Where I spent my weekend....

This week's radio show will be once again be a rebroadcast of an old unarchived "Tape Hiss." Tune in Tuesday, from noon to 3:00 ET, for a second chance to hear Volkswhale, Glorious Moodmen, Kopf/Kurz, and Metabolist in all their cassette-only glory: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/56627

Our neighbor's pet catching some z's in our living room. He is by far the biggest cat I have ever seen in my life -- he does what he likes.

I'm not on the radio this week, but 2013 me is, in 10 minutes, with a "Tape Hiss" re-broadcast: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/56528

via Kurt Gottschalk

In the truth is stranger than fiction department, Los Angeles Councilman Tom LaBonge, whose district includes Griffith Park, told Pop & Hiss over the weekend that the pine tree planted in 2004 near Griffith Observatory in memory of George Harrison will be replanted shortly because the original tree…

An amazingly great and amazingly weird 1983 cassette, available for free (for a short while) right here: https://rascalreporters.bandcamp.com/album/the-human-chain-a-steve-gore-band

4 track album

Won't be doing my radio show for the next two weeks, BUT I will be rebroadcasting old "Tape Hiss" shows -- which seems worth doing because those shows don't get archived. This coming Tuesday, noon to 3:00 ET, will be a rebroadcast featuring rare cassettes from Embryo, Orient-Express, Stabat Stable, The Twins & Rig Veeda, and Goosewind. Here's where it'll all happen: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/56528

Now here's some enticing album art....

The playlist and archives for today's radio show are up now: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/56457

Grab your puppets! Today's radio show begins in 30 minutes: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/56457

Select one ripe rock band, coat heavily with butter, and roast at 500 degrees.

RIP Stephen (Gaskin) of Stephen & the Farm Band

US hippie commune psych 1972 LP

The playlist and archives for today's ray-deo show are up: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/56280

Now, at last, the true story behind the "tragic bratwurst incident": http://youtu.be/L8r_TaeOz_Y

Throughout the 1970's booking agents knew Jules Blattner and the Warren Groovy All-Star Band as the hardest working band in the Midwest. They played up to 30...

The playlist and archives for today's show up now: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/56092

A GREAT album now available for free (for a limited time)

7 track album

Bizarreness -- and an epic headline (via Meghan McKee)

A DWARF porn star who was Gordon Ramsay's double has been found dead in the most bizarre of circumstances, according to UK tabloid The Sunday Sport.

Thanks to the new miracle-gro accuplaylist system, the playlist and archives for today's radio show are already up: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/55894

A short film about a cat gentleman.

Jake Perry loves cats. We love Jake Perry.

Today's show de radio is now fully archived and playlisted: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/55715