Wednesday, December 16, 2009

THE CARPENTERS (SIBLINGS KAREN AND RICHARD CARPENTER), A&M'S MAIN SQUEEZE FROM 1969


NOT TO BE BLATANTLY DISPARAGING, BUT WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU MIX A CRASH DIETER/ METH-FREAK, A QUAALUDE-HEAD/CLOSET CASE, AND A MOUSEKETEER/SUBSTITUTE DRUMMER TOGETHER? THE CARPENTERS, ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL OF ALPERT, AND THE ALL-WHITE, EVER-BRIGHT CITY OF DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA, HOME TO THE OLDEST MCDONALD'S FRANCHISE, DOWNEY RECORDS, THE CHANTAYS, SOUTHERN PACIFIC, AND ROCKWELL/BOEING
DOWNEY WAS ONCE HOME OF THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN THE WORLD, LAKEWOOD AND FIRESTONE BOULEVARDS (STATE ROUTES 19 AND 42)
IT IS PURE LA COUNTY, NOT ORANGE COUNTY, CONTRARY TO POPULAR MYTH AND ALL THOSE CARPENTER TRIPS TO DISNEYLAND
DON'T GET ME WRONG, I STILL LOVE THESE GUYS A WHOLE LOT




The Carpenters - Close to you




carpenters -We've Only Just Begun




The Carpenters - Ticket To Ride




The Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays




Please Mr Postman- The Carpenters (1975)


'WHITE SOUL' OR MINNIE MOUSE IN TIJUANA, HUH, HERB?