Farewell to Hermeto (1936–2025) Hermeto Pascoal, Brazil’s beloved mago maluco (“mad wizard”), finally traded in his flute, pots, pans, pig squeals, and teapots for the Great Gig in the Sky on September 13, 2025, at the age of 89. Somewhere, the birds, frogs, and bus brakes of Rio are throwing a jam session in his honor — and you can bet RadioPeng would’ve been there with a mic to capture […]
On the far edge of art, thought, and sonic rebellion stands Henry Flynt-a hillbilly fiddler, philosopher-logician, and avant-garde saboteur of Western culture. Long before the term "concept art" was gallery-ready, Flynt coined it as a critique, not a commodity. He studied under Quine at Harvard, jammed with La Monte Young, and publicly protested the "serious music" establishment by calling Stockhausen a cultural imperialist. Yes, really. But Flynt didn't just critique. […]
from John Fahey Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More ... | AllMusic Born John Aloysius Fahey on Feb 28, 1939 in Takoma Park, MD. Died Feb 22, 2001 in Salem, OR. One of acoustic music's true innovators and eccentrics, John Fahey was a crucial figure in expanding the boundaries of the acoustic guitar over the last few decades. His music was so eclectic that it's arguable whether he should […]
Let’s get this out of the way: Flying Lotus is not from here. “Here” being Earth. Or the solar system. Or possibly even linear time. I mean, just listen to Los Angeles. It’s like someone spliced the DNA of J Dilla, Aphex Twin, Sun Ra, and that weird dream you had where a toaster was DJing in a velvet-walled spaceship. The result? A genre-melting, neuron-frying sound casserole that makes you […]
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