Come see thee Knee Jerks ruin a classy event!

I don't know how and I don't know why, but some poor soul thought it a good idea to book everyone's least favorite garagepunk party band, thee Knee Jerks, at the swanky Columbia Museum of Art's suds'n'fun event, Arts & Draughts!

Get there early, get beer in yer belly, and we'll get down...we hit the stage anything but sober at 7pm sharp and as an added prize we finally get to share a stage with local rock'n'soul stompers, Debbie & the Skanks!

Also I'd be an idiot if I failed to mention it's my last show as the jackwagon lead singer of thee 'Jerks...so there's that to look forward to! Instead of sheddin' a tear, come get yer shakes with us Friday, y'all maroons...and as always: squares beware, baby!!!

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Columbi-yeah! presents 4th BEST FEST at Tapp's Arts Center

This Saturday, April 4th, at Tapp's Arts Center we celebrate 4th Best Fest:
an evening of eclectic entertainment, baby!

Festivities start at 8pm with me doin' my best go as master of ceremonies with the following featured acts:

Coral Reefer Madness (surf band)
comedian Mike Wuest
Happiness Bomb (puppet show)
comedian Jenn Snyder
Little Atoms (Elvis Costello cover band)

$4 gets ya into at very least the 4th best thing a-happenin' this year in Columbi-yeah!

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Spend yer Saturday nite with thee Knee Jerks!

While hardly the last time y'all will catch me in complete jackass mode, tonite's show at Art Bar will be the last chance to spot me shakin' in a striped shirt on stage...come to gawk or come to rock, thee Knee Jerks will gladly accommodate, baby...

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thee Knee Jerks & the Howling Man!

Double-threat of dirty drunken rock'n'roll tomorrow at Foxfield, baby...see the Howling Man open up fer thee Knee Jerks with wild, unpredictable performances by remarkable human oddities! 

 

Even this will sound better thru beer goggles!

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2015 & On The Scene Fer Kicks Again

Y'all maroons made it to 2015, congrats! Reward yourselves with r'n'r revelry at Art Bar with thee Knee Jerks tomorrow nite...we'll be openin' the flood gates of fun fer Capital City Playboys and Dexter Romweber, baby...as always, squares beware!

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Monday Nite Madness

Tonite, a special Monday nite appearance of thee Knee Jerks at everybody's fave rave dive bar across the bridge, New Brookland Tavern...with crazy guests Leopold & his Fiction along side the Howling Man...wild times, baby!

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What's ailin' ya, baby...

In case yer all cramped up and and in desperate need to shake out some of that tension, see everybody's favorite snake oil shucksters, thee Knee Jerks!...emergency appearance on Art Bar's stage on a Sunday even!...this Sunday even!!...check it out (doctor's orders), with additional sweet relief from Diarrhea Planet, the Fishing Journal and Fk Mt, baby...

squares (& bowel movements) beware 

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Excellent!...Party Punk Time at Foxfield

Never say I didn't warn ya, baby...this Saturday Foxfield will be on fire with fun from thee Knee Jerks and pals: Parasite Diet straight from whiskey-soaked Kentucky in all their punk glory, as well as Coral Reefer Madness' triumphant troublemakin' surf sounds...signal the party alarms, squares!

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Blue Lady Lounge 10th Anniversary Party at Art Bar

Only took us 6 months but yer neighborhood Knee Jerks landed the headlinin' spot atop this heap o' fun, baby...come jump on this party train and pop some champagne with us as we celebrate at Art Bar this Saturday nite!

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Return of thee Knee Jerks Weekender!

Looks like we got another Jerk-packed weekender comin' up quick like:

the Knee Jerks have the honor of opening up the Dexter Romweber Duo (and I'm a complete spazz fer this musical hero of mine) along side those local los Perdidos boys (and their mighty fine brand of instro-action)...it's all shakin' at club Conundrum this Saturday nite...

 

And to close out the weekend on a wild note, thee Knee Jerks ratchet up the racket with our buds in the Wage Slaves...all to set the stage fer the masked mayhem that is Daikaiju...come sweat out of every pore at the outdoor Foxfield stage Sunday, baby...and the squares said it couldn't be done!

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thee Knee Jerks: First the Station, Then the Stage

Now this is the sort of double-booking a beat combo begs to be a part of, baby...

First off thee Knee Jerks prime the pump with some wild live radio fun, on crazy WUSC...tune yer dials today around 4pm to the Columbia Beet and prepare yer earholes for the improbable and implausible sounds via radiowaves that just won't behave!

Then in quick order hitch it over to the finest dive in all of West Cola, where we'll be appearin' again live but this time in-person even, at New Brookland Tavern...we'll be twitchin' & twistin' along with T.C. Costello, Buck Stanley and the Wage Slaves...scoot the boot and as always, squares beware!

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thee Knee Jerks tonight alright!

 ...straight outta the Free Times, baby:




Thee Knee Jerks, Dreiberg — Take members from the likes of the Get Wets, Gravitron and Sons of Young, and you’re bound to come up with some kind of party. In local terms, thee Knee Jerks take the garage-punk throne just vacated by the now-defunct Unawares and inject some humor and hubris. Dreiberg also include an ex-Sons of Young member in drummer Brett Wider, but Rich Owensby’s songs hew to a more conventional alt-rock style. With Release the Dog and Lost Wages. — Kevin Oliver

Art Bar: 9 p.m., $5

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thee Knee Jerks Debut Hullabaloo

The new beat combo of bozos that I'm frontin', thee Knee Jerks, has our debut weekender on the way at the end of the month...catch us if ya can, kids!

January 24th at Hunter/Gatherer and January 25th at Bar III...squares beware.

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Wild Wild Sound...of Summer!

Figured as cool as Columbia is, the town could stand some summer sounds spun by yers truly...think of it as a terrestrial radio reboot of my long defunct podcast...starting this Sunday, listen live on 90.5FM or stream online and settle in fer fun with Wild Wild Sound of Summer:  

Ahoy castaways...sail alongside us to an audio island escape, marooned with only today's top tropical tunes ...breezing easy every summer Sunday from 3-6pm (EST) on WUSC-FM Columbia

Rollin' in on a radiowave near you...stay tropical, baby...

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the Indie Grits Opening Party + Premier of the New Columbi-Yeah Tees!

This Friday, the acclaimed Columbia cultural event of the season kick starts with an sure-fire fun-fest of live music, libations, & food all in the name of independent film. The romp that is Indie Grits has gotten press from across the publicity map, but it's the opening party that really resonates with me, baby...this year come have a ball with both Say Brother (our city's answer to CCR and then some) and the Royal Tinfoil (Charlie-town's crown jewel of keen tunes).

If that ain't enuf to get yer hi-tops a-steppin', should you attend this year's Indie Grits ya get the added chance to snag the wildly cool & brand new Columbi-Yeah! tees...I can testify they are beyond the bees knees of beautiful, baby...so don't be left short, be sure to have yer very own to sport!

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The Woggles Wiggle Tonite in West Cola

If yer lookin' fer some awfully fun action tonite, be sure to hightail it to New Brookland Tavern fer the rock'n'roll ruckus of the Woggles & surf sounds of los Perdidos...dig it, baby.

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Sweet, Swingin' Sounds in Soda Town!

Last stomp 'n' shout time to see the Get Wets in Columbi-yeah til who knows when, kids!
Takin' out the 2012 trash with party blasts from the likes of Dead Surf, Gravitron, & the Berries (with their Columbi-yeah debut!)...ah y'all can't fool with this kind of cool baby, so shaker yer tail-feathers over to Art Bar, Saturday December 1st!

...yer gonna kick yerself if ya to don't step out to this one...trust me, baby!!!

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Primitive a go-go at Hunter Gatherer

It's tribal party time at every native's fave brew room, Hunter-Gatherer...
"Columbi-yeah's Premier Party Band", the Get Wets, get real primitive
with special guests straight from Pawley's Island, PaperWork!




Come pound down fer just 5 bones, ya unga-bunga babies...

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Savage Garage in Soda City, SC!

Prepare yerself fer a great shakes this Saturday at Art Bar, baby...on the party roll-call we got the Evil Streaks outta Boston with their brew of spook-crazy garagepunk...hometown astro-nuts Gravitron surfin' outta orbit...& the Get Wets goin' all out garageslop, forgettin' what modernation even means...the future of fun hangs with this hard party gang...dig it if ya dare, squares!



& it's only a fiver to slide yerself in to boot baby!

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Tiki at the Tavern 2!: Tiki Harder

It's almost that time of the season fer fruity drinks, sleazy sounds & plastic primitive culture celebrations...look out fer trouble, tiki action is comin' to the New Brookland Tavern fer a sequel with no such equal!

Party stompers 'n' shakers, this is yer invitation to please the party gods once more fer Tiki at the Tavern 2: Tiki Harder...which also happens to be the Get Wets' first swig of this scene this year, along side a mighty mix of fun flavors from favorites Dead Surf, Gravitron & the Noise {is love} (let it be noted on yer beverage coaster all four bands are from crazy Columbi-yeah, baby)...but that ain't all to the ball, there's island games with a hula contest, limbo line & twist-off as well as the crownin' of the king & queen of the luau...dig it, kids!

So don't be a some kinda square, throw on yer shag rags July 7th and come out to sip, flip & get hip!

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