– Any moron can come up with a list of the best rock `n` roll records. But it takes a special kind of moron to come up with a list of the worst. And that`s the task Jimmy Guterman and Owen O`Donnell have given themselves. They`ve compiled ”The Worst Rock `n` Roll Records of All Time” (Carol Publishing).
”We`re writing this book not because we want to but because we have to. You see, we love this stuff. We`ve come to praise, not to bury. Better yet, we`ve come to exhume-and switch the bodies in the graves.” Among the albums: ”Joey Bishop Sings Country/Western,” ”Richard Simmons` This Time” and
”Having Fun with Elvis on Stage” (made up entirely of the King`s incoherent stage babbling). Singles include the incomparable William Shatner singing ”Mr. Tambourine Man” and Andy Gibb and Victoria Principal teaming up on the Everly Brothers` classic ”All I Have To Do Is Dream,” which, by the way, rose to No. 51 on the Hit Parade.
Everyone has experienced a Vacation from Hell. But it seems that every time Erma Bombeck leaves the house, something awful-but funny-happens. In
”When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It`s Time To Go Home”
(HarperCollins), she recounts such occurrences as ”Romance on Board a Cruise Ship”: ”There was the `motion` problem. When I threw up in a standing ashtray before we left the dock, I knew we would never whisper anything in one another`s ear except, `Get me a cold towel.` ” And shopping: ”It`s especially challenging when you`re in countries where the stores close for siestas like Spain, Mexico or Greece. You must shop quickly. I survive in this frantic atmosphere only because I have no taste.”
