Volume 9 - Winter 2015

This volume’s cover, inspired by Bucky Pizzarelli’s The Astronaut is thanks to DJ Tom LG’s podcast. (Now, there appears to be a TV show about these ladies. If you wait long enough Tinseltown will eventually make a flick of just about anything.) -- At any rate, Bucky’s cosmic gem is on one of Tom's earlier episodes. Don’t ask me which one, and don’t bother looking. Just listen, folks, 'cause LG don’t do no track listin’!

Tom is also responsible for bringing Lynn Hope’s Sands of the Sahara into King Bloodstone’s realm, making it worthy for the End of the World. It took me a while, but I was determined to acquire this holy grail of an instro. Found it at a rundown diner on a dirt road, far from the information superhighway. Jayne Mansfield was there behind the counter, serving lukewarm Suey. The perfect meal for your last days. (You good boy, you get cookie for dessert!)

Jack contemplating on what to eat for his last meal.

Staying with the theme of dark endings, the vocal tune, Death of an Angel—possibly better known for the Donald Woods & the Velairs version (see Lux & Ivy’s Favorites V.1)—gets the female treatment from Nancy Claire. This dirge, and many other vocals on my collections come thanks to Office Naps. Captured is another siren song to positively ensnare us. Time to lay your head on the Formica boomerang counter top and sleep…

Okay, so you’re not ready for the big slumber? Then take a trip with King Bloodstone as he traverses heaven and earth! From the Sun Ra-worthy Space Age, to Bucky’s tune, to Shooting Starr, we’ll descend from the firmament and land firmly in the jungle with Head Hunter. (No backup-band name winner this time around, but The Goofer surely gets an honorable mention.) The exotic melodies waft through the diminishing jungle…Watusie Freeze part 2 may lead you back home though. Swing through the trees with Lawrence Welk as he gives his take on Tarzan’s March (as Acker Bilk did on our jump forward to volume 17). Alas, once the rain forests have been razed and turned into deserts Zorongo is a good World-Ending jaunt to play on your burning Walkman…

Inflame Vol.9 here!

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