C & D on great overlooked music of 2008… NEIL HAMBURGER "Sings Country Winners"

C & D: Two dudes grappling with the big issues from a secret location somewhere in the Lower East Side…


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NEIL HAMBURGER
Sings Country Winners
LP/CD available direct from Drag City

Three Piece Chicken Dinner
The Recycle Bin
Please Ask That Clown To Stop Crying
Jug Town
How Can I Be Patriotic (When They’ve Taken Away My Right To Cry)
At Least I Was Paid
Thinkin’ It Over
Garden Party II
Zipper Lips Rides Again
The Hula Maiden

C: American funnyman Neil Hamburger finds the money to indulge his deepest country-and-western crooner wishes. Let’s watch…

D: Well one thing’s for sure: there’s another man in black in town. And he isn’t too happy.
C: [thinking] More like the man in light black. He’s taking no prisoners–cuz he can’t catch anyone!
D: [spills his GnR Dr. Pepper]

D: Not too bad. I would say it’s pretty good, in addition to being the usual pretty bad.
C: Well done, Hamburger! [smugly] To coin a phrase.

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I am an independent writer and editor based in Tucson, Arizona. I publish LANDLINE at jaybabcock.substack.com Previously: I co-founded and edited Arthur Magazine (2002-2008, 2012-13) and curated the three Arthur music festival events (Arthurfest, ArthurBall, and Arthur Nights) (2005-6). Prior to that I was a district office staffer for Congressman Henry A. Waxman, a DJ at Silver Lake pirate radio station KBLT, a copy editor at Larry Flynt Publications, an editor at Mean magazine, and a freelance journalist contributing work to LAWeekly, Mojo, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Vibe, Rap Pages, Grand Royal and many other print and online outlets. An extended piece I wrote on Fela Kuti was selected for the Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 anthology. In 2006, I was somehow listed in the Music section of Los Angeles Magazine's annual "Power" issue. In 2007-8, I produced a blog called "Nature Trumps," about the L.A. River. From 2010 to 2021, I lived in rural wilderness in Joshua Tree, Ca.

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