James Jackson Toth (better known by his nom de plume, Wooden Wand) and MAGNET go way back. We’ve been rabidly following his prolific, genre-eschewing career over the last decade: 100-plus records and counting, from short run seven-inches and handmade CD-Rs to major releases on some of the world’s most respected indie labels, including Kill Rock Stars, Ecstatic Peace and Young God, covering everything from the freakiest of folk to the most American rock ‘n’ roll money can buy. We’ve been lucky enough to have him as guest editor of magnetmagazine.com a couple of other times over the years, and he’s hooked us up with great mix tapes and been a constant source of great discussions about music. Toth will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new Q&A with him.
Toth: I recently had two half-empty bags of tater tots in the freezer and decided to compare brands. Sorry, hippies, but good old-fashioned Ore-Ida beat the Whole Foods brand handily. Nevertheless, any tater tot is a winning tater tot when you have insomnia and you are too stoned to drive to Taco Bell. When you think about it, it’s sort of a shame the name “Life Savers” was already taken.
Video after the jump.
