my girlfriend liz said that i should update my livejournal. i love her, but you know, you can't force these things. if you do all you end up with is a taco bell commercial with no audio....
so, i thought i would give an update on my life for anyone who reads this but doesn't know me very well or whatever... i have a wonderful and beautiful girlfriend and she's the best ever. we're going to see the neil young movie in fort wayne in 16 days. but i should probably tell/ask her about that first. i'm playing these next two shows in indy and bloomington this weekend, but i've discontinued my membership in the hit band everything, now! after a year and a half; however, they are now going to be better than ever. my review of the new anathallo record is up now at www.bandoppler.com . half-handed cloud and liz janes and create(!) and arrah and the ferns are playing here at the store (www.myspace.com/richardkarn) tomorrow and i really hope that it doesn't rain so we can have it outside rather than inside. after saturday, both of my parents will have remarried and that's super weird. my new favorite breakfast at cracker barrel is the old timer's breakfast.
my friend bendy is putting on this show. it will be good and it is free, so it would be a worthwhile thing to go to if you're looking for some monday night springtime fun.
monday, april 11th 8:15 p.m. taylor university student union upland, indiana FREE
"Unlimited by his status as a solo artist, Half-handed Cloud stages unpredictable multi-instrumental/media performances with the spontaneous gusto of an Electric Company superhero. Full of spirited humor, he dissolves any obstacles standing in the way of his innocent bulldozing, jam-packing a sixties sensibility, the touch of a lullaby, and murmurs of divine redemption into micro-narrative and Casio sound effects. Just as fingers begin to snap in time, the artist wraps it up and crackles to conclusion. A seasoned veteran of the indie rock theater del'absurde, John has shared stages and sensibilities with good friends The Danielson Famile, Sufjan Stevens, June Panic, Soul-junk, The Singing Mechanic, Jai Agnish, and other such notables as Deerhoof, The Mountain Goats, Of Montreal, and The Music Tapes. While his former band Wookieback was well known in Tennessee for songs about outer space, robots, and childhood heroes, Half-handed Cloud marries the same sense of play to explorations of ultimate purpose. This gentle jumping bean perhaps resembles a Frank Zappa with a clean mouth and a clear-headed Brian Wilson teaming up for Sunday services. A trombonist since the age of ten, Ringhofer picked up the guitar as a teenager while recovering from toe surgery. This same musical destiny propelled him to ask and answer such musical questions as, "What does an air conditioner sound like backwards?" Watching the artist equip himself with the sounds of a 1960's era Sears particleboard guitar, air organ, chattering dolls, stomping on the kitchen floor, and various sixties-pop influences, one may begin to perceive an invisible pattern in the songster's art deco rug."
"Musically, he sounds simultaneously old (maybe Donovan or Townes Van Zandt) and new (maybe Warn Defever or The Microphones). Structurally, it may be said that the record has more in common with the experimental films of Stan Brakage or Hollis Frampton than with any particular musical artist of our time. And like J.D.Salinger's 9 Stories, each of the songs are about seperate people who collectively make a family of sorts."
i signed a lease! i move in april 1st. the place is at 519 martin street here in muncie. i plan on selling ice cream and music and maybe having some small shows there. i will live upstairs. i'm really excited. anybody have any extra sinks or kitchen cabinets or paint or wood or couches or tables or chairs?
Current Music:lovin' spoonful - john sebastian songbook vol.1
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