With a title like this, you have an easy shot on what this one’s all about. C&SM publisher and editor Dana Countryman is a musician and a record collector…and you can tell where his musical taste is coming from, too. On the surface, this title can be easily be compared to Dr. Demento on paper and that claim would not be a stretch as many of the cover articles, major interviews and reviews had familiar names from Dr. D’s hit list like Weird Al Yankovic, Alan Sherman & Spike Jones. However, beneath this surface, Countryman goes further to find the ‘WTF?!’ universe far outside the Dementia realm.

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It was through the pages of this title that I found out about more underground and adventurous artists like Neil Hamburger, Fred Lane, Raymond Scott, The Friends Of Dean Martinez, The Coctails and so much more. The scale here was more on WFMU side of things than just the Dr. D stuff I’ve grown up with. In fact, this title became a guide for me as I use to circle many titles from their vast review section for future purchases.