Saturday, April 9, 2011

April update



Photo by Marty Murphy

With years of special kinship
and some deep, deep thoughts on life
my knee did bend
to ask my friend
if she would be my wife.
She said "let's go!"
(which isn't "no!")
And so we make this statement;
with roads to ho,
and phloem to grow,
t'will be a long engagement.
*
These lines are few -
what else is new?
from lessons, few are learning.
The shows today?
Well, so few pay.
I'm sick of underearning.
I care for me,
so on this sea
of life I shall not bob.
So soon I swam
and I'll be damned -
I found a full-time job!
Not only am I working for
a friend whom I like oodles,
this job will pay
for food each day
and keep me off those noodles.
T'will keep me cool
and deep in school
while I chase down degrees,
my "goodness sake"
as I go make
my life what'er I please.
*
"We are all celebrities!
Let's share our likes and ills!"
And so from Facebooks follies
I've gone flying to the hills.
The networks kiss
I do not miss,
my time online is better.
So should you wish
to "like" my fish,
feel free to send a letter.
*
Facknitz merch
and google search.
Who wrote "this guys da' bomb?"
your ego gets its sundae when
your name precedes "dot com".
So nice to feel
"it's no big deal"
and though it sounds syrup-sappy,
I put to test
this brand new quest;
to eat, drink and be happy.
*
I'll still teach periodically
and on the weekends, too
you'll see my nose
performing shows
Ah-doo-dee-doo-dee-doo!
The album is slow going,
but goal is still late May.
Hopefully we get it done
as I am sick of rhyming.

SHOWS!

LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Thursday, 4/14/11
INDIE SPIRIT FEST
5pm-7:30pm
Details to come!

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
* RARE ALL ORIGINAL SONGS PERFORMANCE!
Saturday, 4/16/11
MARIKA'S COFFEE
739 Manitou Ave.
MANITOU SPRINGS, CO 80829
Noon-2pm, all ages, FREE!
Call 719-685-4438 for more information.

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 4/29/11
PARK EAST RESTAURANT
720 Goodnight Ave, Pueblo, CO 81005
8-11pm, FREE!
Call (719) 565-6655 for more info!

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
RARE ALL ORIGINAL SONGS PERFORMANCE!
Saturday, 4/30/11
MARIKA'S COFFEE
739 Manitou Ave.
MANITOU SPRINGS, CO
80829
Noon-2pm, all ages, FREE!
Call 719-685-4438 for more information.

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
Friday, 5/6/1
JACK QUINN'S IRISH PUB
21 S. Tejon St
Colorado Springs, Colorado9:30pm - 12:30am, 21 and over - FREE!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Saturday, 5/7/11
HUMMINGBIRD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Noon-12:45pm
Details to come!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Saturday, 5/21/11
THE SPEEDTRAP
84 S. HWY 105
Palmer Lake, CO 80133
8-10pm, all ages.
FREE!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
MEADOWGRASS MUSIC FESTIVAL
Saturday, 5/28/11
11am
For more details and ticket information visit:
http://www.meadowgrassmusicfestival.org/2011-Lineup.html

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 6/3/11
RICO'S CAFE
322 N. Tejon St.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
7:30-10pm
All ages, no cover!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 6/24/11
THE SPEEDTRAP
84 S. HWY 105
Palmer Lake, CO 80133
8-10pm, all ages.
FREE!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 7/29/11
RICO'S CAFE
322 N. Tejon St.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
7:30-10pm
All ages, no cover!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
EXTRA SPECIAL "WE'RE ALL NUMBER 1" SHOW!
Friday, 11/11/11
RICO'S CAFE
322 N. Tejon St.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
7:30-10pm
All ages, no cover!

Peace, love and Detroit Tigers baseball,
Jeremy
www.jeremyfacknitz.com

Sunday, March 6, 2011

In The "Studio", New Show Announcements.






THE "LINDSAY AND JEREMY" ALBUM

Check it out. That's none other than the great Lindsay Weidmann, recording new tracks to the upcoming debut release from "Lindsay and Jeremy". We're recording from my home in Manitou Springs and thus far all is sounding beautiful. I'm hopping mad about the content of this album. Seriously. Great folkness is birthing from our collaborative musical womb. We're hoping for a release come Memorial Day weekend at Meadowgrass Music Festival, followed by a tour to Michigan (through Belleville, IL) and back to sell copies of it this summer. We'll keep you posted.

JEREMY FACKNITZ AND MARIKA'S COFFEEHOUSE

Yesterday I performed solo at Marika's Coffeehouse in Manitou Springs, CO. Marika's is walking distance from my cabin, "the crow's nest". I had a great time and so we booked every other Saturday through April. What I love about Marika's, aside from their 7 layer bar, peach cupcakes and their wonderful sounding room, is that they don't pay dues to those BMI/ASCAP bastards. Meaning, I cannot perform any cover songs within their confines. Meaning, I need to fill two hours of coffeeshop time and keep people's attention with only the unknown songs I myself have composed in my 14 years as a songwriter. This really forces me to stretch my muscles; to relearn and reacquaint myself with tunes I wrote but haven't played in years.. and when the audience isn't listening, I can't reach into my usual bag of tricks and pull out a "P.Y.T." or a "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover". I have to make "Sweet Wedding Bells" worth their undivided attention. I absolutely love this challenge, and I believe it will help me fall back in love with my body of work. What else am I going to do on a Saturday afternoon? Watch college basketball? Not this year, not for me. The Michigan State Spartans suck like a Hoover.

So COME ON OUT! Every other Saturday afternoon at noon, Marika's Coffeehouse! Located at 739 Manitou Ave. in Manitou Springs, CO 80829! All Jeremy songs, all the time.

Here's an updated show list: Check out Lindsay and I at the Speedtrap in Palmer Lake, CO next Friday, and at Cucuru in Old Colorado City, CO the Friday after that! Great times.

LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 3/18/2011
THE SPEEDTRAP
84 S. HWY 105
PALMER LAKE, CO
8pm, all ages, no cover!

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
* RARE ALL ORIGINAL SONGS PERFORMANCE!
Saturday, 3/19/2011
MARIKA'S COFFEE
739 Manitou Ave.
MANITOU SPRINGS, CO
80829
Noon-2pm, all ages, FREE!
Call 719-685-4438 for more information.

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 3/25/2011
CUCURU ART GALLERY AND CAFE
2332 West Colorado Avenue
COLORADO SPRINGS, 80904
(719) 520-9900 for more info!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Saturday, 3/26/2011
DOWNTOWN BAR
103 Central Plaza
PUEBLO, COLORADO
10pm, $3 cover

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
* RARE ALL ORIGINAL SONGS PERFORMANCE!
Saturday, 4/2/2011
MARIKA'S COFFEE
739 Manitou Ave.
MANITOU SPRINGS, CO
80829
Noon-2pm, all ages, FREE!
Call 719-685-4438 for more information.

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 04/08/2011
Kinfolks Mountian Shop
950 Manitou Avenue
MANITOU SPRINGS, COLORADO 80829
(719) 685-4433
8pm, 21 and over - no cover!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Saturday, 4/9/2011
THE SPEEDTRAP
84 S. HWY 105
PALMER LAKE, CO
8pm, all ages, no cover!

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
* RARE ALL ORIGINAL SONGS PERFORMANCE!
Saturday, 4/16/2011
MARIKA'S COFFEE
739 Manitou Ave.
MANITOU SPRINGS, CO
80829
Noon-2pm, all ages, FREE!
Call 719-685-4438 for more information.

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 4/29/11
PARK EAST RESTAURANT
720 Goodnight Ave, Pueblo, CO 81005
8-11pm, FREE!
Call (719) 565-6655 for more info!

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
RARE ALL ORIGINAL SONGS PERFORMANCE!
Saturday, 4/30/2011
MARIKA'S COFFEE
739 Manitou Ave.
MANITOU SPRINGS, CO
80829
Noon-2pm, all ages, FREE!
Call 719-685-4438 for more information.

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
Friday, 5/6/2011
JACK QUINN'S IRISH PUB
21 S. Tejon St.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
9:30pm - 12:30am, 21 and over - FREE!

Marika's photo's coming soon!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Rave Review, Studio Bee, "Lindsay and Jeremy" to play Meadowgrass Music Festival, Updates and other "news"



On tour in Watsonville, California - June, 2010

Hey there blog followers! It's been quiet here on the blog as of late, which isn't exactly representative of my actual life, so I'll fill you in.

My latest album, "Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (aka MFTOMPS, pronounced 'miff-tomps') received a glowing review in the blogsphere. Ron Logan says, "A native of Detroit, Facknitz enjoys the claim to fame of having beaten out the White Stripes for “Best Alternative Band” at the Detroit music awards in 2001. It’s no surprise either—his music has loads of the catchy melodies and rhythmic drive that powers the popular music scene today. But what really sets Facknitz apart is his incredibly original lyricism and sense of humor, blended with his own folky, feel-good style."

Read the full article here, http://40ozrobot.com/home/?p=1102.

Thanks Ron!

"Lindsay and Jeremy" is making their (our) Colorado Springs debut a week from today, Thursday February 17th at the Pikes Peak Center Studio Bee in Colorado Springs. The show is free and it starts at 6pm. We'll be hitting the stage at 6:45. Some things to look out for - dance moves, flying stuffed animals, new duo versions of "Bill Murray" and "Cup Of Noodles" and other great original music.

Speaking of Lindsay's song "Bill Murray", which was released this past spring on her E.P. "Quasi-Erotic Dreams of Middle Aged Actors", this rockin' song has been used in a video showcasing the many different faces of Bill Murray while Lindsay sings her heart out in the background. The video has received almost 18,000 views in a month. I'm hitching my trailer to this star, since I composed the music for this number.

So...

... this is the most famous I've ever been, and so I pause to celebrate.





Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=112aZ_C6bmE - and turn it up.

"Lindsay and Jeremy" has also been selected to perform at the Meadowgrass Music Festival in Black Forest, CO Memorial Day Weekend! This is quite an honor, and we are indeed honored. More details to come.

COME TO A SHOW WHY DONTCHYA?

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
COLORADO SPRINGS DEBUT!
Thursday, 2/17/2011
STUDIO BEE/PIKES PEAK CENTER
190 S. Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO
80903
6pm, FREE!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 02/18/2011
Kinfolks Mountian Shop
950 Manitou Avenue
Manitou Springs, Colorado 80829
(719) 685-4433
8pm, 21 and over - no cover!

COOL FOR CATS
(NICK DAVEY AND JEREMY FACKNITZ)
Friday, 3/4/2011
RICO'S CAFE
322 N. Tejon St.
Colorado Springs, CO
7:30pm, all ages,
FREE!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 3/18/2011
THE SPEEDTRAP
84 S. HWY 105
Palmer Lake, Colorado
8pm, all ages, no cover!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Saturday, 3/26/2011
DOWNTOWN BAR
103 Central Plaza
Pueblo, Colorado
10pm, $3 cover

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 04/08/2011
Kinfolks Mountian Shop
950 Manitou Avenue
Manitou Springs, Colorado 80829
(719) 685-4433
8pm, 21 and over - no cover!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Saturday, 4/9/2011
THE SPEEDTRAP
84 S. HWY 105
Palmer Lake, Colorado
8pm, all ages, no cover!

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
Friday, 5/6/2011
JACK QUINN'S IRISH PUB
21 S. Tejon St.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
9:30pm - 12:30am, 21 and over - FREE!

Hey, I love you for reading this far.

My music has been submitted to Slacker radio, so look for it if you're a "Slacker". Still trying to submit to Pandora but it's proving to be kind of a pain in the ass, and I have a life to live aside from hoop jumping. Soon, I promise.

School is going well, I find it challenging (good) and 10 times as time consuming as I thought it would be (bad). I love math. Actually I hate it but I'm trying to adjust my attitude. I'm recording bass tracks for brother Jarod's Chicago based band, Beaten By Yuri. Their upcoming release is swimming in my head as I type, and I'm thankful for the sneak peak in return for fumbling, so-so bass lines.

Peace to all beings. Even Mubarack.

Jeremy
www.jeremyfacknitz.com
513-310-1374

Thursday, January 6, 2011

A year past the second space odyssey, "Lindsay and Jeremy" the band, and college.




At the risk of kicking off the New Year by offending a small number of my readers, I shall open this blog entry by saying I have little nice to say about the state of Indiana. Maybe my view comes from growing up in Michigan, where all bordered states are considered "lesser". But I believe there is a reason (or six) the most romantic song composed about Indiana in the last 30 years is a song wherein the writer recalls the first time he "drove through" Indiana.

Nevertheless, it was at a quaint Michigan City, Indiana establishment known as "The Dune Beach Inn" where Lindsay and I rang in the New Year.

As I approach the age of 33, New Years Eve generates all the excitement of another birthday... I can hardly contain my yawn. Still, this was our first New Years together and I - being the self-proclaimed romantic I am - wanted to do something special. We spent Christmas with my folks in Holly, Michigan so by the 31st we were ready to move out on our own and head west to Colorado. I had visions of booking a Bed and Breakfast in South Haven or St. Joseph, walking along the beach in the balmy 45 degree Michigan gray and window shopping outside closed boutiques New Years Day (gosh, even in my dreams it wasn't so romantic).

But alas, my procrastination had left us with little choice... and we ended up in Indiana. "I remember the first time I drove through Indiana..."

I kid, I kid. It was lovely. And as the ball dropped in Times Square, I reflected, as most do on New Years Eve...

2010. What a year! Why, just look over this blog. From coping with the end of my relationship to the thrill of opening for Tim Reynolds... from feeling stuck in February to cursing one-too-many consecutive nights in the Honda Fit as I made my way across the midwest in April... from feeling as though my career was about to "take off" to all but bashing my Martin over a rock. Have I mentioned that I made a new best friend and before I knew it I had fallen in love with her? Did I forget to tell you that I played over 70 shows from Seattle to Boston and just about everywhere in between (above the Mason-Dixon line, anyway)?

I shook hands with so many lovely people all over this country, and slept on most of their futons. I ate a barrel of humble pie. I had my identity, or what I had thought was my identity, swept out from underneath me. I think I cried a lot.

It was AWESOME.

I can't recall a year where I accomplished more, if you consider just doing what I did an accomplishment. I do.

Emotionally, I don't think I've grown this much in a one year period since I was a little nipple-nibbling, toddler-sponge.

2011. What a year! I'm staying put. I'm so, so tired of the automobile. My cabin is warm and inviting, and it has no wheels. Many shows will be played, but 98% of them will be within the friendly confines of Colorado's borders... "Lindsay and Jeremy" is a new, dynamic duo that will be releasing an album this summer (see show schedule)... I'm taking piano and guitar lessons... I'm going back to school. Yes, just like Rodney Dangerfield. Classes at Pikes Peak Community College begin January 25th and I will be there. What am I going for? I don't know. I'm just dipping my toe in the collegiate waters. I am degree-less, I struggled with schooling all my life and at this point I would like to rewrite some of the stories that have been going 'round my head for the last 15 years.

Let's see, what else? I don't know. I'm open. I'm just going to keep on doing. I learn by doing. Trying new things. Being open. Celebrating this bad-ass life.

As always, I am full of gratitude for those who have supported me in all their unique ways. This includes you, dear reader. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Here's the Lindsay and Jeremy show schedule for 2011, as of 1/6. If it is no longer 1/6, you may want to check out www.jeremyfacknitz.com for possible additions.

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Thursday, 1/20/2011
NORTH PLATTE COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE
301 East 5th St.
North Platte, Nebraska
69101
8pm, $10 cover - ALL AGES! CALL 308-532-8559 for more information.

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 1/28/2011
THE SPEEDTRAP
84 S HWY 105
Palmer Lake, Colorado
8pm
All ages, FREE!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Saturday, 1/29/2011
DOWNTOWN BAR
103 Central Plaza
Pueblo, Colorado
10pm, $3 cover

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
COLORADO SPRINGS DEBUT!
Thursday, 2/17/2011
STUDIO BEE/PIKES PEAK CENTER
190 S. Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO
80903
6pm, FREE!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Friday, 3/18/2011
THE SPEEDTRAP
84 S. HWY 105
Palmer Lake, Colorado
8pm, all ages, no cover!

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Saturday, 3/26/2011
DOWNTOWN BAR
103 Central Plaza
Pueblo, Colorado
10pm, $3 cover

"LINDSAY AND JEREMY"
Saturday, 4/9/2011
THE SPEEDTRAP
84 S. HWY 105
Palmer Lake, Colorado
8pm, all ages, no cover!

JEREMY FACKNITZ SOLO
Friday, 5/6/2011
JACK QUINN'S IRISH PUB
21 S. Tejon St.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
9:30pm - 12:30am, 21 and over
FREE!

Happy New Year.
Jeremy
www.jeremyfacknitz.com