Archive for May 6th, 2016
‘The Invisible Man’ (1933)
Friday, May 6th, 2016I Didn’t Like Their Carpeting Either
Friday, May 6th, 2016The ‘60’s coughed up some strange bands and one of the weirdest was the Shaggs. I hate to criticize anyone’s music – but this group was the hairball of all-women bands.
The Shaggs were composed of the Wiggin sisters: Dot Wiggin, Betty Wiggin, Helen Wiggin, and later, Rachel Wiggin. I would have called them the “Friggin’ Wiggins” but their father named them after insisting they play together in a commercial band. He probably didn’t realize that in Britain, to “shag” a girl means to have sex with her.
Austin “The Dad” Wiggin didn’t seem to realize a number of things. His girls couldn’t sing, couldn’t play their instruments and didn’t want to learn, and were not exactly ‘eye-candy’ on stage. The girls immediately disbanded upon Dad’s death in 1975.
Frank Zappa, of the Mothers of Invention, said the Shaggs were one of the “top-3 bands in history.” Perhaps he hadn’t yet listened to: My Pal Foot Foot. As one critic wrote, “I can’t decide which song is worse: the one played by the drummer or the one by the guitarist.”
My Pal Foot Foot https://www.youtube.com/
‘One Of Us’ Joan Osborne
Friday, May 6th, 2016Emperor Ha-So Horsie
Friday, May 6th, 2016Take My Daughter. Please?
Friday, May 6th, 2016Christian Nightmares: http://christiannightmares.tumblr.com/