Tuesday, December 19, 2006

a Webb of sound
or the world wide Webb


Webb Wilder.Hideway BBQ.12-1-06


First of all, this ain’t punk. At least not in the skinhead, Mohawk, can’t understand a friggin’ word you’re saying, nihilistic, look at me, I’m cool sense. This is rock AND roll music, both kinds. This is the real thang.

I have no clue if any of this ‘zines readers, YOU I’m talking to, will have ever heard a note from this guy but I don’t care. You NEED Webb Wilder.

About two months ago the Hideaway BBQ opened up in our fair berg and put a big ole sign out front promising us REAL country music, which, I am assuming, was the venue’s alternative to the Nashville pablum pop that saturates the airwaves and numbs minds too feeble to look further than the nose they are being lead around by.

I frankly have no patience with music “fans” that accept force feeding from the big four entertainment moguls without question or resentment. If you like for your dollar to buy Richard Branson or some other billionaire another failed balloon trip you may move on to the next page right now. If you think that being a certain age, having some bullshit “indy-cred” or wearing a black tee shirt means anything, just skitter on back under the rug.

But, if your mind is open and you have maintained the ability to rock your ass off without fear of losing membership to some exclusive CLUB then read on my brother, Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks are your kind of wild and wooly ride.

Look, I’m not planning to describe every funny face, every Telecaster twang, every twirl of the ever present fedora or even rattle off the bands wide ranging set-list, I’m just gonna tell you this; See it, buy it, rock it, roll it, just get to the next show this guy puts on and drink of the blessed nectar he delivers. Oh, I will tell you a couple of the highlights though; a pounding re-arrangement of Johnny Burnette’s “Little Boy Sad” and a stinging rendition of Dave Edmunds’ cover of Chuck Berry’s “Run Run Rudolph”. Happy Holidays indeed.

I guess the reason he didn’t play “Baby Please Don’t Go” was that he was afraid we’d keep him there all night.

Sunday, December 17, 2006

science gone too far?

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Psychedelicus Capricornicus

Roger Roger and the Biased Whisky Hostel

Awhile back I made a 90 min cassette of some low fie recordings I had made over the years in the hopes that I could get them out to the public. I had become really taken with the work of the original Elephant 6 collective; Robert Schneider, Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss and Jeff Mangum so I sent the tape to Orange Twin Records' Laura Carter. Maybe I sabbotaged the whole thing by selecting some of my most eclectic and obsure stuff to send but WTF. I know they are a small label doubtless with little cash to throw around so I wasn't actually expecting much if anything. This week this came in the mail which at least lets me know the package arrived.

I still have high hope that I can get into a "real" studio at some point to put some of my hundreds of songs down to magnetic tape. offers?

Monday, December 04, 2006

The Devil on 45 #2


featuring
New York Doll, the Music of Charles Manson,
Punk 'n' Porn, why you need to hear Metallic KO
and much much more.
contact Ed

Friday, December 01, 2006

this IS here...


the influence of her music cannot be overestimated.