You may know composer and multi-instrumentalist Weasel Walter as the crazy guy behind the Flying Luttenbachers, formed in 1991 in Chicago as a trio with free jazz legend Hal Russell and Chad Organ. Both the line-up and the music of the Flying Luttenbachers changed dramatically over the years, always moving in the wide field […]
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 […]
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 […]