Hope you like ITALO. This is a playlist that is in progress – mostly mid ’80s. Steamy synthesized swish…clean towels and free water. The soundtrack that was the same no matter what city, what country or what continent you happened to be inhabiting that weekend. This is the international sound of gay disco. It plays through the mist that surrounds you now and from the cassette you will take back with you tomorrow. Alone in your premium priced privacy your key bracelet has locked the door and you are secure. Recline and listen hard. Resting and reflecting with eyes toward a ceiling, seeing what you are feeling, you are anywhere at once. You are feeling a new kind of big belonging. Then…
“Attention – Lockers fourteen, nineteen and thirty seven, you must renew. Fourteen, nineteen and thirty seven – you must renew now at the entrance desk.”
(pause)
“Attention, s’il vous plaît – Les casiers 14, 19 et 37 doivent être renouvelés Les casiers quatorze, dix-neuf et trente-sept doivent être remplacés au guichet.”
‘Ouch. That was way too loud.’ Time to take another lap and maybe bum a cigarette. “Wow, this music literally never ends.”
When vinyl was the music, this track was a secret weapon of mine. Sister Dimension’s copy was handed down to me and I’ll tell you what – This track at the end of the night when the lights come up will get you a return booking. It’s the ultimate send off into the night for the drunks and still tripping party people. Actually this has to be the last track because nothing can ever be played after it.
This was me every night in my bedroom as a kid. Full flashlight fantasy festivals.
You may download a folder of these tracks directly from me HERE.
DAFFODIL TIME – With Your DJ Billy Beyond
Enjoy an hour of music from the late’20s/early ’30s most of which was recorded in the ’70s. There are quite a few original 78’s in there but when Nelson Riddle recreated the ’20s for The Great Gatsby in 1974 it sounded amazing – not necessarily authentic but clearer and with more dynamics and in stereo! Hellereo! Happy Spring to the right coasters and most of you fly overs. I love this musical vibe in the Springtime. You might too. You may also hate it. Listen and find out.
The Early 1900’s Music Preservation Group is streaming their own 24 hour radio- It’s great if you like 78’s, are 78 or don’t want to keep waiting for the release of the new MAC iVictrola. iLove yesteryear. Always have. Did then, do now. They call it” Radio Dismuke.” I call it Radio John Dowd. – It’s a great soundtrack for a summer studio.
More moldy musical masterpieces are coming in a moment! My recently refreshed collection of music from the late ’20s / early ’30s is just about finished. “Daffodil Time” is twenty years old this Spring and sounds just as old as it ever did. Listening to too much of this type of music may induce a state of temporary “nutz.” Be warned and know your limits. – – – – Have you ever tried typing in time to the music pretending that your finger tips are tap shoes or am I the only one that does that? Try it. It’s pretty easy. I’m doing it now. Turn Typing into Tapping! Oooh! CAPS LOCK ball change….
Can someone please call the psych ward for me? I might need another bit of “rest.”
https://early1900s.org/radiodismuke/
Grappelli and Menuhin. None finer. Best Album for this sound? – Tea For Two – 1978
Get it. It makes everything easier.
They call themselves The Nutty Squirrels but they are actually very jazzy.
Just a little rodent jam to start the week – but then let’s here from the insects’ side…
Beauty and the Bees – from It’s Tough To Be A Bug!
I have a little present for you so cheer up. I’m giving you a flawlessly ripped and mastered digital version of an album by The Brass Ring – Love Theme From Flight Of The Phoenix (I know, longer title please.) This record is a state of mind and it’s an excited state, so please, if you are on any kind of uppers or crystal meth or six cups of coffee please BE CAREFUL. Peppy is not the word. Personally I love this album. It gets the house clean if you know what I mean. Musically The Brass Ring were the real deal. Some referred to them as an East Coast Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass. Mmm….maybe. The recordings are top notch – This was ripped from a sealed copy and the label is Dunhill Records (class) and the pressing is deep. There is NO REMASTERING on these recordings. Get into it – this is from the needle to the numbers. I just made that up. You can read all about TBR on Wikipedia but nobody is going to do that except me ad Douglas Demille and he’s dead. So it’s time to upgrade your lounge collection, peeps. Get this into your iTunes and blast the bitch. There is so much to listen to on this one, things waaaaay in the back somewhere, things over on the right, things that make you ask – what the hell even was that? You’ll see, but don’t try blaming me later if you have a seizure or just can’t ever get enough of THE BRASS RING because there is no cure for the TBR addiction. I should know, I have been listening to TBR for about 23 years, five months, six days and, what time is it? – Time to play THE BRASS RING AGAIN!!! YAY!!!
This is a personal link so no funny business like your flash player is out of date or that type of bullshit. Tell your friends! There’s plenty of TBR for everyone here at Billy Beyond Dot Com. If I can just suggest one thing to you though, stereo separation is important to the experiencing of this record’s fine fidelity. Stop looking at me that way. It’s true. Somany bullshit bluetooth (compressed even more) speakers are sadly mono. Nobody wants mono, do you? Stick to two speakers with a space between them and you’ll be glad you did. What we are talking about is dimension is sound. It’s a must. (Did I just ruin it for your new bluetooth speaker? – well, Sorry! You can take it back if you used Amex. Byeeeeee)
Answer: They’re all online.
Grand Central – Ptown – 9PM – DJ Billy Beyond – Squirrels of all kinds
Sept 30th – Grand Central – 5 Masonic – Provincetown – 9 to 1 – With me, your music maestro toute la nuit
I think this one is still so sadly relevant. Do you hear that “ticking ” sound? I hear it when I read the news. It’s so annoying.
We’re on a timebomb,
It may not last long,
So let’s just do it right now, come on.
😕
Sometimes shallow appearing puddles can be VERY DEEP.
I watch CNN, I cry a little inside, then I dance ’til it all goes away.
We’re on a timebomb, it might not last long,
So let’s just do it right now do it, come on,
We’re on a timebomb, before the night’s gone,
Let’s just do it right now, do it come on.
No contest. Ferrante and Teicher all the way. That opening is supreme gigantic glamor.
Tinkley and bubbling. It’s OK to dance, go ahead and move a little. Let yourself go….
She fell in love with an angel but it didn’t work out.
High stepper, clean dresser
High stepper, clean dresser
High steppin’, hip dressin’ fella
You got it together
High steppin’, hip dressin’ fella
You got it together
High steppin’, hip dressin’ fella
You got it together
High steppin’, hip dressin’ fella
You got it together
There’s a guy in the neighborhood
And, oh Lord, if I could
I’d wrap him up and take him home
His machine is always clean
Whenever he’s on the scene
And there’s always a crowd around
Girls watch him like a hawk
Ah-watchin’ his body talk
Oh Lord, they love for him to get down, ooh
Oh, if I could find a way to tell him
I’m what he really needs
Oh, but they say you’re not a lady
If you feel that you
really need someone who
that makes you feel like, ooh
I don’t know what I shall I do?
He’s a high steppin’, hip dressin’ fella
You got it together
High steppin’, hip dressin’ fella
You got it together
He’s always so polite
And never seems uptight
He’s the kind of a man a woman wants around
Hair cut close and neat
Decked down to his feet
And he’s always 3-piece down
I’ve got to find a way to tell him
I’m really all he needs
They say you’ve got to be a lady
You’ve got to play along
You can’t come on strong
I don’t care if it’s wrong
I just want to get it on! (with a)
High steppin’, hip dressin’ fella
You really got it together
High steppin’, hip dressin’ fella
You really got it together
High stepper
Clean dresser
RIP Douglas DeMille. I’m still falling to pieces at the very thought of him.
huge.
Heads up P-towners, start fluffing your tails, The Leather Squirrel is flying in.
Grand Central – 5 Masonic Place – Thursday Aug 31 – 9:30 PM
Advance tickets are for sale at MAP – 220 Commercial St. – 10 clams.
If your look is very large, you may call the venue to check ceiling heights for clearance issues- 508-487-7599
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