Since the recession hit back in 2008, times have been tough for Main Street USA entrepreneurs like Andrew W.K. First, he lost a great full time job as an Events Planner. Then, his nation-wide self-help speaking tour (entitled “You Work All Night, And When You Work You Don’t Feel Alright”) fell through. After that, his Bikini Inspector’s license got revoked, and he fell into a deep and crippling depression. “Why didn’t I listen to my parents in college?” he lamented. “They wanted me to go into something stable, like investment banking, but NOOOOOO; I had to do something stupid like double-major in Partyology and Fight Science!” But then… just when things looked their bleakest, an epiphany came to him in a dream he was having while passed out after losing a fight to someone at a party who didn’t think Partyology was a real thing: in order to succeed, you’ve got to do what you like, and like what you do! Eureka!
So I’m now happy to report that the man is back in the business of partying, fighting, and singing about both of those things, and he’s never felt better or bloodier. Since March, he’s been touring for the 10 year anniversary of his giant testosterone sack of a debut, I Get Wet, playing the record from front to back. And now that the tour is almost over, he’s taken a little time out from spitting water all over himself to announce (via Pitchfork) that he’s also releasing a “commemorative reissue” in celebration of 10 years of getting wet without catching pneumonia. The reissue, which is being handled by Century Media and will see release on July 17, will contain the original full-length album as well as a second giant slab of “previously unheard recordings, demos, live tracks, and alternate mixes.” Oh, and a limited number will also include Andrew’s autograph and a little special something “private” from his collection? You know, ticket stubs, postcards, bloody Kleenex, dead Gigapets, locks of hair, locks of other things, bags of “contingency urine,” dodo eggs, whatever’s lying around. It’s all good, really.
In the meantime, unlike everyone else, I refuse to embed the “Party Hard” video at the end of this story. Instead, here’s a three-hour lecture on the theory of special relativity.
Remaining UK I Get Wet shows:
04.12.12 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom
04.13.12 - Manchester, UK - Club Academy
04.14.12 - Glasgow, UK - Garage
• Andrew W.K: http://andrewwk.com
• Century Media: http://www.centurymedia.com
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