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Sam Butera, a hard-swinging tenor saxophonist who formed a rowdy and successful onstage partnership with entertainers Louis Prima and Keely Smith in the 1950s, died Wednesday at a hospital in Las Vegas. He was 81. He had Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the Las Vegas Sun. Prima, nearly 20 years older than Butera, was a composer ("Sing, Sing, Sing"), trumpeter, singer and irrepressible stage performer, a combination of Louis Armstrong and Jerry Lewis. His career was on the wane when he teamed in 1954 with Butera, who a few years earlier had been named the country's outstanding teenage...

With great pleasure, RIGHT WING PARODIES, LLD presents the winner of the cover art for the parody CD -- YOU'VE BEEN FREEPED, Vol. 1. FReeper pacothecat, an accomplished professional artist, did this magnificent creation. Uncle shag and I are in awe. Besides being on the cover of the CD, this would be one heckofa FReeper poster. It captures the essence of what we need to do to the DemocRATS. Pacothecat did the cover never having seen uncleshag or knowing anything about him. Maybe she is psychic? Thanks, Pam. This will go down in FReeper lore.

Attention FReepers and FReeperettes. Gonzo says that the Song Parody CD is a go. Sometime in April he expects to be in the studio. The intent for the song parody CD is twofold --- 1) to raise money for the next fundraiser, and 2) to mock the RATS. With the new search engine, it is now fairly easy to search for your favorite song. If you have a particular one in mind, just put in -- SONG camp grenada. Or -- SONG nights in white satin. Etc. On this thread I will link some of my personal favorites. Choose some...