What is LOOPTOPIA?

More info here. (PDF)

This Is The Jam

Prepare for utter destruction. Also some good costume ideas.

More Music From Car Parts...

More details here. This is much, much more elaborate and complex than anything i have in mind...but I thought it was a good demonstration of the musical potential of junk.

Looking for a strange or exotic instrument?

If so, here in Chicago, I would recommend visiting Andy's Music.

Online, Lark In The Morning is your one-stop-shop.

Happy hunting!

Looking for portable amplification?

I plan on plugging my electric thumb piano into this Pignose portable amp and strapping it to my pack frame.

Voila! Portable noise.

Does anybody know...

...how to "circuit bend" an electronic instrument, know someone who does, or where such instruments can be obtained?

I Think It Would Be Cool...

...to get a variety of whistles and/or air horns for noise-making purposes. Even if you have a drum or other instrument in your hands, you can always have a whistle in your mouth. Just put your lips together and blow...

I Think It Would Be Cool...

...to mount old car parts on an old bicycle. The bicycle would then be played as a rolling percussion instrument.

Costume: Customized Orange Jumpsuits

Get your very own orange jumpsuit here.

Customize it as you wish: spray paint it, bedazzle it, cut out the crotch...whatever.

Not the really the "plan ahead" type? No worries: Belmont Army Navy (Belmont west of Clark) usually has jumpsuits available in a variety of colors.