Author: Erich Scholz

This is absolutely brilliant. Haunted Memories. Won’t somebody please buy me a set for my birthday?

Ladies and geeks, the psychedelic Pastor John Rydgren…for your listening…and spiritual pleasure. Don’t blame me if Jesus becomes your main “trick,” man. (Right click on the links below and save to your computer) Hippie Version of 23 Psalm.mp3 Search It Out.mp3 A Beautiful Girl.mp3

Dallas city council is considering a ban on baggy trousers within the city limits. Good luck.

Here’s the most recent story from Saturday Night Live…According to the ever-reliable New York Post. Let me encapsulate for the hard-of-clicking: “Four cast members are about to be fired – they know who they are, but the public doesn’t. Two others – including the undisputed star of “SNL,” Tina Fey – are gone. Auditions are…

Today marks the third anniversary of the 2003 North American Blackout — the biggest power outage in North American history. I was working in Manhattan at the time at the Radio City Music Hall building. I remember sitting at my desk working on the computer when the flourescent lights dimmed. The computer monitor flickered but…

Ok, hands up…who hasn’t posted something online while drunk…or at least in the process of drinking? I know I have. My favorite tipple? Strychnine with a dash of bitters, please. Now if only we could make our inebriated posts as insightful as those of Mr. Alan Williamson. Check him out.

Country music has always had its fair share of creeps. Porter Wagoner — the man who brought Dolly Parton to a national audience — also gave us perhaps the nuttiest song in the annuls of C&W. For your approval: from his 1972 RCA album, What Ain’t To Be Just Might Happen, I give you, The…

If you hurry on over to eBay, you may still be able to land this awesome — and I’m sure, completely FUN — Hasbro board game from 1959 “based” on TVs Leave It to Beaver.

Love these Clockwork Orange “phantasy” bubblegum cards. I’m still waiting for the “Last Year at Marienbad” set. (Link courtesy of Boing Boing).

This is one of my favorite audio oddities. I originally heard this on an old cassette. I carried that thing around for years and played for the special few. Here’s a cleaned up version I found on a CD compilation. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, An Unidentified Irate Preacher. Please enjoy responsibly.