jive" Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers (From "Stormy Weather")


"The Twist" Chubby Checker


"Mashed Potato Time" Dee Dee Sharp


"The Time Warp" From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"


"You Should Be Dancing" Bee Gees From "Saturday Night Fever"


"Dance This Mess Around" The B-52s

Laura Nyro! I love her. What a voice!

Re: Beck and Scientology. Ben, from what I know, he's always been a Scientologist, but it was after Midnite Vultures, that he got more into it. Honestly, I never really cared for Guero, but I loved MV and Odelay. Sea Change depresses me, but I'll admit I used to play "Lost Cause" all the time after a breakup.

This was my favorite song off "Guero" though:

"Girl", Beck


Two of my favorite numbers from two favoritemusicals:

Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, "The Babbitt and the Bromide" from Ziegfeld Follies


Robert Preston, "Marian the Librarian" from The Music Man


and three of my all-time favorite songs:

Martha and the Vandellas, "Nowhere to Run"


Duncan Sheik, "Barely Breathing"


Squeeze, "Tempted"

AWESOME Swing out Sister, Dewey!!! "Twilight World" is my favorite song of theirs. Loved the Clash, too! Do you have any "This is radio clash?"
Good David Bowie Ben, how about some "FAME?"