#the wondermints

1/3/26.

It seems like we're always talking about The Lemon Twigs, so we might as well post "Written By", the Record Store Day LP release from Ronnie D'Addario. Actually, his sons Brian and Michael (The Lemon Twigs) curated these songs from Ronnie's career and re-recorded them, inviting some "heavy hitters" (with Ronnie of course) of the indie pop scene. It sounds like The Lemon Twigs sound is in the family DNA.

By heavy hitters, I mean primarily themselves, but also Mac DeMarco, Sean Ono Lennon, Todd Rundgren, Matt Jardine (later era Beach Boys, Brian Wilson), Darian Sahanaja and Probyn Gregory (Wondermints, Brian Wilson).

SATURDAY MUSIC THAT PUTS A DENT IN YOUR LOVE PUMP

THE FUTURIST! LOVES this cover by THE WONDERMINTS of Burt Bacharach’s DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART.

Listen to that busy signal in the beginning enhancing the heartache in the singer’s lament.

A great touch.

Fumetti, THE FUTURIST!’s young Italian barber agrees. He played it for THE FUTURIST! one day while he gave him a trim:

"It’s so full of the pangs of the breaking heart, THE FUTURIST! It makes me cry like a baby. Do you want a razor cut in the back or a tapered cut? Let me just loosen your collar a little bit ... there we go ... sorry gotta undo your neck tie ... is that silk? No? You kiddin' me? Don't kid me!"

Fumetti was handed down the great art of barbering from his ancestors and, though a young man, he is the only one in the surrounding area that can perform that old-fashioned magic of masterful leisurely hair snipping.

THE FUTURIST! loves when Fumetti uses that electric hand vibrator on his neck and head after a haircut; then brushes the nape of his neck with powder.

It’s nearly orgasmic.

SATURDAY MUSIC THAT PUTS A DENT IN YOUR LOVE PUMP

THE FUTURIST! posted this rendition by THE WONDERMINTS of Bacharach's DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART late last year, but he must re-post it for this Saturday Music Post.

This is a great cover.

Listen to that busy signal in the beginning enhancing the heartache in the singer's lament. A great touch.

Fumetti, THE FUTURIST!'s young Italian barber agrees:

"It's so full of the pangs of the breaking heart, FUTURIST! It makes me cry like a baby. Do you want a razor cut in the back or a tapered cut? Have I told you you are lookin' good lately? You got nice blue eyes. They are not contacts? You kiddin' me? Don't kid me!"

THE FUTURIST! loves when Fumetti uses that electric hand vibrator on his neck and head after a haircut; then brushes the nape of his neck with powder. It's nearly orgasmic.

Got these at Turn It Up! In Northampton Mass.

The Wondermints - Wondermints

Bleu - Redhead

Stephen Malkmus - Self titled

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living With The Living

The Wondermints are one of those lost LA bands from the 90s. Well, not entirely lost--they now constitute much of Brian Wilson's current band and are the reason he completed his lost classic SMiLE. Live videos of them outside of Brian Wilson are really difficult to find.