Irene Trudel's Happy Day




My husband Peter Keepnews and me on our (snowy) wedding day
2/16/96

We met on the NYC subway on the way to filming a Gary Lucas video...

Here are a few other links I recommend:

Rotator Locator: An amazing list of over 600 Record/CD shops throughout the world. I found this through the website for Mystic Disc in Mystic, CT run by Dan Curland, someone withWFMU-like sensibilities, who even hosts a radio show on his local 91.1 FM frequency (WCNI).

Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending: An appreciation of the Incredible String Band past and present. Lots of historical band info, discography, past tours, info about related bands, etc.

Chalkhills: The official mailing list for the discussion of the music and recordings of XTC (the band, and one of my favorite musical drugs). Pure fun for fans, with lots of news, discussion, pictures, FAQ's, song lyrics and guitar/bass tablature. The site is constantly being updated, so it's worth it to check back often. Good stuff!

Tapestry of Delights: The e-book version of "The Tapestry Of Delights," Vernon Joynson's extensive guide to U.K. psych, beat and progressive music between 1963 - 1976. This book contains band histories/musical analysis on over 3,400 UK acts of the era with personnel and discographical information, where known. My own copy of the book is well thumbed, and a most treasured, valuable music resource.

East River Pipe: F.M. Cornog, along with Barbara Powers crafts some of the most beautiful , melancholy, pop gems delighting these ears. Several albums worth of these exist, the earliest of which were formed on a living room in Astoria, NY on a 4-track. I think he's bumped up to more tracks, but the quality has always been with his songwriting. Your music collection needs to include every one of East River Pipe's albums.

The Folk Project: Want to hear some live folk music? This thorough resource features listings and links to all the folk performances in the New Jersey / New York area. Around since my high school daze in the early 70's, The Folk Prokect has been supportive of local folk musicians, as well as those just passing through.


Guide to Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: A lovely, underrated musical form featuring "detunings" of guitar strings. As the story goes, Spanish cowboys brought the instrument to the islands, and the natives people, not knowing how to tune them, invented their own tunings. The result is a wonderful warm, rich sound. If you haven't heard Slack Key, or Ki Ho'alu, you haven't heard Hawaiian music. Slack Key is Art Hadley's passion and he's put up a good primer on the subject, including links to where you can buy this great music.


The Museum of Robyn Hitchcock: One of the great musical eccentrics of the pop world (and a darned good songwriter too). On the official Robyn Hitchcock website the index page states, "You will find all manner of facts, data, visuals, and archives of every stripe. Tour information is posted and is updated regularly. We are quite certain that you will find what you are looking for as well as many surprises."

Midnight Records: The online catalog for a famous NYC record shop. According to the MilleniumWhole Earth Catalog, "Midnight Records : The world's largest mail-order vendor of independent and reissued rock 'n' roll CDs and LPs. Especially strong on fifties and sixties rock and new alternative rock."

Martin Newell The Wild Man of Wivenhoe: My favorite psychedelic gardener, musician and poet, founder of the bands Cleaners from Cenus and The Brotherhood of Lizards, Martin Newell. Described as The Midnight Cleaner, The Illegible Bachelor, The Independent's Poet Laureate and the Greatest Living Englishman, he now has an official website. You might also check out the original fan-site devoted to Martin, Jangly Central: A mailing list for fans of music that jangles (administered by the same guy who moderates the XTC site).


Neblung Price: A wonderful little pop duowith Beatle-ish overtones by WFMU's Jim Price and his chum Rick Neblung, that I helped with in small part. The first album, "The Savage Songs of Neblung Price" is the full bloom of their unusual minds, but "Darker," Jim & Rick's second, may be the gooder. Recorded in full-range Jimspeakneblungguitarwall.

Not Lame: A label and catalog of over 500 independent releases for sale from all over the world. Their web page states: "Not Lame was established for the open-minded pop fan looking to hear more of the music we love. The music from the catalog and Not Lame label is fashioned to appeal to the power pop fan first and foremost."

Radio Free Oz: "Throw Another Analog On The Digital Fire"...it's Peter Bergman's own Firesign soundsite, loaded with lots of psychobabble available for listening if you have a Real Audio Player. Can't get your fill of Phil, (and Phil Pete & Dave)? For "more sugar" surf the Antelope Webway over to the official Firesign Theatre website.

Rockin' World: The best mail order catalog I've seen to carry great, obscure 60's and 70's Folk (plus a little Prog and Psyche) from the British Isles and the U.S. Includes a wealth of CD reissues of rare albums and original LPs at collector's prices. Priced reasonably according to the rarity of the material. Also home to the SCENESOF label.

R. Stevie Moore: According to Smithereen/ Biographer/ Music fanatic Dennis Diken, "Some of his fans are rabid in their quest for every uttered morsel he has plopped onto magnetic tape. Radio dial surfers have been mystified when stumbling onto some of his more wacked-out cuts aired on adventurous college stations. Then there are those who harbor a fuzzy recognition of his literary sounding moniker from dog-eared reviews or yellowing blurbs in the press. During his thirty-plus years of unleashing his sounds upon the world, R. Stevie Moore has lurked and hulked in far-flung corners of mythical, musical godhead." Check this out for yourself!

Stormcock, title of the brilliant album by British folkie Roy Harper, is also the name of a website devoted to news and music of the aforementioned artist. I can't give enough praise about what a great singer/ guitarist/ tunesmith Harper is. Michael Hedges fans take note: this is where he stole it all from! You can also check out two other websites devoted to Roy: royharper.com and http://www.iki.fi/aaro/royharper

Sundazed: A specialty label devoted to reissuing classic and obscure rock'n'roll of the 60's. They call it, "Your one stop shopping center for all the coolest garage, pop, surf & psychedelic sounds that the fast-paced world of Sundazed Music has to offer."


Virtual Renaissance: An amazing collection of renaissance instruments, complete with pictures and historical background.

Zoot Horn Rollo: Guitartist supreme Bill Harkleroad, former founding member of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band and member of Mallard . He's still making music and has a new album as of August 2001. See what he's been up to!


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