I Like This Song - The Prof. Fuzz 63's "Panda Attack (Bites Back)"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Today's featured song comes from The Prof. Fuzz 63's freshly minted Panda Attack EP. The EP contains four re-recorded tracks from the Professor's celebrated 2016 release, Chinese Folk Songs.

Cloudland's resident mixmaster Britt Robisheaux once again helmed the ship on the production side, beefing up the tracks along with drum stylings provided by a new drummer, one Mr. B of Devonshire.*

*DISCLAIMER: So he's not really from the county of Devon. Just sounds hella regal, you should try it. Take your name and then place 'of Devonshire' behind it. You only live once.     

Image via The Prof Fuzz 63's Facebook Page

Anywho, you can catch the Fuzz 63 crew celebrating the release of Panda Attack EP this Friday, Feb. 3rd at The Grotto w/ Tame.. Tame and Quiet, BULLS, and Voodoo Trees (LA).

Music starts at 9pm, full event details here.

Sorry to keep you waiting ... I like this song.

BONUS SHOW POSTER ALERT: For the record, show posters that deploy any variation of the legendary Creepster font automatically and instantaneously receive a s/o from this here website from now until the end of time + forever + always + eternally + "until the cows come home" + ...well, you get the picture.

Show Poster via Facebook Event Page for Feb. 3rd Show at The Grotto

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

10 Questions Interview - Kevin Aldridge

Welcome to FWN's 10 Questions Interview. We are honored to have Kevin Aldridge join us today.

ICYMI, check out Kevin's 2016 single "Here's The Thing About Me." 

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Image via Kevin Aldridge's Facebook 

1. Dogs or Cats? Why?

KA: Dogs for me. My neighborhood is lousy with feral cats and I’m fine with them doing ‘hood rat stuff with their friends.

2. Aliens. Do they exist?

KA: Yes… We do.

3. Drug of choice? (None is not an option btw)

KA: Arturo Fuente - Hemingway Short Story.

4. Brown or white gravy? (Neither is not an option btw)

KA: White on a weekday. Brown on the weekend.

5. Favorite weapon of mass destruction? 

KA: Politics. That’s also my least favorite.

6. Favorite marsupial? 

KA: Wombats – They’re also a cool band Mark Sanders introduced to me.

7. Favorite Superhero?

KA: Dirk.

8. Did Dez catch it?

KA: No idea. I don’t do pigskin anymore.

9. When you die, if you were given the choice to come back as any animal, which would you choose?

KA: No question it would be Dave Batista.

10. The best MJ is: Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Mike Jones, or Milla Jovovich?

KA: Without a doubt, Jordan. Can’t be faded… “I ain’t Mike Jones. Get my name outcha mouth.”

Image via Kevin Aldridge's Facebook Page

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

Show Poster of the Week - Kevin Aldridge, War Party, Joe Savage at The Chat Room Pub

Once a week FWN features a show poster from the Fort.

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This week's featured show poster has that Paul Klee color palette that makes me think of all the sweet ass sherbet flavors this planet has to offer. That's another way to say, "I like this show poster so much I want to lick it to death!"

The poster promotes an exceptional lineup of Fort Worthians in the form of Kevin Aldridge, War Party, and Joe Savage, all set to perform tomorrow night, Saturday, Jan. 28th at The Chat Room Pub. 

Doors are always open but the music starts at 9:30pm w/ Mr. Savage. As the poster indicates, this show is FREE!!!

Mind-blowing local Ft. Worth artist Devin Selby drew this dream-like image which was co-opted and converted to a show poster for tomorrow night.  

I see a man donning a powdered wig, or what could possibly be his own long white hair. And he's in a bad way, like, straight chaos surrounds him while he chiefs on some super-kill East Asian opium.

Am I wrong? Probably, but that's what makes art, well... art. The patron sees what they see and there's no right or wrong.

Like in a dream, there's no right or wrong. There's no clear path. This guy, if anything, looks to be conflicted.

Or maybe not...

Maybe he's a nihilist and all that chaos buzzing around his head means absolutely nothing to him. He's perhaps comfortable knowing that life is but war and savagery and this portrait, this imagery, it's nothing but a moment of cathartic contemplation on the vastness of nothingness.

Whoa, hold on a sec, "war and savagery" = War Party + Joe Savage. Now where exactly Kevin fits into all this, I'm not sure. Perhaps the dream part; he's pretty dreamy, that Kevin.

Anyhow, the pen work and color work are about as excellent as one could hope for. Big cheers to Devin for creating this visually ruminative piece.

See ye tomorrow at TCRP! 

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

10 Questions Interview - Joe Gorgeous

Welcome to FWN's 10 Questions Interview. We are honored to have Joey Gorman (The Longshots, Joe Gorgeous) join us today.

BUY THIS TAPE ALERT: As of yesterday afternoon (2:23pm CST to be exact) Mock Records released 100 tapes of the new Joe Gorgeous & Hooveriii split appropriately titled SPLITTER. It's streaming and avail for sale on Bandcamp here. Better jump on it y'all!    

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Image via Joe Gorgeous Facebook Page (Pic of Joe Gorgeous, Joey Gorman pictured center)

1. Dogs or Cats? Why?

JG: ill take all the help i can get

2. Aliens. Do they exist?

JG: that depends on your definition of existence. essentially yes.

3. Drug of choice? (None is not an option btw)

JG: fuggin soda, dude. also.. i like a good, spontaneous mushroom trip…the super beautifully heavy kind…when you end up just crying at the sunset with your best friends.

4. Brown or white gravy? (Neither is not an option btw)

JG: depends on the side of the family thats doing the cooking. not enough restaurants have white gravy. thats about all i know about that

5. Favorite weapon of mass destruction? 

JG: Baggins’ (our bassist’s) old van

6. Favorite marsupial? 

JG: the ever resilient opossum

7. Favorite Superhero?

JG: italian spiderman

8. When you die, if you were given the choice to come back as any animal, which would you choose?

JG: galapagos tortoise OR komodo dragon

9. The best MJ is: Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Mike Jones, or Milla Jovovich?

JG: obviously mike jones. 

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

My Marcy Playground "Sex & Candy" Yelp Review of a Donald Trump Property

In today’s feature I’d like to discuss the concept of “guerilla writing,” first cousin of guerilla art. 

This guerilla writing concept is not all that new honestly, I’m just not sure there’s a consensus turn of phrase for it … yet. Besides, I believe a few guidelines and a strong purpose can stray it away from its predecessor Wiki Edits.

If you don't know, Wiki Edits are pretty much amaze. Rogue Wiki editors redact pages on Wikipedia to make a joke, to call someone out, etc. then somebody screen captures it before the Wiki bots restore order.

Here's a couple of examples:

Now that's just funny

A relevant example of what I'm getting at in this article

After Wiki Edits, the second and third most notorious examples of these guerrilla writing forefathers can be found posted on Yelp and Craigslist (not to mention Amazon product reviews).

Fake Yelp reviews have been around since Yelp started, and SLOTH ALERT: it’s much easier to access Yelp as opposed to becoming an editor for Wikipedia. So that’s the road I traveled down for this particular adventure.

Just to refresh, ICYMI, I started my own journey with guerilla writing only recently with the launch of Fort Worth Noise back in early December when we wrote Martin Shkreli an email; sent it, screen captured it, and posted it to this very website and my personal Twitter account.

Now, back to my Yelp review. I decided to target a Trump hotel on Yelp. 'Twas easy enough to find his properties because something like 20% of the accounts Trump follows on Twitter are accounts for properties he owns (surprise).  

Without further ado, I give you my Marcy Playground "Sex & Candy" Yelp review of a Donald Trump property:

If you go back and look at the lyrics online you should catch nine lyrical references in my piece.

To my delight the post lived for a full three days on the internet before I received the following from Yelp (note the time stamp on both screen captures):

They were honestly quite polite about the whole thing

I want to make this crystal; every other form of writing is more important to the resistance than this nonsense.

But I’m no Alpha. Never have been.

I’m not an investigative journalist or reporter, or an editor at a vital news outlet. I’m not an amazing novelist or storyteller or poet or humorist or songwriter and I'm definitely not something akin to a climate change researcher writing the next mind-blowing report on climate science.

Imma B-Team af goofy ass fiction writer (sometimes poorly done prose poetry) and a local music blogger. 

So what to do???

I’m not suggesting it, but… what if the B-Team ran a parallel campaign within the resistance that fought absurdity with absurdity? What if all we B-Teamers 'Wiki Edited' the shit outta this fucker y’all?

He’s so petty that if enough of us were to create works like this and Yelp review his shithouse properties everyday, all day, it would reach him! And it WOULD piss him off! And conversely, it would make us laugh.

If we were to commit such a collective act, the B-Team could merely compliment the badassery of the above mentioned hero writers of this new Orwellian age. I was born a jester, I ain't tryin' to be a prince. Making someone laugh in these times can make a difference.

And I'm not suggesting that the above Yelp/Wiki/Craigslist examples are what to shoot for. I'm thinking of something different, some form that has yet to be forged. I've done an email and Yelp review, like big deal, whatevs. 

If this guerrilla writing were an actual thing - not saying it is - the tenets would look something like this:

1.     The content must be completely unbelievable (sound familiar?), like completely fucking fake scenarios. If you're all serious and trying to argue against these dinosaurs with facts, you're just a good ol' fashion troll in their eyes. The aim is to humiliate+shame them with a viral guerrilla writing piece.

2.     It must directly or indirectly be sent to the person in question (ex: email to Shkreli, Yelp notification to business owner, lolz. Note that Wiki Edits to one's Wiki profile do not count as they do not alert the subject of the Wiki page in question).

3.     Under this paper-shredding delete-happy administration, the writing action must be screen captured for historical preservation. (You think I'm joking? I'm screen capturing this article!)

4.    It cannot be written on a wall, street sign, etc. because, as mentioned, that's called guerrilla art. This fella Banksy is pretty good at it if you haven't heard. 

5. It must be shared on social media. Provide links (for as long as they live) and screen captures (for when they die).

Again, not saying we should do this on a large scale or in no way am I encouraging you to do this, but if one were so inclined, this local Texas State Rep. might be a good place to start. 

Now that you've made it here, let me ask you something. Do you have B-Team angst?

You know you want to

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

10 Questions Interview - Andy Pickett

Welcome to FWN's 10 Questions Interview. We are honored to have Fort Worth's Andy Pickett join us today.

UN-FAKE NEWS ALERT: Chef Pickett has a new record cookin' up in his 5-star kitchen! In fact, he told us it'll be table-ready a few months from now, that should give y'all ample time to dust off your finest flatware. 

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Image via Andy Pickett's Facebook Page

1. Dogs or Cats? Why?

AP: I grew up with cats, but now, since I got my first and current dog Boobie, I'm a dog man.

2. Aliens. Do they exist?

AP: Yes. There's too much space and too much stuff in the universe to be just us all alone...it's simple math.

3. Drug of choice? (None is not an option btw)

AP: Marijuana...and food.

4. Brown or white gravy? (Neither is not an option btw)

AP: Depends on where I'm at or who's cookin' and what it's being poured on. But gun to my head? Brown.

5. Favorite weapon of mass destruction?

AP: Ohio-class submarine.

6. Favorite marsupial?

AP: Tasmanian Devil.

7. Favorite Superhero?

AP: Peter from Starbass.

Picture of Andy straight chillin' in his next life (a Tarigrade)

8. Did Dez catch it?

AP: Honestly, I dont know what this means, so I'll say yes?

9. When you die, if you were given the choice to come back as any animal, which would you choose?

AP: Tardigrade.

10. The best MJ is: Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Mike Jones, or Milla Jovovich?       

AP: Michael Jackson!!!

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

I Like This Song - Bitch Bricks' "Steak Baby"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Today's featured song comes from Fort Worth's Bitch Bricks and the arse-kicking Group Therapy Vol. 1 compilation put together by Dreamy Soundz and Lo-Life Recordings.

Photo via Bitch Bricks Facebook Page

You can catch the Bricks this Saturday, Jan. 28th at 515 Bar w/ Ripped Genes (MO) and Denton's Dome Dwellers.

This free show starts at 9pm, full event details here.

Oh yea, here's our deepest thoughts on this track: I like this song.

DOUBLE SUPER BONUS: The below show poster's crazy rad, right?

Image via Facebook Event Page for 515 Bar

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

10 Questions Interview - The Owl & The Octopus

Welcome to FWN's 10 Questions Interview. We are honored to have TH of Fort Worth's The Owl & The Octopus join us today.

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Image via The Owl & The Octopus Facebook Page

1. Dogs or Cats? Why?

TH: Dogs.  Because they are loyal.

2. Aliens. Do they exist? 

TH: Yes.  I'm not so arrogant to believe we're the only living creatures out there.

3. Drug of choice? (None is not an option btw)

TH: Caffeine.

4. Brown or white gravy? (Neither is not an option btw)

TH: White.

5. Favorite weapon of mass destruction?

TH: N/A, I'm a pacifist.

6. Favorite marsupial?

TH: Sugar glider.

7. Favorite Superhero? 

TH: Dr. Strange.

8. Did Dez catch it?

TH: Yes.

9. When you die, if you were given the choice to come back as any animal, which would you choose?  

TH: Cat.

10. The best MJ is: Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Mike Jones, or Milla Jovovich?

TH: Michael Jackson.

Image via The Owl & The Octopus Facebook Page

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

I Like This Song - Treehouse Cabaret's "Sun Off The Beach"

I Like This Song celebrates songs by local bands sans clichéd music journo over-analysis.

The furthest we take the dissection of songs featured here is, well, you guessed it: "I Like This Song." 

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Today's featured song is the 2016 single release from 817 rockers Treehouse Cabaret. They score points in my book for both the band name and the song title.

Seriously, they're so good at naming things, thinking I'm gonna bring them on as a consultant to name my future children.  

Image via Treehouse Cabaret's Facebook

Anyways, where were we? Oh, yes, that's right: Tree Cab is playing on a pretty sweet bill next Tuesday, Jan. 24th at The Boiled Owl Tavern w/ Dumb Vision (WI) and Dallas' Nothing Cool.

This free show starts at 9pm, full event details here.

ALSO: Check the super rad tour poster from Dumb Vision below.

For future reference, any tour posters containing renderings of centipede snow globes cradled by monster hands automatically receive a s/o from this website.

See ya Tuesday.

btw, I like this song.

Image via Dumb Vision's Facebook

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

Show Poster of the Week - Quesadilla White Sox at Lola's

Once a week FWN features a show poster from the Fort.

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Goes without saying that this week's featured show poster adds some sizzle to our Show Poster of the Week series ... *ba-dum tshh*  

This savory show poster promotes a hefty portion of rockin' tonight at Lola's Saloon (warning: these puns will never stop folks). Music provided by Quesadilla White Sox; not sure why, but that band name sounds familiar ... ???

Feasting begins at 10pm, there's no cover charge.

Sam Anderson (Quaker City Night Hawks) is the chef responsible for cooking up this appetizing photo and poster design. Anderson's image brings new meaning to one of the most confounding existential questions of our time: Is a hot dog a sandwich?

Image via The Atlantic "It's Not a Sandwich" 11/5/15

Megan Garber over at The Atlantic concluded definitively that hot dogs are NOT sandwiches. Hot dog failed Megan's four-point test by not meating the 'horizontal orientation' criteria she set forth (meating instead of meeting, get it?). 

But idk, like everything else in life, things aren't always so cut and dry. Let's explore this a bit more shall we?

Is Anderson's image a hot dog? A sandwich? Or maybe a quesadilla is more apropos?

I believe the answer is D: All of the Above

Everything is connected y'all, one love and all that mustard. To paraphrase Bernard Jaffe, "I cannot tell where I begin and you end;" why should this be any different? 

With that said, it's a Hotdogwichadilla© [copyright pending]

I love how the font color scheme parallels the tortilla/mustard/hot dog combo. Anderson nailed that mustard yellow font, it's tastefully done (last pun, I promise).

Let's taco 'bout* that photo filter: once again, I don't think Anderson coulda captured the moment any better. It gives the image that '70s high school cafeteria vibe, and lemme tell ya, I heart emoji that '70s high school cafeteria vibe. The choice of paper plate fits the theme perfectly and the carefully squirted out mustard could make a Jackson Pollock blush.

When you put it all together - from the preparation of the food itself, to the photograph, to the font palette and layout - Anderson hit this design out of the Ball Park®**.

Right about now you're probably wondering how someone could possibly write 400 words on Hotdogwichadillas©. I'll take that as my cue to slowly step away from the keyboard and encourage you to dine*** at Lola's tonight.

*I lied, **I lied twice, ***OK, so I lie a lot

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”

10 Questions Interview - Picnic Lightning

Welcome to FWN's 10 Questions Interview. We are honored to have Fort Worth's Picnic Lightning join us today. Be sure to catch them live at The Foundry this Saturday Jan. 21st w/ ATX indie rockers White Label Analog.

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Image via Picnic Lightning Facebook Page

1. Dogs or Cats? Why?

Cameron: Both. I like soft things and I’m bad at making decisions.

Cole: Cats, because they don't really need you and when they die, free rug.

John: Dogs. My sinuses are very anti cat.

Thomas: Cats. I lay around on the floor and stretch.

2. Aliens. Do they exist?

Cameron: Yes and they are some of the best movies.

Cole: Probably, way out there.

John: Pondering existence is an existential crisis waiting to happen; I'd lean yes.

Thomas:  I think we should first decide what an alien actually is. Life beyond planet Earth? Seems likely. Grays? Impossible to know currently. Ancient humanoid species ruling us from the dark side of the moon? Highly probable.

3. Drug of Choice? (None is not an option btw)

Cameron: SSRIs.

Cole: Ibuprofen.

John: Zyrtec. 

Thomas: Not prejudiced.

4. Brown or white gravy? (Neither is not an option btw)

Cameron: White, super peppery, in a bathtub, biscuits everywhere.

Cole: Brown, I like it dirty.

John: Brown wears the crown.

Thomas: White; cooked real hard.

5. Favorite weapon of mass destruction?

Cameron: Fox News.

Cole: My colon.

John: Greed.

Thomas: Giza.

6. Favorite marsupial?

Cameron: I wish more things had pouches.

Cole: My uncle. He's furry and wears a fanny pack, so he's basically a marsupial.

John: 90's tourists.

Thomas: Have y’all ever seen a koala?

7. Favorite Superhero?

Cameron: Norm Hitzges.

Cole: Batman.

John: Francis of Assisi.

Thomas: Vash the Stampede.

8. Did Dez catch it?

Cameron: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Cole: I don't care.

John: Yes, and it's a shame because Dez loves to play hard and he just wants to win, y'all.

Thomas: It is known.

9. When you die, if you were given the choice to come back as any animal, which would you choose?

Cameron: One that’s far away from humans. Or a whale. Maybe an elephant. I’m bad at making decisions.

Cole: The one from the muppets. I've always wanted to learn drums.

John: Turquoise-browed motmot aka pájaro reloj ("clock bird").

Thomas: Lynx.

10. The best MJ is: Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Mike Jones, or Milla Jovovich?

Cameron: Unlisted.

Cole: Michael Jackson.

John: Michael Jordan.

Thomas: I'm bad.

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about the word writer person:

Prewitt Scott-Jackson writes Dad poetry & short fiction when he's not hyping and typing for Fort Worth Noise. His writing can be found in Ghost City Press (New York), Five 2 One Magazine (Los Angeles), Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska Press) and Sick Lit Magazine (Texas), among others. He prefers short walks on the beach because – and I quote – “It’s really hard to walk on sand.”