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Thursday November 29, 1990
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Symbols of Southern pop culture talk to stv
tv's Off the Cuff is already
getting the jump on a new
segment it will produce next
semester, "InsideOut,"
which will focus on celebrity
interviews and will be produced and
run by stv veteran Larry Weaver.
On Nov. 26-27, Weaver inter-
Jonathan Poole
Billy C. Wirtz and Mojo Nixon. The
interviews will air next semester, be
ginning the show's new season. Both
interviews reflect the musico
comedian's strange brand of humor.
Rev. Wirtz, a South Carolina na-
viewed two notable symbols of tive, wanted to accomplish three goals:
Southern pop culture, the Reverend to enter the music business, to go into
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comedy and to become a pro-wrestling
manager. He has managed to
attain all of these dreams.
Wirtz began performing in a Vir
ginia hillbilly club in 1977. His usual
gigs were "barn dances and places
with sawdust on the floor." He prefers
artists on the fringe of blues and rock;
his piano is influenced by the likes of
Jerry Lee Lewis and other disciples of
early rock'n'roll, he said.
"I always listened to artists like
Screamin Jay Hawkins and Frank
Zappa people on the border of
preaching."
Wirtz blames his philosophy and
look on "Earnest Angely, pro wrestling
anything on late night or early
morning T.V. before the advent of
satellite-influenced programming."
He always felt that pro-wrestling
managers were the best form of en
tertainment on T.V., he said. He
became a manager and won a tag
team belt during a six-month tenure
before his music career took off. In
and out of the ring, he became famous
for his "Rick Hair meets Nietzsche"
philosophy and preaching.
Wirtz has released two major-label
albums, "Deep Fried and Sanctified,"
and his latest release, "Backslider's
Tractor Pull," which includes the hit
song "Sleeperhold on Satan." He
describes his sound as "Oak-Ridge
boys in their pre-pop days." He will be
bringing his piano and his First House
of Polyester Worship to the Triangle
on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8, at the Brewery
in Raleigh.
Mojo Nixon expressed similar
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opinions on life, offerring his two
cents on the Gulf Crisis, Dean Smith
and MTV. He may be best known for
his loud, bizarre stints on MTV years
back.
"I had a big fight with MTV because
they wouldn't play the 'Debbie G ibson
is Pregnant With My Two-Headed
Love Child' video starring Winona
Ryder," he said. "Some people were
more interested in making money
than having a little fun."
His new video, "Destroy all Law
yers," should be airing on video sta
tions soon, along with his other re
lease, "I Wanna Race Bigfoot Trucks,"
which should be showing on TNN
and similar networks.
Mojo's latest project, Oo's, has re
ceived favorable comment from Mojo
fans despite his breakup with longtime
companion Skid Roper. "Things took
their natural course," he said. "I
wanted to do the band thing, and
Skid didn't."
Mojo described Otis as "the kind of
music you want to play when you're
driving around in a '66 Malibu, and
you put the 8-track in." Songs from
the track include the smash hit "Don
Henley Must Die" and other favorites
like "Perry Mason of Love" and a
tribute to his mother, "You Can Dress
'em Up but You Can't Take 'em Out."
The album owes its name to all the
Otis' out there: Otis the town drunk,
Otis Redding, Otis Rush, Otis Day
and Otis Nixon, to name some of the
elite.
"Otis is someone who always knows
where to get the best barbeque, where
to find some moonshine," Mojo said.
"Otis always has a friend who can fix
your car if you got a transmission
problem."
Mojo recently started a small side
career in the movie business with the
movie Great Balls of Fire.
"It was good to get a foot in the
proverbial door," he said. He plans
other roles, including a ranting rev
erend in the movie remake of Car 54
Where Are You?
Mojo, a Tarheel native, said he
was pleased to do the interview with
stv. "North Carolina has the three
best things," he noted, "best barbeque,
best college basketball and the best
stock car racing what more could
you want?"
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