An odd and inventive warrior of the anti-folk genre, Eric Wolfson spews politically informed, harmonica accompanied, melodic excellence all over NYC. Eric in Action: Sleeping is a Sucker’s Game & Obama Song

A few lines on insanity:
‘TRUE!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?’
‘You must be,’ said the Cat, ‘otherwise you wouldn’t have come here.’
Said the Fool to Lear: ‘He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf…’
Says I: ‘Madness makes kings of us all.’”
For more of Eric’s music and madness, visit: Myspace.com/EricWolfson  or www.EricWolfson.com              (and for more antifolk, check out our Artist Showcase archives, re: Lach!)

I forgot that I had this photo.

It’s the Urban store window from last x-mas season and it’s horrifying beyond belief.

It’s like living in between walls filled with cotton candy insulation.

It’s the brain child of a 5-year-old girl with pigtails on pixie stix overload.

It reminds me of that crazy new Hello Kitty Hospital in Taiwan. Husband torture.

This man gets it: Hello Kitty Hell blog

I know you people have photos of craziness like this so send ‘em over to me!

iAmSlowlyLosingMyMind@gmail.com

I lie in wait…like Crouching Tiger, Hello Kitty.

I’ve had a long week. So, here are some bands screaming at your face.

1 - Apocalypse Dudes (from Norway) - Bomb YouTube (Wow. I fear.)

2 - Tess (from France) - Fenêtre Sur Le Monde YouTube (Live. Loud.)

3 - Seven Year Kismet (from the UK) - Drag the Corpses YouTube (See Above.)

      A bit about Tim Robinson: “I started out trying to be a painter but the NYC artworld was no place for me… I drifted into songwriting and found it just as visual, in a way more so. That clicked and I became a bit obsessed, writing hundreds of songs [though, oddly] recording none. I scaled down the painting to small collage work, made from junk, mostly stuff I picked up off the ground around the city. Sometimes I would do it block by block… a piece might be called “Schermerorn, between Court and Henry”, that sort of thing. As the computer crept into my life, I discovered the business of internet junk picking and began experimenting with digital collage. I grab things, mess with them a bit and just start throwing elements together. Magical things happen then, what was an engine diagram suddenly seems soulful next to a bird. Anyway, it’s an ongoing experiment. I hope folks find something to pivot on in all of it.”
      To see more of Tim Robinson’s art and to hear his music, visit: Myspace.com/TimRobinsonSongs

1 - Andrew Bird – Imitosis YouTube (officially odd video)

2 - Andrew Bird - Lull YouTube (really cool animation video)

3 - Andrew Bird - Anonanimal YouTube (live [album version is better] ♥ still, my favorite song of his)

In Fiona’s words, “I think there’s a fine little line, a lovely line, between madness and beauty and I think a lot of times really great (or at least, unconventional / unique) art stems from that.”

Some Fiona gems: “Here are four things about me that are pretty crazy-town:
1. I consider myself an amateur stalker.
2. I practice primal scream therapy.
3. I obsess about a lot of things constantly, and call it multi-tasking.
4. I talk to myself & sing to an empty chair (while pretending there is a specific person sitting in it!)”
With classics such as: “(I Don’t Wanna Be) The Guy”, “Diets Are For Suckers” and “You’re So Boring” how could you not want to find out what this girl is about? Myspace.com/FionaLanders

i just can’t get enough of Tom Otterness’ 14th street subway sculptures.

1 - Adam Caine - Computer 69 YouTube (Video animation by Marjan Moghaddam)

2 - Marty Friedman vs. Paul Gilbert - On Some Bizarre Japanese TV Show YouTube (Indescribable)

3 - Karlheinz Stockhausen - Helicopter String Quartet YouTube (Literally: cellists in a helicopter)

(For more about the songs and tastes of guitarist, improvisor and composer Adam Caine, check out www.caine.tv and www.myspace.com/adamnoahcaine)

      Childhood musical prodigy, Noel Rockmore, discovered his ultimate calling as a painter, after an early bout of polio made him delve deeper into darker, more macabre inspiration.  His subjects had wide range, including denizens of Greenwich Village and the Bowery, Coney Island, Jerusalem, shipyards and cemeteries and above all, the jazz musicians, surreal architecture and rituals of life and death in the New Orleans French Quarter. His biographer described him as a “compulsive draftsman”.  He often chose painting and smoking over mundane tasks such as sleeping and eating. Noel defined obsession and artistic possession, producing over 10,000 works in his lifetime.

I totally get the whole “it’s my wedding and i’ll dance if I want to” concept. I just don’t understand why organized madness like the YMCA, macarena, and chicken dance must occur. Still, it IS crazy.

If you dance like an idiot and have photo documentation, send it: iamslowlylosingmymind@gmail.com

1 - Supertramp - Crazy YouTube (live)

2 - Big Trouble feat. Bobbie Eakes - Crazy World YouTube (official video)

3 - David Lee Roth - Goin’ Crazy YouTube (official video)

There is so much to say about the UK band Telegraphs. This five-some is great at what they do and people are catching on.  Instead of ranting about their brilliance, however, I’m giving you their own words and a chance to find out for yourself! • Badass Music • Brand New Artsy Video • Free Song Download! •

               Aung    &    Hattie    &   Darcy    &    Sam    &    Darren  

Presenting a WEALTH OF CRAZY from across the pond:

Darcy: “I have a tendency to sleep walk… more than a few times I have awoken in various different places in my house and for some reason when I come too I’m usually playing air guitar!”

Aung: “I have an aversion to spelling/grammatical mistakes in public places, such as shop front signs, magazines/newspapers etc. - whoever allows them through often deserves to be taken behind the cattle shed and shot. When I see these spelling mistakes I feel compelled to take photographic evidence.”   

Sam: “I have a massive issue with the volume setting on a radio. It has to be set to an even number. So if someone sets the volume to 11, for example, I have to bump it up 1 notch to 12 or down 1 notch to 10.”

Hattie: “I’m quite the fruitloop when I get going…” (Hattie’s insanity took up the whole page so check back next week for the rant in its entirety.)

Darren: “I am obsessed with statistics and facts. I often compile said facts in a spreadsheet and file them fastidiously!”