the flapjacks sing: casey dienel

About Me

Last year I made a sweet little record, and I think you ought to secure yourself a copy. To do so, please go here .I love Final Fantasy, Ponies in the Surf, and string quartets by Bartok. I am a bad liar and a good cook. Sometimes at night I dream of letters and digraphs like "gn" and "rh." I wake up with words in my mouth. I love to ride bikes, yet I do not own a bicycle. I wish I could skateboard.Summation is silly!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/17/2004
Band Website: caseydienel.com
Band Members: me, singin' and playin' ukelele and various beasts (such as the wurlibeast and the piano).i've been priveleged to have played with the following people in recent times: matthew jean-paul meyer, rachel blumberg, dave depper, nat baldwin, sam rosen, michael winograd, djim reynolds, peter broderick, laura gibson, cory gray, etc. they all make inspiring music, and i urge you to seek it out.
Influences: Mose Alison, Abdullah Ibrahim, Victor Hugo, Herman Hesse, Artie Shaw, Frank O'Hara. Light in the early morning, light at dusk.
Sounds Like: It's my lunch hour, so I go for a walk among the hum-colored cabs. First, down the sidewalk where laborers feed their dirty glistening torsos sandwiches and Coca-Cola, with yellow helmets on. They protect them from falling bricks, I guess. Then onto the avenue where skirts are flipping above heels and blow up over grates. The sun is hot, but the cabs stir up the air. I look at bargains in wristwatches. There are cats playing in sawdust.
Record Label: HUSH Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Bleating Heart Shows (Montreal!)

hello to you all,things have been kicking into gear in these parts. i have just completed a new record (!!!) and there's a lot that's going to drastically change over the course of a few months, so be...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:12:00 PST

summer tour & new sounds!

It is now, without any doubt, summertime. While driving the mom-mobile this morning to the carwash, I could feel the backs of my legs sticking to the car seats, the canned heat of the car near singein...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:37:00 PST

Summer News & Shows!

hello all,It's been a quiet couple of months here in New England, but I'm currently beginning to gear up for more activity this summer--while the rest of you, I hope, are winding down and drinking lem...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:22:00 PST

sxsw show cancelled

..> SXSW show cancelled due to the elements! dear friends and fellows,I write you from a hotel in pennsylvania. Unfortunately I will not be appearing at the SXSW festival show scheduled tomorrow--f...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:33:00 PST

Swoonworthy Things

Some things I've been drawn into like a glint of light on the ground:Pan's Labyrinth--The first movie I've seen that truly delves into a child's imagination with such vigor and originality since Ameli...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:07:00 PST

Election Day.

Dear friends!Happy Election Day. I'm a twisted bundle of nerves, but that's enough on the subject. I want to thank those of you who came to the Hush Showcase last week--I had a really truly special ev...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:09:00 PST

Notes from the Moccasin Tour.

I write you from a kitchen in Chicago, filled with pac-man lunch trays, ceramic tchotchkes, and a three-tiered copper basket full of garlic bulbs. The ever-present coffee cup sits to my left, and even...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:20:00 PST

A SERIES OF ONE-ACTS!

So far on tour, these things are high on my list and conscience:the benefits of vitamin c and mangosteen juicehot pink leaves in the autumn foliage of minnesotavariations on 'bro' such as 'billbro bag...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:17:00 PST

APPLE CIDER TOUR 2006

Dear each and every one,I'm doing a small tour through the NE & Midwest this fall starting this weekend. I'm opening for most of these shows--so be sure to come on the earlier & say hi. I'm bringing h...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:56:00 PST

vermin hotel

I've begun to take out my sweaters and sift through my soup recipes again. Fall has never seemed to come this soon, but at least today the sun's out instead those gloomy sheets of rain that fell in Br...
Posted by the flapjacks sing: casey dienel on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:51:00 PST