Dixie Dicks

It's Monday, the world is still spinnin of it's axis, and I think I'm gonna take the morning off...

In fact I know I am, because it's 5:30 a.m and if I was gonna do what I coulda/woulda or shoulda been doing as far as a work wise commitment, I woulda left the house awhile ago...

Let's just say the tone of the last conference call I was on didn't restore my faith in corporate humanity...and I'll let these folks get by this morning without me...

Ya see I don't mind working at 6:30 am, cuz I'm already awake, it's just that I don't want to deal with these dorky demeaning out of town nervous nellie idiots from my conference call at 6:30 a.m... or likely ever.

I'll live... in fact I live well.

I might need the money, but then again I don't really need their f'kn money...

I can usually make as much dough here in my pajamas in the same amount of time as i can it would take heading downtown to please these poison purveyors from Peoria... so f'k em.

instead today y'all will get some new noise to take with ya...

But something that might still flay in the heartland, depending on whether ya color yerself red or blue...

It's a Dixie Chicks tune...

Lots of people have likely heard of Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, the punk rock cover band whose sloppy live performances prove they are anything but a supergroup...

Featuring Fat Mike from NOFX, and a slew of other ne'er do 'ells like Joey Cape and Dave Raun of Lagwagon they have a little too much fun playing some top 40 songs badly. Like this Billy Joel number here...

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - The Longest Time

Speaking of sloppy, here's a pic of myself (bottom left) and Fat Mike (center) backstage hanging out with some of the folks found at a recent Gimme Gimmes gig...

The Gimme Gimmes have a new CD coming out on October 17, and recently posted a new preview mp3 up on their website of a Dixie Chicks cover...



I guess that would make them the Dixie Dicks...

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes -


Goodbye Earl

Now I don't know why it takes so long for a record that was suposedly done by earlier this spring to appear, but who am I to judge the inner workings of the Fat empire...

So if you've already heard that one.... I'll tide ya over with this semi-related nugget here...

Oft in the shadows of messr. Fat Mike in NOFX, guitarist El Hefe ( a.k.a Aaron Abeyta) plays a serious musical role in that punk group, not only on guitar, but with trumpet and humorous vocals as well. Here he is in this little heard side project with Sacramento based ( & former Virgin Records artist) Mark Curry. Not to be confused with the black stand up comedian with the same name, Mark Curry is a sort of ragged rough hewn Central California troubadour and here with El Hefe, they both get to stretch out in a laid back bluesy rawk style.



Mark Curry's Hell House Band -
Cut 'Em Up (Feat. El Hefe)

Mark Curry's Hell House Band - "Come On Out (Feat. El Hefe)"

taken from : Dozen Lies

Mark Curry's Hell's House Band (Feat. El Hefe)

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