Topic: Toy Music

[Karl]

 Sorry, I don't know if such a non-photo related post is acceptable but I thought this band might appeal to you Holgaristas out there, the Modified Toy Orchestra

http://www.myspace.com/toyorch
(click on This is the Monkey)

or...you can hear their new album on napster or the like. It's called TogyoPop. No samples, loops, laptops, just old children's toys played by musicians. Great stuff - there are other like minded souls out there in other artforms!

[tijeras]

very cool 

aka
astrobeck

[warren]

Pianosaurus from the late 80's were some like-minded folks:
http://www.rounder.com/?id=album.php&catalog_id=3450

[eyecaramba]

Let us not forget Sparklehorse.

These are not purely toy users but they belong to the anything goes camp where kids pianos and chimes and xylophones etc will play in most tracks.

[moominsean]

i saw sparklehorse open for mazzy star back in like 96...no toys then that i remember. must be something they came up with later.


and don't forget about spike jones!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt4b_qwC_Q

[LT]

spike jones is my hero .  Used to watch those shows when I was a teenager - loved em!

[moominsean]

must have been repeats? or you would be like 75. and i don't think they had tv in the UK until around 1972. or maybe that was australia.

[LT]

repeats of repeats of repeats.  How old do you think I am???

[db]

.....or maybe that was australia.

Sean.. I'll write this quickly before the hamsters get tired on their treadmill and my electrici...