You have to take what Cobain said about anything with a grain of salt, of course. He'd say whatever he thought would gain him cognoscenti points, like telling...
"The great cities of Russia are still strange to Baimurat Allaberiyev, who as a younger man herded sheep in his native Tajikistan for a salary of one lamb per...
Swan Fungus writes: "Every once in a while, I happen upon something at the store that consumes me. At the beginning of this year, I came across a copy of Jerry...
Talking about catching up with a friend. I ask him to bring a vinyl record. He sais no. He didnt want to take it on the bus. Not because its fragile but the...
"In 1973, Higgins released an album of gorgeously haunting folk called Red Hash. The album could’ve made Higgins a staple in the folk scene; the music plays...
Space G gets to work on his album. He has been waiting since 1996 to get into a studio. Ten years of writing lyrics and recoding demos has lead to Fishshop...
Thanks for posting. I really like Space G On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 11:16 PM, michael retter...
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"So, that was Jandek. But was it really Jandek? The famously reclusive outsider folk musician performed his first ever D.C. concert Saturday night at an...
"Two designers in Austin, Tex., have created a video game for the iPhone based on the art and music of the eccentric Texas singer and songwriter, Daniel...
Chris Mincher reviews the latest Daniel Johnston: "Collaborators like Paul Leary of Butthole Surfers and Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse (which once covered...
"Cult legend Daniel Johnston is currently working on new material for an upcoming album release. According to an interview with Clash Music, Johnston is...
"Jason Falkner produces the latest record from Daniel Johnston, giving the iconoclastic singer/songwriter the rich canvas he has so long deserved." ...
"Society is mostly failure. For every LeBron James, there are thousands and thousands of guys convinced they could be great if they could just get this...
"In many ways the ultimate music outsider, Jandek’s brand of weird and often challenging music in many ways asks of the listener questions. Chief among them...
"Horror in music is still as easy as H.P." http://tinyurl.com/Lovecraftian-Music Of interest as the author devotes several paragraphs to outsider artist Nick...
The Outsiders Festival runs for a whole month (Nov 1 to 30) and incorperates Painting, drawing, moving image, music and poetry. http://www.vimeo.com/7231564 I...
"They wanted to be 'the best handicapped band in Africa'. They have become one of the most exciting live bands on the planet. On the eve of their UK tour,...
"This article about the late Sky Saxon (former singer of 60s garage psych punks The Seeds) comes from The Austin Chronicle, July 24, 2009. Saxon passed away on...
Here are two compilations I put together - nothing new but maybe new to you.Outsider Holiday Music Again Again Doug Harvey 1334 N. Benton Way Los Angeles, CA....
maybe this will help? http://www.myspace.com/imagenepeise In a world full of mysterious and timely entities, no one could be more exotic or more relevant....
"Celebrated Hollywood Hills cult head and far-out psych-rock band leader Father Yod may have died in an unfortunate hang-gliding accident in Hawaii in 1975 (we...
Thanks, Doug. This is interesting listening. I can't wait to have it playing in the background when my wife and I have our Christmas breakfast party in...
Adam Gold writes: "When you're both a music writer and a performer in a town as incestuous as Nashville, the occasional conflict of interest is inevitable. In...
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