Alien Jesus Theatre

What’s really sad is I remember the song. The station used updated variations of this for ten or fifteen years, although they never strayed too far from the Burt Bacharach feel this version has. Catchy does not equal good.

Interesting side note: Dorothy Fuldheim (the older redhead in the video) was the first female commentator for ABC Radio, and interviewed both Hitler and Mussolini either before or during World War 2 (conflicting info on that, and too bad she didn’t get Hirohito for the hat trick). She was also the first woman in the US to anchor a TV news show. Her TV career ended in 1984 at the age of 91, when she had a stroke on the air. She died five years later. Best one page bio I found is here. Bonus video:

From 1965, but rather timely for many:

They’re playing live in Chicago tonight 4/10/2009. Want to go?

More tour dates and groovy album art here.

This twelve-minute video clip features John Hutchison demonstrating a variety of levitation effects for “The Race to Zero Point” documentary. Featured are experiments in resonant electromagnetic levitation of barium titanate materials and a collection of classic Hutchison-Effect footage from the 1980’s, originally filmed by George Hathaway.

See the whole documentary posted earlier.