I find that the Dive Bar Scene suits me. 

I like to write there, because I observe many interesting people, see many interesting things, and take the pulse beat of society as it is lived in reality…

Far from the confines of artificially-induced social media that today’s influencers never seem to stray from! 

And while sitting and writing at my old favorite haunt, I heard a song I did not like at all. 

A SINGER-SONGWRITER MYSTERY

The song I heard was entitled “F*** This Job” by Wheeler Walker Jr. 

I was disturbed by it, did not like it at all, and decided to do a double take to see if the lyrics I heard were really the lyrics being sung. 

They were. 

It’s a tale of sexual debauchery, lack of loyalty to teammates, and bitter self-obsession wallowing in the power that victimhood brings. 

Who in the heck would sing a song like this, much less write it? 

And with that question in mind, I knew I had to further research the singer and songwriter himself. 

THE TALE BEHIND THE NOM DE GUERRE 

His name is not really Wheeler Walker Jr., but instead Ben Hoffman. Wheeler Walker Jr. is his alter ego who performs raunchy, ironic, sexually satirical Country Songs. 

He has been praised by the Rolling Stone as “Unfathomably obscene and undeniably offensive…[and] also god**** funny.”  

Why in the world does he sing songs like this? 

To quote his Wikipedia Bio: 

“Hoffman has been vocal about his use of the character as a means to express his displeasure with the modern state of the country music industry, particularly the rise of the bro-country subgenre.”

Well that leads one to the next question…how does one define Bro-Country, and what does Wheeler Walker Jr. have against it? 

BRO-COUNTRY AND NIETZSCHE  

The Bro-Country subgenre is defined as: 

“Bro-country songs are often musically upbeat with lyrics about attractive young women…blue jeans, boots, and pickup trucks…partying associated with Friday nights, alcoholic beverages, euphemistic references to sex, and trucks.”  

Now this is where it gets interesting…

Both Wheeler Walker Jr. and Bro Country deal with Sex. Sexualization is not the problem or even the issue up for grabs here. 

Heck…anybody who reads any of my writings like “Gunsmoke at the Strip Club” and “The Martian and The Mercurial” knows that I’m as far from prudery as it gets! 

But while Bro-Country may deal with loving the sexy ladies in a shallow way, Wheeler Walker Jr. deals with it in a bitterly self-obsessed, ironic, and ambiguous way. It just comes out as hateful to all parties involved. 

Life-Denying, not Life-Affirming. 

WHAT IS FOOLISH WILL SHAME THE WISE 

When the Rolling Stone says that Walker’s first album, Redneck S***, is “far from just an X-rated novelty record,” they are right. 

It is a form of consciously sought out, destructive Spirituality in the mold of Modernism and Postmodernism…with roots deep within the Tellurgic Snake Cult. 

And quite frankly, this kind of treatment of the Magic of Sex leads to an overwhelming counter-reaction, an anti-sex movement of Mercurial prudery that destroys the souls of Men and Women alike. 

At the end of the day, the reality is quite frankly surprising. 

For while Bro-Country may be shallow, it does allow for a foundation for a deeper, positive, and powerful Spiritual treatment of the Magic of Sex, free of irony, ambiguity, and bitter self-obsession. 

Life-Affirming, not Life-Denying. 

Well, I guess it’s true what the old Bible has to say…

“But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise…”[2] 

Pulp Fiction Power to you, my friends!

Sincerely,

Richard Barrett

01-31-2025

Written at 8:59 PM, somewhere in the USA…

Sources Cited 

[1] Image 1 

[2] 1st Corinthians 1:27, NIV