#ear magic

H - Hallelujah ~ Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainwright

E - Everything’s Not Awesome ~ The LEGO Movie 2 Ensemble

A - At the Beginning ~ Richard Marx, Donna Lewis

R - Reflection ~ Christina Aguilera

T - Take a Hint ~ Victoria Justice, Elizabeth Gillies

S - Shut up and Dance With Me ~ WALK THE MOON

Y - You’re Welcome ~ Dwayne Johnson

H - Here Comes A Thought ~ AJ Michalka, Estelle

A - American Idiot ~ Green Day

W - Walking on Sunshine ~ Aly & AJ

K - Kids in America ~ Len

Alisa I Want To Be A Prostitute 7″ (1982)

Early Eighties Los Angeles Latinx punk released just after a time other like-minded and just-as-welcomed bands such as X, The Germs, The Bags, and many more established themselves. “I Want To Be A Prostitute” is Alisa Alvarez’ (Wood) first hit reaching #7 on Los Angeles’ KROQ and she took it from there. KROQ’s Rodney Bingenheimer featured her for one of his assembled compilations for the Posh Boy label and she also showed up on some of the Ear Magic label’s Radio Tokyo Tapes. Song titles such as the lead track, “I Love An Ape”, and “Animals Get Used For Meat” shows she’s got a sense of humor, enough to make a story that captures interest. “I Want To Be A Prostitute” is the gem on this 7″, in which a young girl gives up the droll high-school life for a career in selling herself, living the all-too-true gauntlet of attention, drugs, assault, and robbery. Flip to the B-sdie for something a little more ridiculous as Alisa gets amorous and climactically walloped on  “I Love An Ape”.