Some weeks arrive with a plan. This one showed up wearing a mushroom hat, carrying a pineapple, and refusing to explain itself. Oh Shiitaki! is two hours of strange songs, electronic curiosities, exotica, dancing mushrooms, suspicious animals, questionable decisions, and music that wandered in without an appointment. No shrimp. No useful explanations. All heart.

The show itself carries that same spirit: absurd, playful, cosmic. Renaldo & The Loaf, The Residents, Bruce Haack, Bran Flakes, Negativland, Barnes & Barnes, Beachfront Vinny — all the oddities you’d expect, but threaded with Gala Violet originals and inside jokes too.

Mr Announcer Man Created this playlist when I was overwhelmed with schoolwork. It is a fun and upbeat mix inspired by Dr Demento.