Hi I'm Boots Electric, or also Jesse Hughes from the Eagles of Death Metal
and I'm at Amoeba Records, on top of the world here in beautiful downtown Hollywood
and this is What's in My Bag.
The first thing I found is the Catwoman bendable.
This character of Catwoman was
a big influence on my developing sexuality, I think you could say.
Julie Newmar of course was the queen but this is the other cat woman.
Purrr-fect.
That's what I love about Amoeba is that... I mean there's a lot of things to love about it but
you're able to really live within the eternal time frozen bubble of pop culture
and experience it, if you wish to, in almost any generation. That's what I love.
The second thing I found is kind of a rolling of the dice. It's power pop from the
I guess late 70s and early 80's.
It could be awful but I don't think that you ever win anything if you don't dare to lose anything
and the only thing you really have to lose with this is time
and somebody else might like it and it could get you laid so then it can become a useful tool
y'know what I mean? Artistically speaking, of course.
This is an unbelievable thing, this is for a dollar, it's in the clearance section and I don't understand why
but Jimmy Walker, who played JJ on Good Times, which was an American TV show
about inner city life, I believe in the Chicago area
and JJ Walker had a couple catchphrases and one of them was 'Dyn-o-mite!'
Dyn-o-mite!
I actually had the Jimmy Walker doll, it was a pull-string doll
It said "dyn-o-mite" and "what's happenin'"
and this is actually a recording that's on Buddha Records
and Buddha Records was a record group that put out some pretty interesting stuff in the 60s and 70s
Progress, we're doing so good man.
I was reading a paper the other day, they arrested a black brother for income tax evasion.
That's a new area for us.
High-quality recordings and a lot of seminal performances of artists
that went out of print quickly. So I find it very odd that it's for a dollar, but I got it.
The editor of Cosmo called me up
and asked me to be in the centerfold.
I had to turn her down though.
No, 'cause see there's a myth about my people and I didn't want to spoil it so...
Little caucasian lady over here is saying, 'what myth?'
This is one of the coolest things I found today because this is
one of the most influential artists on me, personally
sort of in terms of the style or the attitude that I would take towards my career in show business.
Falco is an Austrian legend. He was sort of a man of the people
he partied, he lived, he would always hang out with his fans
he made it a point to to be with his fans, in a sincere way, not like in a
sort of Clash only-on-film way,  y'know what I mean, or in a propaganda-style way
and the video for this this particular song, 'Rock Me Amadeus'
which was actually one of the first sort of upper level pop attempts
sort of the fashioned version of hip-hop, in a way.
And it had this sort of boom-boom-chk, 'Rock Me Amadeus,' it was rad, with samples
and it was all sort of an affectation of these things, but still beautiful and sincere
and the video was Mozart, so high-class Renaissance society, with bikers
and Hells Angels being the bodyguards for Mozart as he comes into this theater.
I just thought the idea of bikers and Mozart was so awesome
and made so much sense to me when I was a kid that I remember thinking
if I'm ever doing anything like this, I'm gonna be like this guy
I want to I want to be able to have fun with it.
Unfortunately Falco died in a car accident driving to a festival
driving by himself in a convertible, as was his fashion.
And I know it sounds sort of corny but
I'd like to think that's the most beautiful way for an artist to go out, on the eternal drive
on the drive to Saturday night forever, do you know what I mean, which is a 50s rock and roll concept
'Party All The Time' by Eddie Murphy.
This single was hilarious. You know Eddie Murphy, he fancies himself a singer, and he is
and he got Rick James to record and produce this single
and if you're a fan of the Dave Chappelle Show, and you remember the Rick James moments
of the Dave Chappelle show where Rick James and Charlie Murphy are remembering
it all revolved around this particular time frame, when Eddie Murphy was making this album with Rick James
that's when they became friends
and that's when the famous muddy boots on the white couch situation went down
and all of those hilarious things which I can't say.
And I also thought the single was rad, 'my girl wants to party all the time...'
In the video you can see that Eddie really is into it
and really wants you to buy into the fact that he is, no
he's a serious singer.
and I think there's something precious and adorable about that.
Maybe not necessarily able to be taken seriously
but adorable, and you can take that seriously.
JD McPherson is one of my favorite artists that's current.
I think there's a lot of amazing music happening right now that's
somehow managing in a world where everything's been done and there's nothing new under the sun.
There's a lot of bands that are managing to simulate, or at least
have the appearance of pushing the envelope and doing something really cool.
JD McPherson is able to currently capture
the essence or the presentation of even the sonic
sensation of listening to an album straight off the radio in the 50s
while at the same time using language that's very current and hip
in a way that doesn't seem cheeky or inappropriate
'Head over Heels' is is one of the best pop songs
best rock n' roll songs I've heard in a long time and it just slams.
There's a lot of magicians running around in our world here
doing really amazing tricks, but there's very few wizards
and I think that JD McPherson is a wizard
not in like some stupid hippy with a staff way
thou shalt not pass or whatever, you know whatever it is
but like in a real swinging appendage like a baby's fist holding an apple
y'know, killin' rock n' roll, y'know what I mean.
And then I just got 'Short Cuts.'
This is one of my favorite Robert Altman films.
I appreciate what Robert Altman does and I can definitely see the brilliance and the genius that he possesses
but I often find that the conclusions that he attempts to draw in his films are
perfectly immoral and not necessarily tenable to me, but this movie
I think is an incredible testament to his genius in a way that's
possible for anybody to get involved with, if you know what I mean.
Let's take a vote.
All right by me.
Fish now or deal with the body.
I say fish now.
Suppose the current takes it away.
Then it's not our problem.
It's dark, it's really diabolical, it's entertaining, it's light-hearted
it's got beautiful performances by a menagerie of artists that cross the spectrum like
my god, why am I forgetting his name right now? He's one of my favorite artists and he plays
Tom Waits?
Dracula, Bram Stoker's... Tom Waits. Thank you.
What's your birthday? What's your sign?
 You're adorable.
No one in TV land can see it but I have a connection with the man who miked me
and it's like our periods have linked up but our dude periods
and now we're finishing each other's...
Sagittarius/Capricorn cusp.
sandwiches, yes. Perfect, we're made for each other.
But anyway Tom Waits is in it and he actually plays opposite of Lily Tomlin
Want a cup of coffee?
Oh yeah, give me some coffee. How 'bout an egg sandwich.
With a broke yoke?
Yeah, with a broke yoke.
and it's this incredible performance by Chris Penn
there's an amazing nudity scene with Julianne Moore
pre-lame and pontificating performances.
Julianne Moore is bottomless and it sort of completely and utterly destroys the preposterous notion
that anyone in Hollywood does anything other than for the most base of reasons.
Nobody's really trying to save whales who stop global warming.
They just want to see titties and ass, and this is a beautiful means by which to present it
in an artistic manner that might even fool your parents into letting you continue watching.
What are you talking about?
Thank you so much.
That was awesome, I had a lot of fun with that. I love you guys.
I never had a dad, but now I feel like I have brothers and sisters, and it's awesome.
