Lord of the Flies. Boar Hunting Expeditions. Aztec Pajama Rituals. Kilgore Trout. Real Genius. Phillies. Sun Ra. Mind Stickers. Vietnamese Hoagies. Purple Bottomous. Yeti Mating Rituals. Tragedy. Allen Iverson. Holy Mountain. Nina Simone. Dock Ellis. Piston Honda. Avocado Bros. Mr. Jarry. Mr. Hojjy. WHISKEY TROUBLE. Watermelon Sugar. Girls Girls Girls. Darth Mii. Doctor Bogs. Bobby McFerrin. Kung Fu. Log Flumes. Soda Popinski. Turkeymoth. Sex. Mistakes. Broken Hearts. Green Mango Mayhem.
Before the world came into existence, all was a chaos, unimaginably limitless and without shape or form. Eon followed eon, particle became mass: then, lo! out of this boundless, shapeless mass something light and transparent rose up and formed the heavens. And from the heavens fell five shapes, loud and heavy and jumbled, and from these rough forms were shaped and sculpted the first firsts: Honus Honus (the High-August-First-Voice), Sergei Sogay (the Divine-Center-of-Four-Strings), Pow Pow (the August-Beat-Divinity), Critter Crat (the Divine-Twang-and-Everything-Else) and Chang Wang (the Other-Twang-and-Wondrous-Everything-Else).
And they set out to fill the yawning void that gripped the earth, and they crammed the emptiness with sounds, of voices and guitars and drums, yes; but also with squeaky toys and pots and spoons and cap guns and chopsticks and old shoes and fruit and stuffed frogs. And such was their exuberant good time, and such was the mess they made, that they did not see their jealous creator, envious of their ingenuity and novelty items, sneaking up on their ebullient pandemonium and casting them out...
Today...
In their lost divinity, Man Man took up residence in Philadelphia, perhaps because of the Sweet Philly sound, Noam Chomsky, the water Sun Ra was drinking, Charles Barkley's elbows, the excellence of the Philly lacrosse team or Rocky or Betsy Ross or John Coltrane. Or maybe it was it's close proximity to south Jersey.
Never you mind. The point is, Man Man keeps on keeping on, filling the blankness with their weird/beautiful, esoteric/heart-rending, profound/hilarious sounds. There is so much lovely commotion to be made, Man Man famously does not break between songs during their live shows, but rather moves, revolving-door fashion, from one song to another, commandeering and discarding any of number of the instruments lying at their feet as the mood strikes and the music dictates.
Comparisons to the usual avant-garde forefathers - Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits - persist, but Man Man are decidedly not identity thieving or even overtly referencing these spiritual godfathers in their music, but rather are acting as torchbearers of the unusual, the spontaneous and the plainly fucking funny in an increasingly homogenized world. "I'm just making the songs I know how to write," says Honus. "The one thing I want to clarify is that this is an organic project -- who we are, the kind of lives we lived before we met each other, and the lives we have together. [That's] what makes this band and this music what it is. I would say being broke is one of my biggest influences. That and being in and out of relationships. Those are bigger influences than listening to a Beefheart record."
Indeed, it would be a mistake to write off Man Man as simply "experimental," "psychedelic" or even "jokesy," for they are some, but mostly none, of that. Their music is clearly rooted in rock, blues and pop, and they can really play all those instruments. A long list of the most successful, accessible and accomplished indie rock bands working today - think Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Cat Power - have asked Man Man on tour. At a Man Man show, one might see a hipster chaining up a fixie out front, a gaggle of high school kids with a genuine "Lord of the Flies/Peter Pan's Lost Boy's" fire in their eyes, some hippie old-timers, still in it to win it. The scope of their appeal attests to Man Man's genuine abilities and the palpable emotion of the music.
With Rabbit Habits, their Anti- Records debut, and the natural extension of their body of work begun with The Man In A Blue Turban With A Face and continued with Six Demon Bag, Man Man bring their incomparable vision to bear. Successfully capturing the raw spirit and essence of a Man Man live show, Rabbit Habits is the end product of the efforts of a band who are earnestly saying something important, even if you can't always make out the words over the blare of the sousaphone.
Sperm meets Egg. Egg goes bADD.
Our first two albums are available in CD form through ( ACE FU RECORDS )
Both are available in Digi-form from ( iTUNES ) (recommended for immediate gratification)
"Six Demon Bag" is available on DELICIOUS double gatefold 10" vinyl picture disc through ( FREE NEWS PROJECTS ) ( spiritually & artistically recommended, especially for all those getting free music on that internet thing )
Transportation is provided Plush Hotel Resort Accommodation Open Bar Included "Top Shelf Drink" Food Included DJ Dance Party Nightly Other Activities: Free go-cart, laser tag, etc. Skiing, tubing and much more all weekend
Cost: $325 to $355 per person Payment Schedule Available: Deposit: Due Now First Payment: Nov: $75 Second Payment: Dec: $75 Third/Final Payment: Jan: Balance due
If you have any questions more information is provided on the page or you can call the office at 757-265-4188. - Kim Stewart, Publicist VIP Entertainment Management Group
I was Honus Honus for Halloween! I love you guys! http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=154851987&albumID=90352&imageID=35652272
just wanted to say great job in Charlottesville last night. really refreshing. you guys really know how to put on a good show. oh and if honus remembers my brother "running guy in the grey shirt" we ended up getting our car before it was towed, cost a little but we all agree it was well worth it just to see the entire performance.
So I didn't think you guys were going to come within 3 hours of where your biggest fan in West Virginia lives ever again..but then I saw that your having a hallows eve show in Charlottesville tommorow and couldn't believe it. So tommorow I will be seeing you guys for the....count it 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8th! time tommorow...shew!
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