ROYAL FIRECRACKER TEETH

Design, photographs, songs, videos and inspirational mayhem from a guy from Kansas City, MO who happens to live in Seattle, WA. There's a high likelihood that you'll see a lot of photos of cats, bbq grills, and blurry show photos on this page. Say howdy if you're out there, world.

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Ever have one of those songs that floors you the first time you hear it, and it happens to be about loving music that does that exact thing? This hit me today.

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There is no better representation of how bad HBO's Vinyl is than this: this is "Gram Parsons".

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Holy smokes, I'm excited about this. I designed a t-shirt for @iamlilbub! Mike (Dude) and Matt are taking Bub's new album (Science and Magic) out on the road for a few shows and will be slanging these cotton wonders alongside the likes of Andrew W.K., Reptar, Murder By Death and others! These shirts will only be available at these shows, so get out and grab one and experience the full throttle world of the Lil Bub live experience! 3/25 Indianapolis, IN at the Fountain Square Music Festival w/ Andrew WK, Reptar, Bonesetters and Andy D. 4/2 Chicago, IL at Metro with Murder By Death 4/3 Bloomington, IN at The Bishop (all ages early matinee) (at Lil BUB's Lil SHOP)

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I hope the government never finds a way into my iPhone and also never finds a way to make my phone stop recording every kick drum hit as if it were a 7.9 earthquake. (at Drum & Monkey)

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Minus a giant bag of hardware that may as well be a duffel bag full of cinder blocks, this is all the crap I love to hate to carry to a rock and roll show. Tonight is the last chance to see @ghostpainsband play for a while before we go into record-writing hibernation for a few months, so I'd love to see some friendly faces out at the @tractortavern in Ballard tonight. Doors are at 7:30pm, we kick off at 8pm. Timbre Barons and The Echolarks are rocking the spot with us, and it's gonna be good. $8 gets you in the door. See you tonight. (at Tractor Tavern)

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Even as a casual (at best) wrestling fan, seeing Daniel Bryan retire tonight was pretty great. Thanks to @theniceface for inviting me along for the ride. (at Key Arena)

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Wait for it...wait for it... (at Punky's Junk)

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Finally got to see godheadSilo tonight after 20-ish years of hoping. It was worth it, and nary a brown note was uttered. (at Chop Suey)

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More progress on Brett and Quiz, and started on Frank White tonight. Trying to find consistency on techniques and style. It's been a really fun challenge. More to come. (at Kauffman Stadium - Home of the Kansas City Royals)

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New microphone means "go ahead and retrack every drum take you've ever done". (at Royal Drummer Cafe)

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Front runner for best eBay purchase of 2016, and we're only 4 days in. (at Gorgeous George's)

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Had a great chat with @iamlilbub and her @memorymapband dudes about her new record when they were in Seattle a couple weeks ago. Head over to theroyalbasement.com/podcasts and crank this podcast up on your new Bluetooth subwoofer system. #maximumskronks #lilbub #podcast #theroyalbasement (at Silver Platters)

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A new episode of The Royal Basement podcast is up and running! This episode, I chat with Sam Cohen, formerly of Apollo Sunshine and Yellowbirds, about his new solo album (Cool It), his guitar gear, and what Shakira is really like. Sam plays #Pickathon tomorrow in Portland, which may be your only chance to see him on the West Coast for some time. Head over to TheRoyalBasement.com for your listening pleasure.

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Another afternoon with the gold head tunes and pilfered booze; @promqueenmusic played a gigantic set tonight at the @subpop tribute night. So freaking good. (at Neumos Seattle)

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Had my first trip to @mmguitarbar today and fell in love with all of these beauties. What's the going rate for selling a kidney these days?

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The tail end of yesterday's 10.5 hours of brisket homework. I would put it just under my Super Bowl 2015 brisket as one of the best I've ever done.

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From the sounds of it, The Replacements played their final show tonight in London. Bummed to hear it, but glad I got the chance to see them in Seattle a couple months ago when they started essentially their final tour. I was asked to design a poster to announce their London shows, and this is what I designed. It didn't end up getting used, but I'm still pretty stoked with it. #thereplacements #kentuckychromeindustries #gigposter #design #concert #paulwesterberg #tommystinson #backbyunpopulardemand