The Rummage Blog

04/29: The Rummage Show: Live firey rummage extravaganza

We didn't get to blogging about it in advance, but I'm proud to say that our live version of the show was a smash. Before a great turnout that had nothing to do with the free food, Lexington had the pleasure of performances by Chuck Moreland, Foxfire Hypnotica, and Miss Kitty Twister and Her Hot Dogs.

04/16: This week on The Rummage Sale: Special Guest Don Pratt

This week on The Rummage Sale, we are pleased to announce special guest Don Pratt. We've pulled a number of selections from Don's own record collection for the show, and he'll be in the studio to provide insight and anecdotes about his vinyl records and his history as a local volunteer and activist. In addition to his lifelong work as an advocate for local and regional causes, Don has decades of experience as a foster parent and a prison record for his protest of the Vietnam War.

How many cuts from the newly-discovered Isley Brothers twist album will we weather? Will Don find Lenny Dee's pop organ rendition of Fulsom Prison Blues amusing? Has DJ Time Helmet escaped from the forced detour into childhood in time to reach the station? Check out the show this Tuesday at 8pm to hear the show Lexington is calling edgy, contraversial, frightening, and somewhat amateurish: The Rummage Sale.


P.S. Stay tuned for an announcement about The Rummage Show, the live radio extravaganza before NPR contributing edtior and cultural expert Sarah Vowell reads at Memorial Hall. People magazine, our guidepost for the truth about American culture says her work is “Wise, witty and refreshingly warm-hearted, Vowell’s essays on American history, pop culture and her own family reveal the bonds holding together a great, if occasionally weird, nation.” Anne, Mark, and Mike will be controlling the soundboard. Scary, huh?

04/12: Welcome to the web home of The Rummage Sale

By popular demand, we've established this blog to provide you all the juicy details about our ongoing search for artifacts of Central Kentucky's pop culture history. From record-digging expeditions in the dusty corners of the bluegrass to DJ Time Helmet's overblown voyages in time and space, we're going to reveal the nuts and bolts of our crazy machine.

We're taking our show live this Spring, so in addition to information about our musical explorations we'll be posting where you can see us do our bit in real life.

Thanks for visiting and stay tuned!