GOLDMINE
DECEMBER 5, 1986
HOWARD & TIM'S PAID VACATION - NEVER MET A GIRL I DIDN'T LIKE

Howard & Tim's Paid Vacation is what happened when Lee and musician/journalist/publicist Howard Wuelfing had some spare time and a studio to their own. Although the recording itself has the feel of an unfinished demo, and some of the tunes could surely have used more development, the carefree spirit of the sessions oozes through the tracks, with Wuelfing's Alex Chilton fixation manifesting in more places than the Chilton cover that leads off side 2. Jeff Tamarkin(part of an article on Tim Lee)



FORCED EXPOSURE # 11 winter 87
HOWARD AND TIMS PAID VACATION - I never met a girl I didn't like.

...Howard Wuelfing's a pesky effin' thief. Whether flauntin' words swiped boldly from the desk o' Lou Reed or Bo Diddley (as he does here) or eatin' soiled panties heisted from the hampers of unsuspecting hostesses (as he does there,) he gets lotsa "weird balls" points from this boyo. I also happen to rate him as one of the great (v. conciously) post-Chilton pop-pooters currently stinkin' up the atmosphere and this here collaboration with Tim Lee is a nice thing. Yeah, I've heard better versions of a coupla Howard's heartwormed tunes and some o' Tim's turns at bat sound highly Dumptrucked, but the whole nature of matter infers theft a lot more often that it infers linear betterment. So, uh, get scientific.
BYRON