http://dissociatedpress.com/2008/11/peter-frampton-meet-peter-drake/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:14:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dissociatedpress.com/2008/11/peter-frampton-meet-peter-drake/#comment-294 admin Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:12:09 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=525#comment-294 A-wunnerful, a-wunnerful. I vividly remember that even as a kid, the Lawrence Welk Show made me a little uneasy somehow. The armchair psychologist in me theorizes that it's because you "feel" the repressed energies of the probably slightly decadent entertainment/musician types playing the roles of sinless polka-playing ice-cream social attendees. It reminds me a little of the "downunder Topeka" in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Boy_and_His_Dog#Plot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> A Boy and His Dog</a> A-wunnerful, a-wunnerful. I vividly remember that even as a kid, the Lawrence Welk Show made me a little uneasy somehow. The armchair psychologist in me theorizes that it’s because you “feel” the repressed energies of the probably slightly decadent entertainment/musician types playing the roles of sinless polka-playing ice-cream social attendees. It reminds me a little of the “downunder Topeka” in A Boy and His Dog

]]> http://dissociatedpress.com/2008/11/peter-frampton-meet-peter-drake/#comment-293 Dojo Nick Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:26:39 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=525#comment-293 I'd bet a nickel that it IS the Lawrence Welk show. It's really something how much more patient listeners must have been when that song was current. There's little payoff, and the wrap up comes only after a pretty un-remarkeable 45 seconds of filler. Nice piece of music history, tho. I’d bet a nickel that it IS the Lawrence Welk show. It’s really something how much more patient listeners must have been when that song was current. There’s little payoff, and the wrap up comes only after a pretty un-remarkeable 45 seconds of filler. Nice piece of music history, tho.

]]> http://dissociatedpress.com/2008/11/peter-frampton-meet-peter-drake/#comment-291 TeacherPatti Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:45:45 +0000 http://dissociatedpress.com/?p=525#comment-291 It's almost like Lawrence Welk's show. It’s almost like Lawrence Welk’s show.

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