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: ESPN’s flagship program isn’t merely an informative, often uproarious show featuring the day’s sports highlights and gossip. SportsCenter also provides me with something akin to psychological balm. I relish few things more than ending a day with a few glasses of Kentucky bourbon and SportsCenter highlights on a loop. Occasionally, during bouts of insomnia, I’ll watch the same highlight six or seven times as the show repeats, and the effect is rivaled only by Terry Riley’s Persian Surgery Dervishes for pure hallucinatory catatonic bliss.
Video after the jump.
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