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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Rockabilly Rebel

Thanks to the fine folks at Sunbury Press for donating this prize to Ichiban! You could win it, if you pledge today. You can also order signed copies from their website!

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Ichiban One-Liners Volume 4

You can help keep us streaming 24 hours a day when you make a pledge to WFMU! $75 gets you this CD with artwork by Takeshi Tadatsu.

Elijah & the Ebonites - Hot Grits (Girls Raised In The South)

Two Hour Excursion To Nowhere

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Big Daddy Roth Month: The Orbitron-- Lost and Found!

Note the tricolor headlight array, mimicking the dot pattern on a color television screen.

The Orbitron was always a favorite of mine among Big Daddy's cars, but I'm apparently in the minority. There was never a model kit, slot car, or Hot Wheel, either in 1965 or since, and unlike the Outlaw and the Mysterion, it didn't even get its own Car Craft cover, as you can see.

Only approximately 1/12 of the cover? An insult!

It had a short life on the car show circuit, and Ed sold it to Darryl Starbird in 1967 for $750. He sold it it to someone in Texas shortly thereafter, and it was lost to history for decades (one story holds that around 1973 it was in the hands of a teen-ager who actually drove it to school!). In recent years, it was tracked down in Ciudad Juarez, and it's since been restored to its original glory. Read the story here, and for more photos, click here.

This fellow is no relation, but he's also cool. Learn more about him here.

Total Destruction To Your Mind

Thanks to David Marchese for sending us this great interview he did for Spin Magazine!

Check it out here.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos

Hot Rod Hootenany was released in 1963 with cover art by Big Daddy aka Mr. Gasser. Musicians included Ichiban All-Stars Gary Usher, Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole and Darlene Love, just to name a few! Long out of print, the geniuses over at Sundazed Records reissued a limited edition run for Black Friday.