Art Paul Schlosser

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Art Paul Schlosser(born in Chicago January 4, 1960) grew up listening to weird demented music like Allen Sherman and Tiny Tim as well as funny songs by The Beatles {like Yellow Submarine} & and The Monkees {Gonna Buy Me A Dog} . When Art was 11 his Mother and Sisters and him moved to Madison,Wisconsin after his parents got a divorce. In Madison as a kid his mother continued to play weird and funny songs for him and even mixed things up by playing strange sound effects on one recorded player while playing weird songs to go with the strange sound effects.As a teenager Art Paul join a work experience play group that encouraged Art to be creative. In the Work experience play group Art met a bunch of fans of The Beatles one of which encouraged Art Paul to write lyrics. It was from that time on that Art started to write. Art would listen to the Dr Demento radio show as well as other strange records that he discovered at the local library and then try to write some lyrics he was inspired to write after listening to the songs. Eventually Art Paul discovered that it was legal to be busker on State street so on a warm day late in February 1986 Art Paul try it out and received a couple of dollars for his effort. Since then Art Paul has been a street musician and busker as well as an outsider artist on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin[1] since 1986. He is best known for his funny music especially "Have A Peanut Butter Sandwich", which made the Funny Five of the Dr Demento radio show four times in 2001[2][3][4][5]and Vote for Me/It's a Joke which was on the Funny Five of the Dr Demento radio one time in 2003 see http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd03.0831.html

He usually performs his original songs or parodys on an acoustic guitar and kazoo. He also sometimes plays electronic keyboard or ukulele.[6] He sings mostly humorous songs, but has also written on the topics of politics and religion.[7] His music has been played on oddball radio programs, including Greasy Kid Stuff[citation needed],The Mad Music Hour,Daves Gone By and the Dr. Demento Show, and he has appeared on his own public-access television show[1]as well as WGN-TV news http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=camAqisRw3I&feature=PlayList&p=6F and also youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/artpaulschlosser

[edit] Discography

  • My Cat Was Taking A Bath & Dead Skunk Perfume plus 23 other songs (1992)
  • All the songs from Happy Birthday & Smile Be Happy (1993)
  • I Want To Be Madonna ? & Greene plus 41 other songs and jokes (1994)
  • I'm A Prince By The Artist Still Known as Art Paul Schlosser (1996)
  • Be My Valentine (1997)
  • Reinventing Myself (2000)
  • They Won't Play This On The Country Western Radio (2001)
  • Smile You're On Kandid Kamera (2002)
  • The Best of Art Paul Schlosser (2003)
  • Art Paul Schlosser Live at the Hog (2003)
  • Vote for Me/It's a Joke (2003)
  • Art Paul Schlosser & Friends Live at Club De Wash plus the 3 songs at Bob's Apartment Experiment (2003)
  • Do You Want To Walk On Water (2003)
  • Words of Cheese & Other Parrot Tree (2003)
  • The ABCs of Art Paul Schlosser's World (2003)
  • Art Paul Schlosser {The Tribute!} by various artist(2006)
  • Warning: Listening To This CD could be dangerous to your health (2007)
  • It Takes A Whole World by Art Paul Schlosser & Jim Anderson(2007)
  • Untitled I & II(2007)
  • The Best of Art Paul Schlosser{The Sequel}(2007)
  • Scum Always Rises at the Top(2007)
  • Songs I forgot that the Elephant Remembered(2007)
  • Art Paul Schlosser & Robin Good Our Tribute To Shari Elf
  • Art Paul Schlosser living in a Materialistic World
  • Songs I Recorded On The Telephone (2008)
  • February Album Writing Month (2008)
  • Art Paul Schlosser {The Remix} by various artists (2008)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Hughes, Charles. "Who is Art Paul Schlosser?" (HTML), The Badger Herald: Student Newspaper of UW-Madison, Badger Herald, Inc., 2003-10-30. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. (English) 
  2. ^ The Dr. Demento Show #01-12 - March 25, 2001 (CGI). The Demented Music Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
  3. ^ The Dr. Demento Show #01-23 - June 10, 2001 (CGI). The Demented Music Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
  4. ^ The Dr. Demento Show #01-27 - July 8, 2001 (CGI). The Demented Music Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
  5. ^ The Dr. Demento Show #01-33 - August 19, 2001 (CGI). The Demented Music Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
  6. ^ Knutsen, Kristian (2007-03-10). [http://www.isthmus.com/daily/article.php?article=5898 Collecting MadVideos In 2007 Art Paul Schlosser received a MAMA award for best compilation for his CD Art Paul Schlosser {The Tribute !} see http://www.themamas.org/bio -- Who is Art Paul?] (HTML) (English). Isthmus. Isthmus Publishing Company, Inc. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
  7. ^ Pumroy, Sarah (2004-10-01). Art Paul Schlosser for President in 2004! (Interview) (HTML) (English). Emmie Magazine. The University of Wisconsin - Madison. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.

In the spring of 2007 Art Paul Schlosser received a MAMA award for best compilation for his CD Art Paul Schlosser {The Tribute !} see http://www.themamas.org/bio A is a (Madison, WI Area Music Award) On December 19,2007 Art Paul Schlosser was interviewed on WGN news http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=camAqisRw3I&eurl=http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=artpaul

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