Ecstatic Wax

A modest library of music-related topics, essays, humor, and interviews

Monday, May 14, 2012

A Guy with Kaleidescope Pipes

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I bought this album for its cover. Look at it: It comes in colors, everywhere. It’s like a rainbow. In fact, it’s a bright psychedelic lov...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Wretched Records and Crappy Covers

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This record goes to show that you can stuff a schlock-slinging goober into a leather jacket and put him on a motorcycle and he’ll still ...
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

California Raisins: Still Ripe After All These Years

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We’ve all been hearing about the existential and aesthetical crises besieging the music industry these days. It’s scary out there. Rampant ...
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Set the Twilight Reeling

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Greg Dulli Finds Redemption in the Twilight Singers By Joe Ehrbar EDITOR’S NOTE: This interview first appeared in the final edition of Th...
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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Chilling, Racist Sounds of Halloween?

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You’ve probably seen this album over the years. Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House is the cornerstone of the horror soundtrac...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Freaks, Geeks and Other Human Oddities

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Tom Waits has spun a tangled web of yarns unlike any other singer/songwriter, in a career that spans four decades and two-dozen albums. Alo...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Rocky Mountain Sigh

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A year before folk icon John Denver died after his experimental aircraft made an unscheduled water landing off the California coast in Octo...
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Joe Ehrbar
I've written lots of words (some of them good even) on the subject of music for more than a decade. Among the esteemed publications to feature my byline are The Spokesman-Review, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Matte, Backfire, Revolver and The Rocket--where I was Managing Editor and Editor from 1998-2000. I don't write as much or as often as I should, so don't come knocking for new content every day. But stop by periodically for some new, original writings and a whole host of mildewy works from my archives. Please note: This blog is kind of my digital playground, a place to test out ideas, explore random thoughts, or invent dumb, fictional (and sometimes funny) stories about real musicians or recordings. In other words, don't take what you read here too seriously.
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