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Joe Lavelle
@joelavellesongs.bsky.social
Songwriter in Los Angeles. Special fondness for my once adopted home of New Orleans. Supporter of indie film and small local cinemas. Supporter of local live entertainment.
Will answer to He or She pronouns, They isn’t really my thing but I’m fine with it.
When you’re a conservative Democrat with a goal of pulling the Democratic Party even farther to the Right, you’ve got to paint Trump as an outlier so your (D) version of fascism isn’t fully on display as you try to push for compromise with “reasonable Republicans”.
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I mean, with porn I’ve become accustomed to a quick spread, but… yeah. Bad.
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Some people would wander in watch for a few minutes then leave appalled that nothing was funny and nothing made sense.
But for others it was a sanctuary. Weirdo outsiders graced with a stage and a P.A. doing whatever they wanted.

When that era ended, nothing else ever arose that quite matched it.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Management would allow pretty much anyone to put on a show in that little basement bar with zero management supervision and zero expectation of a crowd draw.
So, for about 5 years, this lonely neglected little watering hole hosted the weirded bizarre alt comedy shows from a variety of show runners.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Yes, in very nearly 100% of cases you are absolutely correct. But…
There was a Ramada Inn on Vermont in Los Angeles in a “nameless zone” (not North enough to be Los Feliz, not East enough to be Silverlake.
For about 5 glorious years spanning the late 90s to early 2000s in that lackluster lounge…
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You’re worried about people evangelizing the whales?
If memory serves correct, the last time a whale encountered a prophet delivering the judgment of God it didn’t work out all too favorably for the prophet.
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The song was nearly 50% of the whole sketch… which also contributed to the funny. Like, all that set up for a sketch that’s going to end almost immediately in exactly the way we know it’s going to end.
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Testament of Ann Lee by a country mile.
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
There’s always so much collateral damage… great performances by actors who unwittingly starred alongside some monster of a human being, in the case of Phil Spector there are so many great artists who deserve for their best works to be heard- some of them his own victims so they get hurt twice over.
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Rankin and Bass seem okay.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
(and all those songs are in *so* many movies!)
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Try enjoying the Phil Spector Christmas album. *That* don’t come easy!
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I love this for you, Beautiful Screaming Lady.
❤️
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m vegetarian and I’ve never been interested in any “imitation meat” products, so I’ve never even tasted tofurkey or anything of the like.

However… if any of these fake meat producers were ever smart enough to name their imitation turkey “Jive Turkey”, I’d have to try it just out of respect.
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
How would one go about getting adopted into this family?
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Nina Persson walked with sexy Cardigans so that Cynthia Erivo could run.
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM