This day in music history.

May 31, 1978, The Trammp's album "Disco Inferno."goes gold today with their smash hit of the same name climbing up the charts. The lyrics are to this day taught in college poetry courses and are required reading for all philosophy majors.
BURN BABY BURN - DISCO INFERNO
BURN BABY BURN - THAT MOTHER DOWN, YOH
BURN BABY BURN - DISCO INFERNO
BURN BABY BURN - BURN THAT MOTHER DOWN, BURNIN

Tombstone Cannon

On the other side it says...
ENGLISH CARRONADE
OF 1708
SERVED IN THE REVOLUTION
OF 1776

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May 30, 1975, Alice Cooper's "Welcome To My Nightmare" album went gold almost one month to the day after the ABC TV prime time special "The Nightmare" was broadcast. Co-starring Vincent Price (Price would win an Emmy for his part) the highlight for most people was Alice singing to a dead women he keeps in the refrigerator. In one verse Alice says " One thing No lie Ethyl's frigid as an Eskimo pie She's cool in bed Well she oughta be 'cuz Ethyl's dead". At the gold album ceremony Alice bit the head off a chicken.

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May 29, 1942, Bing Crosby records the song 'A White Christmas'. It will stand as the biggest selling record for the next 55 years. In 1962 the KKK adopted it as their official Christmas song and in 1976 the Cocaine Dealers Association (the C.D.A.) adopted it as their official Christmas song.

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May 28, 1966, The Beatles visit Bob Dylan at the May Fair Hotel in London. Bob pulls out some doobies and gets the boys stoned for the first time. Ringo spends most of the visit starring at himself in the mirror. When Paul asked him what he was looking for Ringo said " I have to stare at someone and you bloody wont let me stare at you". Bob and George spent the afternoon talking about God and mushrooms while John sat in the corner and giggled.

The blogger jury has spoken it is a Tombstone Lamb.

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May 27, 1647, In Massachusetts a teenaged girl named Achsah Young rescued a baby robin that fell from a nest in her neighbors yard. She put it in a box on her kitchen table and sang to it because she believed music had healing powers. The bird miraculously recovered and Achsah was quickly burned at the stake for being a witch.

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May 26, 1974, At a David Cassidy concert at the White City Stadium in London the audience is in such a frenzy that over 1.000 of them are treated by ambulance orderlies at the show. 6 are taken to the hospital overcome by uncontrollable hysteria. One of the girls dies from cardiac arrest. David says "everything was going great until we played 'C'mon Get Happy' then the bitch's went fucking nuts. It wasn't until afterwards that I realized the zipper on my pants had come open".

Tangles.

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May 25, 1965, Kinks guitar player Dave Davies is knocked out when he falls into Mick Avory's cymbal during a London concert. The Evening Post reports that it was the best Kinks concert ever.

This weeks favorite Deadwood quote.

"Declining years spares no indignities. My latest blessing is a horse apple up my asshole, half my waking hours are spent trying to pass water".
Bonus Deadwood quote of the week -
"Set the bodies ablaze, on with the days trade".
Extra bonus deadwood quote of the week -
"Excuse me I am mad"

Tombstone Dog 2.

Tombstone Dog 2 close up.

His name was Teick. He must have been a very good dog.

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May 24, 1958, Jerry Lee Lewis is forced to stop a British tour because of poor sales. Jerry blames the press for printing articles concerning his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin. He says "Just because I met my wife at a family reunion don't mean I'm a redneck".

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May 23, 1964, Elle Fitzgerald became the first person besides the Beatles to have a hit with a Beatles song when 'Can't Buy Me Love' entered the UK chart. It was such a success that Elle would go on to cover over 50 Beatle songs including 'Magical Mystery Tour', 'Yellow submarine', 'Helter Skelter' and ' Revolution 9'.

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May 22, 1954, Bob Dylan had his bar mitzvah. Bob holds up the bar mitzvah for an hour and a half demanding the police clear out over 100 reporters that have surrounded the building. Police refuse saying the reporters have a right to be there. When Bob shows up the police and reporters scuffle and there are several minor injuries. There was a party held at the Androy Hotel it was attended by guests whom had been flown in on a chartered jet. Besides members of the Rolling Stones, guests included Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bing Crosby, Stephen Stills, and John F. Nash with relatives driving in from Duluth and Beyond. Afterward Bob converted to Christianity.

Tombstone Sea Goddess Thing.

She is holding an anchor.

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May 21, 1955, Having been discovered by Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry walked into the Chess recording studio with an idea for a song called "Ida Red." By the time he walked out he had recorded the top 10 hit, "Maybellene". Chuck would go on to have 7 top 10 hits including his only number 1 song 'My Ding-a-Ling' which he wrote about his penis.

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May 20, 1973, Mike Oldfield released his Tubular Bells album. He played all but three of the instruments himself, Oldfield was possessed by a demon while recording the album and claims that if you play certain cuts backwards you can open a portal to hell. Oldfield is sued by angry parents whose children have opened portals to hell and now cant stop vomiting and spinning around in their beds. At the trial Oldfield tells the judge "Your mother sucks cocks in hell".

Tombstone Dog 1

A beautiful grave.

Tombstone Dog 1, close up.

On the bottom is inscribed CHARLIES GRAVE

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May 19, 1965 , FBI agents visited Wand Records investigating the lyrics to the song "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen. The investigation had started in 1964 when J Edgar Hoover received a letter from a concerned parent. Apparently the song was full of blatant sexual imagery. Upon finishing the 2 year investigation the FBI reported they were unable to interpret any of the wording in the lyric and therefore could not prosecute on a pornography charge.

Louie Louie
A fine little girl, she wait for me; me catch a ship across the sea. I sailed the ship all alone; I never think I'll make it home
Three nights and days we sailed the sea; me think of girl constantly. On the ship, I dream she there; I smell the rose in her hair. Me see Jamaica moon above; It won't be long me see me love. Me take her in my arms and then I tell her I never leave again. Louie, Louie, me gotta go. Louie, Louie, me gotta go.

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May 18, 1924, A man named Hell stole a goat named Moat from a man named Mel. The man named Mel had a wife named Bell who saw the man named Hell steal the goat named Moat. She told the man named Mel that the goat named Moat was being stole. The man named Mel grabbed his gun named Bell (after his wife) and told his wife named Bell he was going to kill the man whose name he didn't know was Hell for stealing the goat named Moat. The man named Hell who had stole the goat named Moat noticed the man whose name he didn't know was Mel coming after him with a gun that the Man had named Bell (after his wife). Just at that moment the goat named Moat spoke.
He said "Bah".

This weeks favorite Deadwood quote.

"Take your civilization and get the fuck out of here".

Sunset last night.

7:30 pm 5/17/05

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May 17, 1968, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and John Rutsy (on drums) form Rush. Rutsy will be replaced with Niel Peart after only one album. It was at this first practice that they played the song 'Working Man' for the first time. The song included the immortal line " I get home at five o’clock And I take myself out a nice, cold beer Always seem to be wond’rin’ Why there’s nothin’ goin’ down here, eh?"

Tombstone Jesus 5

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May 16, 1984, Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in Memphis, Tennessee for staggering drunk down Beale Street. He told the arresting officers that he was Elvis and he was going to have Richard Nixon bust them down to beat cops. The cops told Ozzy to shut the fuck up because they were already beat cops. As Ozzy stood inside his cell and held the gate with clenched fists he said "These are iron bars"

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May 15, 1976, The Rolling Stones went to No.1 on the US album chart with their album 'Black And Blue'. The group is condemned by women's groups for being sexist. The marketing campange (that included full size billboards) showed a half naked women chained and beaten. When Keith Richards was told the advertising would be pulled he said "Whats so bad about being sexy?".

Sky / bird

7:30am 5/15/05

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May 14, 1898, Heroin is invented by the Bayer CO.

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Angel butt.

You get what you deserve.

Small cow inspirational thought for the day, # 9

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May 13, 1969, The Rock and Roll Revival Concert is held in Toronto. Considered to be one of the most important concerts in Rock history. The performers included Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Alice Cooper, Chicago and The John Lennon/ Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band. Playing with the Plastic Ono Band is Eric Clapton, Alan White and Klaus Voormann.
Headlining the show was The Doors. When Jim Morrison came out on stage people were shocked by his full beard and his weight gain. Although he was no longer the Lizard King The Doors set that night was said to be as good as they ever were.

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Do angels fumble?

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May 12, 1971, Mick Jagger and Bianca Perez Morena de Macias were married. The civil ceremony is held at the town hall in St Tropez. Mick holds up the wedding for an hour and a half demanding the police clear out over 100 reporters that have surrounded the building. Police refuse saying the reporters have a right to be there. When the bride and groom show up the police and reporters scuffle and there are several minor injuries. The reception is held at the the Café des Arts and was attended by guests whom had been flown from London on a chartered jet. Besides other members of the Stones, guests included Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and Stephen Stills.
Together Mick and Bianca would have a daughter (Jade Jagger). The marriage would last until 1980 but Bianca would be Micks main topic in his lyrics for the next 20 years.

Tombstone Angel # 4

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May 11, 1987, Singer Billy Idol storms off stage in San Francisco after twice being hit in the face by tennis shoes thrown by fans. He later says "I don't know why people keep hitting me in the head with shoes, every where I go people hit me with shoes. My bleeding head hurts already!"

'Abandoned'

Pen and ink by DLAK, 2005

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May 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin having gotten drunk the day before and forgetting his wife's birthday writes the 'Happy Birthday Song'. He does a striptease while he sings it for her and after she stops laughing she screws his brains out.
From then on all the founding fathers repeated this ritual on their wives birthdays and that is how the 'Happy Birthday Song' came to be part of our culture.

Tombstone Jesus # 4

Jesus has a skull and some pine cones.

This weeks favorite Deadwood quote.

"I am a sinner who does not expect forgiveness, but I am not a government official."

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May 9, 1995, Tupac Shakur comes up with his 356th rhyme for motherfucker.

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May 8, 1954, The BBC broadcasts the Johnnie Ray cover of the Drifters "Such A Night." Afterward they receive so many complaints about the song being suggestive that the the song is black listed. Banned from being played on the BBC. Reading the lyrics today its hard to see what everyone was upset about.
SUCH A NIGHT -
T'was a night mmmmm, what a night it was It really was such a night The moon was bright, Oh how bright it was It really was such a night The night was alive, with the stars above mmmm When she kissed me, I had to fall in love It was a kiss mmmm, what a kiss it was It really was such a kiss How she could kiss, Oh what a kiss it was It really was such a kiss Just part of her lips, could set me afire I I I reminice, and I feel desire I gave my heart to her in sweet surrender How well I remember, I'll always remember Oh that night, Oh what a night it was It really was such a night Came the dawn and my heart and my love And the night was gone But I'll never forget that kiss in the moonlight Such a kiss oh such a night I gave my heart to her in sweet surrender How well I remember, I'll always remember Oh what a night, Oh what a night it was It really was such a night Came the dawn and my heart and her love And the night was gone But I know I'll never forget her kiss in the moonlight Such a kiss oh oh such a night Now she's gone, gone, gone Yes she's gone, gone, gone Came the dawn, dawn, dawn And the night was gone And my heart was gone And her love was gone And before that morn Oh oh oh oh such a night

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May 7, 1968, During the Rome Pop Festival, one hundred fifty riot police storm the stage when The Move set off some flash pods as part of their act. Only a few injuries are reported and no damage is done. The police chief later said "We'uh thought'uh they was'huh goin to blow'uh the place up'uh!"

Sunrise this morning.

5:20 am Lake Michigan.

Tombstone Angel # 3

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May 6, 590 BC, A 16 year old girl wakes up scratches her sleep driven head and trips over some animal bones that are laying on the floor. 'Totally bored' she ties some animal teeth to a rib bone and begins to shake it and dance around the room. It is her only true moment of joy having just invented the Tambourine.

This day in music history.

May 5, 1980, On this day the top ten songs in the U.S. were...
10 - 'Jane'
Jefferson Starship
9 - 'The Long Run'
The Eagles
8 - 'We Don't Talk Anymore'
Cliff Richard
7 - 'Rock With You'
Michael Jackson
6 - 'Cool Change'
Little River Band
5 - 'Ladie's Night'
Kool & The Gang
4 - 'Do That To Me One More Time'
Captain & Tennille
3 - 'No More Tears'
Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
2 - 'Send One Your Love'
Stevie Wonder
1 - 'Escape (The Pina Colada Song)'
Rupert Holmes
Which begs the question WHAT THE HELL WERE WE THINKING!?

The Ten Suggestions. (part 1)

In order to bring forth a more perfect world DLAK presents
the 'Ten Suggestions' for your consideration.

Small cow inspirational thought for the day, # 8

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May 4, 1952, Little Walter is the first person to amplify his harmonica. He holds a small microphone in his cupped hands. Walter's harmonica took on a swooping saxophone-like sound and he is to this day considered to be the greatest Blues Harmonica player that ever lived.
May 3 1971, The manager of GrandFunk Railroad rents out the big room at the Gotham Hotel in New York. His plan is to get the band closer to the press then they had been (they hadn't done interviews for some time). Of the 150 reporters invited 6 show up. GrandFunk is outraged and vows to never make a decent record again. The promise is kept.

Tombstone Jesus # 3

Jesus needs a hand.

This weeks favorite Deadwood quote.

"knowledge is over rated...Diligence is what's required in the service of a willing spirit."

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May 2, 1989, A security guard alerted the police after a man wearing a wig, fake moustache and false teeth walked into Zales Jewellers, California. Three squad cars arrived and police detained the man, who turned out to be Michael Jackson in disguise. The police strip search Jackson and find a gerbil up his ass.

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May 1, 1980, The South African government banned pink Floyd's single 'Another Brick In The Wall' after black children adopted the song as their anthem in protest against inferior education. They also ban "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes because it sucked little ponies.