One of my favorite showbiz things is the phrase “can’t get arrested,” meaning the person can’t get a job. “I couldn’t get arrested in those days” an actor will say about hard times.

I’ve never heard the opposite. Nobody ever says they got arrested when they get hired for something.

I’ve changed that.

I’ve been saying for a while that I can’t get arrested in Raleigh, an otherwise reasonable city but one with terrible taste in singer-songermakeruppers named The King Teen. But I’ve been arrested, booked, nabbed, collared, pinched, nicked.

What I mean is I’m playing in Raleigh Monday night at Slim’s Dive Bar downtown, which is a good place to get arrested, euphemistically speaking and meaning hired to put on a show, though it’s probably not a good place to get arrested in the criminal justice sense because no place is good for that.

I was invited to open the show by Joe’s Cousin One Man Band, who you can see from the flyer and that link just now is as advertised, a one-man rockabilly honkytonk band.

I’ll be a two-man one-man band, as I’ll be joined once again by Jaxon* Wilkerson on drums. Doors are at 8, show is at 9, and I don’t know if there’s a cover but there probably is and it probably isn’t a crazy amount. Come on out!

* I didn’t catch the typo “Jason” in the newsletter till after it went out. I’m sure this has never happened to Jaxon before.

But wait there’s another show. The Grit Diaries return Wednesday night at Speakeasy Carrboro and I’ll be part of it.

The Grit Diaries are a Nashville-style songwriter round, with four performers at a time onstage taking turns singing original songs. It’s a fun night with a lot of talent on that stage. Unrelated to that, I’ll be in the first group, which starts at 7:30. There’s no cover, and there’s a really good taco truck cattywampus across the intersection.

I know you haven’t forgotten but just in case you forgot: You can still get a digital or CD copy — or both! — of my latest EP, True Stories of Time Travel, at Bandcamp or by coming to a show. It’s $4, or more if you want, on the website and nameyourprice dollars in person.

Both of those places is where you can also get your own iconic No Kings But The King Teen T-shirt. Everyone who wore won to the last No Kings rally looked great, and none of them got arrested. You’ll look great at the next one.

Thanks for reading and listening and coming on out.

Your friend,

The King Teen

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