The other day I had the fortune of playing drums for Unicycle Loves You at a record store. It ended up being a public event and, by law, became videotaped by Google.
Unicycle Loves You • Live at saki Records • Chicago • February 25, 2012
“Sun Comes Out” & “Dropout Boogie” (Captain Beefheart)☝
“Garbage Dump” & “Brand New Pillow”☝
“Bitch Eye”, “Master Medical Driveway” & “Oh Rebecca” ☝
“Failure” & “Piranha” ☝
Thea Lux and I met in 2004.
I was a bike messenger and she worked for a company that constantly videotaped every TV show on every channel.
After 20 beers one day, she joined my one-man-joke-band and we became involved.
Then I cast her in my one-man-show-with-people about bike messengering.
These things lasted a while, but not forever.
Today we remain friends, though she may not employ this term as freely as I do.
She wrote a She & Him type song for The Paper Machete this week.
I will play Him to Thea’s She, for which I’ve grown earnest but inadequate facial hair.
The Paper Machete • A Live Magazine
Saturday, February 11 • 3pm
The Horseshoe • 4115 N Lincoln, Chicago • Free
For four months, I lived on a cruise ship working with a comedy ensemble. We went all over Europe, with brushes of Asia and Africa. It was a pivotal moment in my life, and a time I look back on with the utmost fondness.
But life aboard the ship was another story.
Sea days were days spent entirely at sea, with no escape from the garish, forced luxury of cruise living.
Here’s a cartoon I made for my band The Nurse Novels. The song was written in my cabin on a sea day.
Watch on YouTube
It gives me gobs and goobs of pleasure to announce that I will be drumming for Unicycle Loves You on their upcoming world tour of the United States. And you can bet your bippy I’ll be blooging all about it. Check out the heavy itinerary!
For the occasion I sold out to Aim Toothpaste
UNICYCLE LOVES YOU • FAILURE TOUR
Mar 7 – Madison, WI • Project Lodge
Mar 8 – Milwaukee, WI • Club Garibaldi
Mar 9 – Des Moines, IA • Vaudeville Mews
Mar 10 – Chicago, IL • The Hideout
Mar 16 – Austin, TX • Ghost House – SXSW Showcase
Mar 18 – Austin, TX • Lomography Gallery – SXSW Showcase
Mar 21 – Los Angeles, CA • Silverlake Lounge
Mar 22 – San Francisco, CA • Hotel Utah Saloon
Mar 23 – Davis, CA • Sophia’s
Mar 24 – Santa Cruz, CA • Crepe Place
Mar 27 – Seattle, WA • Sunset Tavern
Mar 28 – Portland, OR • Backspace
Mar 30 – Missoula, MT • The Badlander
Apr 2 – Columbia, MO • Mojo’s
Apr 3 – Iowa City, IA • The Mill
Apr 4 – Lincoln, NE • Knickerbockers
Apr 5 – Lawrence, KS • Replay Lounge
Apr 6 – Kansas City, MO • Gusto Lounge
Apr 7 – St. Louis, MO • Heavy Anchor
Apr 10 – Detroit, MI • Garden Bowl
Apr 11 – Cincinatti, OH • MOTR
Apr 12 – Cleveland, OH • Wilberts
Apr 13 – Barnesville, OH • Albert S. George Youth Center
Apr 14 – New York, NY • Pianos
Apr 15 – Brooklyn, NY • Big Snow Buffalo Lodge
Apr 17 – Kingston, NY • BSP Lounge
Apr 18 – Boston, MA • The Middle East
Apr 19 – Rochester, NY • Bug Jar
Apr 20 – Philadelphia, PA • M Room
Apr 21 – Pittsburgh, PA • Garfield Artworks
In the meantime, how about this 90’s-delic video for “Piranha”, off the new album Failure, available February 14 where fine records and tapes are sold.
