The Silent Comedy Announces "Summer Sweat" Tour

We in the Silent Comedy camp are super excited to announce our Summer Sweat western states tour in July with our new friends, Saint Motel! We're looking forward to reconnecting with our friends in the west, and all the new friends we made on tour with Ryan Bingham and The Dead Horses in February!

Please help us spread the word for the tour to your friends and family in the areas we are traveling too, and let us know if there are any other ways you can help by emailing us at silentcomedyinfo@gmail.com.

The Summer Sweat Tour is coming, so you'd better start doing your push-ups now! "Like" us on Facebook to get the latest info on ticket sales, and more information.



Upcoming Shows:

Jun 5, 2011 - Oceanside, CA (US) @ 94.9 Independence Jam *SOLD OUT* - 94.9 Independence Jam *SOLD OUT* w/ Cold War Kids & Lykke Li

Jun 25, 2011 - West Hollywood, CA (US) @ The Roxy Theatre - Roxy Vegan Beer Fest

Jul 5, 2011 - San Diego, CA (US) @ The Casbah - The Casbah w/ Saint Motel & The Howls

Jul 6, 2011 - Costa Mesa, CA (US) @ Detroit Bar - Detroit Bar w/ Saint Motel & The New Limb

Jul 7, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA (US) @ LACMA - LACMA w/ Saint Motel

Jul 9, 2011 - Santa Barbara, CA (US) @ Velvet Jones - Velvet Jones w/ Saint Motel

Jul 12, 2011 - San Luis Obispo, CA (US) @ Slo Brewing Co. - San Luis Obispo w/ Saint Motel

Jul 13, 2011 - Fresno, CA (US) @ Fulton 55 - Fulton 55 w/ Saint Motel

Jul 14, 2011 - Sacramento, CA (US) @ Harlow's - Harlow's w/ Saint Motel

Jul 15, 2011 - Monterey, CA (US) @ Carbone's Bar - Carbone's w/ Saint Motel

Jul 16, 2011 - San Francisco, CA (US) @ Cafe Du Nord - Cafe Du Nord w/ Saint Motel

Jul 18, 2011 - Seattle, WA (US) @ Tractor Tavern - Tractor Tavern w/ Saint Motel

Jul 19, 2011 - Portland, OR (US) @ Mississippi Studios - Mississippi Studios w/ Saint Motel

Jul 21, 2011 - Boise, ID (US) @ The Bouquet - The Boquet w/ Saint Motel

Jul 23, 2011 - Jackson, WY (US) @ Town Square Tavern - Town Square Tavern

Jul 25, 2011 - Denver, CO (US) @ Larimer Lounge - Larimer Lounge w/ Saint Motel

Jul 27, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV (US) @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Residency

Jul 28, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV (US) @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Residency

Jul 29, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV (US) @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Residency

Jul 30, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV (US) @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Residency

Cowboys and Hipsters

The hardest part of getting ready for the Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses/ Silent Comedy show was figuring out what to wear. Let me explain- I have played with Ryan Bingham, and know that this boy is straight up rodeo, country. (This Oscar winner is an ex-bullrider from New Mexico for crying out loud!) But I've only seen the Silent Comedy at U31, The Royal Dive, and the Casbah- so deciding between my Wranglers and Ariats vs. Chick Jeans and Vans was a little tough...(But since I don't have any chick jeans...These hips don't lie... jussayin...) One thing was for sure... I was gonna wear flannel. (but was it gonna be tucked... or untucked... sigh...)

But so did every other person at the SOLD OUT show at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles last night. The line for the show wrapped around the Wilshire sidewalk, and seemed to surprise every single LA model and actor/(AKA Baristas and waitresses...) who stopped to ask, "Um... is this like... the line???"

The show started with the band's front man, Joshua Zimmerman, conjuring up the spirits of our ancestors, to come out of the Pacific Ocean and help the crowd respect what the Silent Comedy was about to slap them across the face with. The spirits definitely showed up through a SCREAMING harmonica solo by the obviously excited, Tim Graves, who started the show in his usual rambunctious manner and kept the excitement going from beginning to end, with a climax of climbing up the sidestage and playing a ridiculous-lung collapsing solo from 30 feet in the air. (One handed... and for a hell of alot longer than 8 seconds!!!)

The band's talent obviously surprised the sound/light guys at El Rey because on the second song, when Jeremiah Zimmerman started to sing, they couldn't seem to figure out where his voice was coming from or where even where he was on stage for a few seconds- Then, as he moved down to work the crowd and go back again, and they simply didn't have enough staff to keep up with the Silent Comedy's energy! (Grrrrr... That dude can SING!!!)

But to the Audio/Visual guys' credit, looking at the Silent Comedy's style, you might think that they were going to do covers of Mumford and Sons all night- as I overheard a girl next to me drunkenly ask her boyfriend... (or agent... or manager... or whatever he was...) They don't seem to have the style of a rock band that's about to take you prisoner, get you drunk, tell you that you don't belong in church, and then make you sing "Hallelujah" with them, but that's exactly what they do, and every person in the crowd will find themselves led to the "waters of rock" and "baptized" by their sound. (Please don't tell my mom I wrote that...) (Also, will you guys take me shopping???)

The Silent Comedy also paid tribute to Chad Lee's grandfather who passed away the day before the show. Playing an extremely resounding song in his honor, they grasped the hearts of every person in the theatre.

I bought their album/t-shirt/pin/postcard deal and will be rocking it at my next show, because they have made me an even bigger fan than I was before! If they are coming to your city, do yourself a favor, and purchase your tickets early, so you don't miss one of San Diego's new class of musical royalty, that gives a headlining performance as an opening band.

P.S. Justin Buchanan has the best mustache in San Diego. He's my Brett Favre.

http://thesilentcomedy.com/ *website

http://www.twitvid.com/MMEY0/ *Crappy Blackberry Video of my favorite song '49.

See Oscar Winner Ryan Bingham

Sunday night, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett took home an Academy Award for their original song,"The Weary Kind", written for the film "Crazy Heart". Ryan is playing a KPRI show at Borders Books in El Cajon at 6:45 on Tuesday. While I'm not sure you can still RSVP, I wanted to share an old video of Ryan from a performance at the Casbah in 2009. I've seen him a couple times and had the pleasure of slinging some merch for him, too, and highly recommend checking him out if you haven't already. Mostly it's just nice to see good things happen to great talents.

Ryan Bingham, Casbah, 7.22.09

After Comic-Con preview night and the tweetup at Voyeur, Jake and I made our way to the Casbah to catch Ryan Bingham. Last time Ryan played San Diego, I was working merch and didn't really get to see much of the show. I also caught his set at Coachella, but at a festival like that, it's hard to separate fans from passer-bys, so I was happy to see that Ryan had a well-deserved following, not to mention a handful of superfan groupies. This time around I got to experience the full set in all it's glory. I took some mediocre photos but thought I'd share some video from the night.


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Casbah Tuesday: Don't Miss Ryan Bingham

Tuesday night there's a show at the Casbah that I highly recommend checking out. It was a late addition to the anniversary month shows but is no less worthy. The show features four performances all worthy of checking out. The show will likely start at 9 pm so don't be late.

Gray Ghosts will be performing their second show ever, and features members of Kite Flying Society, The Ex-Friends and more. Also on the slate, Swim Party is performing and we know how much SD:DialedIn loves and supports those guys. Pyles can't stop talking about The New Archaic- he said they're all young and under 20, and apparently the guitarist is amazing and tours with The Adolescents. Rounding out the bill is Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses, a Lost Highway artist.

From the press release:

Ryan Bingham is an American alt-country singer and songwriter. Raised in rural Texas, where years of hardscrabble ranch work and competitions on the rodeo circuit would eventually surface in the dusty riffs of his country-styled debut, Mescalito. Living alone since his mid-teens, Bingham shuttled back and forth between Southwestern border towns and relatives' homes, often sleeping in his truck after nightly rodeo gigs. It was during those treks that he began entertaining friends with the guitar, an instrument he'd learned at the age of 17 from a mariachi neighbor. You can hear the inspiration of Bob Dylan, Marshall Tucker, and Bob Willis in Ryan's music.

You know I'll be there, hope to see you there, too.