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April 28th, 2017

4/28/2017

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Dinosaur Love Album Release
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March 16th, 2017

3/16/2017

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Drunk & Horny Reunion Show
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Drunk & Horny Tribute to They Might Be Giants

4/24/2016

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March 22nd, 2016

3/22/2016

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Top 10 Favorite Performances of 2015

1/20/2016

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I know its 20 days into 2016 but “better late than never…” here is my top 10 favorite performances of 2015 in chronological order

01/14 – Morning Hands @The Trunk Space
05/09 – Kongo Shock @Pranksters Too
05/19 – Quintron & Miss Pussycat @The Hangart
07/10 – Mac Sabbath @The Crescent Ballroom
08/01 – Slow Poisoner @Funny World
08/24 – Drunk & Horny @The Farm
10/23 –Yairms @Casa Butthole
10/28 – Nobunny @Valley Bar
11/06 – Of Montreal @The Crescent Ballroom
12/07 – Los Skarnales @The Rhythm Room
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All photos are from these different shows too. They are also listed in chronological order.
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Drunk & Horny: Songs From The Reading Room

10/24/2015

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That unstoppable duo known as Drunk & Horny stopped by the Reading Room of YabYum HQ and performed a couple songs. Jackets were swapped, Guinness was drank, good times and sing-a-longs were had. For more features, visit yabyumwest.com
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October 23rd, 2015

10/23/2015

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October 23rd Show Poster
Friday, October 23rd
Fathers Day - https://fathersday.bandcamp.com/
Yairms - https://yairms.bandcamp.com/
Alhhla -https://alhhla.bandcamp.com/
Daryl Scherrer -https://soundcloud.com/d-g-scherrer
Rum Drinker - https://rumdrinker.bandcamp.com/
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@Casa Butthole - 1510 E. Mountain View Rd. Phoenix, Arizona
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October 24th Show Poster
Saturday, October 24th
Heavy The Lightweight - https://soundcloud.com/heavy-the-light-weight
Yairms - https://yairms.bandcamp.com/
Alhhla - https://alhhla.bandcamp.com/
Drunk & Horny - https://drunkandhorny.bandcamp.com/
Sad Boy Trumpet Club - https://www.facebook.com/rickisasillysillysillyboy

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Here are the posters I just made for the Phoenix dates for the Yairms / Alhhla tour. Here is the info for the two shows.
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September 13th, 2015

9/13/2015

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Drunk & Horny
Drunk & Horny performed some songs at the YabYum house for their new segment called “songs from the reading room”, it will probably be online in a month or so. Here is a photo they took of us.
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Drain Tempe Town Lake on De'Lunula

9/1/2015

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“Drain Tempe Town Lake” is a new song by intoxicated perverts Drunk & Horny. It’s about draining Tempe Town Lake, a totally real campaign against man-made waterholes, which you can learn more about at www.draintempetownlake.org

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August 25th, 2015

8/25/2015

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Here are some photos from the Drunk & Horny show last night at the Rhythm Room
Photos by Troy Farrah. 
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August 23rd, 2015

8/23/2015

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Drunk and Horny Las Cruces, New Mexico recording diary.

8/13/2015

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DAY ONE: we drove to las cruces in 4 and a half hours hoping/thinking we could make it in time to play a strangers engagement party at a winery. We didn’t realize there is a time difference when we crossed state lines so we arrived when it ended. But we got to play some songs for people at the after party which was filled with beautiful people and lots of dancing. Andrew and I felt like we were in a dream. At one point I said to Andrew “I’ve never felt so happy to see other people happy” it was strange.

DAY TWO: we woke up around noon and got breakfast burritos from Bosa Donuts (not affiliated with the Bosa Donuts that we love and cherish in Phoenix) they were filling and only cost $2.75 each. Andrew bought a 24 pack of PBR, I bought 3 gallons of water and we started drinking them immediately when we returned to the farm and began recording. While Andy Hiller set up the recording equipment we finished writing and arranging parts for four new songs and a bunch of covers then got right into recording. We started with our cover of GST mugwumps “I hope we break up” followed by rolling stones “what to do” and what I hope will be our next big original hit “sex addict”. Around 6pm we decided to get some food at a local taco shop that I can’t remember the name of, but they had great pork tacos and Chile rellenos. When we got back to the farm we recorded “get drunk and screw” it’s our only song that features percussion using vintage drum machines played by alhhla. And then a cover of “number three” by the adjusters. While recording it Andrew got bit by a spider on his hand and couldn’t play anymore. We got him some benadryl and our new transient hippie friends from New Orleans gave him some hippie oils and we had to cut recording short for the night.

DAY THREE: we woke up at 10am and decided to not allow ourselves to shower, eat or freshen up until the recordings were finished. We recorded 3 brand new originals - “I love to lie”, “tempe town lake” and “handicap girl” first then moved onto a cover of TMBG’s “alienation’s for the rich”, Bangarangs “Network” and Ernie K-Does “cried my last tear” at that point we were completely out of tape and decided to call it a day. We finally showered and went to the delicious food co-op they have in town and ate giant sandwiches and smoothies. When we got back to the Farm we had to do some chores and help clean up a little bit and fill up all the water containers they have for the party show that was going to happen later that night. It was fantastic by the way! We played two sets including almost all the new songs we recorded the previous days. Most everyone seemed to enjoy them. There was also a wonderful magician who performed his name is Jaime “The Magic Guy” he did these card tricks that completely blew my mind. I still get chills just thinking about it. We sold a handful of records and a CD and got enough money in donations to cover the cost of gas there and back.

I can’t wait for these recordings to be mixed and mastered so we can share them with the world, because I think they are the best thing Drunk & Horny has ever done.
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August 10th, 2015

8/10/2015

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Drunk & Horny at The Farm
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July 23rd, 2015

7/23/2015

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New recordings of old Drunk & Horny classics. Please listen, download, share and enjoy!
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Radio Phoenix Podcast with Ryan Avery of Related Records

5/30/2015

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Ryan Avery of Related Records as well as the Phoenix bands Drunk & Horny and Fathers Day joined us live at the Radio Phoenix studios in the Phoenix Center for the Arts for our bimonthly installment of Rise! The complete playlist can be found below (he played some deep cuts).
Drunk & Horny “Paddelin Maddelin”
Yairms “The Beginning”
Human Behavior “Whore in Me”
Basement “Glass Breaking”
Dogbreth “Snickerdoodle”
Dinosaur Love “The War on Terror-Dons”
Wizards of Time “Little Jingle”
Serene Dominic “Solar System”
Sweat Lodge “Sad”
Freaks of Nature “Sick and Tired”
Treasure Mammal “EPT”
Space Alien Donald “Happy as Can Be”
Night Wolf “Freddy Rap”
Mr. Attoms Bombs “Brain Imploded”
Captain Squeegee & the Soap Suds “Ska Core”
Mia Loucks “Drugs”
Fathers Day “Disney World”
Recorded live on March 18, 2015.


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R.I.P. Space Alien Donald

4/23/2015

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By Serene Dominic
Space Alien Donald
It's odd that the initials of Donald Thomas Roth's chosen stage name spell out SAD because Space Alien Donald in performance was nothing but unrestrained joy. Most of us have probably met him where he had the home court advantage, at Funny World, the house he purchased on 12th Street and Madison, which he made into a downtown arts and performance venue in 2011. There, in what would have probably been someone else's boring living room, you could see him and countless other performers do the thing which would have made them Class 1A weirdos somewhere else. The property was supposed to be leveled after six months but through divine, maybe alien intervention, Funny World has lasted all this time and hosted more than 80 shows.

No matter how long it lasts, it will be a monument to Space Alien Donald, who died in his sleep on April 20. He was 79.

In human years, anyway.

Having already dubbed himself Space Alien, the 70-year-old didn't feel that he needed to also include his longer moniker,"The World's Oldest Gay Canadian Rapper," perhaps surmising that being Canadian was alien enough for most people. With a head-plate festooned with pastel-colored spikes, alien sunglasses and maybe a festive planet print dress, Space Age Donald would rap old-school over a primitive beat box that looked like a Radio Shack tape recorder. What might pass for rap in outer space sounded more like talk-sing to earthlings. No matter. The subject matter could be about how ugly robots shouldn't have sex or the prehistoric history of cell phones but it was always something meant to amuse.

And it did.

Donald was from the era when that's what performers were supposed to do — bring a smile to your face as opposed to the modern blueprint of an artist who sneers at his audience and takes their money without regrets. There is no doubt in this context alone that this septuagenarian had a profound influence over groups like Hug of War, Treasure MammaL, Father's Day, Diners, Dogbreth and Dinosaur Love. And the benefits were mutual, as being surrounded by so many 20-somethings this late in the game probably added a couple of years to his earth-bound life.

Hug of War's Jason Kron, who lived with Donald at Funny World, wrote in a Facebook post after the news broke that Donald was like "a father to me and a grandfather to my daughter. I constantly wanted his approval. He's been more influential to me than anyone I've ever known, and will continue to be a huge influence and inspiration to me for the rest of my life."

"As well-known and well-regarded as he was" he continues, "most knew him as merely an oddity and did not get to really know him. Those who did regularly have real conversations with him constantly learned new things about him. He despised all government and dreamed of a world of peace. He viewed the little details of the world with a fascination that I've never seen in another adult. He was incredibly generous and took care of the people he considered friends, because that's just what space aliens do. And when saying or doing anything, he did not for one second consider what others thought of him. We can all learn a lot from this."

Tyler Blue Broderick of Diners, "Living at Funny World will always be a highlight of my life. Donald was happy to meet everyone who attended a show at Funny World and he was supportive of everyone's art. He never stopped offering advice and he was adamant that we drop the things that make us unhappy so we could achieve our dreams. He is an inspiration to all humans and Earth was lucky to have him around."

Ryan Avery of Drunk and Horny and Father's Day says "Space Alien Donald was one of the first people I wanted to release music from when I started Related Records. But when I asked him he said 'Ahhh, no one wants to hear that.' Almost a year later, Jason Kron finally persuaded him to record an album's worth of material, although there is more that he has written. I am told that when he was recording, he insisted on every song being one take."

That album turned out to be last year's "Must Be Funny," which you can stream or download from Related Records.

Artist Daniel Funkhouser, who lives at Funny World and painted the venue's distinctive name on a carport wall outside the house, wrote a tribute on Space Alien Donald's Facebook page that said " I loved being around him because he constantly surprised me and it was impossible to guess what he'd think about anything.... We went to an art show last year where a performance artist asked him, 'What age are you deep inside?' Without hesitation Donald said 21. I love this memory of him."

Musician Ray Reeves admits "My last album would not have been possible with out him giving me free rent, so I could afford studio time. He was a brave soul, a nice man. I hope I am as cool as that, when I'm that old. "

One thing I always wondered was the talk of Donald being a "backyard scientist" and that Funny World would also be a place where he could conduct physics and gravity experiments. Was this part of Donald's story more alien shtick than reality? Ryan Avery sets me straight. "He had a laboratory set up in the front room of his house on Brill Street for years. He put it all away a few months ago I guess. "

Human gravity weighed heavy on Donald in his last months, having lost the ability to walk early this year and undergoing three major surgeries. But he handled death with the incredible lightness of being. According to Kron, "He spent his last waking moments doing the things he loved most: reading and eating ice cream."
For those who never experienced Space Alien Donald, this video directed by Ben Kitnick captures him at his best.
Travel easy, Space Alien Donald. Your "Not Yet Funny" button will never leave my lapel.
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A show Space Alien Donald would've gone to this weekend.
Friday April 24 - Father's Day at Trunk Space
It's the eighth album from Douglas Patton and his charges entitled "That's It!" probably the last word you heard from your abusive dad before losing consciousness. Supporting them will be the Freaks of Nature, Big Vinny and the Cattle Thieves, Mooseknuckle Sandwich and Dinosaur Love. Here's a jazzy track from the album, available on Related Records, which emphatically states that Doug will never take his kids to Disney World. Disneyland, maybe. But not Disney World.

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April 12th, 2015

4/12/2015

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Drunk & Horny performing "In The Zoo!" live at the Trunk Space for their 11th Birthday, the Second Annual Indie 500.
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January 04th, 2015

1/4/2015

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Mary Ocher with Drunk & Horny
Here are my top 10 favorite shows I went to in 2014
02-11-2014: Sweat Lodge w/Fathers Day, Wolvves, Dinosaur Love and Shawnte Orion @The Trunk Space - Sweat Lodge played 5 shows in Phoenix, AZ during the month of February I went to 3 of them. This was the funnest/best one. Everyone did an awesome job, Shawnte Orion took some great black and white photos of the night that you can see here.

03-11-2014: Mary Ocher w/Drunk & Horny, Man Cat, Beauty Secrets, Drunk & Horny and Hopehorse & the Grief Triggers @Filmbar - The Filmbar asked me to find local acts to play with Mary Ocher and that was not an easy thing to do, a lot of the most obvious fits couldn’t do it and it is the same month as SXSW which is a total nightmare, so with all of the artists I asked to play I made sure that they could also promise to provide an excellent one of a kind performance and take advantage of the amazing intimate theater… and everyone did something exceptional. I think the most stand out performance though was by Man-Cat.

04-08-2014: INDIE 500 DAY 10 w/Polka Dot Dot Dot, Stephen Steinbrink, Human Behavior, Straight Straws and Man-Cat @The Trunk Space - The whole Indie 500 festival was awesome, pretty much everyone brought their “A” game for all 10 days. But the final night I felt was the best. It was the first time I cried tears of joy at a show in years and it was during Polka Dot Dot Dot’s set which was so amazing. I wish they were still making music together.

06-15-2014: Fathers Day w/Snake Snake Snakes, SOAM, No Dice and Soft Shoulder @51West - This show was really really bizarre, it was the first time ever that I saw all of the different types of people who like Fathers Day interacting with one another and the result was a very bizarre/memorable night for everyone. I think actually most people who went didn’t actually like the show, but I definitely did. Also probably the most memorable SOAM performance ever. I honestly have no idea how he could ever top what he did that night.

08-11-2014: Cumstain w/Fathers Day, Wavelengths, Jawwzz and Button Struggler @Funny World - Every band played a short and high energy set, no fights, everyone donated, touring bands got paid, started on time, didnt run too late. Perfect house show in my opinion.

08-30-2014: Drunk & Horny Orchestra w/Jerusafunk, Dinosaur Love, Mercury Mines and Eli Kluger @Funny World - This was the album release show for Drunk & Hornys “Songs in the key of Stink” 7" and we played with the full 12 piece orchestra. Andrew was pretty sloshed but still held it together and did a great job. Jerusafunk was phenomenal, Dinosaur Love played to a tiny group of people who were hanging onto every word, Mercury Mines is a new band that got added to the bill as a favor to Jason Kron (who runs Funny World) and I was expecting them to suck but they didnt, they were really great! and I cant forget Eli Kluger who killed it with a short comedy set and on the 3-4 songs he sang with the orchestra.

09-08-2014: Mary Ocher w/Numb Bats, Hiccups and Drunk & Horny Orchestra @Filmbar - Mary Ocher’s quick (sorta last minute) US west coast tour/honeymoon show was also at Filmbar, didnt have nearly as many people as her other show earlier in the year but a much more fitting lineup, everyone did amazing and the Numb Bats especially played the tightest set I have ever seen them play.

09-16-2014: Clipping w/Treasure Mammal and Fathers Day @The Trunk Space - Fathers Days set was a lot of fun because most of the crowd it seemed had never heard us before. Treasure Mammal was epic! and Clipping was so inspiring and so incredibly loud and it was my first time seeing people mosh to hip hop which was pretty entertaining.

10-08-2014: Belle & Sebastian @The Orpheum - This show was originally scheduled to be outside at Civic Space Park (i think?) but at the last minute it was moved to the beautiful Orpheum theater because it was cold and rainy. Honestly wasn’t planning on going if it was going to be outside, the orpheum was so much better and totally amazing. Belle and Sebastian played for over two hours and played every song I wanted to hear.

11-21-2014: Man-Cat w/Treasure Mammal, Boss Frog and Pro Teens @The Trunk Space - I am so proud of the animals in Man-Cat, They provided so many extra things to their performance to make it an extra special experience for their album release show. Including a protest, brain washing video being shown by over a dozen television sets…etc it ruled. The Trunk Space was also packed and all the openers did great.
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September 27th, 2014

9/27/2014

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September 18th, 2014

9/18/2014

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September 08th, 2014

9/8/2014

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august 30th, 2014

8/30/2014

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I just finished making this poster. Now it’s official. Now people know. Now… I gotta finish making these records….
Here is the event page
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July 15th, 2014

7/15/2014

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Drunk & Horny at The Trunk Space
"The night commenced with the first band: Drunk and Horny. Consisting of Andrew Jemsek on acoustic guitar and back-up vocals and Ryan Avery on bullhorn-amplified lead vocals, this band kept the crowd laughing throughout the entire set. Not only were we all laughing at them (which is clearly what they were aiming for), we were laughing at ourselves as they laughed at us. The songs have giggle-worthy titles to start with; “Fart Relief”, “Poopin’ Safari”, “Cocaine”, and even a cover called “So Sick of Feminists” by Charles Bronson. Each song bared uplifting tones and tempos. Drunk and Horny ended their set by leaving the venue singing, taking a lap around the block, and coming back singing the same song." - Meghan Herring (Yabyum) read the full article here
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July 10th, 2014

7/10/2014

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April 08th, 2014

4/8/2014

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Drunk & Horny at ASU
Drunk & Horny at The Trunk Space
Drunk and Horny played two shows on Saturday. One at ASU Tempe Campus for Clusterfest and the other at The Trunk Space as part of their 10 Year Anniversary Indie 500 Marathon thing.
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Both of them were a lot of fun. I wish we played more.
Photos by Jeff Moses and Gabriel Radley
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