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"MR. CORK'S TOTALLY OFF THE WALL WHACKED OUT CHRISTMAS SONGS!" ARE AVAILABLE AT: WWW.CDBABY.COM/MRCORK2
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"Mr. Cork's" songs are now available for individual purchase by digital download by clicking on the "Mr. Cork" website icon on this page...Mr. Cork is also available at Napster..Musicmatch or your favorite site...just type in mr cork in the sites search engine..Thanks for your support -Mr. Cork
WELCOME TO MR. CORK'S TOTALLY OFF THE WALL WHACKED
OUT CHRISTMAS SONGS! EVERY SONG WAS TESTED BY LETTING MY WIFE LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERY SONG. IF SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT...I ENDED UP SLEEPING ON THE COUCH FOR A WEEK AND IT ENDED UP ON THE CD. I GOT NAILED ONCE AND THAT'S NOT BAD WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ALBUM HAS 10..COUNT THEM...10..FUNNY
SONGS! ANYWAYS...I LAUGHED OUT LOUD AT THEM A FEW TIMES AND I MADE THE MISTAKE OF LETTING MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER LISTEN TO THEM LATE ONE NIGHT...SHE HAD HEADPHONES ON AND ALL YOU COULD HEAR WERE BURSTS OF UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER. MY WIFE WOKE UP AND I HIGHTAILED IT OUT THE FRONT DOOR. I SOON REALIZED I ONLY HAD A BATHROBE ON AS I HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE SHOWER. I HAD NO KEYS WITH ME AND OF COURSE THE DOOR LOCKED RIGHT BEHIND ME. I SNUCK OVER TO MY DAUGHTERS WINDOW AND LIGHTLY TAPPED BUT SHE HAD THE HEADPHONES ON AND COULDN'T HEAR ME. IT WAS FREEZING OUTSIDE AND MY BARE FEET WERE STICKING TO THE FROZEN GROUND. I WAS TRYING TO GET MY DAUGHTERS ATTENTION FOR 10 MINUTES WHEN I WAS APPROACHED BY TWO ARMED POLICE. THEY THOUGHT I WAS A FLASHER AND I FINALLY CONVINCED THEM OF WHAT HAPPENED. I RANG THE DOORBELL PRAYING MY DAUGHTER WOULD ANSWER. THE DOOR OPENED AND IT WAS MY WIFE...SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS BUT THE BATHROBE BELONGED TO HER AND SHE WAS WONDERING WHERE IT WAS....THE POLICE LAUGHED AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT OFF AND GIVE IT BACK...AFTER THEY ALL HAD A LAUGH AT MY EXPENSE I FOUND OUT ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS REPORTED SEEING A PEEPING TOM..."GEE",I SAID,"THIS NEIGHBORHOODS CHANGING,WE BETTER KEEP OUR SHADES SHUT THEN" I TOLD THE POLICE...THEY WENT AWAY HOWLING..WHERE WAS I...OH YEAH..ANYWAYS,MY
DAUGHTER LOVED IT AND SO DID HER FRIENDS...YOU SEE HOW I EXTENSIVLEY TESTED THIS THING BEFORE I PUT IT ON THE MARKET? IT'S EVEN ANIMAL TESTED!! MY SIBERIAN HUSKEY WHO IS A BEAUTIFUL DOG BUT DUMBER THAN A ROCK ACTUALLY WENT UP TO THE STEREO SPEAKER AND COCKED HER HEAD WONDERING HOW I GOT IN THERE. I SMILED UNTILL I LEARNED HER CHEW BONE WAS BEHIND THE SPEAKER AND SHE KNOCKED IT OVER TO GET IT. I SHOULD OF KNOWN...SHE NEVER COMES WHEN I CALL HER ANYWAYS...NEITHER DOSE MY WIFE BUT I WON'T GO THERE..WHERE WAS I?...OH YEAH...LISTEN TO THE SONGS AND BUY A COPY OR TWO FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. YOU CAN PURCHASE THIS C.D. AT WWW.CDBABY.COM/MRCORK2 WHEN YOU GET OVER TO THAT SITE READ THE TRUE HILARIOUS CHRISTMAS DISASTER THAT HAPPENED TO ME ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2003.. THANKS...MR. CORK
WELCOME TO MR. CORK'S TOTALLY OFF THE WALL WHACKED
OUT CHRISTMAS SONGS! EVERY SONG WAS TESTED BY LETTING MY WIFE LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERY SONG. IF SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT...I ENDED UP SLEEPING ON THE COUCH FOR A WEEK AND IT ENDED UP ON THE CD. I GOT NAILED ONCE AND THAT'S NOT BAD WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ALBUM HAS 10..COUNT THEM...10..FUNNY
SONGS! ANYWAYS...I LAUGHED OUT LOUD AT THEM A FEW TIMES AND I MADE THE MISTAKE OF LETTING MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER LISTEN TO THEM LATE ONE NIGHT...SHE HAD HEADPHONES ON AND ALL YOU COULD HEAR WERE BURSTS OF UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER. MY WIFE WOKE UP AND I HIGHTAILED IT OUT THE FRONT DOOR. I SOON REALIZED I ONLY HAD A BATHROBE ON AS I HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE SHOWER. I HAD NO KEYS WITH ME AND OF COURSE THE DOOR LOCKED RIGHT BEHIND ME. I SNUCK OVER TO MY DAUGHTERS WINDOW AND LIGHTLY TAPPED BUT SHE HAD THE HEADPHONES ON AND COULDN'T HEAR ME. IT WAS FREEZING OUTSIDE AND MY BARE FEET WERE STICKING TO THE FROZEN GROUND. I WAS TRYING TO GET MY DAUGHTERS ATTENTION FOR 10 MINUTES WHEN I WAS APPROACHED BY TWO ARMED POLICE. THEY THOUGHT I WAS A FLASHER AND I FINALLY CONVINCED THEM OF WHAT HAPPENED. I RANG THE DOORBELL PRAYING MY DAUGHTER WOULD ANSWER. THE DOOR OPENED AND IT WAS MY WIFE...SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS BUT THE BATHROBE BELONGED TO HER AND SHE WAS WONDERING WHERE IT WAS....THE POLICE LAUGHED AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT OFF AND GIVE IT BACK...AFTER THEY ALL HAD A LAUGH AT MY EXPENSE I FOUND OUT ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS REPORTED SEEING A PEEPING TOM..."GEE",I SAID,"THIS NEIGHBORHOODS CHANGING,WE BETTER KEEP OUR SHADES SHUT THEN" I TOLD THE POLICE...THEY WENT AWAY HOWLING..WHERE WAS I...OH YEAH..ANYWAYS,MY
DAUGHTER LOVED IT AND SO DID HER FRIENDS...YOU SEE HOW I EXTENSIVLEY TESTED THIS THING BEFORE I PUT IT ON THE MARKET? IT'S EVEN ANIMAL TESTED!! MY SIBERIAN HUSKEY WHO IS A BEAUTIFUL DOG BUT DUMBER THAN A ROCK ACTUALLY WENT UP TO THE STEREO SPEAKER AND COCKED HER HEAD WONDERING HOW I GOT IN THERE. I SMILED UNTILL I LEARNED HER CHEW BONE WAS BEHIND THE SPEAKER AND SHE KNOCKED IT OVER TO GET IT. I SHOULD OF KNOWN...SHE NEVER COMES WHEN I CALL HER ANYWAYS...NEITHER DOSE MY WIFE BUT I WON'T GO THERE..WHERE WAS I?...OH YEAH...LISTEN TO THE SONGS AND BUY A COPY OR TWO FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. YOU CAN PURCHASE THIS C.D. AT WWW.CDBABY.COM/MRCORK2 WHEN YOU GET OVER TO THAT SITE READ THE TRUE HILARIOUS CHRISTMAS DISASTER THAT HAPPENED TO ME ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2003.. THANKS...MR. CORK
Why this name?
CORK WAS A NICKNAME I HAD SINCE I COULD WALK AND SOMEWHERE IN THE EARLY 80'S SOMEONE THREW A "MR." IN FRONT OF IT AND IT KINDA STUCK.
Do you play live?
I DON'T PLAY LIVE BUT I DO PLAY DEAD ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S MY TURN TO WASH THE DISHES.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
IT ALLOWS IDIOTS LIKE ME TO PUT OUR CRAP ON LINE FOR EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A LIFE TO LISTEN TO! ( I HOPE YOU LAUGHED...YOU KNOW I WAS JUST JOKIN' DONT YOU?)
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
YEAH...SURE...LIKE THAT IS REALLY GONNA HAPPEN..THEY WOULD TAKE ONE LOOK AT MY AGE AND SAY.."DUDE, DID YOU GET YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK YET AND IS THAT PUDDLE ON THE FLOOR DROOL OR ARE YOUR DEPENDS LEAKING! ONCE YOU GET PAST 29 IN THE INDUSTRY IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED IT NEVER WILL. I STARTED WRITING MUSIC AT 40 AND NOW I'M 52. I GET WINKS FROM GRANDMAS AND THE YOUNG CHICKS WANT TO HOLD MY HAND ALRIGHT....JUST TO MAKE SURE I DON'T FALL DOWN WITHOUT MY WALKER.
Band History:
NO BAND, I DO IT ALL MYSELF. VOCALS, INSTRUMENTS AND CRAZY TEMPER TANTRUMS THAT PISS OFF MY ALTERNATE EGOS UNTILL THEY COMPLAIN AND REFUSE TO WORK WITH ME AGAIN. THEY COME BACK....THEY ALWAYS DO! SERIOUSLY, IT STARTED IN 1990...MAY TO BE EXACT...I PURCHASED MY FIRST KEYBOARD AND DRUM MACHINE AND $40,OOO DOLLARS WORTH OF UPGRADES. I HAD MONEY IN MY POCKETS SO YOU KNOW I WASN'T MARRIED. THE SONG "MR. CORK'S CHRISTMAS STROLL" WAS THE FIRST COMEDY CHRISTMAS SONG IN 1990 AND MY SECOND COMEDY SONG WAS "DIARRHEA ON CHRISTMAS DAY" RECORDED IN JANUARY 2003. IT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS EVERY CHRISTMAS AT MY MOTHER-N-LAWS HOUSE AFTER CHRISTMAS DINNER. COMPLETELY TRUE AND I'M SIURE HALF AMERICA CAN RELATE. IN BETWEEN THAT TIME I WAS DOING SERIOUS STUFF.
Your influences?
JACK DANIELS!
Favorite spot?
IF I TELL YOU WILL YOU SCRATCH IT?
Equipment used:
BESIDES A CHAIN SAW?
I LOVE REEL TO REEL AND HAVE A TASCAM TSR-8 FROM THE EARLY 90'S. I MIX TO DIGITAL. THERE'S SOMETHING ROMANTIC ABOUT WATCHING THOSE REELS TURN KNOWING THEY ARE FAITFULLY CAPTURING YOUR GREATEST EFFORT. I'M STARTING TO CHOKE UP...DON'T LET ME KEEP GOING.....SNIFF SNIFF..HANKIE PLEASE!
I LOVE REEL TO REEL AND HAVE A TASCAM TSR-8 FROM THE EARLY 90'S. I MIX TO DIGITAL. THERE'S SOMETHING ROMANTIC ABOUT WATCHING THOSE REELS TURN KNOWING THEY ARE FAITFULLY CAPTURING YOUR GREATEST EFFORT. I'M STARTING TO CHOKE UP...DON'T LET ME KEEP GOING.....SNIFF SNIFF..HANKIE PLEASE!
Anything else...?
YEAH, YOU TOOK SO LONG TO INTERVIEW ME I'M ABOUT TO LAUGH HYSTERICALLY CAUSE THE WHOLE TIME I WAS WATCHING A GANG OF THUGS STEAL THE HUB CAPS OFF YOUR BMW AND PEE IN YOUR FRONT SEAT.
BUY MY CD'S AT WWW.CDBABY.COM/MRCORK2 AND KNOW THAT ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARD RAISING THE BOUNTY ON THE REWARD FOR BRINGING MY MOTHER-N-LAW TO JUSTICE!!
BUY MY CD'S AT WWW.CDBABY.COM/MRCORK2 AND KNOW THAT ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARD RAISING THE BOUNTY ON THE REWARD FOR BRINGING MY MOTHER-N-LAW TO JUSTICE!!