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Neuter Cooter

Chaos or Bust!

About Me


My given name: Andrew Newton Rayburn
My Momma calls me: Newt
Therefore all my friends call me: Newt
My good friends call me: Neuter
My Cooter name is: Neuter Cooter
My Hash House Harriers name is: Returtled Pussy
Some people in high school called me: Cooter
I play bass and sing in The Cooters. We started in 1993 and have been creating chaos ever since!!!
www.TheCooters.com
www.MySpace.com/thecooters
I write for Profane Existence , and I've been involved with PE as a contributor or collective member since issue #1 (yes, way back in 1989!).
Check out some of my artwork at www.aNewt.com .
I am currently producing/publishing The Local Voice newspaper which comes out every two weeks in Oxford, Mississippi!
In addition to my band The Cooters, I also have several side-project bands including Megacooter , Tom Queyja , Max Hipp , and Brad Boatright .
I used to play in the bands: The Local Toughs (1996), Grisham's Army (1994-1995), Backwoods Mississippi Anarchy Orchestra (1992), Pissed (1991-1992), Dead Fish (1987-1989), Speed (1988), Blackout (1987), and Assault (1986).
I used to produce the 'zines: Profane Existence, Assault With Intent to Free, The Oxford American, Living Blues, 8x12, The Life and Times, Rebel Yell... Won a National Magazine Award in 1999 for co-producing The Oxford American Southern Music magazine.
I've designed CDs & records for: Moral Crux, Kudzu Kings, Blue Mountain, Wobitty, The Neckbones, Billy Gibson, Fling Hammer, Atomic Jefferson, CYC, "Howlin' Madd" Bill Perry, Grounded Pilots, Tom Queyja, and many others
Other activities I partake: graphic design, sound design, coffee and tea drinkin', artwork, cooking, and sitting behind a computer trying to make sense of it all...
Things that I hate: ketchup, people who say one thing and do another, government out of control, megacorportations, insurance companies, the two party system, the music industry, Wal-Mart, sweet tea (yuk! unsweet tea rules), cheap coffee, when people call me "dude,"...

My Interests

barn burning, monkey wrenching, and chaos theory.

I'd like to meet:

God and Satan. Maybe even in a battle royal. That would be the ultimate clash!

Music:

Punk, metal, rocknroll, blues, jazz, and anything else that is real music, made by real people, with real heart, soul, and hopefully some real intelligence too.

If you want to see a long list of shit I like, check out The Cooters myspace page.

Movies:

The first movie I ever saw was "Star Wars" in 1977. I was six. The second movie I ever saw was "Saturday Night Fever" and my parents covered my eyes and ears through much of it. Needless to say it was a let down compared to "Star Wars" and pretty much every other movie I've ever seen has been a let down too.
Nevertheless, I also love...
"Decline of the Western Civilization" Parts I & II;
"Another State of Mind";
"Blues Brothers";
"They Live";
"V for Vendetta";
"Lord of the Rings";
"Escape From New York";
"Heavy Metal";
"Spinal Tap";
"Conan the Barbarian"
and "The Destroyer";
"Flash Gordon";
Mad Max trilogy;
"Braveheart";
"The Man Who Would Be King";
"Falling Down";
"Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind";
"The Butterfly Effect";
"Batman Begins";
among others...
I'll add some more later...
I love music videos and even more, I love compilations of music videos. Some of my favorite music video compilations include DVD and VHS by Sonic Youth, Dead Kennedys, Sepultura, Voivod, The Cure, Beastie Boys, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Motley Crue... I wish more bands would put together releasable DVD compilations of videos set to their music!!!
I dig musicials too. My favorites are "Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Little Shop of Horrors," "Nightmare Before Christmas," "Grease," "Jesus Christ Superstar," "South Park," "The Muppet Movie"... Does "The Blues Brothers" count as a musical? What about "Spinal Tap?" Seems like they are...

Television:

"The Young Ones" is the best sitcom ever!
You've also gotta see the first two episodes of "Duke of Hazzard." This is what its all about in the South (and I'm not talking about the edited version they sometimes show on TV.) Talk about fighting the system like a true modern day Robin Hood... too bad too many other episodes were pretty much useless... does anybody even remember Coy and Vance?!?!
My favorite cartoon is probably Futurama edging out The Simpsons just barely. Mainly I feel that way cause The Simpsons is far too Mainstream these days. Southpark is still hilarious. I like that they push the envelope.
My friends would probably tell you I'm a news junkie. This is true. Even though I "don't trust the things I see" and "what I read I don't believe," I also believe in monitoring the situation on planet Earth. Yeah, I'm expecting the shit to go down any moment now... and you know what? You gotta keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Go figure.
I also dig Robot Chicken!

Books:

T.A.Z. Temporary Autonomous Zone by Hakim Bey, Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman, Guitar Army by John Sinclair, Threat By Example, Making Punk A Threat Again ...

Heroes:

Favorite Bass Players: Steve Harris, Cliff Burton, Lemmy, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bootsy, Kim Gordon, Blacky, Klaus Flouride, Geezer Butler, Justin Warren, Duff McKagen, Geddy Lee, Sid Vicious, Brad Smith, Dave Edwardson, John John Jesse.

Favorite sports stars: Dennis Rodman, Wilt Chamberlin, John McEnroe, Ricky Williams, Ron Artest... troublemakers in other words!

Favorite Revolutionaries: Abbie Hoffman, Jello Biafra, John Sinclair, Emma Goldman, Guy Fawkes, Johnny Reb, Noam Chomsky...

My Blog

Oxford’s Punk Scene Turns Twenty Years Old

Oxford's Punk Scene Turns Twenty The twenty-year anniversary of Oxford's First Punk Show is December 19th. Oxford's D.I.Y. Punk Scene had its first show on December 19, 1987 at "Gentry's Shack," a sm...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:53:00 PST

Remember, remember the Fifth of November!

Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent To blow up King and ...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:26:00 PST

Before I Hang set to play FREE show in Oxford...

Do you remember when rock-n-roll was dangerous? Do you remember when rock-n-roll was offensive? Do you remember when rock-n-roll was considered a threat to society?   Probably not.  T...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:19:00 PST

The triumphant return of The Neckbones, Oxford's infamous garage punk band

The Local Voice has posted three interviews I recently did with Tyler Keith, Dave Boyer, and Forrest Hewes of Oxford's infamous garage punk band, The Neckbones, complete with an excess...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:03:00 PST

My interview with legendary roots rock band BLUE MOUNTAIN!

Interview with Laurie & Cary regarding Blue Mountain reunion Laurie Stirratt and Cary Hudson of Blue Mountain recently talked to The Local Voice, regarding the upcoming Blue Mountain reunion, lif...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:12:00 PST

"The Past Is Never Past"

Note: This article was written for Profane Existence #52/53 which comes out in June. As many of you know, I publish a biweekly newspaper, The Local Voice, and I published this article in the new issue...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Sun, 20 May 2007 12:21:00 PST

Apparently I'm the Devil. This is news to me!

You are The Devil Materiality. Material Force. Material temptation; sometimes obsession The Devil is often a great card for business success; hard work and ambition. Perhaps the most misunderstood o...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:04:00 PST

Project Runway

I'm probably going to get alot of shit for this, but my secret obsession is Project Runway. I've been watching this show for a few years now and I think its great. Although I'm not a fashion designer,...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:56:00 PST

Which Rocky Horror character are you?

Well, I didn't see this coming!  I thought for sure I'd be Eddie... Which Rocky Horror character are you? You are Frank N Furter. You know you wanted this result... Take this quiz! Quizilla...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:38:00 PST

The Cooters in The North Mississippi Scene newspaper

The Cooters are on the cover of this week's North Mississippi Scene newsweekly published by Tupelo's Daily Journal newspaper. If you didn't see it, we have downloadable PDFs that you can view on your ...
Posted by Neuter Cooter on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:28:00 PST