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The Shimmy Shakedown

Oh my God, it's a farty plant!

About Me

"You guys gotta stop doin it bettuh!" - The Newspaper.

"This band is like spicy mustard in the winter-time - warms you to your very bones, and you kinda wanna lick it, too." - Super Underground Indie Critic

"My moustache quivers at the mere thought of The Shimmy Shakedown!" - Television

A Mexican, a Jew, and an Irishman walked into a bar. And The Shimmy Shakedown walked out.

(edited with myspace.nuclearcentury.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/24/2006
Band Members: Jake Lobel - guitar; Jambone!
Aaron Roman - drums and bible-thumps
Kevin McGinn - bass; hoops-n-hollers
Influences: Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Conway Twitty, Roger Miller, The Pixies, Tom Waits, Various swampy guys, Willy Mason, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, and more!
Sounds Like: The scratchy back-of-the-throat breathing of the guy making peepers through your window.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Shimmy Shakedown Survey III: Emo

1. Are you in love?I don't have the capacity to love, or to properly judge distance (due to my fairy hair).2. Ever kissed anyone with the name starting with a b?I've only ever kissed Death, and his li...
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:58:00 PST

The Shimmy Shakedown Reviews: Unsolicited Email!

You know about it. You open your inbox, and instead of Gramma Oldtimer's new family photos, you're being propositioned- sexually and financially- in about eight thousand different ways. "Make yo penis...
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:53:00 PST

A Day in the Life...

...of The Shimmy Shakedown frontman and resident douchebag, Kevin.   -Tuesday, 2:00PM. Kevin wakes up. He has been asleep for twelve hours! Amazing! Like gristly burr, he is. -Wednesday, 2:00PM. ...
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:37:00 PST

The Shimmy Survey, Part Second!

This survey was taken from some chickadee's myspace - I forget her name, women being so unimportant to us and all. Ha ha, just kidding, Amy!   Once again, this survey will be answered with the un...
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:52:00 PST

The Shimmy Shakedowns First Official Review!

We here at The Shimmy Shakedown like to end most days in the same way. Floating around in a swimming pool, smoking a nice cigar. A swimming pool filled with a random mixture of bourbon and hundred dol...
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:34:00 PST

The Shimmy Survey, since right now!

I found this on Taco's myspace, so now I'm going to answer these questions for the band as a whole. Ready!? Go! 1. Ever kissed a blonde haired, blue eyed person?Most of them, actually 2. Can you see a...
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:50:00 PST

I eat spiders fo' breffast

So I played (briefly and/or breifly) at ABC tonight with Dale of NEW SCIENCE PROJECTS, and met a lot of nice folks and some crappy ones, too. Because the universe always balances out the frosted and t...
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:48:00 PST

God bless you, little Chinaman

So our songbox is filled to the brim with treasures for you. Enjoy. I'm gonna make a SAMMICH!
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:42:00 PST

New Sorngs

We've put up a couple of new recordings- She Wore Some Crazy Shirts, with our esteemed drumsman Aaron Roman on vocals, and Sixtybajillion Tonnes, our sorry cover of Ernie Ford's super cool song. I sin...
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:48:00 PST

Toby Keith

I need to talk about Toby Keith for a minute, if you don't mind. See, every time I see him pop up on the TV with his big ol' Ford guitar (I bet it never goes out of tune because it's FORD TOUGH), a li...
Posted by The Shimmy Shakedown on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:59:00 PST