Beginning June 15, vintage Firesign Theatre radio shows, dating from 1970-72 will be rebroadcast for the first time since their original air dates on WFMU radio. This is comparable to being a James Joyce fanatic and finding not just one notebook where he’s working out the themes that would become fully developed in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, but an entire crate of ‘em. Some of the most mind-bending, thought-provoking and hilarious material of their career and unheard for the past 40 years. A counter cultural treasure of the highest order. Firesign Theatre LIVE in Portland and Eugene, Oregon this weekend!

John and Yoko - $1200

John Cage and Merce Cunningham - $800

Harold and Maude - Sold
 
Here’s a fantastic collection of wedding cake toppers by seattle based artist Mike Leavitt. It’s totally worth a look. From Mike Leavitt’s website:

No longer shall little random plastic people rule the top of your cake. Why suffer the cruelty of impersonal sculpture poisoning the cake frosting you lick from your fingers? Weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, retirement, online bingo… The cake topper figurines can be of any person in any style. Some ‘cake toppers’ aren’t even the bride and groom, just plain loved ones. The finished figures are protected and sealed from any frosting surface damage. For further protection, they aren’t posable with the multiple body part pieces like the action figures. These are finely crafted sculptures that will be enjoyed as long as the union of love that they honor.

(via The Jailbreak)

(above: Heita, daughter, aokubi daikon)
 
Surely the key to ultimate happiness must be in the creating of wind instruments out of a variety of vegetables, because this gentlemen, known simply as Heita, is just preternaturally happy. Just look at his magical wares ! It’s nice that he’s not trying too hard to present it as “serious” music so much, more that it’s just so delightful that musical sound is coming out of this produce ! Can you believe it ?
 

 
Many more homemade vegetable instruments : Heita 3’s Youtube channel
 
Allee Willis’ Blog – Plastic Fruit & Vegetable People and The Most Talented Man You’ve Ever Seen Playing Music On Vegetables
 
thx Richard !

 
Read the full story behind Steve Martin’s letter over at Chattering Teeth.
 
(via Mister Honk)

 
My wonderful old friend that I miss terribly, the late, great Jac Zinder was a true visionary pioneer in his pursuit of the artifacts of non-western cultures existing within our diverse city long before the notion of “world music” ever became commonplace. Much like his close friend Jonathan Gold‘s endless uncovering of the huge spectrum of the foods of these cultures hiding in plain sight all around us, Jac was constantly finding amazing musical gems to stun his friends with, buying endless cassettes of Bollywood soundtracks at the many local Indian movie theaters long before it was even remotely hip to do so and then playing them in DJ sets all over town. This one tune in particular, by Indian film score master Bappi Lahiri, will always remind me of him, perhaps more than any other. Like Jac himself, this song is sublimely ridiculous. It’s such a strange approximation of disco that it could almost pass for a track by Flying Lizards. It features some of the most brutal Synare playing ever recorded !

 
Bonus: A brief clip of the actual number and another lovely tune from the film Morchha

 
@SomeGreyBloke has figured it out!

Via Fishbowl LA/TIna Dupuy

 
Thanks, Marc Campbell!

Star of Davis, Jr., 2008, colored pencil on paper, 44 x 30 in.
 

Morning Romance, 2010, charcoal and graphite on paper, 72 x 102 in.
 

Smooth Jazz Alphabet, 2008, colored pencil on paper, 38 x 50 in.
 
Here’s a huge collection of Eric Yahnker’s charcoal, graphite and pencil drawings. I guess Kenny owns the letter G.
 
(via Today and Tomorrow)

 
Dangerous Minds pal, novelist Jonathan Lyons sent us this photo of the perplexing set of instructions stuck to the toilet in the guest house where he is staying in New Delhi. For the most part, I can’t understand any of this, can you?