FUFKIN writes, “Very little is known of the elusive group Morgen, who recorded a one-off album for ABC’s psychedelic subsidiary Probe in 1969 and then apparently vanished. The group’s namesake leader was…

Finally I have a moment to sit and put together a non-travel-related blog entry. Today has been boring thus far, but I’ll probably write again this evening once the rest of the…

…If you don’t know who Hawkwind are by now, you’re not even trying. For those who are unaware, Hawkwind — they of the constantly changing lineup — are one of my all-time…

Imagine writing one song that makes you an absolute music legend. That’s the story of Question Mark (legal name “?”) and his band The Mysterians. The smash hit “96 Tears” was number…

When I worked at Crescent Golf Range (formerly 2235 Springfield Ave in Union, New Jersey), I had the closing shift. One night I was driving home from work late and listening to…

Sunday has been transformed. I guess since the mix tapes went bye-bye, I’ve replaced them with the rare, out-of-print downloads. It seems natural and easy to do this, because I spend my…

Until last week, I’d never heard of this album. Ian sent it to me. Maybe he was trying to inspire me to rewrite my list of ten albums he turned me onto,…

Someone came into the store yesterday looking for Wozard Of Iz, and we got to talking about Canadian electronic musician Mort Garson, and this album in particular. Unfortunately, I couldn’t help the customer…

GTO’s were a so-called girl-group consisting of groupies familiar to the Los Angeles music scene, most of whom are now dead but one of whom visited the store recently. They tried to…

TONTO (the Original New Timbral Orchestra), is the name of the world’s first (and still the largest) multitimbral polyphonic analog synthesizer, which was designed and constructed by Malcolm Cecil. Essentially, it was…