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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

The Kings of Outer Space

The Things That Make Us Strange

(Western Star Recording)



"Imagine somehow combining an observatory telescope with a Criswell Ouija board, then hooking the whole thing into a monster amplifier" was this writer's description of the Kings' 2019 Ghost Radio. Those words serve in equally good stead for portraying the disc now before us, though a fitting addition would be to observe UK tailors must straightaway sew up silver aluminized nylon spacesuits/straitjackets with velvet lapels.

(Tracks 1-6 first appeared on 2022's Last Exit to Spaceville, while 7-14 are taking first steps.)

Recommended: "Test Pilot," "Moonbuggy Baby," "Doomsday Surf Club," "Big Ol' Monster," "Outa This World," "Nature or Nurture (live at Western Star)," "Life's Too Short"

Videos: "Moonbuggy Baby"   "Big Ol' Monster"   "Nature or Nurture"


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..