MIKE NICOLAI and the SENSATIONS Friday 4/6 @ ND

It has been a strange few weeks around here.  Certain events, namely the passing of friends and aquaintances, 3 in one month, have caused me to reflect on the transient nature of  all this shit.  And to look into the weird silent movie clips of the past that used to have sound and move at a normal speed but keep getting warped and changing color.  The buildings and streets, and the smells coming off those northern winds.  Basements.  Grandpa.  People keep moving to Austin TX.  It’s been several years since I’ve known someone who went Jesus-crazy.  Soon it’ll be 100 degrees every day.  I love my friends, and my sweetheart, and my family.  Hate’s a lifesucker.  Once we all were stunning little kids.  I’m sincerely looking forward to the next James Bond movie.  Life can really, really…

The Sensations and I have a gig this coming Friday night, it’s at the ND @ 501 Studios in east Austin.  5th and Brushy.  Four acts on the bill:

9:30  Jay Satellite

10:30  Wheel

11:30  Mike Nicolai & The Sensations

12:30  Persian Wars

For those of you who don’t know, The Sensations are Rob Gaines-Drums, Marty Hobratschk-Bass, and Geoff Lasch-guitar/vox.  These solid and gracious hobgoblins are fun to play with.  We’re doing a bunch of new material, a few covers and some stuff off my past records.  It feels like we are beginning to get our legs now as a unit.  I hope to get this group into a studio soon and get some tunes onto semi-permanent media.

Come on down to the ND this Friday if you can – it’s a big room but with friends there it’ll be kicks.  Swell and diverse night of music.

My DVD pick of the month:  Martha Marcy May Marlene.  Oofta.

Thanks for checking in on my doings and supporting live music

RIP, Orestes, Tom and Shawn

Mike

 

 

WRECK OF THE GOOD SHIP LOLLIPOP

 

A big thank you to everyone who came out to my shows the last couple of nights… good to see you all and both gigs were fun.

All four of my full-length records are available now for download here.  All you have to do is strut your heart-shaped butt over to the MUSIC page to listen to or buy stuff.  The hard copies of these records are all gone now, and people have been asking me for them from time to time, so here they are, electronically.  It feels good to have all my music in one place, in a clean and user-friendly format.  It’s a calm feeling.  That is good.  Thanks Bandcamp.  I’m working on a collection of outtakes, live stuff and other odds-and-sods called Wreck of the Good Ship Lollipop that’ll be up sometime in the next few months.

A huge thank you to my pal Jen Ragan Smith @ Steamybowl Design for helping me organize this thing.  Do not hesitate to contact her for all your web design needs, she’s great. www.steamybowl.com

My song “Christmas Is For Losers” is available to download free through Christmas day, or you can pick up the full 8-song EP for five bucks.  Thanks for stopping by!