Chubby Jones

It was last February and I was listening to NPR's All Songs Considered when I heard a familiar Baltimore accent. My favorite pencil-mustached weirdo, John Waters, was guest DJing their Valentine's Day show and sharing some samples off of his compilation CD, A Date With John Waters. Each song was appropriate for the Hallmark holiday; regardless of if you praise it as the day of love or loathsomely refer to it as the day you are most likely to kick puppies.

Just look at him. Everything about this is wonderful. It's as if his facial hair were really just dirt and some of it rubbed off onto his white jacket collar. It is oddly attractive and terrifying all at the same time.

Some of the best tracks include "All I Can Do Is Cry" by Ike and Tina Turner (Happy Valentines Day to YOU!), "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake" by Eileen Barton and the New Yorkers (sweet as pie, or cake) and a genius cover of "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Edith Massey. For those of you who don't know Edith Massey, she is an amazing creature. John Waters actually hand selected her to be one of the stars of his film Pink Flamingos. She played the "Egg Lady". Describing her won't do it justice, so instead I will leave you with a picture. Run, do not walk, to buy this album.