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Here are some terrific shows I am planning on attending.
DECEMBER 31ST NEW YEARS SHOW!: w/french quarter (with a full band), tradewinds (reunion!) and hell kite @BOO BERRY FORT 1441 BONARDEN LN. TEMPE, AZ $5 / 8:00PM JANUARY 6TH GAY BEAST: w/soft shoulder, syrup, magic johnson and ingrown @BOO BERRY FORT 1441 BONARDEN LN. TEMPE, AZ $5 / 8:00PM JANUARY 12TH FATHERS DAY: w/emporer x, james fella and porches @THE TRIBE 2238 N. 24TH ST. PHOENIX, AZ FREE! / 8:00PM JANUARY 16TH POLKA DOT DOT DOT: w/james fella, bone eater and the dry river yacht club @THE TRUNKSPACE 1506 GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ $6 / 9:00PM JANUARY 23RD FOOT OX TOUR KICKOFF: w/bri and other bands @THE TRUNKSPACE 1506 GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ $6 / 8:00PM FEBRUARY 3RD FUCKED UP: w/hour of the wolf, andrew jackson jihad, george moshington, fathers day and pigeon religion @THE PHIX 1113 NW. GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ $6 / 8:00PM MARCH 23RD THE MAE SHI: w/pre, soft shoulder and pigeon religion @THE TRUNKSPACE 1506 GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ $6 / 8:00PM
I missed the No Bunny / Okmoniks show in Tempe, AZ this week and i am still pretty bummed about it. I haven't been bummed about missing a show like this since i was 14-15 years old it was very hard for me to deal with. But i didnt know anyone in Phoenix that was going or wanted to go and i did not have a car available to me to drive myself. Either way i hear it was a great success! tons of people showed up and a new local Oi! band played called 4Q which features a super old friend of mine from one of my earliest experiments with music called "Georges Bush" (which later became "Jehova's Fitness" which later became "the Accidentals"). Anyway, i am sad i missed them, but i am happy No Bunny had a great show with lots of people. Last time he played phoenix, no one knew who he was or gave a damn. He played with Fathers Day and another great band called "Bad Waste" (who i am unable to find anything from them online, but if i could, i would share it with you because they were super great too!) i think a total of 6 people payed to see the show
On Friday i went to a show @the Trunk Space and saw French Quarter, Adrian Orange, Alas Alak Alaska, Fancie and James Fella. I don't have a lot to say about the show aside from how amazing French Quarter played (his best set that i have seen in my opinion) and how amazing / tense James Fella played. I still have a bunch of mixed feelings on the touring acts though and that bothers me. So instead of writing about these feelings and putting my foot in my mouth i am going to talk about the first time i saw Adrian Orange (back when he toured under the name "Thanksgiving"). It was August, 2004. My best friend Emily booked a show for all these different bands that no one had heard of (like she and i usually do) and we had no idea how amazing of a show and of an impact the bands and the show would have on everyone. The lineup was -The Children of Hell -My Little Red Toe -Thanksgiving (aka Adrian Orange) -Y.A.C.H.T. -Foot Village (w/special guests "Dreamhouse") -Friends Forever Probably less than 30 people paid to get in. And the Phix Gallery is a pretty big place. But you know what? That show was on of the best shows i have ever been to in my whole life because of a couple of things. 1. All the bands kicked ass and played with all there heart and soul. 2. everyone in attendance was there to have a great time and didnt care about anything other than fun that night. That night when i saw Thanksgiving it was awesome and very magical. The second time i saw Thanksgiving it was alright too, it was different (because every tour is different for him) but it was still good and inspiring... And every time i have seen him perform since has not even compared and that makes me sad. But i guess that's the whole point and the whole thing he is going for, no two tours are the same, every album is a completely new piece of art unlike anything else... and i can appreciate that. But i still can't help but feel bummed when i see him now. YACHT wrote about this show on his website soon after it happened, you should read it here. and he posted an amazing video which is now available on youtube. This week i am mostly writing about recent shows i have attended. But before i go into "review mode" i am going to say... This week i recorded a really fun song that i am super excited about for my god baby's birthday compilation, and i just put it up on myspace for people to listen to. Its called "things everyone needs to hear." I recorded it at my friend robby's house with andrew and tristan and i think it came out really great. Please listen to it and tell me what you think. And speaking of the iggy comp'... it is turning out to be awesome. I believe emily and liam are only waiting for 1-2 more songs, but the 13 that are already on there are so amazing! SHOW REVIEWSCLEW OF THESEUS w/sikhara, james fella and adam mokan @The Trunkspace - This was an all around good noise show. Some of it was disappointing though, Adam Mokan performed for the first time in over a year or something and he made some interesting sounds but usually it is really intense and he freaks out at some point. At this show the sound just built for 10 minutes and stopped. James Fella did a great job, it was slow moving at first but eventually became very hypnotic and almost spiritual. There was a point in his set where his equipment completely shut off and he told me he was upset with that happening but i think it made it all more interesting because you could feel his stress and anxiety. Sikhara reminded me of a more artsy/tribal version of 8 Bit Porno. Sound/musically wise it was very intense and in your face and had plenty of changes in it all. But it was also very ritualistic in a not that interesting sort of way... i don't know, i still have mixed feelings about their performance. But musically it was super great! Clew of Thesis finished off the night with the greatest/most interesting set i have seen him perform. There was fog, intense, candles, a large teepee looking thing with bones attached to it, amazing lights and amazing sounds. I was very impressed and blown away by his performance, mostly because i could tell he put so much time and effort into it. 7 MINUTES UNDER THE MISTLETOE @Space 55 Theater - I didn't stay for the whole thing but i will explain my thoughts and feelings of the events i did witness. First performer was Tom Tuerff, who is hilarious and is pretty popular (and rightfully so) among the weirdo/bizarro "scene" (for lack of better terminology) he did two great songs about Christmas that made me laugh, the only one that stands out though was about how Christmas sucks in Arizona. Lauren Henschen did this really great/funny monologue about the economy and her life in general. There was a funny skit performed about kids opening Christmas gifts and having fun with there toys and it being really "fucked up" it was really funny. Sex vs. Christmas was pretty funny too this time. (there is a cute couple that does this regular "bit" called Sex vs. ____ which is a constant battle to see what is actually better than Sex) This time it was different though, because rather than having the beautiful Elizabeth Peterson represent "Sex" they had the beautiful Steve Wilcox represent "Sex" and he did a terrific job! It was all very funny and brilliantly improvised. Some of the jokes (or rather stunts) in the "Sex vs. Christmas" skit were pretty expected but still appreciated. I also saw someone perform the "12 days of a political Christmas" (or something like that) he wrote a song to the music of "The 12 days of Christmas" but every day was something different about how crappy it was to under the Bush administration and it was very very clever. The Naked Magician also performed. He is this very cool older gentlemen who performs magic in the nude, some people love it, some people hate it and i simply love things that are like that. My performance was terrible i don't really want to write about it. THE QUEST @The Trunkspace - "The Quest" (in case you don't already know) is my newest project i have with andrew jemsek. It is a sort of loungey, layed back, greatest hits compilation of songs we wrote/have performed/really like. Andrew plays guitar and i play drums and we both sing. This was our second performance and it was pretty sloppy and i blame it mostly on myself and the fact that i could barely hear Andrew and we didn't have a set list with us (although we did make one). the songs we performed were (in no particular order) -I KISSED A BOY (fancy pants) -LIARS! (hi my name is ryan) -DRESSING UP IS ONE THING (the real me) -DRESS FOR SUCCESS (hi my name is ryan) -KISS ME SON OF GOD (they might be giants) -WAITRESS TIED UP (the nourishment) -FUCK WHITE PEOPLE (andrew jackson jihad) -SLEAZY (fathers day) -I HATE MY KIDS (fathers day / haunted cologne) -DID I USE THE WORD DIVORCE? (fathers day) -I KNOW WHAT YOU DID (the real me) -SUCK A CHEETAHS DICK (wesley willis) -WILD THING (the troggs) -DRUMMER IN MY CHEST (uggamugga) -HARD ROCK STAR (uggamugga) -POOP SONGS #1 + #2 (night wolf) -BRODIE JAM (night wolf) and that's all i can recall right now, but i think there was more. THE AQUABATS @The Marquee Theater - The Aquabats played a terrific set. The best i have seen them in years! and here are a few reasons why. 1. They played a bunch of songs they haven't played in years. (Story of Nothing, Magic Chicken, Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates, CD Repo Man) 2. There stage banters was pretty hilarious and mostly because they thought they were so funny. I love it when more "professional" and "developed" bands do stuff like this because it makes me feel not as stupid when i do it. 3. I was super pumped and hyped on cookies and hot chocolate and went completely nuts for most of there set. 4. THEY THREW FOOD AT THE CROWD! HOORAY! i haven't seen them do that since 2001 but they use to do it all the time and it was always so much fun and a huge influence on me and my performances in the future and... sigh.... it was all so beautiful! After the show i got to hang out with them backstage which was also a delight because they are all really nice genuine people and i like that i am at a point in my life where i feel comfortable being around/talking to my favorite band of all time. PLUS the bat commander gave me his sweaty/smelly rashgaurd that he wore that night at the show. AND! he gave me a new prosthetic mustache and spirit gum! HOORAY FOR FREE GIFTS!
I attended Grand Ave. Live this evening. Which is a live talk show that happens every first Thursday of each month at the trunk space. It features local artists and weirdos, funny sketches, surprise guests and usually a musical guest each night JUST LIKE A REAL LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW YOU WOULD SEE ON TELEVISION! It was also originally hosted and created by me and was then called "grand ave. tonight!" but apparently when that became too confusing for the audience to understand so now it is "grand ave. live!" and is hosted by a way better and talented man by the name of Kevin Patterson and tonight i saw my first "episode" since i have returned to phoenix and i LOVED IT! Kevin does such a wonderful job, everything has good timing, nothing drags on, nothing is too awkward, he has amazing charisma.... jeez! i am so jealous! but i am also so happy for him because it is so awesome. When i hosted G.A.T. it was just this really weird and awkward giant performance art piece (pretty much) that i tricked people into coming to (which is true, on more than one occasion i tricked people into coming) But now its magnificent. And very (for lack of a better term) "legit" in my opinion. Anyway... its good and if you havent seen it, or think the whole idea is lame...you need to go and see it because it is soooooooo good! and you will not be dissapointed!
The Night Wolf show last night went alright... better than expected anyway. We played some songs and made lots of jokes about poop and then did a 2-3 minute long "commercial jam" that was very much like They Might Be Giants "fingertips" and it turned out alright for never practicing it. Then we watched the first episode of Skeleton Warriors until everyone left. Aunt Dracula didn't play because by the time they reached the space everyone was gone. Earth, Wind and Stranger didn't play because he thought for some reason it was tonight instead. And Pools opened the show and did a really great job. So over all not a total failure in my opinion. There are sadly no pictures or videos from the show but i found some live Night Wolf Videos from our comeback show in September. This is the beginning of our set. We sealed off the doors and created a "danger room" so no one could leave. And here is the end of our set. Where we played the Bambi Jam and had the ground turn to lava. which didnt really play out as well as we had hoped so we went into jerk mode and started daring people to stay.
So, Corey Busboom is pretty much the coolest guy ever. I could actually write an entire chapter in a book about the coolest people to ever exist, about him. But i wont. I could also write an entire "blog" entry about him... but i wont. But i will share with you some of the sweet videos he took from last nights show! This is literally the last minute of fathers day's set last night. Sadly not many of our fans were able to see it because we went on first and we usually go on later than 8:30pm. This includes the amazing Corey Busboom, which is why we only have the last one minute from our set. The song we are playing is the new "oncore song" its called "do the dad" and thankfully a lot of people got into it and so it turned out to be a success! This is the Coal Mine Canaries they played the show last night too. When I would tell people about the show I never mentioned the Coal Mine Canaries because I had never heard them, but they ruled, features Owen from Asleep In The Sea, Robin Vinning from Sweetbleeders, Mark from Colorstore and that tall guy from The Minibosses. Hopefully they do this again and its not just some bullshit stunt they did for this Treasure Mammal show because I would really like to see them again. Andrew Jackson Jihad did a really great set. And this is a 7:30 video from that set. It was the first time i have seen them since June, 2006.
It was a very eclectic lineup. Sadly i haven't found any footage from Treasure Mammal's set, or anything from Soft Shoulder and Fertile Crescent. But either way they all did amazing and i hope that if you don't know anything about these artists you check them out. So... non-show related good stuff is, James Fella gave me a big box of cool stuff i have missed out on while i was on my mission. Which is one of the coolest things ever! And i am so excited about a lot of it and i want to listen to it all at the same time, but i dont have enough record players and CD players to do that. So anyway... here is the list: CD: -BINGES "return to whatever" -GLOXHID CHRISTMIX 2007 "winter solstice" -HELL-KITE "5 song demo EP?" -JAMES FELLA "post/coast" -JAMES FELLA "salvaged tape" -NIGHT WOUNDS "allergic to heat" -RACCOO-OO-OON "behold secret kingdom" -SHEARING PINX "poison hands" -SHEARING PINX "ultra snake" -SIKED PSYCH "notnotfun compilation" -Z'S "buck" 12": -FOOT VILLAGES "friendship nation" -FRENCH QUARTER "self titled" -LITTLE WOMEN "teeth" -TENT CITY "drought" 7": -ABEVIGODA / MIKAELA'S FIEND "split" -BABY GECKO / SOFT SHOULDER "split" -FEMME COVERT / BLACK CAT #13 "split" -GEORGE MOSHINGTON "attack" -SABOTEURS -SHEARING PINX "haruspex" -SOFT SHOULDER "2 song 'hit single'" -WARBLER / BROMP TREB "split" -Z'S "arms" |
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