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Oct. 19, 2023

Episode 301, Part 1- Irwin Chusid

Episode 301, Part 1- Irwin Chusid

Irwin Chusid is to outsider music as Irving Azoff was to Atlantic Records. This is to say that Chusid is the outsider music mogul. He's the guy behind the guy behind the artist… that you've probably never heard of.However, you're familiar with Chusi...

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Abandoned Albums

Irwin Chusid is to outsider music as Irving Azoff was to Atlantic Records. This is to say that Chusid is the outsider music mogul. He's the guy behind the guy behind the artist… that you've probably never heard of.

However, you're familiar with Chusid and some of the artist's work he champions.

You may not know who Raymond Scott is, but if you're above a certain age, you may recall the animated series The Ren & Stimpy Show. Well, it's Chusid's dogged championing of Scott's music and push for its re-release that found its way into the earholes of The Ren & Stimpy Show Creator John Kricfalusi and Creative Director Bob Camp.

Links 

Outsider Music

Harry Smith 

Songs in the Key of Z by Irwin Chusid

Sun Ra: Art on Saturn: The Album Cover Art of Sun Ra’s Saturn Label (October 2022) Sun Ra, Irwin Chusid, Chris Reisman

The Carl Stalling Project

That’s All Folks by Steve Schneider

Raymond Scott

The Ren & Stimpy Show

Juan Garcia Esquivel (Esquivel!)

The Langly School Music Project

WFMU

Lucia Pamela

The Shaggs

Wesley Willis 

Jandak

 

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