Bandcamp Is Still The New Cassette Culture

Like I was saying ...Listen for free, buy if you like. This batch is loosely associated by a shared fascination with the surreal and fantast...

Bandcamp Is The New Cassette Culture...

...tho compared to the '80s/'90s tape underground: - the sound quality of indie music sites like Bandcamp is usually a lot better th...

We Wish You A Wild Xmas

I'm probably outta here 'til sometime in January. Thanks to all my wonderful readers and contributors. You-all make it happen. Reade...

APRIL IS BAD MUSIC MONTH

Back in the Jurassic era of the internet, the year 2000, L.A. radio personality April Winchell started putting up mp3s of bad/strange/funny ...

A STONER'S TRIBUTE TO CARL SAGAN (Milvia Son Records Sampler)

I've passed the 1000 posts mark. And boy are my fingers tired. On to 1001! Milvia Son Records from up in the Bay Area sent me a batch o...

ALBUM DU JOUR #8: ...To The Ridiculous

There's just no way you can dismiss today's music scene as not being as good as that of some mythical golden-age. I have so many new...

ALBUM DU JOUR #4: POLLUTING THE MAINSTREAM

The Eagles!  Fleetwood Mac!  Styx! Marie Osmond! That's the kind of stuff I listen to now.  All that weird, experimental stuff - what wa...

ALBUM(S) DU JOUR #1: Reposts

Took time off for Thanksgiving holiday, will take more time off in Dec/Jan. So let's try to catch up with a post a day.  They said it co...

Music For Saw Blades, Wood Planks, and Rolling BBs Around in a Dish

 I am woefully behind in heppin' you-all to the latest and greatest releases awaiting your cold cash. I have so many samples of new rele...

REPOST-APALOOZA Pt2: Music For Weirdos

Had another re-post request, this one for the awesome 4 disk collection "Music For Weirdos", compiled by reader Chris Swank (hey C...

Modern Purveyors Of Filth And Degradation: A New Music Roundup

So, so many albums out there! And some of them are even good!  Wish I had time to dedicate one post to each one, but due to the usual time c...

FORBIDDEN 45s!! (windbag edition)

Last year, Otis Fodder asked me to put together a guest-dj mix for his late, lamented radio show Friendly Persuasion. I decided to go thru m...

GOINGS ON ABOUT THE WEB

Been a while since I've done one of these miscellaneous/random internet-stuff posts, but mucho cool stuff has hit my eyedrums and earbal...