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  Ink 19 :: Southern Culture on the Skids
Southern Culture on the Skids (or more succinctly, SCOTS), are no strangers to the culinary double entendre, seeing as their demi-surf shockabilly mini-anthem "Eight Piece Box" serves up a libidinous musical meal so shockingly sensual that it becomes hard to imagine it is even about food at all.
Southern Culture on the Skids specify that, if they are to be supplied with Kentucky Fried Chicken, it has to be original recipe, and not the ever-popular extra crispy variety.
The SCOTS' campy stage persona and dress, replete with both embracing and caricaturizing of Southern culture, is the definition of hyperbole.
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Cultural change could be the result of invention and innovation, but it could also result from contact between two cultures.
Cultural studies developed in the late 20th century in part through the reintroduction of Marxist thought into sociology, and in part through the articulation of sociology and other academic disciplines such as literary criticism.
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 Metroactive Music | Southern Culture on the Skids
As its name implies, Southern Culture both celebrates and lampoons the joys of white trashdom, paying tribute to the glories of rockabilly music, big Cadillacs, girl fights and cholesterol.
Currently, Southern Culture is touring with rockabilly icon Reverend Horton Heat.
Southern Culture on the Skids opens for Reverend Horton Heat on Thursday, July 17, at 9pm ($15 adv/$17 door) and Friday, July 18, at 9:30pm ($16 adv/$18 door) at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz.
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 Cosmik Debris Magazine Presents: Southern Culture on the Skids
My own introduction to the Chapel Hill NC ensemble known as Southern Culture on the Skids came much later than their 1985 self-titled debut, and honestly, I knew a lot more about what the swamp rockin' trio looked like for a good while before actually getting to hear their music.
Back when he was still a swinging bachelor, my husband had a promo photo of the SCOTS propped up on the radiator by his bed, and for nearly six months, that happy little picture of the big-haired lady and her two jug-band companions gave me something to look at during some mighty fine hump sessions.
To the uninitiated, Southern Culture On the Skids - fronted by original member Rick Miller on guitar and joined by members-since-1987 Mary Huff on bass and Dave Hartman on drums - has brought their love of big cars, greasy food, and big hair to audiences around the world.
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 Southern Culture on the Skids News - Topix
Southern Culture on the Skid's latest album, "Countrypolitan Favorites," features the usual classic country and rockabilly sound -- except with songs by the likes of T. Rex, The Who and The Kinks.
Great S.C.O.T.S. TODAY From the outset, Southern Culture on the Skids was a band that practically begged to be relegated to the 'novelty' bin.
Southern Culture on the Skids Southern Culture on the Skids Biography True to their name, North Carolina's Southern Culture on the Skids offers an affectionate parody of local white-trash trailer-park culture,...
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 Southern Culture on the Skids: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Chapel Hill, NC-based Southern Culture on the Skids [+] has been releasing original, Southern-fried rockabilly boogie since 1985, when guitarist Rick Miller [+] formed the group and released its eponymous debut album.
Southern Culture gained a strong cult following of roots rock purists and indie kids, and the band has even backed up legendary wildman Hasil Adkins [+].
Southern Culture was signed by DGC in 1995, and issued Dirt Track Date [+] the next year.
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 VH1.com : Southern Culture on the Skids : Biography
Southern Culture may play chiefly to an underground-rock audience, but their gonzo tributes to the South aren't as smug as some of their peers working similar territory, since the band has genuine roots in the area.
Southern Culture on the Skids were founded by guitarist/singer Rick Miller in the college town of Chapel Hill, NC, in 1985.
In 1995, Geffen subsidiary DGC signed Southern Culture on the Skids to a major-label contract, which was consummated the following year with Dirt Track Date.
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 Live Review: Southern Culture on the Skids / The Saddlesores, August 31, 1996
Southern Culture on the Skids then elevated the fun factor with their southern surf-hillbilly sounds and stories to match.
Jumping on stage and into their set without even whispering a word, they began the resurrection to a packed house that was ready to go nuts from the first twang of Rick Miller's guitar.
SCOTS had the joint a-jumpin' faster than you could say oatmeal pie and put forth a tight, joyous set of ditties highlighted by Mary Huff's high pitched countrified voice of yesteryear on the old Lincoln Chase song "Nitty Gritty," which, for me, stood higher than her bouffant hairdo.
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 Southern Culture on the Skids, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
Following an early incarnation as a relatively straightforward roots rock outfit, they morphed into a raucous, sleazy, tongue-in-cheek party band obsessed with sex and food; in fact, fried chicken became a crucial part of their live performances, whether it was used in eating contests or tossed into the audience.
Southern Culture may play chiefly to an underground rock audience, but their gonzo tributes to the South aren't as smug as some of their peers working similar territory, since the band has genuine roots in the area.
Southern Culture on the Skids was founded by guitarist/singer Rick Miller in the college town of Chapel Hill, NC, in 1985.
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 NUVO.net | Sound: Southern Culture on the Skids to play the Patio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Now in their 17th year of fried chicken-throwing existence (hurling KFC at the crowd is a Southern Culture on the Skids tradition), the band is back with a new album and tour, which stops Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the Patio.
Southern Culture on the Skids left Geffen Records after the 1997 album, Plastic Seat Sweat.
Tickets for the Southern Culture on the Skids show are available through Ticketmaster or at the Patio.
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 A menu for Southern Culture on the Skids - Friday, 05/21/04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Miller's band, aptly named Southern Culture on the Skids, is also a pioneer in onstage food service.
Southern Culture on the Skids has been on tour since late February, promoting its new record, Mojo Box.
Southern Culture on the Skids and The Paybacks perform Saturday night at Exit/In, 2208 Elliston Place.
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 the i - Southern Culture On The Skids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
IF you go out in the woods today you're sure of a big surprise - but it won't be the Teddy Bear's picnic, man. Rick Miller uses "man" a lot with a kind of North Carolinian drawl to extend it into something a little more regional.
Every menu on the item has been cooking for a while and has its own flavour, but they all run together when you put 'em on the plate and start to eat.
Southern Culture On The Skids coming to a sweaty jukejoint near you soon - or revolving on a Durt Track Date where the action's over the top and energy's high octane, super-charged.
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 Southern Culture on the Skids workin' the 'Mojo' (printable version)
Southern Culture on the Skids workin' the 'Mojo'
Southern Culture on the Skids plays May 2 at the Hacienda.
For the second time in a year and at least the fourth time in as many years, Southern Culture on the Skids, the Chapel Hill, N.C. swamp rock band, will be in town.
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 SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS STOPPING BY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
SOUTHERN CULTURE On The Skids, the Chapel Hill-based band that has played everywhere from the old Outer Banks Mex-Econo to Jay Leno's ``Tonight Show,'' returns to play Port O' Call on Friday and Saturday.
Southern Culture On The Skids was formed by Miller and a guy named Stan Lewis.
Miller, Lewis and another girl bass player cut an EP called ``Voodoo Beach Party'' and an album called ``Southern Culture On The Skids'' in 1985 and 1986, but by 1987 were suffering from a ``lack of direction.'' Then Lewis quit and Miller took over the singing chores.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960915/09120165.htm   (590 words)

  
 Southern Culture on the Skids - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
Sure, Southern Culture on the Skids' grimy, twangy garage stompin' is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but the bandmembers also possess a deep reverence for Southern music.
It was also a “pig-pickin” — a Southern BBQ tradition— so it was greasy and meaty.
So it made sense for SCOTS to get their hometown friends and longtime fans together for a 3-day “session” at Local 506 and record a live record — one that captures what the band is really all about.
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 Blogcritics.org: Southern Culture on the Skids - Mojo Box
Southern Culture on the Skids are one of those bands who always seem to be punching above their weight.
All of the foregoing certainly reads as though I were winding up to chuck Mojo Box into the nearest river and to trash Southern Culture on the Skids as pale imitations of imitations, ten years past their sell-by date.
Fried Chicken and Corn Liquor: Southern Culture on the Skids are one of those bands who always seem to be punching above their weight.
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 NPR : Country-Fried Rock from Southern Culture
Southern Culture on the Skids: Rick Miller, left, Mary Huff and Dave Hartman.
World Cafe, January 20, 2006 · The new album from Southern Culture on the Skids continues their string of party albums -- by adding a California twist.
Southern Culture on the Skids got its start in 1985, when guitarist/singer Rick Miller was in art school in Chapel Hill, N.C. He founded a trio of performers who poked affectionate fun at the South -- which often left listeners either amused or angry.
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 Internet Archive: Southern Culture On The Skids
Southern Culture On The Skids Live at Graceland on 2004-05-07
Southern Culture On The Skids Live at El Corazon (formerly Graceland) on 2005-02-18
Southern Culture On The Skids Live at The Nick on 1991-02-06
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 Southern Culture on the Skids: Plastic Seat Sweat: Pitchfork Record Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
But where the Alvin brothers are traditionalists, Southern Culture, as you may have gathered, twist the rockabilly genre just a little.
Instead, Southern Culture on the Skids is busy recreating and reinventing -- not deconstructing -- the rockabilly world.
Southern Culture on the Skids is one of those bands that always perplexed me from afar.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/21927/Southern_Culture_on_the_Skids_Plastic_Seat_Sweat   (290 words)

  
 Dallas - Music - Southern Culture on the Skids - dallasobserver.com
Southern Culture on the Skids A little more than 10 years ago, I actually proposed to my girlfriend at a Southern Culture on the Skids New Year's Eve show in New Jersey.
A few months later, the girl and I split up, but Southern Culture on the Skids has stuck around; in fact, the North Carolina band has been doin' it for 21 years now, give or take a brief hiatus or two.
The band's blend of rockabilly, swamp blues, surf and country music is as addictive as always (and highly accomplished too, though the group downplays its formidable skills with a humble kind of aw-shucks-ness).
music.dallasobserver.com /2007-03-22/music/southern-culture-on-the-skids   (416 words)

  
 Southern Boogie - Southern Culture on the Skids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Southern Boogie - Southern Culture on the Skids
North Carolina's Southern Culture on the Skids is a little band that's been around for a while, spreading their own variety of swamp rockabilly on the road.
I had the opportunity to sit down with singer/guitarist Rick Miller before their show October 23rd at the Showbox.
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 Southern Culture On The Skids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Fans should also keep an eye out for the launch of a brand-new, Southern Culture on the Skids website, offering news, contests, real-time credit card ordering of a vast array of SCOTS merchandise, a bulletin board, messages from the band, and much more.
Southern Culture will be participating in the upcoming Digital Club Network Festival and you can check it all out online if you can't make it to the club in person.
Southern Culture On The Skids are playing hometown hosts once again for the annual summertime Chapel Hill, NC rock-n-roll extravaganza.
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 Southern Culture on the Skids at Big Ed's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Southern Culture on the Skids — the highbrows of hillbilly
For hillbilly-surf rockers Southern Culture on the Skids, a bucket of fried chicken has pretty much been the extent of stage props for years.
Southerners have a great sense of humor about themselves.
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 Southern Culture On The Skids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
For Southern Culture on the Skids, a hillbilly rock trio with roots in Roanoke, success is a green vinyl chair kissed by orange and yellow flames.
There's a picture of it on the cover of Southern Culture's newest CD, "Plastic Seat Sweat." Now retired from its short modeling career, the chair resides in the Chapel Hill, N.C., home of singer/guitarist Rick Miller and singer/bassist Mary Huff.
Southern Culture played a band (big stretch) and had a song on the soundtrack of "I Know What You Did Last Summer."
www.chapel-hill.nc.us /scots/roanoke.html   (1729 words)

  
 Southern Culture on the Skids - Chicken Shit Farmer - Last.fm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Southern Culture on the Skids - Chicken Shit Farmer - Last.fm
Southern Culture on the Skids - Chicken Shit Farmer
Southern Culture on the Skids Ditch Diggin' Chicken Shit Farmer
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 Southern Culture On The Skids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Wray himself started chanting and hollering "Southern Culture On The Skids, Southern Culture On The Skids, Southern Culture On The Skids" (though sometimes it sounded more like "Southern Culture _And_ The Skids" or something else).
SCOTS really had not planned to play anymore and Rick and Mary had mosied away from the stage, but finally after Link kept hollering, Dave and Crispy got up and thanked Link and Chris gave Link's wife, Olive, a big ol' bear hug picking her clean up off the floor.
Link and the guys played another number or two and I believe it was then that he told the crowd how SCOTS was his 15 year old son's favorite band.
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 Amazon.ca: Plastic Seat Sweat: Music: Southern Culture on the Skids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
On their sixth album, Southern Culture on the Skids offer a tour of white-trash, Americana, hillbilly funk, B-movie instrumentals, road-kill rock--all without leaving their customized Laz-E-Boy.
Southern Culture guitarist Rick Miller, bassist Mary Huff, and drummer Dave Hartman genuinely love this music, even as they mock its fl-velvet trappings.
When Southern Culture move into the neighborhood, you can bet property values will plummet in reverse ratio to the elevation of your mood.
www.amazon.ca /Plastic-Sweat-Southern-Culture-Skids/dp/B000003TCR   (763 words)

  
 YouTube - Southern Culture on the Skids/ Deja Varoom!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
YouTube - Southern Culture on the Skids/ Deja Varoom!
Southern Culture on the Skids Live at the Aladdin Theater
Southern Culture on the Skids - Daddy was a Preacher
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