Last we heard from La Otracina, Adam Kriney and company had just released the fantastic The Risk Of Gravitation on Holy Mountain. That record was a space-rock fan’s dream. White noise jams,…
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Dionysis Savvopoulos – Ballos
Born in Thessaloniki Greece in 1944, Dionysis is a composer, lyricist and singer who is often regarded as one of the most important Grecian musicians of the 20th Century. In 1963 he…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 200
OMG, you guys, for the first time in my 27 years…I puked as a result of drinking. It happened early this morning, or so I hear, I was blacked out at the…
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Top Ten Finds At The 2010 WFMU Record Fair
I’ve been back in my stuffy, overheated apartment for a few days now, and I’ve been catching up on a lot of record listening. I find it’s best to listen to records…
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Dashiell Hedayat – Obsolete
This is one that has been on my radar for a long time, and although it has passed through my hands at work a few times I finally picked up a copy…
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A Trip To The Texas State Fair
A few months ago in one of my Weekly World (W)news segments I wrote about the Texas State Fair. The highlight of the article I found was that one of the finalists…
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Far East Family Band – Parallel World
*Japrocksampler alert* Far East Family Band were arguably the best of the psychedelic/prog bands to emerge from Japan in the ’70s. They might not have been as far out as Brast Burn…
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The Great Gail Simmons Scavenger Hunt: Final Day
There we were. Gail and me. Eye to eye. Toe to toe. Penis to vagina belly (she’s only 5′ 6″). Who would crack first? Would she turn and run? Would she prematurely…
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The Great Gail Simmons Scavenger Hunt: Day 10
We need to stop meeting like this. Hungover. Yesterday included a jaunt down to Princeton for record shopping and yet another lunch at Wegmans. I’ve got a day and a half left…
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The Great Gail Simmons Scavenger Hunt: Day 9
The first of the Halloween parties occurred last night at a bar in West Caldwell. Ken, KT and Hornet arrived late, as they were lost in a haunted corn maze. I was…