Same here essentially. RIP, John.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 May 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
We're taking a week off from the Friday evening live stream but we'll be back next week. Didn't know this was a regular thing, glad they're continuing with it. RIP & rock on.
― dow, Friday, 8 May 2020 03:35 (three years ago) link
He was the guitarist of the Ass Ponys as well, he wrote all their best songs ("Mr. Superlove", "11:11", et. al.)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 8 May 2020 05:23 (three years ago) link
John recorded & mixed & produced the first four Ass Ponys records (as well as a bunch of the Wussy records):
John Erhardt @wussymusic approached the world with a beautiful mixture of curiosity, patience and joy; a creative wildcard that always made the hand stronger. I will treasure the laughs and music. Extra sad to lose someone like this because there are too few of them as it is. pic.twitter.com/pJQQzmI1Th— John Curley (@MrJohnCurley) May 9, 2020
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 11 May 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
My favourite Ass Ponys song (couldn't really name an album) is "Astronaut" from--greatest album title ever--Some Stupid with a Flare Gun. Looks like he'd moved on by that point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UU0b_MO_HM
There was a great homemade video for that 10 years ago that appears to have been removed. Gotta remember to record these things before they disappear.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 May 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
Still there! Forgot that someone took the trouble to hide it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUKZzCodSnA
― clemenza, Monday, 11 May 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
Damnably has put together an online benefit w/concert footage from our May 2016 show at the Brixton Windmill. They're hosting a watch party today at 1pm PDT / 4pm EDT / 9pm BST. It’s a free online event, but donations to the funds listed in the YouTube link are welcome. ❤️ https://t.co/RzP6ejw3Ib— Wussy (@wussymusic) May 11, 2020
― treefell, Monday, 11 May 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
Ghosts is quite good. My two favourites are "Days and Hours" and "She's Out There." There's a nice of cover Dusty Springfield's "Breakfast in Bed." And it's free!
http://wussy.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts
― clemenza, Friday, 26 June 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
What's the deal with Friday livestreams?
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 August 2020 23:26 (three years ago) link
Are they doing some kind of Vulgar Boatmen split band thing?
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 August 2020 00:00 (three years ago) link
Doing a Badfinger cover right now
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 August 2020 00:07 (three years ago) link
I watched most of the first one months ago. I'm just not someone to stick with something like that--hope they're making some money out of it.
― clemenza, Saturday, 15 August 2020 00:21 (three years ago) link
I hear you. I was watching some of those things regularly but ultimately ended up feeling weird about it somehow.
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 August 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
Just in general, my boundless love for mankind in the first couple of weeks of the pandemic has gradually returned to me telling loud people to shut the fuck up under my breath and getting impatient in slow-moving lines.
― clemenza, Saturday, 15 August 2020 01:37 (three years ago) link
I hear you
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 August 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
Got all excited when I found the Wussy/Paranoid Style record for $13 on Amazon, with free shipping, so I ordered it immediately. I had it in my wind it was a double-EP. It's a 12-inch single...I just paid $13 for a 12-inch single, quite probably the least frugal thing I've done in 45 years of buying records.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 December 2020 02:44 (three years ago) link
"in my mind"...a little extra proof it may be going.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 December 2020 02:45 (three years ago) link
Well maybe it'll be good---let us know. Paranoid Style vocals put me off, but I didn't stay with it long, whenever that was. Forgot to paste this, from What Are You Listening To?: Wussy's Ghosts is/are odds and sods, appropriately for The Who influence that keeps coming back, even on campfire and laundromat songs here (guitars tend to push back against and through woolgathering words, some the vocal levels take getting used to, but yknow studio field recordings, with some odd little ambient sounds---Lisa Gardner's voice always comes right out, even on one of her damn Magic Numbers Radio Shack tracks, where she comes out just enough to pull me in, or close enough to see her slow spin, in the dryer, like.
She also rolls one of the most startling highlights among several: a cover of the Eddie Hinton-Donnie Fritts classy chestnut "Breakfast in Bed," a highlight of the all-highlights Dusty In Memphis,here with guitars from another part of theeeee 60s.you can listen to the whole thing here:https://wussy.bandcamp.com/album/ghostsAlthough the tracks are in a different order in the promo file; play 'em as you please, of course. Quite few releases on their bandcamp.
― dow, Friday, 18 December 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
in lieu of a poll i hereby request lists of top wussy songs from clemenza and others
no doubt i'm the only one hung up on 'donny's death scene'
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 November 2021 04:50 (two years ago) link
Love to! Here's the 80-minute CD I play in the car (goes up to What Heaven Is Like...I don't think they've released anything since).
1. airborne (2005)2. crooked (2005)3. bought it again (2005)4. millie christine (2007)5. tiny spiders (2007)6. sun giant says hey (2007)7. melody ranch (2007)8. vivian girls (2007)9. gone missing (2009)10. all the bugs are growing (2009)11. pizza king (2011)12. little miami (2011)13. teenage wasteland (2014)14. halloween (2014)15. home (2014)16. beautiful (2014)17. dropping houses (2016)18. aliens in our midst (2016)19. skip (2018)20. black hole (2018)
― clemenza, Monday, 15 November 2021 23:05 (two years ago) link
Kornrulez6969 suggested above that I should have included "Rigor Mortis," and I think that is indeed a fan favourite--I like it, not quite as much as what I have.
― clemenza, Monday, 15 November 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
nice, ty!
― mookieproof, Monday, 15 November 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
Hello friends!We wanted to let you know that the Wussy Duo (Chuck and Lisa) will be teaming up with Undertow Shows for a fall living room tour. There are still a few tickets left in Cleveland, Buffalo, Montpelier, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.Tickets are available here: undertowshows.com/collections/wussyHere's the full list of dates:Oct 28 - Cincinnati (Sold Out)Oct 29 - ClevelandOct 30 - BuffaloNov 1 - MontpelierNov 2 - Brooklyn (Sold Out)Nov 3 - PhiladelphiaNov 4 - Baltimore (Sold Out)Nov 5 - PittsburghNov 6 - Columbus (Sold Out)It's been ages since we've been able to play live, and we're really excited to get back out on the road. We would love to see you there!xoLisa & Chuck
Here's the full list of dates:Oct 28 - Cincinnati (Sold Out)Oct 29 - ClevelandOct 30 - BuffaloNov 1 - MontpelierNov 2 - Brooklyn (Sold Out)Nov 3 - PhiladelphiaNov 4 - Baltimore (Sold Out)Nov 5 - PittsburghNov 6 - Columbus (Sold Out)
It's been ages since we've been able to play live, and we're really excited to get back out on the road. We would love to see you there!xoLisa & Chuck
― dow, Monday, 24 October 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link
Or that I was (guessing they don't mean Columbus GA or MS)
― dow, Monday, 24 October 2022 21:03 (one year ago) link
New album coming too.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 01:03 (one year ago) link
oh sweet, thanks for the tip dow, hadnt heard about this, will definitely be scooping a ticket
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 13:26 (one year ago) link
I found Ghosts in the glove compartment the other day, the last thing they released (COVID year). Looking it up later led me to something I didn't know: Mark Messerly, their bassist, put out an album in 2019 under the name Inert. So I bought it from Bandcamp and, as I expected, if you're a Wussy fan it's quite good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTOCaqgjo5Y
― clemenza, Monday, 1 January 2024 20:33 (three months ago) link