Music
Jimmy Carl Black, RIP
The obituary of Jimmy Carl Black reminds us of how weird he and Frank Zappa were.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 09, 2008 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Music, Obituaries, 1960s
Take My Ambassador, Please!
It's not too soon for the new administration to be thinking about appointing some ambassadors...
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 07, 2008 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Comedians
Yma Sumac, RIP
Goodbye, Yma Sumac, one of history's greatest and weirdest singers.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 04, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Eccentrics, Entertainment, Music, Foreign Customs, Obituaries
The Mothra Song
I think we all need a little more Mothra in our lives. I myself intend to sing this song in times of personal crisis.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 01, 2008 -
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Category: Gods, Movies, Music, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Fictional Monsters
Sarah Palin Zombie
Have a zombie-rific Halloween!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 31, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Fads, Music, Politics, Strange Candidates, Historical Figure, Posters, Fictional Monsters
Christmas on Mars
Is there a better "mainstream" weird band than the Flaming Lips? Possibly not. And surely their long-awaited feature film Christmas on Mars will be excessively weird as well.Here's the trailer. Despite the allusion therein to a 2003 release, the delayed film has not yet appeared, although it will have a showing this Halloween in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 26, 2008 -
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Category: Holidays, Movies, Music, Performance Art, Surrealism
Don Dixon’s “Praying Mantis”
Talk of bugs that eat their mates automatically reminded me of Don Dixon's one hit, the great "Praying Mantis." If you click here, you should be able to hear the song for free. Warning for those at work or in a quiet zone of some sort: it will start playing automatically.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 23, 2008 -
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Category: Death, Insects and Spiders, Music, Sexuality
The Killer Robots
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 21, 2008 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Music, Robots
Girls Together Outrageously
A rock band composed entirely of famous groupies? Such were the GTO's, an acronym for Girls Together Outrageously, and brainchild of Frank Zappa. Unlike, say, the Pussycat Dolls, at least they were honest about their pasts.Here's their song "The Ghost Chained To The Past, Present and Future (Shock Treatment)," delivered over a series of stills.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 16, 2008 -
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Category: Music, Sex Symbols, 1960s, Women
Follies of the Mad Men #33
I insist on having my next new car delivered by magical flaming meteor!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 04, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Music, 1960s, Cars
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