Wednesday, October 25, 2006
NEW! "Boys On The Beach" video
First it was a song on the CD "They All Want Cake". Then it was a comic by David Kelly and Craig Bostick in the Book of Boy Trouble published by Green Candy Press. Now the comic has been adpated into video. Check it out!
Monday, September 25, 2006
Upcoming Events! Rock Shows! Comics!
There's quite a bit going on in the next month or so. Here's all the information:
Wednesday, September 27
Spoilsport at the Abbey Lounge, 3 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA 02143 - a great sounding room. Come see for yourself!
9:00pm Roosevelt Jones and the Hard Feeling
9:45pm Spoilsport
10:30pm Franklin Kite
11:30pm Stacy Williams
Saturday, October 7
P.A.N.I.C.! (Punk And Independent Comics) in NYC
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery @ Bleecker, right across from CBGB's
(F train to Second Ave | 6 train to Bleecker)
6:30pm-10:00pm
A punk rock /comic book show featuring over 20 NYC comic book artists hawking their wares-with live music by World War IX and The Saturday Night Things! I'll be hanging out with Anonymous Boy/Tony Arena promoting the new Book of Boy Trouble.
Check out the awesome show poster done by none other than Punk/Comics auteur John Holmstrom (Ramones/Punk Magazine) himself.
Sunday, October 8
Spoilsport at The Trash Bar
56 Grand St. (between Driggs and Roebling)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 11211 9:00pm
Sunday, October 13 & 14
Small Press Expo
Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center
SHOW HOURS:
Friday: 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Again I'll be promoting the new Book of Boy Trouble, this time with Robert Kirby, David Kelly and Justin Hall. Definitely come by if you can.
October 27 - Nov 12
The Nave Gallery
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA map
Hours: FRI 5:00pm-8:00pm, SAT 1:00pm-5:00pm, SUN 1:00pm-3:00pm
Ill be part of an exhibit featuring a group of artists who put together a mini-golf course. The course will be there as well as other art by the different participants. Don't miss the Opening Reception Friday, October 27 from 5:00pm-8:00pm.
Wednesday, September 27
Spoilsport at the Abbey Lounge, 3 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA 02143 - a great sounding room. Come see for yourself!
9:00pm Roosevelt Jones and the Hard Feeling
9:45pm Spoilsport
10:30pm Franklin Kite
11:30pm Stacy Williams
Saturday, October 7
P.A.N.I.C.! (Punk And Independent Comics) in NYC
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery @ Bleecker, right across from CBGB's
(F train to Second Ave | 6 train to Bleecker)
6:30pm-10:00pm
A punk rock /comic book show featuring over 20 NYC comic book artists hawking their wares-with live music by World War IX and The Saturday Night Things! I'll be hanging out with Anonymous Boy/Tony Arena promoting the new Book of Boy Trouble.
Check out the awesome show poster done by none other than Punk/Comics auteur John Holmstrom (Ramones/Punk Magazine) himself.
Sunday, October 8
Spoilsport at The Trash Bar
56 Grand St. (between Driggs and Roebling)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 11211 9:00pm
Sunday, October 13 & 14
Small Press Expo
Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center
SHOW HOURS:
Friday: 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Again I'll be promoting the new Book of Boy Trouble, this time with Robert Kirby, David Kelly and Justin Hall. Definitely come by if you can.
October 27 - Nov 12
The Nave Gallery
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA map
Hours: FRI 5:00pm-8:00pm, SAT 1:00pm-5:00pm, SUN 1:00pm-3:00pm
Ill be part of an exhibit featuring a group of artists who put together a mini-golf course. The course will be there as well as other art by the different participants. Don't miss the Opening Reception Friday, October 27 from 5:00pm-8:00pm.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Spoilsport and The Specific Heats
We've been having a great summer and we've seen some great shows recently (The Crimson Ghosts, The Legends, The Go-Go's among others) and there are more MUST SEE shows coming up.
1. This Wednesday, August 2 upstairs at the Middle East is the CD release party for our very good friends The Specific Heats. Celebrate the release of "Aboard a Spaceship of the Imagination" with The Heats, The Very Hush Hush (CA), The Juliet Kilo and "The Sneak Thieves". (If you like Spoilsport you'll LOVE "The Sneak Thieves".)
2. Wednesday August 9 at The Abbey it's Spoilsport and our friends The Moonbats. Come by and welcome our new second guitarist Peto to the permanent line-up, fresh off the plane from Portland, OR. And if that isn't enough we'll have our first-ever T-Shirts for sale. Not to be missed!!
So let me walk you through it:
1. THIS WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 2
The Middle East, Upstairs
The Specific Heats (CD Release)
"The Sneak Thieves"
The Very Hush Hush (CA)
The Juliet Kilo
9pm 18+
2. NEXT WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 9
The Abbey
9:00 Electric Sugar
9:45 SPOILSPORT
10:30 Moonbats
11:30 Huma
We hope to see you soon!
1. This Wednesday, August 2 upstairs at the Middle East is the CD release party for our very good friends The Specific Heats. Celebrate the release of "Aboard a Spaceship of the Imagination" with The Heats, The Very Hush Hush (CA), The Juliet Kilo and "The Sneak Thieves". (If you like Spoilsport you'll LOVE "The Sneak Thieves".)
2. Wednesday August 9 at The Abbey it's Spoilsport and our friends The Moonbats. Come by and welcome our new second guitarist Peto to the permanent line-up, fresh off the plane from Portland, OR. And if that isn't enough we'll have our first-ever T-Shirts for sale. Not to be missed!!
So let me walk you through it:
1. THIS WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 2
The Middle East, Upstairs
The Specific Heats (CD Release)
"The Sneak Thieves"
The Very Hush Hush (CA)
The Juliet Kilo
9pm 18+
2. NEXT WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 9
The Abbey
9:00 Electric Sugar
9:45 SPOILSPORT
10:30 Moonbats
11:30 Huma
We hope to see you soon!
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Monday, July 17, 2006
Summer News
Hi! I hope you are having a nice summer. Here's some of what's going on with me.
1. NEW SPOILSPORT: PETO!
The multi-talented Peto came all the way from his home in Portland, OR last month to play two shows with my band Spoilsport. He was a huge hit playing guitar and singing in New York and Boston. Now he'll be switching coasts the first of August and he'll be playing with us from now on. Besides being an impressive musician Peto's also a talented hair stylist and graphic designer. Please come out to our shows this August and give Peto a big welcome.
2. SUMMER SPOILSPORT SHOWS!
Spoilsport will be playing at The Abbey in the Boston area August 9th along with The Moonbats and more. Then Spoilsport goes to Brooklyn to play The Trash Bar August 27th. These are new venues for us so come out and support us at these shows. Tell your friends!!
3. SPOILSPORT SIDE PROJECT
I'm also moonlighting in another band, Esker Moraine. Spoilsport drummer Jon plays drums and I play keyboards(!). Esker Moraine plays @ PA's Lounge in Somerville July 20th. That's next Thursday! Be sure to check out the new Esker Moraine web site and to sign up for their mailing list.
1. NEW SPOILSPORT: PETO!
The multi-talented Peto came all the way from his home in Portland, OR last month to play two shows with my band Spoilsport. He was a huge hit playing guitar and singing in New York and Boston. Now he'll be switching coasts the first of August and he'll be playing with us from now on. Besides being an impressive musician Peto's also a talented hair stylist and graphic designer. Please come out to our shows this August and give Peto a big welcome.
2. SUMMER SPOILSPORT SHOWS!
Spoilsport will be playing at The Abbey in the Boston area August 9th along with The Moonbats and more. Then Spoilsport goes to Brooklyn to play The Trash Bar August 27th. These are new venues for us so come out and support us at these shows. Tell your friends!!
3. SPOILSPORT SIDE PROJECT
I'm also moonlighting in another band, Esker Moraine. Spoilsport drummer Jon plays drums and I play keyboards(!). Esker Moraine plays @ PA's Lounge in Somerville July 20th. That's next Thursday! Be sure to check out the new Esker Moraine web site and to sign up for their mailing list.
Somerville Mini-Golf Open, August 19
Play a nine hole mini-golf course deisigned by Boston-area cartoonists (including me) August 19 from 3-6pm at the Union Square parking lot.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Summer School
The latest episode of Monkey School features 14 songs about summer. Be sure to check out this episode actually recorded at the beach.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Rock Show! Comic Books! NYC! Podcast!
So much going on I hardly know where to begin.
FIRST, This Friday, June 23: Abby Denson (creator of Tough Love) and Tim Fish (creator of Strugglers and Cavalcade of Boys) will be doing readings and signing their new graphic novels at 7 pm Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 Sixth Avenue, NYC.
THEN, there will be a FREE rock n' roll after party 10PM at Otto's Shrunken Head 538 E 14th St. between Ave. A & B, (212) 228-2240.
Featuring Performances by: Uncle Rat, The Saturday Night Things!(Abby's band), S.M.U.T., Dame Darcy, SpoilSport, and DJ Cletus Van Damme
AND THEN, next Wednesday, June 28 SpoilSport is playing at PA's Lounge, 345 Somerville Ave., Somerville MA, with I Need Sleep (Chicago) and Sam Rosen.
ALSO, the latest episode of Monkey School, my podcast is now up. This time we celebrate the long, time-honored tradition of songs about booze.
FIRST, This Friday, June 23: Abby Denson (creator of Tough Love) and Tim Fish (creator of Strugglers and Cavalcade of Boys) will be doing readings and signing their new graphic novels at 7 pm Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 Sixth Avenue, NYC.
THEN, there will be a FREE rock n' roll after party 10PM at Otto's Shrunken Head 538 E 14th St. between Ave. A & B, (212) 228-2240.
Featuring Performances by: Uncle Rat, The Saturday Night Things!(Abby's band), S.M.U.T., Dame Darcy, SpoilSport, and DJ Cletus Van Damme
AND THEN, next Wednesday, June 28 SpoilSport is playing at PA's Lounge, 345 Somerville Ave., Somerville MA, with I Need Sleep (Chicago) and Sam Rosen.
ALSO, the latest episode of Monkey School, my podcast is now up. This time we celebrate the long, time-honored tradition of songs about booze.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Spoilsport in NYC - June 23, 2006
Spoilsport is playing next Friday, June 23 at Otto's Shrunken Head, 538 East 14th St.(between Ave. A and B) 212-228-2240 . We're playing with Abby Denson's band The Saturday Night Things. It should be a really great show so save the date. Spread the word and we hope to see you there!
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
New Session of Monkey School
The second episode of Monkey School is now up. Check it out. If you have any technical difficulties please let us know and we'll try to help out the best we can.
GOING TO A GO-GO: Get your permission slips signed. Were going on a field trip to New York City to see the Go-Go's. Its the twenty-fifth anniversary of their first album Beauty and the Beat and to celebrate the girls are back on tour. If you know us, you know we love em, so help us commemorate the event with a special seminar thats totally Go-Go's. We introduce you to lesser-known tracks by the band, covers of their songs, songs written about them and side projects by the some of the members. So get on the bus and go!
Go-Go's - London Boys
Dolly Mixture - How Come Youre Such A Hit With The Boys, Jane
Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's - Can't Stop The World
Chemical People - Vacation
Go-Go's - Speeding
Go-Go's - I Think Its Me
Sparks - Lucky Me, Lucky You
Phranc - Everywhere I Go I Here The Go-Go's
The Baxters - Head Over Heels
Go-Go's - Yes Or No
The Smithereens - Blue Period
Go-Go's - The Whole World Lost Its Head
Go-Go's - Unforgiven
Opening theme: The Mopes - Hula Hoop
Background song: Go-Go's - Surfing and Spying
Closing theme: Wolfgang Kaltenbach - Party Shaker
GOING TO A GO-GO: Get your permission slips signed. Were going on a field trip to New York City to see the Go-Go's. Its the twenty-fifth anniversary of their first album Beauty and the Beat and to celebrate the girls are back on tour. If you know us, you know we love em, so help us commemorate the event with a special seminar thats totally Go-Go's. We introduce you to lesser-known tracks by the band, covers of their songs, songs written about them and side projects by the some of the members. So get on the bus and go!
Go-Go's - London Boys
Dolly Mixture - How Come Youre Such A Hit With The Boys, Jane
Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed
Go-Go's - Can't Stop The World
Chemical People - Vacation
Go-Go's - Speeding
Go-Go's - I Think Its Me
Sparks - Lucky Me, Lucky You
Phranc - Everywhere I Go I Here The Go-Go's
The Baxters - Head Over Heels
Go-Go's - Yes Or No
The Smithereens - Blue Period
Go-Go's - The Whole World Lost Its Head
Go-Go's - Unforgiven
Opening theme: The Mopes - Hula Hoop
Background song: Go-Go's - Surfing and Spying
Closing theme: Wolfgang Kaltenbach - Party Shaker
Monday, May 15, 2006
Monkey School
Jon and I have just published the first episode of our new podcast, Monkey School. With an audio curriculum covering indie pop to garage rock, Monkey School is your full ride to sonic enlightenment.
Be sure to send us feedback or to leave comments. Also, let us know if you'd like to be notified when the next podcast goes up. We have lots of ideas for future episodes. Be cool… stay in school!
VISION OF NEWNESS: For our debut podcast, we present a baker's dozen of our most recent musical discoveries - songs old and new. Included are new songs by longtime favorites like the Buzzcocks and Demolition Doll Rods, new bands like The Horrorpops and the Pipettes, and some awesome trailblazers our research has uncovered like Nikki & the Corvettes and Suzi Quatro. Included are spotlights on new faces of the Swedish pop scene, and a tribute to the gawdesses of Detroit rawk.
Buzzcocks - I Wish I Never Loved you
The Concretes - Chosen One
The Legends - Today
The Sorayas - Hours to Days
Tender Trap - I Would Die For You
The Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
The Bangles - Call On Me
The Horrorpops - Walk Like a Zombie
Bloodshot Bill - Kissin' My Love
The Original Sinners - Good At Being Bad
Demolition Doll Rods - Where My Baby Be
Nikki & The Corvettes - Girls Like Me
Suzi Quatro - Suicide
Opening theme: The Mopes - Hula Hoop
Background song: Death Valley - Beyond Metonga
Closing theme: Wolfgang Kaltenbach - Party Shaker
Be sure to send us feedback or to leave comments. Also, let us know if you'd like to be notified when the next podcast goes up. We have lots of ideas for future episodes. Be cool… stay in school!
VISION OF NEWNESS: For our debut podcast, we present a baker's dozen of our most recent musical discoveries - songs old and new. Included are new songs by longtime favorites like the Buzzcocks and Demolition Doll Rods, new bands like The Horrorpops and the Pipettes, and some awesome trailblazers our research has uncovered like Nikki & the Corvettes and Suzi Quatro. Included are spotlights on new faces of the Swedish pop scene, and a tribute to the gawdesses of Detroit rawk.
Buzzcocks - I Wish I Never Loved you
The Concretes - Chosen One
The Legends - Today
The Sorayas - Hours to Days
Tender Trap - I Would Die For You
The Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
The Bangles - Call On Me
The Horrorpops - Walk Like a Zombie
Bloodshot Bill - Kissin' My Love
The Original Sinners - Good At Being Bad
Demolition Doll Rods - Where My Baby Be
Nikki & The Corvettes - Girls Like Me
Suzi Quatro - Suicide
Opening theme: The Mopes - Hula Hoop
Background song: Death Valley - Beyond Metonga
Closing theme: Wolfgang Kaltenbach - Party Shaker
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
No Straight Lines - Exhibit at Cartoon Art Museum
Twenty cartoonists join forces at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco for No Straight Lines: Queer Culture and the Comics, the first museum exhibition devoted entirely to queer comics.
April 1 - June 25, 2006
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 8, 2006, 8:00-11:00pm
Closing Reception: Thursday, June 22, 2006, 7:00-9:00pm
Featured artists include Craig Bostick (Go-Go Girl), Paige Braddock (Jane's World), Jennifer Camper (Rude Girls and Dangerous Women, subGURLZ), Tristan Crane with Ted Naifeh (How Loathsome), Diane DiMassa (Hothead Paisan), Tim Fish (Cavalcade of Boys, Strugglers), Leanne Franson (Liliane, Bi-Dyke), Roberta Gregory (Bitchy Bitch), Justin Hall (Glamazonia, The Uncanny SuperTranny), David Kelly (Steven's Comics), Robert Kirby (Curbside, Boy Trouble), Eric Orner (The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green), Ariel Schrag (Potential), Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze), David Wojnarowicz with James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook (Seven Miles a Second).
No Straight Lines also features individual spotlights on Alison Bechdel,creator of the nationally-syndicated strip Dykes to Watch Out For and Howard Cruse, creator of the series Wendel and the award-winning graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby.
April 1 - June 25, 2006
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 8, 2006, 8:00-11:00pm
Closing Reception: Thursday, June 22, 2006, 7:00-9:00pm
Featured artists include Craig Bostick (Go-Go Girl), Paige Braddock (Jane's World), Jennifer Camper (Rude Girls and Dangerous Women, subGURLZ), Tristan Crane with Ted Naifeh (How Loathsome), Diane DiMassa (Hothead Paisan), Tim Fish (Cavalcade of Boys, Strugglers), Leanne Franson (Liliane, Bi-Dyke), Roberta Gregory (Bitchy Bitch), Justin Hall (Glamazonia, The Uncanny SuperTranny), David Kelly (Steven's Comics), Robert Kirby (Curbside, Boy Trouble), Eric Orner (The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green), Ariel Schrag (Potential), Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze), David Wojnarowicz with James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook (Seven Miles a Second).
No Straight Lines also features individual spotlights on Alison Bechdel,creator of the nationally-syndicated strip Dykes to Watch Out For and Howard Cruse, creator of the series Wendel and the award-winning graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby.
Jonathan Richman Tribute Show - March, 10 2006 at @ PA's Lounge
Our first show of the year. Spoilsport rocks the Jonathan Richman Tribute Show.
Get there early. Show starts at 8:30pm, we go on at 9:30pm. Don't miss it!
Friday, March 10. $8, 21 - Benefit for the Somerville Arts Council
11 bands: Shrinking Islands, The Hyphens, Shana's Mango, Spoilsport, Specific Heats, The Rabbit Family Girls' Choir, Tony the Bookie, B for Brontosaurus, Anushka Pop, John O'Hara, Double Stops
PA's Lounge 345 Somerville Ave, Somerville
Get there early. Show starts at 8:30pm, we go on at 9:30pm. Don't miss it!
Friday, March 10. $8, 21 - Benefit for the Somerville Arts Council
11 bands: Shrinking Islands, The Hyphens, Shana's Mango, Spoilsport, Specific Heats, The Rabbit Family Girls' Choir, Tony the Bookie, B for Brontosaurus, Anushka Pop, John O'Hara, Double Stops
PA's Lounge 345 Somerville Ave, Somerville
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