Fargo
We stopped for the night in Fargo on our way to Winnipeg. Apparently you can have your photo taken with the actual wood chipper used in the film Fargo – it’s just down the road and you can buy one of those silly looking hats with ear flaps to wear while you’re being photographed…. read on
13 WINNIPEG CANADA, StuDome SOLD OUT – 2nd show added
14 WINNIPEG CANADA, StuDome SOLD OUT
16 OMAHA NE, Slowdown TICKETS
17 ST LOUIS MO, Off Broadway (with The Bo-Keys!)
Tales from the touring front
We shared the night at The Lovin’ Cup in Rochester last night with a beer tasting shindig and it wasn’t a good co-bill. It was obvious that the Lovin’ Cup management’s first priority was to keep a crowd of ignorant, beer-swilling morons in the place for as long as possible in order to maximise beer sales, at the expense of our concert….read on
We keep on rolling…
Just as I got used to being at home again we’re back on the road again. See you in Manitowoc or Omaha or somewhere.
MAY
05 STONY BROOK NY, University Cafe – 7 PM TICKETS
08 ROCHESTER NY, The Lovin’ Cup A Bop Shop event
10 CHICAGO IL, Schuba’s (early show 7 PM) TICKETS
11 MANITOWOC WI, Music Without Boundaries
13 WINNIPEG CANADA, StuDome SOLD OUT - 2nd show added
14 WINNIPEG CANADA, StuDome SOLD OUT
16 OMAHA NE, Slowdown TICKETS
17 ST LOUIS MO, Off Broadway (with The Bo-Keys!)
26 BALTIMORE MD, An Die Musik 5 PM TICKET
We’ve been on this tour for so long that the soles of my boots have finally worn through. I’ve been wearing the same pair, an old pair of Blunstones that were already a bit worn out, since we started at the end of August last year.
We’ve got another week in England and then we’re going home for a rest while my boots get repaired ready for the next bit. I should have said leg there – tours always had legs back in the golden age of grinding around smashing up the odd hotel room and wearing out rock hardware, transit vans and footwear. Anyway I settled on the rather lame bit.
So until the next bit here’s the next bit:
21 SHEFFIELD, Greystones ticket link
22 BRISTOL, The Thunderbolt www.thethunderbolt.net/
23 SWINDON, The Rolleston www.therolleston.co.uk
24 WORCESTER, Marrs Bar http://www.wegottickets.com/event/207487
25 LIVERPOOL, Lomax http://www.lomaxliverpool.com/events.cfm tickets
27 HOLT Norfolk UK, The Railway Tavern tickets on the door
Liverpool and Holt are last minute additions just to make sure we’re thoroughly worn out in time for Easter which we’re planning to spend on the South Coast getting thoroughly worn out by my family before we fly home. If I can find a music shop that sells the right guitar strings for me and a good shoe repairer I’ll be a happy man.
33s & 45s #6 and seven other new ones including some fetching “floral jobs”…
Just click on this: PAINTINGS
We’ve made a video!! Please feel free to share it, pirate it, spread it around and turn it into a virus!
And when you’ve finished doing that I’ve got a new blog post you can read -
A Video, Some Travel Tips And Grandad’s Homemade Aeroplane http://thedysfunctionalworldof.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-video-some-travel-tips-and-grandads.html
Next Homemade Aeroplane Show – Saturday 16th February click on this for details
The Homemade Aeroplane Flies Again!
We’re putting on another Homemade Aeroplane Concert on Saturday 16th February. It may be a bit soon after the last one but it’s the only weekend we’ve got free in February and we probably won’t be able to have one in March because we’ll be touring in the UK.
Last month’s surprise special guest was Brian Dewan, a hard act to follow but we’re confident. We already have a guest lined up – he used to be the lead singer in a band that once made an album entitled Dig, and I produced a record or two for him in the early nineties. He’s flying in from San Francisco (it sounds good but to be honest he was coming this way anyway). Apart from that we’re not telling.
For the in-flight entertainment Amy and I are planning to present The Mod Housewife Meets The Donovan Of Trash – a mash-up of selections from Amy’s first solo album, Diary Of A Mod Housewife and one of my weirdest albums, the lo-fi classic The Donovan Of Trash. They seem to go well together and we’ve been threatening to do this for some time now.
As before tickets are $20 per head and we ask that you bring something to share. You can bring anything – a plate of biscuits, a cherry pie, a crate of beer, a bottle of wine, a box of oranges, a piece of cheese… This isn’t to save us trouble or because we’re cheapskates – it’s to foster a spirit of community and sociability in the departure lounge before take-off and during the mid-flight, between sets refuelling stop. We want you to have a really good time and get to know your fellow travellers.
To reserve a place through PayPal for the sum of $20 click on the add to cart icon
I’m afraid that for practical reasons (and because so many people say they’ll come to things and then don’t) reserving places can only be done with advance payment through PayPal. If you haven’t got a PayPal account it’s simple to get one. It won’t cost you anything and could quite possibly make your life easier. Go to paypal.com and follow the simple steps. If you can’t do this our concert will probably go over your head so you’d be best not bothering.
If you have genuine difficulties with paypal just get in touch with me and we’ll try and work something out. Also in the event of bad weather or some other unforseen obstacle such as the end of the world preventing you from attending we’ll offer a full refund or your ticket rolled over to our next available flight.
Once you’ve reserved a place (by clicking on the add to cart icon and following the simple steps) you’ll receive an email which will include the address of our house and some sort of instructions on how to get there. You’ll also receive your boarding pass by regular US Mail. Until then all you need to know is that we live in Catskill NY 12414 and you can get there by driving up or down the New York State Thruway (I-87). We’re two hours north of NYC, forty minutes south of Albany, about three hours from Boston and you can work the rest out for yourselves.
Address any questions, enquiries etc to me - wrecklesseric@hotmail.co.uk If you need accommodation we can suggest a few reasonably priced hotels/motels in the area. Or you could try Hotwire.
This flight is now closed
Watch out for another At Home With Eric & Amy event in February
Because it was such a success last time, and as we’re all still here (the world didn’t end), and because there’s probably not much else to do, we’re holding another wacky house concert at our place.
Climb aboard the homemade aeroplane at the Catskill Airfield in upstate New York for a ramshackle flying experience. We won’t actually be leaving the ground (except possibly in our own warped imaginations) but a good time is guaranteed – Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby performing through the legendary Empress Of Catskill Public Address System with full supporting cast and bring-your-own buffet.
The flight will be boarding at 7 – 7:15pm. Lift off should be happening around 7:30 – 7:45. We’ll be doing two sets with a break in the middle for refuelling and refreshments.
Tickets are $20 per person and very limited. The event is not open to children or people of an overtly nervous disposition. And just to make it clear – this isn’t a benefit concert, it’s just us doing what we do but without the inevitable eight hour drive and dodgy motel experience. We’ll be putting the energy we’d expend on that into making it a special show. We won’t be trotting out the same set as we did last time. Or any other time.
All you have to do is click on the ticket link and then show up on the night with your boarding pass (which we’ll send to you via the US Mail) and something to share with your fellow passengers. And we’ll whisk you away to paradise. Or somewhere.
Buy a ticket:
At Home With Eric & Amy House Concert Jan 19th 2013 seat one person $20
SOLD OUT !!
Watch out for another Eric & Amy event in February
***Any ticket holders that can’t make it on the night due to bad weather will be given the choice of a full refund or transfering the ticket to our next house concert event.
AMERICAMY AIRLINES is proud to announce the delayed departure of The Homemade Aeroplane from Catskill Aerodrome.
We thought the week between Christmas and New Year would work well but it seems it isn’t as dull for other people as it generally is for us – everyone who wants to come is either doing something else or having trouble finding babysitters because the babysitters are all off doing – something else I suppose.
The flight is re-scheduled for Saturday 19th January 2013 and I see no reason why it shouldn’t go ahead as planned seeing as the world appears to have not come to an end. shame that – some of us without pensions were really counting on the end of the world coming through for us.
Buy a ticket:
At Home With Eric & Amy House Concert Jan 19th 2013 seat one person $20
Saturday 29th December, Catskill NY
7:15pm until close
To cheer up the most stultifying week of the year we’re holding another house concert at our place. Climb aboard the homemade aeroplane at the Catskill Airfield in upstate New York for a ramshackle flying experience. We won’t actually be leaving the ground (except possibly in our own warped imaginations) but a good time is guaranteed – Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby performing through the legendary Empress Of Catskill Public Address System with full supporting cast and bring-your-own buffet.
Tickets are $20 per person and very limited. The event is not open to children or people of an overtly nervous disposition. And just to make it clear – this isn’t a benefit concert, it’s just us doing what we do but without the inevitable eight hour drive and dodgy motel experience. We’ll be putting the energy we’d expend on that into making it a special show. We won’t be trotting out the same set as we did last time. Or any other time.
If the world ends on December 21st (which I imagine it won’t because it’s all down to those pesky Mayans not getting round to keeping their calendar up to date) we’ll try to get everyone a full refund before the inevitable worldwide interweb crash. Otherwise the event will go ahead as scheduled.