𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐞𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨
@chrmswtch.bsky.social
Music and humor are my daily fuel. Publisher of the first Firesign Theatre fanzine 1972. Webmaster for Peter Bergman's Radio Free Oz podcasts 2010. Co-founder of KZUM community radio 1973. Widower. Former Angeleno. 🦋🎙🎶💿🇺🇲🗽
A reminder for tRump...
May 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A reminder for tRump...
February 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
January 31, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Originally titled “God Blessed America For Me,” Woody Guthrie debuted “This Land is Your Land” on his 1944 radio show. His 1951 recording omitted two controversial verses from his original manuscript that accused the American business system of greed and disregard for the needy. #Resistance
January 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Originally titled “God Blessed America For Me,” Woody Guthrie debuted “This Land is Your Land” on his 1944 radio show. His 1951 recording omitted two controversial verses from his original manuscript that accused the American business system of greed and disregard for the needy. #Resistance
𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝙷𝚞𝚍𝚜𝚘𝚗
August 2, 1937 - January 21, 2025
Hudson was the greatest virtuoso talent in that stellar cast of musicians known as the Band. His Lowrey organ, from which he could coax a variety of sounds, from gospel to classical, was a centerpiece of the Band's sound.
August 2, 1937 - January 21, 2025
Hudson was the greatest virtuoso talent in that stellar cast of musicians known as the Band. His Lowrey organ, from which he could coax a variety of sounds, from gospel to classical, was a centerpiece of the Band's sound.
January 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝙷𝚞𝚍𝚜𝚘𝚗
August 2, 1937 - January 21, 2025
Hudson was the greatest virtuoso talent in that stellar cast of musicians known as the Band. His Lowrey organ, from which he could coax a variety of sounds, from gospel to classical, was a centerpiece of the Band's sound.
August 2, 1937 - January 21, 2025
Hudson was the greatest virtuoso talent in that stellar cast of musicians known as the Band. His Lowrey organ, from which he could coax a variety of sounds, from gospel to classical, was a centerpiece of the Band's sound.
𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙾𝚠𝚗
#FiresignTheatre
Recorded in 1975 at Burbank Studios, with the same engineer and facility used for Nilsson's "Pussy Cats". Cover art by William Stout. Deborah and I were there when they did the "P.J. Proby wine display" bit.
Over the Edge
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#FiresignTheatre
Recorded in 1975 at Burbank Studios, with the same engineer and facility used for Nilsson's "Pussy Cats". Cover art by William Stout. Deborah and I were there when they did the "P.J. Proby wine display" bit.
Over the Edge
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January 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙾𝚠𝚗
#FiresignTheatre
Recorded in 1975 at Burbank Studios, with the same engineer and facility used for Nilsson's "Pussy Cats". Cover art by William Stout. Deborah and I were there when they did the "P.J. Proby wine display" bit.
Over the Edge
jmp.sh/6hZhHvy7
#FiresignTheatre
Recorded in 1975 at Burbank Studios, with the same engineer and facility used for Nilsson's "Pussy Cats". Cover art by William Stout. Deborah and I were there when they did the "P.J. Proby wine display" bit.
Over the Edge
jmp.sh/6hZhHvy7
𝙳𝚛. 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙹𝚛. – 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝙰𝚝 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝
𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝙶𝙼-𝟿𝟸𝟿 (𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟾)
• March On Washington, August 28, 1963
• Ebenezer Baptist Church, February 4, 1968
▪︎ Memphis, Tennessee, April 3, 1968
𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝙶𝙼-𝟿𝟸𝟿 (𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟾)
• March On Washington, August 28, 1963
• Ebenezer Baptist Church, February 4, 1968
▪︎ Memphis, Tennessee, April 3, 1968
January 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
𝙳𝚛. 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙹𝚛. – 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝙰𝚝 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝
𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝙶𝙼-𝟿𝟸𝟿 (𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟾)
• March On Washington, August 28, 1963
• Ebenezer Baptist Church, February 4, 1968
▪︎ Memphis, Tennessee, April 3, 1968
𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝙶𝙼-𝟿𝟸𝟿 (𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟾)
• March On Washington, August 28, 1963
• Ebenezer Baptist Church, February 4, 1968
▪︎ Memphis, Tennessee, April 3, 1968
Here's a little reminder for Bible grifter Drumpf, who hasn't read one page of it...
January 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Here's a little reminder for Bible grifter Drumpf, who hasn't read one page of it...
I'm in this kind of mood today...
"Canadian Mounted, baby
Police force at work
Red and Black
It's their color scheme
Get their man
In the end"
"Canadian Mounted, baby
Police force at work
Red and Black
It's their color scheme
Get their man
In the end"
January 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I'm in this kind of mood today...
"Canadian Mounted, baby
Police force at work
Red and Black
It's their color scheme
Get their man
In the end"
"Canadian Mounted, baby
Police force at work
Red and Black
It's their color scheme
Get their man
In the end"
I'm quite comfortable being a disobeyer of the incoming regime...
January 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I'm quite comfortable being a disobeyer of the incoming regime...
The Outsiders (Netherlands) never released a record in the United States, though they wrote and sang in English. Their eponymous debut album was released in 1967. Many of their singles reached the Dutch Top Ten. All available on Strange Things Are Happening.
That's Your Problem
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That's Your Problem
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January 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Outsiders (Netherlands) never released a record in the United States, though they wrote and sang in English. Their eponymous debut album was released in 1967. Many of their singles reached the Dutch Top Ten. All available on Strange Things Are Happening.
That's Your Problem
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That's Your Problem
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Radio commercials voiced by Ossman and Proctor of the Firesign Theatre in 1968 for A-1 Slacks. The six tracks are included on the "Jack Poet Loves You" collection (radio ads by Firesign, 1968-2000) from Bandcamp. #FiresignTheatre
Lower Half of Your Body
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Lower Half of Your Body
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January 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Radio commercials voiced by Ossman and Proctor of the Firesign Theatre in 1968 for A-1 Slacks. The six tracks are included on the "Jack Poet Loves You" collection (radio ads by Firesign, 1968-2000) from Bandcamp. #FiresignTheatre
Lower Half of Your Body
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Lower Half of Your Body
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Thelonious Monk
Genius Of Modern Music
Compilation of singles recorded in 1947 and 1948 – released by Blue Note in 1951 on 10" LP
Misterioso
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Genius Of Modern Music
Compilation of singles recorded in 1947 and 1948 – released by Blue Note in 1951 on 10" LP
Misterioso
jmp.sh/4AQu6O32
January 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Thelonious Monk
Genius Of Modern Music
Compilation of singles recorded in 1947 and 1948 – released by Blue Note in 1951 on 10" LP
Misterioso
jmp.sh/4AQu6O32
Genius Of Modern Music
Compilation of singles recorded in 1947 and 1948 – released by Blue Note in 1951 on 10" LP
Misterioso
jmp.sh/4AQu6O32
We're Only in It for the Money
January 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We're Only in It for the Money
ʟᴏꜱ ᴀɴɢᴇʟᴇꜱ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇꜱ
The original Tail O' the Pup stand at 311 La Cienega Blvd (1946-1976). It was relocated and did business for several more decades before being put in storage. In 2022 it reopened at 8512 Santa Monica Blvd in front of a renovated building that formerly housed The Doors Workshop.
The original Tail O' the Pup stand at 311 La Cienega Blvd (1946-1976). It was relocated and did business for several more decades before being put in storage. In 2022 it reopened at 8512 Santa Monica Blvd in front of a renovated building that formerly housed The Doors Workshop.
January 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
ʟᴏꜱ ᴀɴɢᴇʟᴇꜱ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇꜱ
The original Tail O' the Pup stand at 311 La Cienega Blvd (1946-1976). It was relocated and did business for several more decades before being put in storage. In 2022 it reopened at 8512 Santa Monica Blvd in front of a renovated building that formerly housed The Doors Workshop.
The original Tail O' the Pup stand at 311 La Cienega Blvd (1946-1976). It was relocated and did business for several more decades before being put in storage. In 2022 it reopened at 8512 Santa Monica Blvd in front of a renovated building that formerly housed The Doors Workshop.
"Space Delinquent" (1957) -- A teenage Martian tries to sell some hot marijuana to a federal agent when there is a strange noise from space. Helen Whipple, Maurice Bumstead. [From Jeremy Braddock's new book "Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums"]
January 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Space Delinquent" (1957) -- A teenage Martian tries to sell some hot marijuana to a federal agent when there is a strange noise from space. Helen Whipple, Maurice Bumstead. [From Jeremy Braddock's new book "Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums"]
1966 single by The Mothers Of Invention, "Who Are The Brain Police?" b/w "Trouble Comin' Every Day". The songs are from their debut Freak Out!, the second rock double album released after Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. "Trouble" (edited to a 2:28 playtime) was titled "Trouble Every Day" on the album.
January 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
1966 single by The Mothers Of Invention, "Who Are The Brain Police?" b/w "Trouble Comin' Every Day". The songs are from their debut Freak Out!, the second rock double album released after Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. "Trouble" (edited to a 2:28 playtime) was titled "Trouble Every Day" on the album.
After early Brazilian jazz releases, Sergio Mendes (1941-2024) struck gold in 1966 on his first try at A&M. He came up with a formula of dual American female voices singing in English and Portuguese over a three-man bossa nova rhythm/vocal section and Mendes' distinctly jazz-oriented piano.
January 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
After early Brazilian jazz releases, Sergio Mendes (1941-2024) struck gold in 1966 on his first try at A&M. He came up with a formula of dual American female voices singing in English and Portuguese over a three-man bossa nova rhythm/vocal section and Mendes' distinctly jazz-oriented piano.
The makers of Fantastic Cigarettes, "Long in the leaf and Short in the can," bring you another true story from the tattered casebook of Nick Danger, Third Eye. Let’s join him now in the adventure we call, "Cut ‘Em Off At The Past!"
January 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The makers of Fantastic Cigarettes, "Long in the leaf and Short in the can," bring you another true story from the tattered casebook of Nick Danger, Third Eye. Let’s join him now in the adventure we call, "Cut ‘Em Off At The Past!"
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1998
NMH became one of the more important and influential bands in indie rock. They explored faith, spirituality, sex, and mortality from skewed and unpredictable angles all their own.
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One
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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1998
NMH became one of the more important and influential bands in indie rock. They explored faith, spirituality, sex, and mortality from skewed and unpredictable angles all their own.
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One
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January 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1998
NMH became one of the more important and influential bands in indie rock. They explored faith, spirituality, sex, and mortality from skewed and unpredictable angles all their own.
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One
jmp.sh/4h9cCvJa
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1998
NMH became one of the more important and influential bands in indie rock. They explored faith, spirituality, sex, and mortality from skewed and unpredictable angles all their own.
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. One
jmp.sh/4h9cCvJa
Firesign Theatre's Nick Danger (side two of "How Can You Be") was made available to radio stations to promote airplay. The original story was broken up into eight chapters with short intros by Ossman and Bergman. Each chapter was given a name that had nothing to do with the story.
January 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Firesign Theatre's Nick Danger (side two of "How Can You Be") was made available to radio stations to promote airplay. The original story was broken up into eight chapters with short intros by Ossman and Bergman. Each chapter was given a name that had nothing to do with the story.
"Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums" by Jeremy Braddock. A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and '70s told through the story of the period's most important comedy group. Available from University of California Press.
January 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums" by Jeremy Braddock. A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and '70s told through the story of the period's most important comedy group. Available from University of California Press.