[nyt] smutty wax cylinders

The NYT had an article about a new CD out of compiled smutty/dirty wax cylinders which is sure to sit on my slsk wishlist for awhile.  Some wax cylinder enthuisist (Dylan?) got one called "The Virtues of Raw Oysters" (yeah) and then found other people who had some, etc.  They say how people went to jail for 3 months for obscenity laws back in the 1890s. 

There's an interesting lil part about how the language sounds like anything you'd hear today, which brings me to my dirty little secret.  I got an albulm called <U>Copulation Blues</u> which is all songs with sexual inneundo fro the 1900's-1940.  It's very silly.  Songs like "Elevator Papa and Switchboard Mama" are silly.  Songs like "No Wonder She's A Blushing Bride" are almost cute.  Songs like "Have you seen my pussy?" are probably innacuratly on this mix.  However, the very last on the 2nd cd is called "Shave 'Em Dry" and it's downright pornographic.  It's an alt. recording of a usually much more benign (lyrically) song.  Uh, this one says things like "kiss my ass" , "asshole", "cum" and "titties."  And all this time I thought my uncle had invented the word in the 1970's.  Still fairly silly, and I'm not sure what "shave em dry" means and I'm 27.  26.  Anyways, it's worth a listen: [Shave 'Em Dry mp3 by Lucille Bogan]

Bonus wax cylinder....