ALBUM DU JOUR #4: POLLUTING THE MAINSTREAM

The Eagles!  Fleetwood Mac!  Styx! Marie Osmond! That's the kind of stuff I listen to now.  All that weird, experimental stuff - what wa...

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ALBUM DU JOUR #3: Tiny Tim Plays In Your Living Room

Tim from Radio Clash asked me if I had the Tiny Tim/Bruce Haack album "Zoot Zoot Zoot Here Comes Santa In His New Space Suit." Al...

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Creeps And Pervs Like Pop Music, Too!

There are no doubt scads of great releases in the Free Music Archive , but with hundreds (thousands?) of album downloads on the site, there...

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Bobby Jimmy And The Critters‎– "Ugly Knuckle Butt"

Looks like I'm the only person in the world dedicating to preserving '80s rap novelty records.  I mean, someone's gotta do it, r...

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Rodney On The ROQ vol. 5

When I created and posted " Rodney on the ROQ Vol 4 ", a reader commented: "This is one of the greatest compilations ever cre...

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GEORGE FORMBY JR, BRITAIN'S NOVELTY KING

He was a goofy-looking bucktoothed little guy who sang funny songs with titles like "Swimmin' With The Wimmin" in a high, thin...

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The Conceptual Crank-Calls of "Conversations"

Brandon Locher's "Conversations 2012" is a near-20 minute tour de force that does for prank phone calls what "The Velvet...

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Modern Purveyors Of Filth And Degradation: A New Music Roundup

So, so many albums out there! And some of them are even good!  Wish I had time to dedicate one post to each one, but due to the usual time c...

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That's Athientertainment!

If Christian and religious music is a niche market, the pro-science/atheist music scene is practically microscopic. I bought a few CDs recen...

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ZOOGZ-APALOOZA

Last year I posted 10 albums, one a week, by the late, great Los Angeles loony Zoogz Rift and his Amazing Shitheads.  Our best-est new pal i...

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The Wild and Dirty World Of Mel Henke

"The Mad Musical World Of Mel Henke " reads the cover of this classic bit of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. 'Mad' is puttin...

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Ergo Phizmiz's Nose Points In Different Directions

Tho I've written about Ergo Phizmiz numerous times in the past, I can't even begin to fully immerse myself in the brilliant Brit...

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THE GLENDAS

"My friend and I decided to try to make a band where all the songs were about specific horror movies. We named ourselves after an Ed W...

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FOLK SONGS FOR SPACE ALIENS

Two free albums that sound good played at the same time: Dr. SETI (aka Dr. H. Paul Shuch) sings songs about his namesake and day job, the S...

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Punk Mariachi!

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, here's a few tracks from L.A. bands playing...punk mariachi? How is such a thing possible?  One style is...

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Clint East Woody Allen Alda

Last month, I posted two albums from the '90s, " Shaken and Stirred ," and " Sub Urban ," by Toronto lounge parodist...

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White Men Can't Wrap

" Yo! - ladies and gentlemen - check this out! White rap is a centuries-old tradition; the original white rappers were square-dance c...

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Jaymz Bee & The Deep Lounge Coalition - "Sub Urban"

Following the " Shaken and Stirred " post, here's more from Canadian lounge parodist Jaymz Bee, whose 2002 album "Sub-Ur...

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Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra - Shakin' and Stirred

Dig this nutty Canadian lounge parodist and his plethora of guest singers and different styles. This kinda thing was popular back when this...

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Manor Boys - Chelmsford's Most Wanted

So there's this guy Phil from Chelmsford, Essex, UK who likes making rinky-dink Casio-esque beats and throwing in seemingly random sampl...

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