Jack Sheldon

Certain Songs #689: Jack Sheldon – “I’m Just a Bill”

November 3, 2016 by Jim Connelly

Album: Schoolhouse Rock!
Year: 1977

This post is just a campy 70s throwback designed to appeal to Generation X types, who luckily never had a Vietnam to thin our ranks out a little.

After Multiplication Rock and Grammar Rock, the Schoolhouse Rock powers that be decided to do America Rock in honor of the Bicentennial. I was pushing 14 when these came out, so I was aging out of the demographic, but Lynn Ahren’s “The Preamble” absolutely helped me with memorizing it, and “I’m Just A Bill” is still one of the best summations of the legislative process ever written.

Certain Songs #688: Jack Sheldon feat. Terry Morel & Mary Sue Berry – “Conjunction Junction”

November 2, 2016 by Jim Connelly

Album: Schoolhouse Rock!
Year: 1973

And here’s a song that never got any radio play, but is probably as beloved as any #1 hit single from the era.

So despite the fact that from the time I was 8, many of my Saturday mornings as a kid were taken up by soccer games, I still had time to watch Saturday morning cartoons, and in the case of the Bugs Bunny / Roadrunner Hour, long after I’d stopped watching anything else.

And the little edutainment music videos that were collectively known as Schoolhouse Rock! got as memorized in the same way my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons got memorized. And, like everybody else, my favorite was “Conjunction Junction.”

Medialoper Bebop Episode 9: Kirk’s New Aloha Spirit

June 27, 2011 by Jim Connelly

This week, a mellower Kirk is just back from Hawaii — where he has learned how to believe — and he, Jim and Tim discuss the veracity of reports of celebrity death over social media.

In the middle of the discussion, Tim dies, so we tweet that. But it turns out this his death was just a bad Skype connection.

After that, Jim’s Musical Moment to Die For is “Ceremony” by New Order, which naturally leads into a discussion over the concept of Fair Use, and how that concept is useless if you don’t have the money to defend yourself in court. Which sucked for entrepreneur Andy Baio, who was sued for a pixel art version of the cover of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue album.

In a brand-new segment — entitled “You’re An Idiot!” — Jim and Tim take Kirk to school for his ongoing hatred of one of their favorite bands, The Smiths. As always, is comes down to one word: Morrissey.

And finally, Jim shares what’s in his mix: the latest from Fucked Up, TV on the Radio and Fleet Foxes. Also, Tim dies yet again!

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