{"id":12563,"date":"2023-11-14T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12563"},"modified":"2026-05-09T13:17:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:17:38","slug":"album-review-johnny-sizzle-i-can-not-forgive-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2023\/11\/14\/album-review-johnny-sizzle-i-can-not-forgive-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review :: JohNNy SiZZle :: I Can Not Forgive You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Independent release on Bandcamp&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/a0804369582_16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/a0804369582_16.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/a0804369582_16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/a0804369582_16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/a0804369582_16-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>by Scott Price<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can one say about the originators? The people who forged a path that few understood. Way before folk punk was really a thing, Johnny Sizzle was beating the shit out of an acoustic guitar. I guess all one can say is that we are happy to hear new material from Johnny Sizzle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>This batch of songs was written during the Covid area and displays a ferocious playing style that shows an artist that was pent up and ready to go. If anyone has seen Johnny Sizzle play live, that last comment is really saying something.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he had just released the epic 8-minute and 52-second \u201cFolkies Aren\u2019t Kinked Out Enough<em>\u201d<\/em> as a single and called it a day, I would consider this one of the best local releases in the last few years, but there are more than a few bangers on this album. Stand out tracks for me are \u201cJesus Christ in a Gay Bar\u201d<em> <\/em>and <em>\u201c<\/em>Bill Hicks Says So<em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When an artist creates such uncompromising art, we should pay attention. If this kind of stuff suits your fancy, tune in to Winnipeg Arena is on Fire Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on CKUW 95.9fm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent release on Bandcamp&nbsp; by Scott Price What can one say about the originators? The people who forged a path that few understood. Way before folk punk was really a thing, Johnny Sizzle was beating the shit out of an acoustic guitar. I guess all one can say is that we are happy to hear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1576,1420,1575,1577,491],"class_list":["post-12563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-i-can-not-forgive-you","tag-album-review","tag-album-review-johnny-sizzle-i-can-not-forgive-you","tag-i-can-not-forgive-you-2","tag-johnny-sizzle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13131,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12563\/revisions\/13131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}