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| I play the ukulele. every once in a while I play a concert in the underground music scene in Pittsburgh, PA. after performing in bands like Flapdragon and Rehabilitated Wolf-Child, I performed solo for the very first time on July 13, 2003, at the Oakdale Community Center. Oakdale is a tiny, tiny place, and it was very easy to drive right past it. the crowd there was mostly other bands, but it was not very receptive. I kept hearing questions like, "Is this guy serious??" The answer, of course... is a resounding |
| NO. |
| Any time you see a tall white guy with glasses playing "raspberry beret" on the ukulele in a hawaiian shirt that says "Fresh & Hot," it is very safe to assume that he (like myself) is not too serious. The highlights of the show were definitely the impromptu collaborations. the bongo/congo player from Royal ("151 before a show... bad idea!") joined me on stage to give me a beat to rap "Lodi Dodi" over, and The Rube helped me out with AC/DC's "Back in Black" I sold two cds that night, which was two more that i expected to sell. many thanks to the guitarist from Royal and the other guy who bought my cd. |
| here now is an online exclusive... it is an instrumental version of "Devil's Haircut" The version with words is on the cd. I love Beck. download here |
| if you want more info about the cd, e-mail me. they're only 5$. |
| i just got word that the above 7-13-03 concert was videotaped, so i could have some still shots and audio from that up relatively soon. good news for the Eric Frankenberg completists (two of them do exist): you'll also be able to buy the 7-13-03 concert, too (even though i'll probably just give it to you two as a present for all your love & support. many thanks & much love, ashlee & krista). Someone taped the 8-23-03 show, but i'm not sure where he is. |
| -i owe a thousand thank-you's to the lovely XXXmas, Colin's special pornstar of a girlfriend for letting me play, even though i drove most of the crowd out of the show. |
| "why not monkey!?" |
| hey... many thanks also due to katie for letting me play on August 23, 2003 at the Crafton K of C ("Try that shit again Zack!"). also to natalie for suggesting to katie that i play and also to One Size Fits All for breaking up onstage in the middle of their third song and pretty much forcing me to go on. |