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February 26, 2013

Two (2) chances to see me making the musics in the coming days! Huzzah!

Saturday, March 2, 9:30pm with The Recliners at Galway Bar & Grill, 12045 Roosevelt Rd, Elmhurst (map). We will bring two massive sets of our standard-issue, high-impact brand of the RAWK complete with extreme facial melting, possibly even sublimation.

Saturday, March 9, 9:00pm with The Bradburys at McAuliffe’s Pub, 3700 Meachem Rd, Racine, WI (map). This is a special treat for us, as we are opening for local power pop legends Shoes. All the power pop bands you sing along to on the radio would cite these guys as the godfathers of the genre. Do not miss! It’s a shortish set of mostly originals, so your promptness will be well rewarded.

(And if you can’t make the shows, can you maybe “like” the Facebook pages linked above?)

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January 3, 2013

Hear ye, hear ye, people of the northern suburbs! This is the only gig I have on the calendar for 2013. Likely no others until late spring or summer.

Don’t leave me high. Don’t leave me dry. (No, we don’t play that song, but we should.)

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October 26, 2012

$I’m an emotionally stunted, never-was rock star on my way to a Halloween gig at the Brat Stop in Wisconsin. Gonna melt your face. And all the way there, I’ll be looking for hearts on my picture at tumblr and surfing for my demos on my iPhone, swerving across all four lanes at 85 miles per hour and putting up the \m/ horns as you veer out of my way, right into the median barrier. Oopsie. No cheese curds for you, flatlander.$

I’m an emotionally stunted, never-was rock star on my way to a Halloween gig at the Brat Stop in Wisconsin. Gonna melt your face. And all the way there, I’ll be looking for hearts on my picture at tumblr and surfing for my demos on my iPhone, swerving across all four lanes at 85 miles per hour and putting up the \m/ horns as you veer out of my way, right into the median barrier.

Oopsie. No cheese curds for you, flatlander.

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October 8, 2012

Do what it says up there and come to an upcoming show!

(Also: can I hit those notes? STM.)

Saturday, October 13, with The Good at Martyrs in Chicago. It’s been ~20 months since our last annual(ish) reunion show and who knows when the next one will be. It’d be great to see you there. We’ll do your favorites from all of our critically acclaimed yet commercially ignored CD’s, plus some new, unreleased material and the usual Big Surprises.
Friday, October 26, with The Bradburys at The Brat Stop in lovely Kenosha, WI. We play a short set from 8:00-8:45 for their epic Halloween party. Must see!

We’re also working on a possible Recliners gig on the south side in November or December.

RAWK, bitchez.

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September 1, 2012

Here I am, on the road again

(I actually hate the fuck out of that song. Rule #1 for Rock Songwriters: you do not get to whine about how hard it is to be a giant rock star on the road unless you are willing to trade careers with me, straight up, right now.)

It’s been a busy summer for me and that continues into the fall. As of now, winter looks quiet, so these charming posts will cease, but more importantly, so will your chances to get your face melted. Check one or more (all, really) of these out:

Sunday, September 2, 1:00pm with The Recliners at Poopy’s in Savanna, IL.
Saturday, September 8, 12:00pm with The Recliners at Weibler’s Harley Davidson in Davenport, IA.
Friday, September 21, 5:00pm with The Bradburys at St. Ed’s Fun Fest in Racine, WI.
Saturday, September 22, 9:00pm with The Recliners at Mr. Moe’s in Palos Heights, IL.
(just added) Saturday, October 13, 9:00pm with The Good at Martyrs in Chicago.

Yes, that’s right: The Good’s annualish reunion show is on the calendar. More details on that one later, but it’s going to be epic as usually.

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July 24, 2012

gigs!

Enough of that other stuff. Keep on dancing til the world ends. Here’s what’s up:

Sunday, July 29, 4:20pm, with The Bradburys at Taste of Wisconsin in Kenosha, WI.
Tuesday, August 7, 6:00pm, with The Bradburys at the Pennoyer Bandshell in Kenosha.
Friday, August 10, 6:00pm, with The Recliners at Poopy’s in Savanna, IL.
Sunday, September 2, 1:00pm with The Recliners at Poopy’s.
Saturday, September 8, time TBD with The Recliners at Weibler’s Harley Davidson in Davenport, IA.
Friday, September 21, 5:00pm with The Bradburys at St. Ed’s Fun Fest in Racine, WI.
Saturday, September 22, 9:00pm with The Recliners at Mr. Moe’s in Palos Heights, IL.

We’re also working on another reunion show with The Good sometime this fall at Martyrs in Chicago, deets TBD.

Come on out and let me melt your face.

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June 11, 2012

Weekend of Rock!

Guys, two chances to catch me this coming weekend if you’re so inclined:

Friday, 4pm-7pm, with The Bradburys at Libertyville Days, in, of course, Libertyville. This is my power pop band, and we’ll be doing a mix of originals and covers you know and love. Check us out on the main stage, rain or shine.

Saturday, approximately 7pm, with The Recliners at the Mississippi River Motorcycle Rally (aka “Sturgis on the River”) in Davenport, IA. The Recliners are a classic rock cover band. You’ll know every song we do, and the people watching should be spectacular. We’re playing in something called the Scooter Tent.

If you happen to make it to a show, please stop and say hi! I will buy you a delicious beverage of your choosing.

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April 25, 2012

Excerpt from my super high-tech cheat sheet for tomorrow’s gig at Hideout.

How sad are you gonna be if you miss it? All of the sad. All of it.

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April 17, 2012

Upcoming Show

Hey locals!

After hibernating most of the winter, I’m trudging out of my cave for a busy spring and summer of making the rock. The first step back into the sunshine will be next Thursday in support of my friend and long-time collaborator Tony Rogers. We will be playing his fantastic Sycamore album in its entirety, along with the single “Great” that was memorably featured in those Purina commercials during the Westminster show. We’ve got some other surprises planned, too.

We’ve put together an absolutely top-notch band, and the Hideout is the perfect venue to pick up the subtleties of this show which is just a bit different from the usual facemelterishness I engage in (though there will be some of that, too).

I hope you can make it. Advance tickets are available at the website below.

Tony Rogers
April 26, 9:00pm
The Hideout

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February 24, 2012

Mark your calendars

I have a busy spring/summer coming up. Get busy with me. (What?)

Thursday, April 26, The Hideout, Chicago (with Tony Rogers)
Saturday, May 12, Galway, Elmhurst (The Recliners)
~~Saturday, June 9 (tentative), Martyrs, Chicago (The Good)~~ postponed
Friday, June 15, Libertyville Days, Libertyville (The Bradburys)
Saturday, June 16, Mississippi River Valley Motorcycle Rally, Davenport (The Recliners)
Sunday, July 1, Poopy’s, Savanna (The Recliners)
Sunday, July 29, Taste of Wisconsin, Kenosha (The Bradburys)
Friday, August 10, Poopy’s, Savanna (The Recliners)
Sunday, September 2, Poopy’s, Savanna (The Recliners)

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February 4, 2012

Tonight I am playing with The Bradburys at the Rhode Center for the Arts in Kenosha, WI, around 8:00.

We’ll be playing more originals than we usually do for this gig. If power pop is your thing, and you’re within ICBM range of the southeastern corner of Wisconsin, why not stop by? Bonus: it’s right by the Mars Cheese Castle.

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January 20, 2010

Hey, Chicagoish people! If you aren’t going to SF for the big tweetup this weekend and are looking for something fun to do Saturday night, come see me play with my old band, The Good, at Martyrs (3855 N. Lincoln). We are going on around 9:30, opening for the rarely seen and thoroughly awesome Charming Beggars.

I stopped being a full-time member of the band in 2000, and they stopped performing regularly in about 2002, but for the last five years or so we’ve been getting back together once a year at Martyrs for old time’s sake, for laughs, to drink a lot of beer, etc. We always mix up the set list pretty thoroughly with material from our five critically acclaimed yet commercially ignored CDs, and this year we are throwing in a couple of very surprising covers, too.