Nothing major, I just though I'd share some audio clips that I trimmed down to use as ringtones.

This first one if the Yip-Yips - the aliens from Sesame Street - encountering a telephone.

This shorter version that will be friendlier to some phones.

This one probably just sounds like a ring from a conventional 1970s era phone. Which it is. Since I trust in your hipness, I'm sure you recognize it as the phone from the opening of every episode of The Rockford Files. You know, right before you hear some amusing message being left on the answering machine.

Download links:
Yip-Yips ringtone
shorter Yip-Yips ringtone
Rockford ringtone

If you want to head over to Amazon, you can buy the DVDs:
Sesame Street - Old School, Vol. 1 (1969-1974)
The Rockford Files - Season One

Out of respect for the amazing loss of musical talent 51 years ago, here's a phone call that Buddy Holly recorded while talking to his former label representative, trying to get back the rights to a couple of songs.

"That makes me feel a little bit bad."

Seems that labels have a long tradition of being weenies.

I've been digging Lord Buckley for some time. He was an English cat who came to America, where he was known for generally being a colorful character, especially his hipsematics. From his album A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat, this is his interpretation of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven," in time for Halloween.

NSFW - careful!

Today is Casey Kasem's 77th birthday (born April 27, 1932). If you were listening to FM 94/9 this morning, you might have heard Tommy play an audio clip that has a bit of infamy in radio circles with Mister Kasem doing quite a bit of seemingly out-of-character swearing.

The version that he played was edited to keep to FCC away. Below is the unedited version, recorded in the mid 1980s. This is entirely Not Work Safe. Seriously. Be careful where you play it.