…we link to the comedic stylings of the Fuggedabuddies. Clearly, we’re in the middle of a recession or Bud Light would’ve managed to pair Mr. Benjamin with Jon Glaser.

I can’t stop thinking about the goose daube I made last spring, especially ’cause I have several calves’ legs left in the freezer. Since Jonah from Fucked Up asked me to scan the “recipe” so he could use it to impress some girl, I decided I should let all of you have the benefit of the scan as well. It’s not so much a recipe as a way of life, like most of Richard Olney’s food writing. This is from the volume ‘Poultry’ in the Time/Life ‘The Good Cook’ series. Click on the images for readable versions.

(they’ve got a long way to go before they’ll top this one)

From the Guardian’s Ben Dowell and Jason Dean : 

The prime minister, Gordon Brown has become involved in the snowballing row over the Andrew Sachs prank calls, condemning Russel Brand and Jonathan Ross’ broadcast on Radio 2 as “clearly inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour”.

Brown, speaking to journalists after meeting French president Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, said it was for the BBC and media regulator Ofcom to decide what sanctions, if any, were appropriate following Brand and Ross’s lewd prank calls, pre-recorded and broadcast on Radio 2 on Saturday October 18.

“This is clearly inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour, as is now widely recognised,” he added. 

The prime minister’s intervention comes at the end of a day when the prank calls broadcast has escalated into a major political crisis for the BBC, with the Conservative leader, David Cameron, also wading in and the number of complaints about the incident to the corporation more than doubling in 24 hours to 10,400 by 5pm.

The BBC director of audio and music, Tim Davie said the pre-recorded messages left on Sachs’ answerphone on Thursday, October 15, in which Ross said Brand had “fucked” Sachs’ granddaughter, Georgina Baillie, and they joked that Sachs might kill himself as a result, should not have been broadcast.

Photo courtesy of Lucy Johnston.

Fucked Up triumphed as one of the most memorable sets from the Lock Up stage’s at Reading and Leeds this weekend, followed by a late night set at the Rivermead Centre with guest performances from Frank from Gallows and Alexisonfire. Fucked Up are hitting London again on Tuesday to finish off their August Olympic tour. Join us if you can…

Tuesday 26th August
The Sazerac (Formerly Clockwork)
96-98 Pentonville Rd,
London,
N1 9JB
£7 Adv. £8 Door.

And not that i’m one for spreading rumours, but there may be some late night surprises across town at about 1am the same night.

Let this serve as a cautionary tale for the entire Matador roster; vomiting on the audience will not be tolerated in Judge Judy’s court of (faux) law.

WFMU’s Vanilla Bean’s Elvis Phone Sex (mp3), lifted from Ken Freedman and WFMU’s Beware Of The Blog. Most assuredly not safe for work. ESPECIALLY if you work at Graceland. 

For those of you who think the Matador Bulletin Board doesn’t have anything to offer you, think again. The above image comes from the 2008 WTF Thread, which contains much more like it, and more besides.Registration is purposefully somewhat difficult, but the most determined can get past the hurdles. And you don’t need to register if you just want to read.

Here’s the second of five Earles & Jensen MP3s we’re posting each day this week at 12:30 Eastern, for the countdown to album release on April 22. It’s about one woman’s fascination with the blues and is entitled:

Barbara: A Realistic Portrait (mp3)

(Yesterday’s MP3, the first, can be found here).

Dude, you are so not getting buried in a Jewish cemetery.

Each day this week at midday Eastern we’ll be posting one MP3 of an Earles & Jensen call as we count down to release of Just Farr A Laugh: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever on April 22.

The first one concerns the three-time Grammy award winner whose debut album is shown above:

Christopher Fucking Cross (mp3)

Confession : many years ago, we tried the exact same trick at the 21 Club.  It didn’t work.

(an actual Party Doctor. Don’t get him started about “Scrubs”)

The Party Doctor is apparently well known on the hospital circuit. At any rate, this young woman is remarkably receptive to his blandishments. The latest installment in pre-release MP3s from Earles & Jensen’s upcoming (April 22) double CD of prank phone calls, ‘Just Farr A Laugh, Vol. 1 & 2′:

“The Party Doctor” MP3

The duo are seen here under the thumb of Jerry Lawler:

Thought the eagle-eye of Chris Lombardi notes Floyd’s tuesday evening residency at Colucci’s in Haledon, NJ (take that, Feelies), be advised the great man will be appearing November 25 at Uncle Vinnie’s in Point Pleasant for what is being billed as “AN ADULTS ONLY SHOW”.

No square inch of scenery left to chew, no square inch of Shatner’s ass to kiss, and no clips of the interview on YouTube yet, but one can enjoy Mike Patton exploring everything that happened in music between The Infectious Grooves and Linkin Park!

Though admittedly, I’m slightly transfixed by what appears to be a “Roseanne” rerun playing in the background.

I think it’s fair to say this gentlemen was more than up to the challenge.

If it was up to me (and it isn’t), we’d just send this guy the iPhone today. But perhaps this will serve as a kick-in-the-rear to other creative persons?

From the Associated Press :

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (Sept. 20) – Members of a Christian theater troupe are spreading the word that they're irate about Kathy Griffin's off-color speech in accepting a creative arts Emmy earlier this month.

"We at The Miracle Theater consider it an honor to stand for Jesus today," the ad said. "We may never win a national award. We may never be household names. We may never be seen in Hollywood. Although others may choose to use their national platform to slander our God, we are honored as professional entertainers to stand for Christ."

Not only were Ms. Griffin's remarks highly offensive, but I'm pretty sure they were word for word lifted from Stephen Malkmus' acceptance speech at the 2007 Plug Awards.

Through the auspices of Blabbermouth.net, the drum cam footage of Sepultura's Jean Dolabella (above) , while fascinating on a number of levels, pales in comparison to the Aquarius Records-touted clip below :

This sign appeared on the outside of the handicapped bathroom door in our building. (The extra additions came later.) It's been up for a few weeks now and building management have mysteriously not removed it.

Though this isn't Matador Records & Filmworks related in the slighest, I submit you'll see few videos this year (or any other) as jarringly beard-tastic as Zach Galifianakas and Will Oldham's star turn for Kanye West's "Can't Tell Me Nothing".