I’m playing a pretty wonderful benefit with Daniel Handler in San Francisco on May 13th at a loft in the Mission. Details below. Tickets are here.

Music!
This event is the record release party for John Vanderslice’s forthcoming remake of David Bowie’s classic 1974 album Diamond Dogs! JV will perform from the record and from his forthcoming album of originals, Dagger Beach, which releases to the public on June 11. We’ll have both records available at the Loft Party for purchase and signing. And as if it couldn’t get any better, Daniel Handler is going to bring his accordion and perform a couple songs with JV!? Pat Spurgeon of Rogue Wave will be spinning records for us.

Literature!
Daniel Handler will kick things off with a reading and a bit of conversation before joining JV with the accordion. Daniel is a Radio Silence contributor and author of the novels The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, Adverbs, and Why We Broke Up. As Lemony Snicket, he has written many books for children, including Who Could That Be at This Hour? and The Dark. Daniel’s books will be available for purchase and signing.

Food and Drink!
Included in the entry cost is a catered dinner, which will be served from 7-8 pm. Drinks will be served all night, and they’re free — beer by Magnolia, wine by Sutton Cellars, booze by Anchor Distillery. The incomparable Daniel Hyatt, formerly of the Alembic and soon to open Roka Akor, will be mixing cocktails.

 

Okay we are in full lock-down shipping mode. Thank god the NBA playoffs have so beautifully coincided with my mail-order phase. 

I’ve shipped: 

JV RARITIES – PERSONALIZED CD-R

DAGGER BEACH CD

LIBRARY CARD T-SHIRT

JV RECORD BOOKSHELF T-SHIRT

The BEST DEAL!!! T-SHIRT + DAGGER BEACH on CD reward will ship this week. All of the 8 Second Songs are done, some are posted below. 

If I messed up your order in ANY WAY just write me and I’ll fix it!! Maybe you don’t like my Baroque signature all over your beautiful record? I am here to provided a 5 star customer experience. Actually, fuck 5 stars. SEVEN STARS.

If you haven’t received your survey, it’s okay, I’m spreading them out as I get a lot of tweaks and questions about orders (which is fine) when I do. ALL SURVEYS WILL BE SENT BY END OF THIS WEEK. I’ll keep updating when I send out stuff so you can keep tabs on it. A few of you have not filled out the surveys on the above merchandise. Please do it when you can. Check your spam folder if you don’t see it or just email me direct. (jv@tinytelephone.com)

I’m waiting for Dagger Beach vinyl to arrive any day now. I’ll ship that out right away. Diamond Dogs vinyl got delayed. More on that soon. The vinyl cases are presently getting personalized by Joe Williams. 

My goal is to get the download link up by next monday, I am conveniently re-doing the Tiny Telephone website this week, so that’s the hold up. 

In non-Kickstarter news, I’m going to see the Giants play the Diamondbacks tonight with a bunch of engineers from the studio. SF is seeing record high temps. Yes we are all doomed but yes I’ll take the hot weather if there is no other choice. 

Below: Your stuff, Harden getting whipped by the Thunder (that was tough to watch), my home recording studio, where I made all of your 8 Second Songs.

I did a series of 8 Second Songs (that ended up being a lot longer) for Kickstarter supporters. They were nice enough to let me post them up. I LOVE these. They were freeing (as they were really for others, not for me) and difficult to make. They were inefficiently recorded on my Ampex MM1200 2" tape deck.
I’m Not Jimmy.mp3
860-663-1508 (for Nat Lyon)
Chris Elko
Sam Vaughan

I’m looking for folks to host JV living room shows on west coast from June 14-30. Me + Gibson J45 + you + your friends. Let’s do it!!!

I can’t remember being happier. I owe that to you. If I could hop on a plane, rent a car at the airport, drive to your home and plant a big kiss on your cheek, I would. (Yes, I know in actuality that would be very disturbing.) I devote my next two months to you, my supporters. I’ll keep you posted on shipping and reward details. I did just request today that QRP put a fancy sticker on the front of your Dagger Beach LP sealed (and re-usable) poly bags. I have a quick question for you: If you got a t-shirt, what size are you? I want to get a rough guide of sizing before I place the order tomorrow morning. I’ll send out a survey and get all kinds of shipping details and specifics about your order. In that survey, I’ll get addresses and any kind of reward combinations I’ll need to get you. I’m targeting early May for shipping. I’ll keep you posted!!