John Wiese to Tour; I Don’t Care Because I Just Don’t “Get” that “Noise” “Stuff”

In my day, artists wrote songs.

I’ll never forget coming home from soccer practice in the second grade and hearing Live’s “Lightning Crashes” for the first time. That was the song that brought my appreciation of popular music to a new level. It made me realize that just because something was popular, consumed en masse, it didn’t have to lack integrity and could still take bold and exciting chances. Throwing Copper came out at a very particular time in popular music, a time when people were ready and hungry for something new. I don’t think it would have fared as well if it had come out at any other time in music. But it was exciting to me, at only 9 years old, to be able to turn on the radio and be stimulated through pop.

Nowadays, all I hear is a bunch of noise. Like this “John Wiese” character. Just a bunch of squeals and bleeps and bloops, this guy. Did I miss something? Jeez. I mean, helloooooo, am I right? C’moooon. Seriously? Who does this guy think he is? What’s the deal here? You know what I’m talking about.

Hey, just kiddin’ — love this guy!

Solo Dates:

08.12.08 - San Francisco, CA - Lipo Lounge - 08.18.08 - Las Vegas, NV - Katharine Gianaclis Park 08.19.08 - Denver, CO - Rhinoceropolis 08.20.08 - Wichita, KS - TBA 08.21.08 - Columbia, MO - Misanthropia 08.22.08 - St. Louis, MO - Lamp Neighborhood Arts Center 08.23.08 - Chicago, IL - TBA 08.27.08 - Cleveland, OH - TBA 08.28.08 - Toledo, OH - Mickey Finn’s 08.29.08 - Ypsilanti, MI - The Pleasure Dome 08.31.08 - Detroit, MI - TBA 09.02.08 - Baltimore, MD - The Bank 09.04.08 - Washington, DC - The Velvet Lounge 09.14.08 - Princeton, NJ - Terrace Club 09.15.08 - Philadelphia, PA - Bowerbird 09.16.08 - Allentown, PA - Jan’s Room 09.17.08 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory 09.18.08 - Brooklyn, NY - West Nile 09.19.08 - New York, NY - Hospital Productions 09.20.08 - New Haven, CT - People’s Center 09.22.08 - Providence, RI - AS220 09.23.08 - Boston, MA - Piano Guild 09.24.08 - Rochester, NY - Bug Jar 09.25.08 - Ithaca, NY - No Radio 09.26.08 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin University 09.27.08 - Cincinnati, OH - Art Damage 09.28.08 - Lexington, KY - Void Skateshop 09.29.08 - Louisville, KY - Derby City 09.30.08 - Chicago, IL - TBA 10.01.08 - St Louis, MO - White Flag 10.02.08 - Iowa City, IA - Hall Mall 10.03.08 - Omaha, NE - Bemis Center 10.04.08 - Boulder, CO - Naropa University 10.05.08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Light Books 10.10.08 - Los Angeles, CA - Safari Sam’s 10.12.08 - Oakland, CA - TBA 10.17.08 - Portland, OR - TBA 10.18.08 - Seattle, WA - TBA 11.20.08 - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Tech 12.13.08 - Portland, OR - Creative Music Guild

Sissy Spacek Dates:

08.15.08 - San Francisco, CA - Bay Area 51
10.06.08 - Las Vegas, NV - TBA

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