Innovator of experimental animation and electronic music during the 1950s.
Hosted a music program for KPFA in Berkeley, California, beginning in 1953.
Co-organized the Vortex Experiments, a series of mind-expanding sound and light concerts at a San Francisco planetarium starting in 1957.
In the 1950s, he hosted the seminal radio program "Music and Folklore" on WILL-FM in Illinois, in addition to KPFA in California. His radio satire work with Woody Leafer (notably the fake interviews with "Sholem Stein" and "Shorty Petterstein") inspired comedians such as Lenny Bruce and George Carlin.
He produced a host of material for recordings, commercials, film, radio, and television. He studied sitar for several years. He traveled with Cuban jazz musician Gonzalo Rubalcaba for five years, videotaping his performances.