“What are you doing this weekend?” asks Karen, the well-meaning office manager. “Me?” you ask, as if this would make Karen go away. “Well, I’m seeing a band called the Meat Puppets.” “The Meat…what?” asks Karen, confused. “Seminal underground rock band that blended country and punk?” you say. “Beloved by better-known legends like Nirvana, Pavement, and Soundgarden?” Karen pretends to look for a stapler on your desk, obviously uncomfortable. “That sounds… nice,” she says. “Have fun with your Meat Muppets!” But you can tell she doesn’t really mean it. And then, gradually, so slightly you hardly even notice, you start getting a reputation around the office as being kinda weird, and people stop inviting you to the after-work happy hours you always made excuses not to go to anyway, and then after six months you get downsized and everyone in the cubicles surrounding you breathes a sigh of relief that it was Weird Carl and not them.
But hey, it’s cool, because you, Weird Carl, will be enjoying the same Meat Puppets experiences as the literally thousands of people in cities all across America this fall, when founders Curt Kirkwood and Cris Kirkwood reunite with drummer Shandon Sahm and newly added second guitarist (and Curt’s son) Elmo Kirkwood! The Meat Puppets are hot off a series of sold out spring and summer dates in support of their recent album Rat Farm, and they’re going to pretty much every state in the upper forty-eight. Even you, Delaware! Residents of such sad, Meat Puppets-less states as Hawaii and Alaska can catch Curt Kirkwood chillin’ with Marc Maron on his WTF podcast sometime in late September.
Dates:
09.26.13 - Ames, IA - DG’s Tap House
09.27.13 - Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle
09.28.13 - Milwaukee, WI - The Cactus Club
09.30.13 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
10.01.13 - Toledo, OH - Frankie’s Inner City
10.02.13 - East Lansing, MI - Mac’s Bar
10.03.13 - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room at the Crofoot
10.04.13 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
10.05.13 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café
10.06.13 - Charlottesville, VA - Southern Café and Music Hall
10.08.13 - Rehoboth Beach, DE - Dogfish Head Brewery
10.09.13 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
10.10.13 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
10.11.13 - Teaneck, NJ - Mexicali Live
10.12.13 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
10.13.13 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
10.31.13 - Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theater
11.02.13 - Tucson, AZ - Old Tucson Studios
11.03.13 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet’s
11.05.13 - Santa Ana, CA - The Constellation Room
11.06.13 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
11.07.13 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
11.08.13 - Santa Barbara, CA - Soho
11.09.13 - San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Brewing Company
11.10.13 - Visalia, CA - Cellar Door
11.12.13 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Atrium
11.13.13 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s Restaurant & Nightclub
11.14.13 - Mill Valley, CA - Sweetwater Music Hall
11.15.13 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
11.16.13 - Arcata, CA - Humboldt Brews
11.19.13 - WOW Hall - Eugene, OR
11.20.13 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
11.21.13 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
11.22.13 - Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo House of Music
11.23.13 - Spokane, WA - The Center
11.24.13 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
11.26.13 - Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
11.27.13 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar
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