GOOD STUFF!

GOOD STUFF! 01/05/2012

2012-01-05T16:32:00.000-08:00

DRUNK AND HORNY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL! in raising the funds to make a vinyl record. BUT THATS OKAY! because we still received enough cash to do a small run of CD's and possibly cassette tapes! which should hopefully be done by the end of this month! AND everyone who contributed is going to still get a wonderful drunk and horny thank you phone call!

HOORAY!

the fathers day christmas spectacular was terrific! you can watch a video of fathers day's entire set right here!

The Blue Moons recorded the whole show and that should be available online very soon too!

also the long awaited Hi My Name Is Ryan album tentatively titled "secrets" should be finished this year! It has been a "secret" project of mine for the past three years that i have been recording songs a'capella here and there on a handheld tape recorder from the sun house, to sweets and beats to the lime or lemon house to the dog house, intimate recordings done by myself while i have been home alone.

One of the songs is going to be featured on the newest holy page compilation.

Fathers Day is also going to be recording some songs this month at audioconfusion. One of the songs will be on an elite compilation of the coolest phoenix and la bands around right now that will be released on Kingdom Mammalia this spring (hopefully). The rest of the songs will be on our next full length album or just released on their own. who knows? but they will be released at some point because they are going to be amazing!

and their are two tours in the works so far this year that you can read more about here

DRUNK AND HORNY!

2011-12-03T00:06:00.000-08:00

DRUNK AND HORNY OCCUPY THE PHOENIX NEW TIMES

DRUNK AND HORNY OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR "IN THE ZOO"

DONT FORGET TO GIVE US YOUR MONEY!

GOOD STUFF 11/29/2011

2011-11-29T22:08:00.000-08:00

WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEDGE!

TODAY I PASSED OUT AND DROPPED OFF OVER 200 OF THESE FLYERS TO DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND TOWN.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP YOU CAN MAKE COPIES AND GIVE THEM TO PEOPLE WITH MONEY AND TELL THEM ABOUT HOW GREAT DRUNK AND HORNY IS!....please do it for me?

I have been telling all my family and friends that this is all i want for christmas, and if i get something else i will return it in exchange for money i can use towards the release of this album. It's really that important to me.

We filmed a music video for our cover of The Slackers Agenda's hit song "in the zoo" with our friend eli kluger last week. and it should be online by this weekend. hopefully that will help.

Since it is now a season of giving, if you dont want to give to andrew and i, you should consider giving someone else you love something from Fathers Day their are cd's, buttons, magnets and 7"s available.

Speaking of Fathers Day they have a show coming up soon

and drunk and horny have a show on saturday. they are playing a new monthly kids show called "Hollis's Traveling Tree House and Dance Party" we are the musical guests. I hear good things about it, so we will see.

GOOD STUFF OVER A YEAR LATER!

2011-11-09T15:55:00.000-08:00

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE TODAY PLEASE DONATE SOME $ TO HELP ANDREW JEMSEK AND I RELEASE AN AMAZINGLY FUN ALBUM ON VINYL BY CLICKING HERE

In the last year or so I have started a couple of new projects that you should know about

SEMEN AND BUTTFUNKLE

Which is a performance art duo featuring Dave Driscoll and I doing "bromance" like things to the music of simon and garfunkle

AND

DRUNK AND HORNY

Which is the project you are helping if you clicked the above link. It features Andrew Jemsek and I playing fun/cute/old timey music together.

There was also a band i was in for a month called Bald and Pissed. We practiced a handful of times, but never played any shows because the gleason brothers didnt like it or something. Either way we recorded a handful of songs at our last practice before "breaking up" and you can download them here

I ALSO HAVE A NEW WEBSITE! that is being updated fairly regularly with new/old recordings, show/tour dates, old/current project information pages and soon it will include some of my visual art as well.

AND SPEAKING OF WEBSITES!..... thegoodshows.com is finally up and running again. its also updated every other day and can be viewed neatly on your smart phone(s)!

I hope to update this regularly again too... but we will see.

GOOD STUFF 08/24/2010!

2010-08-24T23:46:00.000-07:00

THIS SHOW IS GOING TO BE SUPER GREAT!
YOU SHOULD GO!
TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

AND YOU CAN NOW DOWNLOAD A BUNCH OF FATHERS DAY STUFF FOR FREE NOW! AND GIVE US MONEY FOR IT TOO IF YOU WANT!
GO HERE

Which reminds me... fathers day has a new lineup. classy dad and drunk dad both quit so now we have single dad and psycho ex-military dad. we have a new album coming out called "dad deserves the breast" and a podcast on 602 radio

we are also going on tour in october and could really use some help with some of the tour dates.
OCTOBER
26TH - PHOENIX, AZ
27TH - LOS ANGELES, CA
28TH - SANTA CRUZ, CA
29TH - SAN FRANSISCO or OAKLAND (area), CA
30TH - DAVIS, CA
31ST - LOS ANGELES, CA

NOVEMBER
1ST - SAN DIEGO, CA

i will give more info on that as we get some more confirmed dates. but we REALLY NEED HELP! so please please help! to check out the facebook invite and RSVP go here

thats it for now. i'm going to los angeles in a couple days for a couple weeks but i will update this when i get back, because their is a lot more good stuff to write about. but this is really important and needs to be shared now!

GOOD STUFF! 11/07/09

2009-11-07T01:46:00.000-08:00

HEY!

i haven't been playing that many shows since august. it is frustrating and i don't like it. but that is all changing soon.
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there is a movie called "twilight" it is based off of a book called "twilight" and i have not read this book but have seen this movie based off of that book at least 10 times already... and it has inspired me and my friends to write music that is based on the movie "twilight". you should really watch this movie, if you have not i am sure it is because you haven't heard of it or you have already made up your mind that it is terrible and not worth your time.

watch the trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2T7d8j6I5I - feel inspired.

anyway, our band is called the cullens! and we are really great. i think just about anyone who hears us will agree it is good music. we have only performed one live show, (at the phoenix public library) and it was very epic and strange.

but i think the kids liked it.

we booked a tour for this new band that is almost finished. here is what we have so far.

Nov 11 2009 @The Trunk Space PHOENIX, Arizona w/SKINWALKERS AND SHORTSTACK LIGHTNING

Nov 13 2009 @Casa De Calavera PRESCOTT, Arizona w/CARNUBA, FINAL GIRL AND GET IT WET

**STILL NEED HELP!** Nov 14 2009 @TBA LOS ANGELES, California

Nov 15 2009 @Biko SANTA BARBERA, California w/PANGEA and KETCHUP

**TWO LIBRARY SHOWS IN ONE DAY!**
Nov 16 2009 @Belmont Library Brisbane, California
Nov 16 2009 @Brisbane Library Brisbane, California

Nov 17 2009 @The Green House ARCATA, California w/POLKA DOT DOT DOT

**STILL NEED HELP!** Nov 18 2009 @TBA PORTLAND, Oregon

Nov 19 2009 @Chez Puget OLYMPIA, Washington w/KEVLAR KLEIN, LITTLE ANGRY AND THE SWEETS

Nov 20 2009 PREMIERE OF NEW MOON!!!! FORKS, Washington

**EARLY SHOW w/SPECIAL SHOWING OF TWILIGHT** Nov 21 2009 @Kitty X House OLYMPIA, Washington w/a bunch of great bands.
***AND THEN****
Nov 21 2009 @Healthy Times Fun Club SEATTLE, Washington

**STILL NEED HELP!** Nov 23 2009 @TBA BOISE, Idaho

Nov 24 2009 @Kilby Court SALT LAKE CITY, Utah w/YOUR LITTLE PONY

**STILL NEED HELP!** Nov 25 2009 @TBA SALT LAKE CITY? PROVO?, Utah

Nov 27 2009 @Dry River TUCSON, Arizona w/RED BEARD

it is very exciting. we just finished recording the full length album tonight and will hopefully have everything ready by Wednesday night!
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On the night before Halloween some friends and i played this wonderful house show/party at the tribe house in phoenix, AZ. We were billed as "the dead milkmen" but we decided to do a little Halloween prank on everyone and do James Kochalka Superstar songs instead. We thought it was funny and so did a handful of other people. but the overall feeling and message from the folks in attendance at this show was we over stayed our welcome. But it was all worth it to read this James Kochalka himself say "That looks so awesome. You guys are super cute."
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now here is a flyer and a small list of shows i am doing in the next month or so. (that are not the cullens.)

12/02/2009 8:00PM FATHERS DAY: w/evolve and zombie bite @THE TRUNK SPACE - 1506 nw grand ave. Phoenix, AZ

12/12/2009 8:00PM FATHERS DAY: w/shark pants, jjcnv, skinwalkers, ultramaroon, the video nasites, nunzilla and other great bands. @THE FIREHOUSE - 1st st. and roosevelt Phoenix, AZ

...ok well i guess they are all fathers day shows...

SALT LAKE CITY AND LOS ANGELES I NEED YOUR HELP!

2009-08-05T23:05:00.000-07:00

i am going to spending a weekend in utah this month and in los angeles next month and would like to play a show while i am in both citys. if you can help me out that would be terrific. because i dont really have time to spend hours online looking for places to play/bands to play with on my own before the dates i am looking for. so here are the details.

i will be in salt lake city, ut from AUGUST 14-16 for the salt lake city film festival - http://www.saltlakecityfilmfestival.com which is where the film "hi my name is ryan" will be showing on AUGUST 15th @THE TOWER THEATER but i would like to play a show in salt lake by myself either doing performance art or just singing some songs or both on AUGUST 14TH. i know that is really soon. but i think it would be a lot of fun! so you should book me a show!

THEN!

i will be in los angeles, ca from SEPTEMBER 11-13 for my friend brodie hubbards wedding - http://meganandbrodie.com which is on SEPTEMBER 12th. i am going to be taking the greyhound and really want to play a show while i am up there not just because it would be a blast but because i need to make some money so i can take the bus back home to phoenix, AZ so i would really like to play a show on SEPTEMBER 11th or 13th (but the 11th preferably) in los angeles somewhere.

please! please! please! let me know if you can help me so i can make my traveling dreams come true!

love, ryan

GOOD STUFF! 06/03/09

2009-06-03T00:30:00.000-07:00

i went quite a while without internet super powers. but i have them again and its time for more good stuff!

1. I AM PLAYING A LOT OF SHOWS IN THE NEXT MONTH.

FATHERS DAY SHOWS:
-Jun 11 2009 W/THE DOZAL BROTHERS, TREASURE MAMMAL, MICHEAL WASMUND AND KIDNEY FAILURE @THE HANGART Tucson, Arizona
-Jun 13 2009 W/TREEPHORT, BANGARANG AND THE PODS @THE TRUNKSPACE Phoenix, Arizona
-Jun 15 2009 W/MATH THE BAND, DELETED SCENES, BABY AVIATORS AND BANGARANG @THE TRUNKSPACE Phoenix, Arizona
-Jun 21 2009 FATHERS DAY ON FATHERS DAY SHOW! W/HUG OF WAR, TREASURE MAMMAL, MELTED CASSETTES, FORMER FRIENDS OF YOUNG AMERICANS AND ADAM MOKAN @THE SUN HOUSE Phoenix, Arizona
-Jul 15 2009 W/UNICORN BASEMENT, MELTED CASSETTES, MUCILAGE AND KITTEN FOREVER @THE TRUNKSPACE Phoenix, Arizona
-Jul 25 2009 WASTELAND FEST W/FATHERS DAY, BOLT!, JJCNV AND A BUNCH MORE @THE DRY RIVER Tucson, Arizona
-Jul 31 2009 HALLOWEEN IN JULY! W/FATHERS DAY, THE MCDANIELS, MUCILAGE AND MORE! @THE TRUNKSPACE (MORE INFO TBA) Phoenix, Arizona
-Aug 8 2009 W/QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT @THE GREAT ARIZONA PUPPET THEATER Phoenix, AZ

THE BOYS / HI MY NAME IS RYAN SHOWS:
-Jun 6 2009 THE BOYS W/ANDREW JEMSEK JIHAD, TRISTAN JEMSEK, RAY REEVES, THE MCDANIELS, MOOEY MOOBAU AND DULCHE DE LECHE @WOMEN Los Angeles, California
-Jun 8 2009 THE BOYS W/ANDREW JEMSEK JIHAD, RAY REEVES AND ULTRA MAROON @THE HANGART Tucson, Arizona
-Jul 20 2009 ***HI MY NAME IS RYAN W/JRC ON TOUR! @KILBY COURT SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
-Jul 22 2009 ***HI MY NAME IS RYAN W/JRC ON TOUR! FLAGSTAFF, Arizona
-Jul 23 2009 ***HI MY NAME IS RYAN W/JRC ON TOUR! PRESCOTT, Arizona
-Jul 24 2009 ***HI MY NAME IS RYAN W/JRC ON TOUR! PHOENIX OR TUCSON, Arizona
-Jul 30 2009 HI MY NAME IS RYAN W/HARRY MERRY AND HUG-OF-WAR @THE TRUNKSPACE Phoenix, Arizona

OTHER STUFF!
-Jun 9 2009 NIGHT WOLF W/TOMMY CANNON, THE COITUS AND ERNESTY @THE TRUNKSPACE Phoenix, Arizona
-Jun 20 2009 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN @SPACE 55 THEATER Phoenix, Arizona
-Jun 27 2009 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN @SPACE 55 THEATER Phoenix, Arizona

2. NEW FATHERS DAY STUFF!!
like photos from our amazing show in New Orleans @The Spellcaster Lodge

see amazing photos like this and more! at http://www.myspace.com/fathersday

NEW FATHERS DAY SONGS!
i just added 3 brand spankin' new fathers day songs to our myspace! - http://www.myspace.com/fathersday

and i know you've all wondered "do fathers day songs have lyrics? or is that chubby pervert just screaming nonsense?" the answer is a little from column A and a little from column B. BUT YOU CAN NOW READ THE LYRICS TO THE AMAZING SONGS WE HAVE AVAILABLE ON OUR MYSPACE - http://www.myspace.com/fathersday

THIS SHOW!

AND if you go to this website - http://www.thegoodshows.com/fathersday.html

you can download all of fathers days out of print material including the:
-I GOTTA LOOK MY BEST EP
-SELF TITLED / LIVE @THE REAL COACHELLA
-SPANK THE WORLD
and last and definitely least!

THE 7 EXTREMELY RARE AND LIMITED F.D. SPLITS!

personally i think folks should only really listen to the EP and the self titled album. but folks have been asking about the splits for years now and rather than re-release horrible recordings i figured why not just give the recordings away for free?

so enjoy. and don't say i didn't warn you.

3. THE BEST FRIENDS UPDATED MYSPACE!

The Best Friends Myspace was finally updated for the first time since we got a new one. go check it out now! - http://www.myspace.com/thebestfriends09

we now have 5 songs you can listen to! including.
-Eating Disorders: which is pretty much the best friends theme song
-Do you think you're beautiful?: which is a dance hall crashers cover performed live.
-Anchorman: which is a beautiful song written and dedicated to the greatest movie of all time!
-The Birthday Song: about the birthday show we gave ourselves years ago.
-Your Average Run Of The Mill Straight Edge Song: is a charles bronson cover.

ALSO! we now have a bunch of photos! you can look at of US!

4. JUNE AND JULY HAVE SOME REALLY SWEET SHOWS!
outside of the shows i already listed that i am playing check these out!
-June 4th - Bolt! w/skinwalkers and more @the trunkspace (phoenix, az)
-June 5th - Jonathan Richman @club congress (tucson, az)
-June 16th - Alex Benson w/yer yellow dress and more? @the trunkspace (phoenix, az)
-June 24th - The Dendrites w/the boogies nazis and liam and the ladies @the trunkspace (phoenix, az)
-July 10th - Foot Ox w/stephen steinbrink @the hangart (tucson, az)
-July 16th - Bomb The Music Industry! w/andrew jackson jihad @the trunkspace (phoenix, az)

5. I'M OBSESSIVE!
http://ryan.thegoodshows.com - new pictures and sorta new layout... i suck at web design.

http://www.thegoodshows.com/info-fathersday.html - new videos, new album, pictures to albums that weren't there before and updated past shows list

http://www.thegoodshows.com/info-hmnir.html - new video, pictures to albums that weren't there before and updated past shows list

http://www.thegoodshows.com/info-bestfriends.html - updated past shows list and updated songs list

http://www.thegoodshows.com/info-nightwolf.html - new album and updated past shows list

http://www.thegoodshows.com/O.P.M/opm.html - there are now pictures to go with the albums that you can download for free!

....and yeah, i understand no one really cares about these silly O.C.D. web pages i make

HOORAY!

GOOD SHOW!

2009-04-08T20:12:00.000-07:00

this will be one of the best shows of the year and maybe your life. so i highly suggest going.

-FATHERS DAY - www.myspace.com/fathersday
-ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD - www.myspace.com/andrewjacksonjihad
-SKINWALKERS - www.myspace.com/skinwalkersmusic
-LOGAN GREENE AND THE BRICKS - www.myspace.com/logangreeneandthebricks
-PAUL MCCARTNEY - www.myspace.com/paulmccartney
-MISS MANEY RESULT (REUNION!) - www.myspace.com/missmaneyresult
-NIGHT WOLF TRIBUTE TO DANZIG - www.myspace.com/nightwolf2
-THE SLACKERS AGENDA ORCHESTRA - www.myspace.com/theslacker39sagenda
-THE JOHNSONS (they don't have a myspace but the johnsons is made up of an 8 year old girl and her 16 year old brother, this should be reason enough to come)
-PINIATA PARTY (doesnt have a myspace either but this is the celebration band that performs the opening ceremonys for the real coachella)
-RAY REEVES - www.myspace.com/rayagainstthemachine
-JJCNV - www.myspace.com/jjcnv
-SEROWS - www.myspace.com/serows
-MOOEY MOOBAU (FROM CA) - www.myspace.com/mooeymoobau
-THE BIG FUNNY - www.myspace.com/funny4food
-NERD LOVE (REUNION!) (nerd love does not have a myspace either but here is a video from there second performance)
-STEVEN STEINBRINK - www.myspace.com/frenchquartermusic (this will be a steven steinbrink performance like never before. trust me)

there will also be
-WAL-MART GREETERS!
-AN AUTOGRAPH SIGNING TABLE FOR THE TWO BEST PEOPLE EVER TO BE FEATURED ON THE COVER OF THE PHOENIX NEW TIMES (PETE HEINZ AND RYAN AVERY)
-KATAMARI HUGS!

++++PLUS MORE MORE MORE!!!!

GOOD STUFF! 03/14/2009

2009-03-14T11:53:00.000-07:00

I have made an observation on live performance that i would like to share... in order to have a good performance or one that stands out you must include one or more of the following.

1. You must get involved with the audience. This includes crowd participation, going into the crowd and touching people or getting them involved somehow in your performance.
EXAMPLE: QUINTRON "swamp buggy badass"

2. You must be sincere in what you are doing. and it must be genuine. nothing is more irritating than seeing someone pretend to be sincere.
EXAMPLE: UGGAMUGGA "hard rock star"

(note-this may not be as obvious. but knowing tristan like i do, the first time i saw him perform this song it made me cry because i know [at the time at least] that is exactly how he feels[felt] about grunge and early 90's rock n roll. and it was amazing to see him articulate it so well.)

3. you must put all of your heart and soul and energy into what you are doing in front of your audience. it is the best to see people when they are already tired and worn out to still give %110 and pretty much give there life to entertain you.
EXAMPLE: GG ALLIN "cunt sucking cannibal"

(note-this may not be the best live example of gg allin giving his life to "entertain". but i think if you are familiar with gg allins work you know he gave every show all he had, [even if it was stupid])

4. you must be so good at what you are doing that you can simply stand there and and steal the attention of everyone in the room.
EXAMPLE: HERMAN DUNE "my best kiss"

Last night i saw jason webley perform, and you can have whatever opinion you want about him as a human being or his music but to deny the fact that he is an amazing performer and able to do all 4 of these things in every performance he does and win the hearts of any crowd, is equivalent of saying the color blue is red.

here is a perfect example.

GOOD STUFF! 02/24/2009

2009-02-24T00:44:00.000-08:00

FATHERS DAY SHOW THIS SATURDAY!
is going to be amazing! sadly the children of hell aren't playing... (they are on hiatus again i hear) but the amazing BANGARANG is playing instead! also this is all in celebration of LIAM MURTAGH'S birthday! in which he will also be "spinning" records on his new turntables! awesome! (expect a lot of 80's, good punk music and really good/dancey ska)

THE LETS FIND GIRLFRIENDS TOUR!
has become a reality! and it is happening the weekend/next week! for 3 wonderful once in a lifetime shows! please go if you can!

THE QUEST! + MY NEW JOB + RECORDINGS
The Quest played 3 fantastic shows this past week. 2 of which were pretty last minute. they were at Carlys, The Firehouse and Copperstar Coffee. If you attended any of these magical moments in time then you know for yourself. And if you weren't there then you have to just watch these videos.

this is a new song called "for andrew..." i merged it together with an old song called "liars"

cover of fathers day's "did i use the word divorce?"

cover of the slackers agenda's "fight the devil!"

cover of wesley willis's "i whooped batman's ass"

cover of the radioactive chickenheads "bag of bones"

and the reason i am dressed so well in these videos is because i just got off work at my new job at MACALPINES, where i am a soda jerk! and it is by far the best source of employment i have ever had. every day i get to make people happy by dressing cute and serving them delicious treats!

AND The Quest just finished recording an "album" with Ray Reeves this last week! and it should be available for free download soon. AND fathers day will finally be recording a new full length album of all new material either the first or second week of march (hopefully. cross fingers!) HOORAY!

GOOD STUFF! 02/17/2009

2009-02-16T23:54:00.000-08:00

THIS IS ALL YOU NEED THIS WEEK!

we (fathers day) filmed this back in September, 2008 and it is finally available online! i hope you enjoy!

GOOD STUFF! 02/09/2009

2009-02-08T22:44:00.000-08:00

ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS UNTIL MY ART SHOW IS TAKEN DOWN!
which means its your last chance (for a while) to pick up your little piece(s) from the wall of wayne. here is some press for the show in case you are interested (both of which come from the almighty Phoenix New Times!)
Up on the Sun Blog: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2009/01/phoenix_circuit_bender_corey_b.php
Night and Day "Feud for Thought" article: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-01-15/calendar/ryan-avery-and-corey-busboom/

NIGHT WOLF TRIBUTE TO DANZIG WAS A SUCCESS!
on January 17th, 2009 Night Wolf performed a tribute to the legendary Glenn Danzig at the Edger Allen Poe Show and it has received mostly good feedback which is great! In fact the the feedback was so nice that we have decided to perform it again at THE REAL COACHELLA 2009! and this time we will have cd's for sale/giveaway

I GOT TWO BAGS OF OLD CLOTHES FROM MY MOM TODAY INCLUDING THIS ORANGE CREAM COLORED CARDIGAN!

THE BEST FRIENDS PERFORMED AT THE WASH HOUSE ON FEBRUARY 1ST AND IT WAS AWESOME!
The performance included emily and i eating messy chocolate cake with our hands and feeding each other and asking people about food and singing our song about eating disorders. Then we took our jackets off and put them in the washer we were singing by and we wrapped up in a big green blanket and did a cover of weezer's "el scorcho" which now hopefully has a whole new meaning to the crowd that witnessed it. Sadly there is no documentation of this, no photographs or videos, just memories. Hopefully we will perform again sometime soon.

but we did recently record a video of us singing with our friend (and emily's husband) Liam for his 52 awesome songs project, where he writes and records a new song every week. you can watch the video here:

to see more sweet songs and to follow the 52 awesome songs project or learn more about it go to http://www.youtube.com/user/oneboycircus

TRISTAN AND I ARE GOING ON A 2 MAYBE 3 DAY MINI TOUR!
here is the info we have so far
MARCH 1ST:
-HI MY NAME IS RYAN - http://www.myspace.com/himynameisryan3
-UGGAMUGGA - http://www.myspace.com/uggamuggamusic
-GUITARDED - http://www.myspace.com/guitardedguitarded
-MOMENT TRIGGER - http://www.myspace.com/momenttrigger
-CREEKBIRD! - http://www.myspace.com/kingcreekbird
@THE SMELL - 247 S. MAIN ST., LOS ANGELES, California
Cost: $5? Start: 8:00pm?

MARCH 2ND:
-HI MY NAME IS RYAN - http://www.myspace.com/himynameisryan3
-UGGAMUGGA - http://www.myspace.com/uggamuggamusic
-GREAT JOB - http://www.myspace.com/greatjobaz
-MORE?
@BREYELLS HOUSE - ????? TUCSON, Arizona
Cost: FREE! Start: 8:00pm?

MARCH 3RD: (maybe)
-HI MY NAME IS RYAN
-UGGAMUGGA
@show somewhere in phoenix, AZ
cost: free?
we still haven't decided if we want to do a phoenix show or not. If you think we should or you would go to it then let us know, because i think we might need a little push. This is going to be very exciting for the both us because we are doing brand new material and one time only songs and stunts! If you can make it to any of the shows i would love to see you and talk to you, and i guarantee that my performance at least will make you feel good.
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I should have a super fun update in the next week or so with super fun/great pictures included so hopefully i do. And if i don't, then you should bug me about it.

GOOD STUFF! 01/17/2009

2009-01-16T23:17:00.000-08:00

LIME OR LEMON HOUSE GETS TO STAY OPEN TILL MAY!

so earlier this week we were told that the lime or lemon house (which emily, liam, migel, iggy and i all live in) would be foreclosed and that we would all have to move out within a couple weeks. but we just found out today that everything is taken care of until may! HOORAY! so now we arent forced into the streets (or new homes away from each other) until right before fathers day goes on tour! ISNT THAT AWESOME! we will probably have a big farewell show to the house before we move at the end of april but i am just so thankful we have more time before being kicked out of our house! HOORAY!

THE BEST FRIENDS!

THE BEST FRIENDS ARE PLAYING THERE FIRST OFFICIAL SHOW BACK FROM A 32 MONTH LONG HIATUS ON FEBRUARY 1ST @THE LAUNDRY MAT ON 7TH AVE. AND PORTLAND AREA... (don't know the exact address sorry.) LOTS OF OTHER GREAT ACTS WILL BE PERFORMING THOUGH. AND ITS FREE!

FATHERS DAY!

WE WROTE 6 NEW SONGS TODAY! AND WE HAVE A TON OF SWEET SHOWS COMING UP! HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR!
-JAN 17 @THE TRUNK SPACE (PHOENIX, AZ) W/TREASURE MAMMAL, SKINWALKERS, WHITMAN AND A TON OF OTHER BANDS
-FEB 03 @THE PHIX (PHOENIX, AZ) W/FUCKED UP, HOUR OF THE WOLF, GEORGE MOSHINGTON, ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD AND PIGEON RELIGION
-FEB 06 @RAY'S HOUSE (PHOENIX, AZ) W/JJCNV, RAY REEVES, SKINWALKERS, HAUNTED COLOGNE AND MORE!
-FEB 28 @THE TRUNK SPACE (PHOENIX, AZ) W/THE CHILDREN OF HELL, JJCNV AND MORE
-MAR 28 @??? (JEROME, AZ) W/ULTRAMAROON, SKINWALKERS, JJCNV AND A TON OF OTHER BANDS
-MAR 29 @THE TRUNK SPACE (PHOENIX, AZ) W/PEELANDER-Z, JJCNV, RIPPTYDE AND SKINWALKERS
-APR 01 @??? (PHOENIX, AZ) W/REALICIDE AND HIGHER LOVE
-APR 25 @THE TRUNK SPACE W/A TON OF BANDS (REAL COACHELLA)
-APR 28 @THE TRUNK SPACE W/NEW THRILL PARADE AND SKINWALKERS
-MAY 14 @THE SPELL CASTER LODGE (NEW ORLEANS, LA) W/QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT AND CHAIN$ THE GANG (FEATURING CALVIN JOHNSON AND IAN SVENEOUS)

I HAVE A PEP-RALLY MEGAPHONE NOW! YAY!

MY ART SHOW!

(GO SEE IT @THE TRUNK SPACE ANYTIME THEY ARE OPEN, FROM NOW TILL FEBRUARY 15TH)

GOOD STUFF! 01/01/2009

2009-01-01T12:36:00.000-08:00

it is always so hard for me to narrow things down to "top ___" lists. Everyone i know is doing some sort of "2008 year in review sort of thing" so i feel like doing the same. This year is way different from any other year because it was a good mix of "missionary life" and "normal human being life" so here it is...

-Making new friends! (hamani hill, migel, jenna...)
-Voodoo Donuts / Ending my Two Year Donut Fast (By the way Voodoo Donuts is something i am looking forward too when i go back up to Portland next week)
-Fathers Day is alive and kicking and making amazing music and recording new material and practicing and playing amazing shows!!!
-I have lived with all my best friends (for the most part)!
-Discovering new local bands and discovering old local bands for the first time and re-discovering local bands again! (mainly Ray Reeves, Skinwalkers, Bolt, JJCNV, James Fella, Haunted Cologne...)
-Playing in LA!
-Lots of house shows!
-Becoming good friends with long time friend/acquaintance JASON SYKES!
-3 ART SHOWS!!!???!!!???
-Hi My Name Is Ryan writes and plays and sings real songs now!
-The Children of Hell played again!
-IGGY IS THE GREATEST HUMAN BEING EVER!
-Salena Got Baptized right before i went home!
-I VOTED FOR JESUS CHRIST!
-My friends and family all became better people and i learned to appreciate them all for reals!
-MEMPHIS!
and this

GOOD STUFF! 12/29/2008

2008-12-29T16:36:00.001-08:00

http://www.thegoodshows.com has been updated, there are some more terrific shows coming up. and these are the ones i am planning on attending.

DECEMBER 31ST

NEW YEARS SHOW!:

w/french quarter (with a full band), tradewinds (reunion!) and hell kite

@BOO BERRY FORT

1441 BONARDEN LN. TEMPE, AZ

$5 / 8:00PM

JANUARY 3RD

DJENTRIFICATION:

b-boy/b-girl battle

@WAY COOL HAIR SALON

16TH ST. AND MCDOWELL, AZ

FREE! / 6:00PM

JANUARY 5TH

THE SLACKERS:

w/evil fudd and the montrery

@CLUB CONGRESS

311 E. CONGRESS ST. TUCSON, AZ

$12 / 6:30PM

JANUARY 6TH

GAY BEAST:

w/soft shoulder, syrup, magic johnson and ingrown

@BOO BERRY FORT

1441 BONARDEN LN. TEMPE, AZ

$5 / 8:00PM

JANUARY 12TH

FATHERS DAY:

w/emporer x, james fella and porches

@THE TRIBE

2238 N. 24TH ST. PHOENIX, AZ

FREE! / 8:00PM

JANUARY 16TH

POLKA DOT DOT DOT:

w/james fella, bone eater and the dry river yacht club

@THE TRUNKSPACE

1506 GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ

$6 / 9:00PM

JANUARY 23RD

FOOT OX TOUR KICKOFF:

w/bri and other bands

@THE TRUNKSPACE

1506 GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ

$6 / 8:00PM

FEBRUARY 3RD

FUCKED UP:

w/hour of the wolf, andrew jackson jihad, george moshington, fathers day and pigeon religion

@THE PHIX

1113 NW. GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ

$6 / 8:00PM

FEBRUARY 28TH

LIAMS BIRTHDAY SHOW:

w/jjcnv and other bands

@THE TRUNKSPACE

1506 GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ

$6 / 8:00PM

MARCH 23RD

THE MAE SHI:

w/pre, soft shoulder and pigeon religion

@THE TRUNKSPACE

1506 GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ

$6 / 8:00PM

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today i found this interview with me on the red carpet at the AFI film festival.

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AND HERE ARE SOME MORE CD REVIEWS

SHEARING PINX "ULTRA SNAKE" CD
Out of the big box of albums i got from friend James Fella, i got a a handful of stuff from the Shearing Pinx. I am only going to Review this album because i enjoyed it the most out of everything i have heard from them. The album is very fierce and high energy and that's what i love to see live right now. I haven't seen them live yet but i imagine they would be a ton of fun and i would go completely bonkers over them.

SPRINGFIELD U. "SELF TITLED" CDR
This album was given to me by the amazing "Best Fwends". (which the drummer for "springfield u" is in) It's a pop/punk band that writes and plays songs about simpsons stuff. It's a really great concept, band...everything I am really into it and i imagine more people would be if they made more stuff, or played shows. But they don't anymore. My understanding is that there last show was sometime in 2006... bummer. Anyway, the album is great but short and only 4/10 of the tracks are actual songs, the rest are homer simpson impersinations. Oh well, its only $3 at www.signguyrecords.com

BADICAL TURBO RADNESS "TO THE RESCUE" CD
This is one of the worst "Ska" CD's my ears have ever heard. But it is still worth so much to me because of the novelty of it all. You see BTR! was a 5 piece ska band from 96-98 which sang songs about girls, surfing and a bunch of nonsense. And members of this band went on to form/become Bobby Birdman / Golden Shoulders / The Bass Player For AFI. All of which take themselves very seriously now as artists and human beings and so it just makes me gitty inside when they all have this "dark cloud of embarassment" hanging over them. If i was in a band that was like Badical Turbo Radness i would not be embarassed (wait a minute... i was.) Anyway, i got this years ago from my friend who bought it from Zia records for $5 listened to it once or twice and didnt want it anymore. It's really silly and fun but totally stupid, but if you are into that sort of thing i suggest picking it up if you find it, or just ask me for a copy.

GOOD STUFF! 12/28/2008

2008-12-28T12:36:00.000-08:00

I am going to finally fill you in on some of these cd's i have been listening to / re-discovering lately.

LE SCRAWL "EAGER TO PLEASE" CD
This CD was given to me by my friend Emily after she tried to sell it to some record stores in phoenix. She probably said something like "eh, this sucks but you might like it" i vaguely remember listening to it at that time and thinking "it's interesting i guess" and putting it on the shelf. Well, i finally gave it a real listen and "evaluation" and looked into the band a little more and have found they are pretty awesome and my virgin to-anything-other-than-ska-and-punk ears probably couldn't handle or understand it when i first listened to it. The album is pretty good and really interesting. After the first few songs you understand what is going on and can be bored with it easily but this doesn't dis-credit the band or what they are doing i don't think. Imagine if a really great grindcore / metal band had ska and jazz breakdowns instead of guitar solos...etc. and that is pretty much leScrawl. after checking out there labels website and reading more about them it interests me in there other albums and there earlier stuff they made when they were called "scrawl". It also looks like this band is still around...maybe? and they released a new album last year. So... maybe i will get to see them someday.

RANDY NEWMAN "HARPS AND ANGELS" CD
A few years ago my friends Steph and JRC introduced me to this wonderful man named Randy Newman. While i was in Portland from 2006-2008 i stumbled upon his album "Sail Away" at a thrift store for $1. Since i heard that wonderful album i have been hooked and i have been blown away at the way this man writes, composes and produces music. He is one of the reasons i have written REAL songs over the past year or so. This album "Harps and Angels" is a masterpiece, in my opinion. Lyrically it is the rantings of an old man that has seen and been through a lot in this world. And although at first listen it makes you laugh to think about that. This album is not meant to be funny or "gimmick-ey". After listening to songs like "Potholes" and "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" you realize he just wants to get some stuff off of his chest. It is such a beautiful album and can still be compared to "Sail Away" or "Good Old Boys" but is still in a league of it's own. And for 4-5 days i could not stop listening to it, because it is SO GOOD! I have decided after listening to it so many times that at the end of my "career" i want to make music like the music on this wonderful album. here is a video he made for "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country"

BINGES "RETURN OF WHATEVER" CDR
This is band i have never heard of before, and one of the many albums my friend James Fella gave to me as a "welcome home, here is all the cool stuff you missed out on" gift. I don't think anything i could say about this band or this album could do it justice. so i will just say that if you like mellow-er, free jazz-ey, experimental, noise...type stuff. you should check them out. they recently went on a tour with my friend Tent City and another great band of the same sub-genre genre Racoo-ooo-oon. I am sad i missed it.

DOGME 95 "ARCADIAN HYMNS" CD
I played a show with this guy back in 2006 at the trunkspace. i didn't know anything about him, i was told he did electronica/type music and had a performance art side of it. So anyway, Hi My Name Is Ryan played with this guy and a few other people (he was on tour with another great artist named "alexis") and hardly anyone was there and this guy still did an amazing job. He gave me this CD and i never listened to it (well i probably did once or twice but its been almost 3 years since i last heard it at least). When i finally gave this album a chance i was blown away by how awesome it was. There is 3 sides to it. 1) the acoustic side 2) the electronic/dance side and 3) the more experimental/tribal/artsy side. And guess what ITS ALL GOOD! So i highly suggest checking him out and seeing him if he comes through town. Because he's got it all.

ARCHBISHOP JASON POLLAND "PRESENTS THE DOLL TWINS" CD
Now don't get me wrong. I LOVE Archbishop Jason Polland, i love his work on all his other albums and i especially love his work in the Nourishment. But... his last two albums have scared the crap out of me. This one especially for some reason, and i still can't put my finger on it. But this album is very creepy in a very real sort of way. Perhaps when he is not singing about food, bathrooms or satanic worship its just too hard for me to understand or "get". But this is a concept album about two cute little girls who want to have fun and for some reason it creeps me out. you can download it for free here, so you judge for yourself.

RAY REEVES "THE WAIT IS OVER" CDR
Raye Reeves i believe, has done an excellent job of making everyone he meets think he is a badass. That is because he is. If you listen to this mind melting tour into the mind of a psycho you will realize that he is a badass through and through. Not an ounce of poser in this guy. The CD comes with lyrics scribbled in pen for 4/17 tracks, hate mail from someone, a picture of Ray Reeves as a child and a short letter asking people to help him out financially. Now i want to do my part to help the Ray Reeves and encourage you to go to his shows, buy his music and watch his videos.

GOOD STUFF! 12/21/2008

2008-12-21T22:13:00.000-08:00

IGGY TURNED ONE YEARS OLD TODAY!
His party was a lot of fun and his compilation CD is amazing! Hopefully some day Emily (Mom) and Liam (Dad) will allow me to put it online for free download because there is a limited 35 copies in existence. Although i am pretty sure they are going to re-release it with some new additions that have been received by more friends/family! You can still hear/download one of my contributions to the CD at http://www.myspace.com/himynameisryan3 its called "Things Everyone Needs To Hear" and it is my favorite song i have ever recorded with any project...ever. And it was all inspired by my god-baby.
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December has been a slow month for music and fun and creative things... but what little has happened has been pretty awesome. I have been steadily working on my art show in January @the Trunk Space. This show will feature a ton of absurdity from me and a ton of brilliance from Corey Busboom (of the Coitus). My pieces will include silkscreens of Wayne Micheal Reich's Face, an 80 pound ball of solid ties, Polaroid Collage work and possibly more... it all depends on how inspired and motivated i become. I will post a postcard for the show as soon as i get it.
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I missed the No Bunny / Okmoniks show in Tempe, AZ this week and i am still pretty bummed about it. I haven't been bummed about missing a show like this since i was 14-15 years old it was very hard for me to deal with. But i didnt know anyone in Phoenix that was going or wanted to go and i did not have a car available to me to drive myself. Either way i hear it was a great success! tons of people showed up and a new local Oi! band played called 4Q which features a super old friend of mine from one of my earliest experiments with music called "Georges Bush" (which later became "Jehova's Fitness" which later became "the Accidentals"). Anyway, i am sad i missed them, but i am happy No Bunny had a great show with lots of people. Last time he played phoenix, no one knew who he was or gave a damn. He played with Fathers Day and another great band called "Bad Waste" (who i am unable to find anything from them online, but if i could, i would share it with you because they were super great too!) i think a total of 6 people payed to see the show and here are some pictures of no bunny's set.

and here is a picture from his show that i missed

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On Friday i went to a show @the Trunk Space and saw French Quarter, Adrian Orange, Alas Alak Alaska, Fancie and James Fella. I don't have a lot to say about the show aside from how amazing French Quarter played (his best set that i have seen in my opinion) and how amazing / tense James Fella played. I still have a bunch of mixed feelings on the touring acts though and that bothers me. So instead of writing about these feelings and putting my foot in my mouth i am going to talk about the first time i saw Adrian Orange (back when he toured under the name "Thanksgiving").

It was August, 2004. My best friend Emily booked a show for all these different bands that no one had heard of (like she and i usually do) and we had no idea how amazing of a show and of an impact the bands and the show would have on everyone. The lineup was
-The Children of Hell
-My Little Red Toe
-Thanksgiving (aka Adrian Orange)
-Y.A.C.H.T.
-Foot Village (w/special guests "Dreamhouse")
-Friends Forever

Probably less than 30 people paid to get in. And the Phix Gallery is a pretty big place. But you know what? That show was on of the best shows i have ever been to in my whole life because of a couple of things. 1. All the bands kicked ass and played with all there heart and soul. 2. everyone in attendance was there to have a great time and didnt care about anything other than fun that night.

That night when i saw Thanksgiving it was awesome and very magical. The second time i saw Thanksgiving it was alright too, it was different (because every tour is different for him) but it was still good and inspiring... And every time i have seen him perform since has not even compared and that makes me sad. But i guess that's the whole point and the whole thing he is going for, no two tour are the same, every album is a completely new piece of art unlike anything else... and i can appreciate that. But i still can't help but feel bummed when i see him now.

YACHT wrote about this show on his website soon after it happened, you should read it here.
and he posted an amazing video which is now available on youtube.

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And finally, like i stated in an earlier entry... i have been listening to music lately that i have had for a while but just haven't made time to listen to it yet. (and there is a lot) and at some point i think i will review some of it. (only the good stuff though.) so hopefully i feel motivated / inspired to do that as well.

GOOD STUFF! 12/14/2008

2008-12-14T22:10:00.000-08:00

This week i am mostly writing about recent shows i have attended. But before i go into "review mode" i am going to say... This week i recorded a really fun song that i am super excited about for my god baby's birthday compilation, and i just put it up on myspace for people to listen to. Its called "things everyone needs to hear." I recorded it at my friend robby's house with andrew and tristan and i think it came out really great. Please listen to it and tell me what you think. And speaking of the iggy comp'... it is turning out to be awesome. I believe emily and liam are only waiting for 1-2 more songs, but the 13 that are already on there are so amazing!

SHOW REVIEWS:
CLEW OF THESEUS w/sikhara, james fella and adam mokan @The Trunkspace - This was an all around good noise show. Some of it was dissapointing though, Adam Mokan performed for the first time in over a year or something and he made some intresting sounds but usually it is really intense and he freaks out at some point. At this show the sound just built for 10 minutes and stopped. James Fella did a great job, it was slow moving at first but eventually became very hipnotic and almost spiritual. There was a point in his set where his equipment completly shut off and he told me he was upset with that happening but i think it made it all more intresting because you could feel his stress and anxiety. Sikhara reminded me of a more artsy/tribal version of 8 Bit Porno. Sound/musically wise it was very intense and in your face and had plenty of changes in it all. But it was also very ritualistic in a not that intresting sort of way... i dont know, i still have mixed feelings about there performance. But musically it was super great! Clew of Thesis finished off the night with the greatest/most intresting set i have seen him perform. There was fog, insense, candles, a large teepee looking thing with bones attached to it, amazing lights and amazing sounds. I was very impressed and blown away by his performance, mostly because i could tell he put so much time and effort into it.

7 MINUTES UNDER THE MISTLETOE @Space 55 Theater - I didn't stay for the whole thing but i will explain my thoughts and feelings of the events i did witness. First performer was Tom Tuerff, who is hilarious and is pretty popular (and rightfully so) among the weirdo/bizarro "scene" (for lack of better terminology) he did two great songs about christmas that made me laugh, the only one that stands out though was about how christmas sucks in arizona. Lauren Henschen did this really great/funny monologue about the economy and her life in general. There was a funny skit performed about kids opening christmas gifts and having fun with there toys and it being really "fucked up" it was really funny. Sex vs. Christmas was pretty funny too this time. (there is a cute couple that does this regular "bit" called Sex vs. ____ which is a constant battle to see what is actually better than Sex) This time it was different though, because rather than having the beautiful Elizabeth Peterson represent "Sex" they had the beautiful Steve Wilcox represent "Sex" and he did a terrific job! It was all very funny and brilliantly improvised. Some of the jokes (or rather stunts) in the "Sex vs. christmas" skit were pretty expected but still appreciated. I also saw someone perform the "12 days of a political christmas" (or something like that) he wrote a song to the music of "The 12 days of christmas" but every day was something different about how crappy it was to under the Bush administration and it was very very clever. The Naked Magician also performed. He is this very cool older gentlemen who performs magic in the nude, some people love it, some people hate it and i simply love things that are like that. My performance was both cute and very asshole and i don't really want to write about it.

THE QUEST @The Trunkspace - "The Quest" (in case you don't already know) is my newest project i have with andrew jemsek. It is a sort of loungey, layed back, greatest hits compilation of songs we wrote/have performed/really like. Andrew plays guitar and i play drums and we both sing. This was our second performance and it was pretty sloppy and i blame it mostly on myself and the fact that i could barely hear Andrew and we didn't have a set list with us (although we did make one). the songs we performed were (in no particular order)
-I KISSED A BOY (fancy pants)
-LIARS! (hi my name is ryan)
-DRESSING UP IS ONE THING (the real me)
-DRESS FOR SUCCESS (hi my name is ryan)
-KISS ME SON OF GOD (they might be giants)
-WAITRESS TIED UP (the nourishment)
-FUCK WHITE PEOPLE (andrew jackson jihad)
-SLEAZY (fathers day)
-I HATE MY KIDS (fathers day / haunted cologne)
-DID I USE THE WORD DIVORCE? (fathers day)
-I KNOW WHAT YOU DID (the real me)
-SUCK A CHEETAHS DICK (wesley willis)
-WILD THING (the troggs)
-DRUMMER IN MY CHEST (uggamugga)
-HARD ROCK STAR (uggamugga)
-POOP SONGS #1 + #2 (night wolf)
-BRODIE JAM (night wolf)
and thats all i can recall right now, but i think there was more.

THE AQUABATS @The Marquee Theater - The Aquabats played a terrific set. The best i have seen them in years! and here are a few reasons why. 1. They played a bunch of songs they haven't played in years. (Story of Nothing, Magic Chicken, Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates, CD Repo Man) 2. There stage banters was pretty hilarious and mostly because they thought they were so funny. I love it when more "professional" and "developed" bands do stuff like this because it makes me feel not as stupid when i do it. 3. I was super pumped and hyped on cookies and hot chocolate and went completely nuts for most of there set. 4. THEY THREW FOOD AT THE CROWD! HOORAY! i haven't seen them do that since 2001 but they use to do it all the time and it was always so much fun and a huge influence on me and my performances in the future and... sigh.... it was all so beautiful! After the show i got to hang out with them backstage which was also a delight because they are all really nice genuine people and i like that i am at a point in my life where i feel comfortable being around/talking to my favorite band of all time. PLUS the bat commander gave me his sweaty/smelly rashgaurd that he wore that night at the show. AND! he gave me a new prosthetic mustache and spirit gum! HOORAY FOR FREE GIFTS!

GOOD STUFF! 12/09/2008

2008-12-09T10:27:00.000-08:00

I just got some of the greatest news in my life!... Fathers Day will (most likely) be playing in New Orleans @The Spellcaster Lodge w/Quintron and Miss Pussycat AND CALVIN JOHNSON! in May! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! i will definitely let you know more about that as it all comes closer to a reality.
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Today i went to tempe to put up some fliers for upcoming shows and such with my friend Tristan and i realized i have this horrible habit to impulsively buy things if they are a good deal or really great or...whatever. if i have money and i see something cool i buy it (even though a lot of times. like today) i really shouldn't and really can't afford to. But either way, we stopped by some cool places in Tempe and i got some nice things and i want to share them with you so that way you can support these business as well.

1. A delicious cup of hot chocolate from Coffee Cartel. i had never been to Coffee Cartel but i hear they have cool shows there sometimes and they were super nice people so i bought a big cup of hot chocolate and i wasn't let down at all. Super delicious! Super friendly! Worth stopping by again! Hooray!

2. "Punk Rock and Trailer Parks" graphic novel by Derf. This was a major impulse buy but i dont mind. Just by glancing through it i think its pretty awesome and worth the $15 i spent on it. Besides i picked this up from Ash Ave. Comics, which is my favorite Comic book store of all time and i haven't been there in forever! Let alone purchase something! I think the last thing i bought from there was James Kochalka's "Fantastic Butterflies" back in early 2006.

3. 2 Madness LP's ("7" and "Absolutely") and Slow Gherkin "Shed Some Skin" on Vinyl. Each album was less than $5. And i got them all from the greatest record store left in Arizona (no offense to Revolver Records or Stinkweeds. or even Tracks N' Wax) East Side Records. The thing that i love about record stores like eastside and others is that after spending a couple minutes in there you know exactly what the employees are into and what you are sure to find! Eastside is the only place in Arizona where i have found anything from Tiny Tim, The Mummies, Soda Pop Fuck You, The Space Tourists and more... And the Fact that i found these 3 great ska albums on LP all for less than $5 a piece is remarkable. If i would've spent a whole day there who knows what i would have ended up with.
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Fathers Day is doing a split with treasure mammal at the end of January. The theme or "concept" of the album is going to be "sheriff Joe Arpaio" Treasure Mammal side is going to be anti-arpaio and Fathers Day side is going to be pro-arpaio. And we are all very excited. To learn more about Arpaio go here and here and here
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i updated http://www. thegoodshows. com recently and there is a lot of good stuff coming up. i will probably be attending the following. shows in green means i am performing

DECEMBER 10TH
SIKHARA:
w/clew of thesis, adam mokan and james fella
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$5 / 7:00PM

DECEMBER 11TH
(not listed on thegoodshows.com)
MUSTARD PLUG:
w/another band? maybe?
@THE CLUBHOUSE
TEMPE, AZ
$6 / 7:00PM / 18+

DECEMBER 12TH
TRUNKSPACE BENEFIT:
w/swell chemistry, visantos, haunted cologne, plague party, strawman and
phatima unclear.
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$7-$10 / 8:30PM

AND

7 MINUTES UNDER THE MISTLETOE:
w/10+ artists all performing for 7 minutes.
@SPACE 55 THEATER
PHOENIX, AZ
$5 / 9:00PM

DECEMBER 13TH
UGGAMUGGA TOUR KICKOFF:
w/the quest!!!! and a bunch of other bands.
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 NW GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ
$5 / 8:00PM

AND!

(not listed on thegoodshows)
THE AQUABATS:
w/dj lance rock, suburban legends and some other bands
@THE MARQUEE THEATER
TEMPE, AZ
$20 / 7:00PM

DECEMBER 17TH
NO BUNNY:
w/the okmoniks and other bands
@THE MANOR
832 S. MAPLE ST.
TEMPE, AZ
FREE! / 8:00PM

DECEMBER 18TH
DAN DEACON:
w/other bands
@SCOTTSDALE WATERFRONT
7380 E. SECOND STREET SCOTTSDALE, AZ
FREE! / 7:00PM

AND!

FRENCH QUARTER:
w/alas alak alaska, fancie and other bands
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$6 / 8:00PM

DECEMBER 27TH
HOORAY FOR THE LIGHTRAIL SHOW!:
w/uggamugga, iji, french quarter and stellaluna
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
FREE! / 7:00PM

FEBRUARY 4TH
FUCKED UP:
w/mika miko, andrew jackson jihad, george moshington and other bands
@THE PHIX
1113 NW. GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$6 / 8:00PM

FEBRUARY 5TH
SKA IS DEAD TOUR:
w/the toasters, the vodoo glow skulls, deals gone bad and buck-0-nine
@THE MARQUEE THEATER
TEMPE, AZ
?? / 7:00PM

and there is more good shows as well. but hey... january looks like a pretty dry month, anyone know of some sweet shows happening that month that aren't already listed on www.thegoodshows.com? let me know.
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OH! and don't forget to go to this show!

(here is the press kit for this show. if you aren't planning on going already maybe by reading this it will change your mind)

"For Immediate Release
THEGOODSHOWS presents
VALUE FEST

Dec 26th, 7PM at

The Trunk Space
6 Bands, $1.00

WHO: THE GOOD SHOWS longtime promoters of cutting edge music out west
WHAT: 6 Killer PHX Bands, for one measly buck! Taste your town for 100 pennies.
WHERE: The Trunk Space, 1506 NW Grand Ave, 602-256-6006 (www.thetrunkspace.com)
WHEN: Friday December 26th (Day After Christmas). Doors at 7PM
WHY: Stimulate your mind, heart, and the economy!

Additional Info:
http://www.thegoodshows.com
Contact Ryan Avery:
majestic.ryan@gmail.com

Says Ryan Avery, "As we all know the economy is in bad shape and we use this as an excuse to buy cheap things and not go out as much because we chose to let it bring us down. Some say it is the reason why show attendance hasn't been as great lately for most live performance venues. Whatever the case may be, we shouldn't let the lousy economy stop us from having fun and stop us from supporting amazing local businesses. Value Fest is the answer to the many excuses people have for not going out and having a good time anymore."
THE BANDS ARE:

Fathers Day – Thrash / Punk / Hardcore:

It's all about dad's.
www.myspace.com/fathersday / www.thegoodshows.com/info-fathersday.html

JJCNV – Weirdo / Punk / Rock:

Local rock band recently featured on the cover of The New Times.
www.jjcnv.com / www.myspace.com/jjcnv

Skinwalkers – Alternative / Weirdo / Butthole Surfers:

This band is changing Phoenix.
www.myspace.com/skinwalkersmusic

Children of Hell – Punk / Disco / Sex:
This will be there reunion show. They haven't played since August, 2006.
www.myspace.com/childrenofhell
Earth, Wind and Stranger – Noise / Electronic / Inspirational:

Treasure Mammal's newest creation.
www.myspace.com/treasuremammal

BOLT! – Spastic / Noise / Punk:

Just like the new Pixar film!
www.myspace.com/boltofficial / boltofficial.tripod.com

The Good Shows hears the trunk space is in okay shape right now--but things at the moment aren't looking up. Shows that usually bring 100 or so people are bringing half of that. They've been doing this for 5 years now and haven't had turnouts like this since the early days of the space. So with that being said, The Good Shows feel that we should try and stop the problem before it gets worse, for our favorite place in the world. Six bands will be playing loud, fun, energetic music for $1, bring extra money if you can to donate to the space or to buy band merchandise. The show starts at 7:00pm"

GOOD STUFF! 12/04/2008

2008-12-04T21:31:00.000-08:00

on the aquabats message board there is a thread about peoples top 3 favorite ska albums. it is fun to see what people have come up with and of course there are jerks and idiots that will say "The Aquabats 'Charge!'" but all message boards have people that will post things like that to be funny. anyway... i went through my music collection and i came up with these and i chose way more than 3 because it is just too hard to narrow it down to just 3. not to mention all the differant varietys of ska music out there.

traditional ska:
The Adjusters "before the revolution"
Hepcat "right on time"
The Slackers "wasted days"

ska/punk with organs:
The Chinkees "peace through music"
The Gadjits "wish we never met"
Slow Gherkin "roman holiday"

90's ska/punk:
Impossibles "anthology"
Skankin Pickle "sing along with..."
The Hippos "forget the world"

skacore:
Voodoo Glow Skulls "who is, this is?"
Mighty Mighty Bosstones "skacore the devil and more"
Mu330 "chumps on parade"

albums i feel bad for leaving out because they are so good:
Madness "one step beyond"
Chris Murray "raw"
Dan Potthast "eyeballs"
Kingpins "plan of action"

if you are familiar with the genre you will probably notice i haven't included anything too "classic" or "standard" (excluding madness "one step beyond") and it isnt because most "standard" ska albums arent good... its because i simply like these better and listen to it all more. and if that upsets you... i totally understand. Because i am a snob about music just as much as you.

i attended Grand Ave. Live this evening. Which is a live talk show that happens every first thursday of each month at the trunk space. It features local artists and weirdos, funny sketches, surprise guests and usually a musical guest each night JUST LIKE A REAL LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW YOU WOULD SEE ON TELEVISION! It was also originally hosted and created by me and was then called "grand ave. tonight!" but appearently when that became too confusing for the audience to understand so now it is "grand ave. live!" and is hosted by a way better and talented man by the name of Kevin Patterson! and tonight i saw my first "episode" since i have returned to phoenix and i LOVED IT! Kevin does such a wonderful job, everything has good timing, nothing drags on, nothing is too awkward, he has amazing charisma.... jeez! i am so jealeous! but i am also so happy for him because it is so awesome. When i hosted G.A.T. it was just this really weird and awkward giant performance art piece (pretty much) that i tricked people into coming to (which is true, on more than one occasion i tricked people into coming) But now its magnificent. And very (for lack of a better term) "legit" in my opinion. Anyway... its good and if you havent seen it, or think the whole idea is lame...you need to go and see it because it is soooooooo good! and you will not be dissapointed!

The Night Wolf show on teusday went alright... better than expected anyway. We played some songs and made lots of jokes about poop and then did a 2-3 minute long "commercial jam" that was very much like They Might Be Giants "fingertips" and it turned out alright for never practicing it. Then we watched the first episode of Skelton Warriors until everyone left. Aunt Dracula didnt play because by the time they reached the space everyone was gone. Earth, Wind and Stranger didnt play because he thought for some reason it was tonight instead. And Pools opened the show and did a really great job. So over all not a total failure in my opinion. There are sadly no pictures or videos from the show but i found some live Night Wolf Videos from our comeback show in september.

This is the begining of our set. We sealed off the doors and created a "danger room" so no one could leave.

And here is the end of our set. Where we played the Bambi Jam and had the ground turn to lava. which didnt really play out as well as we had hoped so we went into jerk mode and started daring people to stay.

and since i'm posting videos from youtube.com why not include this video from when Hi My Name Is Ryan performed "Fath Flourescent" at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood, CA

GOOD STUFF! 12/01/2008 PART 2!

2008-12-01T22:28:00.000-08:00

First off, there are two great shows coming up this month. The first in the flyer above you. My band Night Wolf will be performing with a band i am not that into but i hear they are pretty fun live called Aunt Dracula who is on tour from Pennsylvania. As well as Pools which is a "90's Rock" style of band (think 3rd eye blind and semisonic) and Earth, Wind and Stranger (aka Treasure Mammal) who will be performing some new jamz that night too.

The second one is "VALUE FEST!" which is the one shown just above this text. The show is only $1 and i garuntee all the bands are good and fun and crazy and amazing! i have already talked up a few of them in this blog! because i love all of them sooo much! and one of the most exciteing things to happen at this show (if not THE most exciting) is THE CHILDREN OF HELL ARE PLAYING! and they havent played a show since my farewell show August 16th, 2006! and they are soo good! here are some pictures from old live shows!

They are one of those bands that is just so amazing, but hardly ever does anything. They have recorded a hand full of songs and non of the recordings are that great (or released) [EXCEPT: "D is for Destiny" which will be available soon i hear.] They have been around since July, 2004 but have only played roughly 10 shows. So it's totally a special treat to see these guys if/when you can.

Also, i thought i would share with you my own little "reviews" of 3 albums i listened to today.

Andrew Jackson Jihad "people who can eat people, are the luckiest people in the world".
This is not my favorite AJJ album but i will say that i think it is a brilliant and beautiful album and i would really love if there was a band that sounded like this all the time and toured and put on music regularly. You see, this album may be andrew jackson jihad songs performed by andrew jackson jihad but, there is a TON of extra instrumentation. Normally with the Jihad there is only acoustic guitar and upright bass. This album includes not only that but accordian, pianolin, cello, singing saw, manolin, violin, slide guitar, electric guitar, gloskenspiel, trumpet, drums and banjo. Which makes for a beautifuly orchestrated piece of music but not what Andrew Jackson Jihad sounds like.
FAVORITE TRACK(S): 02 Brave As a Noun, 05 No More Tears, 08 A Song Dedicated to The Memory of Stormy The Rabbit and 11 People (which is one of the most positive songs i have ever heard)

Night Wounds "Allergic To Heat"
I have seen Night Wounds 2+ times at least and i must say they are a lot of fun to see live. The first time i saw them i picked up a little 3 song demo thing, that was pretty good and able to hold me over till i saw them again and i picked up there 7" from them. When i got this full length from James Fella the other day this is one of the albums i was most excited about because i was hopeing to get some new excitement and positive feelings about them. But sadly i felt this album did not deliver what i had hoped for. All the recordings are pretty raw and live. Which are both fine and i dont mind most of the time but i wasnt wanting or expecting that, so in the end i felt dissapointed. Which bums me out because i love this band. So i think i am going to have to listen to it again a few months from now and give it another shot.
FAVORITE TRACK(S): 03 Nineteen and 04 Ex Best Friend

Mooey Moobau "All Murmer of our Mothers' Waters"
This album is the latest project Joe Tepperman (The Nourishment and GST Mugwump) has been involved with. He gave me a copy of this at a Fathers Day show in LA in early November. I finally got around to listening to it. (although i am still unsure why i put it off for so long because Joe is one of my heroes) I listened to it in the car while i was on a delivery for my job. The music and sounds created on this album are so intresting and mind numbing and fantastic (in the literal sense of fantasy and wonder) that it was difficult to concentrate on driving and i almost ended up in a car wreck. Thats all i really have to say about this, so let it be a word of caution: DO NOT listen to this album while driveing or operating heavy machinery, or you might die.
FAVORITE TRACK(S): 02 Trap Door and 07 The Dead Plant on my Desk

GOOD STUFF! 12/01/2008

2008-12-01T01:05:00.000-08:00

So, Corey Busboom is pretty much the coolest guy ever. I could actually write an entire chapter in a book about the coolest people to ever exist, about him. But i wont. I could also write an entire "blog" entry about him... but i wont. But i will share with you some of the sweet videos he took from last nights show!

This is literally the last minute of fathers day's set last night. Sadly not many of our fans were able to see it because we went on first and we usually go on later than 8:30pm. This includes the amazing Corey Busboom, which is why we only have the last one minute from our set. The song we are playing is the new "oncore song" its called "do the dad" and thankfully a lot of people got into it and so it turned out to be a success!

This is the Coal Mine Canaries they played the show last night too. When i would tell people about the show i never mentioned the Coal Mine Canaries because 1. i had never heard them. 2. they feature 4 guys from bands i never really liked (although i know they are all very talented musicians and i can appreciate that) and so i sorta figured it was going to be horrible. But i was dead wrong in my assumptions and i was very impressed with what they did and super excited to see them again soon (hopefully it wasn't just some lame "stunt" they threw together for treasure mammal's show.)

Andrew Jackson Jihad did a really great set. And this is a 7:30 video from that set. It was the first time i have seen them since June, 2006.

It was a very eclectic lineup. Sadly i haven't found any footage from Treasure Mammal's set, or anything from Soft Shoulder and Fertile Crescent. But either way they all did amazing and i hope that if you don't know anything about these artists you check them out.

So... non-show related good stuff is, James Fella gave me a big box of cool stuff i have missed out on while i was on my mission. Which is one of the coolest things ever! And i am so excited about a lot of it and i want to listen to it all at the same time, but i dont have enough record players and CD players to do that. So anyway... here is the list:

CD:
-BINGES "return to whatever"
-GLOXHID CHRISTMIX 2007 "winter solstice"
-HELL-KITE "5 song demo EP?"
-JAMES FELLA "post/coast"
-JAMES FELLA "salvaged tape"
-NIGHT WOUNDS "allergic to heat"
-RACCOO-OO-OON "behold secret kingdom"
-SHEARING PINX "poison hands"
-SHEARING PINX "ultra snake"
-SIKED PSYCH "notnotfun compilation"
-Z'S "buck"

12":
-FOOT VILLAGES "friendship nation"
-FRENCH QUARTER "self titled"
-LITTLE WOMEN "teeth"
-TENT CITY "drought"

7":
-ABEVIGODA / MIKAELA'S FIEND "split"
-BABY GECKO / SOFT SHOULDER "split"
-FEMME COVERT / BLACK CAT #13 "split"
-GEORGE MOSHINGTON "attack"
-SABOTEURS
-SHEARING PINX "haruspex"
-SOFT SHOULDER "2 song 'hit single'"
-WARBLER / BROMP TREB "split"
-Z'S "arms"

thank you james fell a. for being an amazing human being.

GOOD STUFF! 11/29/2008

2008-11-29T01:13:00.000-08:00

My band Fathers Day has written 3 new songs! and we are playing all of them on Saturday! (tonight!) at this totally amazing show! And i really hope you can come and do come. Because it is going to be a lot of fun. Plan ahead of time to go completely bonkers during all of the bands

TREASURE MAMMAL - http://www.myspace.com/treasuremammal
FATHERS DAY - http://www.myspace.com/fathersday
SOFT SHOULDER - http://www.myspace.com/softshoulderfromtempe
ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD - http://www.myspace.com/andrewjacksonjihad
FERTILE CRESCENT - http://www.myspace.com/thefertilecrescent

@THE TRUNKSPACE (http://www.myspace.com/thetrunkspace) - 1506 NW. GRAND AVE. PHOENIX, AZ
$7 (PLUS FREE 7") / 8:00PM / ALL AGES

don't miss it!

Tonight was a really fun show too! there was this amazing surf rock band called the Boogie Nazis which features Logan from Bonegun! and seriously they were so much fun. i told them if they got an organ and a therimen they could easily be the new Man...or Astroman? Logan's other band played aswell... they are called Logan Greene and the bricks. And they ALSO tore it up! and i kept thinking throughout the night... "Logan is really awesome now! like....really really awesome now!" he gave me this CD that has a little bit from every project he has been in. Like a "Best of Logan" compilation or something. I am really excited to listen to it. Then I got to hear from two of my favorite local bands EVER! JJCNV and Haunted Cologne! and the whole night was a winning combination...

and i almost forgot to mention Whale Bones!... Whale Bones played too. He is a super nice guy who plays the ukelele and sings songs like i sing em. and he writes songs like i sing em. and so that made me happy. he was super great too. HOORAY FOR GOOD SHOWS!

GOOD STUFF! 11/24/2008

2008-11-24T15:07:00.000-08:00

I JUST GOT THE BEST NEWS ANY RETURN MISSIONARY WANTS TO HEAR! someone i taught the gospel to, someone i shared my testimony with and care a lot about is being baptized! December 21st i will be in Portland, OR to see the baptism of former investigator and now good friend Jeremy Lopez. It's the only thing i want this year. and thankfully my mom has lots of "frequent flyer miles" or something.... because it is going to become a reality! YES!!!!! oh gosh.... i don't know if anyone knows how i feel right now or can... but i am so stoked.

Christian Johnson is this really awesome / quite guy who goes to a lot of really good shows and takes pictures of the bands and then posts them on this website and he just posted pictures from the AIDS wolf show from a week ago. And they are really good, i love to go to his website and just look at old shows i was at or shows i missed and help myself remember how awesome Arizona is.

Fathers Day had a sweet band practice last night. We finished two new songs, that will hopefully blow every ones mind. i havent received any negative feedback on new Fathers Day songs so i think its a good sign that we are headed in the right direction. Anyway... you can see/hear these new songs if you come to our next show which is on Saturday the 29th of November. We are playing Treasure Mammal's 5 Year Anniversary Show! We are playing with two of the greatest bands to every play in phoenix Andrew Jackson Jihad and Soft Shoulder AND YOU GET A FREE 7" WHEN YOU GET IN! Here is a Flyer

I just got these wonderful pieces of music on vinyl in the mail today.

and these wonderful pieces of music on CD!

so HOORAY ADDICTIONS TO E-BAY! i am going to stay off of e-bay for a while though at least until after the holidays so in case i want to spend money on someone for christmas i can because its not spent on music and vintage clothing i bought online.

GOOD STUFF! 11/22/2008

2008-11-22T14:52:00.000-08:00

A few years ago I was asked by my friends Steph and JRC (who run the trunkspace) to contribute some of my "Photobooth Art" to there 3rd Annual Photography Show. I spent a lot of money on this project (that i think i am just breaking even on now) called "let's play dress up". I had a handful of my friends come take fun photobooth pictures with me at a mall in Phoenix, AZ and we put on fun/silly clothes, masks, outfits, helmets...etc. i cut all of the photobooth pictures out individually and put magnet on the back of them and have sold them for $3-$4 a piece since then (at art galleries and random shows and such).

And you can now purchase the remaining few photo magnets ONLINE! JUST CLICK RIGHT HERE!

here are a few of my favorites.

Last night was such a fun show @Rocky's Place. All the bands were a ton of fun and it went from 8:00pm to 2:30am. At midnight the cops showed up to turn the party off, because the show was happening in a residential area (next to an apartment complex) so we moved the party to Hood Ride which is this pretty cool place over on 5th St. and Roosevelt Rd. in downtown Phoenix that fixes up old bikes. The night started with a fun/silly performance by Ray Reeves and the Phoenix $uns and then Fathers Day played and tore the place up, trying to build hope in the hearts of young americans everywhere. After the Fathers Day set I headed down the street to Circle K to get some water (since the only drinks available at the house was beer) and i missed Bolt! but i heard them from outside the Circle K and they sounded awesome as always. Painkiller played a very joyful set that was more background music than anything but people still enjoyed it. Skinwalkers played a short 20 minute set that got everyone going crazy and having fun! and I think they are my new favorite local band, because the vibes and energy and music and show...everything is just so positive and fun. And if you haven't checked them out yet. You should. This is when the cops showed up and turned the party off. But only for a moment. Because soon everyone was over at hoodride enjoying The Hooves, who were fun. (lots of sleazy shuffle beats and sing along) And then the moment i know i was waiting for finally came but it almost became a disaster. Treasure Mammal showed up to play another one of his life changing performances and the people at Hood Ride (i think it was them but i am still unsure) turned off the PA system. All hope was about to be lost until Abe (T. Mammal) said "fuck it! let's party anyway!" and had the crowd join him in a two song accapella jam. Then some guy jumped on drums and started playing a beat very similar to "the Bambi Jam" so Andrew, Tristan and I got the bambi jam started with a handful of people, which later turned into "poop song #1". It all ended very abruptly and we all went home with smiles on our faces.

Now onto the Good Stuff happening tonight...

the legendary Green Jelly (formerly Green Jello) who became well known for the hit "3 little pigs" are playing tonight at The Sets in Tempe, AZ (93 E. SOUTHERN AVE.) w/one of my favorite bands of all time The Radioactive Chicken Heads. And I just heard a pretty cool band called Rosemary's Billygoat

PS: here are some sweet pictures from fathers day's set last night!

GOOD STUFF! 11/19/2008

2008-11-22T12:21:00.000-08:00

TOMORROW NIGHT! is going to be the first show i have "promoted" by myself since i have been home from the mission. and honestly i havent done that good of a job. to quote R. Kelly "don't you think i got enough bullshit on my mind girl?!" thats all i can really say about it. but still its no excuse. the show is going to be awesome. and night wolf's set should be so incredibly funny. just to get some ideas of what to expect. watch SLC punk and buffy the vampire slayer tomorrow in your free time. or tonight? anyway, i am also pretty stolked about the other bands playing. i dont know about dia dora vida... but they are on tour with keyboard. and i think keyboard is pretty cool and a lot of fun. and skinwalkers are life changing and possibly the best local band i have seen since i have been back home (+rocky is going to save the world some day. i have a lot of faith in that man). kobra kai is tim+morgans new band. morgan hasnt performed in a year or more and they are both a lot of fun and super spazzy and they sound pretty brutal on there myspace. and fancy pants is long time friend andy wiggum playing super fun/happy/amazing/homosexual/electronic music. and he is going on first because he is going to the lame misfits show @the venue of scottsdale afterwords. BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! but still excited to see him play again and to see him again period.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH
NIGHT WOLF - http://www.myspace.com/nightwolf2
DÍA DORA VIDA - http://www.myspace.com/diadoravida
KEYBOARD - http://www.myspace.com/keyboardband
SKINWALKERS - http://www.myspace.com/skinwalkersmusic
KOBRA KAI - http://www.myspace.com/kkobrakkai
FANCY PANTS - http://www.myspace.com/fancypantsfancypants

@THE TRUNKSPACE - 1506 NW GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ 85007
STARTS AT 8:00PM / $5 / ALL AGES (OF COURSE!)

ALL BANDS ARE PLAYING FUN / SPAZZY / SHORT SETS! SO COME EARLY AND DONT BE AFRAID TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE THING!

THEN!!!!!!!! friday fathers day is jumping onto rocky (skinwalkers) sweet house show! and we are starting no later than 9:30pm. and there is going to be free pizza. and the show is free. and the bands are going to be amazing and ...jeez there really isnt an excuse you can give for missing out on this. so anyway here is the other details.

BANDS:
-Treasure Mammal (AWESOME!)
-Ray Reeves and the PHX $ons (AWESOME!)
-The Tremulants
-BOLT! (AWESOME!)
-The Hooves
-Skinwalkers (AWESOME!)
-The Unfiltered Sound
-Painkiller
-Rapeworm

the other bands i dont know anything about. but rocky has good taste in music so i am sure they are rad. so the show starts at 8:00pm and will go till whenever. and the address is "27 e woodward dr # 1
Central & Virginia( one light south of thomas) behind the Circle Kizzle"-Rocky

be there or be a loser.

THEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! on saturday! "the boys" and i are going to the green jello / radioactive chickenheads show @the sets. here is the details i have on that.

GREEN JELL0:
w/the radioactive chicken heads
@THE SETS
93 E. SOUTHERN AVE. TEMPE, AZ
$?? / 7:00PM / ALL AGES

so now you may be asking "why would i want to go to this show?" and "what does this have to do with you other than you'll be there?" and the answer to those questions is.

1. green jelly and the radioactive chicken heads are two of the GREATEST "costume" bands. and i dont really care if you are into that at all because i know they both put on a great show and you will have fun even if you dont like the music.

2. "the boys" and i are going to be differant "characters" during radioactive chickenheads and possibly green jelly. so in a round about way i am going to be "performing". here is a picture from one of the times i have "performed" with the chickenheads.

Chuck-e-cheese @the trunkspace 2005
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now other stuff.

http://www.thegoodshows.com is finally updated! for the first time in almost a month! HOORAY!

check out my new website if you havent already - http://ryan.thegoodshows.com you can now buy stuff i have made/released. and you can download almost all the stuff i recorded on my mission. and i plan on adding more to it soon. maybe tonight.

i got more stuff out of my storage unit this week and organized my cd's and such and i found extra copies of O.P.M. "i am kevin bacon" compilation. and an extra copy of iggy pop's "numbers" cd-r. if anyone is intrested in purchasing these. let me know. both are pretty limited releases, so that might mean something to someone. maybe.
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FUTURE RELEASES TO GET EXCITED ABOUT!
1. Fathers Day / Treasure Mammal Split (7" and/or CD-R. we still dont know) should be available early 2009.

2. CD for Iggy Fiorello Spetrino Murtagh compilation. is going to be pretty amazing. i still havent written my song for it. but i have heard some other peoples songs/ideas for it and it is going to be amazing. its a compilation of differant artists makeing recordings for iggy. who is possibly the greatest human being ever born to this world and my god-child and is turning 1 years old in late december. i am not sure when the recordings will be available to other people (possibly never) but i am stolked about it either way.

3. Hi My Name Is Ryan "and these are my friends" will be ready to release soon. its going to be just a free download site where you can download sweet ska, soul, rocksteady, acoustic....type stuff that my friends and i have recorded. because non of my friends or i are in ska bands at the moment or are really known for makeing ska music. but we all dig it for the most part and its a lot of fun to do. so we are just doing it. and if you dont like it who cares? you are getting it for free.

4. Fathers Day full length 12" will be available on deathbombarc before we go on tour in may 2009.

5. Best Friends DVD!!!! will be an amazing DVD compilation of music, performance, and awkwardness. we are going to start filming for it sometime soon....

6. Hi My Name Is Ryan "Mission Tapes" - over my two year mission i recorded close to 400 hours worth of stuff on cassettes and mailed them to JRC. together him and i will be makeing an amazing compilation of sound and release them in 3 differant formats (CD, LP, Tape) and each one will have completly differant material. and we are going to be working on it next month.