Here are some "weird" music links, for your browsing pleasure. Cro-Magnon Films has no relationship with any of the companies below, but we thought you might find them interesting. Many thanks to Tom Rombouts for helping to research these and provide descriptions. Updated July 2009.
Dusty Groove
www.dustygroove.com
Chicago music store Dusty Groove is also a fine online source for
strange, weird, and obscure music. The detailed, informative
descriptions given for each item are a pleasure to read in themselves.
Jack Diamond
www.jackdiamond.com
Located in Northern California, Jack Diamond offers many
obscure CD's and LP's. This link was not working as of July 2009. Anyone have
a current link? You can contact us at info@cromagnonfilms.com. Thanks!
Interpunk: The Ultimate Punk Music
Store
www.interpunk.com
With over 83,000 punk, emo, hardcore, and ska items!
Yazoo Records
www.yazoorecords.com
"Classic performances of early rural American and ethnic music",
carefully transferred from surviving 78 rpm records. A treasure trove of
sounds from the 20's and 30's, featuring the likes of Charlie Patton, Furry
Lewis, Mississippi John Hurt, and many others.
Sundazed Records
Store
www.sundazed.com
Vinyl lives! Sundazed records features both CD's and gorgeous
vinyl reissues of classic albums. Check out their site for garage rock, surf, rockabilly,
psychedelia and more.
Medium Rare
www.mediumrare.com
An "Ad-free mix of music and talk radio". (Formerly this link led to a
San Francicso-area music store. You can now find them here:
www.myspace.com/mediumraremusic.
I'm not sure if the radio station and the store are related.)
Dada's Exotiquarium
zip.to.dada
Belgian radio guy Johan Vis with an amazing online listing of
c. 2,500 obscure titles.
Aquarius Records
www.aquariusrecords.org
"San Francisco's oldest independent record store, with a large
stock of obscure and strange music. Categories include Compliations,
Exotica/Novelty, Electronica, Experimental.
Plunderphonics
www.plunderphonics.com/xhtml/xnotes.html
These folks were responsible for a "banned" 1989 CD, the cover of
which featured Michael Jackson's head on a
nude woman's body. It contained musical experiments using
samples of songs by, among others, Michael Jackson, the Beatles,
Captain Beefheart, Elvis Presley, and Glenn Gould. NOTE: This site doesn't appear to
have been updated since 1990!
A Mutated Christmas
detritus.net/illegalart/xmas
Off the chart as far as weirdness goes. "Armed with 100s of
recordings taken from mp3 sharing, thrift store vinyl, and other
sources, several artists were enlisted to remix and reassemble
classic Christmas songs."
Mistletunes
www.mistletunes.com
Speaking of Christmas, here's an exhaustively researched site documenting
Christmas-themed recordings throughout the ages. We knew there was a lot of Christmas
music out there, but we never dreamed just how much!
CD Baby
www.cdbaby.com
The best in independent CDs. This popular online store features a huge inventory,
organized by categories and subcategories, with sample tracks galore.
Putumayo World Music
www.putuyamo.com
Founded in 1993, Putumayo World Music is dedicated to introducing the listener to a
variety of musical sounds from around the world. They specialize in compilations of upbeat,
melodic music in beautiful packages. The site features myriad samples, so you can hear before you buy. Putumayo
also devotes a portion of their profits to organizations that do good work in the communities
where the music originates. So when they say their music is "guaranteed to make you feel good",
they mean it!
Snopes
www.snopes.com
This isn't a music link, but it's well worth checking out. Snopes is a
site that studies and debunks the many "urban legends" that
nowadays spread at light speed on the Internet. Does that e-mailed story seem
just too good to be true? Chances are you can find the real dope here.
Zeitgeist Films
Zeitgeist Films
A terrific source for documentaries and art films on DVD.