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News from the darkest corners of the
musical universe:
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Monday, April 26, 2004 ◦
Scram - the Hollywood-based journal of unpopular culture that's championed bubblegum, Emitt Rhodes, Frank Zappa's sidemen and other neglected greats - has a new issue packed to the gills with star power. Featured are Lee Hazlewood's banned Hustler interview, "Eve of Destruction" writer P.F. Sloan on the Byrds, Dylan, Grassroots and Doors, Colin Blunstone and the late Paul Atkinson reminiscing about the fake Zombies, a four-page Dennis Eichhorn comic on the travails of working with Wild Man Fischer, plus the first-ever interview with psychedelic siren Linda Perhacs, whose reissued "Parallelograms" album was named one of the 67 great lost albums Mojo insists you hear. Scram #19 hits shelves worldwide in early May. More info is at http://www.scrammagazine.com
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Saturday, April 24, 2004 ◦
Harry Babbitt, the man who voiced the distinctive laugh of popular cartoon character Woody Woodpecker, has died aged 90 in California. Babbitt was also a member of the Kay Kyser Big Band from 1938 to about 1949, singing on hits such as The White Cliffs of Dover and The Umbrella Man. He also appeared in seven movies alongside Kyser, who died in 1985. Babbitt teamed up with a new band in the 1980s but stopped performing in the mid-1990s. He obtained the rights to the Kyser band name and back catalogue after Kay Kyser died. The St Louis-born tenor also featured on Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, a popular comedy and musical radio quiz show in the US. The band were famed for their novelty records including Three Little Fishes and the 1948 hit, Woody Woodpecker, sung by Babbitt. He also made a solo recording of All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth with his trademark high-pitched voice. His son Michael said he died of old age on 9 April in a nursing home in Newport Beach. (from BBC.co.uk)
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Thursday, April 15, 2004 ◦
There's a wonderful new album available at Comfortstand.com: "Twisting through a neighborhood of quasars on the other side of our galaxy we fall into "Interplanetary Materials". Colossal re-composition of the senses Doc Who style with a splash of Rimbaud. 36 artists. Double album action.". In other words: download Interplanetary Materials now! It's free and... there's a Weirdomusic contribution on it too!
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Friday, April 09, 2004 ◦
On May 1 the Hinds brothers will release a new Sun Ra CD with over 70 minutes of never before heard Sun Ra interviews and music! Visit Cosmictones.com for details on this amazing new CD! A must have for all Sun Ra fans!
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