So You Wanna Be A Rock and Roll Star…
In his inner sanctum, the pop icon towers over the handsome men pleading on their knees before him to know the secret fingerings he can provide. He smiles cruelly and tells them they will have to be good lads to experience those. One of the fellows, startled, lets his jaw drop open, most unfortunate for him, but in line with the depraved musician’s intentions…
Yeah – Henry Rollins, Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder should be so lucky.
But seriously…
After years of dilettantish meanderings, my debut as a God of Rock looms.
While it would never have occurred to me, an associate of mine who runs a tape label convinced me I should make the world suffer for my art too, and, after an appearance on a various artists compilation, I am close to finishing my magnum opus (which is NOT a drunk penguin). With any luck, November will see the completion of two more songs, and then my tape will be paroled.
It consists of six older numbers of varying arrangements, plus two (or maybe even three) new recordings, as overseen by the stunningly talented Ms. G.B. Jones (who contributes most excellent percussing to the project). It is tentatively entitled Supertim, and will optimistically be available before year’s end. Should you still be interested, after sufficient hints that it might be too terrifying and/or terrible to be endured, you could write to me or to
Big Ethel Records and Tapes
P.O. Box 55, Station E,
Toronto, Ontario
M6H 4E1
CANADA
If you sent ME an e-mail, I could forward it to the proprietress of the above media giant, but I should not be giving out her electronic address willy-nilly. Request a copy of BITCH NATION (possibly tossing in a buck or two if you can afford it) from the above box too, so you might find out what else can be obtained in the way of deviant rock rumblings. The tape is probably going to set you back about $6 or so, including shipping and handling, in the appropriate local currency (i.e. $6 CAN in the Great Overly White North, and $6 US about everywhere else), but I’m not completely certain.
In the meantime, rock OUT with your cock OUT (either ‘natural’ or storebought – makes little difference to me… J ).