Ronald Vaughan IS Isadore Ivy, Spaceman At Large

There's something a bit... off about  Ronald Vaughan. Just look at him, standing to the left of legendary Los Angeles radio D.J. Rodney...

The Note-Ables: Worst Lounge Band Ever?

Back up by request: " Halloween Stomp ." The recent post re: Banda Plástica De Tepetlixpa Mex. reminded me of another wonderful e...

ADIOS A LOS BEATLES

There is no more glorious sound for jaded ears than this rural Mexican brass band blowing berserk, off-key, highly enthusiastic instrumental...

ODD-STRALIA pt 2: Stinky Picnic

"If you're dead, you're totally dead If you're dead, you're totally dead, not alive" Can't argue with that.  T...

The Gospel Accordion To Frank

And lo! the Lord appeared to Father Frank Perkovich, saying unto him: go amongst the Catholics of the American Midwest, and playeth polka mu...

The Strangest Album Ever Made?!

"Trout Mask Replica"..."Eskimo"...The Shaggs...any such list is now incomplete without a mention of   Five Starcle Men...

One Of The Most WTF-iest Songs You Will Ever Hear

Words fail me...a warning to the men-folk from a thoroughly eccentric (just take a look at these song titles ), highly  prolific Nigerian/A...

Ahh...Outsider Music...

The George King/Joe Corney Space-Age Organ Sounds are back on-line. The first thing many Americans think when they hear the phrase "fo...

Tony "The Cool Casanova" Fabbri

There is almost no info on Tony Fabbri on the 'net, but all you need to know is that this is seriously some primo outsider awesomeness. ...

Dan Knudsen Won't Hurt You

Another great outsider musician named Daniel, Dan Knudsen is just as sincere, child-like, likeable, odd and God-fearing as D. Johnston, min...

MAS & HOPE: Words and Music For the Now Generation

Imagine if the Shaggs wrote songs for a christian Mrs. Miller... Some years ago, I posted a few choice cuts off this mind-boggling private-p...

The OTHER Singing Ricin Terrorist

The recent news about the wack-job Elvis (and others) impersonator sending politicians envelopes laced with deadly ricin reminded me of the ...

RETARDED UMPIRE

Baseball season has officially begun, so let's pay tribute to America's Pastime the MusicForManiacs way: Deranged Umpire - " Um...

Lynn Rockwell - One Man Band

Over the cheapest possible drum machine, Mr. Lynn Rockwell, from parts unknown, plays and sings everything on this private press wonder from...

Llyn Foulkes, King of The One-Man-Bands

I went to see a free performance by Llyn Foulkes last week (a day after I saw The Residents - can this year get any weirder?) and even tho I...

HER TEENAGE DREAM ENDED, YOUR NIGHTMARE HAS BEGUN

At first listen, "reality" show star Farrah Abraham's album " My Teenage Dream Ended " is striking in it's inept...

A Miserable, Depressing Album About Divorce - Happy Valentine's Day!

Bashful Hips is a solo electro band from Colorado whose free download album "Divorce" consists of song after sound-alike song of m...

The FLYING DUTCHMAN - ONE-MAN BAND SHOW

How's THAT for an album cover?  I think you can see why I picked up this private-press piece of vintage vinyl recently - it truly is a s...

SPACE-AGE SANTA

William Shatner! Theremins! Daleks! Annoying child singers!  Truly, this is what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.  If we must be subj...

ALBUM DU JOUR #10: Tiny Tim's Christmas Album

Still trying to post an album a day, to keep you-all fully loaded for when I take my holiday break.  The Iron Man of Blogging continues! Tod...