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Hungry Hungry

I finally found it! Bevin and I loved this song as children. I sing it frequently to my kids and they love it, but could only remember the first verse and certain lines mashed up and combined with whatever I can invent for the second verse. But lo! there are not two but five verses. Will have to roll out the full debut tonight!

I believe the song is called “The Super-Supper March” by John Hamblin, but this is unconfirmned.

Hungry, hungry I am hungry
Table, table here I come
I could eat a goose-moose burger
Fifteen pickles and a purple plum

I could eat three bowls of goulash
Half a pound of wuzzled wheat
I could eat a peck of poobers
Then I’d really get to work and eat

Oysters, noodles, strawberry stroodles
French fries, fish hash, one red beet
Lamb chops, wham chops
Huckleberry mish mash
Oh, the things that I could eat

Doughnuts, dump-a-lings
Blueberry bump-a-lings
Chocolate mush-mash, super sweet
Clam stew, ham stew,
Water melon wush wush
Oh, the stuff that I could eat

Deep dish rhubarb, upside-down cake
I could eat a frittered flum
Hungry, hungry, I am starving
Table, table, here I come

John Hamblin

John Hamblin

According to Wikepedia, John Hamblin is an Australian children’s television presenter and actor, best known for his role as a presenter on Play School from 1970 to 1999. He’s co-authored a book within the last few years, and on the back cover, it reads: “Wherever he went, whatever he was doing… John had a talent for attracting quirky situations, questionable associates — and always beautiful women!”

“Madame Butterfly, let me in your house of pleasure”

  • Published: Apr 23rd, 2010
  • Category: Music, video

Can’t remember how I discovered these guys something like 10 years after the fact…I guess when I lived in NYC, it was before their time in the spotlight. I fell completely in love with Camp Lo over their jam, “glow”, which has a great video too–hittin like the first time I heard Outkast. It quickly became a staple in my dance party set.

Last party I played, I spoke with a woman after who dj’d in NYC in the mid-90s and was a huge fan. She said I’ve got to check out “swing” with Butterfly of the Digible Planets. That has in turn lead me to this jam and I’ve decided I need to go out an find “Uptown Saturday Night” pronto…Enjoy.

Critique for Posterity

ZolaJesusZola Jesus came drifting across the wires and into my eardrums sometime ago on Last.fm. The music was good, but I instantly had a rockstar crush on lead singer, Nika Roza Danilova, and some of the captivating photos of her. Reading a bit about this band, I came across this gem:

…warped caberet chanteuse vocalizing of Nika…Zola Jesus stirs up a charming mix of synth-mired darkwave and lo-fi bedroom haze with charisma to spare.

Pop Jewels in the Neighborhood

And the Hooters continue to create pop jewels like they did back in the 80s when I was in high school. This video made me happy, and my parents make a brief face-painting cameo.