art Watch "Zen for Film" (1965), a film about nothing, and everything David Pescovitz

music Fellow brushes his teeth during Japanese noise music concert by Merzbow David Pescovitz

avant garde Avant-garde drummer Art Tripp talks about working with Zappa, Beefheart, John Cage, and others Gareth Branwyn

music Douglas Rushkoff on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) Douglas Rushkoff

music Ten great, groundbreaking avant garde records Gareth Branwyn

avant garde Celebrating Captain Beefheart's birthday with a look at his masterpiece, Trout Mask Replica Gareth Branwyn

music Listen to this strange and compelling mix of field recordings, cut-ups, and sound art David Pescovitz

art Watch Laurie Anderson's fantastic "What You Mean We?" (1986) from PBS's Alive from Off Center David Pescovitz

music Music that inspired 1980s Japanese environmental music composer Yukata Hirose David Pescovitz

animation This dark and amazing animation about the end of humankind aired on Ed Sullivan in 1956 David Pescovitz

animation Far-out Estonian animation from 1974 David Pescovitz

music Documentary about the 1980s SoCal underground art happenings with Sonic Youth, Einstürzende Neubauten, etc. David Pescovitz

Weird "Meet David," an unintentionally weird educational film clip from 1959 David Pescovitz

art Mesmerizing 1980s experimental Japanese film using video cut-ups to deconstruct architecture David Pescovitz

music Listen to BBC Radio 4's "New Weird Britain" audio program David Pescovitz

music San Francisco: Kronos Quartet's Kronos Festival 2019, May 30 – June 1 David Pescovitz

music Watch clips from Breathe, a lovely "water opera" in a pool David Pescovitz

music Watch Madonna, at age 16, star in a high-schooler's experimental film David Pescovitz

animals Watch the Private Life of a Cat David Pescovitz

music Archival music collection from June Chikuma, composer of the "Bomberman" videogame soundtracks David Pescovitz