This will be exciting: Saccharine Surreality

Do you know about Saccharine Surreality?

It’s an exciting art show opening at Pehrspace this Saturday, January 12. Curated by Sarah Cisco, it features approximately 10,000 amazing artists who have created work in celebration of mankind’s “most innocent vice” (tell that to Lil’ Wayne!), candy. There will be lots of free candy and there will also be amazing candy-inspired cocktails.

The show will be up at Pehr until March. But there are special reasons for you to attend the opening. First, there will be a wonder-tent. Don’t ask me what it is, but know that it is a “one night only” thing and AWESOME. Second, I’ll be performing a few candy-themed cover songs at certain points during the night. I’ll never be playing these again, so if you want to hear me do a slowed-down, reverb-drenched, synth-heavy cover of Bow Wow Wow’s “I Want Candy,” this is your only chance. Hint: you do want to hear that!

Anyhoo, feel free to RSVP on Facebook so that everybody knows you’ll be there. The 100th RSVP gets free candy (just kidding, everybody gets free candy).

Here’s Ms. Cisco working on the tent:

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This Saturday at Human Resources

On Saturday, June 23, I’ll be playing my songs at the illustrious Human Resources in Chinatown. The bill was put together by Dylan Doren and features him as well as fantastic friends Michael Nhat, K the I???, Paper Slag, Orbless, and C Will. You can RSVP on Facebook!

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Tonight!

What an all star lineup. Even if I wasn’t in So Many Wizards, I would attend this show. Come and get a peek of our new video, “I Like it Here,” directed by Walt Gorecki (who did an excellent job directing the video for my song “Jeremy” last year). This is the only chance to see the video before its official release!

RSVP on Facebook.

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This Friday, May 11 at Home Room

Wow, I’m really excited about this one. Home Room is one of my favorite spots in town, and I’m playing with groups I really admire!

Body Parts is headlining the show and will be debuting the video for their song “Doing Things.” In celebration, they’ll playing an acoustic set rather than an electric one. Everything Body Parts does seems so meticulously crafted (their debut album is even called “On Purpose”), so I’m interested to see how they translate their tunes without electricity. I’m confident that it’ll be excellent.

Joining us on the bill is Norse Horse, a relentlessly-catchy guitar driven project that last year released the excellent Grids EP on Family Time Records.

Opening the show is iloilo, a project from ex-members of Pek Pek. This is their first show, and I couldn’t figure out how to embed their tracks, but they sound good! Lots of hazy, hypnotic acoustic guitars and reverb-drenched mystery.

Home Room is located at 3121 Beverly Blvd, in that area of town that could alternately be called “South Silverlake” or “North Koreatown.” The show starts at 9PM, and I go on second. It’s all ages and $5.

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What am I doing?

This month sees me returning, happily, to the grind of having performances all the time. I’ve got a lot of solo shows in November, including one to celebrate my first music video! I also started playing bass in So Many Wizards, and I’ve got a few performances with them. I’m very excited to be part of a group that has long been among my favorites.

Here’s the calendar:

• Thursday, November 3. So Many Wizards at Pomona College Museum of Art in Claremont. With Avi Buffalo (solo) and Cosmonauts. Free.
• Friday, November 4. So Many Wizards at the Echo in Los Angeles. With Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Gauntlet Hair. $5.
• Friday, November 11. Geoff Geis at Lot 1 Cafe in Los Angeles. With bands TBA, presented by KXLU.
• Saturday, November 12. So Many Wizards at the Sunset Temple in San Diego. With Lord Huron and Writer.
• Friday, November 18. Geoff Geis at PB&J in Pomona. With bands TBA, presented by KSPC.
• Saturday, November 19. Geoff Geis at Home Room in Los Angeles. With Maston and Verbs. Video release party for “Jeremy” by Geoff Geis, directed by Walt! Gorecki.
• Saturday, November 26. Geoff Geis at Space 1520 in Los Angeles (daytime show). With Peachy Keene, Dead Ships, and Dark Furs, presented by KXSC. Free.
• Tuesday, November 29. So Many Wizards in studio at KSPC.

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Alabama show

I’m going to play at Vertical House in Huntsville with Porcharitas on October 10th!

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Update!

The picture above is from my show at Pehrspace on August 1st, which was the release party for my album Princess. It was an exciting show, and I’m really grateful for all the amazing people who came to see it. Sean Carnage has more photos on his website.

I’ve been doing a lot to promote the album, but probably the most fun thing has been this interview I gave to Mark Givens (of D.I.Y. heroes Wckr Spgt) for his massive electronic literary zine, MungBeing. Mark let me talk – a lot – about my musical history, my ideas about digital distribution, and Marcel Duchamp (of course). If you like that kind of stuff, you should read it! If not, you might want to check the nice little mp3 sampler that comes along with the interview – it includes some rare and unreleased jamz from my solo act, Big Whup, the New Motherfuckers, and Pizza!

Speaking of Pizza!, we just released this new video for our old song “Be a Man.” It was directed, beautifully, by our friend Blaine Ludy. When will we finally release new music? Sooner than you’d expect…

Oh yes, and there are also a couple of live shows to promote. One is this party at 5 Star Bar to celebrate the anniversary of the Summer Fun Time Society, an event production crew headed by my pal Vivian. You can RSVP on Facebook. Here’s a flyer for that one:

Finally, I’m organizing an event with FMLY on Saturday, Aug 27 at Tierra de la Culebra in Highland Park. It’s a “stripped-down” affair, and it will feature semi-acoustic performances by the likes of the Monolators, So Many Wizards, Dnonkong, Seasons, and Magick Orchids. You can also bring an instrument if you’d like to jam as well. Here’s the Facebook invitation. A flyer is forthcoming.

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“Princess” release party

Sooo… to celebrate my new album Princess, I’m going to play a Monday Night at Pehrspace on August 1st. I’m extraordinarily honored, because my performance is also the first week of a monthlong celebration of six years of Monday shows curated by Sean Carnage and Kyle Mabson. I’m so excited!

You can RSVP on Facebook. Here’s the poster:

Geoff Geis Princess Release Party at Pehrspace with Sisterfucker, the Monolators, and Mind Cemetery. Presented by Sean Carnage.

Monday, August 1
$5 All Ages 9 PM
Pehrspace
325 Glendale Blvd

http://www.seancarnage.com​/

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Where have you been all my life?

I mentioned last week that I was playing a solo show at Pehrspace this Friday. That’s still true, and you can still RSVP on Facebook.

Today, Lord Growing (the guy who is producing the show) posted a new mp3 by me on his website. I titled it “Where U Been?,” and it’s a cover of Arthur Alexander‘s “Where Have You Been (All My Life)?”

Download it here.

Read more about it on the 704 Blog.

I had an interesting conversation with Sarah about my choice for a title. I’m a writer by profession – of educational materials, moreover – so I should know better than to use “U” in a song title. Moreover, it’s a little odd that I decided to replace a perfectly proper title with something silly. I’ve always disliked it when artists use “R”s and “2″s and “U”s.

I told her that I did it as a goof on Prince. It’s a joke!

Nonetheless, she thinks that’s unacceptable. Perhaps there are things about which we oughtn’t joke, like proper grammar and spelling.

She has a point. Can anyone even tell that I’m joking?

“Where U Been?” by Geoff Geis

 

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Solo show

On Friday, April 1, I’ve got a solo show at Pehrspace – only my second show of the year! This is a brief breach of a  performance hiatus that will resume after the show is complete.

I’m excited, because I’ve got some new material to show and because it’s the first time I’ve played a show put on by Lord Growing’s 704 Blog. I’ve been following that blog since it emerged about a year ago, and I’m honored that Mr. Growing has chosen me to represent his enterprise. I’m also stoked because I’ll be playing with Pulse Out! I haven’t heard Pulse Out! yet, but my buddies Nima and Erik (of So Many Wizards) are part of it and I just love those dudes.

So anyway, RSVP on Facebook and visit us at Pehrspace on April 1. If I see you there, I’ll personally smile in your direction.

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