Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Oh Ozzie!

Ozzie Osbourne’s writing a musical about Rasputin: “It’s a major achievement for me, because I’ve always wanted to do it,” said Osbourne. “He’s like the original rock star, you know? I said to myself, ‘What better thing to write about?’” … Continue reading

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Work Poo

We interrupt this program for a bit of scatological wit: As much as we try to convince ourselves otherwise, the WORK POO is inevitable. For those who hate pooing at work, following is the Survival Guide for taking a dump … Continue reading

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Julie’s Louie Louie

Julie London performs Louie Louie — with strings! (via)

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Different Planets

Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Your Kid’s Sex Life: “As you’ll see, the high schoolers and the parents live on fairly different planets.”

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Worst Record Covers

Pitchfork Media’s worst record covers of all time — poor taste galore.

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Horrible Sound

Sound 101 is on a hunt for the worst sound in the world. The site also looks into musical dissonance, the science behind the aural horror of fingernails scraping down a blackboard, and provides an audio mixer to create your … Continue reading

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Sex Machine

There’s your regular marital aids, and then there’s this: DIY-sex machines. The dildonics on display are not intended as artwork. The function comes first, and any design that results is coincidental. Most — but not all — lack the ironic … Continue reading

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Wanna.be

Apparently .be domainnames are free for a limited amount of time… any ideas?

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Deconstruction

… in music. Thanks Bernard!

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How’s Yer Bird?

So you know about this bird flu pandemic that we’re all preparing for, right? Turns out Donald Rumsfeld is a major stockholder in the company that patented the antiviral agent Tamiflu. Following Bush’s call to begin bird flu preparations, over … Continue reading

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Frank Zappa Makes 200 Motels

Holland Doc, an initiative of dutch VPRO TV, will be broadcasting a one hour film called “Frank Zappa Makes 200 Motels” on their website in the coming days (today, Saturday and Sunday to be exact). The site’s sort of messy … Continue reading

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Berlin, Feb 78

Whoops, overslept (well not really since today is a holiday here). Anyway, here’s Berlin, 15 February ’78 for your aural pleasure! Off to make some coffee…

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The Problem

Have you heard the news that’s goin’ round here The man in charge has got to go Cause he dances round the problem – boy And the problem is the man in charge you know Prophetic words from J.J. Cale, … Continue reading

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Spider The Tylercore

During the recording sessions, John Paul’s 5 year old younger brother (Tyler Petrucci,) came into the studio and said these words to Dan and Bob. “I’ve been trying to tell people this forever. Too young to live, too young to … Continue reading

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Twenty Things

Everything you always wanted to know about Barry’s Imaginary Publisher but were afraid to ask.

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