For Those Of You Who Do Not Like Radioactive Cicadas...

Mr. Riddle, in the same breath that he calls Set Sail for the Sun "indistinguishable from cicadas, except perhaps by volume," goes on to laud Space Age Bachelor Pad Tiki Music. Now, you might be surprised to know that I love this stuff, too. In fact, in Martin Denny's stranger moments, he and Stockhausen shake hands behind the Mai Tais.

Recently, I have relied on this show out of Kansas Public Radio to provide a source for this sort of thing. There are a couple of others out there, too, like Space Age Pop.com that provide background information as well as plenty of discographies and links.

I will let you guess who my favorite easy listening musician is.

It is really not too hard, if you think about it for a bit.

While you are trying to figure it out, I will be down at the bullring by the sea...