Put on "Close Calls" and "Mother of Mankind" again. Those are both killer. At his best he's got this awesome Sparks/Cardiacs vibe, but a little heavier. I observed the same thing that someone upthread did about "Kicks and Bricks" - when placed next to everything else, it does really sound like a different person. Of course, maybe he's the same but he just decided to stop singing like that to preserve his voice...?
I admit to being really baffled by the guy. For someone who writes 800-word responses to simple questions in interviews it's crazy how little actual information we have on him. All the stuff contenderizer and co. posted on CCWBW were totally OTM - there's something very sinister about this record, and it doesn't feel contrived or put on or anything, just really bizarre. I wonder if he'll do another one like it.
To answer etc's question, in Milwaukee he played all of I Get Wet, with some interludes of him banging on a piano, then a few from the Wolf, and only one tune from Close Calls ("You Will Remember Tonight"). "Head Bang" from the new EP was played and it's as awesome live as you'd expect.
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
I mean this raises so many questions:
http://hangout.altsounds.com/features/143838-lowdown-andrew-w.html
― frogbs, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
no it doesn't
it is highly entertaining though
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
repping for multinational junk food IS pretty sinister, even if he's being ironic/over-the-top:"Andrew W.K. - I eat all the best food! Taco Bell, always! And lots of candy, obviously. And I eat tons of Pringles chips, and cheese crackers like Cheese Nips, and I eat lots and lots of microwave meals, like frozen burritos, Hungry Man XL dinners, and Stouffer's meals. And I also love Chunky soups - just all the best tasting food. It's my joy! I eat this food at home too, not just on the road. My goal is always to just eat as much good food as possible, all the time. When we stop at gas stations and truck stops, it's like an amusement park for me! I'll buy three of every single candy bar they have, and then lay them all out on the table in our bus so you can really appreciate the spread and their awesome wrappers. You can have any of them that you want! It's like our own personal candy store. I also get lots and lots of pizza and cheese burgers, french fries, fried chicken. And like I said before, I eat at Taco Bell whenever I see one, even if I'm not that hungry. Sometimes I'll eat at Taco Bell three times in one day. It's all part of my heavenly life. It's just pure happiness. "
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
i really feel like he and alice waters and michael pollan should have a sitdown.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2012/11/26/andrew-w-k-recruited-by-us-government-as-cultural-ambassador-to-the-middle-east/
― Matt DC, Monday, 26 November 2012 11:34 (eleven years ago) link
This should go in the 'shit that looks like an Onion article but isn't'.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 26 November 2012 11:48 (eleven years ago) link
Next series of Destroy Build Destroy to be filmed in Gaza.
― studge_siren.gif (onimo), Monday, 26 November 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
If all else fails, dude! Party on!
― frogbs, Monday, 26 November 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
Bah, State Department have pulled the plug http://www.avclub.com/articles/andrew-wk-seriously-named-us-cultural-ambassador-t,89082/
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 26 November 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
strange things are afoot with the W.K.
― del griffith, Monday, 26 November 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://peterslarson.com/2012/12/02/andrew-wk-how-he-almost-became-the-us-cultural-ambassador-to-the-middle-east/
In the days since the cancellation, I’ve received inside tips that there was a passionate debate in the State Dept. about my going at the last second. It’s possible that someone outside of the State Dept. who wasn’t aware of the trip initially became incensed that they weren’t informed before. Apparently some of these unknown higher-up officials were on my side and others were deeply offended by the idea of me going.
http://nakeddc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/barack-obama_nobel_prize1.jpg
― How do you say Dedéckenbauer, Dedélícia, Dedélíte? (onimo), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
A.W.K trying to break the world record for drumming in a retail store in Times Square, currently on hour 14
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 June 2013 13:28 (ten years ago) link
what's the previous record for drumming in a retail store?
― fit and working again, Thursday, 20 June 2013 15:20 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qi3JERmk9E
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Thursday, 20 June 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
welp
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 20 June 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
My friend texted me yesterday first thing in the morning to note it was the 10th anniversary of when we got AWK autographs.
― even the beatles had a coinstar machine in their living room (Crabbits), Thursday, 20 June 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
And now with a new radio show on...
...Glenn Beck's network?
http://www.mediaite.com/online/andrew-w-k-gets-his-own-show-on-glenn-becks-radio-network/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
contenderizer, you're famous!
https://www.stereogum.com/2015589/andrew-wk-steev-mike/franchises/sounding-board/
this article is a wild ride, though it's really long and pontificates a lot. ultimately the conclusion is what I've assumed was true for a while - the entire "AWK conspiracy" is essentially AWK screwing with people
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
i hate this piece with all my heart
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
sorry to complain about literally everything this guy writes but it just gets worse and worse
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
That article made me feel like I was drunk.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 00:46 (five years ago) link
thanks I hate it
― Stab my hinge, get hit (sic), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
It's pretty funny to hear norms try to tell a post-internet revisionist history of AWK without being in tune with Bulb/Pterodactyls & all the pre-I Get Wet releases and shows.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
is michael nelson the guy who penned that novel-length strokes longread
― imago, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 21:24 (five years ago) link
yes
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 21:25 (five years ago) link
And replaced MST3K fan favorite Joel iirc
― Vinnie, Thursday, 4 October 2018 01:06 (five years ago) link
what the
https://i.imgur.com/SWvN2S0.jpg
― frogbs, Friday, 11 January 2019 04:06 (five years ago) link
That's the logical conclusion, no?
― Cousin Slappy, Friday, 11 January 2019 04:37 (five years ago) link
Looking like a character from American Psycho is partying.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 11 January 2019 08:46 (five years ago) link
WHEN IT'S TIME TO STUDY WE WILL ALWAYS STUDY HARD
― v. s. rupaul (unregistered), Friday, 11 January 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/16h5l08.jpg
is a nice one, although I'm still partial to his look at 88BOADRUM.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 11 January 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
Something new to add to the confusion and mythology side of all things AWK...
To everyone asking about these “andrew wk journals”, that was all before my time. I wasn’t even part of it back then. So there’s no way I could have done it. https://t.co/cmIxVPwcep— ANDREW W.K. (@AndrewWK) October 9, 2020
which links to a reddit post where this pastebin link was posted which contains nine links to images of a diary, supposedly written by "andrew wk" from 1998 onwards:
https://pastebin.com/VBdLVWC7
― brain (krakow), Friday, 9 October 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
Huh, I assumed the revive would be this, which has been doing the rounds.
Andrew W.K. is a Libertarian "Classical Liberal" who believes in American Exceptionalism & a "big fan of Breitbart". He was a regular on Fox News show 'Red Eye' for years w/ his friend Gavin McInnes (Proud Boys) & even had his own radio show on Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze radio network— Heresy Labs (@heresysquad) October 10, 2018
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 10 October 2020 08:36 (three years ago) link
I hadn't seen any of that before. Most of the people and organisations mentioned I don't really know, but I get that they're unsavoury associations. Is the consensus that there is something to it all?
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 10 October 2020 10:49 (three years ago) link
AWK seems to have deleted the tweet that I posted above. I feel less enamoured by the mystery in the cold light of day and guess that the (supposed) 1998 diary is something created to help promote new music coming soon.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 10 October 2020 11:27 (three years ago) link
Honestly, I don't see a lot there beyond "Andrew W K isn't that bright or politically involved" - the only thing that bothers me is the quote about him loving Breitbart, and the source of it is - an article on Breitbart.There's what seems to be an informed rebuttal here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndrewWK/comments/9mvw92/andrew_wk_has_long_extensive_ties_to_rightwing/e7i30hz/
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 10 October 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
Yeah AWK is about as apolitical as it gets
― frogbs, Saturday, 10 October 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link
yeah, weak tea guilt by association shit. he's about as guilty as Damien from Fucked Up in that case.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 10 October 2020 14:01 (three years ago) link
That's all good to read, thanks.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 10 October 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
I feel less enamoured by the mystery in the cold light of day
I love that he still finds it fun to generate intricate layers of confusing backstory and then publish disinformation about the stuff he's put so much effort into.
Thanks for that rebuttal link, AF.
― Covidiots from UHF (sic), Saturday, 10 October 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
uhh what
https://www.instagram.com/katdenningsss/
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 May 2021 01:45 (two years ago) link
jenny4twntyThe shower drain must be a nightmare
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 6 May 2021 09:56 (two years ago) link
Speak of the... devil?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj8C7hKpBNA
― vcrash, Thursday, 6 May 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
this new album's gonna be pretty heavy huh
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 May 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
Wow this song rules
Incredible album title + cover art combo too
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:05 (two years ago) link
that track is a snooze im sure his fans from his Glen Beck network show will dig tho
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
I've never been an AWK fan, but the video has a Matthew Barney-ish feel that I'm into. The song's...fine, but nothing without the visuals.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
The "Babalon" video is quite something as well.
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 May 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
OK, just watched "Babalon" and that is legitimately great (song and video). If he'd sounded like this all along I'd have been a fan 20 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8y36733ag
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 6 May 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link