Nardwuar Fans, Get Ready For A Double Dose

08/10/07 6:00pm

You probably know Nardwuar The Human Serviette from the pages of Chart, his weekly radio show, his appearances on MuchMusic, his contributions to CBC Radio 3 and the Mint Christmas party with The Cribs and Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos. And yet, there's still more Nardwuar on the way.

The squeaky-voiced interviewer will release his second DVD, Welcome To My Castle, on Oct. 23. The material on the two-disc set is culled from interviews on his two public access television specials from the '90s, and the collection runs for a whopping five-and-a-half hours.

Pick it up and you can see classic Nardo interviews with Nirvana, Courtney Love, Flea, the Degrassi Kids, Jello Biafra, Sonic Youth, former prime ministers and presidents and many more. It also features eight videos from Gassy Jack And Other Tales, the new album from Nardwuar's band, The Evaporators. It will come out in LP and enhanced CD formats on Oct. 23 via Mint.

If you're wondering where the album title came from, a Mint press release has this delightful explanation:

"[It's] named after Vancouver pioneer Captain Jack Deighton, who got his nickname ('Gassy') from talking non-stop rather than farting."

Here are the songs on Gassy Jack And Other Tales:

"Where's The Butterknife?"
"You Got Me Into This, Now You Get Me Out!"
"Gassy Jack"
"Float Plane"
"E.J. Hughes"
"Shakin' With The Shaggy Shaker"
"Do The Eggbeater"
"Sasquatch And Me Ate Berries For Free"
"Desolation Sound"
"Tellin' Youth The Truth"
"Crispy Space Bacon"
"Evatone Sound Sheets"
"St. Roch"
"What If I Care About The People Who Live In The Seas Around Me?"
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