Ecstatic Wax

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

Thursday, August 8, 2019

David Berman, Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, 1967-2019

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"Like a message broadcast on an overpass, all my favorite singers couldn't sing. All my favorite singers couldn't sing." G...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Super-misogynistic-expialidocious!

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Herb Jeffries (name misspelled on the cover), Devil Is a Woman (Golden Tone, 1957) No, I'm pretty certain the so-called devil woma...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

The Devil and Robert Johnson

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Sic him, hellhound! Robert Johnson reincarnated. I wonder if this asshole made a deal with the devil, too. Judging from his astonishing...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

Moldy Oldies: Ransacking My Archives

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Camaro Hair: Rye Coalition's 2003 magnum opus I just unearthed a pile of record reviews I had written for the metal magazine Revol...
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Sunday, January 8, 2017

Fantasies of a Country Clown

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File under Comedy/Fantasy: Miserable Moe Bandy's 1979 vinyl turd,  It's a Cheating Situation . Sorry, Moe, but you're dream...
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Monday, January 2, 2017

For the Birds (and Goodwill Bins): Cock Robin

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At the height of the 1980s cock rock phenomenon emerged cocks of a different feather, the inimitable, though short-lived synth-pop sensa...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Wretched Records and Crappy Covers: Both Sides of the Covenant Four

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And the Grammy for Most Laughable Use of a Picnic Tablecloth on an Album Cover goes to...
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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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