Take Ryan Adams Offa The Gold-Dang Jukebox!
Why do you need a fancy-pants rock critic to review a record, anyway? Especially when J. Noise knows firsthand the effects of this record on the regulars at Pete’s Saloon.
Noise Diaries
A former member of the infamous Culture Terror Organization and The Last Modern, J Noise played the character “HOST” on the (almost) pirate music television program “Noise Bazaar” from 1990 to 1996. Following a 36 month reign as ruler of a remote Phillipine island colony, he returned to the US and began “STRIPWAX”, the world’s only music-review comic strip. His comics are archived at [www.stripwax.com](http://www.stripwax.com)
How About Betty The Singing Deer Head?
Marketing Genius! J. Noise figures out the perfect use for the new Gretchen Wilson album. Move over Bigmouth Billy Bass!
I’m Fully Engaged In Monkey Business!
Is J. Noise impressed with the new Black Eyed Peas? We’ll let you decide.
I’d Love To Be Your Invented Competition
Oasis and the White Stripes… opposing ends of the stylistic spectrum, or left glove and right glove? J. Noise exposes the taxonomy.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard Is An Ol’ Dirty Ghost Now…
But you’d better believe that the ODB is having a blast as the ODG! J. Noise tries to see a silver lining in the first (of many) post-mortem cash-in albums.
Encore!
John Ashcroft decides to kick up his heels for his last few days in office! Only in Stripwax could this have anything to do with reviewing the new Eminem album.
Goodnight Luna
Jeff Noise bids an oddly-familiar adieu to Dean Wareham’s band of much-loved indie stalwarts. Even your cynical editor got a lil’ misty over this one.
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