Wammo! Dig! Jimmy the Hood aka. James Plopa. How is the poetry these days?
And du ya have a FB?
I would appreciate it if you would make a guest appearance on my site http://www.tricksterunion.com and bless us all with a poem of your own! Just a thought. You are one of my biggest influences listening to A.S.S.all the time. That and waits. Ya’ll take care and hope to hear from you soon, Best, James
Just went to the Spanker’s farewell show in New Orleans and was surprised and disappointed that you were no longer with the band. I miss the good old days with Pops, Mysterious John and you of course. Even the girl that always flashed the band wasn’t there. I was glad that my daughter could see the group before it disbands but I let her know how much better the show would have been if you would have still been with the band. Thanks for the memories and good luck with all of your future endeavors.
Sorry to hear about the end of the Spankers I saw the Spankers twice at the Claremont Folk Music Center in California. Both times, you were great. My question: What was that like?
Wammo – Saw you guys at the Bamboo Room a few years ago (before I had a little girl of my own) Sorry to hear that the band is no longer, but we hop to see you back in FL.
Please bring the one man show down here – nobody comes here any more…… I guess the gas just costs too much.
There’s no buttering this up, you were Asylum Street. I’m going to the Farewell Tour tonight in Dallas and it’s no farewell without you. I feel cheated… S**t happens, yall’s fans deserved a happier ending, especialy your Texan faithful.
I don’t know you, and I’ve never seen you live, but I have to say that you’re wonderful. A friend of mine introduced me to the Spankers, and I loved them from the second the track started. I know it may be asking to much, but I was wondering if you would consider playing out the last 5 shows of the farewell tour? As a native Portlander, I can guarantee you that P-town would love to have you! I just can’t imagine seeing the Spankers without you, plus, I think that my first and only spankers show needs some Wammo! You don’t have to say yes, but I hope you’ll consider my request?
Sweet – glad to here you are coming to PDX in springtime! I’ll be there with several friends. I think you doing your own thing is awesome. All good things (Spankers) come to an end eventually. This opens the door for new experiences. As a father of 3 I know how life changing having a child can be. It is the MOST inspiring thing to ever happen. Good luck cause I know life won’t suck for you! As for Chelseas request to have you join the Spankers. Go see the Spankers sans Wammo and go see Wammo too. They are both great whether together or apart.
Just wanted to drop you a line to thank you so much for all the years of great music and fun times you’ve provided with the Spankers. It is sad to hear that the group is breaking up, and it’s difficult to wrap one’s mind around the idea of you not singing with the group. I will miss you on the Pgh. gig. All the best to you, and I look forward to seeing your Pgh. inspired paintings!
All the best:
Ken Bolden
Congratulations on the new addition in your life…cant wait to hear/see some of the art inspired by your daughter. We will definitely miss you on the Farewell Spankers tour here in Nashville…I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every time you guys made a stop in our fair town. You and the Spankers have been an immense inspiration and influence on my own music and I try to evangelize to all about the Spankers and their ability to make you laugh, sing-along, think, and cry all within the same show….again, you guys and gal continue to be an ever-flowing inspiration…I was introduced to The Spankers after seeing a Guy Forsyth show in Austin and havent looked back…I wish you the best in your future endeavors and hope to see you out on the road again…..you are a credit to your species…..Peace, Clayton Marsh
I was saddened to read of the breakup of the Spankers. I sat in with you a couple of times at the Kent (Ohio) Folk Festival and at the Beachland in Cleveland. Your show was some of the best organized mayhem I’ve had the pleasure of seeing and hearing since the 70′s with the Star Spangled Washboard Band.
Please keep me on your e mailing list and let me know what you and others are doing.
Regards
Norman Tischler: New Yorker in exile in Cleveland OH
Congrats Daddy! So happy to hear about her. We Spanker fans are upset at the break-up, but thank God they are coming thru Memphis one more time! Sorry to hear you won’t be with them, but hopefully you will come thru here soon, too.
The thing I love most about the Spankers is that each and every one of the people are so talented that they could probably do a great one-man show, so the combined talent just takes the show over the top and makes it worth seeing. YOU have so much talent in your little finger that you will do just fine alone. If you send out your schedule, we will be there with bells on.
A friend told me years ago, “I heard this band last nite you would really like. I’ll take you next time they come thru town.” The next year, he said, “I heard that band again last nite. I forgot to call you.” The third year he said, “I almost called you late last nite, but I didn’t. Went to see that band you would like. Catch you next time, I promise.” So the fourth year, he remembered and took me to the Hi-Tone to hear you guys. After the first song, I hit him on the arm with a fist (hard, too). He said, “What was that for?” I told him, “For all the years you made me miss this band!!!!!” I have never missed a show since then.
About the baby, let me warn you now……enjoy every moment of every day. Write down funny things she does and says. I did that and the children always enjoyed hearing about those fun moments, and now they do that with their children.
Congrats on birth of Cecelia Starling!!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear that Spankers are going their seperate ways,but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!!!!!! Best wishes and good luck on new endeavors!!!!!!!
Congrats on the baby. We did our part and saw the Spankers as they came through VA. Sorry to hear about the “differences.” The experience(s) we had at the shows were some of the funniest and mentally fruitful my friends and I have had seeing performance artists.
The text here sounds much too staid.
The bottom line is that ASS totally rocked. All the best with your solo career. Definitely let us know when you are coming this way. You are a rock star. You just need the right venue for the world to accept you as one.
I just got the email announcing your departure from the Spankers and I was introduced to you guys about 5 years ago so I feel I missed a lot, but I kept coming to see you guys whenever you were in DFW because of you. Now, don’t get me wrong, the band is AMAZING but your personality and charisma when you are on stage, your delivery, your style, it was mesmerizing and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. I just wanted to tell you personally, that, being familiar with the industry, and having been around musicians my whole life, you are what made the Spankers a cohesive package and provided the smiling face that people came to see. My father manages Chuck Rainey, which is how I am familiar with the biz. Perhaps you have heard of him. I am sure you receive a ton of emails from people you don’t know or don’t remember so I won’t take up any more of your time. I am a single mom of two crazy little boys (who also love your music) so I know how important that parenting time is and won’t keep you from yours any longer. Just know that my boys and I will be waiting to hear what projects you have up coming so that we may continue to experience your awesome-ness. Many blessings and much happiness to you and your family.
I was surprised but not that surprised to hear you left the Spankers. Watching your last show at Danville, Indiana, you could sense something cataclysmic was brewing — it was like watching the Beatles unravel in Let It Be.
As much as you need more time with your family, think about forming a new acoustic band with the same smart irreverence the Spankers had. The energetic shows you did during Christina’s maternity leave were great, reminding me of the classic Smith/Simone line-up from a decade ago. So I know what you can assemble on your own.
There’s always be a market for an act like the Spankers — just as there was for the Holy Modal Rounders and the Jim Kweskin Jug Band in the ’60s and Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks in the ’70s. So keep the torch lit, Wammo. Make some calls! Line up some dates!
Now that you are going solo, what types of music do you want to perform? In what directions do you want to move your music compositions? New genres? If you could have anyone other than you perform your compositions, who would it be?
I don’t really have any specific genres in mind. I’m up for anything right now. And if I could have anybody play my stuff, I guess I’d like to see Katy Perry sing “Lunchbox” in that Catholic/Elmo get up she wore on SNL.
I don’t know if you remember me, but I’ve seen the Spankers a couple of times now. Back in I believe Providence, RI a few years ago I saw you guys for the second time, and I was mouthing the words to “You Only Loved Me For My Lunchbox” during all of the tongue twisters. You called on me to say the last one in front of everybody and I did it flawlessly. Then, you turned around and walked to the back of the stage, grabbed a Heiniken and opened it and gave it to me. I still have that Heiniken bottle in my room. Anyways, I wanted to do something even more exciting for the next time that I plan on seeing the band, which is in November in either Cleveland or Dayton, OH. So, being very ambitious, I stuck with the famous “lunchbox” song and decided that this thermos needed to exist. Therefore, I have invented the Spankers thermos! I plan on bringing it to the next, hopefully not last show that I plan on seeing to give it to the band. I wish you could be there! I was also going to buy a spanker’s lunchbox and make some AMAZING sugar coated chocolate covered pizza pickle bites…and act the song out while it is performed. It’s really been a blast watching the Spankers each year or so and I have introduced the band to a lot of my friends as well…I will continued to give some of my other friends a good “spanking” and hopefully have a good crew that will come with me to see the Spankers in November. Spanks for everything! You will be missed Wammo…and Congrats on being a dad!
Haha! That’s funny! I worked so freaking hard on that thermos though, and I’d rather show it to everybody in person. After the show I promise promise promise I will send it to you! You should email me your address.
I love how the visual “art” you make is actually a comment on the proliferation of half-assed visual art by untrained “artists” who have failed in other creative fields. Your deadpan presentation of this insipid crap as sincere “art” is perfect! It’s marvelous that people actually buy it. This is smart extension of your musical parodies, which were the reason I loved the Asylum Street Spankers. Brilliant!
Wow, you really read a lot into it. Thanks for viewing. I’ll be honest, these paintings are completely sincere. There’s enough sarcasm and social commentary in my lyrics and poetry, so I wanted this stage of visual art to be an expression of raw emotion. Who knows what I’ll do later but for now, I really need to bare my soul to the canvas.
hey, dude.
just got back from the spankers show tonight at dosey doe, and you weren’t there(guess you knew that) I looked online and it says you are no longer a band member? Just looking for an answer/reason/explanation?
Hey Wammo! I just got the retiring news today. Yall deserve it. I didn’t see you listed as a band member on the facebook page. I’m going to the Roanoke show, and was just wondering if you were doing the farewell tour. If not, Good luck in the future, and thanks for the great music.
I’l definitely catch ya, and buy you a beer(just like I did at the last cafe de nord show). you were the soul of that band, and your song Beer got me kicked off a snowmobile.
I miss you guys already!!
Peace
B
and as I type
itunes picks Whiskey Love song!!
fate
Hello Wammo, I hope you and the rest of the Spankers are doing well. I’v been a Spankers fan since 1998. Last week I came across a song by The Mighty Stef
“Lord knows theres a Mountain” off of THE SINS OF SAINT CATHERINE disk. The reason i’m telling you this is that I think this would be a great song for you & Navada to sing. Check it out…
Thanks for reading and keep on Spanking.
I’ve been having a “Get Re-Acquainted With the Spankers” day today, surfing through the sites, videos, blogs, forwarding your stuff to people, posting on Facebook, remembering seeing you guys at Liberty Lunch (I think) back in 95 or so. I’ve learned a lot I didn’t know about the band, have been awed and mesmerized by the musicianship and showmanship. (Who knows–maybe I’ll even spend some money before it’s all over. Wouldn’t that be novel in this internet age?) But I gotta say the source of my greatest respect may be your refusal to be the old guy with the pony tail.
Sorry, I guess there’s no question in any of that. But congrats on your baby, your career and doing what you do.
Hey Wammo,
Where do you get you insperation for your music? Do you awaken in the middle of the night with music in your head and write it down? or is it while singing in the shower.
Actually, it’s both. I always have music in my head. Always. I get a lot of song ideas in the shower. I sometimes have to sprint to a recording device with soap in my eyes.
Given your predilection for music on vinyl, I was curious: what’ve you found to be the best way to keep LP’s etc. clean and/or playable? I know some swear by distilled water, others isopropyll alcohol. What works for Wammo?
Go they still make Discwashers, and they WORK? I always thought they were a bit of a scam.
Jeez, I spent so much time with that 99 percent isopropyll in my used record store days de la 80′s…with no gloves. Ow.
Spent today listening to LX Chilton through the years, and I felt your FB rage as I felt the (inscrutable, willful, bloodyminded, perverse and LOVELY) love in my ears.
Hi Wammo
So sorry to ask about booking on this page but we emailed your agent 2 weeks ago and got no reply. I spoke to you in new orleans at one eyed jacks and expressed interest in a solo show at our wedding reception in del rio tx (150 miles west of san antonio) on sat june 26th. Please have your agent conact us to let me know if you are available and interested.
A friend of mine turned me on you music and comedy routine about 6 or 7 years ago and I have loved it ever since. I’m from Fishers Island New York which is about 6 miles off the southeast corner of Connecticut, and was if you do any routines in Conn. or near by, I would love to see the routine live.
Just wondering when you are in Los Angeles again or if you are doing a west coast tour? I am producing a couple of outdoor festivals and reviewing talent options.
Hey I was just wondering if you ever listened to that cd I gave you of my band (The Neverly Brothers), that I gave you when you were in Nelsonville oh. a couple years ago?
Howdy,
What would it take for you to come near my town. Lakin, KS.
Garden City, KS is the nearest big town. Is it possible for you to book for this part of the country,
I may even be able to make it to Witchita, KS.
Thank you.
Things are good. Lots of art imitating life. And you?
Are you or the Spankers coming back to Santa Cruz in the next several months? I wanna get a dose of your artistry.
Meester Wammo it has come to my attention you will be in my town tonight, Is there anything cheap and special you or the other members require that an audience member could conceivably bring to show to fully (or partially) convey appreciation?
As very talented as you may all be, it is just NOT
the same as having Cristina and Charlie King on stage
with you. Somewhat recently we saw you in Nelsonville, Ohio as well as at the Beachland Ballroom near Cleveland. Each time we were told that Cristina was on Maternity leave.
As Nevada asks, “Why do it right ,when you can do it
wrong?” I want to believe I will be back to my previous full-fleged spanker fanatic status after the Nov. 21 gig at the “ballroom”. We got hooked on ya’all
the first , I believe ,3 times and then WHAT???
Will she be there, or will it be a suprise?
Dude, I implore your people to let me know ASAP.
I do believe that we would not have been the only ones
to have made the trip to see the reunion tour, having
been given time to arrange things. God Bless Texas!!
I know that I have many sins. I may need some old time, good time salvation. Hope to see you ALL there!
Hey Wammo, a crew of us folks from Edmonton are planning to fly down to Oregon to check out the Spankers in February. Know any kickass places for us to go to/get drunk at in Eugene?
Hmmm, do you want to do something romantic or (if you’ll pardon the pun,) explosive? Are we talking fun and crazy or soft lights and fine wine? Would you like a nice solo concert?
I shit you not: Faster Than the Speed of Suck is in my top 20 albums of all time (and my collection is huge and spans most genres). Every time I listen to the thing I hear something new.
Do you have memories of that one taking forever to create? Do you have any plans to make new solo stuff? It’s been 5 years since Lowriders (which I also love)…
I have a new solo album in the can, hopefully I’ll be able to make it available soon. Yes, Faster took two years to make. Brian Beattie and I busted our asses on that one. The whole album was recorded on adat, so no editing software (protools, etc…) was used until the mastering process. In other words, we couldn’t hear the entire thing from beginning to end until we had already mixed everything. Crazy huh?
Were you to engage a piece of fiction and want to pay homage to the asylum street spankers, would “institutional row beaters” or “austin street floozies” be a better name to protect the obscene? (I mean innocent)
Wammo, why do you think there is ALWAYS that one loud and annoying drunk guy in the audience at every Spankers show doing everything he can to get your attention, and why does he always sit behind me?
congrats on the foetus cum baby or maybe that’s out of sequence…. but, anyway hey, if i can ever get a man drunk enough to marry me, will you come do the honors? (whatever that may mean.) i recently played a certain guy in mind your wet spot song…so we’ll see if he buys in to the vision, though i’m not sure that he actually has food stamps but we’ll see. later man….
YOU are gonna have a daughter? There are no words. Well actually there are alot of words (and giggles) but none need to be said out loud obviously.
Love the WWWD idea as well.
I’ve known you for how long now? And you never cease to amaze and delight me Wammola. Certified MINISTER???!!!
MUCH LOVE sent to you & Traci and your soon-to-be, no doubt gorgeous bambino! This is one little chickie I can’t wait to meet! She’ll be BORN with more personality than most people EVER have!
Why do I feel proud of you, even more so than always I wonder? Mmmmmmmmm……
Hey, Wamm,
I loved my first newsletter after my girlfriend read it to me. I am a blind computer user, and unfortunately, your newsletter was not accessible to my screen-reading software. Please fix this now or I will have to report you to the ADA police (just kidding, hardy har har).
Really, if you could please consider trying to find a way for the content to come through in the email as text, rather than as an image, it would be much appreciated!
We are huge Spankers fans and are anxiously awaiting your appearance at Knuckleheads in Kansas City in mid-August. Thanks!
That would have to be William Henry Harrison. He only made one mistake during his entire presidency, which was the mistake of giving a long speech in the rain.
Hey Wammo, I’m ur friendly Portland sign language interperter – from way back in 05 …
I produce a Brewers interview program and would love permission to play your Beer song on one of them. What’d ya say?
Nice place you got here Wammo!
Did you know the lunch counter you recomended in Columbus is closing (jeeze by now it may even be closed), which sucks. It was awesome and a great recomendation. I was hoping to buy you lunch there (they had gift certificates), but I didn’t know if the band would make it up there before the closed their doors.
I guess I’ll have to shoot for Cooper’s
Plastic Flag Blowin’ ‘Made in China’ all over the Map.
N.Gorea, Kerusechevin ‘We Will Bury You.’
Might go stand a pint down at the local bar,
Who knows they spit in your face and try to sell you a German car.
Things shrinkin’ up and blownin’ away.
‘For Lease’ ‘Reduced Sale’ America’s Day.
Proudly we herald yon 4th of July,
Tesla static filters the sigh.
Behind Buddy Holly glass and a Hood’s doo.
Tom Waits prophecy, again.
Do we clamp the muzzle flash, trunk, bite nerve sanction?
Or humbly erode our rainbow genisis as a peace offering watching the dollar bills expode.
So many morters at this years fireworks.
Hey James,
Got your other questions but for some reason, they’re not showing up here. As for your house concert inquiry, click on House Concerts in the menu and email my booking agent.
There’s an old proverb, “comparisons are odious.” Beckett uses it in Waiting For Godot and Shakespeare twists it into a pun in Much Ado About Nothing. Then there’s that awful Rush song that states, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” Because choosy mothers choose Jif. Crunchy or smooth?
I’m thinking you’re the larger second coming of Hezzie of the Hoosier Hot Shots. Have you ever experienced their work in record or in film? Shane is right about the booze. Real Americans drink bourbon.
So, just caught my first Spankers concert at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC and am planning a trip to see you again in Pittsburgh! I had a blast and loved the last song, as I call it, the lapdance song! What is the name of that song and will you ever find a CD home for it??? It is raunchy, vile, horribly wrong, and insanely funny! Hoping you play it again in Pittsburgh!
Thanks for the link! I haven’t listened to Bloodhound Gang in literally 10 years! Thanks for reminding me what I have missed out on. Oh, congrats on the fetus but I do hope she looks like her mama:) Wishing her all the luck with smooth delivery.
I like the fact that you think flowers are pretty even when they’re dead. Remember that alterna-power ballad band from Dallas called Shallow Reign? They had a song called Paint The Flowers Black. Mmmm that’s pretty.
in the heading it says- july 1 2009 at 2:38 am. Where does the time go? The sun is just goin down ….now ,is this the end times? my yin could use some yang, shang
Howdy an hey from the land of enchantment. Bein a dad in the makin ,i thought you might know somethin about animal husbandry. I have a flock o chickens an i think they might be goin queer on me. Can chicken*s evolve? Can they devolve?…..Or, did god makem perfect 6k years ago. oh hell shang
Ever look at a live chicken and think, “Wow, tiny little head, huge ball of meat body, can’t fly, stupid, easy to catch. Truly genetically designed to be prey.” No? If you haven’t, I highly recommend that you go to Ginny’s Little Longhorn on Sunday afternoon for Chickenshit Bingo. Even if you don’t win anything, you still get to see Dale Watson play.
I think you should probably just say “unborn” instead of “still unborn.” The words “still” and “born” don’t need to be anywhere near each other. But to answer your question, I would ask, “If you’re at the controls, would you please push the button that’s labeled, Make Mom Horny?”
Rewatching it after many yonks and finally twigging that you were a participant therein, forgive a moldy inquiry: How much of your spreck (or anyone’s) in SLACKER was improvised? And how the bleep could you not mention the Yardbirds’ cameo when talking about BLOW UP?!?
enuf about bracelets and hair and kids and other stupid shit (not that i am against kids, well not the stupid ones at least). why, wammo, why do you promote the drinking of bushmill’s when it is arguably the yackiest irish whiskey on the planet. an immediate response to this pertinant question is requested.
Wammo:
Long time no hear man! I live in the great lakes state and try to attend every spanker show I may. I have been following the band since 1997 when I heard the live album (now defunct) played on kentucky public radio after a rained out x-roll in the daniel boone national forest. Last I saw of you was at the detroit art space. I am working on a contemporary modern american myth and would like some sage input. It is a literature website, not for profit. I would be honored to have you grace http://www.tricksterunion.com Best, James PS- Are you making it to Michigan anythime soon?
I consider your band and Tool to be my favorites. Two different styles but very similar methods to madness as well. Bill Hicks is referenced in both of your works and I find that very interesting. I was born in August. It is a strong month for creative minds and free spirits. Can you come to West Virginia and spread the word of WAMMO?
Let’s see, Bill Hicks and I dated the same girl. Maynard from Tool gave me a 10 when he judged me at a poetry slam. So I guess the world is small enough for me to go to West Virginia.
Now that you’re a daddy-to-be, any new plans for kids’ albums? My son’s first concert was the Mommy Says No release party at Ruta Maya when he was eleven weeks old. That CD has saved us many a time from the slow torture of Raffi Hell.
I wanna know where the HELL is that poetry/art book of yourz!?!?
I’M GONNA BEAT YOU TO PUBLICATION MY FRIEND!!!
My new kid’s book, AL B.MOUSE’S ABECEDARIUM, will be premiered at SAN DIEGO COMIC CON July 22 -26 THIS YEAR!!!
and of course you will be able to get it at… http://www.mickgray.com too!
(shameless plug…)
I’ll send you one cuz I LUV you!
Hope all is well, cool website ideas too!
I have an outrageous new artist friend I can hook you up with. Wait’ll you see what she does. Last time I was this exited about an artist it was the late 60s and it was R. Crumb.
Later, Glenn
P.-S.sed
Whadda ya mean you didn’t want to be the old guy with a pony tail? I resemble that remark!
there is a reason that Wizards have long hair (and hats) and there is a reason people cut the hair off Samsons, witches, prisoners, employees, soldiers, slaves and housewives.
You look like a vicious new wave punk or a bank teller. If you want to be original, why not shave your head to male pattern baldness, grown it long on one side and comb it over so it looks like you have hair?
Are you trying to appeal to these crazy kids with their short hair? Is this your “disco” look?
Hi Wammo,
I’m george, I’m 61 yrs old (youngd) and I seem to make it to all of your shows when you are in upstate ny or western mass. I have a small request. I know your are real busy, but if you could find some time to send me the guitar chords for ‘wingless angel’ I would be forever grateful. I am a novice guitar player and don’t have a very good ear. But am a quick study, and a good imitator. What say you??
George Luft
Ps I set up the gig in Old Chatham, NY and never took into consideration the sound system. Remember?
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Wammo! Dig! Jimmy the Hood aka. James Plopa. How is the poetry these days?
And du ya have a FB?
I would appreciate it if you would make a guest appearance on my site http://www.tricksterunion.com and bless us all with a poem of your own! Just a thought. You are one of my biggest influences listening to A.S.S.all the time. That and waits. Ya’ll take care and hope to hear from you soon, Best, James
Just went to the Spanker’s farewell show in New Orleans and was surprised and disappointed that you were no longer with the band. I miss the good old days with Pops, Mysterious John and you of course. Even the girl that always flashed the band wasn’t there. I was glad that my daughter could see the group before it disbands but I let her know how much better the show would have been if you would have still been with the band. Thanks for the memories and good luck with all of your future endeavors.
Sorry to hear about the end of the Spankers I saw the Spankers twice at the Claremont Folk Music Center in California. Both times, you were great. My question: What was that like?
Wammo – Saw you guys at the Bamboo Room a few years ago (before I had a little girl of my own) Sorry to hear that the band is no longer, but we hop to see you back in FL.
Please bring the one man show down here – nobody comes here any more…… I guess the gas just costs too much.
Amyway, much Love,
D Man
Well, I’ll be happy to give it a shot. I’m working on a way for folks like you to take an active part in bringing me to your town.
There’s no buttering this up, you were Asylum Street. I’m going to the Farewell Tour tonight in Dallas and it’s no farewell without you. I feel cheated… S**t happens, yall’s fans deserved a happier ending, especialy your Texan faithful.
I agree. I wish I could provide a happier ending. For the moment, that’s all I can say.
Dear Wammo,
I don’t know you, and I’ve never seen you live, but I have to say that you’re wonderful. A friend of mine introduced me to the Spankers, and I loved them from the second the track started. I know it may be asking to much, but I was wondering if you would consider playing out the last 5 shows of the farewell tour? As a native Portlander, I can guarantee you that P-town would love to have you! I just can’t imagine seeing the Spankers without you, plus, I think that my first and only spankers show needs some Wammo! You don’t have to say yes, but I hope you’ll consider my request?
Wishing you all the best,
Chelsea
I’ll be coming to Portland on my own in the spring.
Sweet – glad to here you are coming to PDX in springtime! I’ll be there with several friends. I think you doing your own thing is awesome. All good things (Spankers) come to an end eventually. This opens the door for new experiences. As a father of 3 I know how life changing having a child can be. It is the MOST inspiring thing to ever happen. Good luck cause I know life won’t suck for you! As for Chelseas request to have you join the Spankers. Go see the Spankers sans Wammo and go see Wammo too. They are both great whether together or apart.
Just wanted to drop you a line to thank you so much for all the years of great music and fun times you’ve provided with the Spankers. It is sad to hear that the group is breaking up, and it’s difficult to wrap one’s mind around the idea of you not singing with the group. I will miss you on the Pgh. gig. All the best to you, and I look forward to seeing your Pgh. inspired paintings!
All the best:
Ken Bolden
Thanks Ken, the new paintings are up. Just click on NEW ARTWORK.
Wammo,
Congratulations on the new addition in your life…cant wait to hear/see some of the art inspired by your daughter. We will definitely miss you on the Farewell Spankers tour here in Nashville…I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every time you guys made a stop in our fair town. You and the Spankers have been an immense inspiration and influence on my own music and I try to evangelize to all about the Spankers and their ability to make you laugh, sing-along, think, and cry all within the same show….again, you guys and gal continue to be an ever-flowing inspiration…I was introduced to The Spankers after seeing a Guy Forsyth show in Austin and havent looked back…I wish you the best in your future endeavors and hope to see you out on the road again…..you are a credit to your species…..Peace, Clayton Marsh
Thanks for the kind words, Clayton. I hope to make it to Nashville soon.
I was saddened to read of the breakup of the Spankers. I sat in with you a couple of times at the Kent (Ohio) Folk Festival and at the Beachland in Cleveland. Your show was some of the best organized mayhem I’ve had the pleasure of seeing and hearing since the 70′s with the Star Spangled Washboard Band.
Please keep me on your e mailing list and let me know what you and others are doing.
Regards
Norman Tischler: New Yorker in exile in Cleveland OH
Whoa, NY to Cleveland. That’s a shocker. Keep your chin up. We’ll see you at the Beachland at some point.
Congrats Daddy! So happy to hear about her. We Spanker fans are upset at the break-up, but thank God they are coming thru Memphis one more time! Sorry to hear you won’t be with them, but hopefully you will come thru here soon, too.
The thing I love most about the Spankers is that each and every one of the people are so talented that they could probably do a great one-man show, so the combined talent just takes the show over the top and makes it worth seeing. YOU have so much talent in your little finger that you will do just fine alone. If you send out your schedule, we will be there with bells on.
A friend told me years ago, “I heard this band last nite you would really like. I’ll take you next time they come thru town.” The next year, he said, “I heard that band again last nite. I forgot to call you.” The third year he said, “I almost called you late last nite, but I didn’t. Went to see that band you would like. Catch you next time, I promise.” So the fourth year, he remembered and took me to the Hi-Tone to hear you guys. After the first song, I hit him on the arm with a fist (hard, too). He said, “What was that for?” I told him, “For all the years you made me miss this band!!!!!” I have never missed a show since then.
About the baby, let me warn you now……enjoy every moment of every day. Write down funny things she does and says. I did that and the children always enjoyed hearing about those fun moments, and now they do that with their children.
I’ll be driving through Memphis soon, on my way to do a show in Atlanta. Maybe we should do a quickie performance in your living room?
Congrats on birth of Cecelia Starling!!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear that Spankers are going their seperate ways,but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!!!!!! Best wishes and good luck on new endeavors!!!!!!!
Congrats on the baby. We did our part and saw the Spankers as they came through VA. Sorry to hear about the “differences.” The experience(s) we had at the shows were some of the funniest and mentally fruitful my friends and I have had seeing performance artists.
The text here sounds much too staid.
The bottom line is that ASS totally rocked. All the best with your solo career. Definitely let us know when you are coming this way. You are a rock star. You just need the right venue for the world to accept you as one.
I just got the email announcing your departure from the Spankers and I was introduced to you guys about 5 years ago so I feel I missed a lot, but I kept coming to see you guys whenever you were in DFW because of you. Now, don’t get me wrong, the band is AMAZING but your personality and charisma when you are on stage, your delivery, your style, it was mesmerizing and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. I just wanted to tell you personally, that, being familiar with the industry, and having been around musicians my whole life, you are what made the Spankers a cohesive package and provided the smiling face that people came to see. My father manages Chuck Rainey, which is how I am familiar with the biz. Perhaps you have heard of him. I am sure you receive a ton of emails from people you don’t know or don’t remember so I won’t take up any more of your time. I am a single mom of two crazy little boys (who also love your music) so I know how important that parenting time is and won’t keep you from yours any longer. Just know that my boys and I will be waiting to hear what projects you have up coming so that we may continue to experience your awesome-ness. Many blessings and much happiness to you and your family.
I was surprised but not that surprised to hear you left the Spankers. Watching your last show at Danville, Indiana, you could sense something cataclysmic was brewing — it was like watching the Beatles unravel in Let It Be.
As much as you need more time with your family, think about forming a new acoustic band with the same smart irreverence the Spankers had. The energetic shows you did during Christina’s maternity leave were great, reminding me of the classic Smith/Simone line-up from a decade ago. So I know what you can assemble on your own.
There’s always be a market for an act like the Spankers — just as there was for the Holy Modal Rounders and the Jim Kweskin Jug Band in the ’60s and Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks in the ’70s. So keep the torch lit, Wammo. Make some calls! Line up some dates!
Now that you are going solo, what types of music do you want to perform? In what directions do you want to move your music compositions? New genres? If you could have anyone other than you perform your compositions, who would it be?
I don’t really have any specific genres in mind. I’m up for anything right now. And if I could have anybody play my stuff, I guess I’d like to see Katy Perry sing “Lunchbox” in that Catholic/Elmo get up she wore on SNL.
Hey Wammo!
I don’t know if you remember me, but I’ve seen the Spankers a couple of times now. Back in I believe Providence, RI a few years ago I saw you guys for the second time, and I was mouthing the words to “You Only Loved Me For My Lunchbox” during all of the tongue twisters. You called on me to say the last one in front of everybody and I did it flawlessly. Then, you turned around and walked to the back of the stage, grabbed a Heiniken and opened it and gave it to me. I still have that Heiniken bottle in my room.
Anyways, I wanted to do something even more exciting for the next time that I plan on seeing the band, which is in November in either Cleveland or Dayton, OH. So, being very ambitious, I stuck with the famous “lunchbox” song and decided that this thermos needed to exist. Therefore, I have invented the Spankers thermos! I plan on bringing it to the next, hopefully not last show that I plan on seeing to give it to the band. I wish you could be there! I was also going to buy a spanker’s lunchbox and make some AMAZING sugar coated chocolate covered pizza pickle bites…and act the song out while it is performed. It’s really been a blast watching the Spankers each year or so and I have introduced the band to a lot of my friends as well…I will continued to give some of my other friends a good “spanking” and hopefully have a good crew that will come with me to see the Spankers in November. Spanks for everything! You will be missed Wammo…and Congrats on being a dad!
From a Super Spankers fan,
Jamie Becker
Damn Jamie, I gotta have that thermos! Let’s talk about this. Hell, that’s MY song!
Hahaha! Maybe I could just bring it to the performance and show the band the thermos, then mail it to you
What you should do is send it to me and I’ll send you a picture of me holding it. Show that to them!
Haha! That’s funny! I worked so freaking hard on that thermos though, and I’d rather show it to everybody in person. After the show I promise promise promise I will send it to you! You should email me your address.
I love how the visual “art” you make is actually a comment on the proliferation of half-assed visual art by untrained “artists” who have failed in other creative fields. Your deadpan presentation of this insipid crap as sincere “art” is perfect! It’s marvelous that people actually buy it. This is smart extension of your musical parodies, which were the reason I loved the Asylum Street Spankers. Brilliant!
Wow, you really read a lot into it. Thanks for viewing. I’ll be honest, these paintings are completely sincere. There’s enough sarcasm and social commentary in my lyrics and poetry, so I wanted this stage of visual art to be an expression of raw emotion. Who knows what I’ll do later but for now, I really need to bare my soul to the canvas.
Ok. The art still makes me think this is a big put on, but you sound sincere, if a bit like a pretentious freshman art student. Good luck with it.
Jackie, you come off as a insipidly pretentious art critic, or a freshman art student, Good luck with that!
hey, dude.
just got back from the spankers show tonight at dosey doe, and you weren’t there(guess you knew that) I looked online and it says you are no longer a band member? Just looking for an answer/reason/explanation?
Let’s just say it’s too soon to talk about it. Sorry I can’t elaborate.
Hey Wammo! I just got the retiring news today. Yall deserve it. I didn’t see you listed as a band member on the facebook page. I’m going to the Roanoke show, and was just wondering if you were doing the farewell tour. If not, Good luck in the future, and thanks for the great music.
Hope you had a good time in Roanoke, Zach. I’m not on the Farewell Tour but check the Shows page for my upcoming gigs
Wammo
So sad to hear about the ending of the spankers, been a huge fan for long time, seen many lineups, but never one without you. Is it true?
Hope to see whatever band you come back to the SF area soon, and hope you are well
peace
B
Thank you so much. Hope to perform in SF soon.
I’l definitely catch ya, and buy you a beer(just like I did at the last cafe de nord show). you were the soul of that band, and your song Beer got me kicked off a snowmobile.
I miss you guys already!!
Peace
B
and as I type
itunes picks Whiskey Love song!!
fate
I gotta hear that Beer/snowmobile story sometime.
Did you leave the spankers?
Did the spankers leave me?
What street did you live on in Hollywood Park?
Did you ever ride your bike to Mr. M’s?
I lived across the canyon, so I skateboarded down the golf cart path to Hollywood Park pool. I remember Mr M’s.
What type of harmonicas do you use?
For the most part I use Honer Special 20s. I have a few Lee Oscar minor harps.
when you gonna play Vegas I need a excuse to go home
I wish I knew, I really need to lose some more money.
Hello Wammo, I hope you and the rest of the Spankers are doing well. I’v been a Spankers fan since 1998. Last week I came across a song by The Mighty Stef
“Lord knows theres a Mountain” off of THE SINS OF SAINT CATHERINE disk. The reason i’m telling you this is that I think this would be a great song for you & Navada to sing. Check it out…
Thanks for reading and keep on Spanking.
Lord knows, Nevada needs new material.
I’ve been having a “Get Re-Acquainted With the Spankers” day today, surfing through the sites, videos, blogs, forwarding your stuff to people, posting on Facebook, remembering seeing you guys at Liberty Lunch (I think) back in 95 or so. I’ve learned a lot I didn’t know about the band, have been awed and mesmerized by the musicianship and showmanship. (Who knows–maybe I’ll even spend some money before it’s all over. Wouldn’t that be novel in this internet age?) But I gotta say the source of my greatest respect may be your refusal to be the old guy with the pony tail.
Sorry, I guess there’s no question in any of that. But congrats on your baby, your career and doing what you do.
Thank you. If you wanna spend some cash, you can always buy some art.
Hey Wammo,
Where do you get you insperation for your music? Do you awaken in the middle of the night with music in your head and write it down? or is it while singing in the shower.
Actually, it’s both. I always have music in my head. Always. I get a lot of song ideas in the shower. I sometimes have to sprint to a recording device with soap in my eyes.
Given your predilection for music on vinyl, I was curious: what’ve you found to be the best way to keep LP’s etc. clean and/or playable? I know some swear by distilled water, others isopropyll alcohol. What works for Wammo?
I use a discwasher and the fluid that comes with it. If a record is really dirty I’ll wash it in the sink, making sure I don’t wet the label.
Go they still make Discwashers, and they WORK? I always thought they were a bit of a scam.
Jeez, I spent so much time with that 99 percent isopropyll in my used record store days de la 80′s…with no gloves. Ow.
Spent today listening to LX Chilton through the years, and I felt your FB rage as I felt the (inscrutable, willful, bloodyminded, perverse and LOVELY) love in my ears.
Hi Wammo
So sorry to ask about booking on this page but we emailed your agent 2 weeks ago and got no reply. I spoke to you in new orleans at one eyed jacks and expressed interest in a solo show at our wedding reception in del rio tx (150 miles west of san antonio) on sat june 26th. Please have your agent conact us to let me know if you are available and interested.
Sincerely
Jack Rountree
I’m so sorry about this. I’ll see what’s up w/ the communication paths. I’d love to perform at your wedding. Do you want me to perform the wedding?
A friend of mine turned me on you music and comedy routine about 6 or 7 years ago and I have loved it ever since. I’m from Fishers Island New York which is about 6 miles off the southeast corner of Connecticut, and was if you do any routines in Conn. or near by, I would love to see the routine live.
Just wondering when you are in Los Angeles again or if you are doing a west coast tour? I am producing a couple of outdoor festivals and reviewing talent options.
cheers.
Johnathan
We just got back from the west coast, pity I didn’t see this sooner.
Was thinking about China’s inroads to impoverished third world.
Was thinking of the old country standard:
“If you’ve got the money, honey — I’ve got the time,
we’ll go honky-tonkin — and we’ll have a time”.
Thought of the seed of a parody:
The Chinese Serenade:
“If you’ve got no money, honey — we’ve got the dime,
we’ll suck up your resource — Uncle Sam can whine”
You guys are the pros — just an idea.
Thanks for your input. Sounds like a Charlie King song to me.
Hey I was just wondering if you ever listened to that cd I gave you of my band (The Neverly Brothers), that I gave you when you were in Nelsonville oh. a couple years ago?
What brand of frame do you wear? I need to upgrade to Wammovision!
I wear Rayban Wayfarers.
Hey Wammo long time – no see! Seriously!
I saw you guys (you with the Asylum Street Spankers) in Cambridge, MA and Rochester, NY and turned so many people on to your unique musical style.
Any chance you’ll be in the New York City area soon?
I see you’re going to England (UK) soon — I think you’ll be well liked there! I’m chomping at the bit for dates, as I’m over there quite often.
P.S. I miss your pony tail, but I understand your reason for getting rid of it…
All the best,
Your gay stalker,
Chaz (from New York, Boston & London)
We were just in NYC. Don’t know when we’ll be back.
Howdy,
What would it take for you to come near my town. Lakin, KS.
Garden City, KS is the nearest big town. Is it possible for you to book for this part of the country,
I may even be able to make it to Witchita, KS.
Thank you.
Are you asking about me solo or the Spankers?
Wammo, you big sweaty slab o man meat…
when will you be bringin the spank back to Santa Cruz? We be needing a visit to the Asylum bra!
Your old friend
Daniel Thomas
http://www.danielshanethomas.com
Hey Bud! How are you?
Things are good. Lots of art imitating life. And you?
Are you or the Spankers coming back to Santa Cruz in the next several months? I wanna get a dose of your artistry.
Meester Wammo it has come to my attention you will be in my town tonight, Is there anything cheap and special you or the other members require that an audience member could conceivably bring to show to fully (or partially) convey appreciation?
Ok, I’m 2 months late answering this. For future reference, bring party favors.
Sorry, in a hurry. I once knew how to proof-read.
Back to Nevada’s question.
As very talented as you may all be, it is just NOT
the same as having Cristina and Charlie King on stage
with you. Somewhat recently we saw you in Nelsonville, Ohio as well as at the Beachland Ballroom near Cleveland. Each time we were told that Cristina was on Maternity leave.
As Nevada asks, “Why do it right ,when you can do it
wrong?” I want to believe I will be back to my previous full-fleged spanker fanatic status after the Nov. 21 gig at the “ballroom”. We got hooked on ya’all
the first , I believe ,3 times and then WHAT???
Will she be there, or will it be a suprise?
Dude, I implore your people to let me know ASAP.
I do believe that we would not have been the only ones
to have made the trip to see the reunion tour, having
been given time to arrange things. God Bless Texas!!
I know that I have many sins. I may need some old time, good time salvation. Hope to see you ALL there!
She’s back, happy?
Hey Wammo, a crew of us folks from Edmonton are planning to fly down to Oregon to check out the Spankers in February. Know any kickass places for us to go to/get drunk at in Eugene?
Not sure Dave but I’ll find out eventually.
Why do you hate refrigerators?
Because they never hold enough beer.
How do you feel about dirigibles?
(Also, any time you and Traci feel up to it, let me know and I’ll take you guys out to dinner.)
I feel just fine about them.
Dear Wammo,
My 10th Anniversary is September 11. I want to do something innovative for our anniversary…what’s your suggestion? and then I thought…Wammo will know!
Hmmm, do you want to do something romantic or (if you’ll pardon the pun,) explosive? Are we talking fun and crazy or soft lights and fine wine? Would you like a nice solo concert?
So Wammo, when are you and Traci gonna have that baby?
Please make sure to post pics.
Good pushin vibes to you guys!
So, Wammo, what is the best Cohen Bros. film, and why? Or, if you prefer, what is your favorite Cohen Bros. film, and why?
Carl-In-Tucson
Hmm, I have always been partial to Raising Arizona. There are so many good ones to choose from.
I shit you not: Faster Than the Speed of Suck is in my top 20 albums of all time (and my collection is huge and spans most genres). Every time I listen to the thing I hear something new.
Do you have memories of that one taking forever to create? Do you have any plans to make new solo stuff? It’s been 5 years since Lowriders (which I also love)…
I have a new solo album in the can, hopefully I’ll be able to make it available soon. Yes, Faster took two years to make. Brian Beattie and I busted our asses on that one. The whole album was recorded on adat, so no editing software (protools, etc…) was used until the mastering process. In other words, we couldn’t hear the entire thing from beginning to end until we had already mixed everything. Crazy huh?
please please please put “everyday is a parade” for sale as a download ASAP! it has been playing in a loop in my head for 3 months now!!!!!
I second that request for posting everday is a parade. Or did i miss something and it is available?
so it shall be my friend, so it is written.
Were you to engage a piece of fiction and want to pay homage to the asylum street spankers, would “institutional row beaters” or “austin street floozies” be a better name to protect the obscene? (I mean innocent)
How about The Violent Teat Wankers?
Wammo, why do you think there is ALWAYS that one loud and annoying drunk guy in the audience at every Spankers show doing everything he can to get your attention, and why does he always sit behind me?
Because somewhere, sometime in your life, you made the Great Spirit cry.
congrats on the foetus cum baby or maybe that’s out of sequence…. but, anyway hey, if i can ever get a man drunk enough to marry me, will you come do the honors? (whatever that may mean.) i recently played a certain guy in mind your wet spot song…so we’ll see if he buys in to the vision, though i’m not sure that he actually has food stamps but we’ll see. later man….
i’ll be happy to marry you to the alcoholic of your choice.
YOU are gonna have a daughter? There are no words. Well actually there are alot of words (and giggles) but none need to be said out loud obviously.
Love the WWWD idea as well.
I’ve known you for how long now? And you never cease to amaze and delight me Wammola. Certified MINISTER???!!!
MUCH LOVE sent to you & Traci and your soon-to-be, no doubt gorgeous bambino! This is one little chickie I can’t wait to meet! She’ll be BORN with more personality than most people EVER have!
Why do I feel proud of you, even more so than always I wonder? Mmmmmmmmm……
XOXOXOX
Thanks Moonpie. It’s crazy how the wheels keep turning, eh?
Thanks for the presidential insight. Did WH Harrison…catch his death of cold?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison
Podcast!
Go for it.
Awesome! Thanks Wamo. I’ll send you the link when i post it. Big Smooch to ya!
Hey, Wamm,
I loved my first newsletter after my girlfriend read it to me. I am a blind computer user, and unfortunately, your newsletter was not accessible to my screen-reading software. Please fix this now or I will have to report you to the ADA police (just kidding, hardy har har).
Really, if you could please consider trying to find a way for the content to come through in the email as text, rather than as an image, it would be much appreciated!
We are huge Spankers fans and are anxiously awaiting your appearance at Knuckleheads in Kansas City in mid-August. Thanks!
Hey Reg,
Glad you like the newsletter. I’ll see what I can do about making sure you get a text version next time.
If you think the lack of mommies being horny now is bad, just wait until mommy hits menopause! Don’t want to rush it for you, but it’s a reality.
So Wammo–
who WAS the best President of These United State of America, and why?
That would have to be William Henry Harrison. He only made one mistake during his entire presidency, which was the mistake of giving a long speech in the rain.
Hey Wammo, I’m ur friendly Portland sign language interperter – from way back in 05 …
I produce a Brewers interview program and would love permission to play your Beer song on one of them. What’d ya say?
Sure but you owe me, big time.
Nice place you got here Wammo!
Did you know the lunch counter you recomended in Columbus is closing (jeeze by now it may even be closed), which sucks. It was awesome and a great recomendation. I was hoping to buy you lunch there (they had gift certificates), but I didn’t know if the band would make it up there before the closed their doors.
I guess I’ll have to shoot for Cooper’s
Coopers is the best! What a drag about the place in Columbus.
Plastic Flag Blowin’ ‘Made in China’ all over the Map.
N.Gorea, Kerusechevin ‘We Will Bury You.’
Might go stand a pint down at the local bar,
Who knows they spit in your face and try to sell you a German car.
Things shrinkin’ up and blownin’ away.
‘For Lease’ ‘Reduced Sale’ America’s Day.
Proudly we herald yon 4th of July,
Tesla static filters the sigh.
Behind Buddy Holly glass and a Hood’s doo.
Tom Waits prophecy, again.
Do we clamp the muzzle flash, trunk, bite nerve sanction?
Or humbly erode our rainbow genisis as a peace offering watching the dollar bills expode.
So many morters at this years fireworks.
Who wants to go on an ice run?
Hey James,
Got your other questions but for some reason, they’re not showing up here. As for your house concert inquiry, click on House Concerts in the menu and email my booking agent.
I’ve seen you at three venues in Seattle (the Tractor Tavern, Chop Suey and twice at the Triple Door). Which one was your favorite club?
There’s an old proverb, “comparisons are odious.” Beckett uses it in Waiting For Godot and Shakespeare twists it into a pun in Much Ado About Nothing. Then there’s that awful Rush song that states, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” Because choosy mothers choose Jif. Crunchy or smooth?
Chicken! ;^P
I’m thinking you’re the larger second coming of Hezzie of the Hoosier Hot Shots. Have you ever experienced their work in record or in film? Shane is right about the booze. Real Americans drink bourbon.
Love them Hot Shots, damn fine slide whistle. Real Americans drink what’s in front of them.
So, just caught my first Spankers concert at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC and am planning a trip to see you again in Pittsburgh! I had a blast and loved the last song, as I call it, the lapdance song! What is the name of that song and will you ever find a CD home for it??? It is raunchy, vile, horribly wrong, and insanely funny! Hoping you play it again in Pittsburgh!
That’s a Bloodhound Gang song, check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3xpS9oJiMQ
Thanks for the link! I haven’t listened to Bloodhound Gang in literally 10 years! Thanks for reminding me what I have missed out on. Oh, congrats on the fetus but I do hope she looks like her mama:) Wishing her all the luck with smooth delivery.
Oh, and you guys do it better!
why are all the flowers so pretty all the time
I like the fact that you think flowers are pretty even when they’re dead. Remember that alterna-power ballad band from Dallas called Shallow Reign? They had a song called Paint The Flowers Black. Mmmm that’s pretty.
in the heading it says- july 1 2009 at 2:38 am. Where does the time go? The sun is just goin down ….now ,is this the end times? my yin could use some yang, shang
Yeah, I don’t know what the fuck about what time zone the website hovers in but here’s a big slice o’ yang for yinz.
Howdy an hey from the land of enchantment. Bein a dad in the makin ,i thought you might know somethin about animal husbandry. I have a flock o chickens an i think they might be goin queer on me. Can chicken*s evolve? Can they devolve?…..Or, did god makem perfect 6k years ago. oh hell shang
Ever look at a live chicken and think, “Wow, tiny little head, huge ball of meat body, can’t fly, stupid, easy to catch. Truly genetically designed to be prey.” No? If you haven’t, I highly recommend that you go to Ginny’s Little Longhorn on Sunday afternoon for Chickenshit Bingo. Even if you don’t win anything, you still get to see Dale Watson play.
If you could ask one question of your still unborn daughter, what would that be?
I think you should probably just say “unborn” instead of “still unborn.” The words “still” and “born” don’t need to be anywhere near each other. But to answer your question, I would ask, “If you’re at the controls, would you please push the button that’s labeled, Make Mom Horny?”
why is the sky blue? (get used to it!)
Because of Superman’s balls.
Rewatching it after many yonks and finally twigging that you were a participant therein, forgive a moldy inquiry: How much of your spreck (or anyone’s) in SLACKER was improvised? And how the bleep could you not mention the Yardbirds’ cameo when talking about BLOW UP?!?
I tried to mention The Yardbirds but they wouldn’t show up on film.
enuf about bracelets and hair and kids and other stupid shit (not that i am against kids, well not the stupid ones at least). why, wammo, why do you promote the drinking of bushmill’s when it is arguably the yackiest irish whiskey on the planet. an immediate response to this pertinant question is requested.
First of all, oh cranky one, I love Bushmills. I only drink Jameson when whiney bass players are buying and WHINEY BASS PLAYERS NEVER BUY!
touche’
Wammo:
Long time no hear man! I live in the great lakes state and try to attend every spanker show I may. I have been following the band since 1997 when I heard the live album (now defunct) played on kentucky public radio after a rained out x-roll in the daniel boone national forest. Last I saw of you was at the detroit art space. I am working on a contemporary modern american myth and would like some sage input. It is a literature website, not for profit. I would be honored to have you grace http://www.tricksterunion.com Best, James PS- Are you making it to Michigan anythime soon?
Yeah, I’m gonna play that house concert in Michigan–AT YOUR HOUSE!
What would it take for a “House Show” of Wammo from Texas to Michigan?
Should you have the time please e-mail me at: terminalhip@yahoo.com with details. Thanks! James
I consider your band and Tool to be my favorites. Two different styles but very similar methods to madness as well. Bill Hicks is referenced in both of your works and I find that very interesting. I was born in August. It is a strong month for creative minds and free spirits. Can you come to West Virginia and spread the word of WAMMO?
Let’s see, Bill Hicks and I dated the same girl. Maynard from Tool gave me a 10 when he judged me at a poetry slam. So I guess the world is small enough for me to go to West Virginia.
Now that you’re a daddy-to-be, any new plans for kids’ albums? My son’s first concert was the Mommy Says No release party at Ruta Maya when he was eleven weeks old. That CD has saved us many a time from the slow torture of Raffi Hell.
Please, sir, may we have another?
I’ve been thinking about that. I want to meet my daughter first.
OOPS… I need to FIX my shameless plug…
My website is http://www.mickgray.net
So that just shows how dumb I am!
I can’t EVEN remember my OWN website!
Mick Gray
I wanna know where the HELL is that poetry/art book of yourz!?!?
I’M GONNA BEAT YOU TO PUBLICATION MY FRIEND!!!
My new kid’s book, AL B.MOUSE’S ABECEDARIUM, will be premiered at SAN DIEGO COMIC CON July 22 -26 THIS YEAR!!!
and of course you will be able to get it at…
http://www.mickgray.com too!
(shameless plug…)
I’ll send you one cuz I LUV you!
Hope all is well, cool website ideas too!
Mick Gray
Yeah, the book has definitely slowed down. I need more artists. Know Anyone? (hint hint)
I have an outrageous new artist friend I can hook you up with. Wait’ll you see what she does. Last time I was this exited about an artist it was the late 60s and it was R. Crumb.
Later, Glenn
P.-S.sed
Whadda ya mean you didn’t want to be the old guy with a pony tail? I resemble that remark!
there is a reason that Wizards have long hair (and hats) and there is a reason people cut the hair off Samsons, witches, prisoners, employees, soldiers, slaves and housewives.
You look like a vicious new wave punk or a bank teller. If you want to be original, why not shave your head to male pattern baldness, grown it long on one side and comb it over so it looks like you have hair?
Are you trying to appeal to these crazy kids with their short hair? Is this your “disco” look?
I hope you’re not turning into be a grown-up.
Your bio says you got a BFA in RTF at TCU. WTF is RTF?
Radio, Tv, Film
Hi Wammo,
I’m george, I’m 61 yrs old (youngd) and I seem to make it to all of your shows when you are in upstate ny or western mass. I have a small request. I know your are real busy, but if you could find some time to send me the guitar chords for ‘wingless angel’ I would be forever grateful. I am a novice guitar player and don’t have a very good ear. But am a quick study, and a good imitator. What say you??
George Luft
Ps I set up the gig in Old Chatham, NY and never took into consideration the sound system. Remember?
Hi George,
Emailing Nevada for the chords would probably be a better idea. You can contact him through the Spanker site.
Yeah, what Jerry said.
Yeah, what I said to Jerry.
i think your first commercial endeavor should be a bracelet, like lance’s. It should say WWWD (what would wammo do?)
xo congrats on the wamma piquita.
I like this idea. What color bracelet?
Whiskey brown colored!
For my 2 cents,
I would totally buy such an item were it to actually exist.
In the mean time I will just think the phrase to myself when appropriate.
DUDE! Why did you cut your hair?!
It was time, I didn’t want to be the old guy with a pony tail.
I was so sad you cut it. It was mesmerizing. Long hair on men is unbelievably wonderful stuff. Love your music.