Music For Maniacs (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Score! Visiting Chicago recently I snagged an exceedingly rare copy of a CD by outsider legend Jan Terri. This Windy City native was quite the sensation a decade or so ago, as I'm sure some of you may recall: after her jaw-dropping videos started making the rounds, she released two private-press CDs , started doing shows around Chicago, opened for Marilyn Manson, and appeared on Jon Stewart's...
Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Julie took Matthew and Lucas to join all the other arty-nerd families of Dallas this afternoon at a They Might Be Giants all-ages show, to which kids were invited to come in costume. Lucas costumed as Karate Guy With...
Music For Maniacs (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Point/counterpoint : The New Creation: Dig! The Origin of Man Baba Brinkman : Creationist Cousins Last week when I was visiting Chicago I made a point to visit Intuit , the outsider-art museum. It's a fairly small spot, but it has a performance stage ( Jan Terri played there years ago!) and an amazing store that has, among it's many wonders, some outsider music CDs . That's where I picked up...
