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Significant Others: Musicians We Know, Love and/or Work With |
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| Wayside Music | The premier mail order operation for experimental rock. Sells Non Credo. | The Fibonaccis | Legendary LA band that boasted Joe Berardi as their drummer. Subversive rinky-dink. | |
| Astroclam.com | Purveyors of independent music of the fiercest kind. Sells Non Credo. | Fibonaccis 2 | The legend continues with another fan page. | |
| Recommended Records UK | International distributor of the best in experimental rock. Sells Non Credo. | Fat And Fucked Up | Improvising chamber ensemble with Kira on bass clarinet. | |
| Dusty Groove | Great for soundtracks (Morricone!) and French Pop. | Double Naught Spy Car | Genre-busting surf/spy instrumentalists with Joe driving from behind the drums. | |
| Stan Ridgway |
A great storyteller and Joe’s long-time accomplice. | |||
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Labels We Work With |
sr-dis-information | Ridgway's Dis-information site. | ||
| Our first home. The legendary German Rock In Opposition label. See Reluctant Hosts. |
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Eastside Sinfonietta | Joe’s Kurt Weill project with Weba Garretson | |
| The great Canadian experimental label. See Happy Wretched Family. | Lydia Lunch | Prolific punk poetess. Queen of Siam, Queen of Darkness. | ||
| Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville | Amazing New Music Festival organized by the folks at Les Disques Victo. | Motor Totemist Guild | James Grigsby’s ambitious and stellar compositions. | |
| vibro-phonic recordings | Great LA-based label covering the fringes of Pop. | Megan Mullally: | The Will and Grace actress is also a great singer. | |
| amf-music | German creative music stalwarts. | Supreme Music Program | Megan Mullally’s band with Joe on drums and percussion. | |
| Worrybird Disk | Crazy compilations and releases of rock’s rough edged outer layer. | Wendy Ip | Beatlesque pop with a twist from this brilliant songstress. | |
| The Twigs | Pure pop ecstasy from these Chicago twin sisters. | |||
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Miscellaneous
Musts |
Kristian Hoffman | Pop songwriter supreme, rococo keyboardist and all around bon vivant. | ||
| The Velvet Hammer | The finest in burlesque since 1995. | Abby Travis | Cutthroat standards and black pop from this divine diva. | |
| Double your pleasure with these mysterious French Maids. | Donovan | Mellow but not Yellow. A legend indeed. All Hail! | ||
| American Composers Forum | Committed to supporting composers and developing new markets for their music. | Carla Bley | One of the Great American Composers. Hands down. | |
| Attack Drumheads | One word-Plastics. Joe uses them, so should you. | Japanese Improvised Music | Covers Japan Improv scene and much more. Check out the great Haco. | |
| Paiste Cymbals | Beauty in metal. True alchemy. | Dave Kerman/5uu’s | Former LA drummer/composer, now a man of the world. Always challenging and strange. | |
| Exposé Magazine | Progressive music magazine. Exploring the boundaries of rock. | Ann Magnuson | Multi-faceted Miss Pussypants. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wish you were her. | |
| 33 rebellions per minute | Great online music reviews. | Carl Stone | Pioneering computer music composer/performer. Big in Japan. | |
| Dreamhost | Good, affordable web hosting. | |||