Our good friend Keith John Adams just completed a 3-weeks tour with Andy From Denver, and the last show was Tuesday at Flicker, with Andy opening and Casper & the Cookies headlining.It's always a rare pleasure to catch Keith our side of the pond. My first introduction was in 2005, for the second Popfest. Keith played part of his set in the street, outside the 40W, with an acoustic guitar. We were lucky to have the same experience Tuesday, when the first half of the set was performed outside the Flicker bar, this time with an electric guitar (Keith had a tiny amp on his belt) and the famous toy-piano. As a bonus, Keith showed us some sweet moves while backing up Andy on tambourine...
Keith's new album "Unclever" has been out since mid-February. You may remember that as a special promotion, you could pre-order the album and for a few extra bucks have KJA himself write a song just for you (provided you gave him a funny story to write about). Way cheaper than Momus' "Stars for a day". The offer was limited to the first 40 subscribers, and the songs have been shipped on 2 CDRs along with the actual CD. Mike Turner already posted 7 tracks on his blog, and asked friends of his to post the other tracks. If you don't want to spend afternoons surfing, you'll find shortcuts to some stories and the corresponding songs below...
Of course, I couldn't resist and asked Keith for a song, who was graceful to dedicate it to... my couch. A word of explanation is needed:
When I moved to Athens, I shared an apartment with some friends. In the living room were two couches that came with the flat, old 70es-style pieces of furniture of unknown origin that must have seen a lot of action over the last decades. One late afternoon in Summer 2006, the Cookies, the HHBTM family and Keith came to pick my then-girlfriend and myself for some sushi delights. As we were waiting for the little Miss to get ready, I started fixing up some drinks while everybody picked up seats. Here's an excerpt of the conversation :
- Me, to Keith approaching the divan : "Mate, be careful with the..."Since then, I had to leave that apartment, but the couches came along, and they still torture careless guests. You've been warned.
- Keith, springing back to his feet and holding his arse : "Ouch, ouch, ouch !"
- Me : "...couch, it'll rape you if you try to sit on it too fast."
Links & MP3s
Ouch Couch : a true story...
HHBTM
- Do The MMT (for Mike Turner)
- Wonderful Friends (for Eric Hernandez)
- Sloppy Loppy (for Leslie DS)
- Double Jay Day (for Jason Jones)
- Perspective
- Sane Boyfriend
- Whadayawant
- 15 Pound Zucchini (for Mike Yetter)
- Amazon Twilight (for Raynald Cany)
- Blue Meanies (for Jeff Kuykendall)
- Arty Party (for Dave?)
- Evil Bus Depot (for Trev LostMusic)
- Daddy Tom (for Tom LostMusic)
- Lost In Korea (for Nathan and Faith Jennings)
- Marry Me In London (for Scot)
- Minus The Cat ( for Tim Schnepp)
- Cruise with the Hippies (for Joe Attalah)
- Colors (for Harper Lee and Claire Glazer)
- Caterpillar (for Jason NeSmith)
- Cocaine Off A Hooker's Chest (for Fishboy)
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