FlyTV, Adam, Mustaches.

There was a brief moment in my (309) life, right near the very end, when Dylan Stanford started documenting things and he made us look like legit acts.

I saw a flier for “FlyTV” at the Normal Theater once and it caught my attention, but I didn’t check it out.  6 months later it was back and I went to check it out.  First scene: “Metal Head Ed”, aka Eddy Polivka.  Hooked.

Tyson Markley (Killowatts, Analog Saves the Planet, Fantastic Plastics) had told me that this guy had contacted him about filming Analog Saves the Planet.  I introduced myself to Dylan and his partner in crime, JJ.  We then proceeded to have fun for the next year.

Adam Widener came into my life around the same time at the East Peoria American Legion Hall.  His friend, and I cannot remember his name, but he’s dancing around in the video, told me he’d gotten his hands on one of my albums and that he and Adam were digging it.

Awake, I don’t care at all, but asleep, in my dreams, everyone is getting rich off my songs and I wake up anxious or perhaps frustrated, thinking “how did THEY make it work?”

Watching whatever their pre-52 Blue Candy Hearts band was, and I heard one of my songs.  It felt weird and I was skeptical of myself, but there was the same (not complex) chord progression and vibe and I wasn’t irritated by it, but it was a weird moment.  I said to someone with me who knew the song I was thinking of, “I think that’s one of my songs.”

Trevor McCoy then immediately announced that the “egomaniac has had his song stolen.”

We had a laugh, freeze frame, end credits and that episode ended.

What are you doing these days, Adam?  Still in Milwaukee?

Dylan?  What are you up to?

Watch the FlyTV about Adam

UPDATE: FOUND HIM.

https://circuitssf.bandcamp.com/