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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
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10:38 am - Been there done that and Here we come!!!!
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So we (me and Mr. Angelo Spencer and little Miss Panda) just got home the other night from our whirlwind 2 month United States tour! It was incredible! We got to play shows, do stuff, and hang out with Jeffrey Lewis, Jack Lewis, Herman Dune, Tiny Masters of Today, Schwervon, Karl Blau, Patsy Grace, Paul Baribeau, Paleface, Midtown Dickens, Spoonboy, Erin Tobey, Matty Pop Chart, Underthrust, Good Luck, El Olio Woloff, Metal, and Mecca Normal (and probably others I am forgetting). You should look all of these people up. They are all amazing. It was a dream come true. And in SF I got to play all the songs from Alphabutt with the kids from the album!!!! Sophia, Macalaster, Amani, Jason, Ange, and Panda all onstage with me!!! AND for a bunch of the tour I had one of bestest ever friends Matt Tobey as my band. Holy Smokes. I am a lucky girl.
And it may seem like I forgot, but this band needs a paragraph all to themselves. The second month of the trip was with our dear, sweet friends L'Orchidee D'Hawai. Holy shit. They blew my mind every night and were wonderful travel companions every day. And an awesome backing band on a couple of my songs. Panda misses her four funny uncles already. (They have a REALLY good photo slide show from the trip on their profile).
I took a lot of pictures too, mostly of all the good playgrounds we hit. I will do a photo post another time. And, oh man, we got to see so many good friends, and so much family along the way. I will post one picture of Panda and her cousins in Colorado. So good! Those boys are big. Some of you might remember when the twins were brand new and little Emerson was sooooo sick and we all thought good thoughts for him! Look at him now!!!!
Emerson, Charlie, Jaden, and Panda
So, yeah, here is the info for the upcoming stuff. I am sorry there is not much stuff in Europe. We have a lot of family and friend visiting to do in the time over there. When it looks like off time on the tour schedule we will be busy with Papi and Mimi and Great Granny and Baby Zoe. Sweet baby Zoe!!!
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ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND
Fri-May-9 London UK Ladyfest London Underworld
Sat-May-10 Brighton, UK Duke of York Cinema w/ Your Heart Breaks
Sun-May-11 Manchester, UK Night and Day w/ Your Heart Breaks
Mon-May-12 Bristol, UK Thekla w/ Your Heart Breaks
Tue-May-13 Edinburgh, UK Caberet Voltaire w/ Your Heart Breaks
Wed-May-14 Glasgow, UK ABC2 w/ Your Heart Breaks
Thu-May-15 OFF
Fri-May-16 Dublin Crawdaddy w/ Your Heart Breaks
EUROPE
Fri-May-23 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
Sat-May-24 Bruxelles, BG AB Club
Sun-May-26 Paris, France L'Ahambra w/ David-Ivar Herman Dune
HOME FOR A MINUTE FOR AN EXCITING EVENT
Fri-Jun-6 Seattle, WA NORTHWEST FOR BREASTS BENEFIT for Susan J. Komen for the Cure
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Tue-Jun-17 Melbourne, Aus Northcote Uniting Church Hall w/Angelo Spencer
Wed-Jun-18 Melbourne, Aus Northcote Uniting Church Hall w/Angelo Spencer Fri-Jun-20 Sydney, Aus Manning Bar w/Angelo Spencer
Sat-Jun-21 Brisbane, Aus Brisbane Powerhouse w/Angelo Spencer
Tue-Jun-24 Aukland, NZ Auckland Girls Grammar School
Wed-Jun-25 Wellington, NZ Paramount Theatre
SUMMERTIME SHOWS
Wed-Jul-2 Williamsburg, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg Aaron Wilkinson 5 Year Memorial and Benefit Concert w/Graham Wilkinson and the Underground Township, Levy, Paleface, and more...
Sun-Jul-6 Tacoma, WA People's Park w/ Ghost Mice, Heathers, Cody Gordon
Mon-Jul-7 Olympia, WA Hall of the Woods w/Ghost Mice and Heathers
July 18, 19, 20 Anacortes, WA What-The-Heck Festival
Fri-Jul-25 Seattle WA Capitol Hill Block Party
August 15, 16, 17 Philadelphia Folk Festival
Sept 12, 13, 14 North Dorset, UK End of the Road Festival
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| Sunday, April 27th, 2008
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9:19 am
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mon-apr-28 the greenhouse arcata, ca (all ages) w/ angelo spencer, l'orchidee d'hawai, matty pop chart
tue-apr-29 eugene, or indigo district (all ages) w/ angelo spencer, l'orchidee d'hawai
wed-apr-30 portland, or alladin theater (all ages) w/ angelo spencer, l'orchidee d'hawai
fri-may-2 olympia, wa eagles hall 7pm doors (all ages) w/ mecca normal, angelo spencer, l'orchidee d'hawai
for more info go to...
http://www.groundcontroltouring.com/artists/kimyadawson/
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| Monday, April 21st, 2008
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8:43 am - SESAME STREET
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somehow i forgot to mention that we had a tour of sesame street and i had a meting with the producer, when we were in NYC.
best day ever.
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| Friday, April 18th, 2008
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10:48 am - my mom is okay
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thanks for all the well wishes. it always means a lot to her when i tell her folks all over the world are thinking of her.
xoxoxo
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| Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
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9:17 am - my mom
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hey everyone. my mother is having surgery at 11:30am Pacific time today to have 2 brain tumors removed. her docs say it is a pretty basic procedure, but it would still be nice if you could all keep her in your thoughts. thank you.
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| Sunday, April 13th, 2008
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10:36 am - update
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last night was a total nightmare. i think i need to buy a new guitar today. old whitey is fuuucked. bah humbug.
shows have been added at the end of this tour in eugene and portland.
for the whole US tour schedule see here... http://www.groundcontroltouring.com/tour/kimyadawson/
we have also added a show in paris with herman dune. more info on uk/europe australia/new zealand later.
i can't believe we are already on our way to urbana. this tour is flying by.
thanks everyone for making it fun.
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| Monday, April 7th, 2008
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3:26 am - college schmollege
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the show in worcester is students only.
sorry about that.
the show at notre dame is too.
tonight in new york was one of the funnest times i have ever had in my life.
i love my friends.
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| Friday, April 4th, 2008
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8:58 am - maxwell's in hoboken tonight
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| Saturday, March 29th, 2008
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7:36 pm - short story long
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Lately we have been finding hotels/motels near the venues. We get to the show place. And I either take a walk to a park or go get food with Panda while the boys unload the van and sound check. Then during their sets I can take her to the hotel to hang out until it is time for me to play. We figured out that this works nicely on days when she is a little tired or the show is crowded or the requirement of a safe baby friendly backstage isn't entirely met.
Last night she and I tried to go to the playground but it was too dark when we got there so we went to the hotel and cuddled. We got back to the venue just as Paul was finishing up and I took Panda backstage so I could make my setlist and make sure she had had enough milk. The local opener who had played before Angelo and Paul was backstage with two girls all having some beers. I figured they were friends of his and sat on the couch. But he left and the girls stayed. They didn't say one word to me. One of them took a camera out and was trying to sneak pictures of me and Panda.
I asked them who they were and why were they backstage. They told me their names and said the other guy invited them back there. (Note: If someone invites you to hang out with them backstage and they leave...you leave too...UNLESS you ask the other people there if they don't mind if you hang out)
So I told them calmly that it made me uncomfortable that they were IN MY PRIVATE SPACE trying to take pictures OF MY BABY, WITHOUT ASKING. and i asked them if they understood why that was weird. One of the girls just freaked out. She was yelling at me hat she is a huge fan and that I must not care about my fans, because I made her upset by telling her she was being disrespectful. And I just repeated (louder) that if you like and care about someone you need to show them respect. All I initially did was tell them they should have introduced themselves and asked me BEFORE they tried to take pictures (while I was whipping out my boobs). Then I probably would have let them take a picture BEFORE I asked them to give us some space.
She burst into tears and kept just screaming at me that I didn't care about her and that I didn't care about my fans. And telling me that she was mad at me and she wasn't going to watch the show. When all I was doing was doing all I could to be able to create a safe environment for my family so that I can go out and tour and play shows and meet people. I let people take pictures all the time, WHEN THEY ASK, unless I am running from one place to the next or in the middle of something.
We, as humans, need to be mutually decent to each other, and recognize that all people are still real live thinking feeling people regardless of how you know of them, what they do, or the connection you have to them through what they do. Just because you like me and see our pictures on the internet doesn't mean you can totally dehumanize me and my child, and expect me to not have an emotional and protective response.
And so I yelled back "FINE! GET OUT OF HERE! YOU ARE BEING CRAZY!" And by that point the sound guy had come to see what was going on and she was screaming at him that I had upset her. And I told him what happened and he told her that it was clear that she was in MY space and SHE upset ME and he walked them out.
The whole time her friend (the one with camera) was gesturing that she was sorry and she got was I was getting at but her buddy just couldn't even hear what I was saying.
Maybe she was drunk. I don't know.
I hope she and her friend sit down and talk about it at some point. And I do hope she is okay. Maybe she had some serious shit going on and my music helps and she wanted to talk to me but she was awkward and didn't know how. I just wish that, when I asked them who they were, we could have had a civil exchange. Instead the whole interaction was just shitty and unproductive.
I hate it when someone pushes me to the point that I freak out and get mad like that, especially around my baby. I rarely get THAT mad. It sucks when it happens. I can't stop thinking about it.
Besides this incident the tour has been amazing. I could write something good about every show, because for the most part everyone (audiences, promoters, staffs, volunteers, etc.) has been REALLY REALLY nice and fun and good and understanding. The shows have been ending around 11 so I have been sneaking off a lot to get Panda to sleep instead of hanging out all night hugging everyone. It is different for me. It's a trade off, but I love that little girl more than anything. Most people see that and let me go. Some have a harder time than others, and I feel bad too, but they let me go.
So yeah, heads up. I love you all (I hate the word "fan" by the way), but if I say I need space with Panda please just give me that and understand that soon all this Juno hubbub will die down and the shows will get smaller and it will be easier to hang out and meet everyone again, just how I like it. I am very accessible, but this tour is crazy and we need chill time.
You'll meet me someday.
And when you do, please don't scream in my face.
Please? Thanks.
We're all friends here.
Love Kimya
P.S. In case you didn't notice there was in early show added on April 4th at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. It will be just me and Matty Pop Chart. Be careful on your way there. I hear the streets in New Jersey are extra slippery when wet, and I would hate for any of you to go down in a blaze of glory on the way to my show. Get there safe and I'll be there for you...these five words I swear to you.
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8:34 am - tonight and tomorrow (athens and durham)
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| Monday, March 17th, 2008
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8:18 am
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TODAY!!!! Mon-Mar-17 we are going to be just outside lafayette in duson at Nick‘s House potluck at 5, show at 6 with Angelo Spencer 1706 S. Fieldspan Duson, LA everyone's invited!!!! his parents are making enough corn and beans for everyone!!!
TOMORROW!!!! Tue-Mar-18 New Orleans, LA Audubon Park 3pm shelter 10
THE NEXT DAY!!!! Wed-Mar-19 Pensacola, FL Sluggo‘s 7pm
FOR THE DAYS TO FOLLOW PLEASE CHECK
http://www.groundcontroltouring.com/tour/kimyadawson/
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| Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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10:09 am - TOUR UPDATES (read through- there have been changes!)
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KIMYA DAWSON SHOWS (all shows are all ages) ***For more info on buying tickets for the US tour go to http://www.groundcontroltouring.com/tour/kimyadawson/ ***
Thu-Mar-13 Austin, TX SXSW Bowery Poetry club Show in South Tent 2:45
Thu-Mar-13 Austin, TX SXSW Body of War Show at Stubb’s BBQ
Fri-Mar-14 Austin, TX instore at Waterloo Records
Fri- Mar-14 Austin, TX Todd P show at Ms. Bea’s 9pm
Sat-Mar-15 Austin, TX SXSW Mess with Texas
Sat-Mar-15 Austin, TX SXSW Ground Control Touring Showcase
Sun-Mar-16 Houston, TX ***CANCELED due to venue closure***
Mon-Mar-17 Lafayette, LA Nick‘s House potluck at 5, show at 6 with Angelo Spencer 1706 S. Fieldspan Duson, LA
Tue-Mar-18 New Orleans, LA Audubon Park 3pm shelter 10
Wed-Mar-19 Pensacola, FL Sluggo‘s
Thu-Mar-20 Tallahassee, FL Florida State University w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Fri-Mar-21 Gainesville, FL University of Florida w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Sat-Mar-22 Tampa, FL Skate Park Show at the Cuban Club w/Band of Horses
Sun-Mar-23 *New Show added* Ft. Myers, FL Planetarium w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Mon-Mar-24 Ft. Myers, FL Planetarium w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Tue-Mar-25 Miami, FL Shake-A-Leg Miami w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau 2620 South Bayshore Dr. Coconut Grove
Wed-Mar-26 Orlando, FL The Social w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Thu-Mar-27 Jacksonville, FL Jackrabbits w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Fri-Mar-28 Charleston, SC The Pour House w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Sat-Mar-29 Athens, GA 40 Watt w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Sun-Mar-30 Durham, NC Durham Central Park (Farmers Market site) w/Paleface, Angelo Spencer, Eberhardt, Malcolm Rollick, Future Kings of Nowhere, Midtown Dickens
Mon-Mar-31 OFF
Tue-Apr-01 Richmond, VA The National w/Angelo Spencer and Spoonboy
Wed-Apr-02 Norfolk, VA The Norva w/Angelo Spencer and Spoonboy
Thu-Apr-03 Washington, DC Black Cat w/ Angelo Spencer, Spoonboy
Fri-Apr-04 OFF
Sat-Apr-05 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church Sanctuary w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai(early/matinee)
Sat-Apr-05 Haverford, PA Haverford College (late) w/Erin Tobey and Little Girl Big Spoon
Sun-Apr-06 New York, NY Webster Hall w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Mon-Apr-07 Worcester, MA Clark University w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Tue-Apr-08 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Wed-Apr-09 Albany, NY Benefit for Albany Free School Grand St Arts w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Thu-Apr-10 Buffalo, NY Tralf Music Hall w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Fri-Apr-11 Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop w/ Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Sat-Apr-12 South Bend, IN Notre Dame w/Angelo Spencer, L’Orchidee D’Hawai, Good Luck
Sun-Apr-13 Urbana, IL Independent Media Center w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Mon-Apr-14 Chicago, IL The Mansion w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Tue-Apr-15 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Wed-Apr-16 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Thu-Apr-17 Des Moines, Iowa Vaudeville Mews w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Fri-Apr-18 Omaha, NE Waiting Room w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai and Dave Dondero
Sat-Apr-19 Lawrence, KS Granada Theatre w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Sun-Apr-20 OFF
Mon-Apr-21 Colorado Springs, CO Black Sheep w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Tue-Apr-22 Denver, CO The Bluebird w/Angelo Spencer and L’Orchidee D’Hawai
Wed-Apr-23 OFF
Thu-Apr-24 OFF
Fri Apr-25 San Francisco, CA Herbst Theatre
Sat-Apr-26 Visalia, CA Howie & Sons Pizza
more shows will be confirmed on our way back to Olympia
Fri-May-9 London UK Ladyfest London Underworld
Sat-May-10 Brighton, UK Duke of York Cinema
Sun-May-11 Manchester, UK Night and Day
Mon-May-12 Bristol, UK Thekla
Tue-May-13 Edinburgh, UK Caberet Voltaire
Wed-May-14 Glasgow, UK ABC2
Thu-May-15 OFF
Fri-May-16 Dublin Crawdaddy
Fri-May-23 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
Sat-May-24 Bruxelles, BG AB Club
Tue-Jun-17 Melbourne, Aus Northcote Uniting Church Hall w/Angelo Spencer
Fri-Jun-20 Sydney, Aus Manning Bar w/Angelo Spencer
Sat-Jun-21 Brisbane, Aus Brisbane Powerhouse w/Angelo Spencer
NZ to be announced soon July 1, 2, or 3 New York City Aaron Wilkinson 5 Year Memorial and Benefit Concert
July 5-6 Olympia and Tacoma, WA w/Ghost Mice
July 18, 19, 20 Anacortes, WA What-The-Heck Festival
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| Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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8:02 am
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i got someone to help retrieve the bag of books. thanks!
alsoooo...
a bunch of people wrote me saying dublin was sold out- when actually it just was not on sale yet! well, it just went onsale. and we got it changed to 16+ and under 16s can get in with an over 18.
phew.
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3:53 am - help please
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we realized last night that we left panda's bag with all her favorite books at the best western in roseburg, oregon. please only respond if you live around there and you could pick it up for us and ship it to one of our upcoming destinations. i will reimburse you for shipping. ugh. we would just buy new ones but some are french.
thank you.
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| Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
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5:01 pm - day 2: roseburg, oregon to berkeley, california 448 miles
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yesterday we drove all the way from roseburg to berkeley. we had planned on getting to berkeley today but we made it last night, even with a really nice long lunch/playground/shopping at the co-op break in ashland. ashland is fricken beautiful. and all the mom's at the park were just swinging their boobs around. the most nursing friendly park i have ever been to. so nice.
and check out this picture ange took of mt. shasta.
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| Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
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7:59 am - olympia, washington to roseburg, oregon 291 miles
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we left around 1 yesterday and got to roseburg last night. on the way we took a long break somewhere about 30 miles south of portland, and found a playground, and a bookstore, a place to get panda some pants that fit, and place to sit down and have a decent meal.
aside from some treacherous rain, it was a pretty painless first day of tour.
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| Thursday, February 28th, 2008
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6:56 pm - pics from last weekend (hummers and other bearded barley)
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| Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
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4:06 pm
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***tour updates at end of post***
Here is a pic of Paul Baribeau, Matt Tobey, and Me playing at the Spirit Awards.
Matt has put his Matty Pop Chart thing on hold for now for his new band Good Luck</p>.
Paul has a myspace page HERE.
My friend Heather Treadway re-made my dress out of an old dress I had. Her Etsy store is HERE.
On Sunday we went and had a show at Rhino Records in Claremont. I wasn't feeling well but for the most part it was still fun. It was just frustrating because during my set I explained that me and Panda had been sick and I didn't want for me or her to get sicker so I wouldn't be doing any hugging after my set and I just needed some space. Some people were really pushy though. It was frustrating. It's not like I don't want to hug people and take pictures. It's just that sometimes I have to be germ conscious. And sometimes I am tired and stressed out and just want to chill with Panda after I play. I hate having to be the asshole when someone keeps coming back, like 3 or 4 times, after I play a free show, and have kindly explained the situation. There were some kids who just didn't get it and when I finally kind of snapped and said "Please, give me space!" (I was with Panda) They were like "Do you know how many of your albums I own?" Jeez Louise. Some people. Give em an inch they want a mile.
I am not a dick. I was super tired and sick. Ugh.
I feel like to survive this next tour there is going to be a whole lot more chilling with Panda after I play. I bet some people are going to get mad and call me a sellout because of that too. It will be the first huge tour where I do all the driving. Ange drove in Europe last summer so I sat with Panda and could nurse her in the car. He doesn't have a US license though, so I will be driving many hours a day this time. By the time the shows are over at night I am just going to hang out with my baby. And I really hope we don't get sick. Oh man.
I would rather play and rest. Play and rest and make it through the trip. Than play and hug people for 2 hours and be exhausted and get sick and cancel shows. We'll see how it goes. If I have ease off the multihour post show hangouts for the sake of my wellness and my family I hope people can be understanding and respectful.
Blah.
After the Rhino show we were invited to an official Fox Searchlight Oscars viewing party, but opted to hang out at the home of our dear friends the Callacis instead.
They had DVRd the Spirit Awards so we watched that first. Then we watched the DVRd Oscars. We fast forwarded through a lot of it. Like all the montages and commercials. But during all of the songs from Enchantment it was a crazy sing along dance party, where new dances were invented such as the "Poop on Rael" dance, the "Step Over Rael" dance, the "Poop on Paul" dance, and the "How do you know?" dance.
I typically don't give a shit about these who is he best kinds of events, but I got busted getting weepy over Diablo's sweet speech.
Then we watched Barbara Walters. We replayed the clip of Vanessa Williams singing like 50 times so we could do the "Listen to the world, listen to the sky" dance.
Then we watched Barbara interview Ellen Page. The talked about The Moldy Peaches and how Barbara doesn't get it.
What's not to get?
We replayed some of her choicest nauseated facial expressions multiple times. We also filmed me and her face having a hum off.
And we replayed the end bit a bunch where she was dangerously close to showing snatch, in her high-slit gown, while she talked about how she wanted to sit upon the face of Harrison Ford.
Silly Babs. What's not to love?
So we danced more and sang a song and dance called "Don't Pinch My Balls".
It was the most fun I have had in a long time.
Now we are home for 6 days before this crazy ass tour....
KIMYA DAWSON SHOWS (all shows are all ages a more detailed schedule is at www.kimyadawson.com)
Sat-Mar-1 Seattle, WA Hollow Earth Radio Fundraiser at Fusion Cafe (downtown YMCA)w/Angelo Spencer, DJ Clydoskope, DJ Agave Syrup, and Non Music Activity
Sat-Mar-8 Phoenix, AZ Trunk Space W/The Black Swans, Angelo Spencer, Jeffrey Lewis and more...
Sun-Mar-9 Tucson, AZ The Dry River w/Jeffrey Lewis, Angelo Spencer, Golden Boots, lji, and Great Job
Mon-Mar-10 OFF
Tue-Mar-11 OFF
Wed-Mar-12 Austin, TX SXSW K Records Showcase at Emo's
Thu-Mar-13 Austin, TX SXSW Bowery Poetry club Show in South Tent
Thu-Mar-13 Austin, TX SXSW Body of War Show at Stubb's BBQ
Fri-Mar-14 Austin, TX instore at Waterloo Records
Sat-Mar-15 Austin, TX SXSW Ground Control Touring Showcase
Sun-Mar-16 Houston, TX Super Happy Fun Land
Mon-Mar-17 Lafayette, LA location to be confirmed
Tue-Mar-18 New Orleans, LA Audubon Park
Wed-Mar-19 Pensacola, FL location to be confirmed
Thu-Mar-20 Tallahassee, FL Florida State University w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Fri-Mar-21 Gainesville, FL University of Florida w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Sat-Mar-22 Tampa, FL Skate Park w/Band of Horses
Sun-Mar-23 OFF
Mon-Mar-24 Ft. Myers, FL Planetarium w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Tue-Mar-25 Miami, FL Shake-A-Leg Miami w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Wed-Mar-26 Orlando, FL The Social w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Thu-Mar-27 Jacksonville, FL Jackrabbits w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Fri-Mar-28 Charleston, SC The Pour House w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Sat-Mar-29 Athens, GA 40 Watt w/Angelo Spencer and Paul Baribeau
Sun-Mar-30 Durham, NC Durham Central Park (Farmers Market site) w/Paleface, Angelo Spencer, Eberhardt, Malcolm Rollick, Future Kings of Nowhere, Midtown Dickens
Mon-Mar-31 OFF
Tue-Apr-01 Richmond, VA The National w/Angelo Spencer and Spoonboy
Wed-Apr-02 Norfolk, VA The Norva w/Angelo Spencer and Spoonboy
Thu-Apr-03 Washington, DC Black Cat w/ Angelo Spencer, Spoonboy
Fri-Apr-04 OFF
Sat-Apr-05 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church Sanctuary w/Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai(early/matinee)
Sat-Apr-05 Haverford, PA Haverford College (late) w/Erin Tobey and Little Girl Big Spoon
Sun-Apr-06 New York, NY Webster Hall w/Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai
Mon-Apr-07 Worcester, MA Clark University w/Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai
Tue-Apr-08 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre w/Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai
Wed-Apr-09 Albany, NY Benefit for Albany Free School location to be confirmed
Thu-Apr-10 Buffalo, NY Tralf Music Hall w/Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai
Fri-Apr-11 Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop w/ Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai
Sat-Apr-12 South Bend, IN Notre Dame w/Angelo Spencer, L'Orchidee D'Hawai, Good Luck
Sun-Apr-13 Urbana, IL Independent Media Center w/Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai
Mon-Apr-14 Chicago, IL The Mansion w/Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai
Tue-Apr-15 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theatre w/Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai
Wed-Apr-16 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center w/Angelo Spencer and L'Orchidee D'Hawai
Thu-Apr-17 Iowa location to be confirmed
Fri-Apr-18 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
Sat-Apr-19 Lawrence, KS Granada Theatre
Sun-Apr-20 OFF
Mon-Apr-21 OFF
Tue-Apr-22 Denver, CO The Bluebird
Wed-Apr-23 OFF
Thu-Apr-24 OFF
Fri Apr-25 San Francisco, CA Herbst Theatre
Sat-Apr-26 Visalia, CA Howie & Sons Pizza
more shows will be confirmed on our way back to Olympia
Fri-May-9 London UK Ladyfest London Underworld
Sat-May-10 Brighton, UK Duke of York Cinema
Sun-May-11 Manchester, UK Night and Day
Mon-May-12 Bristol, UK Thekla
Tue-May-13 Edinburgh, UK Caberet Voltaire
Wed-May-14 Glasgow, UK Sleazy's
Thu-May-15 OFF
Fri-May-16 Dublin Crawdaddy
Fri-May-23 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
Sat-May-24 Bruxelles, BG AB Club
Jun 15-26 Australia and New Zealand
July 1, 2, or 3 New York City Aaron Wilkinson 5 Year Memorial and Benefit Concert
July 5-6 Olympia and Tacoma, WA w/Ghost Mice
July 18, 19, 20 Anacortes, WA What-The-Heck Festival
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| Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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5:09 am - Spirit Awards and Poop (name droppings)
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I never thought that ever I would be mid-hug with someone as they whisper in my ear "Hi, I love your work. I'm Dustin Hoffman."
And I said the only thing you can say back to that "Oh really? I love your work too."
Holy Cow. Dustin Hoffman.
And Dennis Quaid played my guitar.
I met Lisa Kudrow and Josh Hartnett and David Allen Grier and a bunch of other people.
I met Ricki Lake and talked to her about birth!
I got hugged by Steve Buscemi, John Waters, and Jason Bateman (again). My interaction with Bateman was a little less awkward than last time. Thankfully.
I guess it is better to meet in the schwag room than at the after party.
When me, Matty, and Paul sat down to play I looked up and saw Brad and Angelina sitting there and closed my eyes and didn't open them until we were leaving the stage.
I knew The Rock was there. If I had looked into the crowd and saw his big beautiful smile watching me play I would have collapsed off of my chair. So I couldn't even look.
As we walked off the stage Matt Mutherfucking Dillon was standing backstage and we exchanged uncomfortable glances and I choked and just shot him an uncomfortable smile. Matt Dillon.
Over The Edge, The Outsiders, Drugstore Cowboy, Rumble Fish, LITTLE DARLINGS, MY BODYGUARD.
I couldn't even say HI.
Oh man. Zoinks.
Alright, so here is my verdict. Actors and Actresses are mostly just like most musicians. People who do what they do and sometimes them doing it makes them have a really recognizable face.
But mostly they just want to do what they love. And mostly they are nice.
But of course there are going to be some jerks just like there are always SOME jerks in every category of animal. There are some nice teacher and some jerky teachers, some nice people working at the post office and some jerky ones, some nice gorillas...and so on.
And in real life they all seem a lot more real and a lot more human than in fake life...like in the magazines and on the screens. And they aren't all midgets. I was surprised.
As much as I am freaked out by the biz, I think everyone who knows me knows I am a big fan of teevee (shows not commercials and the mega-networks) and movies. So to be around and meet all these awesome weirdos who have impressed me over the years was really cool and fun.
One thing that was fucking stupid crazy was the aforementioned schwag room.
I had heard the rumor that, while poor people don't even get health care and food and shelter, famous people get tons of free shit.
And holy crud it is true.
And it is mind boggling.
Me and Matty and Paul aren't "famous" but we were VIP yesterday, and we got to play the game.
We got chocolate, and foot cream, and body wash, and body spray, cell phones, and sunglasses, and espresso makers, and i-pod docks, and rhinestone flip flops, and free netflix accounts, and free acupuncture gift certificates, and 2 free nights at some fancy bed and breakfast, and free movie passes, and the boys got some swimming trunks, and I got an oversized lady bag. We turned down the perfume, the beer dispenser, and the python purses. It was so weird. I don't really understand it. I guess these companies hope someone will leave their product out on the table while Cribs is being filmed at their house or something. And everyone will be like..."OOOH, Marissa Tomei has a desktop beer machine- I want a desktop beer machine". My dad is gonna love his new coffee maker and the 1 year supply of free decaf. But I wish the free shit was being given to people who need shit, rather than people who have tons of shit already.
What a strange world.
So backwards.
But it was a fun experience to add to my already long list of fun experiences.
After we hauled our loads out to the minivan Ange and Panda met us in the parking lot, and the boys went to the after party.
Me and Panda climbed into the minivan and I changed my clothes. Out of my gown (made by Paperdoll Fashion) and back into the clothes I wear everyday. It felt so good to just cuddle and nurse my baby and look out the window at the beach.
Today, at 3, we are playing at the Rhino Records shop in Claremont. That should be fun. We get to hang out with the famous Callaci Bros. And Matty and Paul are going to play too this time. Not just with me, but some of their songs too.
Amoeba was fricken psycho the other night. Wow. Thanks everyone who got in and everyone who tried to get in. There were so many nice kids there. And one thing I love about LA is that it is so colorful. There are always more brown skinned purple haired punks in this town than anywhere else. I love everyone, but it always feels good when the crowds are super diverse.
And my cousins Christopher and Nia were there and they never met each other before. So that was cool. And Zack Wolk brought us food AGAIN (amazingly kind soul). And my old friend Myste (who I wrote I Will Never Forget for) was there. And my old friend Andy Milonakis was there. I have known him longer than I have known anyone else who lives in California. Bedford Hills represent. I sure like that kid. Always have.
Now, I am in the hotel. And I can't sleep. We all have pretty bad colds. Stupid airplanes always make us sick.
I am glad the next trip we are driving everywhere. In our own car.
I am starting to worry that our perpetual illness probably has something to do with me hugging hundreds of people everyday too. If you feel even remotely sick please don't hug me. It's going to be a long tour...we need to be strong...
It's not the first time I have asked for well wishes to be sent to our sinuses.
And it won't be the last.
I should go back to bed. I don't even know what this post is about.
Paul took pictures yesterday. I'll post some tomorrow.
xoxo Kimya
ps. I pooped 4 times yesterday morning, because I was nervous. But who's counting?
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