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Don Campau is a musician, radio host, and archivist who has been active in music since 1969. He was part of an avant-garde collective called The Roots Of Madness, which recorded from 1969 to 1974 and released one album in 1971. Campau also began hosting a radio program on KTAO-FM in Los Gatos, California in 1971, under the mentorship of Lorenzo W. Milam, featuring a diverse range of music including ethnic, avant-garde jazz, and early home recordings. From 1974 to 1976, he co-owned Dogmouth Records, a retail outlet in Los Gatos specializing in used and unusual LPs. In 1978, he started another radio program on KKUP-FM in Cupertino, California, focusing on jazz, ethnic, contemporary classical, and improvised music. In 1985, he established the format of "No Pigeonholes," which showcased home-recorded cassettes from the international home recording movement known as "cassette culture." Campau continues to broadcast home-recorded and independent music on KKUP, Radio Marabu in Europe, and online at The Luver.com. Throughout his career, he has recorded numerous albums, primarily home-recorded rock songs, and has collaborated with various home recording musicians worldwide. He founded the Lonely Whistle label in 1984 to release his own albums and those of his musical associates. In 2009, Campau launched The

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