Glub Blub... Chum!

Work continues on the upcoming Daddy's Gonna Kill Ralphie album, which we are lovingly referring to as "Love Sincerely," Writes the Writer. And there's a perfectly good explanation for that: it's the title of the album. That is, unless frontman Toby Fallsgraff has a last-minute change. You know artists! Actually, statistically speaking, you probably don't know artists. In that case, let me fill you in on how they operate.

Every artist, whether they be a music-maker, a thespian, or an art-artist, all require food. No shocker there, but as any cook on the Food Network will tell you, it's all in the presentation. Rumor has it that singer/songwriter Aimee Mann insists on large mixing bowls filled with peanut M&Ms with the peanuts seperated from their M&M counterparts, each one visibly labeled so the chocolate and the legume can be reunited on their way to the afterlife. Comedian Buck Henry supposedly required a french bulldog encased in turkey Spam before writing each Get Smart script. And I have a reliable source that tells me that Rembrandt snorted powdered NesQuik daily. Suprisingly, Oprah does not have one of these food quirks.

While America waits patiently for Daddy's Gonna Kill Ralphie to start begging for money, we at Joko Records are keeping your interest with new bands like Chum, a pre-post-punk band with one of the most unique sounds you'll ever hear. Songwriter Theo Drummer (on bass) grew up in the deserts of southeast Maine and yearned to one day taste water. When Drummer met drummer Supercut Cousteau, they ventured for months until they found an ocean upon which they would write songs that will go down in infamy like "Thirsty For U" and "Didja Know Shark Teeth Grow Back?" Only with the addition of guitarist SCUBA Johansen did the trio discover the underwater sound they had been searching for. Be sure to check out their latest release, "Camera Shy," available in your grocer's freezer.



~Joko!