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Saturday Night’s Alright for Margo Timmins

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Your best friend floats at the bottom of a glass

It was of Fogelfoot to whom Elton John was referring when he said “…whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.”

Here are Marty and Brian captured through the empty pineapple/rum cocktail receptacle of Tanya whilst recording “Trinity Sessions”-esque versions of

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Stagger Lee

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Lonely Vaquero

Why you should see Fogelfoot tonight rather than Van Halen

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Fogelfoot, as an organization, is a great fan of Van Halen. After all, it was of Fogelfoot that the seminal California hard rock band wrote the lyric “Have you seen junior’s grades?”

But Fogelfoot’s is the sound you should spend your money on tonight at Skinny’s NoHo, and here’s why:

1. Ticket price. At $5 a pop, you could enjoy the exquisite Fogelfoot show (as well as the talents of The Lebarons, Valmont, Shotgun Sugar, and Deltanaut) and still have at least a hundred bucks left over for Skinny’s generous Midnight Happy Hour drinks. What does five bucks get you at a Van Halen concert? Bus fare to the Staples Center.
2. Youth. As you well know, Fogelfoot is all about the teens. With a combined age of 191, how can Van Halen speak to your youthful needs? “I like how the line goes up the back of the stocking,” says David Lee Roth. Fogelfoot fans don’t even wear undergarments.
3. Sea birds. Does Van Halen have a song about a cormorant? No.
4. Chemistry. The members of Fogelfoot don’t hate each other, even secretly.
5. Logistics. Van Halen isn’t even playing tonight, anyway.

We hope to see you: You’ll get some leg tonight for sure!

See also: Skinny’s NoHo

Pig ‘n Whistle: Leave a tender moment alone

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It wasn’t until we were warming up on stage at Hollywood’s Pig ‘n Whistle last week that enigmatic longtime Fogelphile Tyrone Merriner told us we were living a lie.

“The old Pig ‘n Whistle shut down decades ago,” he said. “This whole place was a Numero Uno Pizza for years and years when Hollywood was skanky.”

We looked at the furnishings, the beautiful bar, the ornate draperies, and our own snazzy suits and felt a little sick.

“Yeah,” Tyrone continued, “they just reopened as the Pig ‘n Whistle a few years ago.”

“You mean Hollywood is just a big lie?” we asked Tyrone, who is at least a decade older than most people.

“Sorry to break the bad news,” he said.

Well, just like the Cormorant tells us, we must keep on keepin’ on.

“Unfriendly Waters”: Occupy Amity Island Edition

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Like any American classic, “Unfriendly Waters” finds different meanings for each new generation. Occupy Amity Island protesters have embraced it for its theme of speaking truth to Amity’s corporate interests who would rather see the beaches open and making money, even at the expense of bathers who may be injured.

See also: All That Jaws

“Girls-Only Girls”: An NSFW Affair

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While Fogelfoot is beloved of everyone who was once a child—even test tube babies—we are not yet at that point in our career at which we will release a children’s album. We can’t get through half a verse of “The Wheels on the Bus” without imagining it going all Sweet Hereafter.

That said, we invite you to enjoy “Girls-Only Girls,” a song we performed on the groovy Susan Block show last week and which we will reprise at Taix on June 25. It is a song about double standards that should resonate with at least 350 people worldwide.

We are indebted to Sinn Sage (NSFW), Ela Darling (NSFW), and Dr. Susan Block (NSFW) for the arm-candy quotient in this photo.

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Girls-Only Girls

See also: Fogelfoot @ Taix on Facebook

Duct and cover: Bronson Bar 5.31

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Prior to Tuesday’s show at the Bronson Bar, Bucephalus popped a slide; I would have to hold it in as I played.

“You should use some duct tape,” said Rei Yoshioka, ardent fan.

“I would love some duct tape,” I said. Continue reading →

“Herbie, Mate, please make me laugh.”

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The All That Jaws land vehicle recently ran over an already-run-over skunk in the pleasant Atwater Village section of Los Angeles, and we couldn’t help but think of a certain Boatswain’s Mate, a baseball player from Cleveland named Herbie.

The skunk had been cut in half. Continue reading →