There were so many sides to Art Jarvinen that I can’t possibly represent most of them here, but I offer several drops from his mercurial musical output, some of them commercially unavailable, others on extremely obscure labels:
Egyptian Two-Step – the first piece I heard, and which made me sit up and take notice with its aerosol spray cans as percussion, performed by the E.A.R. Unit
Breaking the Chink – performed by Icebreaker
from Sgt. Pecker, his Beatles parody:
Taller than Jesus
Man, My Guitar Playing Really Reeks
Where Can I Bury My Shark?
9 Revolutions per Minute
Endless Bummer – with Miroslav Tadik: third track, titled Part 1
25 Lines for 25 Quires – listen closely to the lyrics
The Queen of Spain – third movement, harpsichords and drums, based on Scarlatti
Serious Immobilities – an excerpt from his theme and variations on Satie’s Vexations, the whole thing lasting 24 hours