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Free Music Archive highlights 11/19/2009

Here are the crib notes to what's been happenin on the Free Music Archive (if you haven't been keeping up on the Free Music Archive via twitter, facebook, RSS, or the regular ol' home page. Feel free to chime in with more FMA rec's in the comments!

:: The FMA's Anti-Pop Consortium Remix Contest kicked off on Monday, and we've already received some pretty cool entries that we can't wait to share. The contest ends Dec 20th, go here to grab multitracks and get started on your own

 :: ISSUE Project Room's recent adds include new studio recordings from Ashtray Navigations and the Mick Flower/Chris Corsano duo. The venue has also shared recent live performances by artist-in-residence Alex Waterman, including a recent improv set with Ikue Mori (of DNA) and Ned Rothenberg, and a interpretations of Robert Ashley. October also saw an amazing Orchestra Carbon performance of Elliott Sharp's SyndaKit. Most recently, IPR features a live out-jazz excerpt from saxophonist/composer Matana Roberts (pictured at Right)

:: Late-'70s/early '80s UK DIY heroes Animals & Men share a new batch of recordings from their new 12'' on the Convulsive label, plus an unreleased set of songs from a session in Lyon, including "Oh Death" below

:: Dubbed To Death: Pushbin Lou features Volatil, an electronic/dubstep trio out of Argentina and the UK (article)

:: Drummers At the Forefront -- a feature on Zac Nelson's Hexlove project with other percussionist-composers like Black Pus, Soft Circle, and GDFX in the mix as well.

:: Spotlight on New York's premier avant-garde classical netlabel SHSK'H (website), including the track below from Japanese koto player Etsuko Shida

Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 42 (MP3s)

Give the Drummer Some's
6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere

CASH FOR SPELUNKERS EDITION

We here at Mining the Audio Motherlode know a little something about economic hard times. Why, your very own Miner has gone eight long months without a paycheck ever since getting laid off back in March (smack dab in the middle of WFMU's fundraising marathon).

But did he curl up in a fetal position with one thumb in his mouth and the other jabbing the keyboard for those online unemployment benefits? Hell no! The Miner saw all that new-found free time as an opportunity to spend quality time in the murky deep of MP3Land, excavating free music for the masses. (Talk about turning gators into Gatorade!) And you, dear reader, have been the beneficiary. Over the past 42 weeks, this column has served up a massive free-form mix—over 350 amazing selections in all—of free full-album downloads.

As you take a moment to ponder all the cash Mining the Audio Motherlode has saved you this year, it's crucial that you take some of those beaucoup bucks and make a pledge RIGHT NOW to support WFMU, which finds itself in a major pickle. (For the first time in many years, the station's annual marathon missed reaching its fundraising goal—by over 10%—and that shortfall has left the station in an extremely precarious position.) Until 7:00pm this evening, WFMU is broadcasting an Emergency 24-Hour Marathon to pull in an infusion of desperately need dollars.

Before delving into the half-dozen audio doozies offered below, please take a moment to give a little something to WFMU by calling 800-989-WFMU or making a secure online pledge.Thanks a ton!

What Would MC 900 Ft Jesus Do?
MC 900 Ft Jesus w/DJ Zero  ~  "Too Bad" (and 2 other singles)
(Blog: Look What the Twat Dragged In)
From the single "Too Bad": Shut Up (mp3)

Out on the Urban Prarie
Souled American  ~  "Around the Horn"
(Blog: The More You Think About It...)

Incendiary Sonny
Huey Simmons  ~  "Burning Spirits"
(Blog: Ile Oxumare)
From the album: New Newk (mp3)


 

Hopa!
Petros Pandis  ~  "Songs of the Greek Resistance"
(Blog: A Blog About Post Punk, Anarcho/Peace Punk, Militant Entertainment
and Radical Politics)

   

Dog Gone It!
Riz Ortolani  ~  "Mondo Cane" (O.S.T.)
(Blog: Singers Saints)
From the soundtrack: Hong Kong Cha Cha Cha/Colazione al Colony (mp3)

Mariachi Schmaltz
Various  ~  "La Revolucion y Sus Cantares"
(Blog: Música Popular Mexicana)

Listen for music from these and other incredible finds on
Give the Drummer Some, Fridays on WFMU, 9 to Noon (ET).

Check out every installment of Mining the Audio Motherlode

National Country Music Week 1962 (MP3s)

Here are several radio spots promoting the 1962 observance of National Country Music Week.  I must admit I was a bit surprised to see that they found room for Connie Francis and the Kingston Trio, performers not generally associated with country music, alongside old stalwarts like Faron Young and Roy Acuff.

       

Side A
Faron Young  (:30)    |    Connie Francis #1  (:23)   |     Connie Francis #2  (:32)   |     Connie Francis #3  (:37)   |     Flatt & Scruggs  (:26)   |     Patsy Cline #1  (:26)   |     Patsy Cline #2  (:37)   |     Patsy Cline #3  (:35)

Side B
Roy Acuff #1  (:36)   |     Roy Acuff #2  (:35)   |     Eddie Arnold #1  (:19)   |     Eddie Arnold #2  (:35)   |     Chet Atkins  (:35)   |     Kingston Trio  (:29)   |     Tommy Hunter  (:37)   |     Gordon LIghtfoot  (:24)   |     Jim Reeves  (:38)

The 1961 National Country Music Week promotional radio spots are over here.

Ghost Moth Haunt the Castle; Live Session 11th November 2009

When you're already in a dance with noise and free improvisation, the Kosmische is less than one membranous step away. And so it was with Ghost Moth, the duo of suitcase electronicist Todd Pendu and multi brass/woodwind blower Daniel Carter.

This was Ghost Moth's third set as a duo (reduced from a trio), continuous play totaling over 50 minutes. So many of my favorite records come to mind upon listening: Bob Ostertag's Getting a Head; Merzbow & Christoph Heemann's Sleeper Awakes on the Edge of the Abyss; Miles Davis' In A Silent Way. But Ghost Moth are really their own thing, and must be heard to be believed:

11/11: The Duality and the Hidden Third

Live audio covered by a creative commons attribution-non commercial-no derivatives license.

Here's some video of the session, from Todd's YouTube channel:

Capitol Production Music Sampler (MP3's)

Here's a fun little seven inch 33 1/3 promo disk , on the Capitol Custom label, which I came across ages ago, probably in the same search that turned up the China Youth Corps EP.

Jack Wagner takes us through the magic that is volume three of Capitol's Production Music Series. I sure would love to have the whole collection.

1.) Capitol Production Music Series Volume Three - Side One (MP3)

2.) Capitol Production Music Series Volume Three - Side Two (MP3)

Record Label (JPG)  -  Record Cover (JPG)

Anti-Pop Consortium Remix Contest

WFMU and The Free Music Archive are incredibly excited to announce a remix contest featuring Anti-Pop Consortium! NYC's legendary hip-hop innovators are sharing hi-fi stems & a capellas from "Reflections", a cut off their brand new album Fluorescent Black (Big Dada). After five exploratory years apart, Beans, M. Sayyid, High Priest and Earl Blaize have re-joined forces to craft what may be their finest work yet. Now they're making multitracks from "Reflections" available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license, and we can't wait to hear what you do with 'em!

You've got until December 20th to get in the running for prize pacakges courtesy of WFMU, the Free Music Archive, Anti-Pop Consortium and Big Dada. The members of Anti-Pop Consortium will pick the winners, and we'll post the remixes on the Free Music Archive for further remixing and deep listening. Materials + details after the jump...

Die Goldenen Zitronen - Die Entstehung der Nacht (MP3s, video)

Two years ago I wrote a short blog post praising the criminally underrated German avant-punk-pop mavericks Die Goldenen Zitronen (The Golden Lemons). Unfortunately, it didn't catapult them to superstardom in the US, so I'll try again... Three years after their last studio album "Lenin" they finally released a new one, "Die Entstehung der Nacht" (The Emergence of the Night), as good or better as their last ones. Here is the strange and spooky video for the instrumental title song, apparently a modern version of the story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

As a bonus, here are two of my favorite non-instrumentals from the album as MP3s: Des Landeshauptmann's letzter Weg (with lyrics in the style of a Hölderlin ode about Jörg Haider and the weird way in which a law-and-order politician who liked the Nazis and died in a car accident, speeding and drunk, could become a popular hero in the Austrian state of Carinthia after his death) | Drop the stylist (features Mark Stewart of The Pop Group, Melissa Logan of Chicks on Speed, and some swearing in English, so don't play it on the radio or in church...)

Now if only a US distributor would pick up this album...

Alasdair MacLean (of the Clientele)

In late October Alasdair MacLean, singer-guitarist-composer of the London-based Clientele, crossed the pond for two U.S. appearances—one on WFMU. He was flown transatlantic sans band to promote the new Clientele album, a parlor-pop suite titled Bonfires on the Heath. Bonfires comprises a haunting song cycle graced with falling leaves and foreboding twilight. On his blog, "From Brighton Beach to Santa Monica," MacLean confesses that his work is shadowed by "mental distress and paranoia." There are less benign ways to channel despair.

On my Oct 28 program, MacLean serenaded listeners with a quavery voice over shimmering Rickenbacker. The following night he played Joe's Pub in NYC accompanied by a piano-cello-trumpet ensemble.

About the limited U.S. itinerary, MacLean observed: "A friend once told me that Stephin Merritt was being flown from New York to London solely to 'do press.' This seemed impossibly glamorous. They fly you to a different country and put you in a hotel just so you can talk to people — about YOURSELF! You must have some weighty pronouncements to make to the world if that’s how you're being treated. Better greet the journalists with a faintly melancholy smile (oh, the loneliness of genius, the weight of one's towering intellect) and an honest, if distracted, handshake." In fact, this Prince of Looming Darkness was agreeableness personified: a gentleman and a pro, in good humor.

MacLean's reverb-drenched strumming resonated in some deeper recess, which sparked an epiphany the following day. Speaking to Alasdair briefly after the Joe's set, I asked if he was familiar with the work of Vini Reilly, the legendary Manchester guitarist who performs and records as The Durutti Column. Alasdair smiled and admitted he was a fan. Offered a favorable comparison, he demurred, conceding, "I wish I could play as good as him."

On WFMU, MacLean performed five Clientele songs (mp3s from WFMU's Free Music Archive):

7 Cool Th!ngs on the !nternet Th!s Week

Maybe ! should qual!fy th!s as cool th!ngs ! found on the !nternet th!s week, not necessar!ly th!ngs that were uploaded th!s week - although that !s often the case too.

F!re by Koko Taylor - whatta track

Bob Barker's 1956 TV Debut

Now Appear!ng !n the Lounge - Unf!n!shed Vegas Doc

Soundtrack for D!vorces and Break-Ups

Full 1956 ep!sode of The Grand Ole Opry TV Show wth commerc!als

Tom Snyder gets Pervy - Sex Ep!sode of The Tomorrow Show !n seven parts

Two Hundred and E!ghty Four Stax-Volt S!ngles

Music of CHOTCHKE, part two

We're back with another installment of improvisations and songs from bassooncore legends Chotchke, active in San Francisco from 1993 to 1998 (not counting a later reunion gig). As it happened, last time, I presented a rather bassoon-light batch of pieces (as pointed out readily by my exacting listeners and a band member or two) and so THIS time I strove to pick songs that ALL had a lot of Carrie Barclay's bassoon work on them.
The lineup heard this week features members: Jon Arnold : guitar,drums and vocals, Carrie Barclay : bassoon and guitar, Jon Fellman : guitar and vocals,  Jonathan Hess : bass guitar, vocals, and  Drew Dobbs : drums, percussion and vocals.
Today's selection contains improv.s, half-finished songs, and fully-polished 16-track renditions.
Enjoy ten fine slices of Chotchke history after the bump.

WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban Launch Party

Come out to the scenic Lakeside Lounge on Saturday, December 5th to help us celebrate the launch of the WFMU Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban webstream and blog.  We will be broadcasting live during Fool's Paradise and the Cherry Blossom Clinic.  Thanks to Rex and Terre T for giving up their time slots for the blast off .  And thanks to the Hound for hosting us.  DJ sets by Gaylord Fields, Dave the Spazz, Rex, Debbie D and listener Greg G .  Special surprises and swag.  1-6 PM.  Free, Adults Only.  Don't miss it! 

Ichiban (Promo mp3)

Barney Kessel - Honey Rock

Bobby Patterson - Soul Is Our Music  

Nick & The Jaguars - Ichiban 

Happy 9/11 with the Jesus Lizard (mp3 + stream)

Chicago post-punk rawk legends The Jesus Lizard reunited in 2008 and performed at May 2009's ATP vs. The Fans II: The Fans Strike Back in Minehead, England along with the likes of Devo, Killing Joke, and Sleep. By all accounts, and judging by the above photo, it musta been an incredibley intense show.

Fast forward to 9/11/2009. The Jesus Lizard take the stage at the Stardust Ballroom up at Kutsher's Resort in Monticello, NY for All Tomorrow's Parties second annual New York festival. In case we had forgotten, David Yow made sure to wish the audience a happy 9/11 repeatedly, throughout the set. And the reunited 4-piece launched into a blistering set of sharp-edged classics like "Mouth Breather", "Seasick", "Puss", even their TV As Eyes/Abstract Nympho Chrome cover (originally released on a Touch & Go 7''). The whole night, it felt like David Yow was gonna take his shirt off. It just had that out of control energy as he jumped in and out of the turbulent audience. Fans made their way on to the stage as well, and at one point I counted three of them all tearing at Yow's shirt, which had made its way to the elbows. But this time, the shirt stayed on.

The original Jesus Lizard lineup was in full force. Duane Denison's been playing in Th' Legendary Shack Shakers these days, and his razorblade riffs on "Mouth Breather" sliced through the gigantic Stardust speakers with precision. Drummer Mac McNeilly and bassist David Sims are a rhythm section in league with Shellac's Todd Trainer and Bob Weston. Just check out the intro to "Monkey Trick," a classic that brings back fond memories of WPRB Station ID's.

Stream the full set here or after the jump. Touch & Go has new remasters/reissues and a 7'' compilation available here, and if you're anywhere near NYC, you can catch The Jesus Lizard live this Monday November 16th at Irving Plaza. 

Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 41 (MP3s)

Give the Drummer Some's
6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere
[**Note: Look for the download links after the jump**]

A Veteran's Day post, for my father.

Growing up, I was always aware that my dad had served during World War II. I knew from old photos what he looked like in uniform. I knew that he'd fought in the Battle of the Bulge. I knew he'd earned a Purple Heart (though he claimed his injury required only a simple bandage). I also knew that he never cared to talk much about his wartime experiences. He wasn't secretive and walled-up about it, but he never went into any great detail on those rare occasions when the subject came up. So you can imagine my surprise when only a few years ago I learned, almost by accident, that my gentle, unassuming father is a Silver Star–decorated hero who performed with tremendous valor under terrible duress during one the longest and most devastating battles in U.S. Army history: the Battle of Hürtgen Forest.

Back in June 1994, during the 50th anniversary celebrations of WWII, the French government invited veterans who'd landed at Normandy to attend a ceremony where they were awarded a special commemorative medal. Unsurprisingly, my father chose not to go. A few years later, all the vets who missed the Normandy honor were invited to the U.S. Capitol to receive their rightful medals, and he was going to skip that, too (despite living in nearby Maryland). He had never told me about the invitation to return to Normandy, but when I learned of the ceremony at the Capitol, I couldn't resist asking him to share with me more about his experiences during the war. I traveled down to Maryland and took my father out to lunch and peppered him with questions, which he answered unreservedly with a great richness of detail. He told me what it was like when George Patton visited his outfit and ate with him in the officers' mess, with his shiny helmet and fancy revolvers; that an entire unit he'd been with, but was pulled from to join Officer Candidate School, had perished in a plane crash in North Africa; that he was among the first American soldiers to cross into Luxembourg and how his division was the first to advance across German lines; and about performing occupation duty after the war ended and seeing long queues of emaciated camp survivors.

That day at lunch my father also mentioned that he'd been awarded the Silver Star. I didn't really understand the great significance of this until I returned home and started doing some research. I asked my father to tell me the story of how he earned the Silver Star and he send me a long letter detailing what took place. He also included the original document that came through confirming his award of the medal. And most movingly, he sent me his Silver Star.

I treasure these items and continue to be proud of my father's service in the cause of defeating fascism. In the spirit of offering an oral history as tribute, I am reprinting below the command document ordering my father's Silver Star and an excerpt of the letter he wrote to me describing the circumstances surrounding his earning it.

(Please continue)

7 Cool Th!ngs on the !nternet Th!s Week

Unfortunately the number 'ate' and the letter 'eye' have completely stopped work!ng on my laptop. So, as you can see, the regular 'ate' cool th!ngs on the !nternet has been downgraded to seven th!s week unt!l my computer gets f!xed.

The Merv Gr!ff!n Show w!th guests Andy Kaufman, N!ck Nolte and L!nda Lav!n

Zeb & Cous!n Easy - Low Budget Country Comedy Van!ty LP

An awful lot of Ultra Lounge

A Look !nto the Future That Never Was

Joe D!magg!o battles M!ckey Mantle for Game Show Supremacy

Sesame Street covered by The V!llage Soul Cho!r

Rotten 1971 TV Mov!e wr!tten by J!m Backus and featur!ng V!ncent Pr!ce, James Darren, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Marty Allen, Cesar Romero, Edward G. Rob!nson etc

Men With No IQ's: True Black Metal from Mississippi

Ever since Pete Larson at Bulb reissued an LP of the 1986 primitive recordings by Hattiesburg, Mississippi geniuses the Terrifying Sickos, I've been on a quest to find whatever I could from what must have been a bizzaro circle and scene around them. I got pretty excited when DJ Rick on KDVS aired a compilation tape on the Primordial Sid label that revealed more Mississippi basement confusion by the likes of the Wheezing Crapheads, Cellophane Squids, and a truly drunk, woozy, and inspired version of Black Flag's "Nervous Breakdown" by the Skoalkans (who are said to have opened for Corrosion of Conformity). I got even more excited when Primordial Sid himself found I had played the Sickos and then floated a pile of CDRs my way last year. Then, he recently wrote me to point out the existence of another hallowed combo of legend: the Men With No IQ's. They indeed exhuded the same awesomeness as the rest of the Sid scene, though from a more metal side of things. From their My Space page (which someone else has set up, and on which the bassist has promised more pix soon):

"When I was 15 I used to sneak in to a dive called W.C. Don's in Jackson, Miss to see the monthly hardcore shows that seemed to come around at that point. Inevitably, Men With No IQ's would be opening the show. They were three African American guys who looked about as out of place as anyone ever could. The bass player, Booger Man White and the drummer, Steve Harris (no relation to the bass player from Maiden) were so huge that they would literally dwarf their tiny pawn shop instruments. Sylvester was the hot shot of the band, and he had like 10 Peavey practice amps, all stacked up on one another. Sylvester would always play with his shirt off while the other two guys wore custom MNI shirts and baseball caps that were most likely made at one of those iron-on shops in the Jackson Mall. THEY WERE AWESOME. I regret to say that I didn't appreciate them nearly enough at the time but they would always SLAY."

The Men with No IQ's almost remind me of Teezar in terms of the DIY-metal 80's insanity factor (they were referred to by someone as the soundtrack of a Budweiser and meth binge), but the lines are divided on the reality of that band's existence. I know I for one am disappointed when people go through the trouble of making extensive discographies and biographies and recordings for fictional bands, and I refuse to believe any kind of naysaying on some of them, but needless to say I am salivating over the mention that more MwNIQ's tracks are hovering around out there.

The Men With No IQ's "Can't Resist It" (MP3)

The Men With No IQ's "Dreamin' " (MP3)

Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 40 (MP3s)

Give the Drummer Some's
6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere

Barack Obama was elected one year ago tonight, and to celebrate, the Miner feels like going out and pulling the white hoods off a few teabaggers. You betcha! If you prefer to stay home to get your jollies, take a gander at the magnificent recordings offered below. The good news? Just like Mike Bloomberg, you can spend somewhat less than $100 million of your own personal fortune to come out a winner!

Free Jazz for Short-Wave Radio, Hammers, broken glass, etc.
Karlheinz Stockhausen  ~  "Kommunion/Intensitat"
(Blog: Mundo Estranho De PB)

Listen for Lester Bowie!
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti  ~  "Perambulator"
(Blog: Likembe)

"Xaviet Cugat Goes Gamelan"
Phoem Khlaibanleng  ~  "Thai Modernized Music for Dancing, Vol. 2"
(Blog: Monrakplengthai)
From the album: Mon Son Pha (mp3)


 

Canada Lets Its Hair Down
Bob Bell  ~  "Necropolis"
(Blog: Mutant Sounds)

   

Balafon Blowout
Chico Freeman  ~  "Kings of Mali"
(Blog: Steakdust Cologne)
From the album: Kings of Mali (mp3)

Boll Weevils, Buckdances and Breakaways
Various  ~  "Eight-Hand Sets and Holy Steps"
(Blog: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be)
From the album: Buckdance (mp3)

Listen for music from these and other incredible finds on
Give the Drummer Some, Fridays on WFMU, 9 to Noon (ET).

Check out every installment of Mining the Audio Motherlode

Please Pass The "Please Pass The Biscuits" Records (MP3s)

   

Here are five versions of Please Pass The Biscuits, the timeless story of one hungry kid's desperate attempt to snag some nourishment. 

From my perspective, the definitive version is the one recorded by Andre Williams for the Fortune label in Detroit in 1958, the year after the original version, by author Gene Sullivan, landed in the Top Ten on Billboard's Country chart.  Williams, a pioneer of R&B sleaze, is still out there hustling.  His most recent album came out just last year and this month his first book, a semi-autobiographical tale of pimps, gangs, and drug running, was published by Kicks Books.

Gene Sullivan  -  Please Pass The Biscuits  (2:52)  1957

Andre Williams  -  Pass The Biscuits Please  (3:19)  1958

Jimmy Dean  -  Please Pass The Biscuits  (2:57)  1962

Norval & Ivy  -  Please Pass The Biscuits  (2:56)  1967

And to wrap things, up we'll check in with an unforgettable live performance from the Collins Kids featuring a great vocal performance by young Larry.  Tex Ritter provides the introduction and somehow manages to keep a straight face while he observes, "You show me a growing boy and I'll show you a biscuit eater."

Slasher Risk, My Castle of Quiet Live Session, 28th Oct 2009

I'm running out of ways to gush about Slasher Risk. Point is, this relatively young band, a duo, doesn't seem to yet realize how good they are, or how amazing they're going to be in just a short while. That's a fine thing, because it means they're only doing what must be done—what comes naturally. And what comes naturally is dynamic improvised music, with one limb occasionally stuck in something that remembers rock, but just as often or more so, dances in the air above the unimaginable maw of the Lovecraftian abyss. Frightening to some, but not to Andy or Sara, who do it seemingly just because it's their thing.

A two-person Can? Lou and Sterling? Moe and Sterling? Or a guitar-noise duo whose work makes Solmania seem "uptight"—just who the hell are Slasher Risk?

Here are 37+ minutes that at least put us closer to an answer:

Slasher Risk Live on WFMU's My Castle of Quiet

Good photo and top-notch session engineering by Trent.
Lousy photo and video by your host and author.

Slasher Risk Live on WFMU's My Castle of Quiet is covered by a creative commons attribution-non commercial-no derivatives license.

Butch, the Rough Barber Man (MP3)

From the great, exceptionally weird Tin Pan Alley song-poem label, and just a few months late for the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, today's offering is Phil Celia with his rendition of "If Butch the Rough Barber Man Shaves Castro".

I love a lot of Tin Pan Alley records (including one about paying taxes, which I previously featured here), and had to have this one the second I saw it, even though it appeared it might be too warped to play (that is the source of some of the surface noise you'll hear). It turned out to be playable on one of my turntables, and now the world can hear it.

The flip side, "Oh, Sing a Song of I-O-WA", is a fun listen, too. I particularly enjoy the really high notes sung by a soprano at the very end of the record, coming from a singer whose presence on the record had not been evident, up until that point. This also may be the only song-poem record I've ever heard to feature a trombone solo.

I share more song-poems, weekly, here, but thought this one was a fit for this venue.

Phil Celia - If Butch the Rough Barber Man Shaves Castro (MP3)

Phil Celia - Oh, Sing a Song of I-O-WA (MP3)

Single A Side (JPG) - Single B Side (JPG)

Burroughs narrates Poe (video, MP3)

This post arrives slightly late for Halloween, but I'll take both William S. Burroughs and Edgar Allen Poe any time of the year. After some Poe readings by James Mason, we have this gem from the 1995 videogame "The Dark Eye", featuring William Burroughs reading "The Masque of the Red Death", accompanied by some creepy slides.

YouTube: Part 1 | Part 2
Just the audio, in slightly higher quality: The Masque of the Red Death (MP3) from RealityStudio