Denver Dalley, Will Scott, Jeff “Catfish” Quinn & I will be performing “Tall Boy” on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” tonight (Monday, October 26). Adam Green & Afua Richardson are our backing vocalists. Willem Dafoe & Tim Gunn are the show guests. Check it out!
11:35 PM Central / 12:35 AM Eastern.
UPDATE 1: QuestLove’s Tweet: @questlove hahahaha told my band they weren’t ready for har mar superstar.
UPDATE 2: Jimmy’s Tweet: @jimmyfallon: Har Mar Superstar done gone and did it on tonight’s show.
At the very end of Har Mar Superstar’s session with us here in Rock Island this fall, Body Request, a song from his 2004 album The Handler, plays out and Sean Tillmann, the leader of this all-fun, all-sex group from Los Angeles is heard saying — as he trails away from the microphone, “God, we’re good. It never stops. The hits don’t stop with Har Mar Superstar,” and then a sequencer launches into another song unexpectedly and he continues, “Whoa, they literally don’t stop.” For years now, I’ve thought the same thing …
I’ve seen countless shows there from the age 15 onward. One story that really sticks out was at Sebadoh in ’94 or ’95. They were my favorite band at the time, and I was super-excited. As I walked in, [frontman] Lou Barlow asked me where the bathroom was. I was star-struck. I had never been backstage at that point, but I had seen a door near the front entrance that staff were always going in and out of. I assumed it was the rock-star/staff bathroom and excitedly pointed him in that direction.
Seconds later, he was running away from security who were trying to find out what he was doing in an unauthorized room. When they took the stage, Lou was in a terrible mood. The show was rocky for 15 minutes and, after a meltdown, Lou huffed off stage. It was over just as it was starting. I was directly responsible, and I was mortified but still found it hilarious.
That’s the last time I ever got star-struck. We’re all just looking for the bathroom, man.
Whip It! comes out on DVD tomorrow. I have a song on the soundtrack and appear as a roller derby coach. It’s a sweet, awesome movie. Support Drew and the awesome cast. Check it out!
