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Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery, Monster and Halloween Records (Music, Spoken Word and related weirdness) from the vaults of The Lost Media Archive. For show submissions write to Herk via bcsterrett at gmail.com for details.

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Favoriting December 18, 2020: (No Archive for this episode) A 2 hour Experimental Christmas tribute to favorite WFMU inspired CD-R label "Oddest Recordings"
Playing the entire Christmas catalog of Oddest Recordings mixed with tracks from almost every project created by artist Mark Gillespie. A favorite DIY label from my days at Oddity Rock Radio on KWCR 88.1 FM in the early 2000s. - BC Sterrett (aka Herk Hilligoss) **************************************************************************************** I created the Oddest label in 2001, somewhat inspired by some of the cool and strange music I was hearing on WFMU at the time. I had been doing experimental multi-track recording for years and thought it would be fun to release some of my weird sounds under the guises of different artists, so Oddest Recordings was born. I’m a professional graphic designer/illustrator, so I designed all the covers myself. It was a lot of fun and I got more recognition than I ever thought I would, including air play on WFMU." - Mark Gillespie

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Your DJ Speaks         
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Feliz Avant Garde  Jingle Bells   Favoriting Feliz Avant Garde     
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Casiotone380  Demo   Favoriting Hooked on Casio     
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Axo Sonac and His Happy Hand Horn  Tink Tonk   Favoriting Axo Sonac and his Happy Hand Horn     
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Expo 74  Message for Weigh Station   Favoriting Sounds of Someday Soon     
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Feliz Avant Garde  Deck The Halls   Favoriting Feliz Avant Garde     
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The Soundbitten Symphony  Mondo Audio Pt 1   Favoriting Mondo Odd-o     
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The Banana Splats  Duck Off   Favoriting Mondo Odd-o     
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Feliz Avant Garde  The 12 Days of Christmas   Favoriting Feliz Avant Garde     
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Siamese Davis Jr.  Lady Fuzz   Favoriting Siamese Davis Jr: The World's Only Conjoined Lounge Singer     
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Zatumba  Satano   Favoriting Are These the Sounds of Possession     
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Feliz Avant Garde  Ring Christmas Bells   Favoriting Feliz Avant Garde     
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The Soundbitten Symphony  Fridgetop Chaos   Favoriting The Merman Suite     
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Onion Boy  I Have Cake (and You Don't)   Favoriting The Childish Sounds of Onion Boy and His Food-Faced Friends     
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Feliz Avant Garde  The Nutcracker   Favoriting Feliz Avant Garde     
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Freaky Sounds of Frightville  Marathon of Fright   Favoriting Freaky Sounds of Frightville     
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Freaky Sounds of Frightville  Seriously Haunted   Favoriting Freaky Sounds of Frightville     
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Jazzkrash  Loco Motive   Favoriting Mondo Odd-o     
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Onion Boy  Tip Toe Thru The Lepers   Favoriting The World's Weirdest Music Vol. 1  2003   
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Feliz Avant Garde  O Christmas Tree   Favoriting Feliz Avant Garde    (Alternate Cover) 
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Robo-A-Go-Go  No One Has Caught the Yeti Yet   Favoriting Mondo Odd-o     
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The Soundbitten Symphony  Mondo Audio Pt 2   Favoriting Mondo Odd-o     
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We Three Things  In-A-Santa Da-Vida   Favoriting In-A-Santa Da-Vida CD Single     
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Kraftwurst  Klownbot   Favoriting Klownbot     
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Listener comments!

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BC Sterrett:

Good Midnight to You...
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Constance De Witt:

Hello BC!
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Herk Hilligoss:

Hello Constance!
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Kat in Chicago:

Simply having a Casio Christmastime
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Herk Hilligoss:

Hi Kat!
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Herk Hilligoss:

I'm hoping the artist behind these shows up in the chat room today...
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Mark Gillespie:

Hi BC! Listening...
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Herk Hilligoss:

Hi Mark! Can you tell us about the inspiration/creation behind some of these releases?
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Mark Gillespie:

Axo? Shooby Taylor, heard on WFMU.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Tell us about Axo Sonac :)
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Herk Hilligoss:

Ha, I wondered about the Shooby Taylor connection. Wonderful.
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Mark Gillespie:

I would say that the Residents are also an obvious influence when it comes to most of this stuff.
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solo mon:

Hey ! Just poppin in to say I’m loving this music so far!
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Herk Hilligoss:

Thanks Solo Mon :)
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Herk Hilligoss:

Was this chopping segment inspired by Fred Lane's Mystic Tune?
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Herk Hilligoss:

I often do this of The Residents with your music, especially with the Soundbitten Orchestra. Do you have a favorite Residents song or album?
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Mark Gillespie:

I can't say I'm familiar with that tune so...I guess not. My favorite album is the first, Meet The Residents.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Love it.
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Herk Hilligoss:

This really is one of the greatest Christmas albums that I turn to each year.
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Mark Gillespie:

I'm glad you like it.
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Herk Hilligoss:

I think I first found out about you by Otis Fodder's Cool and Strange Music CD review of "Hooked on Casio." Do you still have that keyboard?
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Mark Gillespie:

More Residential inspiration. Inspired by the musical deconstructionism of cover tunes on albums like Third Reich and roll.
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Mark Gillespie:

I still have the Casiotone380, but got rid of the MT 520 when I had to move recently.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Maybe it was a bad idea to have The Clock Strikes host, it made this episode harder for listeners to find I think, until it show up in the archive. Oh well, there will be more episodes of this stuff :)
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Mx. Granny (e/em):

quack!
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Herk Hilligoss:

Hi GrannY!
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Herk Hilligoss:

I have to ask, was The 12 Days of Christmas inspired by The Conet Project or Short Wave Number Stations?
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Mark Gillespie:

It does sound like short wave number stations. I hadn't thought about that. It's basically breaking down the song to it's most mathematical component. 12 Days is basically a countdown.
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Mark Gillespie:

Zatumba was inspired by Screaming Jay Hawkins and the Tasmanian Devil from the Warner Bros cartoons.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Ha!
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Herk Hilligoss:

Listeners if you were able to find today's episode, feel free to ask Mark some questions if you like :)
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Herk Hilligoss:

Can you tell us about the creative process behind some of these collage experimental tracks?
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Mark Gillespie:

I guess I just start with a basic "musical" theme and fill in the cracks around it with whatever seems to work at the moment. Samples, sound fx, other themes. Trying to make it flow as much as possible.
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Herk Hilligoss:

The Merman Suite is also one of my favorite of the CDs. A masterpiece :)
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Cp304:

Good afternoon all. Love it Mark, that’s the way to go at it IMO
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Mark Gillespie:

Thanks!
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Herk Hilligoss:

What does your family think about your music? What kind of feedback have you recieved?
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Mark Gillespie:

Ha! Most of them scratch their heads, but it hasn't led to an intervention or anything. But i've been interviewed a couple of times,
reviews for my stuff popped up in numerous zines and I've gotten quite a bit of airplay over the years. I've also sold far more CDs than I ever thought I would.
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Herk Hilligoss:

What year was the last release? Do you still record today?
  2:59pm
VaLRose:

Hi
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Mark Gillespie:

I think Kraftwurst or We Three Things were the last. Oh yeah I still record. I've got tons of stuff that I haven't released.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Hey my wife is here! Hi Val :)
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Mark Gillespie:

I see you've posted an ad from Cool and Strange Music magazine. I got a good response from those ads.
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James:

Hey
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Herk Hilligoss:

Are your more recent recordings in the same vein of music?
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Herk Hilligoss:

Hi James :)
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Herk Hilligoss:

I felt honored to be mentioned in your Cool and Strange Music ads :)
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Mark Gillespie:

A lot of it would probably qualify. Maybe someday I'll release more Oddest stuff.
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Mark Gillespie:

I was honored to have the best holiday album of 2001.
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Mark Gillespie:

Frightville was just an attempt to create an all purpose Halloween album using samples, sound FX and public domain stuff.
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Herk Hilligoss:

I think several of your albums like Axo Sonac made my top 10 lists of the year. I love all of them really.
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Mark Gillespie:

I think you might have been the first person to play my stuff.
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Herk Hilligoss:

I really do hope you release more. I would always jump for joy when your CDs came in the mail :) I loved the art designs and concepts. I'm a very physical media collector.
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Herk Hilligoss:

I love the physical object I mean. I still have many of them that survived my horrible car accident in the snow, but they have some water damage etc.
  3:13pm
Horror Hillbilly:

Got my work done for the day - now I'm gonna sit here and play Evel Knievel pinball and listen to the freaky sounds of Herk Hilligoss - the horror host with the most!
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Mark Gillespie:

Evel Knievel pinball! Too cool
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Herk Hilligoss:

Hey there Hillbilly :) You're lucky, I have to go to work after this. Seasonal work at JC Penney. lol
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Herk Hilligoss:

Of all your projects which would you say is your favorite so far?
  3:20pm
Horror Hillbilly:

@Mark Gillespie if you happen to have a PC you too can play Evel Knievel for free with Visual Pinball
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Mark Gillespie:

I like Feliz Avant Garde or The Merman Suite.
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Horror Hillbilly:

I'm streaming myself live playing pinball with this show's audio hehe on facebook
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Mark Gillespie:

Horror Hillbilly, I'll look into that.
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Herk Hilligoss:

I could see this song being played by Dr. Demento. You seemed sad feeling like he has never played your music.
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Mark Gillespie:

Maybe I was just too weird for him, oh well.
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Herk Hilligoss:

I can't really see him playing much experimental music. You're more WFMU material :)
  3:25pm
Horror Hillbilly:

Dr. Demento came to my work once. It was fun hanging out with him.
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Mark Gillespie:

I loved his show. I hold no grudge.
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Otis Oddest Fodderist:

Hi Herk and Mark. Listening in and flashing back. I remember Hooked on Casio from C&SM days.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Hi Otis! I was talking earlier about how your review of Hooked on Casio was my introduction :)
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Mark Gillespie:

Wow, nice to hear from you, Otis. I remember that review too.
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Mark Gillespie:

I miss that magazine.
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zivilars:

Hello hello
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Otis Oddest Fodderist:

Sorry missed most the show, last day at work here before the holidays. Will for sure be listening in the archives as I played the hell out of Hooked on Casio years back. Need to fill my archives again with Oddest material.
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Herk Hilligoss:

You got mention in some of his liner notes Otis :) See photo.
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Otis Oddest Fodderist:

@Mark - Are these releases available still? Had a few moves over the years and I don't have anything. Can I order online?
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chresti:

Hello!
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Herk Hilligoss:

Hi Zivalars and Chresti :) So glad you found this episode
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Otis Oddest Fodderist:

Thanks Mark, that's awesome!!
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zivilars:

I'm just downloading the Weirdsville podcasts – haven't heard of them before until I read the liner notes in the playlist ... Thanks for the hint, Herk!
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Mark Gillespie:

Otis, email me at markgworld1@gmail.com and I'll let you know what I can do.
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Otis Oddest Fodderist:

Super, will do.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Mark, Friendly Persuasion is still on the air here in Sheena's Jungle Room on Tuesdays :) ...for 4 hours!
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Mark Gillespie:

I will check that out.
  3:37pm
Horror Hillbilly:

I'm going to email you as well, Mark. If you get a weird email full of lint and cat hair you'll know where it came from.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Zivilars, I posted something about Weirdsville podcasts?
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Mark Gillespie:

HH, Ha! Okay.
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chresti:

This is great.
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Otis Oddest Fodderist:

Wow, Weirdsville. I used to pull a browser and have that on for hours years back.
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zivilars:

@Herk: It's mentioned in the "liner notes" you've posted as a jpeg right of the "No One Had Caught The Yeti Yet" track
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Herk Hilligoss:

I remember you were reluctant to send me this In-a-Santa-Da-Vida cd, but I love it. I still listen to it each year as well.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Ah, I need to check that out as well!
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zivilars:

I went to this web adress and had a quick check
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zivilars:

Herk, is "The Clock Strikes Midnight" on hiatus at the moment aside of this fill-in? I like your show, would be nice if it will be back soon
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Herk Hilligoss:

I had to stop The Clock Strikes when work took over. I became harder to juggle two shows. Every now and then I turn into Herk like Jeckle and Hyde. Perhaps I'll bring it back when life slows down or have it take over Lost Media Archive completely for a spell :)
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zivilars:

:) I love both, keep it up!
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Herk Hilligoss:

I'm working like 4 jobs now off and on :/ Trying to raise money for life stuff. Thanks for the encouragement Zivilars :)
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Herk Hilligoss:

Mark, PLEASE release some of your more recent material! I've never been able to get enough :)
  3:48pm
Horror Hillbilly:

@Herk I think you need to get another job and save up for a pinball machine and then quit all your other jobs so you can just stay home and flip the silver ball
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Mark Gillespie:

Ha, I'll see what I can do. The decline of physical media sales is one of the reasons I haven't released any CDs for a while. Also a lot of sales came from C & SM magazine and when that stopped publishing I kind of stopped too.
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Herk Hilligoss:

Well you definitely have an outlet here. I would still purchase CDs from you and I think the other DJs would appreciate your music even in file format.
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ironybread:

Mark - do you have a BandCamp page? Putting albums on BandCamp is super easy and you'll never have to deal with any physical media. When you put up a zillion albums, it's all the better! Brian Fullerton Whitman has a zillion of them up and I'm having a blast just slowly listening to everything in "preview" mode
  3:53pm
Horror Hillbilly:

And Bandcamp seems to be a pretty good company so far. They make a profit and pay artists (Spotify does neither)
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Mark Gillespie:

ironybread, I don't. I'll look into that.
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Otis Oddest Fodderist:

Nice Ironybread! A Oddest Bandcamp would be fantastic.
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Herk Hilligoss:

I agree :)
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Otis Oddest Fodderist:

Personally, I love Bandcamp (for my own stuff + listening/ordering). Hoping more artists move from Facebook to Bandcamp.. esp now after rolling out the ability for live vids. And direct money into artist/label pockets.
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Feldpausch:

Herk, I didn't know you were a designer/illustrator plus musician. Great combination!
  3:56pm
Horror Hillbilly:

Bandcamp has recently been getting into live streaming performances - and allowing u to charge etc.. pretty cool
  3:56pm
Horror Hillbilly:

Bandcamp to me, reminds me of what I liked about MP3 dot com
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Herk Hilligoss:

Oh, this is Mark Gillespie's music and illustration work.
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Otis Oddest Fodderist:

Thanks again Mark, what a nice flashback today... and to Herk for heading this show up.
  3:57pm
Horror Hillbilly:

A++ @MG
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Herk Hilligoss:

Thanks for being here Mark. Especially as a fan, this has been a real pleasure :)
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Mark Gillespie:

Thanks to everyone. i enjoyed it.
  3:58pm
Horror Hillbilly:

@MG what kind of synths do you have??
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Constance De Witt:

I enjoyed it too!
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solo mon:

I would 100 percent play this stuff on primal ice cream! So great.
  3:58pm
Horror Hillbilly:

I would 102.025% listen to this on Primal Icecream
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Feldpausch:

oh I see now, that's Mark's quote. Thanks for sharing this stuff!
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solo mon:

I have been programmed to make you wet your pants.
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zivilars:

I love the "World's Weirdest Music" cover art – kudos to Mark if this was also designed by him
  3:59pm
Horror Hillbilly:

I have to throw my pants in the dryer! Thanks
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Mark Gillespie:

Not drawn by me it's an old pulp mag cover
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chresti:

Thanks Herk and Mark!
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zivilars:

Thanks, Herk!
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Herk Hilligoss:

Thanks everyone :)
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Mark Gillespie:

Thanks again!
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Herk Hilligoss:

Good Midnight To You All :)
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