February 16, 2006

Waddlin’ In

Here I am, always behind the fucking curve even after nature gives me a head start. Even though a couple of my old bands have performed alongside the Spaceshits and Les Sexareenos and I’d met Mark Sultan (a.k.a. BBQ – not to be confused with the video production house) and King Khan (a.k.a. Blacksnake) on more than one occasion and they’ve always been sweet fellows, I haven’t kept up with their projects since, and I’m especially embarrassed about missing the show in L.A. last November due to my aforementioned ignorance.

The duo used to be in Montreal’s Spaceshits together and they teamed up again after Khan moved to Germany. That’s where they put out a record on a kraut label, now reissued in the States. BBQ does solo shows and collaborates with geniuses like Eric Oblivian. Any further info can be obtained on a strict need-to-know basis from Mark’s tidy little website.

The crazed live show, with which they’ve been touring the world for the past year, looks like a twelve-tissue sweaty affair. Apparently, King Khan wears wigs and ladies’ undies and sometimes exposes his man-sac. BBQ plays guitar and drums simultaneously. Check out the amazing videos I stole from the interweb, and try not to hop up and down – I double dares ya!

Seriously, this is really exciting. This music “peppers my face with birdshot,” as the old folks like to say. Ever since I downloaded it on a whim from the excellent Music For Robots, I just can’t get “Waddlin’ Around” out of my head. Write these words down, kid: That song is gonna be big. It’s a chartbreaker! Solid motherfucking gold. It’ll be too popular for the radio, too prestigious for the grammys. My new reviewer’s copy of the album (that I paid for) is currently traveling on its way from Memphis... as should yours be (so pay up). Thank me later.

The King Khan & BBQ Show – “Waddlin’ Around”

The King Khan & BBQ Show – “Hold Me Tight”

And here are the two videos you should immediately save to your hardest drives:

“Fish Fight” (.MOV file, 16.8 mb)
“Pig Pig” (.MPEG file, 20.4 mb)

Rick at 9:39 pm

Comments (4)

4 CommentsÈ

‘fish fight’ made me think of guy maddin’s sissy boy slap party...which might be a point in its favor or not…

Comment by wi11iam13 Ñ February 17, 2006 @ 4:47 pm
I was reading the year end best of’s at Terminal Boredom web site, and it seemed like ALL their contributors thought the King Khan record was one of the best of 2005. Thanks for posting these!

Comment by jon Ñ February 19, 2006 @ 6:29 pm
Thanks for posting these videos.. I’m a great fan of The King Khan & BBQ Show. Really pretty amazing stuff!

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