The Shemp Meditation Tape
Back in the late 1980's as the New Age movement peaked, WFMU agonized over the fact that the station had absolutely nothing to offer the Windham Hill crowd, which was fleeing the station's membership rolls in droves. The solution was to place Dave the Spazz under house arrest until an appropriate audio solution could be assembled. The result was the Shemp Meditation Tape, which Dave described this way:
Recommended for new age nitwits and chucklefucks alike....scientifically mixed in Shemp-A-Rama for your enlightened casaba-banging pleasure.... Soar the Horwitz heavens and become one with Shemp's karma on the Heee Beee Beee Beee side... transhempify your mind and cook your chakras on the life-infirming Ahh Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha side.
The Shemp Meditation Tape went on to become the top selling item in WFMU's well intentioned but fatally flawed Catalog of Curiosities, which was in business from 1993-1997.
Heee Beee Beee Beee side (MP3)
Ahh Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha side (MP3)
(Produced under armed guard for WFMU by Mahavishnu Dave Thespazzyrama in the palatial Spazzintologist Compound.)
Hallelujah!
Peace at last!
I've been waiting.
I miss the catalog of curiosities. I had to replace it with the Aquarius List, so I'd love to see it agin'.
Posted by: Blind Uncle Gaspard | October 20, 2005 at 07:21 PM
This is making my sides hurt, and is going to give me nightmares.
Thank you!!!
Posted by: _Kenzo | October 20, 2005 at 10:06 PM
HEEEEE HEEEEE HEEEEE HUFFF HUFFFFF PUFFFFFFF..................................VENTALIN PLEASE
Posted by: LUKEY | October 20, 2005 at 11:58 PM
I actually have a physical copy of this! I bought it from the old catalog. I really miss it!
Posted by: dj hojo | October 21, 2005 at 09:58 AM
I have several copies of the cassette lying around. It was always my default marathon alternate choice. I'd meant to give them out as gifts, but never did. Now I have no way to play them. Thanks for the MP3s!
Posted by: JD | October 22, 2005 at 11:19 PM
YES! I was looking for my cassette copy in hopes of digitizing it but couldn't find it - thanks for this! I've been considering making a Curly Meditation Tape as well ;-)
Posted by: swirlyd | January 12, 2008 at 05:38 PM
DO YOU HAVE ANY CHICKS ON AUDIO THAT DO SHEMP STUFF OR CURLY ? I WOULD LIKE TO BUY IT .
BILL
Posted by: BILL B . | July 29, 2008 at 03:04 AM