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...
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Charlie Messing
messingcharlie
May 13, 2011 1:15 am
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...
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jbernhardt1964
May 14, 2011 12:43 am
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...
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Charlie Messing
messingcharlie
May 14, 2011 4:39 pm
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 -...
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Telstar
mondobongos
May 21, 2011 9:41 pm
"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...
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b&p
countrypaul
May 22, 2011 9:46 pm
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...
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Telstar
mondobongos
May 22, 2011 9:46 pm
"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?...
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Charlie Messing
messingcharlie
May 24, 2011 4:09 am
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 -...
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John K. Fitzpatrick
johnkfitzpat...
Jun 4, 2011 8:25 pm
... 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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Timothy C Lind
nictim@...
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...
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DJ_SHAVER
Jun 17, 2011 9:32 pm
R.I.P. Wildman Fisher....
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Marco Kalnenek
weirdomusic
Jun 17, 2011 10:44 pm
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...
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James Allenspach
tree_cancer
Jun 18, 2011 5:18 pm
... And there was an obit for him in the New York Times yesterday! ...
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b&p
countrypaul
Jun 19, 2011 8:20 pm
... 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...
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lalalimp@...
lalalimp...
Jun 22, 2011 2:33 am
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...
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james lindbloom
jalindbloom
Sep 22, 2011 4:40 pm
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....
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dustin drase
ddrase
Sep 22, 2011 5:46 pm
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,...
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Connie Berg
virago317
Sep 22, 2011 6:08 pm
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,...
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james lindbloom
jalindbloom
Sep 23, 2011 4:39 pm
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...
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james lindbloom
jalindbloom
Oct 1, 2011 2:41 pm
the Roaratorio site is back up and running again..www.roaratorio.com bestJames...
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Telstar
mondobongos
Oct 3, 2011 2:43 pm
"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...
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Telstar
mondobongos
Dec 7, 2011 1:15 am
"Earlier in the year Cian Traynor caught up with 63-year-old cross- dressing, YouTube star Tonetta for this illuminating talk on outsider art." ...
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jalindbloom
Feb 10, 2012 1:05 am
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...
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G.X.
polywave
Feb 18, 2012 4:38 pm
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...
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wlt4@...
langfour
Feb 26, 2012 7:40 pm
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,...
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G.X.
polywave
Mar 28, 2012 12:14 am
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...
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Telstar
mondobongos
Apr 6, 2012 1:10 am
"Willis Earl Beal, a ragged soul singer with an intriguing history, performed on Sunday night at Mercury Lounge." ...
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Hendrik
hars012002
Jul 26, 2012 12:06 pm
On Thomas Bey William Bailey's recent & courageous book about self-released & handmade audio/music: a dazzling, be it fragmentary, tour of the history and...
Coming in about a month -- now taking pre-orders.... ROTATE THE COMPLETOR ROTATE THE COMPLETORS: THE COMPLETED ROTATIONS. roar 29 LP [don't be fooled by the...
