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Where am I?

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Folks, you know, it looks like summer has moved on along, and I ask myself, “Where have I been?”

I do not know. All I know is that my two good music buddies, Matt and Jake, moved out of state, Free Bananas is bewildered, and I cooked up some thick-ass beercheese soup. What a summer!

I made t-shirts:

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I built a fabulous bicycle–a refurbished 1980s Schwinn LeTour–named Nematoad, or Neemy, for short.

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P.S. Free Bananas is playing a show at the Oak St. Speakeasy with the Whiskey Spots on October 3, 2009. Word to yo motha.

Free Bananas T-shirts?

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Do you want one?

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WARNING: Shirt may or may not look exactly like image above.

another shameless plug

Friday, May 29th, 2009

In lieu of posting something worth reading, I am promoting yet another show.

Free Bananas tonight at the Redoux Parlour for the Last Friday Artwalk. 7pm. 780 Blair Blvd. Artwork by Claire Flint.

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Speaking of music, please take a listen to the Reverend John DeLore, whom I had the pleasure of hosting while he passed through Eugene on his national tour. Very good singer/songwriter from Brooklyn, NY.

Superconcert tomorrow!

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at The Indigo District, a concert featuring not one, but two, of my bands–Susurri and Free Bananas!

Early show. 7:30 PM. $5. 21+. Opening for The Janks, from Los Angeles. Also playing is local band The Chorus.

http://www.myspace.com/susurri
http://www.myspace.com/freebananas
http://www.myspace.com/wearethechorus
http://www.myspace.com/thejanks

And now for a sneak preview of the origins of Free Bananas:

"San Francisco Bay Blues" by Jesse Fuller, the original one-man band.

so much to say

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Alright kids, my work here is done. And now what do I do? I am stuck in a cafe because it is pouring down rain. A man next to me says to two nice women, “I will cut your ear off.” For the next week I will eat a lot and ride my bike.

Friday I attended the world premiere of the documentary film, William Shatner’s Gonzo Ballet, which is about the making of a ballet set to Shatner’s record, Has Been. This was at the Nashville Film Festival, to which I received free passes. The movie was just OK, but Mr. Shatner was there, along with Ben Folds and a slew of other celebrities. Very strange.

Yesterday, I was in Chattanooga, TN, for an Avett Brothers concert. Very good, very good. However, before the show, Kate and I went to a pizza place to get some slices. We waited in line for half an hour. Then waited at our table for 45 minutes to get three slices of pizza. So, we decided to slip vodka into our water glasses.

Apparently, Kate and I are now models. See for yourself HERE. Story goes: we were out on the artwalk in March, dressed up very nice, and a photographer, Sheri O’Neal, approached us asking if she could photograph us. So it goes. (there are three photos up on her site there. they were all shot in my house)

Speaking of photos: go HERE for a large collection of photos of Hatch and such.

This post is long and rambling… Congratulations to my good friend Heather Petersen for her acceptance to the graduate theatre program at Ohio University. A full ride scholarship! Cheers!

That same man next to me is now praying with these two woman. A spiritual revival is occurring.

Now I will share with you my recent and final Hatch posters. A show in the Nashville Cats series at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Wayne Moss
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A commemorative poster for the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum’s 10th anniversary. Hamilton is the type foundry that made much of Hatch Show Print’s collection over the past 130 years.
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A silly poster to warn the kids not to put their faces in Huey’s face.
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This was typeset by Mr. Jim, but I got to print it on my last day. It is inked by hand on the press. A gift for Simon (which is not the Simon as I first thought) for his work with American Idol when it came to the Grand Ole Opry.
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Thanks, kids. More misadventures to come.

Free Bananas!

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Status update: content, quiet, tired, sometimes active, sometimes inactive. Riding my bike is fun in this town–up and down the hills, through the neighborhoods and parks, pissing off the cars. Saturday I was downtown, riding, looking to the sky at the brewing storm. It came, slowly, with a warm breeze and sunshine, then torrential downpour, as I took refuge in the nearest bar I could find. Sunday night I was riding a greenway in the dark, and a coyote crossed my path. Monday night, riding up 51st by my house, the passenger in a car threw the car’s cigarette lighter at me, hitting my shoulder. I almost caught up to them at a stoplight, their lighter in hand. On another note, I like to take ‘er easy. Early to bed, early to rise. Always a good night for a dumpster dive. Another aside, I have been helping out the kids in Food Not Bombs, cooking up delicious food in bulk on Sunday afternoons, serving it downtown to all the kind streetfolk. Last time, I dished up my kale specialty, with a hint of garam masala.

Enough talk, here are some fresh posters. Fresh Free Bananas posters. Each one is different–I pulled all sorts of backgrounds from the scrap piles. There are some real gems in here, but you must see them in person. My photographs are pretty terrible and heavily Photoshop-ed–ain’t no good lighting in the shop. But you get the idea:

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And I finished one today–a souvenir poster, for all them tourists wandering through the shop:

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And for good measure, here is a photo of manager Jim Sherraden printing on his massive press:

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