Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO's Mutated Christmas Album

This 1999 collection of eccentric electronic  instrumental  Christmas music by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh doesn't sound much like Devo...

"Christmas Memories Played on Antique Musical Boxes"

Victorian-era robots! Plinkety-plonkety music not played by human hands! If the phrase "music box" conjures up images of that tcho...

Krazy Krustmas Kollections

I don't usually post things I haven't listened to, but by the time I have the opportunity to check these recent presents that Santa ...

TOILET TIDBITS

Zoogz Toozday returns with some re-up requests: the sick punk/jazz/prog of Zoogz Rifts' " Amputees In Limbo ," " Island o...

MORE STRANGE INSTRUMENTS FOR JESUS

If the GlassDuo album I posted last week had you hungering for more musical wine glasses... My review of the first Musical Betts album post...

THE CLASSICS PLAYED ON 57 WINE GLASSES

I am quite delighted to announce that the crucial WFMU show  "Bodega Pop " will devote all three hours of its weekly programming t...

2 ALBUMS OF AUTHENTIC BURLESQUE MUSIC

This blog is now 10 years old. And amidst all the media hype, the presidential pronouncements, and the parades, one lovely maniacs actually ...

Your Dead Pet Sings To You

Oh, so horrible, so hilarious... how can this be real?! I just discovered this on craigslist whilst looking for something else entirely. Fr...

Buy This Box or We'll Shoot This Dog: The Best Of The National Lampoon Radio Hour (3 Disks)

By request, " Night of the Living Monster Mash-up " is back up.  I had a fine time  when I recently spoke with M4M contributor Ja...

The Sicodelico Sounds of Peru's LOS HOLY'S

Seeing as how Latin America's Day of The Dead festivities begin today and go thru Nov. 2, now's the perfect time to rock out to thes...

The Groovy World Of Marcia Strassman

The recent news about the passing of actress Marcia Strassman payed little heed to her short, strange music career. She recorded a few singl...

The BAT Pack: A Halloween Mix

Rockin' soul, surf, lounge, jazz, comedy, novelties, outsider oddities, movie ads and dialogue clips...hey kids, it's a '50s/...

Singing TV Horror-Show Hosts

In 1953, the late Maila Nurmi aka Vampira invented that beloved American tradition, the TV horror host. Did other countries pick up on this ...

The Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Band

"Bernie Green plays More Than You Can Stand In Hi Fi" is back on line. This cheerfully eccentric band of refugees from the UCLA j...