Bootgazer

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:52 am

I know FT started this on the Black Board, but it's crashing my Firefox.

I picked up Jim White, Drill A Hole... at the used record shop for a measly two bucks. Throw in a Willie Nelson hits comp and John Hiatt's Slow Turning and I escaped for less than a Jackson.

Anybody know any more about this Jim White fella? I love this song with Aimee Mann, "Static on the Radio".

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:58 am

Yeah, I bought Drill a Hole the day it came out, cuz I had heard "Static On The Radio" back in January when they played it on NPR.

I can't get into most the rest of the album. He's a pretty dark fella. There's a good article on him in an issue of Paste magazine I have though.

Kind of an enigma.

FT · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:18 am

I sure hope "Bootgazer" takes off. If so, that will mean I have named TWO genres ("Wuss UK" being the other).

Bee OK · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:02 am

FT Wrote:

I sure hope "Bootgazer" takes off. If so, that will mean I have named TWO genres ("Wuss UK" being the other).

Wuss UK is stupid, like american bands can't be or something.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:13 am

Kung Fu Reference Wrote:

Anybody know any more about this Jim White fella?

All I know is he's got 3 albums out - Drill A Hole..., No Such Place (highly recommended) and Wrong-Eyed Jesus (more straightforward than the rest of his discography, but still worthwhile) - and he's somewhere over 40 years old.

There's also a recent film called Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus, which is an oddball documentary about the American south that uses Jim White as its tour guide.

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

FT Wrote:

I sure hope "Bootgazer" takes off. If so, that will mean I have named TWO genres ("Wuss UK" being the other).

I gotta admit the Wuss UK thing is kinda catchy. I've used it before.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:19 am

Radcliffe Wrote:

There's also a recent film called Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus, which is an oddball documentary about the American south that uses Jim White as its tour guide.

That sounds interesting...l

discostu · **Posted:** Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:03 pm

Great record.

P-Spot · **Joined:** Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:30 am **Posts:** 291

I've seen him before open for The Handsome Family in St. Paul. Real funny guy. His music really didn't do it for me but he had great stage banter between songs.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:42 pm

FT Wrote:

I sure hope "Bootgazer" takes off. If so, that will mean I have named TWO genres ("Wuss UK" being the other).

I had forgotten all about this!

DAMMIT, WHY HASN'T "BOOTGAZER" TAKEN OFF?!?!?!?!?!?

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