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Milty Nussbaum, Head of A&R at Musicor Records (Hackensack and Pork Bend), was kind enough to send us this exclusive Musicor promo package! Here's his covering letter:
Dear Music Business Partner
We at Musicor Records are proud of not only our much-envied repertoire of stars such as Gene Pitney, Ronnie Gann, B.J. Thomas, Dick Cramer, and Gene Pitney, but also our reputation for keeping up with the times, and sometimes being just that little bit ahead of them! Yes, when it comes to making the music scene "happen" with a capital M, there's Musicor, and there's everybody else! And this swingin' year of sixty-eight is no exeption!
I'm delighted to send you personaly three exiting teen-oriented albums hot off the presses by newly-talented Artistes that are sure to become household names! Yes, from the "outer sight" acid rock of The Federal Ducks, thru the psychedelic jugband sounds of The Paper Gardens to the challenging protest rock-folk of The Tingling Mothers, Musicor has its finger on the pulse of today's youth!
Your Friend in the Music Business:
Milton O. Nussbaum
Head of A&R, Musicor Records
Musicor - Making Music Happen: Today!
Those albums in full:
This post funded in part by Jack's Snacks n' Slacks™, Mengele Mall, Knucklebutter, MT.
To claim your collectable Musicor promo pack, simply copy-paste any part of the Wikipedia page on packaging gas. I really want to know about this stuff.
ReplyDeletethis seemed most relevant...?
ReplyDeleteVolatile gases
Hydrocarbon gases approved for use with food need to be used with extreme caution as they are highly combustible, when combined with oxygen they burn very rapidly and may cause explosions in confined spaces. Special precautions must be taken when transporting these gases.[4]
butane (E943a)
isobutane (E943b)
propane (E944)
Also this compelling "AI Overview"
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Food Preservation - MATHESON
Packaging gas is a gas used to protect food and other sensitive materials from spoilage and oxidation. It can be introduced into a package before, during, or after filling it with food.
we aim to please, you aim too, please
DeleteEric, you've earned a prestigious FoamCard™ with your public-minded response. I wondered what was keeping my packs of snacklicious Lay's Sour Squeeze n' Onion chips/crisps balloon tight - apparently it's nitrogen (INS 941). An inert gas, N2 forms about 78% of Earth's atmosphere, making it the most abundant chemical species in air. Half of global food production now relies on synthetic nitrogen fertilisers. But did you know that Nitrogen has two stable isotopes: 14N and 15N? The first is much more common, making up 99.634% of natural nitrogen, and the second (which is slightly heavier) makes up the remaining 0.366%, so nobody gives much of a shit about 15N, which must make it feel pretty marginalised.
DeleteThis has indeed been edifying, for the entirety of my knowledge on gas was, previous to this, that Jumping Jack Flash is a gas (to the third).
DeleteLooking at that album cover for the Tinglers, I was sure they were from ol' Blighty, given the depressing architecture what backdrops them; your clue to their sharing a member with Steely Dan (heh heh...he said 'member' and 'Steely Dan') led me to see they were from NY. And that cover for Paper Garden is tres cool, including the feller on the cover of King Crimson's debut sneaking hisself in the upper right corner of the picture.
C in California
Tingling Mother's is on my list to hear but I've always liked the other two. I'll up my consumption of Nitrogen starting with breakfast tomorrow morning and let you know how that works out.
ReplyDeleteI like them, too. I like the innocence (okay, the dumbassness), I like the playful use of effects, and the songs can be pretty good. But I love the authenticity - in spite of looking like psychsploitation, and being on a label with less credibility than a windshield flyer, these are real attempts to bottle the lightning, not exercises in style. Apart from the compromised Tingling Mother's album with its ill-advised cover of Yellow Submarine, which Milty was certain would fly his boys into the charts on the back of a bullet.
DeleteI'm going to have to get some more information on packaging gas before I make the link available. Sometimes youse bums got it way too easy.
I just passed a lot of gas (*), does that count as well?
ReplyDeleteAs for those 3 albums, never ever heard of them before...
(*) My wife didn't approve...
And here I thought the (*) was intended to be an emoji of the rearview of Art whilst he was passing said gas, rather than an actual factual sign to seek his footnote.
DeleteC in California
As fascinating and useful as this information is, we're seeking information on inert gases, not toxic waste. What, perforce, or Argon?
DeleteBe very grateful C in California for no link there...
DeleteOoh!!! ...also known as "noble gases"!!!! .....and I kwote .."..The noble gases (historically the inert gases, sometimes referred to as aerogens) are the members of group 18 of the periodic table: helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), radon (Rn) and, in some cases, oganesson (Og) " ... so, now ya's know!!!
ReplyDeleteThe noble gases' inertness, or tendency not to react with other chemical substances, results from their electron configuration: their outer shell of valence electrons is "full", giving them little tendency to participate in chemical reactions. Whatever...
ReplyDeleteThus far, only you, Surbiton Steve and Eric will be permitted to download this very special promo pack. Inert Gas Intelligence is an essential skill subset for survival in these terrible times in which we live in - ignore it at your peril.
DeleteGee!! Thanx, Farq!!
DeleteIf you would like to be sold something for packaging food, this article is from a company with 40 years in business! "Gas flushing involves the use of a preservative gas to modify the environment within food packaging. Typically, inert gas packaging is done using nitrogen gas to achieve conditions suitable for longer food storage periods. Gas flushing will displace oxygen and other contaminants from stored food packaging, minimizing oxidative reactions that encourage rapid food spoilage."
ReplyDeleteOh, but you did ask for Wikipedia, specifically. I'm probably not the right audience for the three albums, then.
D in California
Contrary to the directions, I researched beyond Wiki resulting in the following:
ReplyDelete"Choosing the right gases and maintaining proper mixture ratios directly affects your bottom line. The right combination can significantly extend shelf life, reduce waste, and maintain product quality from packaging to consumption.
Take meat packaging as an example. Using the wrong gas mixture could lead to issues like:
Discoloration
Off-flavors
Premature spoilage
With the right combination – typically 70-80% oxygen, 20-30% carbon dioxide, and a small amount of nitrogen – you can maintain that appealing red color while preventing bacterial growth."
Finally - thank you FT3 for the FoamCard™ representation. "Thames" is a nickname from my childhood given to me by my best friend who unfortunately left his physical existence here on earth a few years ago because of pancreatic cancer - which is a real MF'er. I have no doubt he is smiling somewhere seeing the Island's Thames FoamCard™. Lovely gesture!
Your FoamCard™ comes with many VIP privileges!
DeleteSimply present it to security staff at any major concert and demand your Access All Areas laminate!
Sex workers on the perimeter roads of most US airports will accept it in lieu of payment!
Entitles you to 3% discount at Pottery Barn©!
Works as "get out of jail free" card for DUI arrests!
On display, will get you to front of line at Post Offices nationwide!
My use of the word “Finally” to start my reply was a poor choice in retrospect because one might think I expect the card. Absolutely NOT. I never had any expectations- nonetheless- it’s pretty cool.
DeleteNow that I better understand ALL of the benefits conferred - I will be on the phone with AMEX in the morning to cancel their poor excuse for a card.
Th' IoF© has always functioned as an honor system. Standards of seemly behavior are not specified but intuitively understood by the cheap grifters who wash up on its shores. So this link may ONLY be clicked by th' stand-up come-with guys who responded to my request for information on packaging gas, to whit: eric, Surbiton Steve, Art58Koen, D In California, and Thames. To them, and to them alone, our thanks for the time spent researching this timely and provocative issue. It is unnecessary to add that if you didn't, leave this link the fuck alone, right?
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I'm honored Farq, thank you so much (farting sounds...)
DeleteSurbiton .. as a (w)hole .. thanks you for your recognition and magnaminous gesture!!
Delete*flourishes lace kerchief, makes courtly leg*
Deletewith much gratitude
DeleteSorry for the delayed response - I have been at my local Pottery Barn taking advantage of my generous 3% FoamCard™ discount. A significant savings on a bunch of things I did not need!
DeleteRegarding the deliverable - thank you for the access to these albums - they will be a new listen for me.
Since you can track downloads - it will be interesting to see the final number. When I posted a couple of things on the FoamIsland™ in the past I was surprised at the number of downloads (I thought it would be much less) because whatever it was not hugely popular etc. Or maybe I misjudged.
DeleteI am curious - which FoamIsland™ download has been the most popular?
I don't/can't track downloads, but The Beach Boys' SMiLE - Dae Lims' AI version with tweaks by me is far and away the most popular post - over five thousand hits. Nothing else comes close. There's a few hundred hits for every post, generally flatlining between five and seven, although a few get over a thousand. Some just don't get the hits - this piece here has only three hundred so far but may creep up.
Deletehttps://falsememoryfoam.blogspot.com/2024/03/smile-ever-changing-moment-of-sublime.html
5000 hits for SMILE - Dae Lim/FT3. Incredible!
DeleteSo interesting that of all your posts, that is the one that apparently resonated the most with people. I attribute that mostly to the enduring magic of Brian Wilson.
I attribute it to the fact that it's the only piece to get a link on YouTube - a comment which I made to Dae Lims' post of SMiLE! I don't think the 'tubers looked at anything else (or possibly even read the piece) while they were over here, though ...
DeleteI think you are right. Friends of mine were in Amsterdam recently (they are from California) and ate at a hole in the wall Italian place (the opposite of Michelin star place) and posted a G@@gle review - not because it was fantastic - more because it didn't suck and prices were decent. 100,000 views and counting!!!! This perhaps supports your explanation of the SMILE post response. Or not. The 100K views really surprised me - I thought they might bet 1,000. Boy was I wrong.
DeleteAnything to do with "whipped cream" (its the wiki article) gets my vote! Thanks Farq
ReplyDeleteI'm just *sadface emoji* that you won't be able to enjoy these pleasant long-playing elpee records.
Deletethis speaking of gas reminds me of my brief tenure in a band called the Whippets which had begun life as Amyl Nitrate and the Whippets until Amyl left for law school, if memory serves.
ReplyDeleteWasn't Amyl Nitrate an actual punk star?
DeleteNot sure if there's another punk Amyl but there is a current punkish band from down under called "Amyl and the Sniffers" that's pretty good if you like punkish bands.
Deletehttps://www.pinterest.com/pin/amyl-nitrate-jubilee--42080577738425903/
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