atavistic childhood psychedelia

Posted on Wednesday 19 April 2006

Former WPRB music director Dan Ruccia posted this to the cassettemythos mailing list and I couldn’t resist… nothing makes you happy like your life’s first encounter with bizarre-itude.

4 Responses to “atavistic childhood psychedelia”

  1. Android Says:

    Kids shows got away with some crazy shit back then. I have creepy memories of various Sesame Street interlude skits (like this one), including one with a bunch of bakers carrying cakes down a flight of stairs (they trip), and another with three or four red balls with blue swirls on them. I think it must have been the music accompanying the visuals, because really there isn’t much scary about bakers with cakes, or red balls with swirls. Unless they’re homicidal bakers, and bleeding red balls. But I think that was from a different show.

  2. dane Says:

    Wow. That was fantastic. I think I vaguely remember seeing that as a child, though I had no idea at the time that it was so odd. That really creepy whispering voice in the song makes the whole thing, in my opinion.

  3. Rob Says:

    I’ve got to chime in here… my band covered this song last December (it’s got some really odd time signatures)… It’s recorded by the Pointer Sisters believe it or not. The art for this (as well as for most of the other trippy Sesame Street stuff) was done by Peter Max who’s most famous painting is this late 60’s LOVE painting.

  4. NO ONE RECEIVING » the first time i’ve ever thought about benjamin harrison Says:

    […] Once again via WFMU’s Beware of the Blog, a really really messed up doodle from the oft-overlooked Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States. Old “Kid Gloves” gives us some of his own atavistic childhood psychedelia — calipers with a skull head! And look out - ostrich on the loose! […]

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