Leppotone

--your radio friend, Bat Guano

here's a user review from amazon.co.uk for the following product

Bic Crystal ballpoint pen, medium point, black

Excellent pen! Some issues...

Upon receiving my order, I carefully opened the box and dug through the packing peanuts in order to get to the pen contained therein. 'Beautiful!', I thought, and promptly opened up my moleskine notebook to jot down to myself some notes. My previous pen had ran out of ink four weeks prior and I didn't want to splurge on expensive shipping, which meant I had a lot of notes to catch up on writing.

But, when that quality carbide ball touched the surface of the paper, it was not ink that came out. From a distance I heard the screams of men and the cackling of innumerable ravens. I stopped, cold and sweating profusely. I looked down at the Bic Crystal black medium ballpoint pen which I held in my hand, only to see darkness. I dashed it against the wall, recoiling in horror. I saw in the corner of my eye my faithful notebook, which now lay on the ground. Once unmarred, I saw now the small mark which I had made with the devil's own pen. It spread across the page like a plague, and looking at it I gazed upon true horrors. For, what I thought had been ink was in fact a portal to a dark, unforgiving dimension. A portal whose maw was now widening to engulf all hope and joy in the world.

'God, what have I done?' I exclaimed as I weeped and fell to my knees, 'What have I done?'

From beyond the Dark Gate I heard these words, words which I can never forget. A terrible, booming voice said to me, 'Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fthagn!'

I ran, blindly stumbling, away from that place and never looked back. My only hope is that none shall follow in the path I've walked down, too blinded by hubris to realize my follies.

That's one bad crystal.

I just remembered D*rrin D*yle stories of prank calling home shopping network and telling them things like "Yes, I purchased a mirror from you people, and now my image is stuck."

--your radio friend, Bat Guano

--your radio friend, Bat Guano

--your radio friend, Bat Guano

--your radio friend, Bat Guano

the first time i ever got to stay up late to watch snl?....when i heard b52s were going to be on...i pitched such a boogie....my mom gave in....thanks for posting that.....still one of the coolest bands of all time....i did spend time in keiths house in key west....he has a mediocre music collection....

I hope it's okay with Bat that I can't inbed this video. Just click to see the Warhol, VU, 1966 freak-out film.

Really wanted to find the clip of him accompanying Bowie on "Boys Keep Swinging" on SNL circa '79 (Bowie's head was superimposed on the body of a dancing marionette as he sang)... but this URGH! clip will do nicely for the future house.

Claude Francois - Belle belle belle

--your radio friend, Bat Guano

Even though he's managed to upset every one of us who loves him, I still can't resist that early stuff.  Leo Kottke, early 70's....