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Adam Balbo

About Me

NEWS:

Planning a NW tour in mid-August with the Fancy Dan and the Yellow Dress. See the calendar above. If you know people in these cities that would be into us, let them know. We welcome could use the help. Thanks.

SONG CATALOGUE:
NOTHING IN PARTICULAR (2001) [Free Download]
1. Nothing In Particular
2. It's Underway
3. Going Back to See You
4. Anonymous Song
5. Lost Salt
6. Peter Pan Was Communist
7. Salty Lake
8. Not Where to Look For Answers
9. Old Dean Markly Basically Was A Good Man
10. What You Mind
ELEGANT POND (2002) [Free Download]
1. United State of Confusion
2. Moist War
3. You Are Gone
4. Youth Ballad
5. Past My Sound
6. The Spiritual Song
7. We Don't Smell Like Machines
8. Your Table of Contents
9. Yeah, I Think
10. Everybody Wonders
11. Truth Died Just Before Dawn
FLAT ON EVERY SIDE (2004) [Free Download]
1. Flat On Every Side
2. This Could Be Someone Else's Song
3. I Don't Feel Permanent Today
4. Feeling Soft
5. I've Been To Canada Once
6. Take My Edge And Turn
7. Chop Suey
8. Coffee
9. I'm From the Plain
10. East Of Here
MORE STUFF OTHER PEOPLE SAID (2005) [Free Download]
1. More Stuff Other People Said
2. I've Never Been To Mexico
3. Big & Small
4. God Musta Fucked Up Making Everyone Else
5. The Sound Song
6. The Periphery
7. A Stack Of Ideas
8. Workin' For A Commie Mouthpiece
9. Bathroom Ballad
10. My Voice (Has High EP Here)
6 OUTTA 9 W/BEATS (2006)
1. Samba Blues
2. Flute Waltz
3. Talkin' Bush
4. Rock Ballad
5. Let's Feel Terrible Together
6. Sad Disco
7. Noise In My Head
8. Long, Quick Tango
9. Let's Make a Porno
BIG KID NOW (2008)
1. Big Kid Now
2. The Snakemen
3. Monkey Goes To Breakfast
4. Pie Or Soup
5. Note To Self
6. Stain On My Shirt
FIX (2009)
1. Obligatory Highway Analogy
2. Call A Stone A Stone
3. Convenient Dinner
4. Begging To Differ
5. Oh, My Darling, I Wish You Were Here With Me
6. Just Singing A Song
7. Self-Loathing Song (1)
8. The Girl At My Pity Party
9. Self-Loathing Song (2)
10. What the Fuck?
11. She's My Friend
12. Annie
13. Sunny Day
14. Sharp As A Horse
15. Tammy's A Nice Girl
16. That's Him. He's Your Guy
17. Debating A Time Metaphor
18. Forget About the Crease
19. The Universe Is All There Is
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Member Since: 29/11/2005
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Send an email to adambalbo (at) gmail (dot) com. Please tell me your location. Give your name, too, if you'd like.
Influences:
Sounds Like: Discography:
Email to get info about how to get a copy of any of these albums. 6 Outta 9 w/Beats, Big Kid Now, and Fix are available through all major, and many other, online digital vendors. Click album image to buy.

NOTHING IN PARTICULAR [2001]

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ELEGANT POND [2002]

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FLAT ON EVERY SIDE [2004]

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MORE STUFF OTHER PEOPLE SAID [2005]

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6 OUTTA 9 W/BEATS [2006]

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BIG KID NOW [2008]

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FIX [2009]

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Yay for these people and institutions:

9th Floor Radio , Oakland, CA
Hotel Utah Open Mic , SoMa, San Francisco
JJ Schultz , San Francisco
Kit Smith , Emeryville, CA
Poetry Mission , Mission, San Francisco
Red Vic Sessions , Upper Haight, San Francisco
Third Culture Records , Oakland, CA

Photos
B. Canfield : 200 Pockets
Kilmer Photography

Videos

That's Him. He's Your Guy:

The Girl At My Pity Party:

More videos of live performances:
The I-Don't Know-What Blues
Big Kid Now
The Snakemen
Obligatory Highway Analogy
Call A Stone A Stone
The Universe Is All There Is

A sorta music video:
Big Kid Now by Miss Plum

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

June 2009 news

1. Song, By Toad, a dirty, informative, and entertaining UK blog, reviewed Fix.2. Don Campau had me as a guest on his KKUP show "No Pigeonholes." Download the podcast to hear live performance and us t...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:18:00 GMT

Nuke the Unborn Gay Whales

My song "Debating a Time Metaphor," from my album Fix, has been picked to be part of a compilation of Bay Area singers for a cancer benefit CD for my friend, Greg Bartschenfeld. Below is the info from...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Reviews: Fix

Below are links to two recent blog reviews of Fix.1. Liz and Laura, in Brooklyn: here.2. Choir Croak Out Them Goodies, in LA: here.Drop them a line and ask them what the hell they are talking about.Ad...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 10:06:00 GMT

More Reviews: Fix

1. Dez, of the Glasgow, Scotland, blog Music Musings and Miscellany, wrote a review of Fix here.2. Also, Vagabond Nic of the SF ezine The Neave wrote a review of my recent performance at the Hotel Uta...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:04:00 GMT

Videos and CD compilation

1. Carlosaur recorded some (nine, in fact) videos of me performing in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, on my recent trip there. Links to all of them are on my profile - and YouTube.Check out Carl...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:50:00 GMT

Radio performances archived

1. On my trip I stopped at KCSB's "5...4...3...2...Fun!," hosted by Josh Redman (of the duo Watercolor Paintings). You can stream and download the broadcast at www.5432fun.org/downloadable.html. Scrol...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:24:00 GMT

Reviews: Fix

1. Cell phone interview (hence the slight miscommunication) with Bill Locey of the Ventura County Star, Friday, March 20, 2009.Deadpan funnyman Adam Balbo, who can use genuflect and cooties in th...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:17:00 GMT

CA, AZ, & NM shows: Spring 2009

Here are the shows I'm playing on my 11-day, solo trip.AdamThurday, March 19 @ 10:00 PM KCSB, "5..4..3..2..Fun" www.kcsb.org Santa Barbara, California Description: 30-minute in-studio performance on U...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:08:00 GMT

"Fix"

My seventh album is done. (Third made in a studio). It's called Fix. There are 19 songs, about 30 minutes of music. It looks like this:Six tracks are up on my profile. The entire album can be streamed...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:08:00 GMT

Recent review of "Big Kid Now"

I seem to have sorta won over a seemingly-jaded Matthew Kalogerakis at the Pennsylvania blog Delusions of Adequacy. Read it yourself:http://www.adequacy.net/2009/02/adam-balbo-big-kid- now-ep/I'll be s...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:54:00 GMT