Chonk News!

Chonk & Friends @ Coffee Cartel, Redondo Beach

Chonk — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:28:51 GMT

Happy Blazey Haze Day everybody! Sunday before last I played a couple of shows in Southern Californey with my friends Harry and Zack. The first one was an afternoon show at The Coffee Cartel in Redondo Beach, and the second was a drunken bar gig at The Puka Bar in Long Beach. We shot video of both. Here's one from the Cartel show:

"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" @ Coffee Cartel, Redondo Beach, CA

More to come from these shows!

Chonk @ Jack London Square

Chonk — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:22:33 GMT

Chonk and the Hooligans are playing this year's 'Taste for Artisans' party @ Jack London Square in Oakland, sponsored by East Bay Express. The show is on Saturday, April 3 @ 10:00 pm.

We're gonna be playing an unplugged set, straight jugband style, yo! Here is the tentative band-member line-up:

Chonk - Sangin', guitar, banjo

Melanie Russo - Uke, sangin'

Danny Suede - Rippin' guit, sangin'

Jesika Allen - Drummin', strummin', & a'sangin'

Eliot Curtis - Stand up bass! fartin'

Ryan Boone - Fiddlin' and a'diddlin'

The party goes from 5-11PM. Other bands playing include The Shants and The Dedications.

Chonk Show @ Rasputin Records

Chonk — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:21:51 GMT

Hear yee, hear yee-- Lovers and loveless heathens alike! Chonk and his Band of Goddamn Hooligans are playing a show on VALENTINES DAY at Rasputin Records in Berkeley. Show starts at 2pm.

How much will this no doubt priceless AND timeless spectacle cost, you ask? One hundred dollars?? NAY! Three thousand yin? NAY! Five bucks at the door? NAY, NAY, NAY! This show is absolutely freaking FREE. The line up is tentatively as follows:

Chonk - Singin', guitar, banjo

Robb Whiting - Guitar, harmonizin'

Jesika Allen - Drummin', singin', diddlin' and a strummin'

Danny Suede - Slicin' and dicin'

Eliot Curtis - Bumpin' and a thumpin'

Erik Hoffman - Drummin', keyboardin'

Ryan Boone - Fiddlin' and a skittlin'

We'll have a limited number of free CD's on hand. Come gitt 'em while they're hot!

Listen Setion Update!

Chonk — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:58:20 GMT

Updated the LISTEN section. Check it out!

"CHONK!!!" CD by Chonk

Chonk — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:35:12 GMT

"CHONK" CD by Chonk

1. Hello, Greetings, Welcome
2. Distortion
3. The Boogie Ship
4. Well . . .
5. I Wi$h I Had $ome $$
6. Goodnight Irene
7. Clean Up On Aisle 5
8. Golden Nuggets
9. Bummersville
10. Carousel
11.Trampolines
12. Sinking Feet
13. Floating Upsidedown
14. Fluorescent Gumballs
15. Yellow Snowcone
16. Crack Me
17. Enjoy the Colors
18. Orange Feeling
19. Boggled Whiskeydream
20. Drifting over the Horizon

Video Section Updated

Chonk — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:33:39 GMT

01.25.10 – Just got finished updating the VIDEO section for the first time in forever. Check it!

"Banana" Live @ The Stork Club

Chonk — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:07:16 GMT
01.12.10 – Hey! Here's a song from our show on Sunday.

"Banana" Live 1/10/10 @ The Stork Club, Oakland, CA

1/10/10 Show @ The Stork Club

Chonk — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:41:29 GMT

Happy 2010 people! To celebrate the 10th day of the 10th year of the new millennium, I am playing a show tonight with a brand new band we call Jack & The Jackettes. The show is going down at The Stork Club in Oakland. It's going to be a blast; I'm really excited about it.

Jack & The Jackettes is a makeshift band of hooligans. My buddy Robb booked a gig, then called me up, asking if I wanted to throw a band together with him and rock out. "HELL YEAH I DO," said I.

The line up is as follows:

Brady - Vocals

Jesika - Drums, guitar, vocals

Boone - Violin

Eliot - Bass, beard

Robb - Guitar, vocals

Chonk - Guitar, vocals, banjo

We're gonna be playing some Chonk songs, some Robb songs, and a few covers. SHOW STARTS AT 8:30, $5 at the door. I'll have CD's. SEE YA THERE!!

Tones on Tail

Chonk — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:03:49 GMT

Yo yo yo, dudes and dudettes! I've been working on some new recordings with my friend Eliot, who runs a recording studio in Berkeley called Tones on Tail. Here are a couple of songs we recorded there on our monsterbitch OTARI 2-inch tape machine.

"GOLDEN NUGGETS"
This is a ditty I've been demo-ing and experimenting with for a few months. This is definitely the funnest-sounding rendition yet. Eliot Curtis plays tambourine and that funky-ass bass riff thumpin' up in ya' earbones. Nick Dvorkin is bangin the drums and tickling the synthetic ivories.

"BOGGLED WHISKEY DREAM"
I thought this might be the last time I'd have to record this song. Recorded on 2-inch tape with a natural chamber reverb we got by setting up a speaker and 2 mics in the art gallery above the studio... Needless to say, it sounded pretty sex. A week later, Eliot ""accidentally"" recorded over it with Nick's metal band! *!@#$%^&*()*!!! Luckily, we mixed it down to the computer before the original was forever scrubbed from the analogue world.

Blame the Booty!

Chonk — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:20:42 GMT

This is a music video I edited together for The DR. DEMENTO Show on the new Internet TV channel The REAL UHF (www.therealuhf.com). It's a music video for a song called "Blame the Booty" by Leslie and the LYs of YouTube fame. They have a hit called "Gem Sweater," which is pretty hilarious.

I edited together this video shortly after I finished my "Distortion" music video last year, but wasn't allowed to release it until today, because The DR. DEMENTO Show hadn't launched yet! Now it has, so definitely check out The REAL UHF. There is some great, terrible, bizarre, and hilarious content on there. I did the editing for the first two episodes of The DR. DEMENTO Show for the channel, which features acts such as Dan Deacon and Neil Hamburger.

Hot New Trackie Poo

Chonk — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:09:36 GMT

8.05.09 – This is the studio version of my new song "The Boogie Ship," recorded at Tones on Tail with Eliot and Michelle. Enjoy!

What? This website still exists!?

Chonk McBobbems IIV — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:29:20 GMT

While I'm pretty sure nobody actually visits this website, I still feel kind of bad when I go months and months without updating it.

In attempt to redeem myself for my gross negligence toward my imaginary web audience, here is a bunch of cool stuff I've been working on over the past few months...

"The Boogie Ship"

I wrote this song over the course of a couple weekends about a month ago. I uncovered an ancient scripture written by Zachary the Wolk, and used it as inspiration for the first few lines, and the rest just kind of rolled out. It's got a sort of seasick vibe to it. This is a cheapo demo version, but you'll get the idea. I'm working on a studio version with Eliot right now, at his new recording studio Tones on Tail .

"Boggled Whiskeydream"

Recorded this song in my garage a bit ago. I've been playing it with The Bendable Professionals too.

"Get Up!"

Speaking of them Bendable Professionals, here's a funky ditty we recorded live in my living room, called "Get Up!" I love the way Natalie's vocals sound on this one. I wanna take this sucker to the studio with the band, and lay it down sumpin' nasty. Soon, hopefully!!

"Slow Down in Florida"

Here's a song written and sung by none other than Latin American butt-rock guitar legend Danny Suede of The Bendable Professionals. Hear this man get in touch with his hoe-buckin' country-doodlin' roots on this track. Melanie rocks the uke, and I'm pluckin' the banjo and singing back-up on the words I know.

"Choking Victim"

This is another Bendables song that we recorded with our friend Joe on the drums. Melanie is singing lead, Danny's on maracas, and that's me on the guitar and yelling. It's a cover by a no-good-crusty-punk band by the same name! We bring a sort of Latin American/Tropical vibe to this song, as a direct nod to our beloved lifelong hero Jimmy Buffet.

"Golden Nuggets"

I wrote this song in spurts over the course of the past year, and recorded this on an old 4-track recently. I finished writing it a couple months ago in the hallway at Rasputin Records, during a 10 minute break. For some reason the bathroom I sit across from on my work breaks inspired the last verse. Go figure. Might be why it's so shitty! Zzzzziiing! Beat ya to it, douchebag. BAND VERSION COMING SOOOOON!

"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette"

This is a Tex Ritter song I recorded with Danny Suede on lead guitbox. The Bendable Professionals play this song a lot, because we like it. And if you don't, we don't even care!

"Hello, Greetings, Welcome"
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Last, and quite possibly least, this is a 2:00 spaced out tapedeck electronic song I put together, using a toy voice changer, a relaxation tape, a drumset, and a keyboard. This is the intro track to my new self-titled demo CD, which will be available here soon, along with a Bendable Professionals EP. Both are available now at the front counter of Rasputin Music in Berkeley!

More soon.

BP Live @ Cordonices Park

Chonk McBobbems — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:20:34 GMT

The Bendable Professionals are playing at outdoors acoustic set at Cordonices Park in Berkeley, CA this Saturday, March 7... unless it's raining, in which case, we'll probably just play in my garage instead.

It's a private birthday party, so if you want to check it out, send me an e-mail at chonk@chonk.org.

Rockin' Jose's Lounge Underground / THE BENDABLE PROFESSIONALS

Mr. Chonk — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:27:10 GMT

Faggy-Fresh Fantabulousiosity

Chonk — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:23:26 GMT

The Bendable Professionals (our new band) are playing at Jose's Lounge Underground in Monterey, CA, tomorrow, February 28. We're opening for French Miami . . . It's gonna be fabby-fresh fantabulous.

New Track: "Yellow Snowcone"

Chonk — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:41:29 GMT

Hey! I just finished mixing down a new track called "Yellow Snowcone" . . . by The Bendable Professionals.

Chonk - vocals, acoustic guitar
Harry Hall - bass, beatz
Danny Suede - lead guitar licks
Melanie - maracas
Katy - harmony vocals, tamborine

Bendable Professionals - Live "Hollyweird" Video and Pics

Mr. Chonk — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:57:10 GMT

Here's a video of our band The Bendable Professionals playing my song "Boggled Whiskeydream" at The Suggestions Box in Berkeley, CA (my house) for my housemate Natalie's 25th brithday party. Select HD for higher streaming quality. More videos from this show are on the way. And, staying in line with the Hollyweird theme, here are some press and vanity shots of the band that night. Click a thumbnail to see the full-sized pic. Also, I finally got the "Distortion" music video up on YouTube in Hi-Def. Also did some tweaking to the final edit. Be sure to select HD in your playback settings to get the full experience!

Some Goddamn Shows Soon

Mr. Chonk — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:32:40 GMT

Been playing lotsa music with my friends lately. We're getting our shit together, so we can play some goddamn shows soon. pictures by john

Bloggity Blog Blog

Chonk — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:36:29 GMT

HEY! It's 2009, and I started a BLOG! (Also accessible by clicking the link above!)

"Distortion" Music Video!

Chonk B'donk — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:00:42 GMT

The "Distortion" music video!

"Distortion" Still Shots!

Chonk McBobbems — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:13:16 GMT

Here are a few still shots from the forthcoming cosmic dickslap of a music video, "Distortion." Click on a picture for a bigger view: