Ursonate and You

Well, there is this thing that Mark Shea posted that is very funny, and it puts me in mind of a couple of other things, Kirt Schwitters' Ursonate being one of them.

While blogging will be light today, until later, I leave you this 21st century take on Schwitters:

If you object because you are a purist, then I will simply raise and eyebrow and say, "what, pray tell, is a dada purist?"

Although it would make a great band name: Juerg Volta and the Dada Purists.

Of course the best way to come up with a band name comes from the legendary Al Jazzbeaux Collins. I could not find any of his comedy material on YouTube, but I did find this footage of him talking to Lionel Hampton (and how can anyone complain about Lionel Hampton? And his band plays towards the end, with some great close up footage of Hampton):

We listened to the Purple Grotto every Saturday night, and have yet to find a weekly radio event that comes close (although Mal Sharpe's Back on Basin Street every Sunday night on KCSM comes close (and you can hear it online)).