and here's a taste of the google translation from german into english which is very enjoyable:
vic: ...and he is also quite a tough guy. As a cowboy he walked up to me and said [speaks with a grumpy voice], I have a few songs about Iraq, about the war. ' I just thought, 'Oh damn!'. But we have immediately understood because we have much in common and both listen to music from the 60s and like the same books. At the end of our first meeting, I said, but you are looking for a new home. I have already had a vacancy. ' He must have thought, that's kind of an angle ', but in the end he moved in with us.
Rocking Steady: Was that something like a group home?
Vic Ruggiero: Exactly. Many were artists. The whole was now not super artistic, but most had studied and worked something, but not necessarily in a secure permanent position. One was a writer, another a scientist. Everyone did something different.
Rocking Steady: Are you still alive there?
Vic Ruggiero: No, I moved for example from two years ago. But I have lived about seven years there and it was very cool. It took me I must das. about twenty plates have taken there. It was relaxed and totally inspiring. I had a place to work and could easily go up and put me to sleep. My roommates were understanding when I once bought a whole horn section. One day I even set up a drum set in the living room, so I apologized to any reason, but the others just said, why, then, is not it great. "
Later, I came down and they played on the drums and I said, hey , you should really stop now, it is very late. ' In this place I was not the troublemaker, but almost the full responsibility.
Rocking Steady: You inspired the song writing, if you meet other people?
KEPI AND VIC CALIFORNIA!! BAY AREA
THUR 2/09/2012 Kepi Ghoulie/Vic Ruggiero, Drag the River, Bastards of Young acoustic!!! at Luigi's Fun Garden, Sacramento, CA Luigi's Fun Garden, Sacramento, CA
SAT 2/11/2012 Kepi Ghoulie/Vic Ruggiero and all kinds of special friends!!! at 1234 Go! Records, Oakland CA MATINEE!!!! 1234 Go! Records, Oakland, CA
SUN 2/12/2012 Kepi Ghoulie/Vic Ruggiero at Rockage, San Jose MATINEE!!!! Sun., Feb 12.... :) San Jose Women's Center, San Jose, CA
Phil Nerges: Vic Ruggiero and Townsend Street Part Two up now at http://lanterloon.com/?tag=phil-nerges
...one day ernest hemingway sauntered thru bob dylan's door
ernest said, "hey man lemme tell u bout the spanish civil war..."
bob said, "can i write a song about that?"
ernest said "sure, ...hey u know where i could find a cheap pad?"
bob said, "hmmm...i think the room upstairs is free"
ernest said, " maybe u can rent it to me..."
...and then there's phil and vic down on Townsend street...
London’s “Bourbon Soaked Snake Charmin’ Rock’n’Roll Cabaret”
Comes to New Orleans for ONE NIGHT ONLY!
“IF YOU HAVE 12 HOURS TO LIVE, SPEND IT AT GYPSY HOTEL”
Time Out Magazine
Wednesday 9 November 2011
STARRING:
THE URBAN VOODOO MACHINE
-Bourbon Soaked Gypsy Blues Bop'n'Stroll from London!
*Led by the Norwegian-born Paul-Ronney Angel, The Urban Voodoo Machine is a supremely talented collective of London-based musicians whose lurching sea shanties, debauched murder ballads, skewed tangos and gypsy stomps have been bringing the spirit of the carnie to an ever-growing audience of dedicated fans these past few years and seen them tour and support artists like The Pogues, New York Dolls, Paul McCartney and Goran Bregovic.
Comprising anywhere between 7 and 12 musicians at any one time, the group play a colourful array of instruments including guitars, drums, fiddle, trumpet, banjo, washboard, upright bass, gong, mandolin, accordion, harmonica, saxophone, tuba, sousaphone and even empty bottles and tie racks to build their own unique Bourbon Soaked Gypsy Blues Bop”n’Stroll.
"A great mix of Preservation Hall jazz, Eastern European folk and rock'n'roll"
4/5 R2 MAGAZINE
"The culture crossing sound has roots in the Pogues, the Clash and cabaret noveau"
4/5 DAILY MIRROR
Check out their latest single “Goodbye To Another Year” here:
***
MADDIE RUTHLESS
-Rocksteady Queen Of New Orleans!
* Louisiana's own "Rocksteady Queen of New Orleans", Maddie Ruthless, is very serious about riddim. As Maddie Ruthless & the Secret Affair, she brought a bold, yet classic, style of Ska to the world. Now, with her friends from New York, the Forthrights, Maddie is making a heavy purist's style rocksteady with deep cut rhythm blended seamlessly with classic New Orleans R&B songwriting. This is a rude gyal tek ova."
WHY ARE WE BUILDING SUCH A BIG SHIP?
-NOLA Punk Brass Cabaret Party!
* An unwieldy, shifting assemblage of horns, strings, percussion and voices, one minute graced with wistful melancholy, tempered with cautious optimism the next, they're one of the most curious and original bands in America
- MOJO Magazine
VIC RUGGIERO
-From The Slackers
* Vic is most know from his work with NYC ska legends The Slackers, but also finds time to hit the road and produce some fine solo albums with his Dylanesque Hobo Ska Blues.
“Vic Ruggiero is a genius songwriter”
ROLLING STONE
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