I’ve posted another small run (21 total) of handed painted Waitsgiving CDs. They are up on our site and on yofishboy.bandcamp.com for Bandcamp Friday. Each one is different, painted, numbered, signed, photographed, packed, and shipped to you by me. I will even put in some surprises into the package. $15!Grab one quick if you want one. As always, thank you for supporting my music and art. -Eric
My favorite place to play is closing so I’m throwing one last show which will double as the official Waitsgiving album release show.
Friday August 6th at J&J’s Pizza! w/
Ryan Thomas Becker
Birds of Night
Tony Ferraro
Yeah Def playing between bands
and Suprise Guests!
Fishboy is playing all of Waitsgiving front to back acoustically.
Heres a facebook event if you like those.
Waitsgiving CDs are up at yofishboy.com/store Each chipboard sleeve is hand painted. There are 27 of these grapefruit editions. I spent too long painting them because I couldn’t stop until I thought they looked good. Only $15! Enjoy! When they sell out I will paint another edition with different colors. Take care my friends. -Eric
I’m going to be more active with my mailing list coming up as I share a few things that would mostly interest super fans. I’m also in generally trying to get better at staying in touch with you directly without the ever-changing algorithms of social media getting in the way. I’m not going to spam you. I’m not doing any kind of crowd funding. I just want to get connected incase the internet melts. Go over to yo.yofishboy.com to subscribe. Thank you! -Eric
Paintings by @fishboy of my plastic snowman and my brother who is dressed like a robot. PARTAY!
Paintings by me!
I gave a long podcast interview to Travis for I’m A Fan Of…and it’s up today! If you want some insight into the making of Waitsgiving or how I make stuff in general please check it out! Travis is a great interviewer and all around nice dude. This was one of the first face to face interactions with a stranger I had in over a year and I’m so glad we waited to meet up until we were both vaxxed. Great call Travis and best of luck on the show. -Eric
Here’s a batch of paintings from the Waitsgiving deluxe orders!
I’ve got a segment on the radio today for KERA/NPR around Texas where I briefly look back at the creation of Waitsgiving. It’s been a crazy three years and I’m happy to be here and share. -Eric
Yesterday I headed out to the square thinking that I’d take some goofy selfies alone in the rain and was instead met with beautiful weather and a group of 40-50 friends and fans that I’ve met through out the history of the band. It was truly a surprising and touching moment to be met with after over a year without playing shows. Thank you for coming out and letting me lead you around the town I love and missed.
Folks from all over DFW, Houston, Austin, Tulsa showed up just to see what would happen. Robin and Brandon came with the first Fishboy shirt ever made, Sarah brought me homemade snocone syrup, David showed up to document (head to his account for a full video) I made everyone press the crosswalk button. We ate purple cake. We saw a cute dog from the future. Some strangers walked by, said “hey fishboy” and kept walking as if this happens all the time. I got to plug the Beatles to a group of suburban teens. So many beautiful moments packed into one night. I missed it so much. Thank you again. Let the waiting begin for next year.
-❤️Eric
Hello, last month I released an album about a fictional holiday that takes place every May 17th. I set that date in the lyrics in hopes that someday Waitsgiving would be celebrated as a real holiday and the city would shut down and observe patience every year on my birthday. I’ve had tremendous response in the 50 days since it’s release but I have yet to reach “fake holiday turns to real holiday” success. Although I truly do believe reaching this goal is inevitable, I have decided to proactively work toward making my dreams of becoming a holiday founder a reality. If you are in or around the Denton area on May 17 at 7pm please meet me on the courthouse lawn for a walking tour of locations mentioned in the album lyrics and possibly an acoustic performance. If it’s lightly raining, I will still be waking around with a megaphone borrowed from a local elementary for field day use. If it is raining beyond comfort please drive to the square, sit in your car and listen to the album alone.If you live elsewhere, I am going to play a celebratory live stream at 7pm central on Waitsgiving Eve (Sunday night) please join me to celebrate the season! -Eric
Monday May 17th at 7pm meet us in down town Denton for a walking tour of all the locations found in WAITSGIVING. Maybe we’ll also play a song or two. See you there!-Eric
The final song on Waitsgiving, Volunteer DJ was originally going to appear somewhere near the beginning of the album and foreshadow the events to come later in the story. It was also meant to have a full band sound, be performed on guitar and probably be a little quicker. When the decision was made to record at home I switched over to piano which took several weeks of practice and a needed decreased tempo. After that I realized I had too many slow songs and pushed this one to the end. I think its a wonderful closer and maybe my favorite song on the album. Here I am playing it in my living room in early January 2021.
Thank you for an amazing first week of Waitsgiving! I’ve been told by Lauren Records that purple copies are going quick and that you should probably get one tonight so that it counts toward our (sure to be) record breaking, chart topping first week of sales.
I told them I’d do my part, so I ran into the back yard and did this quick photo shoot to show off that sweet purp. This record is beautiful. I love it. You should get one. It’s my best album and best looking album thanks to art by Andy Hirsch
Look at those brusselsprouts behind me that survived the freeze even though my neighbors 200 foot pine tree died.
Later this week I’ll try to get a shot infront of some blue bonnets.
Thanks again everyone!
❤️Eric
I had a fun time on the Don’t Feed the Artists podcast talking about Waitsgiving. Their topic of the day was Bandcamp so we start off by talking about my history with the site. Check it out here
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