the thirst of all men is for honor

and true honor is only earned by the man who excels

at what he loves to do

happy seventh show

love,

tick

luck number seven

Tick Talk says-

"Saturday afternoon is a good 

     time to take it all off."

Tick Talk also says-

"Finding yourself is easy!"

And Tick's official stance is

"Trashman is a very bad man.

Not funny.  Not funny at all."

Featuring the partial reunion of

Francesca Baby as they perform

          Reconsummate.

Listen to the Naked Episode of 

Tick Talk Radio Shop

available online in a few days

feel free to comment.  

  

the too-hot hipsters and the big squirt

sunday afternoon, blue sky, brisk.  i'm walking up 39th avenue to the fine grind.  in my left hand is a cigarette and in my right, a big bottle of ruby red squirt.  i see about a block or two down the street and coming toward me, one of those very typical, very attractive, always pissed-off-looking, portland hipster couples - tight black, slicked back but messed up and in boots.  and i panic.  when this hipster couple sees me, they're gonna think i'm just a guy who walks around smoking cigarettes and drinking squirt.  but i'm not.  i know it looks like i am that guy, what with the cigarette and the big squirt.  but no.  i'm more.  i'm... well i may be a lot of things but some dirtbag out on the street smoking and drinking squirt, i'm not.  and then they walk past.  and... you know what hit me about ten seconds later.  "dave, you are a guy who smokes and drinks squirt.  I mean look at you, dave.  you're smoking and drinking that ruby red squirt.  why would you want to hide that from people?"  I'm so crazy.

    

Show 6: Posted therefore Listen

Artist Stuff: March 29th and April 12

Check out all the rad shit our artists from the past two shows have offered us.

Michael Wassman and Fred Chalenor - they played an amazing show March 29th
Listen to their Live performance.

Check out more by Michael Wassman - www.myspace.com/oden
and Fred Chalenor - www.slowmusicproject.com

Blake Chamberlin and Andrew Kirk - both amazing artists thanks for coming April 12th

Check out: Blake's Photos

Andrew Kirk's Art:

one sunny spring saturday

Our sixth show happened Saturday, April 12th - perhaps the most beautiful afternoon so far this year.  This resulted in our live audience being... not quite as... present as in weeks past.  Oh well, what're ya gonna do?

Blake Chamberlain came down and talked about his photography and the PDX skate scene.   (A video we produced of Blake skating will be available on this site in a few days.)  Andrew Kirk brought in some of his scultpures and his ever-present political activism.  He even seized the moment to offer up his official endorsement to Illinois Senator Barak Obama.  As of this posting, Obama was unavailable for comment.  

Grandma Erma stopped by to say hi which is always nice.  

And we had live coverage of Mother Superior's record-breaking gun-jump and swan song. Leaping into public consciousness in the 1968 Beatles song Happiness is a Warm Gun, Mother Superior has been  jumping guns ever since.  Now she holds the record for most guns jumped in a single bound and Tick Talk's very own Natasha Kettlebright was there.  

An altogether different show for us, it was definitely one of the most fun to make.   

And keep checking back.  The show itself and its various videos should be up in a few days.  And listen to our other shows.  They're over there in that weird little Podomatic Box.  

Our next show is April 26th.  And anyone who doesn't come or at least listen on-line, will be hunted down and killed.

"The Boss" loves him some Lezzies!

On Friday, March 28th I went to see Bruce Springsteen.

The show was fantastic (of course) despite a very long hour + wait until the show began (apparently due to some technical difficulties).

Overall, the 58 year old rocker from Neptune City, NJ still knows how to rock an arena especially Portland, Oregon's very own Rose Garden. The only issue I have with the guy is that he still calls Oregon "Oree-gone"...Bruce, you friggin' dated an Oregonian wouldn't you know how to pronounce Oregon correctly? Sheesh.

Anyway...like I said, the "Boss" put on a great show, but I find that the only two things I remember the most from that amazing night were these: while wandering in the sea of people to find the right enterance to the floor (yes, we were on the floor) I saw a woman walking towards me in a white baby-tee with these words on it:

"Lesbians love (really it was a picture of a heart) Bruce Springsteen"

I instantly fell in love. With the shirt. Of course.

That shirt was stuck in my mind all night (...that shirt looked awesome on that woman by the way, but I must focus...). It wasn't until the end of the night during one of Bruce's encore songs that I was officially blown-away. I think I belted out the loudest scream I could muster that night after I had heard what he sang.

At one point in the song, "American Lands" he made a slight change to the lyrics,

"the Blacks, the Irish, Italians, THE LESBIANS, and Jews"

I didn't know, until later after reading a blog about the show that night, that a group of lesbians (and probably the cute one with the shirt I saw earlier) were all apparently in the front row holding up a sign that read, like the shirt, "Lesbians love Bruce Springsteen"!

Damn. I may have missed the lesbians that night, but I didn't miss that little shout out from the "Boss"! (Sorry, Martha, I tried to get Bruce to do a shout-out to Kiki, Mata Hari, and Ferocious Eagle, but I couldn't get his attention -- I should have made a sign like my fellow lesbians).

But I think he just likes him some damn hot lezzies! What guy wouldn't, really?

Thanks Boss. I love you with all of my little lesbian heart.

Debra