Out of Sight, Like a Pumpkin

The comic strip Lio , playing fast-and-loose of late with the strip's original, no-dialog conceit, seems to have moved on to a new gimmi...

A list of fraudulent literary works attributed to living authors. Howard Hughes' "diary" is mentioned, of course, as is a jo...

Tom the Dancing Bug wins its third Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' best comics award. Check out some recent strips: Loony La...

A couple songs from an Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation in-house musical from 1970 celebrating the sales of contraception. The corporate m...

My great-aunt Pauline's cremains were delivered to the house this morning, to be buried shortly. My mother asked me to type of a few no...

If you bought tickets to see Kelly Clarkson, you're out $3.75 in Ticketmaster fees. The sad thing is, Ticketmaster has earned such a r...

As I mentioned previously, I did attend the Pipette's concert at the Casbah last Sunday, though I have been remiss in discussing it here...

Lou Pearlman arrested in Bali, facing fraud charges. If you squint a bit, you can pretend Karl Rove's being hauled off to jail. Hell,...

Ah, 1975...a simpler time, when one could market a board game like this with a straight face: Seriously, does the phrase "ball-buster...

Don Herbert, AKA Mr. Wizard , dead at 89.

"Crazy" on the theremin:

I bashed mTraks the other day, and mTraks still has potential to turn things around, so it's only fair I also share my opinions of a s...

They make bar codes and late fees sound so naughty (and don't get me started on the first editions...):

Punch-Out!!: The Movie:

I started to write about Pink Martini's new album, but ended up whining about a perfectly good company that has been kind enough to sell...

Pink Martini released their new CD, Hey Eugene! on May 14th. I was, of course, quite eager to give it a listen, but having trouble findin...

Banjo player sought in hootenanny spree.

The Mixed-Up World of Ross Bagdasarian . I just learned today that Bagdasarian, aka David Seville, also played the role of the pianist/son...

Fluxblog on the Pipette's recent NYC appearance. I'll be seeing them at the Casbah this weekend, very exciting.

I am proud to highlight this video of Yma Sumac, for whom I have nothing but respect: