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Music #1 and #2; Tom Carter and Pat Murano, live on My Castle of Quiet, 5.24.13 24 Aug 2013 | 02:40 am
Still working my way through the last few months of live performances on the My Castle of Quiet program, we find ourselves now at this haunting session from late May by Pat Murano and Tom Carter. Th....
A Slice of Weirdness from WFMT, Chicago (Exploring My Reel-to-Reel Catacombs, Volume 42) (MP3) 18 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
It's vacation week for me, so I'm offering up text and audio that are both short and sweet. I have a reel of tape which contains four totally unrelated segments of programming from the legendary class...
The Doll Man Meets the Minstrel, Musician of Menace! (Sept. 1949) 18 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Last week here at the Comics Supplement we enjoyed the second appearance of strange villain The Minstrel, and this time we're going to back up and check out his first battle with Doll Man from two mon...
In case you didn't feel like showing up - Volume 64 15 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Earcandy for your eyes Aa (Big A little a) playing live at Death By Audio in Brooklyn on August 8, 2013.
The Two Dimensional World of Three Dimension 15 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
The 3-D craze of nineteen fifties cinema was incredibly brief. 1953 was its banner year with at least thirty 3-D pictures released to the hordes. Although it quickly became associated with all-things ...
"Froggy" Landers and the Cough Drops (MP3's) 4 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Here's an interesting little novelty 45 from circa 1958. It's "Froggie" Landers and his trusted by The Cough Drops, performing the song "RIver Rock". Froggie sings in a Popeye-ish throat singing sty....
The Minstrel's Ballad of Mayhem / September 1949 4 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Recently, while researching an upcoming blog post in this Comics Supplement series, I came across this second appearance of a villain called The Minstrel, a banjo-picking criminal. Unfortunately, when...
In case you didn't feel like showing up - Volume 63 1 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Earcandy for your eyes Missing Foundation live in Brooklyn at Goodbye Blue MOnday on July 13, 2013. After the break: Reptilian Shape Shifters at Death By Audio and Akitsa at Saint Vitus. Reptilian ...
Denton Blues; Bludded Head on MCoQ, 5.10.2013 23 Jul 2013 | 08:04 pm
As I said to the members of Bludded Head, for a good, long while, I'd been subsisting on the two, outstanding tracks from their debut 12"—and with great enthusiasm, am now proud to bring you live vers...
Green Giant, SpaghettiOs, Swanson, Chevy and More - Another Collection of Ads (Exploring My Reel-to-Reel Catacombs, Volume 41) (MP3's) 21 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
Last month's 1950's ads and jingles were well received, so for this month's reel, I got out a non-descript five inch reel - one that came to me with no writing, and no box - which contains nearly 20 n...
