Luv Doc Recommends: Wammo vs. Forsyth

Continental Club, Friday, July 15, 2011

"...questions like the preceding ones, former Asylum Street Spankers Wammo and Guy Forsyth are certainly brave enough to try...."

July 15, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

My Slammer Vacation

How I Spent...

"...(Coach Mike Henry, Genevieve Van Cleve, Susan B.A. Somers-Willett, Wammo, and myself) the actual competition could have left us..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Phil West

Do They Dare?

Austin Team Portland-Bound for the National Poetry Slam

"...of 27. And our team captain, known only as Wammo, placed 2nd in the individual competition, missing the title..."

July 26, 1996 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Dancing About Architecture

Street Sales

"...to Freddie King, not deal with lawyers and courts." Wammo's Flying Discs..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Slam, Bam, Thank You, Ma'am

Handicapping the Slam Team Poets

"...The Austin Slam Team: Clockwise are Wammo, Susan B. A. Somers-Willet, Phil West nad Genevieve Van..."

May 30, 1997 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

The Last Laugh

Guy Forsyth signs off on God's Favorite Band

"..."I met Wammo in '93 while he was working as a cabby..."

April 21, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Slam as It Ever Was

The nationals come to Austin amid the polarizing medium's 20th anniversary

"...people don't like three-chord rock songs," says ponytail, aka Wammo, and to discern it in his stream of words..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature by Shawn Badgley

Record Reviews

"...WAMMO..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Music Review

Butthole Surfer Update!

"...the Butthole Surfers this week! Instead, how about this: Wammo, who was seen scarfing free chow at the Buttholes'..."

July 5, 1996 Music Column

S-S-Somebody Spank Me

The Asylum Street Spankers

"...it until they met a big burly poet named Wammo at Dabb's Hotel in Llano. They passed around an..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Music Feature

Wammo

Record Review

"...WammoFaster Than the Speed of Suck..."

April 26, 2002 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music goes to Amsterdam, and the Spankers come back from there; more albums don't come out, and more bad club news

"...and Mysterious John, both of whom, says eternal Spanker Wammo, had finally had enough of the band's grueling tour..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

A Crumb and a Spank

"...a crack show by Junior Brown with Buddy Miles (Wammo has since been going around telling everybody that "when..."

June 5, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

South by Spoken Word

No Slam, Thank You, Ma'am

"...SlamNation (showing in SXSW Film), Phil West, Danny Solis, Wammo, and Hilary Thomas are the Austin Poetry Slam Team...."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature by Phil West

Reading Aloud

SXSW 97 Spoken Word Showcases

"...WAMMO: At last year's showcase, Wammo stepped up to the..."

March 14, 1997 Books Feature by Phil West

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...Stranger, the debut from Austin poetry's favorite son/whipping boy Wammo, and there are some intriguing, promising items on their..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Dance With the Devil

Getting Austin Artists in Step With Their Audience

"...a year for the artist still known only as Wammo. For most of the last 15 years or so,..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Hootie and the Reivers?

"...the Cactus Cafe next Tuesday at 8pm... Guerilla poet Wammo found himself in a real war in late January..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Music Column

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Carrie Rodriguez's Laboratorio, itchy-O, Fontaines D.C., Ash Lauryn, Nas & Wu-Tang, and more

"...sky-carving night at the Far Out Lounge. – Richard Whittaker Wammo’s Second Annual 60th Birthday PartyABGB, Friday 23..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Shinyribs Frontman Kevin Russell Will Perform Gourds Set for Electric Lounge Reunion

Reliving the wild and woolly Nineties music scene downtown

"...and the SIMS Foundation. Former Asylum Street Spankers frontman Wammo (born William Walker) hosts the following bill of music..."

April 11, 2019 Music Post by Michael Toland

Off the Record

Asylum Street Spankers' last laugh

"...filmed for a future DVD release. While washboard poet Wammo won't be in attendance – he's on tour with..."

April 22, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wammo / Shorty Long

"...Wammo..."

April 15, 2005 Music Review by David Lynch

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"..."Hillbillies in a Haunted House," and two cuts from Wammo's Faster Than the Speed of Suck album. Next week..."

April 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Slam Week Events

"...(former Austin Slam Team members Mike Henry, Hilary Thomas, Wammo, and Phil West) in a head-to-head poetry duel. Silent..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature

Slamming Toward August

"...out again." I now know the man speaking was Wammo. At the time, I had no idea who he..."

May 29, 1998 Books Feature

Won't Get Schooled Again

Austin's Music Class of '98

"...Although spoken-word meister/Asylum Street Spanker Wammo says what's tentatively being titled either Faster Than the..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

Shock Waves Goodbye

"...of Mike Henry, Phil West, Genevieve Van Cleve, and Wammo, the team of Austin poetry slammers who trotted up..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Music Column

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...music. (Note to my 20-year-old self: When the artist Wammo says with a heavy sigh, "That Seattle band –..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Slacker 2011 Interviews: Scott R. Meyers

Director Scott R. Meyers on Slacker 2011

"...the role originally played by slam poet/Asylum Street Spanker Wammo...."

Aug. 29, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin Poetry Slam

Mike Henry bid adieu to the slam he hosted for 15 years

"...didn't start the Austin Slam – "You can blame Wammo for that," he says, adjusting his specs, grinning a..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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