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Wooden Wand’s James Jackson Toth Must Also Love: Sushi

Even James Jackson Toth’s most rabid fans probably can’t keep track of the prolific singer/songwriter’s output. The Lexington, Ky.-based Toth has issued numerous solo and group efforts (including cassettes, CD-Rs, limited-edition vinyl, etc.) under his own name as well as such monikers as WAND, Wooden Wand And The Vanishing Voice, H.P. Witchcraft, the Jescos and the Blood Group. His latest release is Wooden Wand‘s Death Seat (Young God), an impressive 12-track album produced by YG label head and Swans frontman Michael Gira and featuring musical contributions from members of bands such as Lambchop, Silver Jews, Mercury Rev, Glossary and Fire On Fire. Toth is heading out on European and North American tours in the new year, but in the meantime, he will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him.

Toth: I spent over two-thirds of my life with very catholic tastes when it came to dining out, so when I discovered sushi, I began making up for lost time. The more adventurous I get when ordering sushi (sashimi: yum), however, I always return to my first love: the spicy tuna roll. I could eat this every day. Sushi, for me, reconciles the primal with the elegant. The environment of a good sushi bar is satisfyingly sterile, but the raw animal flesh you’re consuming keeps you in touch with the warrior spirit. It’s not a crudely fashioned spear caked in blood, but it’ll do. And eating wasabi is as close to a drug high as food gets.

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