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OOKWORLD.COM
O-O-K: Observing Obscure Kulture. Eclectic sundries for the kulturally shellshocked. Observations of culture both popular and obscure.

Revolving around ookworld...

IRREGULAR ORBIT
Ookworld's wobbly satellite. Meanderings and links for you to ponder.

narthex.ookworld.com
Info index for my old postpunk duo, Narthex.

OOKULAR
An ocular orbit of ookworld.

PANCORDIA
The two-fisted accordion weblog.

SOUND-SCAVENGERS
E-mail discussion list of musical explorations.

Ook kontact.

Thanks to Jeff and Dean for their spare parts and advice.

All contents of OOK are the copyright property of their creators.

Observing obscurely since April 1997.

Updated May 10, 2008.

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eclectic sundries for the kulturally shellshocked...
wasting time and webspace since April 1997


Articles:

Highway Hi-Fi
Chrysler's in-car phonographs from the 50s and early 60s.
compiled by M.Ace

Talkin' 'Bout Tot Music
A conversation with kiddie record fan, Joe Jack Talcum.
interview by M.Ace

Meeting Danny Bonaduce
A tour story from 1992.
by Joe Jack Talcum

A Young Person's Guide To The TJB
A brief overview of the Tijuana Brass repertoire.
by M.Ace

The Essay Question
Is Rock dead? Alive? Undead?
by The Panel

ABC's Friday Night Lineup Of Doom
Re-viewing the early 70's television juggernaut.
by M.Ace

Trout Fishin'
Concerning Venus on the Half Shell by Kilgore Trout, er, Philip José Farmer.
by Dean Sabatino

The Persistence Of Exotica
Exotica has returned, but did it ever really leave?
by M.Ace

There's No Such Thing As A Bad Movie
Sometimes known as the aesthetic statement rant.
by M.Ace

Features:

A Fretful Menagerie
A new web album of solo acoustic guitar detours.

Frowning In Happyland
A web album packing a dozen songs of dread.

Steel-String Flat Top Sedition
A web album of primitive acoustic guitar instrumentals.

Narthex
A small story from the days of punk, including a web album.

Hunger Artists - Cruisin' In Zargon
Free-punk-noise from 1982, with web album and backstory.

Web Album Dumpster
Vanity press or public humiliation? A big stack of web albums.

Newsstand
A gallery of magazine covers.

Recent Spins
Recordings we have enjoyed.
(new, old and in-between)

Product Placement
A gallery of advertising, packaging and ephemera.

Movie Capsules
Capsule descriptions of assorted movies.

Forms That Function
A gallery of automotive design.

Assorted Links
The usual collection of stuff to click.