I saw this as part of the Hot docs film festival in Toronto a few years back and spent some time with Chris Bagley afterwards. The film is a wonderful labour...
"Bruce Ivins, the best bioterrorist US taxpayer money could buy, was by all descriptions a resourceful man of many talents. Newspaper articles on him told of...
"Leona Anderson was 75 years old when she recorded her 1958 debut and only full-length, Music to Suffer By. In the succeeding half-century, the record has...
Jon Ronson talks to The Shaggs - the girl group from the 1960s who were home schooled and practised for hours every day in their basement. Having no outside...
Really nice, Jon, Good little documentary. Have you read the New Yorker article from 1999? It's online also, easy to find. They were truly amazing. wish I...
I get the feeling you think that I am Jon Ronson. I am not. But in case you still want to know: Yes, I have read and heard all the things you mention. ~Jon...
HI Jon, I didn't know which Jon you were, just writing to you, I think. It's good you've seen the New Yorker article from 99... Glad you know the people -...
"They may be the most defensive album liner notes in rock history: “The Shaggs love you and love to perform for you,” begins one paragraph on the back of...
Al: "They may be the most defensive album liner notes in rock history: "The Shaggs love you and love to perform for you," begins one paragraph on the back of...
"What is there to say about The Shaggs, the quirky 1960s New Hampshire family band long touted as innovators of outsider music, that hasn't already been said?...
Hi all, I'd love to see this show! The Shaggs are a great story, made a great album or two, and as far as outsider music, they must be up in the top twenty -...
... I figure the young kids have to have their chance to discover great old music. I certainly did not hear the Shaggs by buying their LP new in 1968 (or...
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On Thursday, June 23rd, our radio show Shuffle Function is turning ten. We're marking it with a massive Dondero A Cappella Choir Pop Concert extravaganza! From...
Lawrence Wayne Fischer, better known as Wild Man Fischer, died in his hometown Los Angeles on June 15. He was 66. Fischer was a prolific songwriter, often...
... One of the scariest musical/sociological/psychological experiences I ever had was listening to all four sides of his first album in sequence. Talk about...
Alexander Berger DNA (self titled, also prefers that "Alexander" is underlined once, and "Berger DNA" is underlined twice - but I'm not computer-code savvy) is...
taking pre-orders now, shipping to customers at the end of the month :::  RODD KEITH MY PIPE YELLOW DREAM roar 23 LP  “Song Poems Wanted†read the ads....
Anyone else run into a problem getting to the roaratorio site? Dustin ... Anyone else run into a problem getting to the roaratorio site? Dustin On Thu, Sep 22,...
Yes, I got a warning message about malware potential. Â I was planning to check the site out on my iPad (which should be pretty safe from infection) tonight,...
thanks for the heads-up about the malware warning... I'm on it. Â best James www.roaratorio.com thanks for the heads-up about the malware warning... I'm on...
"In an impressive undertaking, Belgian composer Baudouin de Jaer tries to musically decode the disturbed drawings of Adolf Wölfli. Too bad the music isn't the...
in shops at the end of the month, but available through direct mail order right now ::: When psycho-spatial composer Nelson Gastaldi passed away in 2009 at the...
The clocks of my World's Largest Collection of Giant Cuckoo-Clocks will make sounds. Here's a [mp3] link to one of them: http://tiny.cc/x823r Here's another...
https://www.wfmu.org/marathon/pledge.php WFMU's annual fund-raising marathon is now happening and should be of interest to most members of this list. Stop by,...
Hey hey; As you may know, I am trying to raise funds on kickstarter to build a collection of giant clocks. We're now in the final 10 days of my clock project...
