June 25th, 2008

Hey folks,

July is going to be insane. I’ve been slowly gathering up all the events and ideas in order to make one monster of a summer update and at last the time has come.

FIRST, thank you to those of you who came out to out spring east coast tour. We had a wonderful time, saw some old friends and made some new ones. Hopefully, we’ll do it again soon. Second, we are playing a large amount of excellent shows next month including not one, not two, but THREE Texas dates on the Unlimited Enthusiasm Expo a.k.a the tour of the summer featuring Harry and the Potters, Uncle Monsterface, Math the Band and (sometimes) Jason Anderson. THEN immediately getting back from Austin, we are hopping on a plane to play a special show (and an acoustic afternoon performance) in Seattle at the Sunset Tavern with Boat, and Tullycraft! Then as soon as I get back from that trip I am playing a one of a kind Fishboy show with Tilly and the Wall in Dallas…which brings us to our third update…

I am going into the Echolab tomorrow to track the basics for a project unlike anything Fishboy has attempted before. When writing our last album, Albatross, the majority was conceived linearly. After I would finish one song I would try to steer the story and album flow at the same time with the next. Often, I would complete a song and the lyrics would take the story into a dead end or I would love the lyrics but the feel of the song wouldn’t be right for the flow of the album. What resulted was a group of perfectly good mostly finished scrapped songs, some that offer an alternate storyline to the Albatross rock opera… and while I love these songs I’ve grown too found of writing linearly and can’t image any of them fitting into the next proper album…

which brings us to tomorrow. I’ve made an agreement with two friends of mine: Mark Sonnabaum (producer of Little D) and Howard Draper (ex-Shearwater/Okkerville River/Little Grizzly.) I have handed the demos of these songs over to them with the intention of letting them arrange, produce and perform (or find others to perform) all of the backing tracks without me hearing or knowing about anything until it’s mixed and in the can. What will the end result sound like? No idea! Maybe I’ll scrap the whole thing and deem it unlistenable, maybe it will be so good I’ll press five thousand copies, maybe it will be“just ok” and I’ll post them all for free downloads. Either way, we are going to perform our one and only show at the Granada Theater in Dallas on July 16. Who will be in the final live line up? No clue! We do have a name for the project: The Om Nom Noms. Named after the noise you make while eating up some one else’s song and spitting out something new. My fingers are crossed that it will be as fun to listen to, as it is to make.

At the end of the summer we are capping off all this madness with a free solo show with the Poison Control Center and The Mathletes in Denton! Then August comes and its time for popfest! Hooray for summertime!

-Fishboy

April 5th , 2008

Well Folks,

We are headed out to the east coast at the end of the month to bring the joy of Albatross to the people who have been patiently waiting for it. If you live in one of these cities come out and say hi. Also, look for many an update at the Fishblog.

heres the poster:

March 10th , 2008

hey everyone,

A lot of big news around the Fishboy camp. First we have a beautiful new music video directed by Eliza Kinks and animated by Eliza Kinks and Evelyn Hwang of prettypinkprincesshour.com for the song Parachute (Using Buddy Holly's Ghost As A) and its pretty much a dream come true to have my art turned into a cartoon. So there you have it. It's over on youtube here.

Second we are playing three awesome shows at sxsw this week;

The first is on Wednesday from 12-6 (we're on around 4:30) at Lovejoys heres some info:
Business Deal Records day show, sponsored by KOOP 91.7FM Fishboy, Count Dracula's Weed Smuggling Jam Engine, Pataphysics, Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band, Shapes Have Fangs.
» Lovejoy's 604 Neches Street, Austin, TX. Free noon - 6 p.m.

the second is our official showcase on Thursday night at the Habbanna Annex. it looks like this:
Thursday March 13th 12am @ Habana Annex (708 E 6th St)

and then on Friday some of my friends are throwing a big house party and having friends from all over the country play. We're calling it Weekend at Bernies 3:

its a 1024 east 44th street and goes from 12-6 (we play around 2pm) and features all these bands:
Corn Mo and the . 357 Lover (Brooklyn, NY)
Karl Blau (Queens, NY)
Laura Gibson (Portland, OR)
bearsuit (Norwich, UK)
Fishboy (Denton, TX)
The Besties (Brooklyn, NY)
The Muggabears (Brooklyn, NY)
The Poison Control Center (solo acoustic) (Ames, IA)
Ryan Anderson (Austin, TX)
Golden Boots (Tucson, AZ)
Southerly (Portland, OR)

Also, we are doing an east coast tour in late April early May, right now the dates are kind of spotty since we are booking it ourselves after hours and know very little people on the east coast, but hey, thats what makes it fun! What we have will be posted soon, but if you or anyone you know can give us any help that would be greatly appreciated.

Thats it folks! hope to see you this week in some form or fashion,

Fishboy

Feb 18th , 2008

It's been a while since I updated the main page. We have many exciting things on the very near horizon that I can't announce just yet. What I can say, is that we are getting ready to have a blast at SXSW 2008 We are playing a showcase and a couple of free parties, so if you are going to be in Austin, please drop buy and say hello. All of this will be updated in greater detail soon, I just wanted to drop by the front page and let everyone know things are happening from within. look for more updates soon. In the mean time:

Dec 30th , 2007

Happy Holidays! We made it back alive from out winter west coast tour...and what a tour it was! I already posted a long thank you letter in our blog section and would just like to once again thank everyone who helped us out on the road.

We've got some great Texas shows coming up in Denton, Austin, Dallas and Houston. Two with one of the greatest bands of ALL TIME. You need to be there.

Nov 24th , 2007

We Leave for tour in 20 minutes!! This is going to be a blast. Check out the show page and the myspace page for further updates and of course, the fishblog for tails of the road. Thanks to everyone who came to the release shows! talk to you more later....

remember you can listen to the new album at www.farewellalbatross.com! and read about some semi interesting blog entries at the fishblog.

Nov 6th , 2007

One week until the new album comes out! We will be celebrating with three great shows in Texas the first of which is a free show this Friday at Red's Scoot Inn in Austin followed by a free Good Records in store in Dallas Tuesday and then the big blow out friday the 16th at Rubber Gloves with Cavedweller and Man Factory. Not only are we going to have our new album for sale but also the new Louis the Bear 7"!

Our Nov/Dec tour is almost finalized. Check our myspace page for updates!

remember you can listen to the new album at www.farewellalbatross.com! and read about some semi interesting blog entries at the fishblog.

Oct 5th , 2007

The biggest news to announce is that you can hear the entire new album and read a comic I wrote to help tell the story over at FAREWELL ALBATROSS .COM the first 50 to preorder will get a printed out 7x7" version of the comic and lyric book (there will also be a few of these at the release show in Denton) Please tell all your friends to check the new songs out as we'd like for everyone everywhere (with a computer) to hear it!

In other great news we will be playing at the 2007 CMJ New Music Festival in New York on Oct 17 with the rest of the HHMBTM gang at a rad place called The Tank. We'd love to see all our New York friends and anyone else who happens to be around. Let's make it happen!

Lastly, we are booking a tour for late Nov/early Dec through the midwest and west coast. If you'd like to book us or have us play your town, send us an email! (see address below)

-Fishboy

Sept 1st , 2007

Only a few more moths untill the release of the new album! Here is the cover to wet your apitite:

We are playing very sparingly before it comes out so see us when you can. There will be a lot of surprises coming soon so please check here and the fishblog. Oh, and I haven't said it yet but, thank to everyone who came out on our august deep south tour! We were completely overwhelmed by the turn out and response and are looking forward to seeing everyone again after the new record comes out.

-Fishboy

July 3rd , 2007

Reminder: New songs are up in the music section as well as different ones up on our myspace page. Check them out and let us know what you think and please spread the word. We are really excited about the new album. It's a rock opera about how myself, the band and the ghost of Buddy Holly attempt to save Texas by going on a tour/crime spree in order to perform all 8030 of the songs I've written in my sleep since I was in the womb. It's appropriately titled: Albatross: How We Failed To Save The Lone Star State With The Power Of Rock And Roll

On July 14th we will be pulling out all the stops for an epic battle or good vs. evil at Rubber Gloves when Fishboy vs. The Undoing of David Wright! Seriously, this going to be cool. Then at the end of the month I'll be opening up solo for a free show with Ryan Anderson and the Anchors and the reunion of Voot Cha Index. Get excited! August will feature a mini-tour to Athens Popfest where we will once again share a stage with the legendary Daniel Johnston among others. See you soon!

June 1st, 2007

New songs are up in the music section as well as different ones up on our myspace page. Check them out and let us know what you think and please spread the word. We are really excited about the new album. It's a rock opera about how myself, the band and the ghost of Buddy Holly attempt to save Texas by going on a tour/crime spree in order to perform all 8030 of the songs I've written in my sleep since I was in the womb. It's appropriately titled: Albatross: How We Failed To Save The Lone Star State With The Power Of Rock And Roll

Some finishing touches are being put on the artwork before it is sent off to press for release this fall. In the mean time we are playing a couple of select local shows this summer that are going to be really fun. This Month we're paying with Harry and the Potters on the 14th and Marnie Stern on the 29th. See you there!

-Fishboy

April 18 th , 2007

Hey Friends!

I talked about it some in the blog already, but the album sounds great it's getting sent off to be mastered this week and well put up a song or two after that. Look for a lot of great things this summer as we build up to the release this fall. In Show news May will bring us two cool Denton shows, one with our St. Louis (not the bear) friends Bunnygrunt and a one with Drew Danbury and Iji. Check the SHOWS page for more info on that. Heres the first poster:

-Fishboy

March 19th , 2007

Hey Friends!

Tomorrow we are going into the studio to start recording our next full length album. We're proud to announce that this new group of songs will be the final realization of the yet to be titled rock opera we've been constructing for about a year now. Matt Pence over at the Echolab in Argyle will be acting as producer and it's an understatement to say that we're excited. Look for blog updates on the recording process. Sunday March 25th will be our last show before going into hiding for a while. It will be a nice intimate show at the Barley House in Dallas with our friend Ryan Anderson and it's going to be part of a series of showcases that Josh and the Adverture Club will be putting on right after his radio show on Sunday Nights. Come out and be one of the first to hear the rock opera in its entirety.

see you soon!

-fishboy

March 1st , 2007

The wonderful month of March has come at last and with it some great shows. Next Friday we'll be hosting an excellent free show at J&Js pizza with our Tennesee friends Mermaid Police and up and comers Beauxregard. (see the fishblog soon for more details.) Then on the 17th we'll be headed down to the mess that is Austin during SXSW and play another brilliant free show at the Carousel Lounge with our pals LAZER and the Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band. Following that we'll be coming back up to start the new record and play a Dallas show with Ryan Anderson. Keep an eye on the blog for more details.

-Fishboy

January 29th, 2007

Jason Anderson is coming through down on a special ONE DATE TOUR! come and see me play over half of the up coming rock opera at a special acoustic show with him and Tha Bracelets this Wednesday at Rubber Gloves. It's gonna be great!

Feburary will feature another exciting show as we get to opening for the ledgendary Daniel Johnston and his band Danny and the Nightmares at the Granada Theater in Dallas. I'll post more on that soon.

-Fishboy

January 1st, 2007

Happy New Year! 2007 looks like it’s going to be very rad. We are looking forward to putting out our new album and playing all the new songs for every one. Soon we will also have an extensive video page as well as blog we'll be using on tour as well as to showcase our other projects, the projects of our friends and pretty much anything we like and think you should like too. The two tracks we've finished for compilations should be out and online in some sort of fashion soon. The first is a song I did with help from Mark Sonnabaum on Guitarron that will be the first track on a compilation to help benefit the campaign of Zac Crain, the former Dallas Observer music editor who will be running for mayor this year. For all the trivia buffs, Crain gave us our first piece of press ever, so we are proud to help him out with this project. The song (appropriately title 'The Ballad of Zac Crain') will be next to other rare tracks by Centro-Matic, Ben Kweller, John Duffolo and Robert Schnider, Tim Delaughter and a whole whole lot of other great north Texas bands and musicians. The other comp track we just wrapped up mixing is a full band version of everyone’s live favorite 'Louis the Bear.' It features our ex tuba player High-C and is just plain awesome. It's going to be on the Happy Happy Birthday to Me Vol. III, which should be out in the next few months.

Our next two shows are with Portland's Laura Gibson Jan 18th at the Mohawk in Austin and the 19th at Rubber Gloves in Denton. Come out and bring pizza!

November 21st, 2006

Here are some bits of news for everyone: we have been working hard on a couple different compilations that will be announced very soon. I won’t say much now except that we are very excited about sharing a space with the bands on all three.  Other than that I’ve been locked up constructing a rock opera for our next album (more on this later.) The holiday season will feature a couple of great shows including November 30th with Dressy Bessy in Denton, December 1st in Dallas at the legendary Longhorn Ballroom for the Art Conspiracy II benefit, and December 15th Christmas show in Denton.

-Fishboy

October 10th , 2006

We are doing some late October out of state shows and one Denton show that should be very rad. It involves us opening for a band comprised of evil mechanical robots who have enslaved a human to be their lead singer. Also on the bill are the the Pomonas from Lawrence, KS who we'll be playing with in their home town on October 20th. Then on the 21st as we make our way home we'll be playing an instore at the wonderful Happy Narwhal Records in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Aside from playing shows we'll be recording some songs for a couple of cool compilations coming out very soon as well as continue writing for the next full legnth. Oh, hey! we also got a new bass player!
-fishboy

Sept 28, 2006

We are heading down to Austin this weekend to play with our personal lone star heros Spoon. (we're very excited) We'd love to see all of our Austin folks there so come out and say hi. Then on Thursday October 5th I will be playing a special solo show in Denton with one man show stopper Jason Anderson. Along for the ride will be my extour compadre and HHBTM Austinite Ryan Anderson as well as local good two shoes known as Tha Bracelets. This is going to be a very cool intimate show that I highly reccomend. If you've seen Jason before, you know how special it is when he comes to town. Don't miss it!
Coming soon: changes!

-fishboy

Contacts:

August 28, 2006

New comics have been posted as well as a new section for posters. We have a couple great local shows coming up next week in Denton and Dallas, the first with The Advantage and Jonathan Meiburg and the second with Drums and Tuba and Man Factory. Then at the end of the month we'll be heading down to Austin to play with Spoon. Look for more website updates soon!

-fishboy

August 21, 2006

We're back! A big thanks to everyone who came and saw us on our summer tour making it a huge sucess! We've got a few great shows coming up including one this Saturday at the Metrognome Collective in Ft. Worth with our Athens lablemates Casper and the Cookies and Keith John Adams. This will be one of the last shows before we take a break to work on some new material.

July 12th, 2006

We're leaving for a MONTH long tour tomorrow morning! Along the way we will be playing some awesome and unique shows including a taping of Chic-A-Go-Go in Chicago, the Toledo Indie Pop Festival in Ohio and of course I can't forget the ledgendary Athen's Pop Festival where we'll be sharing the main stage at the 40 Watt with some of our heros. If you've been waiting for us to come to your town don't miss us! We're really looking forward to finally meeting everyone.

see you soon!
-fishboy

June 17th, 2006

Thanks to everyone who Ryan and I met on the solo tour that came to a show/let us sleep on their floor/gave us food/made donations/bought stuff ect. You guys are really awesome! We'll be back real soon.

The Metrognome Pop Fest on June 30th in Ft. Worth is rapidly approaching. This is going to be a HUGE party with tons of DFdubb pop bands as well as a few surprises sprinkled in. It will also be the only north Texas Fishboy show for the rest of the summer. Here's the poster:

All the benefits will be going to the Metrognome, so come out, have fun and support your local DIY art gallery!

Dates for our six week full band tour have been stacking up. This page will most likely get updated less than our Myspace page so keep checking there for up to date show scheduals. Hopefully, we will finally get to meet all of you this summer!

see you soon!
-fishboy

May 11th, 2006

Hey! We've got two more awesome shows this month before we take a break to prepare for what I have now dubbed "THE SUMMER EXCELLENCE" ok, so I just made that up right now.

Tuesday May 16th at the Cavern, we are opening for two great elephant sixers Elf Power and The Instruments! (flyer link)

Sunday May 21st we will be playing with our new lablemates, Miami's Baby Calendar and a couple of their rad friends at Rubber Gloves. These two shows will be the last for High-C, so come and hear that sweet sweet tuba in a live setting for one final time.

Then after a month break we will be back as we are putting together the first ever Metrognome Pop Festival on Friday June 30th. Look for more awesome details to come

The rest of the summer will see a solo tour with Ryan Anderson in June, and a full band six week tour in July and August featuring a stop at the Athens Pop Fest! The first couple of these dates have already been posted! Come back soon for more dates.

thanks for all the love and support!
-fishboy

April 11th, 2006

UPDATE!: Check out this short Fishboy documentary! (Good Quality) (Streaming Quality)

I'm proud to annouce that we have been nominated for three 2006 Dallas Observer Music Awards!

Best Album-Little D,
Best Indie Band-Fishboy
and Musician of the Year(!!!)-Eric "Fishboy" Michener.

Although winning that last one could be a curse as everyone will be trying to guitar duel me all the time to beat the musician of the year, on the upside I could mail copies to all my highschool band directors who yelled at me for dropping out of drumline. Seriously though, if you would please take some time and get some people to vote over at www.dallasobserver.com It would really make my (last) year.

April 24th I am playing a great solo show with John Ringhoffer aka Half Handed Cloud and his touring buddy Vollmar over at the excellent new Ft. Worth venue MetroGnome.

Also, we've hooked up with Seattle's Skinny Productions who will be taking care of all our national booking from now on. So if you want us to come to your state, check the contact below.

keep yr cool,
-fishboy

March 11th, 2006

The video for "A Surprise Return" is now online! We are extremely proud and happy with the final product and hope that you liek it as much as we do! We have a great show booked in Denton on March 20th at J&J's with some friends of our from Athen's GA(Col. Knowledge and the Lickity Splits), Albaquerque NM (the Gingerbread Patriots), and of course, Denton, TX(Tha Bracelets). We are currently in the process of booking a tour or two for this summer. If you want us to play in your town send us an email. Stay awesome!
-fishboy

Feb 23rd, 2006

A few weeks ago we shot a music video with Ryan Anderson for the song 'A Surprise Return.' Amazingly, the end result will have it's world premier at the Alamo Draft House Austin next Wednesday as part of the Texas Indie Music Video Film Festival. A week a later we are playing in Austin at the Flamingo Cantina with Cavedweller and The Old-Timerz.

In the mean time I have been hidden away constructing some new songs for the new year. Soon your ear drums will burst with joy.

January 14th, 2006

If you haven't already heard, our pride and joy Little D was named the number one in the top ten local releases of 2005 by the Dallas Morning News and number eight in the Dallas Observer! Both lists are full of great bands that we are honored to be mentioned with.

Look for awesome things from us in 2006!

-fishboy

December 11th, 2005

Merry Christmas! We are playing two rad shows over the holidays. The first is a benefit for Kittenpants Magazine at Dan's Silverleaf with The Dutch Treats, Cavedweller and the Night Game on the 29th and the second is a solo show opening up for Bryce of The Rocket Summer at Gypsy Tea Room on the 30th. Stay Warm!

-fishboy

October 24, 2005

Two great shows coming up! I added new radio stations to the list of places playing "Little D" as well as some new press. HERE is a flyer for the show next week. Look for some big changes in 2006!

-fishboy

October 2nd, 2005

Hey Everyone, we have A LOT of shows coming up, including one with Astronautalis, and one with Architecture In Helsinki and Dr. Dog. There is also an instore coming up at the same mall I used to get kicked out of for playing for the lines of the movie theater. Also, Slapbracelet will be participating in this years Rock Lottery which features 25 area musicians forming 5 bands on a Saturday morning, writing five songs and performing them the same night.
look alive in zero five,

-fishboy

Sept 23rd, 2005

Hey Everyone, we have A LOT of shows coming up. This Sunday I (Fishboy) will be playing live on 88.7 KTCU's The Good Show. If you didn't catch the last time we were on KTCU in the spring then here is your chance. A "good time" will be had by all. Our next two rock shows are in Dallas and Houston with the wonderful Fruit Bats and Ghosty. Also, a list of radio stations has been posted where you can request Little D with more to come soon. Check out the new flyer ,comic , and press too. Adios,

-fishboy

August 30th, 2005

We're back! Thanks to everyone who made out first tour so sucessful! Mainly Red Pony Clock for introducing us to so many awesome new friends, but also to all of those who let us sleep on their floors and gave us food and directions. A special thanks goes out to Cavedweller for filling in for High-C on bass. Everyone can come and welcome us home next Tuesday at Rubber Gloves as we play Free Week with many other great bands. Other shows have been added too including Dallas and Houston dates with the fabulous Fruit Bats! Keep on your toes!

-fishboy

July 28th, 2005

We are leaving for our deep south/east coast tour next week with our good friends Red Pony Clock. Along the way we will be graciously hosted by Astronautalis in Florida and Corn Mo in New York. We will also get to play a sweet time slot at the Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records Athens Pop Festival, which I am personally labling my "dream festival," because of its incredible line up. The site has been updated extensively with a new 'help' section, pictures and video of the release show, and of course, those tour dates. All good Dentonites come and wish us fairwell on August 6th at Rubber Gloves. Call your friends we are coming to their town and that we need to stay on their couch!

-fishboy

July 13, 2005

Thanks to every one who came out to our release shows causing us to sell out the first night! A special thanks to Corn Mo, Charles Potts and Man Factory for traveling from far away to play with us. If you weren't there to see all the costumes and decorations, pictures will be put up soon. We have the first confirmed dates for our tour posted as well as a few awesome shows we are playing in the area this month including a show and an instore with Astronautalis! Tell your friends from other towns that we are coming to see them! Also if you don't have the cd yet, you can get it online as well as Recycled Books in Denton and Good Records Dallas. Both Virgin Records should have them too. The CD has gotten some great press so far! I will keep that section updated as more reveiws come in. hope to see you soon.

-fishboy

June 23rd, 2005

The CD release shows are a week away! July 1st is at Rubber Gloves in Denton with Corn Mo, Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band and Man Factory and July 2nd is at Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas with The Happy Bullets, Cordelane, and The Tah Dahs. At both shows there will be jump-roping and costumes and an all around celebration for the new child that is "Little D." So… come to one of these shows and we'll sell you our baby! Also be on the look out for the press section to get larger (the music section already has.) See you soon!

-fishboy

June 1st, 2005

Hey friends and neighbors, the album has been sent to press, the release shows have been booked and the tour is being set up. We are all very excited over here at camp Fishboy about the summer of two thousand and five. Not only do we get to play some new music we love with our friends, but we finally get to share 'Little D' with you! It's been a long year and a half since we started the album which, needless to say, turned out to be a huge undertaking. It truly is the best thing we've ever done. We have already started preparations for the shows (which is a hint that they are going to be awesome.) I will post some new songs closer to the release date as well as all the comics I drew last semester. Stay tuned!

-fishboy

April 17th, 2005

We've got some spring shows coming this week as well as one in May with anticon's Why?. They will probably be the last ones before we take a break to get ready to release 'Little D' in May. Get ready....

-fishboy

March 25th, 2005

We are on a new Business Deal Records compilation featuring the "Top 40" songs of 2005. They are available at shows and on the Business Deal website. Speaking of shows and new cds, we will be playing the Happy Bullets and Tah Dahs joint cd release show at Rubber Gloves on March 7. We were going to play their Dallas release as well, but it didn't work out. Ah well. Before that if you are into all day hippy and metal dude festival type of things. We will be performing at Denton, Texas' WakeUp05. Stay out of trouble.

-fishboy

February 21st 2005

We are playing with the North Pacific's very talented Jason Anderson and our good friends Cordelane on March the first at Rubber Gloves. Then, after our midterms we are heading down to Austin during SXSW to play an all day party/showcase with many fellow Dentonites. When we come back, we we will be holding our own party of sorts with Half Handed Cloud and Bunky! There are some new pictures up as well as a new comic/origin story. Stay cool,

-fishboy

February 4th 2005
This week in the life of Fishboy is going to be an extra special one. We have a great show on Friday opening for the Mates of State and Aqueduct at Hailey's and an awesome Valentines party on Saturday at Spinning Wheels Roller Rink with Zip Zip Zap Zap that we are fondly labeling the "JuniorHigh-RollerSkate-Valentines-Makeout-Party." On top of all this, we will be playing live on the radio on Wednesday the 9th at 10pm on FM 88.7 KTCU on their local show: The Treasure Chest. In addition to playing live we will be "spinning records" and playing some stuff off our forth-coming album as well. Feel free to post requests on the mesage board.
-fishboy

Jan 23rd 2005
We are having a very busy winter. A lot of shows are arriving including one THIS FRIDAY at Rubber Gloves with Denton's finest Record Hop Austin's finest The Old Timerz and Denton new comers Catalina. The Little D Jump Rope Crew is bringing the whole thing to you, which is a club started last year by our very own Slapbracelet (bearded guy on the right.) The LDJRC randomly holds "jumpings" usually after rock shows but FRIDAY you will be able to catch them in their element and join along! We've been working really hard to make this show memorable so if there were one to make it to, this would be it.
Hey! The message board is back up!

-fishboy
Dec 28th 2004
The site is back up! It seems virus took the whole thing down while I was out of town. Over the break we will at last finish the album. Then to celebrate we will be hosting a show on Jan 28th at Rubber Gloves sponsered by the Little D Jump Rope Crew! Come and be ready to be amazed by some incredible j-rope skillz. In other news, I'm moving to a place with out internet so the site might not get update for a while. Check our myspace page for up to the minute updates.
-fishboy

Nov 15th 2004
I'm proud to announce we have a new bass/tuba player: High-C! He's a great addition to the band so come see him at our next show. Speaking of which we have a few coming before we break for the christmas season. Expect some site updates soon as well as more info on the new album. Keep checking the message board for up to date action.
-fishboy

Sept 8th 2004
Hey everyone! We are currently wrapping up recording and have started some mixing on the new album this week. We can now see a tiny light at the end of the recording process tunnel. I can't wait for every one to hear this thing. Maybe we'll have some unmastered demos up soon? I don't know yet. We've got a great couple of shows this month. Fri Sept 17th, Cavedweller is touring through Denton to support their new CD. We'll be playing with them in the basement of J&Js pizza on the square in Denton along with Monkeytown. Also! We're opening for Mt Eerie (also known as The Microphones.) at the end of the month! See you soon!
-fishboy

July 22nd 2004
Hey! We've got a show on August first at Rubber Gloves in Denton! Now you can finally fulfill your summer dream of actually seeing a Fishboy show! Also playing will be three touring bands Red Pony Clock, Breezy Porticos and Thank God For Astronauts. They are all on their way to the Athens Pop Festival in Georgia. All this AND we're almost done with the album! Come to the show and I'll tell you about it.
-fishboy

June 16th 2004
Ah, Texas in the summer; Huge waves of heat followed by a tornado here and there.So, in between finishing up recording the new album we've boked a show or two. The first one is coming up soon! This Sunday I'll be playing a free solo show at Dan's Silverleaf.. All this week I've been trying hard to write songs with out using my guitar so I could play them all on Sunday night. It's hard. I've got two. Come Sunday and see how things end up!
-fishboy

April 16th 2004
FISHBOY WINS BIG! No, we didn't take home either of the awards we were up for, but look at the amazing prizes in the gift bag! We're still working hard on our next album. A few weeks ago Corn Mo recorded a few tracks for a song! That guy rules! In other news, I put up some new pictures as well as a new message board for closer correspondence. . Let's do this.
-fishboy

March 22nd 2004
Woah! We've been nominated for two Dallas Observer Music Awards! Best Acoustic Act AND Best ALBUM! So click here and vote already! and if you can't decide on the other catagories, go ahead and vote our friends, Taylor Reed (of Cordelane), The Tah Dahs, and The Baptist Generals. More news coming soon!
-fishboy

FEB 28th 2004
WOW! MARCH RULES! We're playing two awesome shows (Fri the 12th with Cavedweller & the skin trade and Sun the 21st with Cornmo!) and two awesome festivals! (SXSW and Wakeup04.) The individual pages below have been updated and a new comic is up as well. So thats the brief version of everything going on, email me and join the mailing list to get the indepth story. Seeyasoon!
-fishboy

January 2004
We got a new website, I hope you guys like it.We're also working hard on a new album among other things. Tell all your friends about the new web adress and check back for futher expansion. Thanks for not forgetting about us!

-fishboy

OOPS ERASED ALL THE NEWS FROM NOV AND DEC!

October 18th 2003

So I read in the newspaper that the Ft. Worth Fall Music Festival has been cancelled this year. Kind of a let down, but don't worry we're working on another free show to satisfy your cheap appetites. The only catch is that due to the unreliability of my internet connection to update this website, you'll have to join the mailing list to be absolutely sure to get the info. Here's a quick run down of everything else:
<We're working on a new album with Mark Sonnabaum.

<We've two shows in November with Cordelane and The Happy Bullets (It's gonna be so good, we're taking it to 2 cities!)

<My scanner broke so the comics are slowly piling up.

-fishboy

Sept 19th 2003

Lots and lots of website updates today. As more and more GREAT reveiws come in of the new cd I will try and keep them posted. Thank you to every one who's bought a cd and told another about Fishboy. Keep it up! Soon enough we'll get some more info up about each individual member of the group. We also added some shows in late October so be sure to check those out. Untill then check out a new comic, photos and press.

-fishboy

Aug 26, 2003

THANK YOU EVERY ONE FOR COMING TO THE RELEASE SHOW!! It was a huge sucess! This Saturday, Winston and I will be playing at recycled books in Denton at 2 pm for their big 20th anniversary. It's a wonderful used book/record store on 200 N. Locust St. in Denton. There's going to be a huge sale and tons of extra goodness that day. plus ITS FREE!
Don't forget to list to the Adventure Club on 102.1 the Edge this sunday night. They will be playing the 3 acoustic tracks Sweatpants and I laid down last week.
-fishboy

p.s. new comics and press up!

August 17, 2003

The cd release show, and your first chance to catch the new line up, has been scheduled for Friday August 22nd at the fine establishment of Rubber Gloves. The wonderful Cordelane and Cavedweller are the opening acts.So today Sweatpants and I recorded an acoustic session for Josh and the Adventure Club on 102.1 the Edge. It will be airing on August 31st sometime between 7 and 10. In the meantime send all your ZipBang Boom requests to JOSH.-fishboy

June 22, 2003

A year of snags and now ZipBangBoom will finally be here in August. I am extremely proud of this group of songs and feel it's the best recording I've done so far. That's the modest way of saying that its going to blow you away, the people who haven't had it in your cd players for a year, away. There are some shows arriving, but none are official yet, so keep your eyes peeled. Not literally.-fishboy

June 13th, 2003

The name "Fishboy" now serves a duel purpose. Not only is it the nickname of a solo artist, but now it holds the meaning of a full rock group (which has changed roster, but we'll get to that later.)The website has somewhat been made over for the release of ZIPBANGBOOM on Business Deal Entertainment next month. The eager can already order it over at BusinessDealEntertainment.com. Some solo SHOWS are planned for the next couple of weeks as well as a special in store for you Austin folks with the incredible Telephone Company!!-fishboy

May 3rd, 2003

ZipBangBoom is going to press this week! More info to come on that subject...but first there is a show on May 18th (the day after my birthday) at the Gypsy Tea Room. I will be playing solo opening for Mr. Adam Green of Moldy Peaches fame. If you haven't heard this guy, what can I say, he rules. If I owned a seal of approval, I would stamp everything he touched. I put up a press section today, so that you can look at what nice publications say about me. Thanks for being nice, nice publications.

March 04, 2003

Ice Storms.
Sometimes they come the evening before the due date of a put off math project giving you more than enough time to slack off and finish in the same day. Other times they come hours before greatly anticipated rock shows as if the DMV was closing early on your 16th birthday. What can you do?

Look at the new comics and stay tuned.

-fishboy

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