Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, passed away today at 12:31PM PT at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74. At the time of his passing, he was surrounded by his wife Dorothy Manzarek, and his brothers Rick and James Manczarek. Manzarek is best known for his work with The Doors who formed in 1965 when Manzarek... 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COMEDIAN & ACTOR CRAIG GASS TO DEBUT WITH LIVE COMEDY ALBUM & DVD ON APRIL 16, 2013 Features Cameo’s by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell & Sean Kinney (Los Angeles, CA) The outrageously funny Comedian/Actor and all-around “impressionist”, CRAIG GASS, announces the release of his debut live comedy album and DVD, The Worst... 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MASH-UP MASTERS BEATALLICA READY NEW RELEASE, ‘ABBEY LOAD’ You’ve got to tip your hat to the lads in Beatallica. Few would have thought to merge together two of the most successful acts of their respective genres – pop tunesmiths the Beatles and thrash metal bashers Metallica – and create a must-hear, creative blend of both iconic artists. And... 

We are super stoked to announce that MC Lars will be playing every date on the 2013 Vans Warped Tour! Go to as many as possible! Mar 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia Jun 15 – Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheater Jun 16 – Portland, OR – Portland Expo Center Parking Lot Jun 19 – San Diego, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre Jun 20 – Pomona,CA... 

Congratulations to Andy Dick for being featured on the hit ABC show, Dancing With The Stars. Oglio Comedy released Andy’s 2006 comedy album “Do Your Shows Always Suck?” which featured an unknown (at the time) singer/songwriter Mark Foster. Well, Mark went on to establish the highly successful band Foster The People and gain international success. This song “Ballad of Andy”... 

Oglio is preparing to enter our 20th year in the music business. It has been a wild two decade ride with quite a few unexpected twists. Thanks to all the artists, employees and colleagues that made the first 20 possible. Our favorite local South Bay newspaper – The Beach Reporter – sent over Michael Hixon to do a story on Oglio’s coming 20th anniversary. Turns out Michael is a great... 

Laugh and cry with Bill on this hysterical 90 second roller coaster. We encourage you to make your own version of “Laugh Cry” and post it to YouTube as a video response. You know him from The Ogden Edsl and his man hits on the Dr Demento show – “Dead Puppies” “Kinko The Clown” “Daddy’s Money” and more! Email  Read More →

  The Fellowship takes a musicological approach to imagine how the ancient cultures described by J.R.R. Tolkien might have sounded, performing on an all-acoustic array of ancient and modern instruments that includes harp, lute, hurdy-gurdy, krumhorn and gong. Their international cast of singers deliver stunning performances using dialects of Sindarin, Quenya, Anglo-Saxon and Modern English. Their... 

Have you always wanted to learn a foreign language but thought that there wasn’t a practical reason to invest the time? Well, Oglio and Extra Curricular Learning have the answer for you – The Forbidden Language Series! You can choose from Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Yiddish, Russian and even Ebonics. You’ll learn practical translations such as these from Forbidden... 

Michael McClure is a Beat Generation poet, playwright and songwriter. Ray Manzarek is a founding member of The Doors, songwriter and music producer. Together they take their loyal fans on a musical mind expanding journey with their creations. Their collaboration was documented in the Oglio Home Video release “The Third Mind” and brought to life in this all new album of thought provoking poetry. The...