Jamming "Return Of The Mack" on the way to our GeekPortland gig.
Posted July 28, 2012
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Packing the van
Posted July 27, 2012
Summertime
Oy, I've been letting this blog slip due to summertime laziness. I've been especially squeezed in July, launching a big project at the day job; pulling off a sold-out Kin to Stars one-year anniversary show which I failed to promote or even mention here; camping in downstate WV with family, during which I experienced a terrifying, wrath-of-God-style lightning storm from the "safety" of a thin nylon tent; entertaining friends in town for Independence Day, planning various home repairs, etc. I feel like July has been just as packed as the first six months of 2012. Busy, but it's a good kind of busy.
In a few hours, Kirby Krackle is headed down to Portland to play at the GeekPortland Geek Party, along with nerd-folk sister act the Doubleclicks. It's been months since our last full-band show and even longer since we've left Seattle so I'm looking forward to getting back into it. Other guys play poker or go fishing for the weekend, we haul gear to clubs. Summer gigs are the best.
Posted July 27, 2012
Preorder the new Kirby Krackle live album!
The live recording of our Kracklefest show this spring is coming out on July 10th! It's called "Kirby Krackle Live in Seattle" and you can preorder it right now at Bandcamp. Go to there and get it.
Enjoy this live video of our cover of "Take On Me" by A-ha, courtesy of our friends at Aderyn Productions, who are crazy-talented with the video things:
Posted July 3, 2012
My only comment on that David Lowery open letter on illegal filesharing that went around the web yesterday
If the situation is so bleak, why are people still starting bands?
Posted June 19, 2012
Lunchtime Portal Comix 4: Replayability
It was more like two months ago. (Click to enlarge.)
Posted June 12, 2012
New Kirby Krackle single, Web-Slinger/Hope-Bringer
The new Kirby Krackle single is unleashed! Go get it!
SPOILER ALERT: it's about Spider-Man.
Posted June 6, 2012
Lunchtime Portal Comix 3: Adversarial Girlfriend
Click for full size.
Posted June 5, 2012
Folklife fan doodles
Hey, I wanted to say thanks to everyone who bought, tweeted, liked or otherwise supported Kin to Stars' latest single. (And if you haven't, please excuse me while I tap my foot at you. Ahem. Tap tap tap.) Hopefully the next single won't be such a long time coming.
It's now our tradition at Kin to Stars shows to require the audience to doodle on the backs of our mailing list cards. This latest batch is from our Folklife show. Here's a favorite of mine:
Apparently I am a dead ringer for Joffrey Baratheon? I'm okay with that.
Posted May 31, 2012
Lunchtime Portal Comix 2: Scenery
We call this game "Let's Spend 15 Minutes Trying To Access The Inaccessible Thing." Click for full size.
Posted May 30, 2012