Andrew W.K.

i was perturbed to find andrew wk following me on twitter the other week. i HAAAAATE andrew wk.

Maybe he wants to know about dubstep and funky?

AndrewWK Mindset Of The Day: Think of all people as grown up babies who just want to be loved and cared for. We all want that, so PARTY!
about 1 hour ago from web

if he lived a few a thousand years ago we'd have a whole other religion now

A couple of years ago I was reading lots of longform AWK stuff (he used to answer letters from people with these glorious two-page calls to action) and there was some seriously awesome, sermon-on-the-mount stuff.

Don't we already have Greek/Roman party gods? Did they just not rock hard enough?

love this fuckin guy

Maybe he wants to know about dubstep and funky?

probably thought Donae'O was doing a cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngjMz8PM-XQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdPB-hi26Yk

this thread was responsible for a long argument w/ my girlfriend - I was trying to explain to her why I thought this man was a complete genius. she mostly listens to classical music.

Take her to see him live - the only place where it all makes sense.

"she mostly listens to classical music."
hey what is her assessment of AWK's classical piano training?

"a waste"

haha! Burn!

I really just shouldn't have started that conversation

have you played for her his latest improv piano album?

i know his moms (no, NOT in the biblical sense) (she is a very nice, smart lady)

also, I too like to party.

def one of the 10 worst artists of this decade, ugh @ the fawning "genius" talk

You just don't know anything about him, that's all.

great posts in this thread

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I hate Kathy Griffin so so much. Can't she take her smug altered face back to wherever it came from and never come out again?

she is awful. andrew wk is still a weird fucking phenomenon to me that I don't really get. Is it irony? Is it serious? also what was with the whole "he is just a created persona" thing that was going around?

Check out how long the responses are on this thing:

http://www.avclub.com/articles/andrew-wk,13766/

'what was with the whole "he is just a created persona" thing that was going around?'

This was a set of rumors that at least some of which were sanctioned/started by AWK inc. or the susan lawly foundation or whatever it was he called it. I think he/they were going for something grander than Dave Grohl = AWK.

no... steev mike was dave grohl.

Yeah i read that Onion piece back when I Get Wet just came out, and he had all this amazing inspirational stuff on his website. I was really excited about it, because I already liked his music, but reading this stuff was just icing on the cake.

The whole persona idea is interesting and if you've seen Who Knows? or listened to Close Calls With Brick Walls it feels like even if there aren't varying AWK actors then he definitely has some crazy schizophrenic themes running through his work. How does a song like "Pushing Drugs" (which is a AWESOME song in a completely different way than most of his stuff) fit in with this inspirational mindset? I love the line 'Mother nature does a favor, puts your body in a hearse, is what I'm doing really any worse?'

teh label made him change a lot of lyrics for I Get Wet... the tour he did before the release had totally diff lyrics IIRC (ie, "girl's own juice" -> "girl's own love")

oh man, i thought it was girls own love as in girls have ownership of love. "girls own juice" never made much sense, like they own a welches grape soda factory with profit-sharing or something.

or something ROFLMAOWOWOWOWOWLMAO!

401-K with matching funds?

LAWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

this is one hilarious grape juice factory.

i have never seen that kids show he presents

do you have scrolling capabilities (eg, up)? how about youtube search function? c'mon bro, you can do it!

Okay, I meant to say, I have never actually seen that show scheduled on television, but I watched a few clips of it on youtube and agree that it is essence the ideal kids show and reminds me a little of a show I used to love when I was young called Beakman's world that nobody but my sister and I ever remember.

I watched Beakman's World all the time.

How did we figure out Steev Mike was Dave Grohl? Any time I try & read about the whole thing it's a trip down the rabbit hole.

nounne-z

'Mother nature does a favor, puts your body in a hearse, is what I'm doing really any worse?'

Dude figured out lifes puzzle like quickness.

You probably know about his new album of classical piano solos that just came out. Possibly you know of his forthcoming tour with a string quartet. But have you heard about the Gundam Rock album due on 9/9/9?

Also, he is on Red Eye tonight but you probably knew that already.

you're assuming a lot

I'd hate to assume that I was the best informed person on Andrew WK matters on this board.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/tumblr_kpx62uqSep1qzvqipo1_400.jpg

WOW

A. Ant W.K.

Well, that took a long time. Close Calls With Brick Walls is finally getting a North American release. Double CD with a disc of unreleased and rare tracks. Feb 23 2010.

i own this: http://www.discogs.com/Andrew-WK-Close-Calls-With-Brick-Walls/release/1777968 version of it. The pressing is atrocious.

but obviously it looks amazing.

I was really into that record for a little bit and just recently listened to it again. Some songs are actually really atrocious. But there's some really amazing stuff on here as well. I think "Don't Call Me Andy" is my current favorite.

"Don't Call Me Andy" and "Pushing Drugs" are the best ones.

i believe the key is that wikipedia lists him as an "entertainer" before "rock musician."