In college I had an occasional evening campus radio show called The Maybe Not For You Radio Hour. I was on call to fill-in for anyone who had phoned in ‘sick’. Basically I could play whatever I wanted (as long as it wasn’t obscene) and shuffled the manic with the mundane while focusing on what was considered in the early 1970s as avant-garde: Beefheart, Zappa, Soft Machine, Henry Cow, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayres, etc., along with a healthy dollop of free jazz and 20th century classical. Surprisingly it was well received but more importantly, it gave me Kid-in-a-Candy-Store access to an impressively deep music library at a time in my life when purchasing records was a luxury.
In a similar vein I’d like to introduce a Maybe Not For You music thread here on the haven, a place where people can post without judgement what they consider interesting but to others might sound like someone banging on their bongos like a chimpanzee. Whereas my heart and head belong to early classical and jazz you can be sure I’ll be using this thread for posting the other and the outre, the noise and thrash, etc. But your contributions don’t have to be avant-garde. You might love listening to your world class collection of high school marching band records. Post them here. Hawaiian slack key guitar? Post it here. Polish Polka? Welcome. Bagpipe Orchestras? Ditto. Hillbilly Christian? Take me to the river. Roy Acuff is the stuff? Let us know. Benny Goodman is still King at your house? That’s swinging..
The criminally overlooked, sadly ignored, the underrated, the fallen thru the cracks?? Tell us about them.
So let this be a thread where people can post their interests that might need a Maybe Not For You caution label attached. This thread is intended as a place of introduction and education. It’s all about the music and all artists and all genres are welcome!
Except Bjork. Bjork is right out.
In a similar vein I’d like to introduce a Maybe Not For You music thread here on the haven, a place where people can post without judgement what they consider interesting but to others might sound like someone banging on their bongos like a chimpanzee. Whereas my heart and head belong to early classical and jazz you can be sure I’ll be using this thread for posting the other and the outre, the noise and thrash, etc. But your contributions don’t have to be avant-garde. You might love listening to your world class collection of high school marching band records. Post them here. Hawaiian slack key guitar? Post it here. Polish Polka? Welcome. Bagpipe Orchestras? Ditto. Hillbilly Christian? Take me to the river. Roy Acuff is the stuff? Let us know. Benny Goodman is still King at your house? That’s swinging..
The criminally overlooked, sadly ignored, the underrated, the fallen thru the cracks?? Tell us about them.
So let this be a thread where people can post their interests that might need a Maybe Not For You caution label attached. This thread is intended as a place of introduction and education. It’s all about the music and all artists and all genres are welcome!
Except Bjork. Bjork is right out.
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