In 1991 the Dutch band Dull Schicksal (”Schicksal” is German for “fate”) released an album called “They Saved Hitler’s Brain”, a musical mixture between Hanns Eisler, brass ensemble punk, prog-rock, and waltz, featuring a song called “Hot Sausage Diary”. OK, you already know that you want the mp3s, right? Well, if you are impatient, jump […]
The history of my encounter with Hiroshi Hashimoto, aka Contagious Orgasm, has its roots in the culture wars currently raging on American college campuses. The University of Michigan is fairly typical in that respect: Most students and faculty don’t care for politics at all, and the ones who do are usually liberal. This already bugs […]
Why would anyone in their right mind make songs longer than two minutes? OK, I admit that there might be valid reasons, but the short format has undeniable advantages. For one, you can fit at least 40 of those short songs on one 80 minute audio CD, whereas you would need more than 4 million […]
This post is brought to you by the department of historical corrections in the history of surf music.
Jimi Hendrix once said “You will never hear surf music again”, and this grew into the popular myth that Hendrix hated surf music. Now it may be true that he hated the Beach Boys (I would not blame […]
Since you read this post, you must have made it to 2006 alive. If you need an excuse to celebrate and get wasted, there you have it. Unfortunately, Derek Bailey cannot share the fun anymore, the free improvising British guitar god died on December 25, 2005, at the age of 75. Starting out in conventional […]