Professor Mikey’s OLD SCHOOL

OLD SCHOOL #42 Flying Saucer Rock & Roll

WHEN we start seeing UFOs, unidentified flying objects, it’s a confirmation for what kind of times we live in. Anytime world headlines lead off with flying saucers, you can bet the world is in a bit of a slump. Long ago comets lit up the plague filled skies, and everything or everyone was an omen or a misfit. If the times were sketch, trouble coming every day like Frank Zappa used to say, the more likely we got close encounters of the first, second, and third kind,Sightings picked up shortly after World War II. A famous  Flying saucer allegedly  crashed near Roswell NewMexico, making it a desert tourist attraction long before Burning Man.From 1947 to 1969 the Air Force investigated 12,618 sightings.Since March of 2021 the office of the Director of National Intelligence has logged 350 new reports of UFOs.Since last week, when we took out an alleged Chinese weather balloon, sightings of mysterious objects have increased. Reacting like good Americans, we are shooting them down and will ask questions later.But there was a time when such sightings inspired music. Being a podcast that orbits a more innocent time, Retrofit Old School has gathered a trove of tunes, mostly from the 50s and 60s, about vehicles that came to earth and  got so disappointed they tried to get refunds from Southwest Airlines.Stay tuned, within the walls of this timeless capsule are some wack gems. Novelty songs destined for the cut out bin.  Out of this world reverberations from Fender Stratocasters. Judy Garland at the Cocoanut Grove. Creedence Clearwater, Ella Fitzgerald and Billy Riley and His Little Green Men are all aboard. The UFOs are coming, Mars is about to attack, Livestock lookout. The alleged aliens have come in peace or they have come to probe. Whatever. Our best line of defense is Old School number 42 from Area 51. Flying Saucer Rock and Roll.Note from beyond. Embedded in the playlist are full length colorized versions of Earth vs the Flying Saucers and Plan 9 from Outer Space. We come in peace to serve mankindThe Flying Saucers BUCHANAN AND GOODMAN 1956Flying Saucers Rock and Roll BILLY LEE RILEY AND HIS LITTLE GREEN MEN 1957Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer ELLA FITZGERALD 1952Flying Saucer MILT JACKSON 1965It Came Out of the Sky CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 1969The Flying Saucers Pt 2 (Back to Earth) BUCHANAN AND GOODMAN 1956When You See Those Flying Saucers THE CHARLES RIVER VALLEY BOYS 1963UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto RY COODER 1982Flying Saucer Boogie EDDIE CLETRO 1952 Flying Saucer Attack THE REZILLOS 1978Flying Saucer The Second DICKIE GOODMAN 1957Have You Seen the Saucers? JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 1968Purple People Eater SHEB WOOLEY 1958Purple People Eater JUDY GARLAND 1959 Mr Spaceman THE BYRDS 1966Waiting for the UFOs GRAHAM PARKER 1979Flying Saucer The Third DICKIE GOODMAN 1959Arriving UFO YES 1978Zero Zero UFO THE RAMONES 1989Flying saucer LITTLE WALTER 1956Rapture BLONDIE 1981The Old School Magic Trick Bus is drawing closer to Devils Tower Wyoming.  We want to literally rap up this episode around the turn of the decade from 70s to the 80s.  Not confirmed of course, but it is believed a small group of aliens were responsible for angling the music industry in a different direction, probably as a response to all these weird songs.  Not verified but it seems very possible that aliens were responsible for Deborah Harry and her Blondie guitarist David Stein were beamed down to the first rap performance they ever attended featuring Fab 5 Freddy. They were inspired to write Rapture for their Autoamerican album. As a single in 1981 it became the first song featuring rapped vocals to appear on the US charts. The video became the first “rap” big quotes clip to appear on MTV.  So when you are turning in your homework, don’t say Blondie made the first rap record, say the Aliens pushed her in a certain direction and left the world confused, but with a better beat.This podcast is produced for educational purposes. Any and all music heard in this program resides within the public domain, is licensed through the podcast carrier, or is used within the guidelines of fair use provided for in Section 107 of the copyright act of 1976. If you feel your music should be omitted from any show, send a written request to retrofit@substack.com.Old School is brought to you by Retrofit, a private newsletter to which you can subscribe for free of by donation at retrofit.substack.com.  I’m Professor Mikey, thanks for listening. RETROFIT is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support, consider becoming an interstellar free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe

OLD SCHOOL #41 Mystery Women

Mystery is a wonderful component of any kind of storytelling. On the written page, in music, on your phone when this number you don’t recognize keeps callilng and calling. Knowing that there is a there there, you just don’t know where. Mystery writers make great livings. Some of them outline their stories backwards, figuring out who the murderer is that is going to be revealed on the last page, then working toward the beginning of the story. Along the way every character in the book looks guilty as .  A little mystery just adds to the atmosphere. Across years of popular music, you get an occasional Mystery Man. He can be the subject of lots of questions. More often than not he is a guy that doesn’t even realize there is a song about him.Still however, songs about mystery men are far outnumbered by Mystery Women. Women full of secrets. There are so many songs from the viewpoint of useless, completely befuddled hopeless guys that wail and moan about  how much they love someone about whom they know absolutely nothing.. Except that she wears a trench coat and disappears into the fog.Female artists who sing about Mystery Women are probably singing about themselves. But in the great unknown of personalities, nothing is for certain.That’s the subject today. This mystery trip features killer songs that dropped clues across time and space but left crucial details hanging on the threads of suspicion. Nothing is definite, but its a lot trying to find the truth in a house of mirrors that reflect what might have been, who might have been, and whose that lady.The Isley Brothers skip to the last page, and we are off to try to put it all together…A mere 96 years separate this story from the musical mystery. The German novella Venus in Furs, appeared in 1870. The author, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, envisioned a hero named Severin who desired his true love to dress in animal skins and beat his . His name was the inspiration for the term ‘masochism” that came from the 19th century sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing. You know where this is going. 1966. Unknown Lou Reed, a major player in the unknown band Velvet Underground brought the shiny shiny boots of leather. Bandmate John Cale gave it the droning sound. Andy Warhol added the banana. It’s a mystery, just request not to be hit in the face when you meet up with Venus in Furs.Who’s That Lady? THE ISLEY BROTHERS ‘73Magdelena DANNY O’KEEFE ‘73She’s  a Mystery To Me ROY ORBISON ‘88Summer Wine NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD ‘67Some Velvet Morning NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD ‘68Guinevere DAVID CROSBY ‘69 Suzanne JUDY COLLINS ‘66Peggy Sue Got Married BUDDY HOLLY ‘59Pretty Ballerina THE LEFT BANKE ‘66See Emily Play PINK FLOYD ‘67Venus in Furs VELVET UNDERGROUND ‘67 I Put a Spell on You NINA SIMONE ‘65Madame George VAN MORRISON ‘68She is Still a Mystery THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL ‘67 LinksMystery Tribune: 20 Must Read Mysteries from Female AuthorsWiki Female Mystery writersVictorian/Regency Female Sleuths/MysteriesRETROFIT is a reader-supported publication that includes Professor Mikey’s OLD SCHOOL podcast. To receive new posts and support my rock and roll lifestyle consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.This podcast is produced for educational purposes. Any and all music heard in this program resides within the public domain, is licensed through the podcast carrier, or is used within the guidelines of fair use provided for in Section 107 of the copyright act of 1976. If you feel your music should be omitted from any show, send a written request to retrofit@substack.com. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe

OLD SCHOOL Encore: LIFE AFTER BUDDY

It has happened every February 3 since 1959. Waking to the news of one of rock music’s earliest tragedies, the plane crash that claimed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper near Clear Lake, Iowa.Holly was 22, Valens 17, J. P. Richardson the Bopper 28. Richardson got his seat on the plane from Waylon Jennings. Bob Dylan saw their penultimate show the night before at Duluth, Minnesota.I saw Buddy Holly two or three nights before he died. I saw him in Duluth [Minnesota], at the armory. He played there with Link Wray. I don’t remember the Big Bopper. Maybe he’d gone off by the time I came in. But I saw Richie Valens. And Buddy Holly, yeah. He was great. He was incredible. I mean, I’ll never forget the image of seeing Buddy Holly up on the bandstand. And he died – it must have been a week after this. It was unbelievable.Bob Dylan (to Kurt Loder, March 1984)So many ironic threads run through the tragic conclusion to the Buddy Holly story. Here’s some visuals to go along with the audio. PS the music never died!Rave on!Chuck Berry and Alan Freed introduce Ricardo Valenzuela in Go Johnny Go! (1958)The Bopper on Clark’s American BandstandRETROFIT is a reader-supported publication. Become a free or paid subscriber!Subscribed This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe

OLD SCHOOL #40 Music Self Discovery

You hear the term music discovery quite a lot these days. It’s radio speak for “Hey we played an album cut.”Music discovery should be all about finding new stuff you’ve never heard and adding to your never ending playlist. Or uncovering something you missed the first time, probably because you weren’t here.That gets close to a much bigger project. The constant personal voyage of self discovery. Songs that turn the camera on yourself for a much deeper session than a selfie.The questions are tough and direct. Who am I? What am I doing? What am I doing hanging round? Where am I going. What did I do to deserve this? There’s nothing like a good going over in a song. Spoiler alert. This is not a depressing show. In fact when it’s over you’ll probably not only feel better, but you may have a new personal theme song.Rock and roll has never lied to you. From many eras you will find the answers to those pesky self generated questions that exist just to drive you bonkers. This goes beyond hollow resolutions and empty self promises. You are the patient, the doctor, and the life coach. This is old school Music Self Discovery.Our first patient is a doozy. From George Orwell 1984, the year we make contact, it’s the first British top 10 for The Smiths. Everybody should be stoked and happy. Not even a shiny new purple sequined jacket is going to soothe Morrissey. He’s pissed at the world, he’s pissed at himself. It may be star time but heaven knows he’s miserable now. Professor Mikey’s OLD SCHOOL gets inside, up and personal with Music Self Discovery.HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW The Smiths (1984)I FOUND OUT John Lennon (1970)READING YOUR WILL Human Expression (1965)POOR LITTLE FOOL Ricky Nelson (1958)LOST IN MY WORLD Los Dug Dugs (1971)IN MY ROOM The Walker Brothers (1966)YA YA Lee Dorsey (1961)GIRL DON’T COME Sandie Shaw (1965)PRETTY AS YOU FEEL Jefferson Airplane (1971)I’M NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE The Chocolate Watchband (1968)RUN THAT BODY DOWN Paul Simon (1972)WISE UP Aimee Mann (1999)EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Harry Nilsson (1967)This podcast is produced for educational purposes. Any and all music hard in this program resides within the public domain or is used within the guidelines of fair use provided for in Section 107 of the copyright act of 1976, a copy of which can be found in a box where the president parks his Corvette Stingray. Other permissions were acquired in Denmark on a dark and stormy day. If you the artist feel your music has been misused, unnecessarily hyped or underserved, or you would like your song yanked for any reason whatsoever please send a written request to retrofit@substack.com. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe

OLD SCHOOL #39 New Year’s Revolution

Welcome to a Retro New Year’s celebration from the before times! Professor Mikey, a firm believer in the healing and hopeful aspects of music, takes off on another holiday musical expedition, this time to discover the heart of everybody's favorite midnight party.  What is a Lang Syne?  And how Auld is it?  What do Bing Crosby, Spike Jones, and Blind Lemon Jefferson have in common?  Do New Year's Resolutions really work?  Is the best New Year's duet of all time sung by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas?  And what's Carl Sagan doing in here? Don’t say he is back to tell us not to look up!These and other timely questions are answered in this full hour celebration of New Year's music. Plug in and buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy year. Get ready for  Blues classics like Smokey Hogg's "New Year's Eve Blues" from 1948, a New Year's Eve 1970 appearance by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, an absolute wacko resolution romp with the City Slickers and many, many more.  The genres melt into each other, the human condition gets a good going over, and we all resolve to be better next year!Happy New Year, push play, and be sure to click and download New Year’s Revolution to your podcast player!PlaylistWhat Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? King CurtisHappy New Year Spike Jones and His City SlickersLet's Start the New Year Right Bing CrosbyHappy New Year Blues Blind Lemon JeffersonAuld Lang Syne John FaheyAuld Lang Syne Frank Sinatra/Dean MartinAuld Lang Syne The Beach BoysAuld Lang Syne The CucumbersNew Year's Resolution Otis Redding/Carla ThomasWhat a Year for a New Year Dan WilsonA Glorious Dawn Carl SaganHappy New Year Lightnin' HopkinsNew Year's Eve Blues Smokey HoggNew Year's Resolution Blues Roy Milton Solid SendersNew Year's Resolutions Scary Gary AlanWhat Are You Doing New Year's Eve Nancy WilsonThe Closing of the Year The Musical Cast of Toys feat. Wendy & LisaAuld Lang Syne Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe

OLD SCHOOL #38 Mistletoe Jam

As this list for jamming beneath the mistletoe came together, it became clear that much of this Christmas music seems to have been drenched in rowdy egg nog . They literally slosh and stagger in a time of hair and rebellion. These are the carolers who would fight for their right to Christmas party. Not all the songs came from the era of kissing and rocking the holidays away. You don’t have to listen long to tell that the times have changed. We are the target audience labeled Christmas Yet To Come.But wait! A C.A.R.E. package just dropped in. It doesn’t say Amazon anywhere on it. Strange sounds tinkle like bells and bottles of Christmas cheer from beyond. A 60s Santa goes on a Christmas Eve bender in “Santa Came Home Drunk.” Johnny Preston doesn’t want an assault weapon under the tree, he wants a guitar! The Sonics find Santa! The Damned seek a Sanity Clause!Elvis for Christmas is the dream of poor forgotten Debbie Dabney. A jive-talking Sunset Strip parking lot attendant swings it Daddy-oh, Smegma celebrates 1983, and The Turtles cut the first track about sidewalk surfing in 1963, shortly after the debut of the Little Drummer Boy.But I digress. Detroit Junior, Little Esther Phillips, and Miles Davis represent the 60s in a sleigh-tilting counterbalance to the 80s whims of They Might Be Giants, Captain Sensible, and Klark Kent. Johnny and John come to us from a foxhole in Viet Nam, James Brown orders Santa Claus Into the Ghetto.There are more stories on the podcast, so hitch up the hot tub open sleigh and hear how loud the 60s and 80s revelers still sound. Happy everything, lively and quick, from Professor Mikey and Old School!🎸Clyde Lasley and the Cadillac Baby Specials. 🎅🏼Santa Came Home Drunk (1960) Johnny Preston. I Want a Rock and Roll 🎸 Guitar (1960) The Sonics. Santa Claus (1965)👿 The Damned. There Ain’t No Sanity Claus (1980) Debbie Dabney. I Want to Spend Christmas with Elvis (1956) 💇‍♂️Edd “Kookie” Byrnes. Yulesville (1959) 🎄(1988) Smegma. Happy Holidays (1983)The Turtles. 🐢🐢Santa and the Sidewalk Surfer (1963) Detroit Junior. Christmas Day (1960)🗓 They Might Be Giants. 🐼Santa’s Beard (1988) Esther Phillips. Far Away Christmas Blues (1951) Miles Davis, Bob Dorough. 💙Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)(1962) Captain Sensible. One Christmas🧑🏻‍🎄Catalogue (1984)James Brown.🎅🏽 Santa Claus Go Straight to the 🏚Ghetto (1968) Johnny & Jon. 🚁Christmas in Vietnam (1966)👓Klark Kent (Stewart Copeland). Yo Ho Ho (1980) Graham Parker, Nona Hendryx. Soul Christmas (1994)🎹🎄“The past is a blast.” RETROFIT is a reader-supported publication. OLD SCHOOL is the educational underground pirate radio podcast. Have a fabulous holiday that might include becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe

OLD SCHOOL Encore ”In the Mood for FOOD”

Yes it is a holiday rerun. But we have more people around the OLD SCHOOL table than we did at this time last year. So let’s feast on some fascinating tunes, all written by hungry people from different eras and angles. Some became hits, some were forgotten, but each was delicious upon first listen, no matter in what millennia the needle dropped.Chances are you will be spending the holiday around people with whom you don’t usually sample music. You know Uncle Harry’s politics, and what he thinks of little Suzy’s tat, but what does he listen to? This show works great during the dinner prep, but could also serve as background chomping music. Elvis, Dee Dee Sharp, Hank Williams, Jimmy Buffett, the Kinks, Cab Calloway, Talking Heads, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Beach Boys, Doris Day and many, many more. Professor Mikey goes for the eclectic salad around the holiday. No holiday makes you rounder than Thanksgiving.If you’ve never seen the newsletter, take out a free subscription at professormikey.substack.com. If you don’t do podcasts go over to Professor Mikey’s Old School on YouTube and flip through the stacks. Theme shows, singles, odd takes, rarities, skips, pops. Think of it as radio unplugged.Anyway, this is not a show for quiet eating, although if you turn it down low I suppose it will work. This is an episode about getting in that kitchen and making some noise with the pots and pans, like Big Joe Turner says in “Shake, Rattle and Roll.”Food prep is a joyous time. You’ve got to keep a lot of plates in the air, then fill them up with goodies. Yes we have songs about turkeys and mashed potatoes, but there’s also some lively tunes about hamburgers, hot dogs, and pizza, thanks to Dean Martin.So here is what you hear when you are In the Mood for Food. Check that ham, baste that turkey, shake that salt, and get her done. I’m on holiday so I’m going to put down the microphone and pick up the fork. The playlist is on the newsletter at Professormikey.Substack.Com. Pretty sure you also have a phone that can tell you what is playing. I have to check my pecan pie. I burnt the out of the one last year.Have a bountiful holiday that puts a yummy in your tummy.Let’s rock that kitchen…LET’S TURKEY TROT Little EvaFOOD The TurtlesJAMBALAYA Hank WilliamsCRAWFISH Elvis PresleyTURKEY IN THE STRAW Burl IvesSWITCHEN IN THE KITCHEN Don CovayEGGS AND SAUSAGE (IN A CADILLAC WITH SUSAN MICHELSON) Tom WaitsBEANS AND CORNBREAD Louis JordanHAM ‘N’ EGGS A Tribe Called QuestMASHED POTATO TIME Dee Dee SharpEVERYBODY EATS WHEN THEY COME TO MY HOUSE Cab CallowayCALL ANY VEGETABLE Frank Zappa & The Mothers of InventionVEGETABLES The Beach BoysHE’S A CHEF Rocket from the CryptTHAT’S AMORE Dean MartinSUPPER TIME Barbra StreisandSHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL Big Joe TurnerHUNGRY Paul Revere and the RaidersSTAY HUNGRY Talking HeadsTACOS, ENCHILADAS AND BEANS Doris DayMOMMAS IN THE KITCHEN BUT WE’VE GOT POP ON ICE Slim GailardCHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE Jimmy BuffettHOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS John MellencampCHEESECAKE Louis ArmstrongFOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD Oliver! Original Broadway SoundtrackYES, WE HAVE NO BANANAS Louis PrimaMAXIMUM CONSUMPTION The Kinks DcYUM, YUM, YUM Joe TexSUPPERTIME Levi Stubbs, Little Shop of Horrors Original Motion Picture SoundtrackGROCERIES, SIR The DukesBREAKFAST FOR TWO Country Joe McDonaldCHRISTMAS DINNER Tennessee Ernie Ford This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe

OLD SCHOOL #36 Lost and Found Underground ‘72

It’s dark and musty 50 years ago underground but this playlist was worth the dig.1972 was crazy. That summer paid crooks we’re prowling inside the Watergate. Breaking and entering didn’t bother voters. In the fall the principal perp, president Nixon, got reelected by the greatest republican landslide in history. 49 states to 1. Underground radio was in full bloom.. People were sick of hearing the same Top 40 songs over and over again. You were lucky if you lived in a market where the DJs played what they wanted, when they wanted and freedom was just another word for choosing to play Led Zeppelin over the Archies.Great example. The top album of the year was the Stones Exile on Main Street, a two record set, and AM radio would only play Tumbling Dice. But on the underground FM side of the dial, a DJ with freedom might play a whole side of the album while stepping out to the parking lot to smoke a Doobie, brother.Most of this I haven’t heard in, well, 50 years. I may have been a baby but I was a charter member of the National Progressive Radio Announcers of America.Odds are you weren’t around at all. You have a hunch that you might have missed some great sounds and you might be right. Fill your tank with 36 cent a gallon gasoline, fill your heart with joy, and let’s drill down into Episode 36, Lost and Found Underground ‘72.SWEET JANE Mott the Hoople (1972)DANCING MADLY BACKWARDS Captain Beyond (1972)SPACE TRUCKIN’ Deep Purple (1972)THE SLIDER T. Rex (1972)MARIE ANTOINETTE Curved Air (1972) LADY OF THE LAKE Jade Warrior (1972)STARDANCER Thomas Rapp (1972)FROM THE MORNING Nick Drake (1972)SANDMAN America (1972)BARANGRILL Joni Mitchell (1972)THE PERSECUTION AND RESTORATION OF DEAN MORIARTY Aztec Two-Step (1972)CHILD OF MINE Fleetwood Mac (1972)STAY Pink Floyd (1972)ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE David Bowie (1972)SATELLITE OF LOVE Lou Reed (1972)RETROFIT is a reader-supported publication that includes Professor Mikey’s Old School podcast. To receive new posts consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe

OLD SCHOOL #35 The Haunting of the Blue Tooth

No surprise that the scariest holiday of all comes with it’s own spooktacular tunes. It’s so fun to decorate your living space with ghosts, cobwebs, spiders, vampire gravestones, bat guano and witch brooms. But don’t leave out the scary music and the sound effects!Long before the technology was there, I would string speaker wire up to the roof on into a tall tree so that bloodcurdling screams and monster growls could rain down upon the tricksters from out of nowhere. It was a chore though, scaring the out of the little ghosts and goblins while juggling vinyl and handing out 3 Musketeer bars. Thank goodness I made it to the future where I can do most of that with a hypnotic podcast of fear and laughing.The format this week is a little different. This is 2 hours of Halloween music and atmosphere. No stories, no reminiscing, no breaks in the action. Punch up Old School #35 and let the sounds to the rest, whether you are rocking the neighborhood kiddos, or using this to fuel some demonic party or rip roaring rave. (If you need stories and Professor Mikey rants, tune in to the previous episode Career of Evil which also works on Halloween.)Parental discretion? Sure, there are scary sounds that could frighten really little kids. But for the normal grade school, middle school, junior high or high school student who is forced to endure bullying as well as active shooter drills on a regular basis, this is lightweight. Innocent horror in the worst of times. From the earliest days of rock and roll through the ghostbusting 80s, here are rarities, obscurities, phantasmic favorites, haunted hits and zombie stomps. The kind of music you listen to once a year while you are eating food you eat just as often. It’s the sound equivalent of popcorn balls and candy corn.Okay, before the sun comes up, punch up your own speaker, pair your phone or your pad, charge those devices on Frankenstein’s neck bolts if you have to, hit the list and let it roll. The children of the night are ready for a couple of hours of highly silly possession. Fangs for the memories. It is The Haunting of the Blue Tooth.RETROFIT is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support the OLD SCHOOL podcast, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.ROCKIN’ IN THE GRAVEYARD Jackie MorningstarI WAS A TEENAGE MONSTER The KeytonesVAMPIRA Bobby BareZOMBIE STOMP Billy GhoulstonJACK THE RIPPER The ElitesNIGHT OF THE PHANTOM Larry and the Blue NotesTHE SALEM WITCH TRIAL Kiriae CrucibleVOODOO PLAN The HeadlinersEARTH VS FLYING SAUCERS Fred SearsFRANKENSTEIN STOMP Lorry and the BitersLITTLE DEMON Screamin’ Jay HawkinsHAUNTED HOUSE Sam the ShamBATMAN, WOLFMAN, FRANKENSTEIN The DiamondsFRANKENSTEIN TWIST The CrystalsBE TRUE TO YOUR GHOUL The GhoulsTHE HALLOWEEN DANCE Rev Horton HeatBURN THE WITCH Queens of the Stone AgeEVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN MinistryMONSTER MASH The MisfitsPET SEMATARY The RamonesGRAVEYARD ROCK Tarantula GoulHORROR MOVIES Dickie GoodmanMONSTER MOVIE BALL Spike JonesTHE BAT The VenturesDRAC THE KNIFE Gene Moss and Fred RiceTHE INVASION IS COMING InvasionPLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE TRAILERWOLFBANE Bobby “Boris” PickettI’M THE WOLFMAN Round RobinAT THE HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN Big Bee KornewgayFRANKENSTEIN ROCK Eddie ThomasBO MEETS THE MONSTER Bo DiddleySHE’S FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE MONSTER Screaming Lord SutchNIGHT OF THE HUNTER Kim FowleySTRANGE THINGS Curtis Knight & the Squires (feat. Jimi Hendrix!!)SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER Jose Luis MerinoTHE WITCH The SonicsSHE PUT A HEX ON YOU ThemEVIL HOODOO The SeedsROCKIN’ ZOMBIE The CrewnecksJEKYLL AND HYDE Jim BurtgettBORIS THE SPIDER The KordsTHE DEVIL’S RUMBLE Davie Allen and the ArrowsLUCIFER SAM Pink FloydTHIS IS HALLOWEEN Citizens of HalloweenSPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS Andrew GoldTHE TWILIGHT ZONE The VenturesDRACULA “YE-YE” Doctor ExplosionYOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE IT’S HALLOWEEN MuseDREAM GIRL EVIL Florence + The MachineTHE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS RedboneGHOST TOWN The SpecialsTHE ADDAMS FAMILY THEME City of Prague Philharmonic OrchestraThank you for reading RETROFIT. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe

OLD SCHOOL #34 Career of Evil

When you get right down to it, evil is the bottom line of bad. Evil is the star of several wise sayings like “The Evil that men do.” The person who wrote that Bartlett quotation didn’t feel the need to be all gender inclusive in that observation. There’s no such thing as “The Evil that men and women do.”Most of the joints on today’s most wicked of playlist call out evil directly. So much so that it becomes a full time job. Our title comes from a 1974 song “Career of Evil” from the Secret Treaties album by Blue Öyster Cult.It was two years before their career defining doomsday advice “Don’t Fear the Reaper.” The lyrics were written by an unknown Patti Smith, who was dating the blue oyster keyboard player. She was a full year from the release of her first album.LinkedIn doesn’t really list professional opportunities for Evil, but on Old School today we will hear how cold-blooded evil appears on many killer resumes. Howlin’ Wolf sensed it. Ozzy Osbourne reckoned with it on the first Black Sabbath album. Before she got respect Aretha Franklin embraced the dark side. Walt Disney employed villains on a regular basis. All of them rocked some sinister revelations. Evil afoot. Evil intentions. Evil empires built on evil careers.Professor Mikey here, welcome to Old School #34. Its a dirty job but somebody’s got to do it. Check your skill sets and wonder what you have to do to get a promotion. It’s a wonderful life, but office politics are a b***h. Time to clock in for a performance review during this career of evil. yes…CAREER OF EVIL Blue Oyster Cult (1974)BUMBLE BEE LaVern Baker (1960)TROUBLE Elvis Presley (1958)EVIL GAL BLUES Aretha Franklin (1964)EVIL (IS GOING ON) Howlin’ Wolf (1954)CRUELLA DE VILLE Bill Lee (1961)EVIL WOMAN Black Sabbath (1970)EVIL WOMAN Spooky Tooth (1969)EVIL WOMAN Electric Light Orchestra (1975)YOUR GOOD GIRL’S A GONNA GO BAD Tammy Wynette (1967)TAKE ME FROM THIS GARDEN OF EVIL Jimmy Wages (1957)EVIL Steve Miller Band (1974)EVIL Stevie Wonder (1972)EVOL NOT LOVE The Five Americans (1966)EVIL WAYS Willie Bobo (1967)Professor Mikey’s RETROFIT OLD SCHOOL is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support , consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.” ― Albert Einstein This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit professormikey.substack.com/subscribe