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Musician Richard Dean Wilson Jr. - Born on 1.18.1977 in the great city of Philadelphia PA.

Friday, August 28, 2009

I don't even know where to begin...

-- Nerd Parade & The Adrian Belew Power Trio - photo by Kat --

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So...

I know it's been about a thousand years since I have posted anything here (aside from a breif "look, I cut my hair off." post a few months ago). But, that should not be taken as an indication that there has not been much going on. It has in fact, been the opposite of that. Here's a quick-as-I-can report - highlights of important events over the last 4-5 months!

1 - May 10th - NIN/JA @ Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta

Jane's Addiction is one of my all-time favorite rock bands. I had seen them previously with 3/4 of the original band intact. Once in 2001 with Martyn LeNoble (Porno For Pyros) playing bass, and three times in 2003 with Chris Chaney playing bass as part of the lineup that record the album "Strays". Having said that, I learned a valuable lesson this year about the chemistry of a band. All of the old cliches about the sum totally being greater than the individual parts is totally true. It was my fourth time seeing JA and it really felt like I had never seen them before. Original bassist Eric Avery had come back - and many of us who were a little on the young side when the band originally split at the end of Lollapalooza 1991 got our first live glimpse at one of the most amazing and influential bands of our generation. It was so amazing - that me and the wife traveled to Charlotte NC about a month later to see the show again!!! I do hope the band stays together and give us some more - at least for a few years! Thank you boys!

-- Dave Navarro being awesome in Charlotte 6.12.09 - by Kat --
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2 - May 30th - Nerd Parade @ Mountain Sports Festival - Asheville NC

It's been well documented by this point that NP loves the city of Asheville NC. Awesome things tend to happen to us there (more on that later). So - we were invited to play the headline spot on a Saturday by a friend we had made on our previous couple of visits. It turned out to be - without a doubt - the longest NP show of all time, and was also the last show before we took about 2 months away from the stage so Randy and Lynn could welcome their new daughter - Ruby into the world. It was a beautiful afternoon that went from sun-drenched evening, and kept on rocking under the bright lights after the sun was long gone. NP loves AVL!

-- Me and Randy rocking the main stage @ Mountain Sports Fest, Asheville NC - by Kat --
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3 - August 22nd - 29th - Adrian Belew Power Trio / Nerd Parade adventure - the events of which spanned Atlanta to Asheville NC! - Plus : NP returns Dirty South TV and rocks Nophest again.

So - in what turned out to be the most exciting week of the whole summer..... We found out last Saturday, as I was preparing to go watch one of my most favorite bands, the Adrian Belew Power Trio, at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta - that we would in fact be opening - for the Adrian Belew Power Trio 2 nights later at the beautiful Orange Peel in our most favorite of places - Asheville NC.

Saturday night was my 3rd time seeing the trio in person, and just happened to fall on the exact two year anniversary of the first time, and the band's first visit to Atlanta. I could go on and on with stories about how awesome it was, and how long I've been listening to Adrian
's music, how much I adore Julie's bass playing and Eric's incredibly precise drumming... and of course how much fun it is to correspond with incomparable Robin Slick.

Instead I am just going to say that I am completely honored to have shared a stage with them, and am thankful for all the people I got to know over the span of a couple of days. So here's some big thanks going out to Adrian, Julie, Eric, Robin, Andre - you guys are a class act.
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-- all images below by Kat --

-- Julie Slick in Atlanta, love this girl's bass playing, can't even begin to explain. --

-- the trio takes a bow in Atlanta --

-- Nerd Parade rocking The Orange Peel --
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Monday, April 27, 2009

new hair style..


looks good, feels good, whatcha think?

Monday, January 19, 2009

Asheville is a lovely place...

(photo taken outside my hotel, in nearby Candler NC)

Nerd Parade and friends travelled to beautiful Asheville NC this past weekend. It was my first time there - it was a beautiful place indeed. Here's a quick rundown of the trip.

- Depending on what set of directions you get - getting to Asheville can be anything from a relaxing drive, to a hair raising experience.

- It was 6 degrees at the lowest of the cold early Saturday morning. Now the 30 - 40's here around Atlanta seems quite pleasant.

- Nerd Parade played an energy packed set to a packed room at Stella Blue. We can't wait to come back to this town!

- Kat's photos coming soon....

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Man - there is alot of stuff going on..

(pictured above - Richie rocking the East Atlanta Icehouse w/ NP - by Kat - 1.10.09)

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So it's been quite a while since I posted, only because there has been so darn much going on! I'm going to spare everyone the details of my holiday season, except to summarize that yes, it was merry - there was a fair share of relatives and stress - santa was pretty cool to me and folks in my house - and I am glad that it is over until next year!

The busiest part of thing lately has been all the goings on in the world of NP. Here's a quick list of things that are going on - along with some juicy details...

1 - Our new album that we've been working on for more than a year now, will be titled "The Span Of A Life" and will be released officially on March 1st!

2 - We are embarking on a tour of just under 2 weeks, starting in February that will take us up the east coast and back, playing 10 shows in 12 days. Here are the ALMOST finalzied dates -

2.19 - Chapel Hill NC - Mansion 462
2.20 - Washington DC - Velvet Lounge
2.21 - Philadelphia PA - Doc Watson's Pub
2.22 - Brooklyn NY - Spike Hill
2.23 - TBA
2.25 - Wilmington DE - Mojo 13
2.26 - Richmond VA - Triple
2.28 - Asheville NC - Broadways
3.01 - Atlanta GA - The Five Spot (CD RELEASE PARTY!!!)
3.02 - Athens GA - Caledonia Lounge


3 - As you can see above - we will be holding our cd release show towards the end of our tour @ one of our favorite venues every - The Five Spot in Atlanta! Our best band friends Cinetrope will also perform in between a debut listening of the new record and a live performance by Nerd Parade.

4 - This weekend - January 17th - Nerd Parade is playing the annual PopAsheville Festival in beautiful Asheville NC @ Stella Blue - 9:40pm!

So - between finishing tracking for the album, mixing, booking the tour, having a job and a family, and doing everything else one needs to do in day to day life - it has been a crazy bunch of weeks since I last got to this here blog.

I will try to be back next week with a report about Ashevile. And will try to go day to day when NP hits the road.

Until then - ALL THE BEST!!!