animation by Bill Yarrington

The bad news: Our e-store provider has gone offline and we haven't gotten a new host yet.

The good news: You can still get all the CDs, t-shirts, and knick-knacks directly from us at the show in January! We'll update y'all once our online store is back up and running.

We hope everyone had a good holiday season.... And now that we've beaten our hangovers into submission with heaping helpings of Advil (and some help from Bob), we can all get back to work!

 

As we mentioned in the last newsletter, Kicksville will be performing a special series of multimedia events in conjunction with Zombie Army Productions, the folks behind the Statesville Haunted Prison and The Fear Haunted House at Navy Pier. Enter the Flavor Hut: LIVE is the story of Johnny, a good kid led down the Path to Ruin by Bob (The Pusher) and Candy (The Evil Temptress). Along the way, Johnny meets a sordid cast of characters, including The Mayor, Luna (the Innocent), Piggy (the Not-So-Innocent), and a cranky armchair revolutionary called The Brick. With lots of black humor, flaming pinko political satire and a firm one-finger salute to the music industry, Enter the Flavor Hut: LIVE is definitely not your typical night at the theater ;-)

 

Special guests include Malian ngoni virtuoso Tani Diakite, MIDI wizard and live electronics guru Ben Surman (John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette), and zombies galore! Don't forget the art exhibits by Andy Ewen and resident artist Tone Deaf.

 

...and we have to remind you: just be careful around the zombies - we'll feed 'em beforehand, but you never know....

Got any extraneous bits of weird shite knocking around your house?

Doll parts?

Broken CDs?

Old drum heads or guitar strings?

Toys your kids won't play with anymore?

 

Bring it all to the gig and give it to Tone Deaf - he'll make it into art during the show! Really.... You'd be amazed (and possibly horrified) what Tone is able to use in his artwork. So bring it on, and turn the useless into, well, something else useless but much cooler ;-)

To celebrate the opening of our Chicago run, we will be releasing a special two-disc version of our debut album, Enter the Flavor Hut. Since these upcoming shows are our first expedition to the The Windy City, we thought it would be a good way to introduce Chicago to the story of Bob, Candy, and Johnny.

Disc 1 contains the original tracks, lovingly re-mastered by Jay Frigoletto at MASTERsuite. Disc 2 contains live versions of the songs, plus a couple of bonus live tracks not on Enter the Flavor Hut or available anywhere else. We will not be releasing this digitally - it will only be for sale at the Chicago-area performances!