"Jim Sullivan wrote one amazing – and as it turns out oddly predictive – record, and then disappeared while traveling from CA to TN. Leaving behind his...
"It was 1977 when twenty-three-year-old Gary Wilson released You Think You Really Know Me. He recorded the album in the basement of his parents’ house,...
A few months back I was told about a new release from Rotate the Completor from a fan who had ordered `Completed Rotations of the…' from the man himself by...
I saw the review in Wire magazine, and the reviewer openly wondered the same thing I've silently wondered all this time - is this a hoax? It is the only time...
Red Wire www.redwireredwire.com ________________________________ From: stan <singhamloudsinghamclear@...> To: outsidermusic@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 18...
You know whenever I read about the myths surrounding so called outsider musicians I often questioned their legitimacy as well. Even the accepted/irrefutable...
Recently shown at the Mercury Cinema. Space g is a new fourteen minute doco about the Australian rapper/outsider artist who battles mental illness to get his...
Wild Man Fischer Derailroaded DVD (MVD Group, 2011) "I first ran into Larry “Wild Man” Fischer on Haight Street during the Summer of Love. He was wandering...
One week only: "What are song-poems? Filmmaker Jamie Meltzer answers that question and takes a look at the eccentric characters surrounding them in this funny...
"If you weren't such a dickhead If you weren't so completely unapproachable If your rage was remotely normal We'd have nothing Nothing in common at all." -- DG...
http://wfmu.org/ Time for their annual fund drive marathon and I think this will be of interest to everybody on the list. Check out the shows and the swag for...
This is the first I've heard of this production so I can't vouch for its quality. ... From: eliasnugator <eliasnugator@...> Date: Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at...
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Apr 6, 2011 12:33 pm
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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Jun 10, 2011 3:30 am
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...
