Squeezebox rock flies in Florida

Jared Claxon, the 17-year-old accordion player who fronts the Mindless Tripod Experience, seems to have the right idea: Plug your accordion into a distortion box and squeeze out some silly songs.

"I write a lot of songs about the most pointless stuff in life, like Sea-Monkeys and Silly Putty and Japan," he tells The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Jared's a MySpace friend of TDA, and it looks like ROA Records is fixin' to release an album of his music called "Are You Experienced?" You can hear song samples on the ROA site -- sounds kinda "Weird Al" to me. I think "Godzilla" is my favorite (it's not a Blue Oyster Cult cover), and I'd love to hear more dirt on the squeezebox.

He's also got a song called "I Think About Stuff" (which isn't a TDA cover). Hope 2006 is a good year for you, Jared!