Kibbles And Bits And Bits And Bits. Issue #75

WOW. What a week...

No more than a week ago we saw for the first time an African American get elected to the highest office in the land, and simultaneously saw the the homosexual community get a huge push back in the direction of continually being treated as second class citizens. The paradox was very confusing; like we gained huge ground and lost it at the same time. Like we learned something and nothing at all. Whether you are excited about our new president elect or not (if not you probably stopped reading this blog a while ago :)) or agree with the outcome of Prop. 8, you can't say that it wasn't a powerful time for our nation and world in general. If you're like me you can't wait to see what happens next as our national consciousness is shifting and we're given another chance to show the world what the American people are about when represented by someone that actually listens to us. What a concept. Moving on...


I've included some pictures below of The Wifey on Halloween dressed up as AMY WINEHOUSE. It seems like many a 20-something girls had chosen this as the costume of choice this year, but did these women in question let their husbands draw Amy's detailed tattoos on them in multi-colored SHARPIE? I don't know for sure, but I would guess that wasn't the common activity of choice on Hallow's Eve which is why I felt extremely lucky to check a bizarre goal off of doing so. I don't know why so don't ask. It took me an hour to draw up "exact" replicas on her arms, and she was such a good sport about it. Even without the tattoos, I think she looked very much the part and freaked people out throughout the night. Lots of fun and for sure and she kicked my costume's ass. What was I? I can't take credit for the idea, but in the absence of all other creative ideas I chose to be a "Bar of Soap"....with a hair on it. Gross or sexy? I also found out that night that evidently my super-power is to create awkward silences when describing what I was...






Last Thursday, I packed up the P5 and set across the Mountain of Mordor (Snoqualmie Pass) for a few shows in Idaho. That night I returned to MOONTIME CAFE in Coeur d'Alene for the first time in a year and had an awesome time playing a 3-hour set and yelling back at hecklers. Strangely, I learned that with hecklers if you throw crap back at them in a teasing way they end up loving you. Bring 'em on I say. Wait, didn't George Bush say that? In that case I guess instead I'll say the evening felt like "mission accomplished" for an out-of-town musician. I give up...


The next day I set out for the city of Sandpoint, ID to make an appearance on 95.3 KPND which in format and local status is the equivalent of 103.7 "The Mountain" in Seattle. Getting to the station 10 minutes before my first radio interview/performance (not my style), I must've looked ridiculous running with my guitar in one had and Ukulele in the other for a few blocks in the rain (parked too far away). The DJ who interviewed me was a really nice woman by the name of Diane Michaels and she made me feel comfortable going into the new experience. I loved it. Adrenaline was flowing (stop shakey voice!) and though I had never performed an in-studio session before (on FM) I called on my hundreds of hours listening to in-studio performances to help me sound like I'd done it before (hopefully). It was nice because she had actually done a little research on me before and for the first time I heard how bizarre it sounds to be in 3 different bands one of which has a mission statement for writing songs about video games/comics. I had the opportunity to perform two songs for the session, "Sparkle And Fall", and "Zombie Apocalypse". The latter of which is a yet-to-be-released song on the up-coming KIRBY KRACKLE album, and possibly the world's first Zombie song played on Ukulele.

You can hear these on my Myspace page by clicking here...

The session was actually promo for my show that evening at Pend D'Oreille Winery, the local wino hotspot. The show also went pretty well and I really enjoyed the long sets as it enabled me to perform songs that I normally wouldn't including some re-interpreted LAYMANS TERMS songs and a few of the songs I wrote for GIGI EDGLEY'S album.

A really enjoyable weekend with long stretches of driving filled by listening to ECKHART TOLLE'S, "The Power of Now". I highly recommend it to anyone looking to dig a little deeper and if you're like me are looking for a way to enjoy the present a bit more in days filled with craziness.


"May You Always Live A Exciting and Constantly Interesting Life"
-Ancient Chinese Curse


With hopes for a joy filled week ahead for all,

Kyle