All Things To All People
Josh Kassel just sent me this link (about fifteen minutes ago, to be exact) about Dick “Two Ton” Baker, a big name in children’s entertainment from Chicago in the 30s through the 1970s. The site’s got a whole bunch of mp3s taken…
Cover of Propaganda Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight by reviewing ALL…
If there was any period in music I wish I had been around for, I would have to pick the period from 1975 to 1985. Though, I technically was around for the last two years of that grouping, I was far too…
Image via Wikipedia Our car rounds the corner, wheels screeching. Lance is annoyed, but his grinding teeth and sighs of ennui are drowned out by the frantic bleating coming from under the hood. The two goats are being pushed to their limits,…
Cover of Mofo Project/Object Greasy Love Songs was my introduction to the new series of Frank Zappa Audio Documentary projects (that one on Crusin’ With Ruben & The Jets), and having loved it so much, I’ve gone back for the other two…
Image via CrunchBase Ping’s the new social networking tool from Apple. I’m on it (being a Mac geek and a person who uses iTunes anyway for playback, I suppose I kinda had to be) — just look up “Matt Keeley” and look…
Image via Wikipedia Here’s a news story I found from the DEVO mailing list on the woman who lives beneath Akron’s All-America Bridge. It’s a bit of disturbing reading — a really sad article. The All-America Bridge is a frequent suicide spot for…
Image via Wikipedia It took me a while, but I got over Robyn’s taking the name “Robyn” for herself away from Robyn Hitchcock. It helped that her self-titled album was so dang good. It made me decide there’s room in the world…
Fletcher Hanks had a very short run in comics; he worked only from 1939 to 1941. In fact, this, the first volume of his comics, I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets!, combined with the companion volume, You Shall Die By Your…
Image by RevMe via Flickr This was recorded for the Not Necessarily Beautiful But Mutated: Volume 9 DEVO tribute compilation that was distributed at DEVOtional 2010: A Decade of DEVOtion, a DEVO convention that occurred August 28, 2010. We still weren’t there in person…