William Beckett in the House
Posted on December 12, 2013 Posted by John Scalzi 19 Comments
So, next weekend musical artist William Beckett is coming to my house to do a concert, which I think is pretty nifty, since we’re all fans here in the Scalzi household. As invites we bought and passed out copies of his latest album Genuine & Counterfeit, which is a fine album that I recommend to all y’all. But as not everything we’ve asked him to play is on that album, I’ve created a Spotify playlist of the songs we’ve requested, so that those coming to the house will have some familiarity with the rest of the tunes. This post is mostly for them, but hey — you can listen along too. Enjoy.
DOOOD I’m so jealous. :-D
What is the occasion?
Dunder:
The occasion is “whoa, an artist I like does in-house events? I totally have to get on that.” Although it does also coincide nicely with my daughter’s 15th birthday.
That’s pretty sweet! Never heard of the guy until now. His stuff is good!
Is he doing an acoustic performance or is it going to be the whole sha-bang?
She can’t be fifteen. *denial*
Mariah Holman:
Unless he’s traveling with a band in his carryon, it’ll just be him.
Ah, too bad it’s winter in Ohio (and it was 3! 3 say! in Dayton and just a bit south where I am this morning! I thought my nose was going to fall off)…if it wasn’t, you could invite us all over to your back yard and have “Scalzistock”!
I am insanely jealous, but I love that you are supporting his music. Also, Beckett puts on an incredible live show. Enjoy!
That’s sweet either way…and you know. One could travel with a band in their carry-on, granted it would be a rubber band…
looks like my invitation was lost in the mail. I’m sure it was just due to the snow storm. I’m busy anyway, but thanks, sounds fun.
Never heard of him til now. Saw some vids on YouTube. Not too hot on the music but the band in the Benny and joon video is HOT
I hope you guys have a great time. I’m not familiar with his music at all (except the Christmas carol, I guess) so I’ll have some new tunes to listen to tomorrow.
Awesome that you are supporting artists and getting a twofer by being a cool dad.
Also, thanks for the link to Spotify. Great service.
Always strive to be a cool dad, you only get one shot.
Dave
I hope we get to hear all about it! I’ve been to 4 house shows with William (one of which I hosted) and I am hosting my second at the end of the month. SO amazing, and much fun (if a bit nerve wracking trying to ensure everything is perfect). Yours is bound to be total geeky goodness.
I just went to a William show last weekend. Getting hit with all that stage power is an amazing thing. I can’t wait to hear the details!
Incredibly cool birthday gift! My hat is off to you , sir!
Any chance you could put it on Concert Window? http://www.concertwindow.com/
So my take-away from this post is that we are all invited. It’s a bit of a journey from California, but anything for you, John.
*sigh* Mr. Scalzi, clearly you are not thinking ahead. You have set the bar very high. I do not think even a car for your daughter’s sixteenth birthday will top this.