Dangerous Minds

1 month ago | dangerousminds.net | Paul Gallagher

When he was just a teenager Roland Loomis started living a secret life. Raised in a strict Lutheran household. His father was a farmer. His mother, a farmer’s wife. Loomis knew he didn’t fit in. He was skinny and effeminate. He felt like an outsider. He knew he was different. He had hints. When he was four, he had visions of past lives. This led him to junk organized religion and look for something more transcendent. Something which reflected who he really was. It was 1944.

Aug 11, 2023 | dangerousminds.net | Oliver Hall

‘A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2,’ now available from Melodic VirtueArguing for the timelessness of the Residents’ music in the introduction to this book, Penn Jillette claims that the Faceless Four were the soundtrack to Madonna and Sean Penn’s star-crossed love. I first met and worked with Madonna during the time this book chronicles, and the very first thing she talked to me about was The Residents. She was in awe that I had met and worked with them.

Aug 4, 2023 | dangerousminds.net | Oliver Hall

Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah (courtesy of On-U Sound)Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah and Adrian Sherwood inaugurated the daring studio project African Head Charge in 1981 with My Life In A Hole In The Ground. Both in the studio and in live performance, African Head Charge has burned up the intervening decades exploring unknown Mystery Spots of sonic experience, transmitting dub sonar signals in every dimension where sound travels.

Jun 23, 2023 | dangerousminds.net | Oliver Hall

The poster in vinyl copies of ‘The Beggar’, out today on Young God Records (illustration by Nicole Boitos)Does time slow to a crawl during a Swans performance, or does it approach the speed of light? At the two-hour mark, have your feet really floated off the ground?

Mar 14, 2023 | dangerousminds.net | Oliver Hall

THEM! courtesy of the Cryptic CorporationLast Christmas marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Residents’ first release, “Santa Dog.” Ralph Records gave away most of the initial pressing as a free gift, mailing copies of the double seven-inch record, which presented itself as a compilation of songs by four groovy groups, to friends, tastemakers, and prominent figures.