Picklehead May Newsletter May 2, 2006 20:50

Life is good here at the Picklehead Mansion in the mountains of Colorado. We've been working hard to bring you more and more great music, and we've added a Picklehead Blog (which you're reading now), as well as more entries in our Picklehead Library. We are also proud to now carry some Picklehead Classic artists, with the help of Amazon. com, so we can bring you some of those old favorite funny music artists like Alan Sherman and Weird Al. There are lots more to come, so keep checking back.

Have a great month and visit us again soon!

The Pickleheads

Brand New Artists:

The Foremen - Funny folk music from the 90's!

Eddie Spaghetti - Great funny kids' music

New from Picklehead favorites:

Sean Morey: Sex Now!

Terry Cassidy: From Key West

Les Barker: Guidecats For the Blind 2

Hugo Duarte: Don't Be Fooled By the Hat

Bird & Macdonald: Two new DVD's

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Recently, instead of us deciding which CD to give away, we let our winner select their own prize. The response was so good, we decided to do the same thing every month. Call us crazy!

So, once again, if you win our album drawing for this month, you get to go through our website and pick out
ANY ONE CD!

Leave your name & e-mail below and qualify for our May 31st drawing.
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Last month's winner of a Free CD was:
Carol B. Congratulations!

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www.picklehead.com
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PO Box 2211
Evergreen, CO 80437

Dr. Demento – a Comedy Music Original May 8, 2006 09:14

 
Dr. Demento – a Comedy Music Original
May 8, 2006 09:14

By Kent Johnson

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past 30 years, you’ve probably heard the name Dr. Demento, even if you’ve never heard the Good Doctor’s radio show (or maybe you thought he was a practicing physician?).

Anyway, Dr. Demento is host of his own weekly-syndicated and wildly popular radio show, appropriately-named "The Dr. Demento Show." On the air for over 35 years, Dr. Demento has describes his show as "Mad music and crazy comedy from out of the archives and off the wall. Rare records and outrageous tapes from yesterday, today, and tomorrow."

The Dr. Demento show is heard on over 200 radio stations in the U.S., and is carried abroad on the Armed Forces Radio Network. Legend has it that the show got its name when Barry Hanson (aka Dr. Demento) was playing "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus on the radio one day, and someone said, "You've gotta be demented to play that!" Soon after that, the DJ before him announced, "And now, ladies and gentlemen, here's Dr. Demento!", and the name stuck.

The show has been wildly popular ever since. In fact, Dr. Demento is credited with making Weird Al Yankovic a household name. "Weird Al" had songs aired on The Dr. Demento Show eight years before he became world famous with the Micheal Jackson parody "Eat It.” At one time he had the most requested song of all time on the show ("Another One Rides The Bus"), and is still the most requested artist.

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Wayne Faust Schedule Update 5/19/06 May 20, 2006 05:54

 
Wayne Faust Schedule Update 5/19/06
May 20, 2006 05:54

NEW Sven Travels The World Pics! Guess where Sven is and WIN A FREE CD!

I had a great trip all the way down to Key West this spring, putting 5000 miles on my brand new Suzuki wagon. As always, everyone treated me with amazing kindness and hospitality. Thanks to my good friends Bob and Doris (Bald Guy Bob Ferry, the oldest ski instructor in Summit County), who showed me their habitat in Fort Meyers Beach and took me out on one of their boats. Also, special thanks to Lyle and Rhonda in New Orleans, who took me on a whirlwind tour of the hurricane damage, both by car and from the air. My heart and good wishes go out to all those who were devastated by Katrina, and are still digging out.

The shows went great in all the places I went - Nebraska, Louisiana, and Florida. We had lots of folks from the Tampa Bay area, and from as far away as Chicago at the show in Dunedin, and several people from places as far away as Ohio made the trip down to Sloppy's in Key West for the shows. I hope to get back down that way in the fall.

Stay tuned for more dates this summer, including possible dates in Michigan, Ohio, and/or England.

Some of my CD's are now available for download at Apple I-Tunes. Go to my CD page to see which ones.

And one more VERY important note: My wife and I just became grandparents!
My oldest son, Stephen, and his wife had a baby boy on Mother's Day.
Also, my other son, Paul will be getting married in Virginia in June, so there are less shows and more good family stuff next month.

Now, I know you're thinking I must be pretty old because I'm a grandfather. My wife and I had Stephen when we were 4 years old, so we're not actually old geezers. Really.

Wayne

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The Bucksnort Saloon
Sphinx Park, Colorado (303) 838-0284
From Denver, take 285 into the mountains. Go left at Shafer's Crossing and experience the 7-mile gravel road to the Bucksnort.
Worth the trip, and you want to try and arrive early!
All Saturday nights - Showtime 8 PM
May 20th
July 1st
August 5th
September 9th
October 7th
November 4th (Annual Birthday Show!)
December 2nd (Annual Christmas Show!)

NEW!
Friday, May 19th 8 PM
Zeppelin's Pub and Sports Bar
217 Main St - Wiggins, Colorado 970-483-7224
This is a brand new place for Wayne. It's located about 65 miles from Denver off I-76, exit 64.
Even Billy Joel never got to play in Wiggins!

Saturday, May 20th 8 PM
The Bucksnort Saloon
Sphinx Park, Colorado (303) 838-0284
From Denver, take 285 into the mountains. Go left at Shafer's Crossing and experience the 7-mile gravel road to the Bucksnort.
Worth the trip, and you want to try and arrive early!

Wednesday, June 21st - Private kids' show - Indian Hills, Colorado

NEW!
Wednesday, June 28th 7 PM
Thursday, June 29th 7 PM
Friday, June 30th 5 PM
Shady Gators - Lake Of the Ozarks, Missouri
7 Mile Cove - Lake Ozark 573-365-6464
www.shadygators.com
Lake of the Ozarks is a fantastic vacation spot for midwesterners and Wayne has wanted to play here for a long time. He's had a lot of experience playing at Lake places in the summer, so this should be great.

Saturday, July 1st 8 PM
The Bucksnort Saloon
Sphinx Park, Colorado (303) 838-0284
From Denver, take 285 into the mountains. Go left at Shafer's Crossing and experience the 7-mile gravel road to the Bucksnort.
Worth the trip, and you want to try and arrive early!

Tuesday, July 4th - Private kids' show - Indian Hills, Colorado

Monday, July 10th - Private kids' show - Woodruff, Wisconsin

Tuesday, July 11th - Private kids' show - Eagle River, Wisconsin

NEW!
Thursday, July 13th 8 PM
Leff's Lucky Town
7208 W. State St.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee area) (414) 258-9886
www.leffs.com
Another brand new place for Wayne. He hasn't played in Milwaukee since the early days of his career when he was going to school in Kenosha, so this should be a fun one. The owners of Leff's caught one of Wayne's shows in Breckenridge and knew he would be perfect for their club.
This should be worth a road trip for some of you Illinois fans!

NEW!
Monday thru Wednesday, July 24th-26th 7 PM
Shady Gators - Lake Of the Ozarks, Missouri
7 Mile Cove - Lake Ozark 573-365-6464
www.shadygators.com
Lake of the Ozarks is a fantastic vacation spot for midwesterners and Wayne has wanted to play here for a long time. He's had a lot of experience playing at Lake places in the summer, so this should be great.

Thursday July 27th - Private kids' show - Indian Hills, Colorado

Saturday, August 5th 8 PM
The Bucksnort Saloon
Sphinx Park, Colorado (303) 838-0284
From Denver, take 285 into the mountains. Go left at Shafer's Crossing and experience the 7-mile gravel road to the Bucksnort.
Worth the trip, and you want to try and arrive early!

Monday, August 14th - Private kids' show - Indian Hills, Colorado

Saturday, September 9th 8 PM
The Bucksnort Saloon
Sphinx Park, Colorado (303) 838-0284
From Denver, take 285 into the mountains. Go left at Shafer's Crossing and experience the 7-mile gravel road to the Bucksnort.
Worth the trip, and you want to try and arrive early!

NEW!
Thursday thru Saturday, September 14th thru 16th, September 21st thru 23rd 7 PM
Shady Gators - Lake Of the Ozarks, Missouri
7 Mile Cove - Lake Ozark 573-365-6464
www.shadygators.com
Lake of the Ozarks is a fantastic vacation spot for midwesterners and Wayne has wanted to play here for a long time. He's had a lot of experience playing at Lake places in the summer, so this should be great.

Into the future....

Saturday, November 11th
Wayne's Annual Concert At Rob Roy!
Tickets go on sale after September 1st.
Stay tuned for details