Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. TINY TIM

Every once in a while, the world produces a true eccentric who somehow rises to fame without shedding any charm.

From an Austrialian Television special (date unknown) TINY TIM sings one of his signature songs. I especially love how he carries his instrument in a shopping bag.

The Other Side of Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth, 1992, forever.

The excellent UK-based BOOMKAT recently presented an editorial about SONIC YOUTH on their mixtape-via-record shop recommendation web project called 14 TRACKS, in which they gave a hearty shout out to this early nineties JULES HOLLAND appearance.

Saint Bruce

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is again helping out with the current Democratic candidate's campaign. I saw BRUCE play some live songs in Madison with JOHN KERRY in 2004 at a huge outdoor downtown rally that made the cover of the New York Times. This coming weekend he will be supporting BARACK OBAMA in rallies and benefit concerts in Philadelphia and New York.

Here he is, doing the classic SUICIDE song DREAM BABY DREAM on his 2005 tour.