SHOW FLOW! LYNCH!

hey folks, I wanted to alert anyone attending The Slipping Away tour starting this Wednesday, I'm REVOLUTIONIZING THE SHOW FLOW!

if your ticket says the show starts at 8, THE SHOW STARTS AT 8!

The night will flow like this:

Tim & The Very Good Band Set 1

THEN the special guest! Kyle, Neil or Doug or Secret Surprise Guest...

Then I will come out and do a little solo set with a mix of standup and some solo funny songs on the piano.... Then the band will trickle back out for our second set.

I don't want anyone to miss a second of the show - we've been rehearsing and sounding great... totally refreshed set list from previous tours... and I have some tricks up my sleeve to make it an unforgettable night ... I don't know why you'd want to skip these legendary "openers" but I know how it is for some folks - I don't want to show up toooooooo early... but this time it's SERIOUS. It's a SERIOUS MESSAGE! Get there with enough time to visit the merch booth ;) Of course if you were wise enough to get the VIP Package you'll be there with plenty of time and a wonderful memory of meeting me with a picture for proof!

OK?

Vancouver: I think the show is starting a half hour early... stand by for official word, but we got this message LATE in the game that the owner is having some kind of late night club experience. JP, discovered it when the production manager was going through the details and offhandedly remarked an early start time. Naturally, shit hit the fan and everyone got into it but there doesn't seem very much I can do outside of literally suing them or moving to another venue which doesn't seem viable... but i will loudly and proudly tell everyone that The Hollywood Theater owners are RATS.... bad bad people! Luckily it's a Saturday and hopefully won't be too disruptive for you to get there a half hour early.

Today, I remain unpacked and totally mentally unprepared to leave home for 5 weeks. I did buy some warm looking gloves at Dick's Sporting Goods last night as pretty soon we're going to be in the heart of the frozen tundra.

OK, Let's keep warm together. If you haven't gotten tickets yet BUY THEM HERE!  

I've been enjoying all the David Lynch stuff popping up all over social media. It gave me an opportunity to reflect on his impact on my life. I wrote this on instagram yesterday if you missed it:

Feeling a tremendous debt of gratitude to the creative life of David Lynch. I remember Eric and I seeing “Lost Highway” in college and being blown away and a bit obsessed… Any time our work veered into something that made you uncomfortable or queazy - that was coming from our love of Lynch… Casey & His Brother, Morning Meditations, Cinco Boy, Mobin…  Anytime that drone music came in… Even recently with G. Amato’s performances on On Cinema… It’s all coming from that same dark and confusing place David created. He was a god and I hope he’ll be considered one of the most important artists of his generation.  Peace and Love to his family. 

And get ready for a shocker... YESTERDAY marks the first time I've seen Eraserhead!  I think so anyway. I must have seen clips or scenes before but I really don't think I've ever sat down and watched the whole damn thing before! I'm so embarrassed! Naturally, I loved it and was much funnier than I thought it would be... I'm listening to the David Lynch memoir Room To Dream and it just covered that whole period and it's pretty remarkable how he made it over 2 years (or more?) and apparently it still remains a secret how he made that baby monster. Truly remarkable shit, man.

That's all that I have for now, except to say this city is still hurting and will continue to hurt for a long while. The repercussions are endless... my friend Charlotte's dad has an Italian restaurant near the beach, and while it was spared, the surrounding area is a ghost town now. Our friend Erik Paparazzi's daughter's school burnt down... another friend's school burnt down. Parents are scrambling to figure out what to do... When the news falls from the headlines, there will be a lot of people still looking for help. We matched all your super chat money from last week and sent it to Letters to Altadena  / please consider making a small donation there if you can swing it.

Peace and Love to you ALLLLLL See you out there!

T