I just spent way to much money on this promo CD that was handed out to some DJ in Europe for free. Anyway I just got this import from Germany in the mail yesterday and payed a good chunk of change for 5:47 of music. It’s some-what rare though so it’s pretty cool to have now!
Another thing kind of cool about this release is that it probably was the 1st or 2nd thing put out once he was signed to Island Records. Mercury Records of Europe distributed the “UK Party Hard [Single] 2001″ and this “UK I Get Wet [Promo] 2001″; but it’s unclear which one was first. I would guess this one was first. It actually has the same familiar feel as the “Steev Mike Radio Commercial”. The songs on this promo are the same that appear on the I Get Wet LP. The artwork came as a paper sleeve (no casing). It also plays the music video of Party Hard along with some flashy menus when you put it into your computer. Now for your benefit and without any further adieu Download I Get Wet [Promo].
As you can see from above, in about a weeks time we’ve made our goal!!! This was completely unexpected but a very welcomed surprise! THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT CONTRIBUTED. There are some special people that obviously want our cause to move forward. We are forever indebted to you. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Let the PARTY RAWK on till and through November 2011!!!
Click on “ChipIn” to donate via paypal and keep the AWK Party going!
Transparency is policy here at AndrewWKMusic.com as far as our cash flow. So I would like to take a minute to clarify exactly how your money spent and donations work here exactly. This website has been set up to bring in cash in a number of different ways.
- Our Shop has two different sections, CD’s and custom clothing. Our CD’s are set up through Amazon.com and our custom clothing is through Cafepress.com. We make a modest percentage on every item you purchase via our links.
- Ads, a tab for Google ads can be found on the right hand column of this page. Advertisements that might apply to you personally will appear there. Every time you click on them and continue on to that site we’ll earn pennies for every click. However, abuse of clicking through is the quickest way to get it shut down for us. But please feel free to click on them though if they really do interest you!
- Donations are probably the best way to help us out because 100% of the money will be put toward the site. A widget will always be available on the right column of your screen, a tab called “Fund AWK Music” has a button saying “ChipIn”, click on it to donate! Any amount helps! – Please let me know if you don’t have a paypal account and you want to donate.
- We do not/will not make money off ANYTHING that’s been created by artists! - So please don’t even offer. This includes MP3’s, CD’s, DVD’s, Bootlegs, Photos, Artwork, etc. it’s not for sale! Any content available on this site is for archival purposes only and will be removed promptly if an Artist asks us to remove it. By downloading content you agree that you personally own the content already.
I, dickalan have taken care of the first years worth of hosting of this website. Without getting to technical, this means it costs money to buy a domain name (www.andrewwkmusic.com) and it costs money to have the website “hosted” or stored by a company. Think of the hosting company like a hard drive and we pay for them to store our files (this website) for the time being. We use www.dreamhost.com and highly recommend it if you’re planning on building your own website; they have been great!
Now to the point of this post. This website’s hosting will be one year old November 29, 2010. The cost to renew a full years worth of hosting is $120 USD (United States Dollars). This would take us through November 29, 2011. There is a risk that this site will shut down unless this goal is met. ALL money acquired, no matter the means, will be put towards the cost of hosting. After $120 is exceeded in a years time, the net profit will then be put towards the website owners personal gain, however great or small that is. IF a net profit is ever made the option to make donations will immediately stop. However, the other avenues to make a profit will remain.
To give you reference in how much we’ve acquired in the past 9 months, we’ve made $5 bucks! So we have $115 more dollars to go. Hence, the reason for this post. As mentioned above the best way to help this site out is via donations. Any amount helps! You’ll need a paypal account. If you don’t have one please let me know and we’ll figure something else out.
THANKS SO MUCH, email me for questions you might have–> dickalan@andrewwkmusic.com
We got 2 things for you to get AGAIN. The first is the “Bootleg” of the Who Knows? DVD, except this time we’ve re-ripped all the tracks in a higher quality AND all the Japan Bonus Footage AUDIO is included. Basically what that means is an entire concert from Taiwan of 10 tracks is at the end. This makes for a grand total of 31 tracks! THANKS TO JOE FREDERICK FOR THIS!!!
- Pt1 – is all the re-ripped tracks you probably already have (but higher quality)
- Pt2 – is the Japan Bonus Concert from Taiwan
Also, Download the Kiba [Single] which includes the less-heard English version entitled “Fang”. Also included are the lyrics for the English version.
2010-4-12-Live From The PureVolume House
This is the best recorded set that I’ve heard in a long time. Apparently it was recorded by a company called “Bay Area Tone” -good job guys! Enjoy!
-On a side note the Japan Who Knows? bonus features live audio set will be coming soon…
Subscribe to this channel on youtube. The creator has contributed more than you can imagine to our AWK fandom community, so return the favor. He’s entered it into a youtube competition. Enjoy!
Watch:
ANDREW W.K. “I Want To See You Go Wild” – Dir: Peter Glantz
ANDREW W.K. | MySpace Music Videos
Stuff To Look For:
At :30
He breaks through a wall–symbolism.
32:
“New York World Fair – World of Tomorrow 1939″
:44
Car has license plate of 55
:51
Taxi phone number is 555-5555
:52
Multiple “33″ written on walls
1:30
“Do What You Were Born To Do” – written and you can also hear him say it.
1:36
“Wild Steev’s Electronics”
1:39
all the way to the left is a guy named”Wor_ V_W Ivad” which might be saying “Party” or “Pigy” – ???? any ideas???
At 1:42
Steven M. & Pete Bulb = “Everything Is True”
Steven M. = Is a skull
Twiggy = “55″
Dave Way Grow = “Yes!”
2:12
Subway 33 & 55 Timesquare
2:22
Cash 4 Bananas
2:29
“55, 1939, 33, 39, 55, 1939, 33, 39,”….etc….
3:31
Creative Direction: Mario Dane
Senior Producer: Steev Mike
3:38
The Louise Harland Corporation/Steev Mike
“Gundam Rock Originals” contains 16 tracks of the original versions off Gundam Rock, not the covers by AWK. However, 3 tracks have issues, I couldn’t find a good version of the “TV Series Opening Narration”. The tracks “Eye Catch” & “Peace for a Moment” SEEM to be improvised-filler tracks. If you know any different and believe them to be actual songs from a soundtrack, please let me know (I couldn’t find them though).
This bootleg has been in the works for awhile, and now I’ve finally got it to where I want it to be–at least close enough. It also has some more custom artwork and alternative album covers that are kind of cool. These should be the same tracks Andrew based his covers off of. So enjoy comparing them!
Also see the similar bootleg album “The Japan Covers Originals” on this website.
Check out 3 albums of Andrew’s solo band he had way back when…
Terrestrial Optical Resonance Resistors
V.A. Westside Audio Laboratories September 19, 1997
In February (I know, a long time ago) Andrew did an event at Santos Party House called “Ask Andrew WK Anything”. AndrewWKMusic.com was invited to come and film the event. Here’s that video in all of its 500mb worth of glory! Thanks to Jeb for filming it.
Download the torrent file, or see where the file is hosted. Please seed it as long as you can! I’ll eventually host it myself somewhere but this will be the easiest way to get it out there since it’s so big…
Get 18 AWK ringtones right now! I was in the process of making these for myself and decided to share them everyone who’s interested. I think some work better than others as a ringtone or whatever use you might have on your phone. ENJOY!
p.s.
The Who Knows? Japanese Limited Edition DVD torrent coming soon thanks to joefrederick
and the full HQ video of the “ask andrew anything” event.
Stay tuned…
NOTE: This “Round #2″ was initially supposed to be much more comprehensive than the state it’s in right now. Due to an insane amount of activity and involvement Andrew participates in daily the amount of posts I’m able to sort through and archive is extremely time consuming! My “secret” is the use of the application “Google Reader” along with “Google Alerts”. Basically whenever certain terms like “Andrew W.K.” is posted somewhere online Google notifies me. These articles can build up into the thousands! Although this article consists of only 1/3 of the news that’s happened since December I figured if I didn’t post it now I would just keep getting further and further behind, so here it is.
HELP ME! The official AWK website does not post every bit of news. Although this task would be impossible to accomplish to its fullest, a worthy attempt is the technique I described above. However, time constraints won’t allow me to do it all by myself! So, using Google Readers “bundle” I can share these awk news “feeds” with you! Help me with “Around The World With AWK #3” and dig up the most recent AWK news with Google Reader’s “bundle” feature by sending me an email to dickalan@andrewwkmusic.com. You’ll be the first to get any news about AWK!
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Back by popular demand this featured article is ready for round two. We had almost a 1,000 visitors the first time around! Let’ break 1,000 this time –so spread the word! We hope you haven’t missed the following AWK news, if so we’re here for ya. Next time you can stay up with us by using our Email and RSS Feed subscriptions…
Releases
This release came out of nowhere, I’m A Vagabond 7” is meant for collectors!!! 500 copies only!!!–SOLD OUT
Tracklisting:
1. I’m A Vagabond
2. Doing Andrew W.K.
3. Let’s Go On A Date
The Guardian provided a very interesting article about an unreleased song entitled “My Destiny”. It was supposedly recorded and written when Andrew was 17.
Download “My Destiny“.
Volcom Vinyl Club started selling Andrew’s We Got A Groove 7″ for CHEAP!
Reviews
Featured article from PureGrainAudio about the release of Close Calls With Brick Walls/Mother of Mankind.
Pitchfork’s pitiful review of Close Calls.
Anticipating the Close Calls release.
Andrew autographs Close Calls from exclusive orders from NewBuryComics.
An analysis of Mother of Mankind from Hit The Floor.
Review of CCWBW/MOM from assaultblog
More reviews from: Craw daddy review – Amazon users – black africa – examiner – 411mania – demonpigeon
Media
News
Andrew will be on this seasons Dinner with the band on IFC
Andrew will be a guest in a new TV show titled Rachel Trachtenburg’s Homemade World
This girl is shooting a “video” for andrew
Here is a strange blog about awk
Interviews
AUDIO
Comic Book Club: Live! did a short interview with Andrew.
TEXT
Since our last time around the world Andrew has revealed quite a bit about his history and himself!!! Very very informative!
FOUR MUST READ INTERVIEWS:
Donald Tardy (Andrew’s old drummer) speaks out against conspiracy theories.
Andrew W.K. responds personally to conspiracy theories at the official site.
NiteTalk interviews Andrew—> HERE
The Aquarian interviewed Andrew.
VBS.TV interviewed Andrew.
Featured Articles
Press
Events
An article from Wall Street Journal promoting the “Ask Andrew W.K. Anything Event”.
Broadwayworld speaks to Andrew about touring with his full band.
A follow up article from NBC on the “Ask Andrew” event.
Announcement of Andrew’s SSXW shows.
Andrew will host Fang Island’s album release party at Santos Party House February 13.
Andrew will be a judge for a book thingy.
Free AWK Show
Andrew W.K. will be performing at “Big Ears Festival“
Andrew played with Marty Friedman
Misc
Andrew’s “Party Hard” appears on “2010 Pro Evolution Soccer“
Akira The Don mentions our We Want Fun Demo Release, woo hoo thanks!
Buy PTYP
Andrew collaborates with “Har Mar“
I know what you’re thinking “This video isn’t any better quality than a YouTube video!” You’re right! The video above is a “preview” from the source. The download is 200mb of high quality video of some heavy duty piano playing. Thanks to joefrederick ya’ll can now enjoy!
Download Never Let Down Music Video (.mov)
Also if you enjoy watching it, listen to it anytime you want! Get the mp3 extracted from the video. Which is the highest quality version to date (the music video version has the classical piano outro at the end).
