Michael will be playing Tomorrow, August 10th at The Fremont Abbey as part of The Round 63: Bumbershoot Preview show. More information can be found below:
John Ramberg (THETRIPWIRES) http://www.myspace.com/thetripwires
Nouela Johnston (PEOPLEEATINGPEOPLE)
…http://www.myspace.com/peopleeatingpeople
Michael Harris (Idiot Pilot) *rare acoustic performance! http://idiotpilot.com/
+ GREGBEE (SEATTLEPOETRYSLAM) KATIE (YOUTHSPEAKS) CYNDEEBALDWIN (LIVEPAINTING)
improv band, guestsRound 63 features singers who will be performing at this years Bumbershoot Festival! As part of Bumbershoots 40 years celebration, you can see these singers first in a rare acoustic performance in the Abbey’s intimate space.
Also, new this month – BBQ!
Sponsored by our friends at Grassroutes Eco-Travel books
Come early for the potluck/BYO barbecue with veggies from Full Circle Farms, and a chocolate and cheese tasting with our friends from Theo Chocolates and Beecher Cheese.
[Buns, condiments, plates, etc. sponsored by Fremont Abbey. BYO meat/fake meat please]
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ROUND 63 – AUG 10 FREMONTABBEY
6-8pm BYOBBQ
8:30–10:30 show
$7 advance, $10 door
always all-ages
The Round {Seattle} is founded and curated by Nathan Marion at Fremont Abbey Arts Center. See website for links to The Round in other cities like Tacoma WA, Austin TX, Portland OR, and Lebanon PA
The Experience Music Project presents SummerSound feat. Idiot Pilot, People Eating People, SEACATS and one more TBA. Thursday, July 8th — EMP Outdoor Stage @ The Seattle Center — 7pm — All Ages — FREE
Idiot Pilot will join the all-star line up of this year’s Bumbershoot
Music & Arts Festival in Seattle, WA. They will be playing opening day
of the festival Saturday, September 4th on the new Center Square
Stage, located between the EMP and Memorial Stadium Mainstage. As of
now they are scheduled to perform from 1:15pm to 2:15pm. This will be
Idiot Pilot’s second appearance at Bumbershoot, their first was in
2005 on the EMP Skychurch Stage. More information about their
appearance will be made available soon.
Now in it’s 40th year Bumbershoot is North America’s largest urban
arts and music festival. This years headliners include Bob Dylan,
Weezer and Mary J. Blige, along with many other regional, national and
international acts.
Can’t make it to the show tonight in Bellingham because you live far across the globe?
Don’t fret, because through the magic of technology we will be broadcasting live our entire set from tonight’s show across the internet. We will be on at approximately 11:30 Pacific time, and you can watch right here below, or over at Justin.tv. Watch live video from Idiot Pilot TV on Justin.tv
Of course, if you live in the northwest you should swing down to The Wild Buffalo in Bellingham, WA for the real thing. More info and tickets can be found here.
Idiot Pilot will be playing at The Wild Buffalo House Of Music on May 13th w/ The Globes and The Mission Orange. Check out the Shows page for more info and go here to see the Facebook event! Bellingham and NW people make sure to invite your friends!
And the winner is.…. Justin Drieling. Congratulations Justin, and thank you to everyone who submitted. It was a tough call, lots of great submissions. Keep a look out for more news and contests coming soon! Check out Justin’s blog right here, which includes his review of The Tail of a Jet Black Swan, among other things.
I also wanted to give a quick shout out to our friend Hollie Huthman, who has been taking photographs of us preforming for many, many years. She snapped the picture that is featured on our main page as well as the ones in the photo section. Her website is here.
In the latest issue of Bellingham’s What’s Up! Magazine, I wrote an edition of their “Tales From The Road” column regarding Idiot Pilot’s trip to SXSW. If you live in the area you can pick up a copy of the magazine just about anywhere, but for those of you who can’t, I’ve included the full text from the article for your reading pleasure. Just click below to check it out… Read the rest of this entry »
Hey everybody! Thanks for all of the great feedback we have been getting on The Tail of a Jet Black Swan single, we really appreciate all the support and generosity from those of you who have decided to pay for your download, and from everyone who has shared the song with their friends.
In honor of the release we are going to be having a little contest. The idea is simple, on your blog, website, Facebook, or whatever publishing tool you prefer, do a review and analysis of The Tail of a Jet Black Swan. It can be either positive or negative, but the winning review will be determined by how insightful and perceptive your analysis of the song is. You have until April 7th, once the winner is determined they will be notified and will receive a signed copy of the very, very, very rare and difficult to find Cruel World Enterprise EP by Michael and myself.
To enter, post your review and send a link, along with your contact information to: JetBlackSong@hotmail.com
The winner will be notifed on April 7th. Good luck!
Check out Idiot Pilot’s brand new single The Tail of a Jet Black Swan!
The song is available now, directly from us to you as a symbol of our appreciation for your continued support of the band. Accordingly, we have decided to let you all choose how much you want to pay for your download. Our suggested price is one dollar, but you may pay as little or as much as you would like.
Use the button above to name your price.
Now that that is taken care of, click the image below to begin your download!
This sunday, March 14th, between 9pm-10pm PST, Idiot Pilot will be debut a brand new song exclusively on Seattle’s 107.7 The End. For those of you outside the area, you can listen to the station right here. The following day we will make the single available for download on our website and steaming on Myspace and 1077TheEnd.com.
