Andrew W.K.

• Gillian Welch: Annabelle
  My buddy’s sister is Gillian Welch’s lone full-time employee, handling merch and various other odds and ends. (She also plays drums in a ripping all-girl Rage Against the Machine tribute band in Nashville). I’ve been a casual fan since the ’90s, so when they came through NYC awhile back, I got to tag along and briefly meet Gillian and David Rawlings backstage before the show. We had great seats too!
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Let me begin by saying I promise this post is mostly good vibes. Skip ahead if you like, but if you’ll momentarily indulge my pessimism: What a stupid time to be alive.

2021 was supposed to be the year the vaccine gave us our lives back, and while it did for some of us to some degree, its international distribution predictably favored wealthy nations, and the long-simmering anti-vax movement here in the wealthiest nation of… See more →

It’s Friday and there are new records from @lowtheband and @AndrewWk, so if I don’t manage to have a good day, consider this my DNR.

A lot happened in 2018. The ruinous Trump administration continued doing its ruinous thing. I finally deleted my Facebook account. I had a stressful couple of months caused by something that rhymes with “head hugs,” which I would gladly trade the life of any loved one to avoid going through again. I visited the UK for the first time. I published 33 blog posts, including several well-received posts on design and development.

Projects

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New wrinkle: Going to @xoxo would mean missing @thejesuslizard in Philly BUT I’d be able to see @AndrewWk while in Portland… 🤔

Good morning. I am designing a website while listening to the new @AndrewWk record on repeat.

It’s one of those afternoons where I don’t really understand why people make music that doesn’t sound like @AndrewWk.

Hello, dear reader!

November is gone, but its links remain.

Most of my writing energy this month went toward a post about the typography and spatial relationships underpinning my site’s recent redesign. I also wrote a handful of film reviews, the most substantial of which outlines my disappointment with the ambitious Loving Vincent, an animated film made from thousands of oil paintings.

Unsurprisingly, a fair amount of this month’s links are devoted to thinking through… See more →

Whatever terrible things await in the next few months, the new @AndrewWk album cover will get me through. pitchfork.com/news/andrew-wk…

My 13th @AndrewWk bangover hurts so good.

Tonight I saw the actual Misfits play a whole bunch of Misfits songs. My voice may never come back from this one.

My @Rdio playlist with selections from each of the albums on my Pitchfork People’s List (Top 20 Albums 1996–2011): rd.io/x/QFyuL1HKMw

Of the nineteen artists in my People’s List, can you guess which five I haven’t seen live? peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/8f867850/

Finished my People’s List (Top Albums 1996–2011) for Pitchfork. As it turns out, my list is very caucasian. peopleslist.pitchfork.com/list/8f867850/

Fun fact: @jasonsantamaria didn’t know I was in this photo when he captured it. instagr.am/p/I8PcbJgZ44/

The last four days:

1. Andrew WK show #11.
2. Batman party. Everyone was Batman.
3. Easter egg dyeing.
4. Andrew WK show #12.

Not bad.

All @mSutters ever wanted from an @AndrewWk show was a bloody nose, and now I have given it to him.

Numbers eleven and twelve. instagr.am/p/Izb_AShMzW/

Achievement Unlocked: @AndrewWk tickets for Webster Hall on April 2nd!

Making preliminary plans to see @AndrewWk in Philly (3/30) and NYC (4/2) for the eleventh and twelfth times, respectively.

I’ve lost count of how many times this record has saved my life.

Has it really been ten years since @AndrewWk gave us I Get Wet? I’ve lost count of how many times that record has saved my life.

My album cover contest has come to a close and the scores have been tallied. Contestants received a half point for each artist correctly identified and a half point for each album, making the highest possible score 55 points.

And the winner is... Raul Gutierrez!

Combining his own considerable musical knowledge with that of several friends, as well as incorporating some clever cyber-sleuthing techniques, Raul was able to at least partially identify a whopping forty-four… See more →

I don’t like the execution, but the idea is adorable.

Catching up on @AndrewWk's vague confessions of being an industry puppet. Trying to sort out the truth, unsure if I should even bother.