Surprise. Did you think that the video for “Welcome to the Third World” was forgot? Ha.
The video was directed by Webster Colcord and Mr. C. Taylor, with the skeletons by Dan Berry. And the tune, of course, is from our 2008 Beat The World release …Earth To The Dandy Warhols…
This video is up now at Yahoo, and you can buy it on iTunes.
Yep. You literally will never know what is going to happen next around here.
We’re adding new shows to our summer tour at a ridiculous pace. There’s even more on the way. Ever thought about subscribing to the show rss feed? If your answer was no, think again.
Fathead had a tidy Q and A in today’s Oregonian about his new collection of songs. He’ll being playing a benefit for MS this Friday night at The Woods on SE Millwuakie in Portland, if you want to check that out. Zia will be DJing as well.
And a reminder, The Dandys will be performing this next Tuesday at Rock and Rolls Supper Club at The Firehouse in NE Portland.
The Dandy Warhols will be performing at You Who Children’s Rock Variety Show on May 30th at Kennedy School in Portland. You Who is a monthly children’s rock variety show featuring a half hour of variety entertainment including DJs, interactive dance get-downs, comedians, cartoons, musical guests, stories, skits, sing-a-longs, artists, parades, puppets, and more. We will be playing a special setlist chosen by Zia’s daughter Matilda in the second half of the show. A portion of all proceeds go to p:ear.
The Dandy Warhols and Polly Bangs are helping to raise money in support of Impact Northwest’s Urban Opportunities Program, a jobs training and creation program for under-supported high school aged youths.
The night will entail dinner with the members of The Dandy Warhols, a lovely aperitif, great food, wine, a silent auction and a little bit of entertainment from the band. The evening will be held May 4th at 6pm at the Firehouse Restaurant in NE Portland.
Tickets are $85 and can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com. There is limited seating, so please be sure to secure your tickets today.
So I’m thinking about getting a whippet. But my landlord just said I couldn’t have pets. The nerve! (Like I didn’t know already.) Should I just move or what? Keep in mind that I have lived int his apartment for six years and before that Fathead lived here for six years. It’s obviously the best apartment ten feet from an interstate in the WORLD. Sure, it will never survive even the smallest of earthquakes, it really feels like home. But dogs are pretty funny.
ITEM: When I was talking about working on a new record, I did not mean the Capitol Records retrospective slated for release in a few months. But yeah, that’s coming. Two new Dandys song? Never before seen photographs? Full greyscale packaging? What? Want a preview of it?
Wait, I think that might be one of those shirts you get at Urban Outfitters. Guys, the Capitol logo is a classic. It’s the greatest logo in all of music. Yes, even better than that dog staring into an old-timey phonograph. That dog died 100 years ago, it’s depressing.
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ITEM: Fathead’s on Twitter now. You can follow him at @fatheaddeboer. Court still tweets at @courtneyTaylor2, and Lee helms the band Twitter at @TheDandyWarhols. I also just spend like an hour setting up a Beat The World Twitter @BeatTheWorldRec. What’s the deal with this Fail Whale? Why is he so smug?
(I had the idea today that if Dorothy Parker TWEETED her classic line, “boys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses”, that 90% of her responses would not only get the joke, but most of those would angrily try to prove her wrong. “Actually I take great offense to this statement. I wear glasses and I sleep with ten different guys a week.” Crumbs.)
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ITEM: Short notice notice – DJRescue (ZIA!) has got her thing going at Jinx (232 NW 12) this afternoon, 4-7. I challenge you to stop by, you peoples at Weiden + Kennedy, you peoples at Powells, you people at other places working within a ten block radius.
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Well, that’s it. There were a couple of real news items in there, somewhere.
