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Posted Jun. 11, 2007,
James Jackson Toth of Wooden Wand Interview
By PAPERMAG Editors
James Jackson Toth is Wooden Wand. After the June 12th release of James & the Quiet on Ecstatic Peace!, the name and the legend will be no more; this, after a slew of studio albums recorded with the Vanishing Voices (and one with the Sky High Band) and countless self-released CD-R's and audiotapes. Fresh off his last tour with the Vanishing Voices, PAPERMAG's Justin Goncalves phoned Toth and talked about titular phallacies, working with members of Sonic Youth and growing up in Shaolin land.
Justin Goncalves: I remember getting a press release a few months ago with some pretty forceful language about your retiring of the name Wooden Wand. Rather than asking why James & the Quiet will be the last time you use the name, I'm more curious about the origins of the name.
James Jackson Toth: It's not too interesting a story. I’ve been asked this question before and I never know what to say. It just popped into my head one day. Since then, people have drawn into the phallic implications, which is fine with me. It's not like I hadn't seen them.
JG: You're fine with the phallic implications?
JJT: Yep.