'Pataphysics
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* In the song "[[Maxwell's Silver Hammer]]" on [[the Beatles]] album ''[[Abbey Road]]'', "pataphysical science" is mentioned as a course of study for Joan, the first victim of Maxwell Edison.{{cite news |title=That Ubu that you do |date=25 April 2008 |department=Pop and rock |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/25/popandrock1 |access-date=8 March 2022}} |
* In the song "[[Maxwell's Silver Hammer]]" on [[the Beatles]] album ''[[Abbey Road]]'', "pataphysical science" is mentioned as a course of study for Joan, the first victim of Maxwell Edison.{{cite news |title=That Ubu that you do |date=25 April 2008 |department=Pop and rock |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/25/popandrock1 |access-date=8 March 2022}} |
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* Argentine duo [[Sui Generis]] mentioned in 1974 in their song ''Tango en segunda'' "southern Pataphysics". |
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* The debut album by Ron 'Pate's Debonairs, featuring [[Reverend Fred Lane]] (his first appearance on vinyl), is titled ''Raudelunas Pataphysical Revue'' (1977), a live theatrical performance. A review in ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'' magazine said, "No other record has ever come as close to realising Alfred Jarry's desire 'to make the soul monstrous' – or even had the vision or invention to try."{{cite magazine |last=Baxter |first=Ed |date=September 1998 |title=100 Records that set the world on fire ... while no one was listening |magazine=The Wire |pages=35–36}} 'Pate (note the pataphysical apostrophe) and Lane were central members in the Raudelunas art collective in [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]. |
* The debut album by Ron 'Pate's Debonairs, featuring [[Reverend Fred Lane]] (his first appearance on vinyl), is titled ''Raudelunas Pataphysical Revue'' (1977), a live theatrical performance. A review in ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'' magazine said, "No other record has ever come as close to realising Alfred Jarry's desire 'to make the soul monstrous' – or even had the vision or invention to try."{{cite magazine |last=Baxter |first=Ed |date=September 1998 |title=100 Records that set the world on fire ... while no one was listening |magazine=The Wire |pages=35–36}} 'Pate (note the pataphysical apostrophe) and Lane were central members in the Raudelunas art collective in [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]. |
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* Professor [[Andrew Hugill]], of [[de Montfort University]], is a practitioner of pataphysical music. He curated ''Pataphysics'', for the [[Sonic Arts Network]]'s CD series,{{cite web |title=Music |website=Andrew Hugill |url=http://andrewhugill.com/music.html |access-date=16 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726201022/http://andrewhugill.com/music.html |archive-date=26 July 2013}} and in 2007 some of his own music was issued by UHRecordings under the title ''Pataphysical Piano; The sounds and silences of Andrew Hugill''.{{cite web |title=Pataphysical Piano – The sounds and silences of Andrew Hugill by various artists |website=UHRecordings.co.uk |url=http://uhrecordings.co.uk/_shop/albums/UHR/pataphysical-piano.aspx |access-date=16 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610224204/http://uhrecordings.co.uk/_shop/albums/UHR/pataphysical-piano.aspx |archive-date=10 June 2015}} |
* Professor [[Andrew Hugill]], of [[de Montfort University]], is a practitioner of pataphysical music. He curated ''Pataphysics'', for the [[Sonic Arts Network]]'s CD series,{{cite web |title=Music |website=Andrew Hugill |url=http://andrewhugill.com/music.html |access-date=16 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726201022/http://andrewhugill.com/music.html |archive-date=26 July 2013}} and in 2007 some of his own music was issued by UHRecordings under the title ''Pataphysical Piano; The sounds and silences of Andrew Hugill''.{{cite web |title=Pataphysical Piano – The sounds and silences of Andrew Hugill by various artists |website=UHRecordings.co.uk |url=http://uhrecordings.co.uk/_shop/albums/UHR/pataphysical-piano.aspx |access-date=16 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610224204/http://uhrecordings.co.uk/_shop/albums/UHR/pataphysical-piano.aspx |archive-date=10 June 2015}} |
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