Liz Enthusiasm and Sean Drinkwater of Freezepop discuss the aftermath of losing their core songwriter, and the making of their new album, Imaginary Friends.
Bill Hicks: Still Essential
An interview with Bill Hicks’s mother and brother, in anticipation of his newest box set and documentary.
Jammin’ George: LOCAL HERO.
The first thing I noticed when I met up with local comedian and surrealist Jammin’ George was that he had a bobble-head of himself sitting on his table. It wasn’t a total likeness; the sculpture reminded me of Harry Caray whereas George, a big man with close-cropped white hair and rectangular black glasses, looks more like Drew Carey. But the fact that Jammin’ George commissioned a bobble-head to be made of him is stunning. It’s one more way by which he crawls into one’s head and wreaks havoc.
Say Rah! Discussing the Daddy of Rock n’ Roll with the Directors of “Wesley Willis’s Joy Rides”
Chris Bagley’s favorite Wesley Willis song is, appropriately enough, “Chris Bagley.” It’s a signature Willis friendship song in which the rock and roll hero pays tribute to his buddy. Kim Shively has her own song in this style, but she lists her favorite as either “NFL Shit” or “The Turkey was Wild” – the latter describing a fateful encounter she had with a wild bird, immortalized in song by Wesley. Tributes to the pair two are on Willis’ 2001 album Full Heavy Metal Jacket, and Wesley also has songs which call out Bagley’s brother and his dog for special distinction. He must have been really excited about the movie which the two were making about him.
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