A-Z: Here come the weirdos

April is almost here!  On Monday I begin spamming posting once per day, except Sundays, on my theme of "An A to Z of Masters of the Imagination that You Oughtta Know About."  Each day will see a brief profile of a super-creative artist, author, magician, or whatever, along with some choice quotes or snippets that show you why I'm so enamored of their output.

A couple of warnings...  First, I hope not to disappoint my RPG-playing readers by posting a lot of stuff that may not be quickly adaptable to the game table.  I'm taking the long view, I guess, that good inspiration from these creative weirdos can be the seed of a lot of quality gaming down the road, even if the ideas may need time to stew.

Second, I'm not sure how well I'll be following the detailed advice of the good folks at the A-Z Challenge.  I will do a post on each letter on its proper day, but beyond that, everyone has different ideas about what makes for good blog posts -- and good bloggers!  Caveat emptor.  :-)

Lastly, I wanted to put up some kind of teaser for whom I'll be posting about, without actually giving away the names.  I realized that 26 entries is just about right for the number of songs on a classic double album.  Thus, to give you a taste, here's the track list for that album, with song titles crafted from little bits and pieces of each days' post (or just random factoids about the person being profiled).  Feel free to speculate about the identities of my weirdos in the comments, but I won't confirm or deny until the time is right...

Side I (A-G)
Fern-colored Eyes
Ding Dong Daddy
Stereophany
Alice and Bill on the Beach
Les Beaux Temps
Fortress of Strength
Blue Food

Side II (H-M)

Djam Karet
Graphomania
Fourth World
The Mauve Zone
Ruby Red
Joyful Sitting

Side III (N-T)
Professor Pratt
The Only Lasting Truth
No Escape from Growth
Who Else?
Rustle of Umbel-Bloom
Darktouch
Omega

Side IV (U-Z)

Cygnus and Serpentarius

Take the Phone off the Hook

Kosmos

Whoosh

Memory Palace

Mystic Mathematicians