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PapaJoeMambo

Girls don't make passes at boys who pass gasses

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I loved Asteroids

Game provided by: Myspace Games

Tetris was pretty good, too.

Game provided by: Myspace Games

My Interests


Sharing the wealth; Cartoon Realities and Reality that is Like a Cartoon; Living Life Jack-Kirby-Sized; Paying It Forward; Comics; The Premature Wisdom of Extended Childhood; "Old School Values" as Opposed to Narrow Minded Conservatism; "Fuck Art, Lets Dance"; The Algonquin Round Table; Nights in Weimar; Monkeys; Robots; Monkeys Versus Robots; "Swankyness" as a Concept; Shakespeare; Elegance; Vaudeville; Grand Guignol; Swinging London; Unlikely Heroes in the Strangest of Places; the Banality of Evil; A Nice Hot Cup Of Tea; Neo-Geishas; Cat-Fighting Hellcats; Hawaiian Shirts and Drinks in Coconuts; "A Night Out With The Boys"; Vamps in Seamed Stockngs; Suits That Fit and Clothes that "suit"; DAIKAIJU!!!; Art Deco as a Lifestyle Choice; Libraries and Archives; Parties with Hors D'Oeuvres; Clockwork People; Hypnosis and Mind Control; Vending Machines; Disincorporated Friends; A Good Retro Roadside Diner or Motel; Miniaturisation;

Music:



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Lounge; Swank; Rat Pack; Luxuria; Pre-1990 AM Radio; Exotica; Louis Prima, Keely Smith and Sam Butera & The Witnesses;

Wordless Vocals; Raymond Scott; Swing; Bossa Nova; Bubblegum Music; Hugo Montenegro; Spy Jazz; Space Age Bachelor Pad; Carl Stalling; Bollywood; Burt Bacharach; Esquivel; Hammond Organ Solos; Kid's Pop; Joe Raposo; Cartoon Music; Torch Songs; Sleazy 1950's JD rockabilly; 20's Jazz; 60's wall-of-sound ballads; France Gall;

Wagnerian Opera; Johnny Cash; Monster Rock; Patsy Cline; Go-Go music; Mozart; Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards; A Cappela singing (but not doo-wop, not so much);

Movies:

As Good As It Gets:

Heroes:

Popeye:

Orson:

Ernie Kovaks ranks really high:

Bud and Lou rank very high:

Scatman Crothers:

Stubby "Sunrise Kid" Kaye is right up there ("He Weren't Nobody's Dunce"):

Lee Marvin:

My Blog

Mankind’s Greatest Infidelity to Itself Happened When We Decided That The Truth Was "Corny"

Sometimes we just need a reminder of our core values."As Good As It Gets - Inspirational Music" Dept:Cass, who disliked lipsynching her own music, blatently uses her microphone on THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE...
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:08:00 PST

"If That Diamond Ring Don’t Shine - He’s Gonna Take It To A Private Eye"

"With A Heavy Heart I Regret To Inform You" Dept.:Rock & Roll Legend Bo Diddley died on June 2, 2008 at the age of 79 of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida.You know that really amazing 5...
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:39:00 PST

"Ok Fellas, Bring the Chicken - Madams Gonna Really Dig In..."

"With a Heavy Heart I Regret To Inform You" Dept.:Harvey Korman died yesterday at UCLA Medical Center as the result of complications from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm he had suffered four mont...
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Sat, 31 May 2008 01:02:00 PST

I have been a devoted Luxurian for almost 7 years

I started listening to the online Exotica, Spy Jazz, Pychedelica, Bubblegum, Euro-Pop, Ye Ye and More radio station LUXURIAMUSIC.COM on December 28th, 2000 and have continued tuning in whenever I can ...
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Sun, 11 May 2008 10:07:00 PST

Springtime for Kal-El: A Gay Romp With Adolf and Hermann and Joe at Berchtesgaden

"The Stuff I Find At Work" Dept.:This one speaks for itself, folks....
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:19:00 PST

You got your Randian Objectivist Auteur on my Borscht Belt Spy Parody!

Steve Ditko does GET SMART!"Longbox Playhouse Proudly Presents..." Dept.:Steve Ditko’s lead story for Dell Comics’ GET SMART! tie-in, issue 5. Best as I can imagine, this must have been ri...
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:24:00 PST

Like Sam the Butcher bringing Alice the meat

"It's With A Heavy Heart That I Regret To Inform You" Dept.:Veteran character actor Allan Melvin died yesterday a month short of his 86th birthday.When I was sharing an apartment in the summer of 1989...
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:49:00 PST

TASTE MY VANITY, WORLD!!!

After a year or it being available elsewhere in a few places, I've finally added the four minute documentary that the SUPER TALENTED Nina vonHirten did about "yours truly" to the face of my MySpace pa...
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:31:00 PST

It’s like LOVE BOAT meets THE SOPRANOS in 1968

"It'll make you LOVE better, it'll make you FEEL better, and it's even LEGAL" - Dr. Timothy Leary"Verifiable Pronouncements" Dept.:No-One Is The Same After They've Seen SKIDOO For The First TimeThe or...
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:23:00 PST

Something for the Holidays - a blog fer the kiddies

Let's face it - anything with a robot this goofy-lookin in it has to be glorious."As Good As It Gets - Christmas" Dept.:Yep, it's the one and only true SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS - an obscure l...
Posted by PapaJoeMambo on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:26:00 PST