Blister Freak Circus once more emerged into public to enter into the tube and it was really fun. I played djembe on 2 songs and guitar on the others. Really happy to be included again.
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Animation Adjacent Variety Show
As part of this year’s Sweaty Eyeballs animation festival, there was an in person physical-space show and a variety show held at the Area 405 gallery on Friday, October 11.
My initial impulse was to perform my piece 7:77. I had envisioned playing drums, bass and guitar while one of my animations projected behind me. My intuition decided this was not the venue for this.
I switched gears and decided to shorten it to maybe 5:55. I worked up a bunch of new animated material, but I still wasn’t sure. I talked with my daughter about it, and she said “Would you like me to do this with you?”
YES!
Since the physical work I have in the gallery relates to The Kybalion, I thought I might make a film connected to Magus Incognito and the physical work. It’s called ESP and other games, and without any intentional effort from me, it ended being 4:44!
Lily and I spent an hour playing on a couple of Sunday afternoons. I assembled a rough cut of the film to see how this could work.
We did two run throughs on Wednesday night at the space.
The night of the show, we arrived at 6:45 and set up for a 7:10 performance.
I had so much fun, and I am so thankful that Lily did this with me. It was a dream come true. The audience seemed to like the film and our audio. I am pleased with what we pulled off, and Lily has agreed to do this again sometime.
I began this whole thing in the pandemic – playing to film – and it feels so good to have done it in public now.
Here I am with Mr. Sweaty Eyeballs himself, my buddy Phil Davis!
And my long time musical collaborator, dear friend and Bazooka Joe bandmate Guppy was in town.
It was a very satisfying night, after several weeks of hard thinking and work. I’m looking forward to doing more of this.
Photos below (and the featured one at the top) by Lena McBean.
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Bazooka Joe with Fugazi
My buddy Andy at work just sent me this flier from a show with Fugazi. Fantastic!
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Last show with Coastguard… canceled
After a year+ of loyal service, I’m retiring from Coastguard.
When Jerome approached me about starting a band, I wanted to play bass. I picked up a Squier bassVI and parts to mod it. I put together a pretty boffo pedal board, which I like to call my “surf board.” We learned half a dozen songs, and I even had a few of my own originals ready. Things were great!
The difficulty we faced was finding a reliable, solid drummer. I played drums at one drummer-less practice so that the guitarists could play with a beat, and I ended up staying behind the tubs.
Playing in this band allowed me to dust off some skills I haven’t used in years. It’s also cemented my interest in instrumental music, and more specifically, guitar based instrumental music. Yet, I don’t love the routine of gigging as the drummer as much as I did in my twenties, and I don’t love how the very loud volume makes my ears feel. So, I decided to quit while I’m ahead.
Our last show was to be this Friday in DC, but someone got Covid and it’s not safe for us to play. As such, the bang with which I intended to go out has already happened.
“That’s #ShowBiz!” as my dad used to say!
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Coastguard at the Crown
We played in Baltimore as a band for the first time tonight, and we had a good time. The sound was good, the audience was great, and our harbor coast has been guarded.
SETLIST:
60 Seconds to Nothing
Bunions
Mr. Moto
Bang Bang (My Baby Left Me)
Sukiyaki
The Mysterious Smell of Provolone
Seanie B-Goode
Jeronimo
Rio
Man of Mystery
Santa Barbara
Telstar
Here’s a clip from one of our songs. Video by Chloë.
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Coastguard at Public Option, DC
We just played at the Public Option in DC with the Flying Faders.
We repeated the set from our last show, which was:
60 Seconds to Nothing
Mr. Moto
Penetration
Sukiyaki
The Mysterious Smell of Provolone
Seanie B-Goode
Jeronimo
Rio
Man of Mystery
Santa Barbara
Telstar
