![]() So here’s the published story for my absolute favorite television of all time, Sifl and Olly. Plus, I’m beginning to think there’s actually no difference between posting a story to a blog and publishing it in a literary magazine besides a new line on a CV. Since I wrote it expressly for them, I don’t feel comfortable submitting it anywhere else. Liam Lynch's "Fake Songs": The novelty wears off fast.This is a short story I wrote for Titular, which is a specialty magazine that features fiction based on or inspired by television shows, movies, and novels. ![]() ![]() (To hear a free Sound Bite from this album, call Post-Haste at 20 and press 8163.) Ironically, the catchiest number is the most country-sounding, a rockabilly ode called "Last Night I Met Carl Perkins." The Headhunters may want to rethink that career redirection. Perfect," and "You Got It," an organ-horn stack that recalls the venerable R&B recording studios of Muscle Shoals, Ala. The best thing going is the instrumentation: These live-venue veterans were always able to play, and on the new record they show their chops - and their influences - on the Faces-ish "I Still Wanna Be Your Man," the Webb Wilder-like "Lookin' for Mr. There's even an extended drum solo on the 6 minute 35 second "What You See Is What You Get." If, on the other hand, you have moved on in your musical tastes. If you're still mourning the absence of Grand Funk Railroad and Foghat from the music scene, "Soul" is for you. Now the Headhunters have headed in a new direction: Despite calling the record "Soul," the band of brothers (from two families) have made a throwback blues-rock record. 6 on the country charts the gimmicky "Dumas Walker" became a line-dance staple. Their version of Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me" went to No. The Kentucky HeadhuntersThe Kentucky Headhunters brushed up against Nashville success in the early 1990s, when their up-tempo combination of Southern boogie and country rock was something the New Traditionalists in Music City seemed to be looking for. (To hear a free Sound Bite from this album, call Post-Haste at 20 and press 8164.) But an entire album of them, plus ersatz gospel and rap, is more than most will be able to stomach, and not nearly as funny or entertaining as Lynch and his other famous friends (like guest Jack Black) must believe them to be. As for the punk tracks, many would have made great one-offs 20 years ago. He's actually got two tricks: pseudo-punk songs and dead-on mimicry of acts like Bjork, David Bowie and Depeche Mode, the latter pointless novelties even as far as novelty songs go. What's more, Lynch is more than a one-trick pony. Lynch is a talented pal of Paul McCartney's (Ringo makes an appearance on "Fake Songs," too), and the brain behind MTV's short-lived sock-puppet series "The Sifl & Olly Show." Yet Lynch still saw fit to stick his mini-ditty on a full-length disc, "Fake Songs," stuffed with equally dumb tracks and in-jokes. ![]() "United States of Whatever," Liam Lynch's surprise hit update of Frank Zappa's own stupid hit "Valley Girl," lasts barely a minute and a half, and that's almost a minute and a half too long. Demento to the audio oddities that pop up on NPR's equally beloved and reviled "Annoying Music Show." But with few exceptions, the best novelty songs - like the best novelty artists - don't overstay their welcome. Liam LynchNovelty songs come in all sorts and sounds, from the goofy parodies of Dr.
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