Kiki & Herb

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man, Kiki got drunk off her ass last night (my friend hadda grab her when she almost fell off a table). She read a lot of lyrics off a stand, following the example of a recent show by 94-year-old former Marx Brothers ingenue Kitty Carlisle. Best line of the night was "I may not know the words, ladies and gentlemen, but I understand the song." (Best anecdote to nowhere was about her sister's delight that Farrah Fawcett shares her malady of ass cancer.)

Among the new (to me) adds to the repertoire:

The Indelicates - "Waiting for Pete Doherty to Die"

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 November 2006 14:36 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...
I'd like to renege on previous comments of "not getting it"; three shows in thirty days cured me of that. Truly, I've never seen a more punk-as-fuck show. Last watch was ringside about three feet away and my table mates and I got just BLASTED; watching K+H at that proximity is some serious dick-in-a-blender action.

Now I just have to figure out if it translates to record well...

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 January 2007 19:03 (seventeen years ago) link

I've got both their records, and while it's a good way to introduce people to them (see anecdote above), it's not the same as the "oh shit, what's she going to do next?" experience of seeing them live.

But I bet someday people are going to trade recordings of K&H live the way they do with Bill Hicks or Andy Kaufman recordings now.

Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 15 January 2007 19:46 (seventeen years ago) link

three months pass...
Kiki & Herb

May, 17 2007 at Knitting Factory - DVD RECORDING!
74 Leonard Street, New York, New York 10013
Cost : $20

Dr Morbius, Thursday, 10 May 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link

Directed by Jonathan Demme.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 May 2007 16:43 (sixteen years ago) link

that sounds entirely plausible, but... hmmm

Dr Morbius, Thursday, 10 May 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link

I might be lying. I might be remembering how much you loved his Robyn Hitchcock film.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 May 2007 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link

for the first time in six months I genuinely wish I were in New York

Matos W.K., Thursday, 10 May 2007 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link

Sweet.

poortheatre, Thursday, 10 May 2007 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link

K & H nominated for a Tony Award; world to end.

Dr Morbius, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Imagine the acceptance speech.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link

I suspect it might not appear on the CBS segment on the show... which means PBS will have the 7-sec delay standing by!

Dr Morbius, Thursday, 17 May 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link

i want to see kiki and herb :(

Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Thursday, 17 May 2007 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link

Their Knitting Factory show is tnite, JW. (also Memorial Eve at Joe's)

Their only opposition in that Tony category is a one-man ventriloquist show.

Dr Morbius, Thursday, 17 May 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link

two last shows pubside; i'm likely doing both.

forksclovetofu, Thursday, 17 May 2007 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link

gr8 seeing you forks! Did you have anything to do with our ticket snafu getting cleared up? I wasn't sure.

I didn't recall how elaborate K&H's version of "I Was a Maoist Intellectual" is ... the Chelsea boys were baffled.

Also, it's important to know that ass cancer trumps leukemia.

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link

Hey dude, glad you made it out!
Yeah, a thoroughly awesome evening... but LONG!

forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 14:35 (sixteen years ago) link

but at least Ju8t1n was relatively s0b3r!

I think I saw them go 3 hours at least once at Fez.

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Defeated for a Tony by a DUMMY!

That's too respectable for them anyway.

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link

that shit was not right. I thought they were joking for a hot minute!

Morley Timmons, Thursday, 14 June 2007 04:39 (sixteen years ago) link

That was that bullshit.

forksclovetofu, Thursday, 14 June 2007 05:17 (sixteen years ago) link

Shoulda pull'd a wu-tang. kiki and herb is for the babies!

rogermexico., Thursday, 14 June 2007 05:26 (sixteen years ago) link

two months pass...

Get ready London:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/mjh8888/Kiki%20and%20Herb/SBE2front.jpg

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 September 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link

thought this was a thread about peaches & herb for a second

deej, Thursday, 13 September 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Carnegie Hall again in December as well.

Dr Morbius, Monday, 15 October 2007 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link

one month passes...

live DVD available Jan. 2:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113510.html

Dr Morbius, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Funny thing was I saw Kiki introduce Borts Minorts at a show in SF this past Saturday. Kiki was great, Borts Minorts was not.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link

Variety review of Wed night @Carnegie Hall (I skipped):

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117935649.html

"If there's a sniper in the audience, I ask only that you kill me now," pleaded Kiki. "Don't make me go through this whole show just to shoot me later."

wtf, identifying "If You Were Born Today" as a Jimmy Eat World song?

Dr Morbius, Friday, 14 December 2007 16:22 (sixteen years ago) link

Boy, I would've loved to have seen that.

forksclovetofu, Friday, 14 December 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link

wtf, identifying "If You Were Born Today" as a Jimmy Eat World song?

Alan Sparhawk somewhere goes NOOOOOO

Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 December 2007 22:50 (sixteen years ago) link

I saw them at the Opera House in Sydney for so cheap (esp. considering the insane price of tickets for them in SF the last time around), but strangely the show was almost EXACTLY the same as the one I saw New Year's Eve two years ago.

Alex in SF, Friday, 14 December 2007 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link

one year passes...

What little I've heard, I've liked. So where do I start if I want to hear more?

Mordy, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 05:41 (fourteen years ago) link

one year passes...

profile in nymag - http://nymag.com/print/?/arts/popmusic/features/justin-bond-2011-5/

just sayin, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:23 (twelve years ago) link

just downloaded dendrophile, hadn't heard anything about it. it seems good. different thing than k&h, but good songs and s/he sounds great.

something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link

eight months pass...

Kiki'll be having some fun this weekend:

http://gawker.com/5875978/introducing-your-guest-golden-globes-tweeter-justin-vivian-bond

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 January 2012 05:42 (twelve years ago) link

Justin is such a fucking rock star.
I see Kenny perform at least once a month.

this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 January 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

going to see justin bond @ REDCAT tonight, first time ever! i'm excited

Prince Rebus (donna rouge), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link

three years pass...

Justin Vivian Bond begins a yearlong 'retro' at Joe's Pub!

http://www.villagevoice.com/music/mx-justin-vivian-bond-returns-to-joes-pub-with-tranniversary-triumph-7585114

forks, when yer feelin better maybe we could go see the Julie London thing.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 September 2015 04:23 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...
six months pass...

joe's pub is having a nightly lottery for the shows if yer desperate

we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 April 2016 19:28 (eight years ago) link

gonna catch one of these, pretty hyped

ulysses, Friday, 8 April 2016 20:10 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Kiki sez

"The neoliberals vs. the neofascists—I'm just happy that I've lived to see this spectacular bipolar moment."

we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 May 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link

four years pass...

a 2016 show free online for a few weeks

https://publictheater.org/productions/season/fall-2020/kiki--herb-seeking-asylum/

brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 September 2020 01:17 (three years ago) link

two years pass...

Ah jeez, shoulda revived this thread earlier for their new tour! I think most of the shows have already most sold out on presale. (Got my SF tix just now, yay.)

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 October 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link

three weeks pass...

It's back!

https://kikiandherbwilldieforyou.bandcamp.com/album/do-you-hear-what-we-hear

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 November 2022 22:15 (one year ago) link

ten months pass...

And they're back!

https://linktr.ee/kikiherb

(The tour last year was a damn treat.)

Ned Raggett, Monday, 18 September 2023 18:01 (six months ago) link


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