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New releases: 11 discs of Mojo Nixon, plus Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs, Robert Forster

New releases: 11 discs of Mojo Nixon, plus Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs, Robert Forster

This is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. May also include some other titles released in recent weeks. This week: Mojo Nixon, Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs, and Robert Forster.

Mojo Nixon documentary ‘The Mojo Manifesto’ due out in 2020 — watch the trailer

Mojo Nixon documentary ‘The Mojo Manifesto’ due out in 2020 — watch the trailer

We first wrote about Freedom Records & Films’ documentary about Mojo Nixon back in 2013, and, at the time, it was expected out in 2014. We’re not entirely sure what delayed it, but the production has recently announced the film — “The Mojo Manifesto” — will be released in 2020. See the trailer right here.

‘The Mojo Manifesto’: Get your first glimpse of upcoming Mojo Nixon documentary

‘The Mojo Manifesto’: Get your first glimpse of upcoming Mojo Nixon documentary

The folks at Freedom Records & Films are in the process of putting together a documentary on Mojo Nixon, that one-of-a-kind loud-mouthed rocker who rose to semi-fame in the late ’80s with singles “Elvis is Everywhere” and “Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child.”

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Mojo Nixon plays ‘Debbie Gibson is Pregnant…’ — March 1989

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Mojo Nixon plays ‘Debbie Gibson is Pregnant…’ — March 1989

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we offer up this classic performance by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper of their 1989 single “Debbie Gibson is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child,” the video for which MTV refused to play, apparently out of fear of offending the teen queen.

The Week in Rock: July 29-Aug. 4, 2012

The Week in Rock: July 29-Aug. 4, 2012

This week’s roundup of headlines includes items on Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, New Order, Ian McCulloch, R.E.M., Aztec Camera, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Jazz Butcher, Crime and the City Solution, Men Without Hats, Ministry, Public Image Ltd., Close Lobsters, Mojo Nixon and more.

Mojo Nixon, Skid Roper reuniting for San Diego’s Adams Avenue Street Fair this fall

Mojo Nixon, Skid Roper reuniting for San Diego’s Adams Avenue Street Fair this fall

Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper parted ways in 1989 after a string of unlikely MTV and college-rock radio hits — including “Stuffin’ Martha’s Muffin,” “Elvis is Everywhere” and “Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child” — but the rambunctious duo will reunite on stage in San Diego this fall.