Andrew WK: Man Of Many Words (About Records, Fellatio, And Long Island Guitar Heroines)

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Andrew WK: Man Of Many Words (About Records, Fellatio, And Long Island Guitar Heroines)

Guys, not to get all hard-partying fanboy on you, but (OMG!!!1!) did you know that this month The Wire asked world's-greatest-human Andrew WK to sit down for their "Invisible Jukebox," the long-running feature where interviewer plays interviewee a bunch of records? And did you know that the magazine's Web site now features the unedited, nine-page transcript of said "Jukebox" interview with noise bro Mr. Marc Masters? (I did not. Until now.)

A thoughtful Mr. Wilkes-Krier offers his take on acts ranging from the Butthole Surfers to Lee "Scratch" Perry to Wolf Eyes, peppering his on-the-spot rock criticism with many personal revelations, including how jealously over his inability to self-pleasure in the name of art spurred his development as a popular musician: "[It] was some 7-inch with a photograph on the cover where he had positioned himself so that he could give himself oral sex. And it was real! It made a certain taste come in the back of my throat, no pun intended actually (laughter). But it was disturbing and very inspiring simultaneously." [The Wire]

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1:00 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Jess Harvell
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by unperson at 01:35 PM on 02/27/08
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The idea of him as The Great Kat's drummer fills me with more pleasure than his own music has ever given me.
by manyjars at 02:03 PM on 02/27/08
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The part about Tom Smith's underwear was the best.
by Dead Air ummm Dead Air at 02:26 PM on 02/27/08
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Is he refering to Tool's AEnmia?

Also, I endorse anything WK.
by Cam/ron at 02:28 PM on 02/27/08
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WK usually comes across as a hair-metal douchebag leftover from the 80's but he's actually a pretty smart guy with strong roots in the underground.
by Ned Raggett at 02:28 PM on 02/27/08
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@unperson: I gotta cosign.

(That said, the Sightings album he produced last year -- GREAT stuff. The band's best yet, and the cover of Scott Walker's "The Electrician" = unexpected, very well done.)
by Charlie Kerfelds... at 02:47 PM on 02/27/08
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After reading this article, I thought "Wow. That was much shorter than I thougt it would be."

Now I know why.
by unperson at 03:38 PM on 02/27/08
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@Ned Raggett: I listened to brief snippets (the article on Sightings in last month's Wire was offered to me) but wasn't impressed.
by StuntKockSteeev at 04:39 PM on 02/27/08
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MTV should put his stint on "Your Friend, Andrew WK" on DVD, to keep me from having to watch each episode in a 4th generation VHS rip on YouTube.

+ Watch video
by SuperUnison at 12:47 PM on 02/28/08
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I don't think there's another artist going right now who straddles this large a gulf between how smart they are in person and how aggressiveley dumb their art is.
by Rev-E at 02:15 PM on 02/28/08
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Andrew W.K. appearing in what may be the greatest comic strip ever:
[www.wigu.com]
by dasmith2 at 01:14 AM on 03/28/08
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I was expecting more too. Andrew WK is suprisingly deep, the Onion once said he wasn't rock's messiah, but probably its best camp counselor. I keep checking for tour dates, but I haven't seen anything except for some solo shows that are really hard to get into in a long time.