Songs in the Key of Z - The Curious Universe of Outsider Music

[PlanetaryXVagabond]

Sorry but about the whole drug comment the guy made towards the end. Um Marijuana doesn't make you like that man. Obviously he has some sort of chemical imbalance lmao.

[88coldsummer]

It's so bizarre that i love it.

[Beaudereck]

@muskypucker Not only did BJ Snowden study at Berklee, but that has no importance since "suck at music" doesn't mean anything to start with anyways.

[055697]

''outsider music'' is music that is so bad it's good.

[Alienpelvis86]

That dude at the end is soooo creepy!

[JeepityJ]

I never... NEVER get tired of watching this! It's sure to make me laugh, no matter what kind of day I'm having.

[Thebjsnowden]

VISIT my new all new yotube channel  loaded with videos and more to come XO - BJ SNOWDEN

[faunflynn]

Thanx fr this. cool shit. vry vry cool.

[HisIroIsGone]

Outsider Music is the genre with the most important message: Do whatever you want and don´t care about the rules of the music business.

[djgizmoe]

From Disinformation. Absolutely great DVD. You can find it on Amazon and elsewhere.

[thegiraffe94]

brb smokin a tonna weed

[mmarisic]

Someone PLEASE tell me where I can see the full video of Mark and Lois Kennis doing "Lazy and Crazy."

[argumentix]

so sweet

[rayjr62]

I love this music. I love these people. And the fact that 99% of most so-called "hipsters" would hate this music makes me love it EVEN MORE.

Thanks again for posting this gem of an interview.

[thebigsee]

I am thankful to Irwin Chusid for introducing me to the world of outsider music. But it irks me how he presents himself as the benevolent champion of these "artists" but is quietly laughing up his sleeve and dishing out the snide comments about them. He should either be supportive and positive about them or just let it all hang out and thrash them like the snooty intelligentsia that he so obviously is.

[kindofobvious]

the term 'outsider art' always makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.. it, not always but often, goes hand in hand with a condescending, patronising tone, like "oooh look how weird it is!" To me it's weirder that we can draw a line of supposedly concrete definition between different kinds of expression based on how 'normal' you are. Obviously I'm glad i can learn about all these amazing musicians, but if anything we're the outsiders being so fascinated+surprised with other perspectives on art + life

[kenziegunn]

@kindofobvious Exactly. When I first heard the term I was fascinated but quickly was turned off by it. You're an insider artist once you don't have a developmental problem? I don't know. I never know when we're celebrating 'outsiders' or when we're watching the village idiot.

[walklikeaneejitson]

@kindofobvious my sentiments exactly

[JapaneseModernist]

@kindofobvious Well, it is weird because it is different than the rest. Now, if it s worse or better, now that requires a very long discussion.

[posthumanhero]

'outsider music' is, in fact, a bogus marketing ploy -- everyone has roots (qualifying themselves as authentic to some certain or uncertain degree) and if your spiritual i would presume your aware of what's most important to you......tuning your instrument perhaps?

[radioslashmusicmixer]

While I kind of agree with posthumanhero that this is some kind of silly marketing gimmick, don't know what tuning instruments would do. I mean anyway your instrument is tuned is the way that it is tunned. Some might think that Flipper didn't know how to tune there instruments. I don't know. Yah know what? I don't have any idea. Were all right sometimes. We all have funny tastes in music and it should all be available to experience. Let's all be authentic and have a good time. That's bogus man!

[radioslashmusicmixer]

Wow I was surprised to see such negative feedback to something I wrote that I wasn't even sure what side I was on. I think I was getting at that there are myriad tunings one can have for say the guitar and I assume any instrument. And beautiful music could be made from any of them even a so called out of tune instrument. It might only sound better because you are conditioned to that tunning. Now I've become convinced that that is the case. We only love a certain tune because we are taught.

[radioslashmusicmixer]

Yes but it is your opinion that something sucks. Someone else's' opinion might be that it is amazing. More people tuned into one thing doesn't make it better or worse. I'm not sure I'm even into the term outsider art. It is still a label. Everyone must then draw a line somewhere as to what is good of bad or whatever. This is what becomes impossible maybe. No one will draw the same line. whats grating mediocrity for you might be revelatory specularity to another. Balance is always changing.

[marynightshade]

Just reading through his book last night.

[SloyBolil]

I love this guys book! its awsome!

[santasassistant]

lmao

[darthdavil]

respect

[JoeChrisMorris]

VERY COOL POST

[dannrayv]

glad to see this uploaded. i love the book 'songs in the key of z,' as well as outsider music and public access television. these are some things people take for granted. thanks for sharing.