Enjoy a ditty by the Squirrel Nut Zippers accompanied by some fine animation aping the “rubber hose” style of classic Betty Boop.
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Halloween Horrors: The Ghost of Stephen Foster
Monday, October 14th, 2019Halloween Horrors: Tarantula Stampede
Saturday, October 12th, 2019Have a fear of spiders? Maybe you don’t want to hear that it’s tarantula mating season, with thousands of the eight legged creatures on the move in search of a mate:
But don’t worry, this amorous arachnid stampede is only happening in the far-flung locale of [checks notes] the San Francisco Bay area…
(Hat tip: Derek Johnson)
Halloween Horrors: Japanese Hell Temple
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019If you find yourself in east Osaka, Japan, you can visit Senkoji Temple, a shrine dedicated to giving you a glimpse of Hell, including hearing the voices of the damned:
Halloween Horrors: Watch Nightmare Bob Ross Unpaint the Centipede Tree
Tuesday, October 1st, 2019Welcome to the Halloween Season!
Someone unleashed Deep Dream on reversed Bob Ross and the result is Grade A Nightmare Fuel:
Adventures in Bad Bathroom Design
Thursday, September 19th, 2019Maybe you should consider not mounting the bathroom mirror so that the faucet handle hits the edge every time you use it…
Shoegazer Sunday: Speaker Gain Teardrop’s Galveston
Sunday, July 21st, 2019It’s been seven years since I last posted a Speaker Gain Teardrop song (damn, I’ve been doing these for that long?), so here’s the lushly beautiful “Galveston”:
What a band from Hiroshima is doing naming a song after a Texas port I couldn’t tell you…
Shoegazer Sunday: The Soft Cavalry’s “Dive”
Sunday, April 28th, 2019Another Rachel Goswell side project. Really more Shoegaze tinged retro ambient lounge, maybe somewhere between Malory and Echodrone at their softest.
Shoegazer Sunday: Broken Little Sister’s “Blue”
Sunday, March 24th, 2019Enjoy Broken Little Sister, another obscure Japanese Shoegazer band, which supposedly includes members of Civic. “Blue,” off their Memories, Violet & Demons album, sounds a little bit like Presents for Sally’s “When We All Move Away.”
Shoegazer Sunday: Stepdad’s “Must Land Running”
Sunday, March 17th, 2019This is more noisepop than Shoegaze, but it’s similar to some songs I’ve put up, so here it is:
Christmas Shoegazer: Stellarscope’s “Silent Night”
Tuesday, December 25th, 2018As is the now annual tradition, enjoy Stellarscope’s version of “Silent Night”:
Merry Christmas!