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.

Vocabulary building:

Previously:
How To Speak Hip, part 1
How To Speak Hip, part 2

I think Los Colorados is my new favorite band:

Consider that nerd rock genereally refers to bands like Devo, Weezer, They Might Be Giants, or sometimes Kraftwerk.

Now, the music of Led Zeppelin has probably inspired more Dungeons and Dragons campaigns than any combination of other artists. They've even done several songs based on the works of Tolkien.

The thunderous godfathers of heavy metal are also pretty close to the pinnacle of nerd rock.