Feorag writes from Scotland: "You probably haven't heard of John Otway, but he
has a small and devoted following here. He did a limited issue CD and asked his
fans to vote on which track _they'd_ like to see as a single. The one they
picked just entered the UK charts at number 9! Bet that'll piss off the major
record labels, especially as the marketing budget was probably about zero. I
might just watch Top of the Pops this week." Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks,

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URL: http://boingboing.net/#85524596
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Great Village Voice story about oddball museums in New York. My favorite
weird-ass museum is the Museo de Criminologia in San Jose, Costa Rica, which
has bits of victims of famous crimes (machete-dented brain-pans, severed arms,
etc) floating in formaldehyde jars.
A stone's throw away is the singular Freakatorium, El Museo Loco, a classy
treasure chest of curiosities belonging to sword swallower Johnny Fox,
whose focus is the rich history of America's earliest museums, from P.T.
Barnum's American Museum to the Bowery Dime Museums. The walrus penis bone
(other penis bones on display: coyote, mink, fox, raccoon) is enough to
make you feel you're getting your $5 worth. But then you spy the Jivaro
Shrunken Head (it's real, it's the size of a tennis ball); conjoined
piglets in a jar; an assload of taxidermy, including a gorgeous zebra head;
giant's rings...
Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, Gary[3]!_)
[1] http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2002/detail.php?id=3085
[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/6XizLZYen3ni
[3] http://amygdalagf.blogspot.com