| chicago – 11/25. get ur tix now. | Tweet |
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!! for my upcoming show in chicago, illinoiz
let’s pack the place & investigate the physics of cranberry sauce
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Friday, November 25th
Subterranean (Chicago, IL)
Doors 9PM, 17+, $21
GET TICKETS HERE
| independent tix ON SALE TODAY! | Tweet |
tickets for my headline show at the independent ARE ON SALE TODAY!!! <--- click on link to buy
and we're doing something super special for the show...
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the first 50 people to send screenshots of their ticket confirmation pages get:
[1] free pairs of green & white k.flay shoelaces
[2] a personalized poem
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send your screenshots and a word or two for poetry inspiration to: STUFF@KFLAY.COM
you’ll be able to pick up your goodies at the show
which
is
on
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD
AW HELL YEAH
| SF headline show!! | Tweet |
very very excited to announce that i’m headlining THE INDEPENDENT in SF on WED, NOVEMBER 23RD.
tix go on sale this friday!!
more info here
show is gonna be chock full of surprises & adventures
invite some friends and let’s do some pre-thanksgiving damage
| young the giant remix | Tweet |
check out my OFFICIAL REMIX of young the giant’s ‘my body’!!!
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you can grab the whole remix EP for freeeeee aka $0 aka the state of speech in the USA
by clickin on the image above or
CLICK HERE
| book review!! – the wave | Tweet |
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Waves are scary. And the ocean, already a veritable stew of mad energy – wind, heat, light, tectonics (don’t forget: there are LEGIT MOUNTAIN RANGES along the seafloor) – is becoming even more scary. Like scarier than the concept of receiving a videotape in the mail and being haunted by a freaky little girl and possibly a boy with very sharp teeth until you die a week later.
Sidenote: I was too scared to see ‘The Ring’ so I partially made up that summary. And on second thought I think the boy with the razor dentures is from some movie with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Who used to play Erica Kane’s deranged daughter on All My Children. YES I WAS RAISED ON SOAP OPERAS.
Aaaanyhow, Susan Casey’s highly captivating book, ‘The Wave’ is about the ways in which scientists, surfers, and seamen [paging Dr. Chuckles] navigate the treacherous and highly mysterious world of ocean waves. It used to be that sailors would come home saying, ‘we almost got killed by an 80-foot wave’ and everyone would call them dirty liars. Now, with the help of fancy technology and satellites that monitor ocean activity, scientists are well aware that rogue waves – errant swells that dwarf the surrounding seas and straight up CRUSH SHIT – are actually much more common than we think.
See, it turns out that water waves, much like light waves, behave not only as traditional waves (sonic energy, for example), but also like particles. How crazy is that?? As a consequence, it is tremendously difficult for us landlubbing mortals to predict or even understand how a 1,740 foot tall wave could smash into a bay in Alaska or how a state-of-the-art oil rig in the North Atlantic could crack in half and sink in a matter of minutes.
Casey paces the narrative well, alternating between some pretty enthralling surf stories – she spends much of the book chronicling the feats of surfing legend Laird Hamilton – and conversations with folks who deal with ocean waves for a living. She talks to everyone from insurance underwriters to oceanographers to crazy physicists to ship-salvage consultants who handle maritime emergencies in the Indian Ocean. The overwhelming consensus from these experts is twofold: (1) we will never fully comprehend the complexities of ocean waves and (2) anomalous wave activity is becoming less and less anomalous, a fact that is somewhat good for the 50 people on this earth who enjoy strapping themselves to polyurethane boards and careening down the faces of 70-foot swells, but bad for the rest of us, especially those of us who don’t want Florida to drown.
In my mind, ‘The Wave’ is a book about man’s relationship with nature and the fundamental hubris that drives so many of our pursuits. Tsunamis destroy nations, underwater tectonic activity causes entire islands to slip into the blue oblivion, ships disappear at an alarming rate and yet we continue to believe we have the ability to Christopher Columbus the ocean.
I’m putting my money on the clownfish.
| popscene sf: sept 16th | Tweet |
FRIDAY, SEPT 16TH
Popscene SF w/ TEDDYBEARS + TIGERcat
Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St, SF)
9PM, $12, 18+
| aug 28th. brooklyn. let’s get it | Tweet |
my show in NYC at the highline ballroom is sold out soooooo now u got one more reason to come kick it with me in brooklyn on august 28th, when i’ll be headlining glasslands! it’s gonna be a great night, replete with laughs, tears, and laughs that are so intense they cause tears.
info is below. invite a friend and let’s boogie.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28TH
k.flay + zebra baby + free blood + megafortress
glasslands
289 kent ave. brooklyn, ny
8PM, $10, 21+
GET TICKETS HERE
