Rock n roll and Buffets

Some new places have opened up on Cedar Rapids. Across the street from the Mall of Death aka Westdale, Poncheros moved their burrito grill down Edgewood Road. Two doors down is Cici's Pizza, a pizza buffet that is very cheap to eat there and reminds me of Eatsa Pizza in Arizona. For 6.80 you can eat up on pizza, pasta, salads and pop and I'm sure I probably regain the ten pounds lost from a week ago. Perfect for lunch when there's nothing at work to eat although the pizza sauce is a bit more spicy. Also Ruby Tuesday on Edgewood is now open.

Once upon a time we had albums of bloopers. Kermit Schaefer was the collector of on air mess ups and slip of the tongues and in the golden era of live radio, there was no ten second delay to stop the f bombs and oopsies. Back in the 70s MCA issued two record sets of Bloopers (six volumes of them) and most of them still have a laugh. The chance of hearing the late great Lowell Thomas laugh without control still remains the price of admission. When Schaefer passed around 1984 thereabouts, Dick Clark took over and made one album for Atlantic of bloopers but his constant butting in on the bloopers doesn't work on audio although on video it's preferable. The Atlantic album overdoes music interludes that repeat to the point of annoyance and there's a reason why there was never a volume two of Dick Clark's uncensored bloopers.

All Time Great Bloopers (MCA) Three Stars
Dick Clark Presents Radio Uncensored Bloopers (Atlantic) One Star

The Electric Prunes-Just Good Old Rock And Roll (Reprise-Collector's Choice Music)

The Prunes on the fifth and last album for Reprise isn't the same band that did I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night. This is by far a whole different band which had more of a dated rock sound that sounds like 1969. They started out psychedelic pop and then made two strange albums that bordered on Religion themes (Mass In F Minor and Release Of A Oath) and when the dust cleared, this last album returned to a more of a organ driven sound. And not for the better, think Steven Stills leading Bloodrock and you'll get a idea of how this sounds. In fact, the only person left from the original Prunes is Dave Hassinger, who was producer. And most of the songs are bland and boring even for 1969 standards and forgettable as well. The new Electric Prunes it is, improved, nope.
Grade C minus