In the 1961 Noir Blast Of Silence (link), the Hit Man, his would-be victim, and the sleazy gun dealer all come together for a scene at a Village Jazz club (identified as the now CVSed Village Gate). A bongo playing Beat sings two songs "Dressed In Black" and "Torrid Town". The performance and the songs are credited to the actor Dean Sheldon. I have always wanted to know more about this guy, and thus I throw the question out to Blog Land. I include a clip of the whole scene. Also Blast Of Silence screens this Thursday at Film Forum (link) part of their amazing NYC Noir fest.
Blather:
Categories
- 365 Days Project
- Archie Club News
- Art
- Audio
- Audio Mysteries
- BenjamenWalker's Posts
- Books
- Brian Turner's Posts
- Bronwyn C's Posts
- Cartoon Sexuality
- Cheesy Euro-Disco
- Chris T's Posts
- Comics
- Copyleft
- Current Affairs
- Dave the Spazz's Posts
- Debbie's Posts
- Diane Kamikaze's Posts
- DJ Compilations of the Month
- DJ Crap
- DJ Trouble's Posts
- Doron's Posts
- Doug Schulkind's Posts
- Fake Beatles
- Fashion
- FCC
- Film
- FMU BOT's posts
- Food and Drink
- Games
- Gaylord Fields' Posts
- Georgy Girl's Posts
- Government
- Hatch's Posts
- Hbee's Posts
- Hear it Wow's Posts
- Henry Krinkle's Posts
- History
- Irwin Chusid's Posts
- Jason Sigal's Posts
- Jonathan Steinke's Posts
- Kenny G's Posts
- Kenzo's Posts
- Kurt Gottschalk's Posts
- Listener Bob Purse's Posts
- Listener Fatty Jubbo's Posts
- Listener Fodder's Posts
- Listener Greg's Posts
- Listener Jim's Posts
- Listener Kliph's Posts
- Listener Lee Rosevere's Posts
- Listener Mindwrecker's Posts
- Listener Sensei Rebel's Posts
- Liz B's Posts
- Lukas' Posts
- Marcus' Posts
- Mark Allen's Posts
- Megan's Posts
- Michael Goodstein's Posts
- Mike L's Posts
- Mining the Audio Motherlode
- Monica's Posts
- MP3s
- Music
- Nat Roe's Posts
- New Jersey
- New York City
- Photography
- Podcasts
- Propaganda
- Pseu's Posts
- Radio
- Real Estate
- Religion
- Resident Clinton's Posts
- Science
- Scott McDowell's Posts
- Scott W's Posts
- Sex
- Sid Safari's Posts
- Sports
- Station Manager Ken's Posts
- Swan Fungus' Posts
- Television
- The Internet
- Travel
- Video Clips
- Video Games
- Videoquest
- Web/Tech
- Weblogs
- WFMU in General
- WFMU Marathons
- WFMU's Top Ten of 2008 Lists
- William Berger's Posts
Recent Posts
- Punks Who Would Never Think To Wish You A Happy Thanksgiving... (videos)
- Chris T.'s Holiday Fill-ins
- Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 43 (MP3s)
- New Zealand's Axemen at WFMU (MP3's)
- Grass Widow Live at WFMU (mp3s)
- Great Men Repeat Themselves
- Home Blitz is Back!
- Jean-Jacques Perrey & Gershon Kingsley on American Game Shows!
- Incapacitants
- French Singer Gigi Gaston's Jean-Luc Godard-Filmed Music Video
« You Are Going to Relax. Begin By Making Yourself Perfectly Comfortable. Sit Down in Your Favorite Chair. As You Find Your Mind Relaxing ... Deeper ... And Deeper. | Main | 365 Days #220 - Young Sound (mp3s) »
August 07, 2007
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451c29169e200e3982369018833
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Mystery Bongo Beat:
Comments
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
WFMU Links
Logo Contest 2008
- WFMU held a logo design contest in June, and we received an outpouring of great submissions. Check 'em out!
Guitar Face
- Scott Williams' tribute to the facial expressions that squeeze those notes out of guitars.
Blast of Silence has a connection to a WFMU DJ: The movie's female lead, Molly McCarthy, is Michael Shelley's mother.
Posted by: Gaylord Fields | August 07, 2007 at 06:25 PM
I've always liked this film. I found a few tidbits about Dean Sheldon in the NYT archives. Seems a drummer named Dean Sheldon was an accompanist for performances at the Ethnologic Dance Center in 1949. Later, the IBDB and the Times mention his name as a conga player for the Broadway production "Bagels and Yox" which had a 6-month run in 1951-1952. The last mention I could find for Mr. Sheldon is a 1958 ad for the #1 Bar at One 5th Ave - he's listed as performing "Songs of Excitement"!
Posted by: Jonathan Ward | August 08, 2007 at 12:19 PM