Author Archives: Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Nice Concert, Nice People: Théatre de Verdure, Nice, France – October 7 1984.

Dr. Sharleena is feeling somewhat sick these days – yes, a maliciously stingy flue is getting the better of Our Precious Antarctica Based Embedded Reporter for the time being. I’ll be the first to help out: Sharl, just shake up … Continue reading →

From the makers of the late great Fils de l’Invention: Le Fredunzel Site!

With all my recent moving about of pages you may be interested to know that Gilles’ Friday Boot can from now on be found right here.

Interesting! Your guide to getting hammered in Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. (via elrado)

The 365 Days Project: “For the entire year of 2003 (January 1st to December 31st) this site will feature one mp3 file (every day) to download. Listeners of the incredibly strange and outsider realm take note, for this is the … Continue reading →

“Lowbrow.com is about calling people names, shitting in their pudding, pushing them down stairs, eating white bread and expired fruit pies from the bakery outlet and drinking “charcoal filtered” vodka – straight from the plastic two liter bottle.”

Those of you with a technical education can tell that only part of this site (namely the page you’re looking at, plus the discography pages) is currently running on Movable Type. I have finally taken the leap and am in … Continue reading →

Should artists be allowed to use copyrighted materials? Where do the First Amendment and “intellectual property” law collide? What is art’s future if the current laws are allowed to stand?

Do you know your Dada from your Moma?

I didn’t post this. My twin in a galaxy about 10 to the 1028 meters from here did.

“World’s Greatest Sinner Timothy Carey Film Fest! A festival of rare and previously-unreleased films directed by the late character actor Timothy Carey will screen Sat. June 28 at Maestri Gallery, 2024 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA, 661-335-0278. Films shown on June … Continue reading →

Zappa in Guitar Player Mag, January ’77: “At it’s worst, the guitarism of the Sixties brought us amateur strummery; several swift kicks at the Fender Twin Reverb springs; the archtype of folk-rock 12-string swill (the predecessor of the horrible fake-sensitivity … Continue reading →

Holy crap, I’ve just gotten confirmation that our band Moonbug is the opening act for a Eugene Chadbourne gig, taking place next June. This guy has played with people like John Zorn, Jimmy Carl Black and Don Preston. ‘Scuse me … Continue reading →

It’s Friday, it’s time for Boston Part Two!