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Andrew Francis

My VP buzz is rising, folks

About Me

Andrew Francis grew up in invisible climates; learned the barometer; never got soot on his hands; wears a belt whenever he can; enjoys finger foods; pockets his change; licks all stamps; hordes small space heaters; buys knives and spoons; does not climb trees; burns easily; is made of plastic; is confused by handshakes; is always the same size in a mirror; has lips; ignores his forehead; uses several quilts always; has been sick before; is one year old; weighs no pounds; tickles himself; gestures rapidly; kicks all loose stones; flexes his muscles when he can; often blinks his eyes; forms sentences cautiously; sockets his eyes daily; can breath underwater; invests in stomachs; hears flies buzzing; owns a stationary cycle; turns off all lights when leaving rooms; enters doors sideways.Join the Logan Square Musical Mob Mass and come be part of cross-legged sitting or standing and shouting musicians and artists gathering near the Sunday Logan Square Farmer’s Market to tell each other songs and move hands in strange and interesting ways for little else than public hand-clapping support and eye-lash batting all Summer long with no beginning, no end, and, most importantly, no official leader, chair-person, or rules or regulations of any kind what-so-everIn a nationwide study of approximately Four Thousand dentists and dental hygienists, an average of 6 (six) out of 10 (ten) agree that Andrew Francis for breakfast creates long lasting enamel protection on a patient's rear molars (adult molars studied only).I can sing anything, folks.I also make folk music cool again. 1 What is folk music? Click HERE to rea d all about exactly what it is .In search of an audience...know anyone?Built in 1986, as a larger piece of machinery...constructed to perform simple tasks...calculations, textual renderings, sandwiches...vices include...parting of hair to one side, descending stairsteps (3), aggravating Tennis Elbow...virtues include...toilet preference, un-claustrophobia, regenerative fingernail growth (1/2 days)...erring on the side of oil only for joints and forward drivetrains, a classic example of pedestrian-living thigh muscleAlso in search of un-complex minds for to bend...know anyone?from the MidWest...full of ruddy, thick-legged folks slugging through slosh and slag in the negative-nine-degree chilly winds, chattering...calling train-whistles and steam-tunnels and foot-slap-concrete voices barking hostile words and i love you's and silly jutting expressions, coughing, spitting, lunging into gusts, Atlas-arm-strength springing, pushing, pouncing, regressing, ugly-slant, squint-eye squirrel, steel, girder sunshine stabbings, late-night-pizza house-burning, miscued comedy troupes and media mumble under subway gravel in sidecar gap-toothed grins, looking slantways out of slit-sunlit eyes, peering, slumps toward the summer months gasping wind-blown, rain-blown, fever-blown, piercing head-moan for a full-length five-year plan down-payment on cement slat-back chairs, sideways firecracker alleyways in the city sanitation suburban truck-dumps, cloudy skies, electric-company air on one condition, clause four contract, spitting sunriseReferences
    Youngblood, T.L.: Twitter Post. 48 days ago, 2008 http://www.myspace.com/terrayb (accessed Apr. 24, 2008).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/27/2006
Band Members: Andrew Francis
Song and Dance and French Mouth Harp and Guitar
Influences: Dentals, Plodding, Sugar, Lazy Eye

Sounds Like:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Uploaded Cuts and Upcoming Performances in Four Parts

Folks,Here's some information in Four Parts:Part I.I've uploaded three new tracks/cuts/files/songs...go ahead...take a listen...I'll be playing these cuts regularly from this point forward unless taxe...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:24:00 PST

THIS Sunday at the Logan Square Monument

This is the FOURTH weekend to be part of a local Mob Scene, friends. Please bring an instrument and/or a voice and/or a memory of some songs to share with others (no need for paper print-outs). The Lo...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:04:00 PST

Come to the Logan Square Musical Mob Mass THIS Sunday at 12pm at the monument

This is the SECOND weekend to be part of a local Mob Scene, friends. Please bring an instrument and/or a voice and a memory of some songs to share with others (no need for paper print-outs). The Logan...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:37:00 PST

Come to the Logan Square Musical Mass this Sunday during the Logan Square Farmer’s Market

This is the first weekend to be part of a local Mob Scene, friends. Please bring an instrument and a voice and a memory of some songs to share with others (no need for paper print-outs). The Logan Squ...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:53:00 PST

Elbo Room Sunday May 18 9pm

Folks,Come out to the Elbo Room at 9pm this Sunday the 18th of May...I'll be playing a 45 minutes set with one hand tied behind my back and a hat of fire (see picture below).The Elbo Room is at 2871 N...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Mon, 12 May 2008 09:57:00 PST

New songs and two shows

I have outputted three songs into digital electrics and upputted all of them into your computers...please have a listen...One:Is a Woody Guthrie TuneAlso,I have two up-coming shows/performances...the ...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:49:00 PST

Slicing into your index finger with a sharp knife down to the first knuckle

I don't recommend this, even if accidental while washing dishes or chopping green beans for a curry dish. You'll probably keep reliving the touch of the blade silently digging into your fingerprint fo...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:13:00 PST

You have no upcoming shows in the system

Most of my recordings are made by pumping electricity out of an outlet and into a "power mike" of which I don't know how to control, and of which I sit mostly too close, then that power mike is pumped...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:19:00 PST

Looks like the Talkin Unwritten Blues worked, folks

The Hollywood writers' strike seems to be settled only five days after I uploaded the song. Sorry to all those who missed their important shows, I should have gotten it up on here in time for SWEEPS W...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:11:00 PST

Topical Songs

Hello, friends and neighbors,I've uploaded two new "topical" songs..."The Talkin' Unwritten Blues" and "Would you be gone?" Both songs were written in the span of one (1) hour in the presence of 6 (si...
Posted by Andrew Francis on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:30:00 PST