Twilight on the Trail

Pencil-thin mustachioed yodeling country singer Slim Whitman has died of heart failure at the age of 90, leaving the world ripe for a Martian takeover. Known as America’s Favorite Folk Singer, as no one else really wanted the title, his fame was actually greater in the UK, where his 1955 single Rose Marie sat atop the barren pre-Beatles UK Singles Chart for 19 weeks, the longest until Bryan Adams broke the record in 1991, which gives a window into why BritPop sucks so hard yet will not go away. He was one of the first singers to make the transition to infomercials to hawk his crap, and secured even more fans when playing his high-pitched yodeling in Indian Love Call caused the heads of the invading aliens to explode in Mars Attacks!