Walk the Moon

to be continued...

2011-06-17T00:27:00.000-07:00

writing to thank you for coming here to see what we have to say. some of you have been following along for such a long time and we <3 you dearly for it.

we would like to return to regular blogging one day soon, but until such time you can find our daily updates & schedule of shows on walkthemoonband.com, facebook, and twitter.

see you out in the world.

love,

WALK THE MOON

hello surfers,

days 2 - 5

2011-01-23T13:15:00.000-08:00

listeners, viewers, readers, canoers,

thanks for your patience. the road, we've found, has allowed for little time with access to the interwebs.

Thursday marked the drive of death up to Dayton. We knew a great big snowstorm was coming in and we drove straight into it. Kevin showed Swarzenneger-like skill and heroism on the icy roads and we pulled up into the white-out ghost town of downtown Dayton. To our pleasant surprise, a whole slew of others had braved the elements, too, and Canal Street Tavern was bumping with cozy enthusiastics. Our friends in Alec Delphenic Trio (formerly baby-faced Alec boasted an epic beard) did a surprise cover of STONE COLD FOX which blew our brains, and the incredible Bengsons followed. Shaun and Abi Bengson are married, in love, and touring the country making spectacularly personal music. I met them when I saw their play at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival in which they told the story of their adventures around four continents in the form of hilarious, beautiful songs. We went on amidst a small and proud throng of painted faces (friends had found the facepaint in our stuff and started passing it around) and afterward left Dayton to get a head start on the drive to Philadelphia.

alec, before

alec, after

We careened in to Philly Friday night and were awestruck by how stunningly gorgeous the city is. We took some really fantastic pictures of our cameras' flashes on the inside of the van windows.

Legendary Dobbs was a small venue in a vibrant art district on South St. where bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Green Day, and Oasis played when they were baby bands like us. Show was packed and hot. Special thanks to Seanny's cousin Karianne for pimping out our merch and to Arielle for hooking us up with an awesome hotel suite!!

currently we are en route to NYC on the New Jersey Turnpike. our first stop will be Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn, which besides having a mildly creepy title hosts a popular open-mic on Sunday evenings.

see you MONDAY NIGHT at PIANOS!!!

Ain't no rest for the wicked....

2011-01-22T14:32:00.000-08:00

Kevin comin at ya from just outside Baltimore on an incredibly cold day on the east coast. I am titling this blog post according to what I believe is a mutual understanding between all of us on this tour that lining up two hotel room chairs and an ottoman does not make a comfortable sleeping surface. But nonetheless, I have to thank everyone so far who has lent us free space in their homes or hotel rooms. Last night we had a fantastic first show ever in Philadelphia at The Legendary Dobbs, and tonight we have an acoustic show at Teavolve in Baltimore. Hope to see some smiling faces there!

Tomorrow morning, it's ON TO NEW YORK CITY :)

We need a plow on the front of the tour van!

2011-01-20T23:38:00.000-08:00

What up! Seany here blogging from the road. We braved the ice and snow to make it to our show with the Alec Delphenic Trio & The Bengsons tonight & are now driving to columbus to spend the night. Rest assured you'll hear more from us tomorrow! Much love!
Sean

Valparaiso Interim and Night #1: South Bend, Mr Don Sir, Brad gets some action

2011-01-19T16:35:00.000-08:00

We're warm and cozy, awaiting showtime in the hip art-deco den of Uptown Cafe in Valparaiso, IN. It's nestled at the base of the Valpo University student apartments, and has the most original, delicious recipes for sandwiches, pizzas.... about an hour ago I put a s'wich in my mouth and felt immediately like I hadn't done enough good deeds in my life to deserve it.

Last night was a surprise. Owner and big bearhug-giver Art at the Coney Island dive bar in South Bend kindly allowed us to play a short set during their Tuesday open mic night. We set up the full band in the tiny front window and played to a tightly-packed crowd inches from their faces. Afterward, Art grabbed me and held me tight, excitedly muttering kind words peppered with profanity.

Before all this we became acquainted with Mr. Don Sir. Everyone must know. At the beginning of the night, shortly after we arrived, an elderly gentleman stood up to the mic with his weathered guitar. Ancient-faced, nearly toothless, and bullfrog-voiced, this man spoke as if through a greasy kazoo. To our delight, his banter became increasingly vulgar and he began playing a song - a parody of Let It Snow - whose subject was definitely, unmistakably.. fellatio. At the end of the night Mr. Don Sir gave me a CD of 30 of his parodies (he punned "pair-o-double-d's"), croaking in my ear that I had to wait until I was home to listen in case I laughed myself into a car wreck (this really happened last time).

On the way home we resisted putting the CD in and arrived at our friend Heather's place in Valpo. There waiting for us was her beautiful, enormous female American Bulldog named Lila. She was very affectionate. She especially liked Brad. She liked him so much that she tried to have babies with him... again, and again, and again. She was so big that Brad couldn't really do anything about it, and rather than help we stood by laughing in mixed horror/hysteria.

We're about to go on. Have a great night! See you in Dayton.

Nicholas & WTM

DANCE MARATHON TOUR: Mile 1-242

2011-01-18T16:57:00.000-08:00

The tour has begun, and we are on our way up north to the Icy Tundra of South Bend, Indiana. This will be Fighting Irish territory!!! Playing our first show at McCormicks Coney Island, which is either a college bar, abandoned ferris wheel factory, or a sea-locked oasis of chili dogs...?

Wish us luck... we'll see you all at a show!!!

Special thanks goes out to Heather for providing us shelter tonight (owner of Uptown Cafe in Valparaiso)

DANCE MARATHON TOUR DATES

2011-01-12T14:05:00.000-08:00

JAN 15 - CINCINNATI - Northside Tavern - 10pm
JAN 19 - VALPO - Uptown Cafe - 7pm
JAN 20 - DAYTON - Canal St. Tavern - 8pm
JAN 21 - PHILADELPHIA - Legendary Dobbs - 8:30pm
JAN 22 - BALTIMORE - Teavolve - 8pm
JAN 24 - NEW YORK - Pianos - 8pm
JAN 25 - BOSTON - WCHC 88.1 FM - 2pm
JAN 26 - BOSTON - TT The Bears - 9pm
JAN 27 - TBA (looking at Pittsburgh or Toledo)
JAN 28 - BALL STATE - Be Here Now - 10pm
JAN 29 - BUTLER U - DANCE MARATHON
JAN 30 - VALPO - Uptown Cafe - 6pm

We will be blogging every day about our adventure, so keep coming back here to hear the latest.

IF you have any! friends who live near these cities that would like to hear us live, please refer them to our facebook or myspace.

Can't wait to see you and hug you big and tight with our loud noises.

Love always,
WALK THE MOON

review of i want! i want! in CITYBEAT

2011-01-12T10:54:00.000-08:00

a great review of the new record from November. thanks CityBeat!

Walk the Moon Shines on First LP
by Mike Breen, CityBeat Cincinnati Novemeber 2010

Walk the Moon was one of my personal highlights from the recent MidPoint Music Festival, where the band played a high-energy set wonderfully showcasing its dance-friendly beats, New Wave jubilance and Art Pop creativity. As solid as the foursome is live, I was still a bit stunned by how advanced, imaginative and proficient Walk the Moon comes across on its enchanting debut album, i want! i want!, which is to be released Saturday in conjunction with a multimedia event at The Mockbee.

While the band’s Talking Heads influence is most evident during its live show (they did an exhilarating, wall-shaking version of “Burning Down the House” at MidPoint), myriad other inspirations combine on i want! i want! to create Walk the Moon’s distinct sound. While ’80s New Wave plays a part (mostly via the assorted synth sounds and riffs), you’ll also detect more contemporary sounds in the mix, from more recent Dance/Rock to modern Indie Pop. But it’s the more timeless songwriting, striking (and never pandering) hooks and craftily constructed arrangements that will keep you coming back to the album.

The band’s use of space is remarkable; unlike a lot of young artists, WtM resists the urge to fill up the tracks and instead lets them breathe, making the songs more alluring and adding a sense of drama and mystery. The chugging, disco-ball spin of “Anna Sun” rises and falls, allowing the members to weave in counter melodies and use the elbow-room to paint in subtle, crafty quirks. The exquisite “Lisa Baby” is another highlight — the thick, ropy synth lines drive the dance-machine straight into a sunny, atmospheric chorus that’s as irresistible as anything you’ll hear on the radio today.

Along with the creative, unpredictable rhythms and colorful soundscapes (guided often by the keyboards, which take on an array of tonal forms, from twinkling electric piano to those squiggly, sometimes Moog-y synthesizers to straight-up piano and beyond), the expressive vocals are a huge part of the album’s magnetism. Crafted and delivered with the same arty mindset as the instrumentation, frontman/keyboardist Nicholas Petricca’s melodies are blissfully unexpected yet perfectly addictive. Petricca’s expressive, diverse voice (often stacked and layered) is one of the strongest on the local Indie scene (and it ranks up there with some of the finer nationally-known vocalists, as well).

On i want! i want!, Walk the Moon sounds like they’ve taken elements from modern Indie heroes like Franz Ferdinand, TV on the Radio, LCD Soundsystem, Of Montreal, The Killers, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Spoon and Modest Mouse, shredded them through their own vivid imaginations and reassembled the patchwork pieces into something focused and original. With a debut as powerful, polished and compelling as i want! i want!, not only would I not be shocked to hear Walk the Moon was being courted by a large indie or major label — I’d be more stunned if the album didn’t draw big attention to the band.

UGLY = MERRY

2010-12-21T08:52:00.000-08:00

This past Saturday December 18 we threw our UGLY (or Just Misunderstood) SWEATER PARTY at the Mad Hatter in Covington, KY.

Between the amazing line-up, the Rudolphed noses, the XMAS TREE CANVAS, and the sweaters...

it got ugly.

Friends and volunteers helped decorate and man the Rudolph station, and audience members added their personal touch to the XMAS TREE.

Meanwhile amazing indie bands performed -

among them Lions Rampant...

Eat Sugar...

and our friends Louisville's THE PASS.

and finally WALK THE MOON.

the holiday joy in the room was RADIANT.

Thanks so much to everyone who came and was a part of the show, and thanks especially to Dottie, Keith, Joe, Ben, Anna, Claire, Katie, Maggie, and Lauren for all your time and effort! Cheers to the Mad Hatter for letting all of us transform you.

See you in 2011. In January we'll be back in Cincinnati as well as Columbus, Dayton, Philly, Cleveland, New York City, Indianapolis, and hopefully a few other places in between. Have a Happy, Ugly, Merry New Year.

love,
Nicholas, Sean, and Kevin
(photos in this post courtesy of Jeff Burkle and Allison Ventura)

giving thanks!

2010-11-25T12:35:00.000-08:00

thank you everyone who has made themselves a part of WALK THE MOON this year... that is, by dancing at shows, dancing in your rooms, donning facepaint, frolicking in french park and mockbee, sharing with friends and moms and neighbors, every song is for you.

enjoy "Gobbledigook" by Sigur Rose. some parents may not approve... whoops! it's a beautiful expression of being human.

give thanks for being alive!!

happy thanksgiving

i want! i want! (photos by D. Walker, J. Burkle and B. Bartel)

2010-11-17T08:43:00.000-08:00

can't describe to you the unbelievable energy and love inside the Mockbee on Saturday night.

nearly sold-out crowd - we counted over 450 painted faces.

it began quietly...

and soon raged.

zombies onstage during Thriller...

so many painted faces...

the photographer Jeff Burkle.

Everyone who made it out - THANK YOU so much for truly being part of the event and making it an incredible night. It was amazing to see so many throwing paint at our wall canvasses, taking pictures by the Lost Boys fort, and dancing their facepaint off in the main room during the show.

find the Anna Sun Official Music Video on YouTube. i want! i want! available NOW in Cincinnati at Shake It! Records and Everybody's Records, and online at walkthemoon.bandcamp.com and iTunes.

yeeeooowww JOIN us tonight at the MOCKBEE (2260 Central Pkwy) for so many reasons!

2010-11-13T09:41:00.001-08:00

-painting the walls is stupid amounts of fun.
-painting faces is even better.
-"Anna Sun" Music Video and WALK THE MOON's debut album!
-Harlequins, Gold Shoes, WALK THE MOON, and Pones Inc performances!
-all this while dressing up as a Lost Boy or Girl... !

DETAILS

doors are at 9pm,
music begins at 10pm with the Harlequins - followed by Gold Shoes, then WALK THE MOON and Pones, Inc.
DJs DUSTIN CHOW & DEVON CHERRY keep the beats big and phat after the MOON is done.

PARKING @ THE MOCKBEE
park your car along the Mockbee-side of Central Pkwy; more parking is available on Central AVE parallel to the Pkwy.

DIRECTIONS TO THE MOCKBEE (2260 Central Pkwy)

from downtown:
take Central Pkwy north away from the city. The MOCKBEE will be the giant brick building ON THE RIGHT just before the Western Hills Viaduct, has MOCKBEE CO. painted in white on the facade.

from I-75 S:
take the Hopple St. exit 3 and turn RIGHT on Hopple. Turn RIGHT at Central Pkwy. The MOCKBEE will be the giant brick building ON THE LEFT just after the Western Hills Viaduct, has MOCKBEE CO. painted in white on the facade.

from I-75 N:
take the Ezzard Charles/Liberty exit and follow Winchell Ave. Turn RIGHT on Liberty, LEFT on Linn, LEFT on Central Pkwy. The MOCKBEE will be the giant brick building ON THE RIGHT just before the Western Hills Viaduct, has MOCKBEE CO. painted in white on the facade.

see you there!

i want! i want! is coming NOV 13th @ the MOCKBEE. 2260 Central Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH.

2010-11-10T09:32:00.000-08:00

THIS SATURDAY at 9pm the doors will open at the Mockbee. Come to see the Harlequins, Gold Shoes, and yours truly, come to get your face painted, to express yourself on the graffiti canvasses, to get down with your kid self.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW from Urban Outfitters in Clifton, Shake It Records in Northside, or by e-mailing walkthemoonband(at)gmail(dot)com and save $5 on your purchase of the album!

facebook event

see you there.
<3,
WALK THE MOON

EVERYONE MUST SEE THIS

2010-11-04T19:37:00.000-07:00

also, OUR RECORD RELEASE PARTY @ THE MOCKBEE IN ONE WEEK
Saturday NOV 13
9pm doors, 18+, $5

BUY TICKETS EARLY AND YOU WILL GET $5 off YOUR PURCHASE OF "i want! i want!"

HALLOWEEN PARTIES.

2010-10-29T10:58:00.000-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

get your freakish freak on with us this weekend.

FRIDAY Oct 29
WALK THE MOON & GOLD SHOES
Mainstay Rock Bar (5th & Plum, downtown)
11pm FREE 21+
Our Costume: F. MERCURY, J. CASH, & friends

SATURDAY Oct 30
WALK THE MOON, HARLEQUINS, CHARLIE HUSTLE
Grammer's Bar (Liberty & Walnut)
10pm FREE 21+
Our Costume: ZOMBIE MARGE SCHOTT

and coming soon: RECORD RELEASE PARTY

NOV 13th
RECORD RELEASE PARTY
the MOCKBEE (2260 Central Pkwy)
9pm $5 18+

WORLD UPDATE. extra! extra!

2010-10-25T07:47:00.000-07:00

Cincinnati Indie-Pop quartet WALK THE MOON releases their debut album entitled i want! i want! on CD, iTunes, walkthemoon.bandcamp.com, and limited edition cassette tapes on November 16th, 2010.

Check out the SNEAK PEEK on YouTube of the music video "Anna Sun", which will be premiered at the record release party @ the Mockbee in Cincinnati on Nov. 13th (the Mockbee, historic factory-turned-venue with barrel-vault ceilings and secret passageways, was also the location of the music video shoot, which involved some 70 volunteers and several local organizations).

__RECENT PRESS__________

"...formed in college over a mutual love of Talking Heads and twisted, inventive Pop. The resulting band reflects those two elements beautifully - WALK THE MOON makes fascinating, danceable Art Pop laced with vintage synth riffs... creative rhythms. ...And the band's captivating live show has grown its fanbase thanks to regular tour dates in NYC and beyond. This fall's i want i want EP should rocket them even further."
-CityBeat Cincinnati, Sept 2010

"The young band was a bundle of energy and crowd responded in kind. And you have to respect a group unafraid to wear its influences like a badge of honor... as if to say, 'Yes, we do love Talking Heads, what are you going to do about it?'"
-Mike Breen, CityBeat, review of Midpoint Music Festival 2010

"One of the best young bands I have seen in a long time... various influences, lots of fun..."
-Denise, GNYCTV/Highline Ballroom, New York City, July 2010

"Walk the Moon’s set contained some of the finest orchestrated indie rock, leaving everyone’s attitude in the stratosphere, delighted by the sounds."
-Sean Peters, The News Record, Cincinnati, May 2010

__TOUR________________

WTM will be travelling NE to Boston and NYC, SE to the Carolinas, West to St. Louis, and many places in between throughout Winter 2010-2011. Always find updated Tour dates on myspace.com/walkthemoonband.

__other NEWS___________

WALK THE MOON was recently added to rotation on the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Tristate station 89.7FM WNKU, as well as Artists On Demand internet radio and Kent State's blacksquirrelradio.com.

In September, the band joined great acts such as Tom Tom Club, Caribou, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, and many others from around the world at Cincinnati's Midpoint Music Festival. The show was well-received by fans and press.

The i want! i want! release party on Nov. 13th at the Mockbee (2260 Central Pkwy Cincinnati, OH) marks the culmination of nearly two years of work in the studio and on the road. Be a part of the event in Cincinnati - be a Lost Boy/Girl, get colored at the facepaint station, graffiti the giant canvasses, and enjoy performances by WALK THE MOON, Gold Shoes, DJs Dustin Chow & Devon Cherry, and special guests Pones, Inc. dance company.

Thank you and see you soon!
Love,
Nicholas, Katie, Erica, Jamie, and WALK THE MOON.

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"Anna Sun" Music Video

2010-10-04T20:01:00.000-07:00

more CityBeat love, NEW MEMBERS, and this weekend

2010-09-30T10:45:00.000-07:00

last weekend @ Midpoint Music Festival here in Cincinnati, unbeknownst to us, the editor of Arts & Entertainment at CityBeat made a point to come to our show. he wrote:

And you have to respect a group unafraid to wear its influences like a badge of honor, ...as if to say, "Yes, we do love Talking Heads, what are you going to do about it?"
-Mike Breen, CityBeat Cincinnati

read the entire article here: CityBeat MPMF

this weekend we play for the first time at Northside Tavern @ 11pm, opening for Charlie Hustle as they release their "Fall EP". come early for The Western.

and FINALLY without FURTHER ADO i would like to officially announce the NEW SEXY MEMBERS of WALK THE MOON:

Kevin Ray, bass
Sean Waugaman, drums & samples
Chris Robinson, guitar

pictured (from L to R): Kevin, myself, Seanny, Chris

aren't they pretty? and they all sing.

FIND US ALL at our party of the year i want! i want! NOV 13th @ The MOCKBEE, where we will release our debut full-length album and the "Anna Sun" Music Video.

A Man Who's Lost His Wisdom... and THIS WEEKEND>>>

2010-09-13T16:57:00.000-07:00

Underneath there, I look like:
A. a chipmunk
B. Harry Potter, after he got fat
C. Scott Stapp ca. summer 2010
D. all of the above

WALK THE MOON does not condone the unprescribed, recreational use of Percoset Oxycodone. However, it did provide for a very unusual case of the Mondays. I fell asleep almost everywhere, including the dinner table; it felt as though 1000 hummingbirds were kindly fanning my skin all day; and when my mom served me tomato soup I smelled it and said, "I just want to put my face in it."

THIS WEEKEND>>> there are some important things coming up that we would like you to know about/participate in.

The ANNA SUN MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT PART II is happening Sunday the 19th and we need your beautiful faces! All are welcome to join us for a barefoot romp at French Park (Cincinnati 45237) from 9am-1pm this Sunday. E-mail nicholaspetricca -at- gmail -dot- com for more info, or check facebook.com/walkthemoon.

LALAPALOOZA for LEUKEMIA, a great night of music for a great cause, takes place Saturday the 18th, the night before the shoot. Starting at 5pm at the Village Green in Glendale, there will be food, BEER, and original music by local Cincinnati artists including WALK THE MOON and our beautiful singer-songwriter friend Serenity Fisher.

keep in touch.
quarks and sharks,
Nicholas

it's been a minute.

2010-09-09T12:35:00.000-07:00

and regrettably it'll be a minute more.

VIDEO SHOOT Part II happening next Sunday at French Park, CD Release being planned for November, CD final mixing happening RIGHT NOW... meanwhile we are playing in Indy tonight, Covington on Friday night, and Clifton on Saturday night.

much more to say; kindly stay tuned...

Nicholas

ALSO we cannot thank you enough, everyone who was involved in ANNA SUN Part I. what an incredible turnout, what amazing performances from EVERYONE. we've been going over the footage and we are pooping ourselves.

DETAILS for ANNA SUN VIDEO SHOOT this Tuesday 8/31 @ 6:00PM at the MOCKBEE 2260 Central Pkwy

2010-08-30T09:42:00.000-07:00

I’m coming to the shoot! What do I wear?

In the video there will be THREE ROOMS with specific costumes for each. We’ve assigned each of you to a room. BRING what you can for your room, and if you don’t have what we’re asking for, bring something that fits another room or please CALL US 513.317.1759. **and see IMPORTANT NOTES at bottom**
...
COSTUMES
Below are costume suggestions for each room, and below that are your room assignments.

Room #1 (Moulin Rouge-ish theme)
examples: feather boas, masks, glittery apparel, tights, Halloween miscellaneous, eye patches, top hats, button-up shirts, suit-tie apparel, vests, colored makeup, face paint, red lipstick, fake eyelashes, corsets, canes, mustaches, dresses, tutus, heels, feathers in hair, big curls in hair, slicked back hair, buns. we also need STUFFED ANIMALS for a stuffed animal bar in this room.

Room #2 (Social Room)
Black and White clothes – dressy, casual, whatever – just ALL white and black/dark clothes. It can be t-shirts (no graphics please), dark/black jeans, dresses, button-up shirts, hats, purses, jewelry, shoes, etc. Anything that is black & white. If you have red lipstick please bring but wait to apply.

Room #3 (Rave Room)
Think RAVE. This room will be dimly lit with black lights. **Everyone should try to bring a LIGHTER – we will be using sparklers in this scene with each take** Costuming includes neon shirts/apparel/items, glow sticks, sequin items, fluorescent tape, glittery/sparkly items/clothes, or anything that would look sweet under a black-light. Any props/costuming that may be suitable for this room are welcomed!

PARTICIPANTS
IF you don’t see your name below, just pick a room! or CALL US 513.317.1759.

Room Assignments:
Room #1 – Sarah Mills, Katie Wood, Brad Leeds, Dani Craig, Lux Aubergine, Kent Thalman, Jessica Cornetet, Sammie Matson, Brett Opitz, Paul Fannin, Miranda Goley, Mike Heffron, Missy Lyons, Abby Plageman, Sarah Gravely, Arielle Goldberg, Allison Ventura, Carlos Murguia & Family, Gabbia Lanza, Josie Dempsey, Lynda Gerrety, Chris Groh, Lilia Walsh, Jennifer Roehm, Emma Sartini

Room #2 – Tyler Kottman, Brad Gibson, Sean Waugaman, Laura Wahler, Ben Weiner, Blythe Bartel, Katie Grace Carlson, Michael Frank, Ginny Swale, Brett Fields, Kendall Sunderhaus, Arianne Villareal, Lora Garcia, Grace Bertsch, Sarah Cunningham, Andrew Min Rogers, Emily Butterfield, Hanna Lutz, Meghan Cronin, Rohit Sudarshan, Maggie Gray, Chris Robinson, Keith Burke, Natalie Palmer, Mark Berwanger, Megan Kendall, Izzi Krombolz, Allison Muennich, Tim Hein

Room #3 –Alex Sunderhaus, Will Schultz, Keith Burke, Jessica Milavec, Ian Forsgren, Ryan Mullins, Kelly Anderson, Ben Scott, Joe Bredestege, Michelle Von Hirschberg, Maria Cecile, Maggie Ledbetter, John Vaughn Handelsman, Ben Lapps, Amy Mirlisena, Jaynell Booth, Ben Stevens, Erica Rehage, Anney Kincaid Castetter, Rachel Rawe, Samantha Brockman, Sarah Helsinger, Michael Burke, Colin Cooper

***IMPORTANT NOTES***

THERE WILL be a video-release form to sign when you enter. It just says you give us the right to feature you in our video, and you won’t sue us. =) IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGN THE FORM. Find and print it at this link: http://www.contrastproductions.net/release.html

IMPORTANT!! Bring a drink and a light snack with you. There will be some food provided, but you WILL want more to sustain you!IF you’re bringing friends and they are not listed above, refer them to this message and have them bring whatever you’re bringing.

LATECOMERS ARRIVING PAST 7:30, feel-free to enter but stay in the check-in area until you are invited into the filming area.

PLEASE LABEL whatever you bring with your last name so we can return it to you if it’s left behind!

And…HAPPY EXTRAS – if you want to make our day, try and bring any of these items with you:
Bag of chips, 2-liters of pop, cookies, solo-cups/paper plates, napkins, extension chords, box/house fans, lamps, lighters, glow sticks, anything in your Halloween box, crack-cocaine, clamp lights, facepaint, makeup, stuffed animals.

WALK on the cover of Club Fringe!

2010-08-20T09:36:00.000-07:00

=) we're a cover band now!

WTM will be playing at the Indianapolis Fringe Festival TONIGHT at 8pm. The stage will be on the corner of N. College and Massachusetts, near 748 Massachusetts Ave. Come out for live music, drinks, and some great indie theater.

ALSO our friends in Pones, Inc. (who are choreographing and starring in the Anna Sun music video) have a show at Indy Fringe "The Four Food Groups" showing tonight at 6pm at Comedy Sportz, 721 Massachusetts.

FINALLY there is much much to talk about - Anna Sun video filming in downtown Cincinnati at the end of August, Midpoint Music Festival in Sept, i want! i want! RELEASE in October and tour dates to follow. Come back in a few days and we will provide the skinny.

Love,

MIXING THE ALBUM and Stubby the Hangover Cat

2010-08-07T21:24:00.000-07:00

good evenings.

i am comfy on the olive green couch in the condo of Chris Dobbs, fantastic audio engineer, in Indianapolis. zombied-out after a long day of mixing...

what are you doing? why are you mixing? aren't the tracks already mixed? what is mixing? who is stubby the hangover cat? are some questions you might have.

just in case, cause hey i didn't know til i spent lots of time in a studio, mixing is where we take all the bagillion tracks we recorded for a song (vocals, guitars, each individual part of a drum set...) and put them together in one huge session, screw with how everything sounds, make it all fit together, make sure everything has room to breathe. recording is one thing, but mixing is where a record becomes a record. others may argue.

this weekend marks the final stretch of "i want! i want!". tracks like anna sun, the liftaway, quesadilla have been tossed around at shows for about a year now but we are finally going to be releasing a full-length disc... hopefully October (though the tracks will be done in the next couple weeks!!). it's been a long haul with so many obstacles... ask me and i'll tell you sometime... but it will at long last be out in the world for you and for us and for all very, very soon.

we're doing some re-mixing because we want you to get the same feeling from listening to the music on the record that you do hearing it live. you may have noticed our live thing develop some over the last twelve months... so we're updating a little.

and lastly... Chris' wife Erica has had the same cat for the last 17 years. her name is Stubby, she has no tail, she sits very still like a tiny gargoyle, and she sleeps in a way... for instance, in a way that i might after a night of heavy drinking...

or after 17 years of heavy being-a-tail-less-cat.

kness. face down. floor. Stubby.

UNISEX TOUR log IV: the drive west, OH times, my dog sings

2010-08-01T20:12:00.000-07:00

what the eff is this?? you might say.

on our way home from New York City and we stop in Donteventellme, PA to fill 'er up. walking into the shop inside the gas station is like being hugged by a caricature of Sarah Palin. the love for America is palpable and thick. there is a log-cabin-style diner that looks warm and welcoming, though adjacent to the entrance there is a fluorescent-lit gun rack which kind of cancels that out. however amidst all the Bald Eagle hats and raccoon pelts is the magnificent situation that is pictured above.

i won't say much more than this: first i noticed it was a deer. then that it was wearing a deer hunter's hat and jacket. then i realized it was clutching a bottle of wine like a newborn human child does a baby bottle. i gagged and had Mikey take that picture with his phone.

later Dolores got us lost trying to find a Burger King, but thank goodness she did. through the Avalonic mists and across the tops of ye Shiny Sedans we saw the most majestic MFing Sheraton built to look like Camelot, and i guess to withstand the assault of barbarian hordes on their way from 5-star hotels.

Thursday we played the Rumba Cafe in Columbus, though not before bidding Mikey farewell (as i mentioned earlier, his skeellls were needed in South Bend) and welcoming Ryan (of Columbus' Bonneville) back into the fold for a night. we were joined by old friends and Austin, TX natives Chris and Gentry (Chris Hawkes online), who we met at Rumba in 2009 at our first show in C-bus, as well as Columbus' own Way Yes - think Paul Simon's Graceland/if Passion Pit were repopulated by the cast of Sesame Street - and Maza Blaska - like if George Harrison got lost in the American desert and wrote a concept album about it.

Friday we came home. i have never felt more welcome in my own city. i mean i, as WALK THE MOON, have never felt quite so welcomed in by a Cincinnati audience. Baba Budan's bar/coffee shop, nestled more or less on the University's campus, was filled with people having a good time. all the musicians that played that night were fantastic and just great people - Honneycombs, my close friend Serenity Fisher, and Chris and Gentry. in a short solo set, i tipped my hat to former guitarist Nick Lerangis and did a cover of Nina Simone's "Be My Husband" before being joined by an altogether different lineup: F. Castro doppleganger/bassist Parker and talented newbies guitarist Chris and drummer Dave.

quick aside: before i had become reaquainted with them this year, the last time i knew Chris his band Winner's Circle was kicking my band's ass in the Underground Fall Brawl 2006 and the last time i encountered Dave he was ass-naked streaking across his parent's backyard in Milford sometime in high school.

anyway, we finished and everyone got down to Tactical Tabernacle, the dance band that makes everything up on the spot, every time. i got to join them on synth briefly when someone requested the Mortal Kombat theme. GET OVER HERE! ...anyone? Buehler?

we crashed in the wee hours and the next morning i made Chris and Gentry play for my parents, and then we made our dog Giuseppe sing them "Hey Jude". it was a magical time.

Chris Hawkes, Gentry's thigh, my singing dog Guiseppe

UNISEX TOUR log III: brave friends, Highline Ballroom, Unisex Salon

2010-07-28T10:39:00.000-07:00

(513): we arrived at our motel in the ghettos of New Jersey. there is a half-naked Chinese man in our room. exposed. we go to another room and everything is wet. we are scared.

text from Erica, about 1pm or so, Monday the 19th. apparently our friends who had driven overnight to come see us in NYC booked a brothel. apparently also the half-naked Chinese man was naked on the lower half. i found out later that Erica's dad kindly booked them this motel.

meanwhile, we were still having lunch on the street in Chinatown. after a moment of consideration we returned to our half-eaten pork-buns, tried to finish our lunches and put aside the image of the man in the hotel room. whether it was due to the half-buns or the surrounding multitude of glistening, sweaty Chinese men, we found this challenging.

the night that followed was nothing short of fantastic. the dark staircase up to the venue came to a set of double-doors and opened up into the beautiful Highline Ballroom. Unisex Salon was sound-checking as we walked in and lead singer Kenyon (yes, same as our college.. no, not near Uganda) hopped down to say hello. last time i saw Kenyon he was half-naked (top half), psychedelic tattoos covering his chest, with a headdress perched atop his dreadlocks that looked like a french maid's bonnet dunked in a vat of pirate's booty. today he was wearing a very nice black hat and t-shirt.

soundcheck at HB

the grandfather from Little Miss Sunshine works at the Ballroom. he gave us our passes to the beer-stocked green room upstairs and later announced our show with great relish and conviction. i may have enjoyed his introduction as much as our set. after the show, which felt like somersaults down a hill, the promoter Denise told us we were one of the best young bands she had heard in a long time; i humbly asked if i could quote her on it and she said "yes" =). while Unisex did their crazy thing we had drinks with lovely Anne and mightily-bearded Michael from Wakey! Wakey! who had come out to see our show. i felt mighty blessed to be at a table with old friends from Kenyon and Cincinnati, new friends from New York and the music world, and my bandmates. (and there may be a detail here left out... only those who saw it know what i'm talking at... keyword 'ambush')

and yes! our friends who escaped the brothel in NJ made it safely to the show and even ran merch for us(?!), though not before talking their way out of a speeding ticket (they had to pee really, really bad) and nearly suffocating while a mysterious can of Febreeze gradually sprayed its entire contents from an unknown location in their car. i can attest that they are alive and well, with minimal brain damage.

we after-partied at Beauty Bar (password: "i want to be in Unisex Salon"), hotel-lobbied at Crocodile Lounge (BEER = PIZZA), crashed and burned at Andrea's and set off for OH in the morning.

UNISEX TOUR log II: arrival in Manhattan, save Dolores, Chinese secrets

2010-07-21T12:09:00.000-07:00

we're all at home, for the moment.

Drummer Seanny is in Columbus, sleeping, certainly. He dropped us off at rendezvous X in Cincinnati at 12am, took a quick shower, and headed north to work the 3am graveyard shift at FedEx. Guitarist and newbie Mikey is back in South Bend (he's hosting a show at his venue there and won't be able to join us for the last half of the tour), and bassist Brad told me on the phone just now that he just got up (it's 5pm).

72 hours ago, we were parked on highway 95 in Maryland.

i had forgotten that in New York City, there is rush hour on Sundays, and it's the worst one all week. people who are returning from weekend vacation or who live elsewhere and work in Manhattan during the week or really just everyone and their mother are all trying to get back into NYC on Sunday evening. so the four-hour drive takes seven, and naturally to celebrate we have a dance party in the WALK van. we listen to the -entire- catalogue of Michael Jackson and feel real good about pretty much everything.

we are slow-grinding to "Dirty Diana" when we get a text from some new friends of ours that they were on their way - from Cincinnati - to see our show in NYC. floored. we ask each other 'would you drive 12hrs to see us play for half an hour?' and are like 'haha, but seriously i dunno if i would man.' thoroughly jazzed, we grind all the way onto the G. Washington Bridge and finally, at sunset, into Manhattan.

we make our way up the Henry Hudson to Inwood (NW side, about parallel to the Bronx) where we will stay with singer-songwriter and Kenyon alum Andrea Daly. her roommate Charlie is a ninja and only returns when no one is looking, so there is room for us to crash. one detail of the evening to share: we might've called it a day, but as it is Brad's first night ever in NYC we decide it was imperitive we go downtown. after dinner at Union Sq. the boys want a drink, so i suggest the Continental - on Astor Place, the long-black-hallway bar where bouncers don't want you to stand, 80's movies are projected on the walls, and, as many times as you want, you can get five shots of anything for ten bucks (they have a sign outside that says "Yes, we're serious."). the boys return to the apartment merrily, if somewhat un-ninja-like, at a wee hour, and we all go to bed.

MONDAY MORNING. we traipse down from the apartment and find that not only do both we and Andrea have parking tickets, but at some point in the night someone apparently tried to break into the WALK van. glass shards make a spikey little frame around the bottom of the rear driver's-side window. Dolores (our sexy GPS) is perched in the cup holder in plain view... evidently someone was really lost last night... i guess after breaking the glass they must've remembered where they were going as the screen was left intact. we resolve to keep Dolores out of sight and head out of Inwood.

the Highline Ballroom is in the heart of Chelsea, business district in the southern part of the West Village. at 11am our plan is to park and leave the van until load-in at 4pm... at 11:30 our plan is to park and leave the van until load-in at 4pm... at noon we are sticking fast to the plan... at noon-thirty we have nearly given up but find a spot a few streets over. famished, we take the train to Chinatown.

TWO SECRETS i have learned about Chinatown in my travels: pork buns and park music.

next time you find yourself on Canal St. in Manhattan, go immediately to Baxter and walk down to the Dragon Land Bakery. there you will find many delights, not the least of which is the pork bun, big fat delicious treat for $1. they also have many stranger things available, including a spiral-y croissant thing with spinach and four hotdogs stuck in it. that is also $1.

after this, follow Baxter down to Bayard and find yourself in a strange plaza with a huge Chinese mezzanine, several stone checkerboards, 200 old people, and Phish. a year ago when we played in New York for the first time (with Unisex Salon) my friend and i spent a day in Chinatown just exploring, and we found Columbus Park tucked away behind the main drag. apparently this was the place where, every day, all the old Chinese people would come to hang out and JAM. old folks brought their beautiful, jangly, dusty musical instruments and gathered around in a circle, just jammin. one gray guy even had a tiny PA and a mic and was singing at the top of his ancient lungs. we thought maybe this was a special event, but every time i have been back to Columbus Park, there they are, jammin. it's gorgeous.

UNISEX TOUR log I: Buster's, Charm City, and Lois Lane

2010-07-18T09:56:00.000-07:00

i am almost Lois Lane.

thank you for checking up on us.... we're on day 3 of Unisex Tour and hanging out in the heat at our friend Baby A's house in Chevy Chase, MD (air conditioning is busted...). after rehearsing for a few days with drummer Seanny (Columbus' the Illusion), bassist Brad (Cinci's Charlie Hustle), and WALK newbie and guitarist Mikey (met him on tour in South Bend), we left Friday for Lexington in Seanny's white Ninja Turtles van. thanks to the sexy Dolores (our GPS) we made it safely to Buster's, giant warehouse venue in Lex. there we played with an incredible funk band fronted by Lurch from the Addam's Family. as white as the day is long, the lead singer was nearly 7ft tall and sang like Barry White. however perhaps the most notable detail you need consider about Buster's is the wind. it took me a minute before i acknowledged that the air conditioning inside the warehouse was nothing short of turbulent. it was another moment before i realized spinning sinisterly below the sprawling ceiling was the source: a titanic fan, at least 30ft in diameter. after i reconnected the lower part of my jaw i delighted in pointing out the Big-Ass Fan to others throughout the night and watching them reconnect the lower parts of their jaws. i have actually just been informed by Seanny that the company who makes these is called "Big-Ass Fans". ...

we left our friend's house in the morning and began the 10hr drive to Baltimore. the drive through West Virginia and Pennsylvania was gorgeous and made quick enough by Herbie Hancock, Amazing Baby, even At the Drive In..?, Miles Davis, and the wonderful most wonderful game ever in the world Contact. if you aren't aware of this mind-reading word-game, the love is spreading all over the world and will find you soon enough.

Charm City Art Space, the Baltimore venue, was a garage-turned-hipster-artsy-venue. our promoter friend there, Scott, was a big red viking and very kind... he accommodated us and squeezed us onto his video-game-band bill. yes every band that played were video game cover bands, and how! unfortunately the space was so hot, SOO hot, that we sweated nearly to the point of collapse. by the last chorus of Anna Sun i believed i was going to bite it Lois Lane style and fall over into Mikey's guitar rig. thankfully the night was faint-free and we ended the night relaxing with friends at the Tastee Diner in Bethesda.

we are now leaving Baby A's abode and are off on the easy 4hr stint up highway 95. our show in NYC is at the Highline Ballroom in the West Village, 8pm sharp. love and poodles and panda bears. hope to see you there =)

physically, morally, spiritually, ecumenically, fiscally, compulsively compelled to post this

2010-07-07T20:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.familybiking.com.tw/lost_cat.html

love,
Nicholas

wishing you good tidings on July 4th

2010-07-04T20:30:00.000-07:00

as much as we argue about how it is and ought to be run, as much as we sometimes love to hate on it, as big a joke as it is made out to be in movies and pop culture, America is a good place to live, a good place to grow up.

i was a homebody tonight instead of goin out friends, and my parents and i stood out on the front lawn, watching explosions in the sky 200 yards away, 20 miles away, right over our heads, from all different parts of the Eastside 'burbs.

i had a similar experience a couple years ago... hanging out for the 4th at the Bellevedere apartments in Clifton, went up to the roof where there's an almost 360-degree view of the city. mild night, nothing doing, and then: all across the city of Cincinnati were flashes of light and fire... a few at first and then hundreds of explosions all at once, filling the air with color and sound and it shook me for a moment as i thought, my God, it's like we're being attacked. it's like some beautiful terrible memory of being attacked in our own town. and i remembered... well duh, that's exactly what it is. but it had never dawned on me the meaning, the vision of your own home being lit up red and white in the middle of the night, the fear for your close friends and your mom & dad and your future and your life. and today we replicate that moment in history but without fear.. instead with fun and drinks, wows, smiles... in celebration! how strange! how mildly inappropriate? how oddly exactly what it ought to be? how poignant?

whatever it was, it was special to me to be so humbled, struck in the face by this holiday which had been in my mind just a big weird party that happened every year. may the meaning and sense of hope that this day is meant to bring find its way into all of our pointed little heads this year.

happy 4th! be safe and be merry!

onesies and facepaint

2010-07-02T00:08:00.000-07:00

UNISEX TOUR:

7/16 Lexington
7/17 Baltimore
7/18-19 New York City w/UNISEX SALON
7/20-21 Philly/DC TBA
7/22 Columbus
7/23 Cincinnati
7/24 Covington

more to come.

three-hundred sixty-five degrees

2010-06-22T16:47:00.000-07:00

some video of the show with Wakey! Wakey!

first, something we never do, but did on Friday. =) i think we will make a habit of this...

last, the bum, bum, bum, clap clap!

e-mail us your ideas for cover songs at theboys (at) walkthemoononline (dot) com
OR message us on facebook.com/walkthemoon

videos courtesy of the delightful Lauren Rasmussen (youtube 'wingedelfgirl')

addendum
and in case you didn't get the message:

thanks Robin ;)

eggs and bac-y! and news

2010-06-20T11:34:00.000-07:00

first, a memory.

Friday night we shared the stage with the well-bearded, well-worded, well-yes-some-more-if-you-please NYC band Wakey! Wakey!, led by Michael Grubbs of One Tree Hill fame.

across the foggy ribbons of neons and stage lights we saw so many friends and so many faces we didn't know... after we offered up an upside-down cover of "Burning Down the House" and finished out the set, we (and everyone else) got to enjoy the epic, folky Spring Standards and long-awaited Wakey! Wakey!. all not before discovering the secret all-black back room of the Mad Hatter where Sean, Ryan, and I hung out for a minute with Michael, his gorgeous German bassist Anne and babe keyboardist Tanya (I love it... Wakey! Wakey! consists of TV heartthrob Mikey Grubbs and his army of talented and approachable supermodels... and drummer Spencer). among other things we worshipped Twitter, chuckled about dudes who wear bright colors, played a purple guitar and took some silly photos with my disposable camera (did you know they still make those?). they couldn't have been kinder and more content to spend time with some real cincinnati folk... and watching their show wasn't too different from that. the Wakey! Wakey! set was sparkling and earnest, sort of like if you rode Space Mountain with the cast of Andy Griffith and 200 of your best friends.

the members of Spring Standards and the purple-guitar-playing tour manager then rushed onstage for the last tune; Anne must've seen me hungrily eye-ing a tambourine, cause she pulled me up and we all shouted and shook and jangled and sang together. smiley, Wakey! Wakey! said goodnight.

AND suddenly, when all the sounds had softened and Michael made his way back to the merch table, the room went black and floodlights flicked on as the power was cut to half of Covington. AND then in the half-light the greatest thing in the world happened, which means people spontaneously pulled out instruments and started singing folk songs together. AND that's what i love about music, that when all the lights go out and our phones are dead and our tech-y modern world is reduced to half-light, people are gonna make music like so what?

and off the soap-box for a little news...

this coming Friday we're back at the Mad Hatter for a rare show - a rep from a big-whig booking agency will be there checking out Cincinnati acts. it's an important one for us, and we'd be really grateful to see you out there. got to show this man what we're about!!

if you can't make it Friday, we're playing Saturday night at the Mainstay in downtown Cinci. we play at midnight, and the Dukes open at 11pm.

thanks again to everyone who came out on Friday... you were wonderful. cheers, Michael, Anne, Tanya, Spence, and friends! and to the Heffs and Birdfinder! hope to see you again soon.

love,

oh my God.

2010-06-15T00:09:00.000-07:00

courtesy of

MONROE — The large Jesus statue iconic to Interstate 75 in Monroe is destroyed following an apparent lightning strike.

Motorists were stopped along the highway and around the Monroe area to watch the 62-foot “King of Kings” statue burn before officers dispersed traffic. The fire was reported just 11:15 p.m. Monday, June 15. Within minutes, all that was left was the steel frame of the statue at Solid Rock Church, 904 N. Union Road.

“It’s crazy,” said Ted Williams, 35, of Monroe, who could see the statue ablaze from a Shell gas station along Ohio 63.

After midnight, the fire had spread to the nearby amphitheater of the church, according to Monroe dispatchers. There were no reports of injuries.

The statue, which appeared to come out of the water, was known by multiple nicknames since it was built in 2004, including “Touchdown Jesus” because the arms re raised upward, similar to a motion made when a touchdown is scored in football, or “Drowning Jesus.” It also was known as “Big Butter Jesus” after comedian Heywood Banks referred to it as such and created a song about the statue, which he performed on radio’s “The Bob and Tom Show.”

The statue was constructed of wood and styrofoam over a steel framework that was anchored in concrete aand covered with a fiberglass mat and resin exterior, according to the church. Earlier this spring, the statue was power cleaned and touched up with 60 gallons of white paint to address exposure from the elements, said Ron Carter, administrator at Solid Rock, a nondemonimational megachurch.

Crews responded from Monroe, Middletown, Liberty Twp., Deerfield Twp. and Trenton, according to dispatchers.

Messages left at the church late Monday were not returned.

Wakey! Wakey!, Sophie's Dream, and Coffee Emporium

2010-06-08T07:22:00.000-07:00

hi!

WALK THE MOON returns to Covington on June 18th for an evening at the Mad Hatter with the very amazing Wakey! Wakey!

It's a big deal for us to be opening for such a great up-and-coming indie band, and we'd love to have all of you come out and join us.

Led by Michael Grubbs (of TV's "One Tree Hill"), Wakey! Wakey! is touring the country with their "indie-pop-on-Mozart" sound (Spin Magazine).

Get your tickets now! Please contact Nicholas at nicholaspetricca (at) gmail (dot) com.

WALK THE MOON supporting Wakey! Wakey!
Friday, June 18th, 7pm
Mad Hatter, 620 Scott Ave 41011
$10 All Ages
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In other news, the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, a festival of new and experimental theater in downtown Cincy, continues through this week. I'll be singing and acting in a piece called Sophie's Dream, a really unique, whimsical play written by our amazing singer/songwriter friend Serenity Fisher. If you haven't experienced Fringe before, check out cincyfringe.com and come see some fantastic indie theater.

WALK THE MOON will be down there as well. Today, Tuesday June 8th, during the Festival, I'll be at Coffee Emporium on Central Pkwy performing as WALK from 4-6pm.

WALK stripped-down
Tuesday, June 8th, 4-6pm
Coffee Emporium on Central Pkwy
FREE for you and for me

Really hope to see you!
Happy summertime,
Nicholas & WALK THE MOON

another weird one and a lovely Memorial Day tour

2010-06-02T13:08:00.000-07:00

nightime, distant future
a great escape
across the badlands desert of Planet America
we ran on foot until we hijacked a black Honda Civic
and finally lost them in a vast field of flashing firetrucks

hello world.

our tiny-mini-baby tour thru South Bend, Valparaiso, and Chicago could not have gone better. we cruised across the midwest in Seanny's white turtle-van and made it barely in time at Jumpin' Juice and Java in South Bend. we played a loud and intimate show there at the coffeehouse and were generously put up by Mikey K. where we played Contact in the pool, watched Super Mario Bros., wikipedia-ed rare birds, and got a delicious breakfast in the morning. at Valpo we met Heather and her delightful lady-crew at Uptown Cafe and played a long acoustic set for a free delicious gourmet lunch before heading off to Chicago. there in Lakeview we met up with old friends and loaded in at the fantastic Elbo Room. this story-and-a-half underground, blacklighted, alcove-ridden gem is a hip, hip place with great sound and friendly bartenders. thanks so much to Blake of Rally For One for hooking us up there! and especially to Adam R who graciously joined us onstage for this special night =) anyway we played with an odd mix-up of awesome acts, from the hard hard hard! metal fist of Sonic Pistol to the raphornsviolinsdreadlocks of B.R. & Timebomb (out of NYC), then crashed at my cousin Lou's place. There we were spoiled again with delectable bacon breakfast, and we left to return to OH in style (we all sported matching sunglasses).

i'll post again about this next thing, but FYI this week marks the beginning of Cincinnati's Fringe Festival, a theater festival in downtown Cincinnati of original plays and performances. i'm in a piece called Sophie's Dream and we open on Thursday at 8pm at Duveneck 3 on Vine. my friend wrote the music and the script, and it's beautiful. i want everyone to see it. if you're interested, visit cincyfringe.com or e-mail me at nicholaspetricca@gmail.com for details and tickets.

love,
WALK THE MOON

weird dream

2010-05-18T23:54:00.000-07:00

we were leather-wing human angels
and we battled on the sandstorm sea
and found you held captive in the windowless house
and i pulled fire from two sides of the world and in my anger released it on our enemies
and we flew home in a giant winged VW van

new friends and friends with whom we hope to make friends

2010-05-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

Saturday was a funny, incredible night of music. funny mainly because ye Grande Opening of the fancy new RADIODOWN venue took place not at RADIODOWN but next door, in the Mad Hatter. granted, it was still a great time, but who forgets a liquor license?

incredible because we played with some of the most wonderful bands in Cincinnati, ones i get all dreamy and ecstatic about. Pomegranates and Seedy Seeds were naturally their fantastic selves, but we were especially excited to make new friends of the members of Enlou a very verby, click-clacky, bright sunshine band. be sure to Czech them out.

there was also one man we don't know but we desperately want to: who are you, photographer man who looks like Super Mario? we must've met at a party, or a concert, or a Saturday morning in 1996. reveal yourself! bloop bloop bloop

Lisa Baby and The Expert

2010-05-06T22:27:00.000-07:00

we have been scurrying around updating the myspace recently and there are a few presents you might find up there. among them is a cut of our song "Lisa Baby". it's a newer jam that most of you will not have heard unless you have been at a live show recently.

ALSO, secrets for you. this song is a bizarre reincarnation of a very very ancient melody from whay bhack when in the days of The Expert, Nick L's and Nick P's band from freshman year at Kenyon. listen to "Shameless Ways"

finally we're booking shows for the summer, and one of them is a biggun Saturday May 15th at the Grand Opening of Radiodown. used to be a venue last decade and it has been re-acquired, re-located, and is in re-construction as we blog. the owners took me in to see the ballroom today and it is huge and gorgeous and classy, somewhat unlike the delightful but mildly seedy-looking Mad Hatter next door.

ANYWAY we will be playing around midnight after the Pomegranates, the Seedy Seeds, Enlou, and the No No Knots. and it's bound to be a stellar night.

love,
WALK

Blueshort on the Debbie and AIM is so 2001.

2010-04-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

baby shark doot doot, doot doot

WALK is playing a free show this Friday at Newport on the Levee, next to the beautiful view of the Ohio River and all the sharks in their tanks in the Aquarium nextdoor. 6-10pm, and inside if it rains, but it won't, damnit.

papa shark doot doot, doot doot

did you know "Ohio" came from the Native American term "Oyo" meaning "beautiful river"?

mama shark doot doot, doot doot

also, speaking of sharks, i've been startling my facebook friends recently with a little present. emoticons ;) =) %) are a thing of the past. type " (^^^) " next time you are facebook chatting (AIM is so 2001) and you will see!

heart,
WALK

we got written up!

2010-04-16T22:39:00.000-07:00

....in University of Cincinnati's THE NEWS RECORD

if that doesn't work try this... walk

a short-but-sweet review of the show on Tuesday. we "elevate audiences' moods" like it's our bidness.

=)

thanks so much to everyone who came out in Covington and Indy this week.... we had a wonderful time with you and our new friends from Rally For One. also cheers to the F. Fathers and Go Analog for coming out to play. special thanks to Matt C! you're a hero of a man.

keeping you posted...

love,
Nicholas & WALK

Stained. Mince-print

2010-04-01T12:25:00.000-07:00

indy tonight, in a few hours, but i just had the opportunity to go to the Music NOW festival in Cincinnati and see St. Vincent for the first time.

to me she sounds like if Winona Ryder's character from Beetlejuice studied with Maurice Ravel while secretly courting Sufjan Stevens and after graduating and spending a month alone in her room messing with her new distortion pedal released an album performed by Feist.

album's called Actor. the show was enthralling, if a bit Beetlejuicy.

found somewhere... this time

2010-03-30T23:41:00.001-07:00

i am flying on an old tv set
that i got at a garage sale
the worlds biggest and only one
i'm worried about good people
i have my reasons to be inward
i am wishing i were known
but wondering for what i would be known
knowing i possess it
wondering how to access it
hungry for a sandwich
hungry for a half-eaten good time
hungry for an authentic piece of happiness
thinking i may have it in the kitchen
too lazy to go fetch it
too lazy or too scared?
what if i overcook it? what if i over-eat?
and most importantly:
with whom will i be eating?
will i eat with anyone?

indianapolis. mindy, an apple-ist. when did a gnat poll this? windy, thin, and! foe-less.

2010-03-29T22:27:00.000-07:00

walk the moon @ butler university campus, thursday april fools day 2010

indeed,-win-at-'throw-this', nimbly-anna

hanging on to the edge of the ship careening across the atlantic, getting barnacles under our fingernails

2010-03-11T21:09:00.000-08:00

dear you,

this blog has been neglected and we don't like that. nor do you, we imagine. as invisible as we may have seemed according to this page we promise lots is going on.... if you don't believe, give a looksee to our myspace... though Sunday March 14th at the Mad Hatter in Covington is likely to be the last show of ours in March, April looks to become a 10+ show month with happy extra in-betweens.

please do check back soon, as we continue to inform you of our recent lunatic voyage to the outer Spacement in Athens, the unusual faces you may be noticing onstage with us at performances, and of course our odd confessions, confusions, and contemplations that are want to divulge themselves here for the universe and you and often do.

in the meantime (which unfortunately is tax-time), live the mantra! the mantra!

love always,
WALK THE MOON

I LOVE MUSIC DON'T YOU? or, where are my pants?

2010-02-22T21:42:00.000-08:00

have you seen my pants?

today for me was one of those days where you're in a schmediocre mood and music makes the world beautiful again.

we played a guitarist-less show in Indy last night which actually went great, ran into the AMAZING RIDICULOSO Caleb Hawley who somehow opened for us? but for whatever reason i was being a poop-face on the way back, and Vampire Weekend and Beach House and Bootsy Collins brought the planet back.

where are my pants?

FRIDAY
Petricca Solo
7:30pm
Clifton Performance Theatre, 404 Ludlow Cincinnati

SATURDAY
WALK THE MOON w/Charlie Hustle
10:00pm
Mayday

SUNDAY
Petricca Solo
2pm
Coffee Emporium, downtown Cinci

watch this and feel love.

e-mail us if you'd like to be on our list =)
theboys@walkthemoononline.com

ALSO IT'S NICK P'S BIRFDAAAAAYYYYY!!!!

2010-02-16T11:13:00.000-08:00

Unlike this Lolcat, I think Nick is like 42 or something. So wish him a happy 42nd birthday!

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AND then read the post below about upcoming shows in February!

recently and Gaia Theory

2010-02-15T12:40:00.000-08:00

played this past weekend in Cinci and at Kenyon for the first time in months and months! met wonderful people as usual, had a great time playing with OH bands Founding Fathers and Bonneville.

we'll be playing again in Cincinnati on Saturday, Feb 27 at Mayday, a stylish bar in Northside. the event is part of a monthly music series called Earthquakes hosted by DJ Ken Bruns specifically fo' dancing. so bring yo dancing shoes. music starts at 10pm with local killers Charlie Hustle, and we'll go on at 11. the show is freefreefree!

the night before (Friday, Feb 26) i'll also be doing a performance at the new Clifton Performance Theater, playing some solo material, some Walk material, and taking a little time to talk about the music and why it's written the way it is. that'll be all ages so bring your fam and i'll kiss your babies. 7:30pm, 404 Ludlow.

meanwhile, i've been thinking a lot about our mother Earth and how we have made so much progress as a civilization, but almost always at the cost of somehow harming our planet. there's a theory i think is really fantastic called Gaia Hypothesis which describes Earth as a single, unified organism. how fascinating that all of Earth's life lives in balance with Earth's resources except humans...

we've created this man-made world that takes from the planet so much more than it gives, and yet we couldn't know all the amazing things we know about Earth without having come so far in science, technology, etc.

i dunno =) just been thinking.

what do you think?

always music playing at myspace.com/walkthemoonband

it's been a long time.

2010-01-23T11:35:00.001-08:00

WoO! it's been forever since we last blogged. our apologies.... lots has been going on, much for you to know and much for you to listen to when all's said and done. so this is merely a checking-in, but for the meantime, here is a tasty nugget.

and the original... (no music video, sadly)

love always,
Walk the Moon

Like can lead to like-like

2010-01-06T22:01:00.000-08:00

I don't even know. happy new year.

2010-01-01T21:34:00.001-08:00

2010

2009-12-26T19:25:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

Just saying hi from Asheville, NC. Asheville is such a dope town. Im going to see the Avett Brothers on new years eve and am SOOOOO PPSYYCHED to see them...if you don't know who they are...look em up. My favorite album is Emotionalism probably so get it somehow. steel it, or buy it, or...idk try to think about it real hard and maybe just maybe it will apparate into existance and then you will be able to listen whenever you want!! well on a completely different note...check this out ha.

love,

Adrian

Chad After Dentist

www.youtube.com

CHAD VADER SEASON 2 DVD IS OUT! Take a look:http://www.blamesociety.net/dvd.php Chad's on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/RealChadVader Chad Vader returns from the Dentist feeling very similar to David. ...

Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays from Walk Da Moon!

2009-12-19T09:32:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays, America.

the boys of walka da moona

should baby wigs be allowed?

2009-12-16T20:19:00.001-08:00

look deep, deep, deep inside your heart, and ask yourself.

also, this saturday in Cincinnati, check out our friends Kelly Fine and Molly Sullivan at Rohs Street Cafe in Clifton, 9pm.

myspace.com/kellyfinemusic
myspace.com/mollythebear

if only walk the moon = muscle relaxant

2009-12-14T23:28:00.000-08:00

we heart you, indianapolis

2009-12-13T17:50:00.000-08:00

we had a wonderful time with some wonderful pimps in Indianapolis last night. played at the Earth House, a re-everythinged-old-church-turned-coffee-establishment-radass-venue. the moody, wallflowers-esque Adrian Kolbo preceeded us and was really refreshingly good. there was a bit of a mishap with Nick L getting to Indy, so we stalled as long as we could; finally he joined us for the last couple songs, including our special Christmas number which we plan to post on youtube =) ....

...but not before this photo was taken!

anyhow check out the Earth House Collective, a rad non-profit organization based in Indy. it was great to meet all of you fine people - hope to be back soon! and a special thanks to our new promoter KGC and to Gavin, the big man.

love and poodles. happy december 13th!

Nick P

whoa. Gilbert Gottfried has a REAL VOICE?

2009-12-11T21:38:00.001-08:00

here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdbElWMnkyY&feature=related

merry holidaymas!

2009-12-11T20:24:00.000-08:00

it's da most wonderful time of da year!

My herr is short!

2009-12-09T16:38:00.000-08:00

I just thought I'd announce it to all the blogopeeps. I haven't had short hair since junior (kimbro) year of high school, which is about 6 years ago. dag. my hair now almost exactly looks like dis:

except I look twice as manly.

suck it, matt!

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Gigs, or, Jigs, with Walk the Moon

2009-12-08T10:39:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

It's Nick el L poasting some stuff at you all. We had a really great gig in Columbus at Oldfields on High St., mainly because some dope-ass fools came from all over. We had a Dayton contingent, a Lee Schott contingent, more OWU people, some extra Nicks, and people I had never met, but have met now.

I'm at my old house in the Mt. Auburn/Corryville area of Cincinnati, eating some rice with sauteed garlic, onions, and bananas for breakfast. I'm cut from working at the zoo today, so I am looking at a day of Getting Things Figured Out.

This weekend, I got the Tao of Pooh into the hands of many young folks at Kenyon College, and now my copy is in Someone's Car (I believe Diana's). I recommend it for EVERYONE, especially those of you who I know to be true Bisy Backsons.

I spent much of the night singing this nice little line in my head, and I'm convinced it's from Veckatimest, so I'm listening to the whole album now to find it.

ALSO holler at Neko Case for her 2 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS (for Middle Cyclone as Best Contemporary Folk Album, and for best packaging/art)

ok

out.

holy effing poop!! holy effing effing poop!

2009-12-07T21:25:00.000-08:00

ok so i was watching the news the other night con mi familia when they started talking about some orangutan who takes awesome photos. in actuality he just knows that when he presses the button he gets some awesome tasty fruit. big effin deal.

this elephant draws self-mothereffing-portraits.

does no one else think this is FREAKIN ABSURRRD??"?!SEOIWF

google "elephant self portrait" and you'll see a bunch of elephant self-portraits. elephants draw self-portraits did you know that?

so there is skepticism on the issue, naturally, as to whether this is a hoax, etc. etc. etc. according to the debunker of debunkers snopes.com, it is -not-. apparently they trained the elephants to do this stuff... even still they're painting better than most humans i know can paint. holy poop poops.

there is also research going on that suggests elephants may also have DIALECTS. a language of their own that is below the range of human hearing. uh.

anyway. elephants are menace. 'menace' is like 'fetch'. oh, it'll catch on.

wikipedia

Be safe this swine flu season!

2009-12-04T14:27:00.001-08:00

Be safe, Blogopeeps!

Pit of passion

2009-12-01T10:11:00.001-08:00

I heard this for the first time in a while over thanksgiving break and remembered how freaking awesome it is. Checkit

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Holy S#^$*&@^

2009-11-30T13:17:00.000-08:00

Oh man!

Awesome. Just Plain Awesome.

2009-11-25T15:31:00.000-08:00

Part 1: Mom's Bird Shack? or, the Odyssey, or "how?": of a translation quiz in seven parts.

2009-11-24T11:50:00.000-08:00

Ok fokes, this blog poast is a long thyme coming.

It's about something cool.

Which means that it's about Adam and my ride from Chin-chin-nangti, Ohio, to New Jork City, New Jork. It was a while ago, en route to our hornswoggling sho at r-Lean's Grocery. By the way, my bank thinks that my $28 bar tab at Arlene's was a "grocery" expense. HAHAHA.

So, Adam and I arose really early on Frydee the 6th and got in my new old gold nissan and Headed North.

North, we found a young woman named Jezziguh Con. She took us on a trip to find grub at this mediterranean place where we had heat mummus, which is this ancient Cyprian recipe for mashed chickpea and lamb. I had a delicious thing, and so did Adam. At any rate, we headed East from North once we were able to tear ourselves from the enticing cave of the ancient witch -mistress, Jezziguh.

It took a really long time going East because we had to ride through the devilish pus-bogs of Penn's Forest, where Adam exclaimed "oh my god, this is epic as F**q." While riding our coach through the Forest it came time to sup.

We decided to stop at the most "local" place we could find. No Subway, no McDonalds, no Friendly's, not even a Quaker Steak and Lube. On the way to camp, Maxwell died of the typhus. Finally we halted our train at the homestead of Danville. We looped in on the exit ramp and saw a glowing beacon dangling from the side of an advertizing tower that had obviously not been fixed or re-thought since about 1951. The beacon glowed "MOM'S DUTCH KITCHEN," not to be comfused with "Dutch Pantry" which is a hated chain, rather than a fresh, hard-working, Joe-the-Plumber, family-owned-and-oriented American food place.

We thought it was closed at first because unlike many chains, it didn't have bright lanterns in the windows, or a loud town crier standing outside shouting its virtues. We thought it would be a wonderful place to take our evening sustenance. We sat down and the lovely, plump, stewardess took our order: one appetizer sampler and one beef burger. The food was delicious, and full of nutrition. We finished our grub and headed on our merry way.

Well, That's all for part one.

BONUS POINTS: translate this piece in its entirety, to correct English, 1 point. translate it in2 what I actually meant, 2 points.

hey, everyone!

Nick Lerangis

we're in the studio puttin some traxxxxxxxxx down.

What is Adam Reifsnyder?

2009-11-23T18:44:00.000-08:00

1) a huge poop
2) a big ol' kindey
3) a ziploc bag full of fart
4) a comic genius.

Butternut squash, my eye!

Captain Blogopeeps!

2009-11-23T11:59:00.000-08:00

I have absolutely nothing to say in this blog post. Nothing at all. Definitely DON'T READ ON. There will be nothing interesting at all down at the bottom of this post. It in now way will it change your life in dramatic ways when you read the bottom of this post. I promise you there is nothing good down below. Don't scroll. Up or down. Don't do anything. You should probably not move, actually.

Butternut Squash.

ok.

2009-11-19T18:27:00.000-08:00

IF anyone is mad about "I'll be back" not making it onto the below video, here's an option for blowing off some steam. The ASPCA will be down my back soon for posting this because I am a high-profile star, but here it is anyway. Humor to the people.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/dolphin_punch

"I'll be back" didn't make it?

2009-11-19T11:16:00.001-08:00

Dag.

Smokin' Barrels

2009-11-18T16:12:00.000-08:00

I can't stop playing this game, even though it's not that great and I can beat the whole thing in like half an hour.

Smokin Barrels

Enjoy this time waster!

Up on a soapbox!

2009-11-17T00:23:00.003-08:00

Hey, blogopeeps.

I don’t usually use this blog as a soapbox, but due to various factors that may or may not be beyond my control, I feel compelled to write this today. I am not usually a very politically driven man, but after viewing “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama,” I find that my passion for my party, my president, and my country has been re-energized.
Our current president is a reason to be thankful, and here is why: The world now takes the U.S. seriously again. Whether you believe in his ability, his politics, or his character, I challenge you to deny the fact that he is a figure that the world as a whole respects. Obama may not be the godsend or the Christ-figure that some chalked him up to be during his campaign, but nevertheless he is a symbol of strength for America. We are a nation that has elected a man, whom fifty years ago could not vote, to be our president. We are a nation that has given hope to millions. We are a nation that is under the watchful eye of every other nation in the world, and we have elected a leader who has risen quickly from nothing, showing the true power, strength, and potential of our government.
I wish that our nation could get around the issue of race, I truly do. But there is no denying that the fact that our president is of African descent is a momentous thing and I feel I must address it. Our nation’s diversity is a thing of beauty. When I was in elementary school I was assigned to do a report on Colin Powell. I remember my mother told me as I was researching Mr. Powell (in our World Book Encyclopedia) that he had the potential to be our first African American president. Even as a young child, I found this prospect to be astonishing. I had had this strange fascination with Harriet Tubman a few years prior and I knew all about our nation’s history of slavery. I craved a black president. I finished my project on Colin Powell with enthusiasm and was overjoyed with the thought that there might be a black president in my lifetime. My twenty-four-year-old self is just as giddy inside, if not more. Our nation has come so far in just the years of my short lifetime.
While I mentioned before that I am not always up on current political events, whenever I catch an article or a news blurb about what Obama is doing, I feel our country is headed in the right direction. Just last night I watched a speech and open talk he gave in front of a few hundred Shaghai college students during his tour of Asia which has focused on peaceful relations between our countries, working together for a greener planet, the world climate control summit in Copenhagen and increased trade between our nations. The Norwegian Parliament declared Obama as the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Obama claimed it was a call to everyone to work for peace, and he was just setting an example. Obama is working on closing down Guantanamo Bay Prison which is an important step, and has introduced a clean energy bill which will create jobs and stimulate the U.S.’s economy, on top of its obvious benefits for the environment. I feel safe knowing that Obama is working toward making our nation, and the world, a better place to live.
Obama began his campaign with the slogan “Change We Can Believe In”. I think this early motto is accurate, but over the course of his months-long journey to the presidency, he stumbled upon a new slogan: “Yes We Can” (Say the words out loud to yourself. Say them again. Do you feel that?). These three words spoke to so many Americans and gave them hope for a better tomorrow. We are not alone in our hope for the future. People began to realize that by voting for a man who stood for such a unity of spirit and positive belief in our future, they were making history. And the joy of supporting such a man was infectious.
I had the unique experience of viewing the 2008 presidential election from Macao, a special administrative region of China, with a handful of liberal young American Fulbright scholarship winners and a classroom full of Chinese university students. I got to speak with a number of Chinese students in the weeks before and after the election and in my brief conversations I very quickly realized how much of a joke the U.S. had been under the Bush administration. Other nations of the world perceived us to be stupid because W. was well…what he was. At the very least he was a horrible orator, showing the world that we elected someone who appeared on TV to be an idiot, which in turn made us look like a nation of idiots (especially after his re-election in '04). But the Chinese students I spoke with were all excited about Obama and what he stood for, and that gave me renewed confidence in our nation.
Obama’s election speech was the clincher for me, but it was not just the words he spoke; It was how he presented it. While McCain’s election party was a small, exclusive event attended by mostly the wealthy elite, Obama had a large set-up at Chicago’s Grant Park that was open to all. He and his family wore red, signifying a peace with the Republican Party. An estimated 240,000 people attended the event. His speech focused on a united nation, a united world, and the prospect of a future without prejudice or immaturity, partisanship or pettiness.
I personally view this essay/blogpost on president Obama as a failure, as I struggle to find the words to really convey the satisfaction I feel in having this man as our president. All I can say at this point is that I love my country. I have never been able to say this before in my lifetime, and it is with great pride I say it now: I love my country. It is not a country founded on hatred, on vengeance, on selfishness. It is a country that should embrace all cultures, all people, all walks of life. And while I know that there will always be hatred, bias, and bigotry, I know that we as a nation have so much potential. We can rise above our differences and use our opposing points of view as strength, not weakness. We can absolutely live up to our full potential. We can move mountains. We can save the earth. We can reach perfection. Yes, we can.

Love,
Adumb

Presidential Street Fight 2008

love overlooks the unimportant

2009-11-16T21:01:00.000-08:00

such as "The Time Machine". love probably didn't even see that movie, it was so unimportant.

in any case, i was just reminded of this amazing thing. go to planejaneproject.com, click on the art gallery and stare. i stumbled upon this site accidentally once and next thing i had spent an hour just... staring.

some favorites.

while you're there, go to their online store and consider throwing money at them. or find them in the city if you're ever in NYC.

love,
NP

2009-11-16T18:06:00.001-08:00

Stunning Angelina Jolie

yea yea yea

2009-11-13T10:11:00.001-08:00

hello.

been in the studio all week, finishing the new EP 'i want! i want!'. hours upon hours! anyway, while we were in new york last week i got my mind exploded by the Museum of Natural History. became obsessed with antelope, even just how many different species of antelope there are, all with completely different shaped horns. here's a vid:

oh yea, and cheetahs are badass.

This is one of the best poems ever, from one of the best poets ever.

2009-11-05T21:45:00.000-08:00

The Rhythm Method
By Yusef Komunyakaa

If you were sealed inside a box
within a box deep in a forest,
with no birdsongs, no crickets
rubbing legs together, no leaves
letting go of mottled branches,
you'd still hear the rhythm
of your heart. A red tide
of beached fish oscillates in sand,
copulating beneath a full moon,
& we can call this the first
rhythm because sex is what
nudged the tongue awake
& taught the hand to hit
drums & embrace reed flutes
before they were worked
from wood & myth. Up
& down, in & out, the piston
drives a dream home. Water
drips till it sculpts a cup
into a slab of stone.
At first, no bigger
than a thimble, it holds
joy, but grows to measure
the rhythm of loneliness
that melts sugar in tea.
There's a season for snakes
to shed rainbows on the grass,
for locust to chant out of the dunghill.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes
is a confirmation the skin
sings to hands. The Mantra
of spring rain opens the rose
& spider lily into shadow,
& someone plays the bones
till they rise & live
again. We know the whole weight
depends on small silences
we fit outselves into.
High heels at daybreak
is the saddest refrain
If you can see blues
in the ocean, light & dark
can feel worms ease through
a subterranean path
beneath each footstep,
Baby, you got rhythm.

Listen to him read it (it's amazing and hypnotic)

this poem got me through high school--reading it every day was the most action I got for three years.

sexy

n

ha!

2009-11-03T12:02:00.000-08:00

New song video up!

2009-11-02T08:02:00.000-08:00

Here's a crappy quality video of us playing "Quesadilla" (Working title) live at the VI in Gambier a few weeks ago. Its the first time we ever performed it!

Enjoy!

Adumb

New songs

2009-10-26T12:36:00.001-07:00

SO there are a handful of people in Gambier, Columbus, and Dayton who have heard these but we have two brand new songs which we are VERY excited about. They are called

I Can Lift a Car
and
Quesadilla (working title)

The latter has nothing to do with mexican food, but we don't know what to call it.
And since I don't really have anything else to say in this post, enjoy this:

Don't know what to do.... about my Clog-a-roo!

2009-10-25T10:10:00.000-07:00

"Are you blogging about my clog-a-roo?" said my mom.

"No, mom. I'm blogging about last night's DOPE show," I repliethed.

"We're all stars now, in the dope show," added Marilyn Manson.

"I don't wanna keep typing like this," I told Marilyn. He winked at me. LOOOO.

SO! Last night's Dayton show at One Eyed Jack's (NOT Blind Bob's) was cray-cray and tunsafun. LOOOO. Zoh-em. Gee.
Adrian couldn't play the show wif us cuzza his cuzzih was visitih. BUT we jammed out with the drummer of Tanuki who followed our every move for the whole two hours and Charlie Cromer who did not quite follow our every move but was sick nasti. And Jerome was a sweet backup dancer, pitcher player, and bottlist. Fiddlisk. All in all, everyone had an awesome night and we can't wait to play Dayton again.

Now, we will leave you with this gem - It's So Cold in the D by Detroit hip-hop bigshot T-Baby. Cuz when it's cold, how can anyone keep peace?

Much luvv.

Adumn and Nick Ell.

Is anyone looking for a party?

2009-10-22T10:25:00.000-07:00

All right. Does anyone want to party? Because if so, just pump this jam, by Seattle house big-shot Ebonizeer Goog:
<a href="http://ebonizeergoog.bandcamp.com/track/guess-what-i-found">Guess What I Found by Ebonizeer Goog</a>

oh my god. i was speechless

2009-10-21T09:21:00.000-07:00

if you don't know this song already, then you're in for a double-treat. slash a double-religious-experience. keep in mind this is a fan video, i.e. some guy decided to do this just cause he wanted to.

Classic.

2009-10-20T16:23:00.001-07:00

The Mask - Cuban Pete (Jim Carrey)
by ManUnitedFan

"Unnecessary" Quotes "Blog"

2009-10-19T11:40:00.001-07:00

This just made simultaneously me "smile" and "pissed me off" for about 10 "minutes" straight! "Enjoy"

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

"Adam"

My mommy's show in Chevy Chase, MD!

2009-10-15T12:32:00.000-07:00

Hey! My mom has a watercolor (and jewelry) show on November 14th in Chevy Chase, Maryland right by Washington, D.C. Please visit her blog and see some of the available artwork!

Watercolors by Gretchen H. Reifsnyder

My guitarra!

2009-10-14T21:01:00.000-07:00

So I was in a small shop in Cleveland and there was ONE classical guitar in it - it wasn't a guitar shop, it was a mexican handicraft shop - and I played it. Just beautiful. Anywho I found out some specs on it, and it was handmade from here:

Paracho, Michoacan, Mexico!

I may get it, although it is more money than I initially wanted to spend. Yamaha, suck it - I'm going with Mexican-made!

adumb

Akron Show Monday night!

2009-10-11T07:59:00.000-07:00

Hey if you know anyone in Akron, please let them know about our show tomorrow (Monday) night! We play for about an hour at The Northside Tavern in Akron with a band called Ashes. It costs five to get in!

Thanks

the boyz

yes indeed

2009-10-09T23:49:00.001-07:00

yes indeed, and i wanted to give a shout out to some great people we met tonight - (among others) - Kevin, Abby V., Rob and his awesome band Super Tuesday, Tiffany & hub, and lastly, Adam and Esther. you guys made our night!

also our new T-shirts by Annie Severe were wildly popular! thank you, Annie! ...more about her later...

^_^

Good show and Sea Shanties for all

2009-10-09T23:20:00.000-07:00

Yo! So tonights show rocked the house (and it almost didn't happen - shhhh).
Good turnout, our new T-Shirts were a hit, and we got some potential new gigs out of it. Great night!

I also wanted to share some sea shanties with you. The site only has two so far, but they are both good, and they update with a new one each week. Enjoy the shanties!

Jean-Luc, C3P0, and boys boys boys

2009-10-06T21:55:00.000-07:00

We keep it real straight here at Walk the Moon one dot blogspot dot com, and we take ourselves very seriously. PSA 10072009

anyway... for your viewing pleasure, these here boys will be struttin it hard on Friday night. and they have absolutely nothing in common with the aforementioned characters... nothing at all...

show some love - Friday, Madison Theater, 9pm. Presented by 94.1 the Frequency

Classical guitar

2009-10-05T16:47:00.000-07:00

I want a classical guitar. I decided a few days ago after my car broke down and I spent the afternoon wandering around Chagrin Falls, Ohio with my girlfriend and her mom. I'm looking at some really nice yamahas and trying to figure out if I want a flamenco guitar or a straight up classical guitar. I think I'm gonna play some at Buddy Rogers tomorrow. Woot! I'm gonna be like these guys:

raccoon-dogs, super mario, and dayton, OH

2009-10-04T20:50:00.000-07:00

Tanuki.

Tanuki, Tanuki, Tanuki.

wtf is Tanuki?

Tanuki (狸 or タヌキ), if you were not aware, is the name of the Japanese raccoon-dog prevalent in J. folklore and legend, often associated with mischief and shapeshifting. You may be more familiar with this delightful image from the early 1990's:

I had no idea why the f&%^ Mario could fly and/or morph into a stone statue whenever he put on a furry raccoon suit, but, after some research, now I know. And so do you.

And here is Super Mario, as he is want to do, terrorizing some Japanese wayfarers with his enormous scrotum.

...

ahem, I'm back. sorry had to go scrub my eyes with a soapy toothbrush.

so anyway we're playing in Dayton on the 24th with our talented and attractive friend Kelly Fine and this sweet fusion band called, of course, "Tanuki".

below: Kelly Fine, not bearing her scrotum.

in the meantime, lend an eye to our show dates, we're playing OH like it's hot. we'll be in the Cincinnati area this friday at the Madison @ 9pm.

love,
Nick P

Returning from the Cig Bity

2009-10-02T20:59:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,

I'm coming back to OH tomorrow! Gonna record guitarz and maybe step on over to Kenyon for a little dependin' on the band's schedule. I am going from the depressing New York fall weather to the beautiful Ohio fall, only to see it turn a good old fashioned monochromatic Ohio winter.

If anyone would like to get together and moan and tear their hair and lie around on the ground waiting for despair to swallow us whole, please let's do.

In other news, I am getting acquainted with a wonderful group called the New York Songwriters Circle (www.songwriters-circle.com) and I went to their Folk Noise Showcase at Think Coffee today and saw a bunch of really killer songwriters, the killer-est of whom was Caleb Hawley, who absolutely blew my mind. Go to his myspace www.myspace.com/calebhawley and get a little sugar, because it's abundant and he can really cut.

so, yeah, anyone else excited for a winter of crushing depression and ennui?

N

P.S. a big aww shucks to the below. Thanks Nick P.

I am in Florida. Flo-rida.

2009-10-02T15:27:00.000-07:00

Greetings from Florida!! Im in orlando visiting my brother for the weekend and seeing him play a bisexual lover in a Christopher Durang play. Woot!

Big show in Cincinnati this coming Friday, Oct. 9th at the Madison Theater, by the way! We have tickets and if you want to buy them through us before the show you can email us at freesong.walkthemoon@gmail.com.

More from flo-rida soon.

rawk on,
adumb

Nick P on Nick L, briefly

2009-10-01T10:53:00.000-07:00

before I say anything at all, go to myspace.com/nicklerangis.

if you did not already know, each of the members of WTM are songwriters... today I wanted to give some love to our guitarist Nick L. I visited his site today for the first time in awhile and found myself just... listening... for about a half an hour.

think... new orleans/beyonce/saloons/oscar the grouch/nina simone/white male folk guitarists/black female soul singers/bullies on playgrounds/nerds in english class/and central park in 1930.

my favorite is "convicted"

sincerely,
Nick P

Kissing Lessons with Walk the Moon

2009-09-27T22:41:00.000-07:00

Dear readers,

It seems many have you have been writing us emails with topics such as, "How do you kiss with passion?" and "How do I kiss like I mean it?" and "What are some kissing tips, Walk the Moon?"

Well, I think it's a known fact that all four members of Walk the Moon are expert kissers. But how did we get to be so good, you might ask. Well, we'll tell you. It's from watching this highly informative, superbly silly, and slightly sexy instructional video.

Enjoy and learn, our young Padawans.

Love,

The Boys

2009-09-27T11:01:00.001-07:00

hey ladies and gents,

Adrian here, just wanted to check in say howdy to everyone following us and to say thank you. Its really weird to think that something you do people actually appreciate, so thank you for liking the music and liking it enough to also listen to whatever nonsense we boys have to talk about. yayy nonsense. So im just hanging out at school just came back from a pretty intense club frisbee tournament, my body hates me right now. Wow also after the games we went to white castle. Amazing but after like 15 burgers my body hates me even more. So im just chinchillin right now being lazy doing as little work as possible. Its working out pretty good right now. Walk the Moon!!!!

Forgotten Bookmarks

2009-09-27T08:17:00.000-07:00

Wow, this site is so frikkin cool! Its a used book trader who finds things people have left in the pages of old books, including pictures, keycards, and recipes. I really want to try some of those recipes, dag.

anywho, go to www.forgottenbookmarks.com

Viggo fights naked and that makes him cool.

2009-09-26T10:51:00.000-07:00

So, I wanted to find you a clip of Viggo Mortensen fighting naked in "Eastern Promises". I saw it a few nights ago and that scene changed me, permanently.

I couldn't find it, but this is better.

HA! I win!

2009-09-26T09:31:00.001-07:00

So a few days ago I submitted "Incredibaby" to whoseresponsiblethis.com and it got posted! Hahahah. Here's the link

Woot, way to go me.

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The Results are IN!

2009-09-25T10:00:00.001-07:00

The results are in! Anna Sun wins!

You can listen to it over on the right, just click the play button!! Enjoy!