The Other Listening Room: Pussy Galore!
Published June 24, 2007
ZZ: You project an image…
JS: That’s it! I’m getting naked!
ZZ: Please don’t.
JS: [Gets naked.]
ZZ: …okay…
JS: You want to walk away?
ZZ: Yes and no.
JS: Do what you think the situation demands.
ZZ: Does it demand something?
JS: Everything demands some sort of reaction. What will yours be, I wonder…
ZZ: Ahem. You project an image—dirty, confrontational, almost pornographic…
JS: Naked, at least…
ZZ: Sexy, in a way…
JS: Are you hitting on me?
ZZ: No! No!
JS: You look like a Jew.
ZZ: [Stunned.] What? You’re just pushing my buttons.
JS: Whatever.
ZZ: Was that racism?
JS: What, to go along with all that misogyny earlier?
ZZ: Well, yes…
JS: Is that what you think?
ZZ: I have to wonder.
JS: I’m glad. I’m right here in front of you…in all my naked glory…what do you see?
ZZ: …
JS: What’s that look? You wanna get pussy stomped?
ZZ: How much of this is a joke to you?
JS: Depends.
ZZ: On…
JS: Is it funny to you?
ZZ: Sometimes.
JS: There you go.
ZZ: But what about you?
JS: I take this very seriously.
ZZ: But the music is so over the top…so…repulsive. Would you stop doing that with your nipples?
JS: Then why listen? And, no!
ZZ: Well, after a while, you do figure out that you guys CAN play your instruments…it’s not all accidental…
JS: Well, I can play. I don’t know about anyone else. They might be faking it.
ZZ: There’s a slippery funk underneath it all…
JS: “Funk?” As in George Clinton?
ZZ: I was thinking James Brown.
JS: I like him. Okay.
ZZ: Your vocals resemble his, in that they seem to be used more to conduct than…
JS: Have you even listened to my lyrics?
ZZ: They are really hard to understand…
JS: Fuck you.
ZZ: But…
JS: Fuck off.
ZZ: Please…
JS: OK. Magic word. Go on.
ZZ: Thank you…
JS: Think nothing of it.
ZZ: Why did you cover Einsturzende Neubauten’s “Yu-Gung?”
JS: I like German things.
ZZ: Like what?
JS: Like Einsturzende.
ZZ: Anything else?
JS: Schnitzel, burley women, Nazis, facial warts…
ZZ: Nazis?
JS: Oh yeah, I forgot you were a Jew…
ZZ: I’m not! For fuck’s sake! What is wrong with you?!
JS: PUSSY STOMP!
And so, I learned what a “Pussy Stomp” really is. It’s a dance, I suppose. It’s very painful to witness first hand. Even in my fantasies, I take a beating…
And so must you!
Pussy Galore-Alright
- The Other Listening Room: Pussy Galore!
- Published: June 24, 2007
- Type: Review
- Section: Music
- Filed Under: Music: Punk Rock, Music: Original
- Part of a feature: The Other Listening Room
- Writer: zingzing
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In addition to being fucking hilarious, this is surprisingly on the nose.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion once came into WXYC for an interview before they played at Cat's Cradle. As I recall, they came in, sat down, uttered a number of FCC violations, answered one question, ignored the rest, then Jon said on the air, "Call this station right now for free tickets to the show tonight!" (there were no free tickets) and they all got up and walked out of the studio.
yeah, i read a few interviews (there isn't much information on the web about pg... and what there is doesn't seem to take them seriously AT ALL) and then puffed it up a bit. jon could be a cordial interviewee, but he could also say some pretty awful shit. which, of course, is what i went with.
pico, i really have never read much/heard much of/seen any gg allin. if he had a sense of humor about what he did, he took it all too far. of course, throbbing gristle never had much of a (public) sense of humor... and i find them fascinating. but when personality trumps the music, that's where i have a hard time caring. you never hear about gg allin's music really. can't name a single song. he seems more like a performance artist than a viable musical project to me. but, i'll take a looksee.
Naw, man, don't waste your time researching GG if you don't care for him; that suggestion was made tongue in cheek, anyway.
Spencer gives me a another idea for a One Track Mind, but we'll wait a while on that one until you've had enough time to absorb the Caspar.
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Excellent. You should "interview" GG Allin next.