An Irreverent Fanzine.
Est. 1984

We'll be live at WORKSHOP 4200 at the PRF BBQ streaming live @ wholso.me/radio and live Wholesome Presents video sessions with Ex Okays, Maple Stave, Tart and Korean Jeans.

FEATURING…

The Hives • Amyl and The Sniffers • Ezra Furman • Tropa Magica • Tony Gallardo II • Kumbia Queers • Making Movies • Xenia Rubinos • Tijuana No • Woody Guthrie • Cat Power • Bob Dylan • Jeff Tweedy • Margo Price • Johnathan Rice • Bhi Bhiman

Check out my new show tonight for a snapshot of mid 1960s L.A. I feature one great, great band you may not have heard of, The Preachers. Wow are their records a revelation! Other bands included are The Arrows featuring Davie Allan/Davie Allan and the Arrows, Love and the Chocolate Watch Band. Did you know that as the Hogs, an early version of the Watch Band covered Allan's Blues Theme? Well, you can hear them both tonight. It's a rad show!

Are You Lonely For Me Baby?

Chuck Jackson has one great voice. It has been many years since I last saw him, but in the late 1990s he STILL had that marvelous baritone voice. His career began in the 1950s as a member of the Del Vikings. His own records began to chart by 1960 and he was consistently there for the decade. He is perhaps best known for I Don't Want To Cry and Any Day Now. My early favorite is I Wake Up Crying. As the decade passed, some of his releases became harder soul and less pop, including his final Wand 45 done with Papa John Schroeder, before he signed with Motown. His strongest hit there was a cover of the 1966 Freddie Scott smash, Are You Lonely For Me Baby; produced by Clay McMurray before his greater success with Gladys Knight, it id dynamite. I do truly dig the Scott record, but this is very great as well, and hit #27 on the national r&b chart in 1969.

Legfish Hybridization Prototype

SHECKY SAYS “Our sceintists are working in wayz that some consider to be unnatural!”

We were super excited to support the 2018 PRF BBQ by working with Workshop 4200 as the event venue. A great time was had by all.

Reflection^2

This Animation Meditation touches on the insecurity an emerging artist can feel when measuring their practice to the standards of the art institution. The mirror draws the character into the gallery, and serves as a metaphor for critical self-reflection as well as self-conscious destruction.