The Original "Iko Iko" by James "Pretty Boy" Crawford and his Cane Cut...

The Dixie Cups took the writing credit for their big 1965 hit IKO IKO, but the song was actually written and sung by James, Pretty Boy, Crawford in 1953.  Watch the video to find out if he ever got a dime from the Dixies. 

Weird and Strange Stuff - The Impossible Desert

In the 2nd snowiest state in the U.S. the last thing you would expect to find is a desert and a camel.  But if you go to Freeport, you'll find it.  Or you could watch this video and see it!

The Midnight Prowler Man

The video of my latest song poem.  As always, I am looking for someone to add the music to complete the song

Planet Earth My Science Project

In a classroom, far away in a distant, advanced planet, a student presents his science project - a living, miniature planet that he calls Earth.

The Death Squad

Thou Shalt Not Kill - except in war, in which case even your clergyman will give you a chocolate bar and a slap on the back and send you off to kill.  For a private in the Union Army assigned to a firing squad during the U.S. Civil War, each new day brought the execution of 80 convicts.  Soon the unpleasant duty becomes unbearable, and he searches for a way out.    

THE DEATH SQUAD, 

WRITTEN AND PRODUCED

 BY BILL RUSSO 

FOR SHORT STORY THEATER

The Invasion of Ragged Mountain

In Bill Russo's new tale, the creatures of the Juns Federation - Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are poised to attack earth by capturing one human being at a time. They have chosen desolate Ragged Mountain for the starting point of the invasion. A lone disc-jockey sits in a cabin on the flat top of the peak. In winter, it's not possible for any vehicle to scale the icy mountain, or for a helicopter to land on it. But, in the swirling snow outside his window, the radio announcer sees someone, or some thing!

The Chicken Man of Leftover Main

From Leftover Main in Cape Cod in the 1950s, where the tourists don't go, and the police won't go - it's the tale of The Chicken Man, who is forced to fight off some 'yeggs' who are stealing his egg layers.