Vinyl records pressed with bodily fluids and CDs packaged with human hair — what makes a Toronto doctor collect these things?

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Vinyl records pressed with bodily fluids and CDs packaged with human hair — what makes a Toronto doctor collect these things?
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In addition to being a doctor (and a new dad), 35-year-old Dr. Michael Tau is one of this country’s most dedicated archivists of underground experimental music. And his fascination with artists on the fringiest end of the fringe inspired his new book.

Dr. Michael Tau works in the Unity Health Toronto hospital network, serving patients at St. Mike’s downtown and Providence in Scarborough. Recently, he wrote

, a 368-page deep dive into the myriad subcultures that form the vast mosaic of DIY avant-garde music around the world. And Tau’s definition of “extreme” goes beyond the sound of the music to explore its varying methods of presentation.

The history of popular music is essentially one of radical ideas gradually being absorbed into the mainstreamYesterday’s scandalous hip-shaking becomes fodder for today’s Oscar-nominated Elvis biopics.

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