como se llama

An ad for the Massachusetts State Fair (a.k.a. "the Big E") from the September 21, 2007 edition of the [Woburn] Daily Times Chronicle:


There's a thin line between whimsy and creepiness.

In other Big E news, the fair's planned performance by Ludacris was cancelled due to low ticket sales. Did the bigwigs in charge of booking musical acts mistakenly assume that his frequent mentions of "hoes" referred to the gardening tool? Or maybe they thought that folks who'd travel cross-state to gawk at giant pumpkins would be open to songs like "P(ussy)-Poppin'" and "Pimpin' All Over the World."

On a more depressing note, the fair's performances by Brooke Hogan and Taylor Hicks went on as planned.

Martin Denny - Llama Serenade (from Forbidden Island/Primitiva, 1958) - After decades of intense study (including several missteps involving Doris Day and Arthur Lyman recordings) zoologists have discovered llamas respond really well to vibraphone-heavy exotica.

Love Tractor - Llama (from This Ain't No Outer Space Ship, 1987) - One of the lesser lights of the Athens, GA scene, though I give them full props for being groovy enough to incorporate wakka-chikka effects into this track. If only R.E.M. had been that bold...