Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Now I Got Worry” released 25 years ago today, October 15th, 1996. Matador Records. JSBX’s fifth LP is one of my top 5 of all of their releases (though I may be guilty of saying that about all of their albums). Wild and noisy punk blues with some of their iconic tracks including “Wail;” Weird Al Yankovic directed and made a cameo in the highly entertaining and hysterical video which includes Spencer popping out of a toilet and Judah and Russell doing the macerana). Other great tracks are “2 Kindsa Love,” “Fuck Shit Up” (a cover originally by Dub Narcotic who they toured with in 2002 – at the show we went to Dub didn’t end up playing because they got there late but did manage to incite a mini-riot and get the club shutdown), “Chicken Dog” (with guest vocals from Rufus Thomas and Mark Ramos Nishita aka Money Mark), “R.L. Got Soul” and “Can’t Stop” which has the greatest – and most truthful – line of all time: “Throw your hands in the air and kiss my ass ‘cause your girlfriend still loves me.” We saw JSBX during the tour for this record at the Barrymore Theater – and got to go backstage after the show – in Madison, WI about a month after its release (Nov. 9, 1996 – as always a huge thank you to pop-catastrophe.co.uk for having such a thorough archive!).