The Funhouse

Series produced by paul mcguire

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Image by: Katherine McGuire 

Expect the unexpected with host Harry Parmenter each week on our descent into the rock 'n' roll maelstrom.

Expect the unexpected on our descent into the rock 'n' roll maelstrom as we careen through the darkness of the midnight soul...

A unique weekly late night hour featuring unheard music with accompanying context, informative commentary, anecdotes of close encounters in the music world and other frivolous information from host Harry Parmenter, THE FUNHOUSE offers the listener refreshing respite from the onerous onslaught of daily existence. Fiercely free-form with non sequitur musical choices, listeners will find much to choose from in this entertaining hour.


24 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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A journey through the musical life of Dusty Hill, bass player and vocalist for one of the biggest American rock bands in history, ZZ Top.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:40
Caption: Join Harry Parmenter for sixty minutes of mayhem in THE FUNHOUSE , Credit: Emeline Haston
A rock 'n' roll revisit to the world of "Reservoir Dogs."

  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:07
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In celebration of Iggy Pop's 74th birthday a look back at The Stooges, his original band who will go down in history as one of the most visceral, v...

  • Added: May 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:01:20
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The music of Neil Finn and his beautiful songwriting and music from Split Enz to Crowded House to the Seven Worlds Collide events, all part of his ...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2021
  • Length: 01:01:24
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Music djed by a village idiot.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:30
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Unsung, unheard, unappreciated songwriter and consummate musician, Jean Jacques Cale, otherwise known as J.J. Cale.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:39
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No Hallmark Card hour here, but a little Love, Hate, Lust, Sex, Poetry and Madness from Donna to Bukowski and Satchmo to The Jazz Butcher. The pe...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:30
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Tunes and tales of African American musical greats including Otis Spann, Little Walter, Big Mama Thornton, Peter Tosh, Billy Preston, Les McCann & ...

Bought by WORT and WSLR


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
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THE MUSIC OF THE NEW YORK DOLLS, A BAND WHO FLEW THROUGH THE STRATOSPHERE FIFTY YEARS AGO LIKE A FIREBALL, FLASHING ACROSS THE ROCK AND ROLL SKY BE...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:30
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The Bosstown Sound from Aerosmith to Willy "Loco" Alexander and everything in between.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:19
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I went out one spring morning To find myself a friend Someone I could believe in Until the very end I found myself the Devil He was sitting in a ba...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:31
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Another year dawns as host Harry Parmenter spins a musical web of brand new music from new artists like Loma and Courtney Marie Andrews, an unearth...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:31
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Ring in the new year with a celebration, or is it condemnation, of the gift that giveth and taketh away, demon alcohol.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:30
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Hang your balls on the Christmas tree...if you've got any. If you want something completely different, spend Christmas in the Funhouse with Louis ...

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Music from the City by the Bay, the sound and the fury of the San Francisco beat.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:59
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Celebrate Thanksgiving in The Funhouse with family and a holiday dinner on the homefront with lots of rock 'n' roll animal turkeys.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:30
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A comprehensive look back at the rise and fall of one of American Rock's greatest stories, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and their volatile leader, Ronnie Van Za...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:30
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A themed one hour journey through far flung corners of rock 'n' roll history, so expect the unexpected with host Harry Parmenter each week on our ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
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A themed one hour journey through far flung corners of rock 'n' roll history, so expect the unexpected with host Harry Parmenter each week on our ...

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
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A themed one hour journey through far flung corners of rock 'n' roll history, so expect the unexpected with host Harry Parmenter each week on our ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:30