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Big Ugly Podcast, Big Ugly 2.0, Episode VI

Date: November 18, 2006.

Summary: Gradually, the myth of my start in comedy music has ripened into an epic tale. In a time of great upheaval, I overcame my natural modesty and strode forth, guitar in hand, to smite the formidable audience and affirm my pop culture relevance.

That’s the act, anyway, and I describe those events to host Fugly J. Wetzel in the latest edition of the Big Ugly Podcast. The dodgy digital anomalies of Skype occasionally play hell on the audio quality, but Wetzel’s incisive interview style and my self-effacing charm bring a redemptive sheen to the enterprise.

A host of complaints

Here’s what I complained about this time (Wetzel promises Turetzky Interview Part II in the next edition of the podcast):

• The comic musician nerds who have assimilated Dr. Demento’s show like so many Borg and who tour comic book and sci-fi conventions playing their nerdy Harry Potter songs. And who, worst of all, consider me too profane to play at their shows.
• The Dallas music scene: “Everybody says if you want to play music in Texas, go to Austin. Austin is the music capital of Texas. And since Austin is in Texas, it’s the music capital of the world. Because everything in Texas is the best!”
• My latest job offer: “Where the fuck’s my record contract? Do I have to tour for a while first or do I go right to the HBO special?”

Damn your above-average brain

And finally, Big Ugly co-host D-Evil offers his insight on ramblin’, restless losers who prefer dead-end careers in pizza (Wetzel), party stores (D-Evil) and music (me and everybody I know) to what passes for passive acceptance of the utter meaningless of life. We’re just too darned intelligent, D-Evil contends. And intelligence is a curse.

“I’m disturbed by people like us. We’re more intelligent than most people. But we’re just intelligent enough to realize the kind of life that most people lead isn’t quite satisfying.”

People like us, D-Evil says, lack “a good, old-fashioned sense of responsibility.

“People used to do what they had to do. Maybe they weren’t the smartest people in the world, but goddammit, they knew how to do things and get things done. We’re just smart enough that that seems kinda droll, but yet apparently not smart enough to go out there and make a difference. And we’re not dumb enough to just be normal.”

Yeah? Well, if “intelligence” works for you, be my guest, D-Evil. Me, I’m one of those Texas music outlaws, mythological as hell and dumber than a box of rocks.

Get your audio snippets here

Wetzel employed a couple of my songs as bookends for the interview, opening with Her Shit Don’t Stink and concluding with My Fat Ass Itches.

Try these bite-sized interview nuggets:

My comedy music origins  (0:25).

Her Shit Don’t Stink is banned in Dallas  (0:29).

It’s only because I suck  (0:06).

Dr. Demento, the FCC and me  (0:25).

Those Demented nerds  (0:27).

Belching for dollars  (0:12).

Where’s my fucking record contract?  (0:45).

Too impatient  (0:25).

Wetzel: He’s a romantic  (0:14).

D-Evil: We’re not dumb enough  (0:56).

Full interview  (18:00).

Posted in: Interviews at 10:17 pm Mon, Nov 20, 2006.

One comment

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   Serenata says:
   

   9:29 am Tue, Nov 21, 2006

   Yes, intelligence is a curse. If you ask too many questions or, worse, if you say something that makes the others feel as they are, stupid, than that’s a bad thing because they say that you are the stupid one and they the owners of a great wisdom.