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Swivek Pick Of The Week

This week for our Swivek song, I picked a rocking little electro styled track from our compilation album of 2003 Mondo Blondo 03:99 - the album came about as I realized it had been nearly 5 years since our first release Drab, and admittedly, some of our early albums are sketchy at best so Patrick and I decided to do a Swivek compilation featuring the best tracks from the first albums but only after I started cooking up some new tracks, so I came up with three new songs "Imagination", the single "Holly wood" and my favorite of the three - today's "Love By Numbers" - I hope you enjoy it!

Swivek - Love By Numbers

LOVE BY NUMBERS lyrics:
when you think you found a love unending
you're just a fool, you know you are pretending
soon you're on your knees holding your heart
a broken shell, bruised, battered and torn apart

and then its 1. you're out to have some fun
and 2. it's still up to you
and 3. you start to feel the need
then 4. you go back for more
and 5. your love comes alive
and 6. your heart is in the mix
then 7. you swear it feels like Heaven
by 8. it's hate
9, 10 start it all again

you'll hit the street to find out where romance is
figure "what the fuck" its all about second chances
soon you find another to help you pull through
a hot prospect that outlasts even you

and then its 1. you're out to have some fun
and 2. it's still up to you
and 3. you start to feel the need
then 4. you go back for more
and 5. your love comes alive
and 6. your heart is in the mix
then 7. you swear it feels like Heaven
by 8. it's hate
9, 10 start it all again

words and music by Bradley Jacobson
published by Buzzee Bee Bop Tunes
produced by Buzzee
© 2003 Buzzee Bee Bop Tunes/ friedAir Recording Company

Labels: Love By Numbers, Mondo Blondo 03:99, Pick Of The Week, Swivek

posted by swivek @ 8:57 AM 0 comments

BubbaTUNEsday

Last week we had a great double bill as we "released" the first two Cyndi Lauper classic albums and this week we go for another big double bill as we launch out with Laura Branigan and her debut from 1982 and its hit follow up from 1983.

bub88 Laura Branignan - Branigan (1982; May 29, 2007)
First let me say Laura's debut Branigan actually is out there on CD and you can usually find it for a fairly fair price but because I'm a sucker for completion I couldn't release the second one without doing a number on the first including bonus tracks of course. In most reviews of Laura's albums the critics are always quick to point out the exceptional voice that cascades through each album and I'm one to definitely root with that ideal as well. The beatch can sing, she drips enthusiasm on her rocking tunes and pulls you into each one of her heartfelt ballads, and there you have the gist of Branigan - a 9 song combo of European pop circa '82 and some ballads thrown in. But it would be a disgace to just pass this off or to convince anyone to listen to it just because it includes her infamous "Gloria" single, because there is so much going on. Branigan opens with "All Night With Me" a pseudo ballad that was actually released prior to "Gloria" as a single. It starts slow and builds from there with Laura enchanting you into its depths, before we break into the synthy "Gloria" which even now in 2007 still backs a huge wallop (it makes the top 10 of my top 100 Singles of the 80's for a reason), the other songs continue with the jaunty bounce of "Gloria" found on my favorite track "Down Like A Rock" which has Laura pushing her through a stormy love affair wondering if anyone bothered to see if she was drowning as she went down like a rock, it's clever and it's fun, "Living A Lie" and "Please Stay Go Away" keep up a faster pace but feel a little filler-ish while the ballads are the ones that ironically keep the pace going, "Lovin' You Baby" could be viewed as a co-dependant's wet dream but it comes off so powerful you actually feel every note she is singing, while my favorite ballad on here, "If You Loved Me" just sends chills down my spine with her ultra cool phrasing and powerful pipes. "Maybe I Love You" with its total indifference is a great way to end Branigan.. as for us at Bubbatunes we aren't quite done with Branigan yet, instead we get the super cool and probably my ultimate favorite Branigan track ever with the smoky darkness synth drive of "Imagination" - Laura's offering to the Flashdance soundtrack, plus the single edit of "Gloria" which is essentially the same as the album cut with music cut out and a sooner fade, and a club thumping "Gloria" remix plus two rare singles Laura released prior to Branigan - the ballad "Fool's Affair" and the total dance floor 12" of "Looking Out For Number One."

Laura Branigan - Branigan (bub88)
Track List: 01. All Night With Me 02. Gloria 03. Lovin' You Baby 04. Living A Lie 05. If You Loved Me 06. Please Stay, Go Away 07. I Wish We Could Be Alone 08. Down Like A Rock 09. Maybe I Love You
Bonus Tracks: 10. Imagination 11. Fool's Affair 12. Looking Out For Number One 13. Gloria (Single Edit) 14. Gloria '99


bub89 Laura Branigan - Branigan 2 (1983; May 29, 2007)
If you have a formula that works sometimes its best to just stick with it and that is exactly what Miss Branigan did - same producer (Jack White; who she would work with on every album up until the late 80's), similar title and very similar theme. This time she pulls it up a few notches and expands on what she is capable of doing with her Broadway bound voice - the opening cut and first single "Solitaire" is daring in all aspects, full of fire and sass, full of the electro pop of "Gloria" and full of that voice, it's always been one of my all time favorite songs - just try to sing along if you think you're capable. "Deep In The Dark" follows the hit single with its ultra cool and darkly synth vibe, it's actually a retelling of "Der Kommisar" which was another hit at the time but it's so cool to hear different lyrics and Laura's interpretation on this one, it has fast become another Branigan favorite, particularly with her scratchy, huh huh huh's and her pseudo rapping singing style. Plus those electro male voices in the background are uber cool. The second single from Branigan 2 was another big hit in the ballad "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" - a Michael Bolton penned dramatic that he would later record but he could never muster up the awesomeness of Laura's version. "Mama" and "Lucky" have similar veins to the poppier rock of the fast songs on the first album but they're somehow just a few pops finer than her previous efforts, particurlarly "Mama" which finds our heroine in the throes of a passionate affair leaving everything her Mama ever taught her far behind. An interesting yet very entertaining cover of The Who's "Squeeze Box" is yet another highlight of this gem, which doing The Who may seem kind of humorous on paper, Miss B pulls it off more than just convincingly. All the songs are good but where Branigan excelled in the ballads, it's Branigan 2 that then excels in the more poppy rock flair. With both CD's you get a fairly good interpretation of the gusto that Laura Branigan was blessed with and put into both pop songs and ballads, and unlike Branigan, this album is pretty much out of print on CD which means it's very hard pressed to find it, so you're all so lucky Bubbatunes stepped up. And never fear, we don't leave our listeners wanting more either as I found a few tried but true bonus cuts to add to Branigan 2 - from her following album 1984's Self Control I picked the super cool and slightly dirty "Self Control" and it's follow up single "The Lucky One" as they both fit in with these 10 songs quite well and then for an added dancing bonus, we get the "reggae mix" of "Self Control" and the 12" version of "Solitaire" in all its 1983 glory.


Laura Branigan - Branigan 2 (bub89)
Track List: 01. Solitaire 02. Deep In The Dark 03. Close Enough 04. Lucky 05. Squeeze Box 06. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You 07. I'm Not The Only One 08. Mama 09. Find Me 10. Don't Show Your Love
Bonus Tracks: 11. Self Control 12. The Lucky One 13. Self Control (Reggae Mix) 14. Solitaire (12" Extended Mix)

Labels: Branigan, Branigan 2, bub88, bub89, Bubbatunes, Gloria, Laura Branigan, Solitaire

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Monday - Random Photo 3

Memorial Memories (Oceanic)

Labels: Random Photo

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Carlton Catch Up

CARLTON HEIGHTS will return on June 8th with all New Episodes!
Until then, now is the perfect opportunity for those who have fallen behind - Catch up with the residents of Carlton Heights as all 7 episodes are now online at our official Carlton Heights website.

See how it all began, reread your favorite episodes or if you're really jonesing for some fun, go back and count all the Knots Landing references made... and you can join our official Carlton Heights My Space Group and chat it up with other fans and foes - and come back on June 8th when we unleash the final 6 episodes without any interruption.

Download CARLTON HEIGHTS Episodes:
Episode 1 - I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON
Episode 2 - PLAYING WITH THE QUEEN OF HEARTS
Episode 3 - OUR LIPS ARE SEALED
Episode 4 - BAD TO THE BONE
Episode 5 - PROMISES IN THE DARK
Episode 6 - MONEY FOR NOTHING
Episode 7 - WHEN DOVES CRY

Enjoy all 7 episodes and we'll return on June 8th with a whole new chapter

Labels: Bradley Jacobson, Carlton Heights, Gay soap opera

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Swivek Pick Of The Week

Today's Swivek pick comes from the 2003 album BRUISED - an electro take on rock and roll, it was at the time the most rock influenced Swivek album which contained two of my more catchy singles "Who We Are" and "Spastic Valentino" but it was so much more than just those two singles, as today's pick shows.

"Not Gonna Get" is an electro pop pulsating little song about giving someone a not so subtle send off.. it's fun, it's fast and it's pretty hilarious.. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Swivek - Not Gonna Get

and here are the lyrics:

NOT GONNA GET
When I locked the door told you I don’t want you no more
More means not enough and not that I want it rough
Rough is how I feel and we will never seal the deal
Dealing is what I do and now I just wanna be rid of you
So take to the wind and run for the hills
Cause loving you is like taking bad pills
And you’re Not Gonna Get any love from me tonight
Say what you want and do what you can
But you’re never ever ever gonna be my man
And you’re Not Gonna Get any love from me tonight

So you come around, looking me up and dressing down
Down is where you’ll go when I crush you to the floor
Floor me with your lies you are on borrowed time
Time for you to leave, sorry you lost out on me
So pout all you want and cry to your friends
But you won’t be seeing me again
And you’re Not Gonna Get any love from me tonight
Vow your love and fall to your knees
But you’re not the kind that’s able to please
So you’re Not Gonna Get any love from me tonight

So take to the wind and run for the hills
Cause loving you is like taking bad pills
And you’re Not Gonna Get any love from me tonight
Say what you want and do what you can
But you’re never ever ever gonna be my man
And you’re Not Gonna Get any love from me tonight
So pout all you want and cry to your friends
But you won’t be seeing me again
And you’re Not Gonna Get any love from me tonight
Vow your love and fall to your knees
But you’re not the kind that’s able to please
So you’re Not Gonna Get any love from me tonight
Not gonna get any love, not gonna get any love
Not Gonna Get any love from me tonight

words and music by Bradley Jacobson
copyright © 2003 Buzzee Bee Bop Tunes

Labels: Bruised, Indie Music, Not Gonna Get, Spastic Valentino, Swivek, Who We Are

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Debupdate

Oh my gawd.. let's say I have a bit of a head ache today and leave it at that.. I'll be back tomorrow to give a run down of the ultra faboo stuff I've been getting from everyone as we continue to celebrate my birthday - that's right just because the day passed doesn't mean it's over, I'm having dinner and drinks with pals on Friday and until all the packages from the world have hit my doorstep I'm still celebrating...

and in the name of celebration, I give you the first single from the upcoming Deborah Harry album - "Two Times Blue" it's ultra ultra cool and frickin' catchy as all hell and of course it hasn't been released yet but you can hear it at Debbie's My Space page - so enjoy it!

Labels: Brad's Birthday, Deborah Harry, Two Times Blue

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It's My Birthday

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!

and that's all I have to say

Labels: Brad's Birthday

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Monday - Random Photo 3

ONLY 1 DAY UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!

and since we are so close to the blessed event, I found an appropriate subject for our random photo this week - why it's me celebrating my birthday!


RANDOM PHOTO 3

5th Birthday

Labels: Brad's Birthday Reminder, Random Photo

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Countdown Continues

ONLY 2 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Labels: Brad's Birthday Reminder

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Carlton Heights Episode 7

ONLY 4 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!

As if buying me a present wasn't exciting enough for you, I am giving you a present as well, the latest episode of Carlton Heights, that's right we are already half way through the season as we venture into episode 7 "When Doves Cry", where the residents of our favorite seaside town are in a whole heap of drama...

In "When Doves Cry", the twins’ disappearance pushes a wedge between neighbors and forces Zimmy to evaluate his past mistakes, Ronald continues to try and win Aidan’s affections by any means necessary, while Stephen’s reappearance may provide both Larry and Marty a ray of hope, Dylan tracks down the person who sent him the patchwork quilt and Ruth decides its time to get to know Johnny. Guest Characters – Johnny Belducci, Sheriff Mackenzie, Stephen Merrick, Gertie Winston, Gladys Tudrow, Toddy Tudrow, Dr. Stein, Margaret Mackenzie, Greg Geller. Co-Starring Angelo, Deputy Benny, Suzy Songsmith, Detective Gold, Newscaster Bill, Suzy’s Cameraman, Young Larry, Nurse Dobson, Police Officer #1, Priest at St. Agnes’, Doctor in Larry’s dream, the Teller at M&A, Police Officers (2,3,4), Customers at Marty’s Mayhem, Customers at Uncle Randy’s, Bartender.

So head on over to our official CARLTON HEIGHTS website to download Episode 7 - When Doves Cry.

and don't forget about our My Space Group - where you can chat up other readers and leave me a whole ton of hoopla about Carlton Heights.

Labels: Brad's Birthday, Carlton Heights, Gay soap opera, Writing

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Swivek - Pick Of The Week

ONLY 5 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!

After years of having a website I finally figured out how to put songs on there that can be downloaded.. welcome to the 90's Bradley...

Anyhoos, so on top of a number of Swivek songs being downloadable now on our mp3 page, I have also decided to take a random Swivek song to feature each week (until I get bored with it of course) so this week we have an old favorite from our second album Pissant, which was released in 2000. Can you believe it? 7 frickin' years ago..

anyhoo, the song is "Castle Walls" and one of my favorites - inspired by a night of watching the film Practical Magic and Stevie Nick's omnipresent music in the film, I dug deep into my psyche and channeled Stevie's shawls and big boots and came up with a lyrical ode to Miss Nicks... and so I give you Castle Walls by Swivek. You can hear the song by clicking below:

Castle Walls

Or you can go to the official Swivek website and read the lyrics, the story and download the song.

CASTLE WALLS LYRICS: ...AND THE ROSES BROUGHT HER DESIRE/ AND THE FIRE WARMED HER SPIRIT/ AND SHE NEVER QUENCHED FOR HUNGER/ AND SHE NEVER QUENCHED FOR GOLD/ BUT THERE WAS A DEEP DISCONCERTING THAT THREATENED HER VERY BEING ... WELL THE GYPSY MAN HE HELD HER/ AND SHE WRAPPED HIS BODY BOLD/ AND SHE KNEW THAT SHE COULD LOVE HIM BUT HE WANTED HER SOUL …AND WHEN SHE SHINED SHE SHINED SO BRIGHT THAT WHEN SHE STEPPED FROM THE AMBER LIGHT YOU WOULD SWEAR YOU COULD SEE FOREVER/ YOU'D SWEAR YOU'D SEE FOREVER

NIGHT TIME CALLS, FIRES BEAM/ OCEANS CRASH WHEN THE WALLS REVEAL/ A SERPENT'S TAIL/ A SHATTERED DREAM/ ONLY THE RAIN CRASHING... HEAVEN SCENTS SERPENTINE/ SHE'LL DEVOUR EVERYTHING SHE SEES/ THE TOWER SHAKES AT HER HEART'S CONTENT/ CRASHING THROUGH YOUR WORLD ACCIDENT/ BUT YOU'LL NEVER BOTHER RUNNING/ YOU'LL NEVER SEE WHAT'S COMING/ YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE PASSION / OH, OH THE PASSION...

AND YOU STAND ALONE WITH WET TEARS AND YOU KNOW THE TASTE BITTERSWEET BECAUSE YOU LIKE HER KNEW THE DANGER AND SHE BROUGHT YOU TO YOUR FEET BUT THAT MOMENT OF MISUNDERSTANDING WILL NEVER GO UNSEEN BECAUSE THE NIGHT WIND IS HOWLING AS YOU FACE YOUR BITTER COLD BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNEW THE PASSION, NO YOU NEVER FACED THE BEAST... MY PASSION IS PASSION...YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE PASSION...MY PASSION IS PASSION...YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE PASSION.. AND THE WHITE WINGED DOVE SINGS HER SONG... BUT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE PASSION.

copyright (c) 2000 Bradley Jacobson/ Union city music / 2000 friedAir Recording Company

Labels: Castle Walls, Electronica, Indie Music, Mp3 downloads, Pissant, Stevie Nicks, Swivek

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Blondes To The Musical Rescue

ONLY 6 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!

As if my birthday wasn't cause enough to celebrate the impending CD releases coming up certainly are. A few of my favorite one time blondes have some stuff coming out and I can barely contain myself.

First up former Concrete Blonde singer/bassist Johnette Napolitano is releasing her first official solo album (she's had two internet CDs prior). The CD is called Scarred and it comes out May 29, 2007. You can hear some of the songs at her My Space page and check out the list of tour dates - she is probably coming to a town near you.







And you can pre-order Johnette's Scarred Cd by clicking here.

Then the gal known as Debbie Harry and her boys of Blondie have another reissue coming out but this time it's uber cool.. finally after years and years of waiting the Eat To The Beat music video (all 12 songs in video form from 1979) is finally having a release though instead of just buying the DVD you get the combo album/DVD. The album is the remastered version of the 1979 hit and probably my all time favorite Blondie album plus you get the DVD that only a few people in the world have (Bubbatunes did a DVDR version for Christmas).

Labels: Blondie, Concrete Blonde, Deborah Harry, Eat To The Beat DVD, Johnette Napolitano, Necessary Evil, New Music Releases, Scarred, Swivek

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Bee Bopping With Bubbatunes

ONLY 7 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!

For today's Bubbatunes we head back to that decade of decadence, the 80's.. how I love the 80's and how I love today's performer - Cyndi Lauper. She has everything - first and foremost she can sing, then there's the whole ever changing looks and styles, that hilarious hiccupy Brooklyn voice, her charisma, her sense of humour, her overall unending talent and her sense of human rights. This year Cyndi spear headed and is headlining the True Colors tour for the Human Rights Campaign which only makes me love her more. Plus the fact she totally reminds me of my bestest friend Lisa Glassford - all this in a small little powerhouse package and I'm a fan for life.

Unfortunetly her record company hasn't really packaged her albums the way I think they should be. Her debut megahit She's So Unusual had a remastering a few years aog and the sound is incredible and they even put on bonus tracks but to me they missed the boat by not including a few rare essentials so it was up to me to put out a Bubbatunes version of She's So Unusual. For her next foray into recorded music, Cyndi gave us True Colors which has a CD release by CBS Records but doesn't have any bonus tracks or remastered sound, so once again it was up to me.

If you haven't figured out by now, today's Bubbatunes are Cyndi Lauper's She's So Unusual and True Colors, so let's get she bopping...

Labels: Bubbatunes, Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual, The Hooters, True Colors Tour

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Monday - Random Photo 2

ONLY 8 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Today's Random Photo -

Mother & Son -

dedicated to my Mama -


I hope everyone had a
mother of a Mother's Day

Labels: Brad's Birthday Reminder, Mother's Day, Random Photo

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Birthday Countdown Continues

ONLY 10 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Labels: Brad's Birthday Reminder

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Carlton Heights Most Shocking Episode Yet!!

ONLY 11 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!

In even more exciting news, the brand new episode of CARLTON HEIGHTS is now online!


In episode 6 "Money For Nothing" Aidan’s world continues to fall apart when his grandmother hands him some shocking news, another run in with Ruth Carlton makes Dylan head back into the archives to find out about Carlton Heights while a mysterious person watches his every move, Stephen returns to town for a final meeting with Johnny while Johnny and Dr. Linda push forward a plan that could have dire consequences for all of Carlton Heights’ residents.

Guest Characters – Johnny Belducci, Sheriff Mackenzie, Toddy Tudrow, Chip Chandelor, Stephen Merrick, Dr. Linda Teinenbaum, Greg Geller, Verna Palmer.
Co-Starring Donald and Kelly Bustamante, Angelo, Tow Truck Driver, Electric Guy, Delivery Boy, Old Woman (Bingo Player), Bernice Benatar, Bertha Heizenthal, Gretta Goldfinch, Lita, Nurse (Sister Sadie’s), Mr. Crowley, Bingo players, Waiter, Go Go Dancers, Customers at Uncle Randy’s, Night nurse, Mr. Crowley, Zimmy’s Employees, Grocery store customer, Daily Gazelle reporter, Families at park.


So head on over to the CARLTON HEIGHTS OFFICIAL WEBSITE and download Episode 6 Money For Nothing - our most shocking, suspenseful and hilarious episode yet!

and don't forget we have an offical MY SPACE group - so join and leave us all your comments.

Labels: Bradley Jacobson, Carlton Heights, Episode 6, Gay soap opera

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Wanted : Drinking Buddy

12 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY

At the beginning of July, I will have new digs for work.. my company has sold our building for an astronomical amount to some dude and his financiers who are trying to turn the design area of Melrose Avenue into a Rodeo/ Robertson type of Beverly Hills clothing shop stuff, so everyone is selling and moving... as for me and my company we are headed to the Pacific Design Center, which is essentially a mall of epic proportions full of antique and reproduction furniture, rugs, arts and all around interior designers stuff... the only thing I'm really looking forward to is the fact that there will be other people working in this mall environment so I may finally find myself a new Amy Cissell Happy Hour Drinking Buddy - (damn you Amy for leaving me!!! I'm keeping the name and someone else will just have to be Amy Cissell from 5-9 pm) One can hope anyway, as I will be walking to and from work which means I have to walk by at least 3 gay bars on my way home.. I have to make friends fast, and if anyone wants to audition, well I'm up for slamming a few right about now..

Labels: Amy Cissell Happy Hour, Cocktails with Bradley, Gay Bars, Pacific Design Center

posted by swivek @ 4:38 PM 1 comments

The Ladies Of The News

13 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!

Two of the more interesting women of the entertainment world are in the news today, and sadly neither of the news is very good...

First, the $300,000 manicure - My girl Tanya Tucker has herself some probs as her manicurist is suing her because TT's dog Belle bit the beatch on May 2nd - the manicurist was even in an episode of the great Tuckerville show laughing and cracking with the country singer.. here's the whole story and note about the new music.. that is more than exciting to me:
A manicurist filed a $300,000 lawsuit against the country singer last week, alleging that she was attacked by one of Tucker's dogs during a house call last year.

In her court documents, Danielle D. Hobbs claimed that the incident occurred when she arrived at Tucker's Nashville area home to do the singer's nails on May 2, 2006.

She said that a canine by the name of Bella charged out of Tucker's bedroom without warning and latched onto her leg, leaving painful and disfiguring scars.

Though Bella was the only dog accused in the attack, Hobbs said she had felt threatened by Tucker's pack of at least eight dogs during previous visits to the house and had asked that they be restrained.

She claimed in her lawsuit that the singer's assistant told her the dogs were "just babies" and would not harm her.
Tucker's publicist, Kirt Webster, said Tuesday that the suit came as a "total surprise" and was filed without merit.
According to Jim Higgins, a principal partner at Higgins, Himmelberg & Piliponis, a Nashville firm specializing in personal injury law, Tennessee does not have particularly strict dog-bite laws in place.
He said the burden would be on Hobbs to prove that Tucker knew that her dog had vicious tendencies.
"If you have reason to believe that your dog may bite someone, then you can be liable for any injuries," Higgins told E! Online via email.
"This is especially true if she invited her into the home and did nothing to warn or protect her from the dog."
In happier days, Hobbs appeared in at least one episode of Tuckerville, Tucker's fly-on-the-wall series that aired on TLC in 2005, and was shown exchanging friendly banter with the country star as she did her nails.
Tucker, 49, burst onto the music scene at the age of 13, with her debut single "Delta Dawn," which reached number six on the country charts. By age 15, she had already released a greatest hits album and earned her first Grammy nomination.
Now in her fourth decade as a performer, Tucker is slated to release her latest album, Lonesome Town, later this year.

Then in really sad news, it appears our Maybelline Maven Tammy Faye of the former Tammy Faye Bakkers is in a losing battle with cancer. She has put up a note to her fans on her website saying the doctors have stopped her treatments and it is now up to God. She has her daughter and some friends staying with her as she needs help, falling to only 65 lbs "I look like a scarecrow" she says. The note is up at her official website www.tammyfaye.com (but it keeps having server problems) and just to remininse how incredibly insane Tammy Faye was and well, probably always will be - I found this on a blog, and it's something every God fearing person should see and hear:

Tammy's Run Towards The Roar

Labels: Lawsuit, Manicurist, Run Towards The Roar, Tammy Faye Bakker, Tanya Tucker

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Bubbatunes Goes 1978

ONLY 14 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!

And today we have some fantastic new Bubbatunes to talk about - Two albums both from 1978 that have yet to and probably never will see an actual record company CD release. The two CDs today have a lot in common - first they are both by women (imagine), the two women who released the albums both started as singers yet are more known for their acting, or at least their television shows than as singers, they also both had a number of variety specials in the 70's and early 80's and I love them... yes, today I give you bubbatunes versions of the debut record albums by Cheryl Ladd and Lynda Carter! Could you just die?? I almost did...

bub84 Cheryl Ladd - Cheryl Ladd (1978; May 1, 2007)
I have told you many times now how much I love me my Miss Ladd, even with her sometimes botoxed new face on her menopause commercial - I say it's botox because her face only looks like that occassionally, in most of the newer pictures and on the TV series Las Vegas, she doesn't look all that different from what she should look like, but every now and then you get a strange Nicollette Sheridan type of pic of my girl and I have to say I don't like it...

but we're not here to talk about Cheryl of 2007, instead we are travelling back almost a full 30 years to when she was one of the Angels. In fact, this album came out the summer after she made her first year on Charlie's Angels, as the sweet rookie Kris Munroe. But Cheryl was more than just a cute face and body, she was lovable and she could sing. Her career started by performing in a band and travelling the country on tour before launching as the singing voice of Melody, the drummer of the cartoon Josie & The Pussycats even putting out a bunch of 45's and an album by the Pussycats. So it was inevitable that once super stardom hit, and believe me when I say at the time Cheryl Ladd was most definitely a superstar, she would be able to record her debut album, and she did.

Unfortunetly for those involved it wasn't a huge success, her debut single, the piano driven loungy pop of "Think It Over" hit the top 40 but whether that was because it's a fun song or if it was on her name alone will probably always be a mystery. I didn't know what to expect when I got the songs on CD but let me say I can't stop listening to the album. Ten songs of love ballads and snappy little 1978 pop songs, she is more Melissa Manchester than Donna Summer, as there really isn't any disco-ish type of stuff on here, just Olivia-ish pop and that's not a bad thing. In fact Cheryl records a few songs over the years that others will end up making more famous, on the debut album she does Dionne Warwick's 1979 hit "I'll Never Love This Way Again" and I will admit Dionne's is the definitive version but that doesn't mean you can pass off Miss Ladd's version as nothing, after all she did do the song first, and in fact the whole album (and her next album 1979's Dance Forever) are produced by big wig Gary Klein who ended up producing much of Dolly Parton's late 70's early 80's albums including her big foray into pop music.

I know a lot of people pass off Cheryl Ladd as just another come up actress wanna be singer but she's actually good, no one is ever going to say she's the Whitney of the 70's or anything but she more than passes on these songs and like I said I have been listening to the album non stop since I made it.

Most of the cuts are in the same poppy vein as the single, "Walking In The Rain" and "The Rose Nobody Knows" have very similar piano lines as the opening cut and she passes off the happy yet mournful tales of love quite well - my ultimate favorite is a little ballad called "Lady Gray" telling the tale of our poor Cheryl who is so sad she's way past being blue, because "blue is the sky/blue is the sea/ gray is nothing/ just like me..." I love it. The second single "Good Good Lovin'" is a jumpy little pop song along the lines of the other songs will Cheryl pumping up a bit more attitude in it, while "Skinnydippin'" is somewhat disco-ish but mostly just a little bit dirty, in the Olivia Newton-John Sandy Olsen way.

Lest you think just because her music is hard to find that I wouldn't be able to scroung up some bonus tracks, well huh, you don't know me very well. On top of the ten tracks that make up the Cheryl Ladd we have two fun little tracks from her follow up album Dance Forever including the title track and the bouncy "Still Awake" which reminds me of (wait for it, wait for it) Lisa frickin' Hartman! After Dance Forever, Cheryl stopped recording for her US audiences and instead catered to her biggest musical fan base, the Japanese - her 1980 The Best Of Cheryl Ladd included two new songs "Where's Someone To Love Me" and the fun "Just Like Old Times" ("please forget to write/ let's neglect to call/ I guess losing you was no loss at all"). Then in 1981 she recorded her last full lenghted album Take A Chance, which was also only released in Japan - we have included the title track which is one of those strange little variety show type of songs about trying to be a star, while her co-write on "Television" makes it even more exciting as a little new wavey type of song (when I say a little I mean a very little) and the poppy "Fascinated" before ending with the ballad "I Love How You Love Me" another song that would become famous by a ton of other artists, though I can't for the life of me think of who recorded it, but I'm sure it was Faith Hill or someone like that...

All in all, Cheryl Ladd is probably the better of our two albums here, and I know I've been playing it a lot and though she doesn't rock out as much as Lisa Hartman, another of the actress/singers people tend to disregard, I really enjoy the whole Cheryl Ladd Musical Experience and see it for what it is, a jumpy bouncy little piece of pop music that does what it's supposed to do - sing along and smile those pearly Angel whites.

Cheryl Ladd - Cheryl Ladd (bub84) Track List:
01. Think It Over 02. Walking In The Rain 03. Skinnydippin' 04. I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again 05. Lady Gray 06. Good Good Lovin' 07. You Turn Me Around 08. I'll Come Runnin' 09. Here Is A Song 10. The Rose Nobody Knows
Bonus Tracks: 11. Dance Forever 12. Still Awake 13. Where Is Someone To Love Me 14. Just Like Old Times 15. Take A Chance 16. Television 17. Fascinated 18. I Love How You Love Me


bub 85 Lynda Carter - Portrait (1978; May 1, 2007)
First of all, whoever came up with the cover of this album should've been fired, this isn't the typical shot of 1978 Lynda Carter and it makes the whole thing look a tad sappy. The back cover was the hot shot of Lynda with her shirt tucked up in between her boobs that became a monster selling poster so at least Portrait had that going on for it.

As for the singing, well like Cheryl, Lynda Carter was also a singer first and an actress second, of course anyone who could pull off Wonder Woman like Lynda is bound to become forever immortalized as that character, but she did make numerous TV variety specials in the 70s and all the way up to 1984, so it's not like any fan didn't know she could sing and dance.

What's so cool about her debut album is it's so much more modern that Cheryl Ladd.. not that it isn't sappy or anything but it sounds a little more like 1978 pop than Cheryl Ladd's does.. I'm not quite sure how to explain except perhaps to look at a few of the songs, Lynda does her share of covers including "Just One Look" and Billy Joel's "She's Always A Woman" switcing the lyrics to, "she's always a woman like me..." which makes the whole thing strange yet kind of alluring. "Tumbledown Love" starts as a ballad type of music before the chorus, "I want to love someone/ but doesn't everyone?" comes in. "Fantasy Man" has elements of disco in it, and "Want To Get Beside You" and "You're The Only One Who Understands" keeps you bopping in that Dolly Parton 1979 way. Lynda co-writes three songs which gives her a bit of an edge of Miss Ladd, but that doesn't necessarily mean her songs are great.. the ending ballad "Toto (It Feels Like Paradise)" became a single and didn't chart, she even sang it on one episode of Wonder Woman, but why all the push I won't understand, because to me it's the lowest point of the set.. the opening track of Portrait, is the disco ballad of "All Night Song" that I thought I could dismiss, but every time it comes on, I turn it up just a bit louder. It was the first single and again didn't show any chart action but it, over all of the songs on both Lynda's Portrait and Cheryl Ladd, "All Night Song" is the song that sounds the most 1978.

Lynda's voice is deeper than I thought it would be, and I remember seeing those specials, but on most of it, I couldn't figure out just who she sounded like, yet I kept thinking it was someone else, well I finally figured it out, she sounds like Rindy Ross, the lead singer of Quarterflash, so if you're into that tone you will instantly recognize it in Lynda's voice, though in earlier songs she sounds like someone else all together.

All in all, I've come to really appreciate the album as well. I knew I would like them both but even I have to admit that sometimes a song just isn't good or a performer's performance just isn't all that and I figured even after burning these I'd end up just putting them on the shelf, saying, "ha, now I have them..." but I've come to really like these albums as not only a little testament of the pop culture that was Cheryl Ladd and Lynda Carter, but because they are actually entertaining little albums.

And like Cheryl Ladd, I wasn't about to miss the opportunity to put on some bonus Lynda tracks, so we get both the A and B side of her 1980 UK single "The Last Song" which was performed for her TV movie of the same name. The B-side is the very country twinged "What's A Little Love Between Friends" that is so familiar I just know someone else recorded it but I just can't figure out who. "Somehow I'll Go On" is the last recorded material of Miss Carter from a 1993 movie and the song is a tad overblown and dramatic but something true fans would appreciate, while "Always" is a fairly crappy recording from the ending theme song from her TV specials but something I felt I should put on... Also here is a pirated copy of her performance as Mama in the West End production of Chicago singing, what else?, "When You're Good To Mama" which she rips up and I just wish I had a perfect recording of it, cause she proves in this 2005 performance that she can sing...

Also on hand are two demo songs she did in 1971 which sound better than some of the rare stuff but still doesn't hold up to the sound quality of the full album though I wish they were prestine versions as her ripping through "It Might As Well Stay Monday" and "I Believe In Music" makes her sound like a fervored Karen Carpenter, and that's a good thing. Her oldies covers from her performance as Rita Hayworth, particularly of "Put the Blame On Mame" is fun though the sound is off. The very last big cut is a bad sounding (all around I'm afraid) version of Otis Redding's "Hard To Handle" with her band from 1971; I'm sure if the sound quality would be better it would kick it, but as it is you can only do so much with what you steal from other people's websites...

LYNDA CARTER - Portrait (bub85) Track List:
01. All Night Song 02. She's Always A Woman 03. Tumbledown Love 04. Just One Look 05. Fantasy Man 06. Lines 07. Want To Get Beside You 08. You're The Only One Who Understands 09. Put On A Show 10. Toto (It Feels Like Paradise)
Bonus Tracks 11. The Last Song 12. What's A Little Love Between Friends 13. Put The Blame On Mame 14. Let There Be Song 15. Somehow I'll Go On 16. When You're Good To Mama 17. It Might As Well Stay Monday 18. I Believe In Music 19. Hard To Handle 20. Always

Labels: Actress, Bubbatunes, Charlie's Angels, Cheryl Ladd, Lynda Carter, Portrait, Singers, Wonder Woman

posted by swivek @ 8:56 AM 0 comments

Monday - Random Photo

Only 15 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Labels: Brad's Birthday Reminder, Bradley, Random Photo

posted by swivek @ 8:56 AM 0 comments

The Countdown Continues

Only 16 Days Until My Birthday!!!

Labels: Brad's Birthday

posted by swivek @ 2:20 AM 0 comments

Episode 5 PROMISES some fun

ONLY 18 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!!


"Promises In The Dark" finds our residents getting deeper and deeper into their own drama - Larry finds it hard to cope when the twins are hospitalized for a mysterious illness while Zimmy makes some life altering decisions, Sheriff Mackenzie tries to get answers out of Ruth, Aidan comes back to Carlton Heights without Ronald but with information that could ruin his grandmother, an interview with Gladys Tudrow tempts Dylan back onto a trail of secrets.
Guest Characters – Johnny Belducci, Sheriff Mackenzie, Gertie Winston, Gladys Tudrow, Chip Chandelor, Dr. Stein, Dr. Linda Teinenbaum, Deputy Benny.Co-Starring Donald and Kelly Bustamante, Mystery man, Old Woman, Roma Rothschild, Jim (Man on plane), Nurse Rose, Night Nurse.

Labels: Bradley Jacobson, Carlton Heights, Episode 5, Gay soap opera, Promises In The Dark, Writer

posted by swivek @ 6:41 PM 1 comments

Four Eyes

Only 19 Days until my BIRTHDAY!!!!!

And just to show you all I am okay dealing with being 26 (ish), I have chosen to show you all what happens as you reach that big 3-0 (ish), you end up needing frickin' glasses.

Okay, truth be told about 7 years ago when I moved to LA at the ripe age of 16, I took my eye test at the DMV and couldn't really make out any letters. I could barely see them so I guessed and I guessed right cause they passed me... but as time has gone on, I have seen less and less including the writing on the TV - which is a must to see. So I finally went to the eye doctor who told me I most definitely needed glasses.

I wanted a pair of Laura Avery glasses but when I was told I should wear my glasses all the time and not just for driving etc. I thought I should go a more conservative route.. and so I give you - BRADLEY 4 EYES....


Incidentally, when I went to get the glasses, the wonderful gals at my eye doctor had me put them on and look out the window, I can't believe how pretty the world really is. I mean the street signs are gorgeous, and now I can finally see them... the gals did ask me if I got lost a lot considering I am blind and all, and I just told them that yes, I did get lost often but figured it was just from being blonde not blind... we'll see if the glasses actually help with my sense of direction.... okay, go ahead and laugh and point at me, it's okay I can handle it... besides now I look like a writer.

Labels: Bradley, Constance McCashin, Glasses, Knots Landing, Laura Avery

posted by swivek @ 8:47 AM 1 comments

New To You

First and foremost - THERE ARE ONLY 20 DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!!

okay now that my announcement is out of the way, let's look at a few Bubbatunes I put out a few weeks ago but forgot to talk about...

so let's take a look at a bit of 80's pop/rock new wave and reminisce as we all get ready for my birthday... today we look at some gems by Martha Davis, Toni Basil and Bonnie Hayes & The Wild Combo, so let's hop to it.

bub81 Martha Davis - Policy (March 27, 2007; 1987)
Nearly 20 years after its initial release, I took my vinyl copy of the Motels' lead singer Martha Davis' solo album. As it is, Policy actually started as a Motels album but midway through it, Martha took each boy of the band to the bar, bought them a drink and told them the Motels were over. No one seemed all that horrified as it turned out and Martha just went back to the studio with Richie Zito and continued on. For some reason, the album didn't catch fire at all reaching #127 on the Billboard album charts in November of 87 while the first single "Don't Tell Me The Time" another of Martha's clever little love done gone wrong lyrics hit #80 in the US. The music is all 80's rock though not as obvious as the Motels' Shock album from 1985. In fact, a renewed fire seems to be in Martha's gullet after the demise of the Motels but even the catchy opening tune "Tell It To The Moon" (written by wonder hits writer Dianne Warren) didn't score on radio or in the public. But I get more and more into the album each time I hear it, the jazzy reggae-ishness of "Don't Ask Out Loud", the sassy and jumpy "What Money Might Buy" and "Lust" (another new Martha fav of mine) and my ultimate, the revenge tale found in "Rebecca" where the title character is there describing the dead man on the floor as if she didn't know him or anything about him while under breath she sighs, "I'm free/ he'll never do this to me again." It's awesome.

Policy was put out on CD when it initially came out and a quick double check at Amazon just found some used copies going for $35 which is a little less than the $80 I found Little Robbers going for, but still, come on. The big credit to the original CD is it has a bonus cut called "Bridge Of Sighs" - a song I never heard and still don't have in my collection, so for our bonus cuts it appears we are one short. But that doesn't mean Bubbatunes didn't put some great ones on here. Included as bonus cuts is Martha's demo version of "Take My Breath Away" which ended up being recorded and released by Berlin, "Nightmares" a rocky little song she recorded for her friends film Night Of The Creeps (1986), "Next In Line" a 1986 demo, a duet with Sly Stone on Joan Armatrading's "Love & Affection" from the film Soul Man, a little ballad ditty of "I Can't Believe" from the film Miracle Beach, and a duet with Ivan Neville called "You Got What It Takes" which ends with a bonus in a bonus as there is a hidden track called "Mary & Billy", and one of the coolest finds, a version of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" that Martha recorded with her friend Bobby Woods in her garage, made just because he wanted to hear her do it.
Martha Davis - Policy bub81 Track list: 01. Tell It To The Moon 02. Just Like You 03. Heaven Outside My Door 04. Don't Tell Me The Time 05. Rebecca 06. What Money Might Buy 07. Don't Ask Out Loud 08. Hardest Part Of A Broken Heart 09. Lust 10. My Promise - bonus tracks - 11. Take My Breath Away (demo) 12. Nightmares 13. Next In Line 14. Love & Affection 15. Crazy 16. I Can't Believe 17. You Got What It Takes

bub82 Bonnie Hayes & The Wild Combo - Good Clean Fun (March 27, 2007; 1982)
One of the more overlooked gems of the early 80's new wave movement, Bonnie Hayes still makes albums every now and then but they aren't of the same type of music as this. Opening with the one two bang of "Girls Like Me" and "Shelly's Boyfriend" which though neither hit on any chart I'm aware of, became synonymous with the film Valley Girl which featured them, particularly "Girls Like Me" which not only opened the film but was also the girls anthem at their slumber party (though if you look at the record on the turntable you'll see it isn't Bonnie Hayes - oh those crazy film people.) Besides the ultimate thrill of those two cuts, the rest of the album continues a similar vein, due I'm sure to the fact that every song is written or co-written by Bonnie Hayes. The female empowerment of the opening tracks is also found on other little gems and the fast paced hiccupy delivery of Bonnie Hayes keeps all of Good Clean Fun rallying through a genre that brings back so many memories. After one listen I have to go back and play it again, then listen to Josie Cotton and finally end up watching Valley Girl, it's a very tiring process.
Bonnie Hayes & The Wild Combo - Good Clean Fun bub82 Track List: 01. Girls Like Me 02. Shelly's Boyfriend 03. Separating 04. Dum Fun 05. Coverage 06. Inside Doubt 07. Joyride 08. Loverboy 09. Raylene 10. The Last Word

bub83 Toni Basil - Toni Basil (April 3, 2007; 1983)
Toni Basil's Word Of Mouth from 1982 launched the phenomenon that was "Mickey" but that album was so much more than just that single, using members of Devo and new wave producers, Word Of Mouth is a great little gem of early 80's new wave pop and one of the most overlooked of all time, and though Toni Basil, a choreographer and dancer by day, made that album just so she had some videos to dance to it was inevitable that Chrysalis would have her put out another album. Her self titled follow up came out a year after the huge success of "Mickey" and I'm sure it's no surprise to learn nothing off of Toni Basil scored quite as big. There may be several reasons for that. The main one perhaps is that "Mickey" was just too damn catchy for its own good, it overshadowed anything on that first album so there wasn't really a way to redo that same thing on another song and album, and the main thing is Word Of Mouth is really a new wavey album where Toni moved into dance synth pop for her followup. It makes sense as she is the dancer girl and if you want to dance why bother making a rock album right? But the album itself is good, no matter what others may have said in the past, the opening single "Over My Head" is catchy while "Suspense" is a riot, combining the dance synth pop with total 80's new wave lyrics about espionage, I love it. "Space Walkin' The Dog" tries to recreate some of the more silly elements of Word Of Mouth and doesn't completely fail but doesn't actually succeed either. "Street Beat" puts out the cheerleading stomps of "Mickey" with mixed results only if you compare it to the hit single, on its own it's catchy as all hell. Regardless, Toni Basil is a nice look at the early 80's dance pop that was taking off and would be utilized in another album that came out that year, the self titled Madonna. The bonus cuts include the dance 12" remixes of the singles "Over My Head" and "Suspense" plus the edited single version of "Street Beat" and the ultimate for any Toni Basil fan, her performance of the song "The Night" from the film Rockula, though I must admit my version isn't all that prestine. I had to tape it off a You Tube version of the song and the sound, though I fixed it up is still relatively poor. So if there's anyone willing to part with an mp3 version of "The Night" I'd gladly send you a copy of this entertaining Toni Basil album. And for those of you, not familiar with the hotness that is "The Night" and Toni Basil, check this out at You Tube.
Toni Basil - Toni Basil bub83 track list:
01. Over My Head 02. I Don't Hear You 03. Easy For You To Say 04. Suspense 05. Go For The Burn 06. Space Walkin' The Dog 07. Street Beat 08. Do You Wanna Dance 09. Best Performance bonus tracks - 10. The Night
next week we have a few more Bubbatunes on the way... for now, we return you to shopping for my birthday!

Labels: Bonnie Hayes, Bubbatunes Brad's Birthday, Girls Like Me, Martha Davis, Policy, Rockula, Shelly's Boyfriend, Toni Basil, Valley Girl

posted by swivek @ 8:55 AM 0 comments

Kids Are Superstars Too

The best and easiest way to get into the entertainment industry has always been by having the fortunate luck of being born to a famous parent. Ask Kate and Oliver Hudson if maybe, just maybe being Goldie Hawn's children helped them out, or perhaps Jordan Ladd got a little push being my gal Cheryl's daughter. Of course there's no doubt that my gal Kelly O would never have made a CD if daddy Ozzy hadn't been there to put her into a TV series. I'm not saying that these kids are talented, I'm just saying they have the lucky push of having a foot firmly entrenched into the door, so it's no surprise when the offspring of famous people decide to launch a career of their own.

Most seem to actually do a good job and I'm talking of miss Kelly O who has made two very excellant albums and I don't want anyone arguing about it until we sit down together and listen to both albums from start to finish... then we can discuss... but I'll bet you'll be swayed...

okay this uber long introduction was basically done just to introduce you all to Chloe Lattanzi, the latest in the celeb offspring to head into their parent's career - Chloe is launching her debut album sometime this year and you may recognize the last name as her daddy is actor/dancer Matt Lattanzi but it's her mama who's the hot ticket named Miss Livvie - that's right Olivia Newton-John's daughter is making her music debut.

And she's not too bad, in fact I really like the music she's doing - it's modern pop but more in the P!nk vein than say Brittney - so check out Chloe's My Space page and definitely listen to "It's Magic" which (yes) uses a sample of her Mama's 1980 hit... it's really good and while you're on My Space go back and listen to Kelly O's "One Word" as it is practically Pop Music Genius...

Labels: Chloe Lattanzi, Kelly Osbourne, My Space, Olivia Newton-John

posted by swivek @ 11:24 AM 0 comments