Category Archives: Getting Gigs

Discman Days Revisited

Posted on 01/22/2010 by danzp

I went all-out nutty with gig-grubbing emails at the very beginning of the year, and for a while there I was worried that I’d get exactly NO bites, but no! I mean yes! I have a show back at the … Continue reading →

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Merge Book and Booking Merge

Posted on 01/10/2010 by danzp

Amy said she felt like she was rolling the dice when she got me Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records just a couple days before Christmas. She knows I’m a geek, and she saw this book about some indie … Continue reading →

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Drudgery & Strategy

Posted on 11/13/2009 by danzp

I’ve known for a few weeks — more like months, really — that there was a period of time looming where my job was going to be, for a few months or so, brain-crushingly tedious and boring. Until this recent … Continue reading →

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Have Your People Call My People

Posted on 09/02/2009 by danzp

I’m trying not to think of the possible cheesiness of having a business card for Zapruder Point — I’m faintly haunted by my memory of a late-80′s Legs McNeil essay in Spin Magazine (yes, Spin used to be a respected … Continue reading →

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Gig Preview Plus One

Posted on 08/23/2009 by danzp

Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I have two upcoming shows! My persistence has paid off, and I hope it continues to. Combined with the recording I’m doing with Larry and Aselin this Wednesday, I now have three reasons to … Continue reading →

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