Tonight I play Los Angeles at Largo

Yes Ladies and Germs this is not a lie. I play a show tonight Wed Aug 11 2010 with my dear friend Glen Phillips at Largo. Starts at 8pm sharp.

See ya in Los Angeles,
Steve

Radio with Dave Shelly and Chainsaw this morning listen live

I'll be on DSC radio show this morning on JACK FM
7:30 am pacific time
San Diego!
YEE HAW!
listen here

Getting set for west coast tour

West coast tour starts soon. Like really soon. I'm in an airport in Fresno right now and I leave for Yosemite in the morning. Then I head to Oregon and stuff

Wednesday. July 28, 2010 Britt Festivals Jacksonville OR supporting STYX
Thursday, July 29, 2010 The Woods Portland OR Smile Smile support
Friday, July 30, 2010 Branborg Winery Elkton OR Smile Smile support
Saturday, July 31, 2010 Living Room Concert at Sunny Simpkins Portland OR Living Room Concert
Sunday, August 1, 2010 Tractor Tavern Seattle WA Smile Smile support
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Charlene and Sonja's house party Petaluma CA Smile Smile support
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Russian River Brewing Santa Rosa Ca Smile Smile support
Thursday, August 5, 2010 The Palms Winters CA Smile Smile support
Friday, August 6, 2010 The Crepe Place Santa Cruz CA Smile Smile support
Saturday, August 7, 2010 KC Turner House Concert Series Marin County CA To RSVP Smile Smile support
Sunday, August 8, 2010 Zoey’s Cafe & Loft Ventura CA with Julie Christensen
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Cafe Largo Los Angeles CA big room/ with special guest Glen Philips
Thursday, August 12, 2010 Papa and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace Pioneertown CA Raina Rose supports
Friday, August 13, 2010 The Casbah San Diego CA
Saturday, August 14, 2010 private Ramona CA private party
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Green Flash Concert Series La Jolla CA
Friday, August 20, 2010 The Sundquist Living Room Concert Jamul CA

there are more and more and more dates being added
Stevey Joe

Happy Father's Day Dad

Happy Father's Day Dad

I remember when you took me to see the closed circuit television boxing match of Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier. There were all kinds of men there smoking cigars and drinking whiskey and watching the fight up on a big screen television. I watched with wide eyed amusement and took it all in. Was it 1971? I can't remember.

Also- Thanks for coming to my little league games and watching me play baseball.

Gracias for cooking me breakfast every morning and singing funny songs to me.

Obrigado for making my lunch and putting funny artwork on the brown bags each morning.

Tángeyoo for putting your hands on my temples and looking into my eyes and saying “you, can do ANYTHING!”

Ta for paying for guitar lessons and always listening to my new songs.

Merci for coming to my wrestling matches and if I would win really fast, standing up and saying at the top of your lungs “what took you so long?”

Mahalo for writing all those beautiful, funny and touching poems and recording them and emailing them to me. They're amazing.

Mèsi for teaching me to follow my heart and do what I love. A great lesson I still follow.

Takk for always being there. Always smiling and providing light and love and laughter.

Spasibo, Danke schön, Arigato, Dziekuje, Salamat Cám, Komapsumnida in any language Thank you
I love you
Steve

Farewell Nova Scotia

I played a house concert here last week in Petite Riviere Nova Scotia. You know, just across the water from Lunenburg. That yellow house was bought for 1 dollar and transported 60 kilometers to this pristine location by an architect and a hand therapist. They cooked me lobster and I sang songs. I got the best of the trade.

Last night I played a benefit show in Halifax for Habitat For Humanity and we raised 70,000 dollars. Someone's going to end up with a cool house. The show was amazing and there were 3 other artists on the bill--- Stephen Fearing, Christina Martin and Old Man Luedecke. They're all amazing and I demand that you check 'em out.

I leave tomorrow morning for loads of new adventures.
I love you all,
S

Perching myself back in the USA

I have all kinds of USA shows coming up. I leave Canada on Friday and I'll be in Memphis on Sunday. Check the tour dates for heaps of shows. I'm headed to Nashville Tn, Jacksonville Fl, Orlando and Tampa. Chattanooga, KC, OKC, Dallas, Austin etc...

Oh Happy Day! Ma Mawski Madre Mama Mia!

Watching you iron clothes and cry while JFK's funeral played on a black and white tv
+ Making one of a kind work of art delicious spaghetti by taste without a recipe
+ Kissing my freshly wasp stung head whie handing me a sherbert flavored pushup
+ Telling me you loved me when I didn't make the basketball team
+ Making me practice my guitar everyday for at least an hour
+ Driving me to baseball
+ Driving faster than ever to the vet with Bojo on my lap after he got hit by a car
+ Letting Mokie spend the night
+ Helping me with my creative writing class
+ Walking through the library with me to find Hardy Boys stories
+ Watching the Dodgers with Dad and I even though you'd rather be reading
+ Taking me back to Halifax where I was born to meet all the cousins
+ Singing me to sleep with beautiful songs
+ playing guitar and piano with me
= laughter, love and beauty

Pluses add up to billions and trillions and gazillions +++++++++++++++++++

Today I head back to Halifax for 3 shows in a row Sunday Monday and Tuesday and I'll take all of the pluses in my life and somehow put them into a lyrical casserole that you are responsible for, and for that, I am forever indebted to you.

In the lottery drawing of Mothers I won the Lotto. Winner winner chicken dinner!
Thanks for everything Mom.
If I concentrate hard enough I can transport myself back the picture of you on the telephone posing with me while Dad snapped the black Kodak box. What a wonderful ride it's been. Bumps and all I wouldn't have it any other way.

Perfect.

I love you,
Steve

I'm headed to Canada the land of my birth to see the relatives and play music

Hello Family!
I'm excited to return to Canada today. This picture was taken in Maine relaxing in the beautiful sunshine on a chair made of stone.
I hope to see you guys
I love you all
talk soon
Steve

SXSW appearances! & Live recordings glitch fixed

I'm playing a bunch of times at SXSW (south by southwest)
Look at all of these chances you have to see shows
If you bought a 2 gig flashdrive at the last couple of shows, there may have been a glitch and you're missing couple of songs--- Cave Creek, Tucson or Albuquerque
then please write to Chris Modl and let him know and he'll fix it.
Sorry for any inconvenience but we're on it!
Tonight we're at Casbeers at The Church in San Antonio before the madness that is SWSW starts.
Come see us.
xo
Steve
Cheers
Steve

New Video For License Plate Eyes (Be A Green Bean!)

My friend Jeff Wiant just shot and put together this video for License Plate Eyes! There's footage of me with Joel Plaskett in the studio mixing and creating the song. I shot the recording studio footage with my mustache and my iPhone and Jeff and Gregory Page both shot the other 2 camera angles of me in blue cast.

Thanks Jeff for the fabulous editing job.
Thanks Joel for producing such a cool cd.
Thanks Gregory for the friendship.
Thanks Dana Cutler for always putting up my tour dates.
Thanks to Louis at Lestat's for letting us shoot video there yesterday
Canadian dates are being added!

Love
Steve
P.S. if you like the song then cool! Buy the record. It's online. Then I'll have gas money to come to your city.

Listen to a poem By Joe Poltz (my Dad) about the Olympic hockey finals

My Dad Joe Poltz wrote and recorded this poem about yesterday's olympic hockey game.
I hope you like it and send hellos to Joe.
The Olympic Hockey Game
Listen Here!
p.s. That game was crazy and I'm not even a hockey fan. Baseball's my thing.
Cheers
Steve

Thank You! (and lots of things to remember)

I had so much fun at The Belly Up birthday bash show. But Jesus Christo, that was a lot of work. I want to thank everyone for traveling so far to be with friends. What a great group of friends we have. I was so tired Saturday that I just hung out with my AARP card. I'm very lucky to have such a rich group of friends and musicians. Sigh.

Some things to note:

1. The live recording of The Belly Up Birthday Bash show show is up online here at Fizzkicks.com!( The page takes a while to load as there are over a hundred of my live shows up online. So be patient)

2. I'll be on the radio live tomorrow Thursday Feb 25 from 8am to 9am on KPRI fm San Diego 102.1FM OR----- Stream it online live here: KPRI fm

3. I'll be on NPR's venerable Mountain Stage show this weekend. Most of the NPR stations will be airing the episode during this weekend of Feb 26 to 28. A complete list of stations that carry the show can be found here. The following week my set will be posted at NPR.org/mountainstage and archived for continued access.

4. Here's a review of The Belly Up show

5. Here's what some Australians were saying

6. Here's a preview you may have missed.

7. Here's something cool about Dreamhouse in Popdose

8. Here's something neato about Dreamhouse in Herohill. (scroll down to find me)

9. You can listen to an archive of last week's KPBS radio performance on These Days right here

10. you can listen to a podcast of my performance on The Mikey show 94/9 fm right here. (just scroll down and find me)

11!!! Check it yo------ I'm playing a FREEEE in store show at M-Theory Music in San Diego Ca at 6:00pm on Friday Feb 26th and it's all ages!

I'm in a new blue cast now. I was hoping to be cast-less today. No dice
still healing. Bone still broken. No guitar.
I love you guys!

Lot of livin' left to do (more radio this morning)

There's a lot of life ahead. I'm not anywhere near tired.
More radio this morning on 94/9 fm
8am pacific live streaming online too!
woo hoo
xo
Steve

I'll be on the radio this morning

I'll be on KPBS radio "These Days" today at 9:55 am pacific standard time. 89.5 on your FM dial.
You can stream live online HERE!
xo
S

Cool New T-shirts

So I was cruising around antique bookstores in Katoomba, Australia and I found this really expensive old book on penguins from the early 1900's.

I said to myself "Dang Steve. That would make a really cool t-shirt. You should put it on a green American Apparel Tee and reference your new album 'Dreamhouse.'"
But then I said to myself "You idiot. What does a penguin have to do with a dreamhouse?"
Then I told that voice to shut up.
Then I took a pic of the book and had my friend in Halifax sketch it on a t-shirt. So here it is. It's available on this website or at the Belly Up show tomorrow.

Here's a preview of the show
See ya,
Steve