Zeke Virant's blog
I’ve zipped three albums, Goons on the Moon, HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY, and !!!!!SAF EWEWEWDE so you don’t have to download everything one at a time.
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY and !!!!!SAF EWEWEWDE are HERE
Goons on the Moon is HERE
The ordering and names of the files are weird on HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY and !!!!!SAF EWEWEWDE, but just look at the website (zekevirant.com) for proper track order.
As always, uhhh, hey.
DEAF MAN is walking by BUM.
BUM: Could you spare some change? Oh. Go on. Ignore me. God bless you, sir.
DEAF MAN walks by BUM.
TEEN: Give me all your fucking money.
MAGICIAN: Hey now!
TEEN: Shut it, fucker. I’m not playing around.
MAGICIAN: What money? Oh! You must mean all this money?
MAGICIAN flashes an array of bills.
MAGICIAN: Is it here? Oop! Not this sleeve. Here? Nope. Oh now it’s only a dollar. Wait no, behind your ear this whole time! Oops. Sorry. It disappeared.
TEEN: Get out of here!
MAGICIAN: Yeah, shove it, kid.
MAGICIAN walks away.
TEEN: Eat a dick, Merlin! Fuck.
COUNSELOR: So, where did you grow up?
STUDENT: Iowa.
COUNSELOR: Iowa? I love Iowa. Whereabouts?
STUDENT: Ames.
COUNSELOR: Ames is gorgeous. It’s one of my favorite cities. I even interviewed for a job at Iowa State.
STUDENT: Did you?– Oh.
Uploaded a new website today. It’s simple[r] and fine. i guess, itfadf
IN NEWNESS: YOU CAN download:
the score for the orchestra piece, “Who Knows What You Are, Anyway?”
my first solo album, “HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY”
all the other things. LOVE YOU ALL
The Triangle Goons first album, “Goons on the Moon” is now available for download! It features eight tracks… six real songs, two in the “other” category.
Recorded on May 17, 2009 at Bard College by Tristan Shepherd
Produced by Tristan Shepherd and the Triangle Goons
Executively produced by Ted Quinlan
The Goons are:
Leslie Allison – vocals and keyboards
Willy Crichton – drums
Andrew Dieck – guitar and backing vocals
Mekko Harjo – bass guitar
Jimmy Pelizzari – guitar
Zeke Virant – vocals
Special thanks to Tristan Shepherd, Tom Mark, and Aaron Wistar!
…my friends and I are doing a staged reading of my new performance piece, Bottles, Nails, & Tambourines. Here’s a thing I wrote up for it:
BOTTLES, NAILS, and TAMBOURINES
a new performance piece by Zeke Virant
Thursday, May 14, at the Blum/Avery Amphitheater, 7:00pm.
Featuring three scenes of music, drama, and noises: bottles blowing in heavenly wind, earthly, enticing sound of hammers and nails, and tambourines rattling in hellfire. An attempt at a freer synthesis of orchestra and theater.
Featuring the talents of:
Sara Frier
Zoe Morris
Michael Newton
Sarah Paden
Ted Quinlan
James Reid
Samuel Stonefield
Timothy Palma
Leslie Allison
Alexis Wade
Mekko Harjo
Ben Goddard
Marjorie Schillo
Marina Day
Emily McCabe
Aaron Wistar
Joey Guerin
Abigail Napp
Alex Carter
Henry Smith
Amelia the Flutist
Bring food, drink, and friends! We’ll have a great time!
In case of rain, we’ll figure out a rain date later.
So, after a lot of juggling, I am releasing an album (a CD) on Mix Tapes (records?). As of now, you can download a lot of the songs for free, and I’m sure you will be able to do that later, but this will be a hard copy for anybody who wants a hard copy.
The track listing looks like this:
1. Lane, your eyes are pilots
2. How much corn can you put up your nose?
3. Baby, Don’t Cry
4. Feelings
5. There You Are!
6. The Wrinkler
7. You Didn’t Kiss Me Like You Said You Should
8. The Road
9. Apple Pie
10. Duet
11. Zeke Virant
12. Lord in Heaven
13. I want to be the one you trust.
14. Georgia, South Georgia
15. Vocal
16. The Fine Flowers in Town Look Fine
17. Big Booted Lesbian
18. Love on the Beach
19. You
20. At the Ocean
That’s not final, but we’ll figure it out. Let me know if you can think of a nice album title.
All my best,
Zeke
Last show with the Triangle Goons was a blast. Tonight, I’m doing a show in Brooklyn with Sam Rosen and Birth. (Birth, which is Aaron Wistar and I, are Sam Rosen’s band.) It is sure to start around 9 or 10 and cost around $3 to 5. The show is at N 13th and Wythe. I’m doing another show with Sam come March 7th at Sarah Lawrence College.
Also, another new song. This one is about imagining oneself nude in a mirror. You.
Here’s something that has been floating around for a while, and I recorded it yesterday. Imagine rooms.
In other news, Shades McGlenn, myself, and the Triangle Goons are playing at Smog at Bard College next Friday… sometime around 8? I’ll also be playing with Dickswitch.
Here’s the roster: Dickswitch (an improv group of my friends, Sepsis (a dear friend and wonderful musician), Homones (Sepsis and Dan Raskin’s collab), Horseless, and the Herons (wonderful local noise guys… beautiful people).
Hope to see you there!
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