It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on the Floppotron, and since last we left it, it’s gotten quite a bit bigger. It’s now up to version 3.0 and includes 512 floppy drives, 16 hard disks and 4 scanners. Ridiculous. Here it is playing Julius Fucík’s Entrance of the Gladiators, A.K.A. that clown song …
Category Archives: music
A Post
Coming to you live from one of our nice lawn chairs that some dickhead pigeons have pecked the hell out of, it’s…a post about stuff! Yay! Right now you’re all sharing my first nice weather beer of 2023 with me. Thank you for being here. It means the world. And before you ask, no, I …
Sweet Child O’ Mine, The Bluegrass Edition
It’s official. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” kind of works as everything. Here’s a bluegrass version from Robyn Adele Anderson and Anthony Vincent to keep the streak alive.
Inside The CHFI Control Room In 1971
This won’t be for everyone, but if you’re fascinated by what goes on in radio station control rooms or at least what used to go on in there, nearly a half hour of audio recorded during a morning show on 680 CHFI Toronto in the spring of 1971 might be fun. You can download the …
I Am the Very Model Of A Newsgroup Personality
This one dates back to at least 2002, but still seems pretty relevant to current internet times. I’m not sure who wrote it. The only guess I’ve managed to find is novelist Tom Holt, but that’s just somebody’s guess. Great job, whoever you are. I am the very model of a Newsgroup personality. I intersperse …
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Yes You Can Do It! You Know You Can Do It! Baby All You Gotta Do Is Try!
Of all the things I may have expected to get firmly lodged in my head this morning, I can safely say that Guy Lafleur teaching me how to score a goal to a soundtrack of disco music complete with cheerful, encouraging background vocals was not among them. And yet, here we are. In 1979, an …
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She’s Some Kinda What Now?
I just finished listening to the Storm game. They beat Owen Sound 6-2, for the record. Woo! But that’s not important at the moment. What’s important is what happened when CJOY went back to playing music after the postgame. It wasn’t half bad, so I left it on. Then, I assume because it decided that …
Boo On Me
I learned today that in 1980, Larry Zbyszko recorded a funky disco song called Boo On Me. I’m not going to sit here and tell you it’s great, but I expected it to be so much worse than it is. I think I might even almost like it. I miss the days when wrestlers would …
The Night Santa Went Crazy
Ever since I got my CPAP machine that I call Santa Claus, I’ve been having a lot more dreams. The rush of dreams is almost as pronounced as when we got our new mattress…which is nearing the end of its days, I think. At least some of these dreams are just amusing and they aren’t …
That’s Not It, Deer
We all love misheard lyrics, so here’s another one. I’ve been meaning to write it down since last summer when the song came on one night, I remembered the story and said “that might make a decent post.” That’s me, as on top of things as ever. One day many years ago when I was …
