Message from the President
“I’ve changed my name to keep in the spirit of Nut music. I want to
keep the label rocking and make it the best in the world.”
Doug H. Nut
I’ve begun to realize that this type of promotion has to be the
cheesiest thing I could do. It’s not just the disinterest the other
newsletters have produced, but the fact is this is the very stuff I
hate. Promotion smacks of self-congradulatory bullshit and is nothing
but hype. The only difference between this an9 promotion material
from the major labels is that none of this is true. Unfortunately, we
just can’t stop. We’ll try to tone it down, but we must provide you
with information about the music that we know you cannot live without.
Many of you will die without ever hearing Nut music. There will
certainly be a reason for that.
Alzo Boszormenyi to Record Sometime
Alzo Boszermenyi and the Acid Achievers plan to record this fall at the American University studio with the ever gracious Rob C. of the Teenbeat band, Eggs, but with various band members on sabbatical, vacation, or in drug rehab, scheduling problems have incurred. Read the ten-year Alzo Boszermenyi history/retrospective article in the
latest Mole magazine. (issue no. 6)
Willard Revue Tour Info
The Willard Revue made it’s way across America in May. Consisting
of Willard Simmons, George Willard and Tom •Willard• Baxter the
street/laudrymat tour visited and played such non-music locales as
Beale Street in Memphis, TN, Branson, Mo, and Albuquerque, NM before
performing a laundrymat concert somewhere around near or in Upland,
California. The rest of the tour was canceled due to George Willard’s
intestinal problems. The revue wishes to thank those who provided
accommodations; Jeff in Branson, MO. Franklin and Peter in CA. Aubrey
and Carol in San Francisco. Judith and Jennifer in Portland, plus the
National Park Service and the Kiwanis Club in Montana, whom we never
paid. Thanks also to Dennis from Shrimper for setting up the
laundrymat show.
Nut Video Project Projected
There’s a video project in the works which should be completed
whenever it can be gotten around to. The best thing is that it should
be available in both beta and vhs formats and will include live and in
the studio footage of Alzo Bozermeinyi and the Acid Achievers, Yahoo
Skin Band, Finn McCool and McCool’s Navy, early George Willard, Bro
Jack, and Ball Cheese. It might have been intercut with interviews
from the Nut Allstars if the video camera hadn’t been stolen.
Finn McCool Tours Scotland
He didn’t collaborate with Paul McCartney, and never got around to “sitting in” with the Pogues, but Finn McCool toured Scotland and in typical Nut music fashion, playing gigs became secondary to talking about song writing, seeing the world and drinking stout.
High Time For The Kids
Since Finn McCool thinks it’s high time we did something for the
kids like Jerry Lewis does and since he says “all that Disney stuff
stinks,” submissions will be sought by everyone and anyone for
children’s songs so that Nut music can compile a tape of children’s
music. More details and information soon.
Tony R. Boies Steals Second
Tony R. Boies has been caught falsifying sales records in order to
get himself better positioning on the Nut music-sales chart. “We
became suspicious when on the second week the tape was out (the tape)
was already in second place with a bullet, and then it turns out that
Tony bought himself a yacht,” said a spokesman from Nut security. It
figures that the release in question is called Planned Parent Hoodlum
$3 ppd. Needless to say we’d love to see it rise to it’s legitimate
place on the Sales Chart. Jeff says see his ad in Maximum R & R too.
George Willard Update
George Willard had a busy summer playing two shows in Blacksburg, VA where he’s oftentimes confused with Blacksburg’s own slumlord and bar owner, George Willard. Aside from that, he’s a couple of hours away from completing his latest tape release, entertainment. Although there isn’t much demand plans are in the works to compile two of George’s earlier tapes to make his past esoteric material a bit more accessible. Tentative titles include the very generic Songs 88-89, which will compile songs from earcandy as well as his Live from the Corner Bar(f) sessions and his take on the Billy Joel back catalog previously heard on Pianoman Jr. The other tape, Music 88-89 will include all the noise scapes and insturmentals George scraped together in those years. Beforwarned, this is another shameless attempt at ripping off an unsuspecting public.
Quayle Smithers Becomes a Part-Timer
Quayle Smithers has gone back to working for Better Homes and Gardens, the magazine that he didn’t work at before but does now. He plans to continue his rock archivist/historian duties for Nut music part-time. He was heard to say, “They just couldn’t pay me enough.”
Best Customers Lately
A mighty thanks for interest and green stuff to Mike 6 and Judith
in Blacksburg, our international connection Marion in the United
Kingdom and Mr. Scratch who will be braving cabin fever and an
upcoming Alaskan winter with too much of the Nut music back catalog.
There never seems to be enough room for the Nut music slogan
retrospective so let’s just get to the current slogan submitted by
Mark Twain: Nut music: Better Than It Sounds The one submitted by
Henry Miller, “What Makes Money Make Money,” was just a little obtuse.
Upcoming: The nut newsletter expands to look more like the Dead
Milkman news letter. Nut attempts to release material from
Blacksburg, VA’s premier, now disbanded, soul act: The Freeform
Liberation Front.
