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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Playing in Madison, WI tonight

A small sign on a door that says "Kiki's House of Righteous Music" with a little cartoon house dancin to some tunes

Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I decided to try rounds instead of flats on the new bass, and realized it didn't have a string guide. Might not be 100% necessary, but i think it kinda completes the look. That and the new bridge i just impulsively ordered.

Fender jazz bass headstock, now with a string guide

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Next month, I'll be hitting to road with Tammy Shine and Dressy Bessy to go play this very cool festival in Chicago. Is the wormhole coffee shop still there?

Event poster:
Windy Pop Weekender
A Chicago Indie/Twee Popfest

The Softies
Rocketship
Dressy Bessy
Good Flying Birds
The Tammy Shine
Calico Loco
The Specific Heats
Sunshy
The Laughing Chimes
Cinema Hearts
Time Thief
Blue Clovers

Subterranean, Chicago, IL
September 26 & 27, 2026 (17+)
windypopweekender.com

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

5 years ago, my partner asked if we could go to Dumb Friends League (now Humane Colorado), just to look. We met Bean.

Bean! She is a ~6 year old labrador/border collie mix, black fur with some white around her mouth. She has soft floppy ears and a sweet and silly face, and she is laying is some cool green grass.

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I'm gonna be on vacation during Blucifer Fest, but I'm excited to get back out to LA with the band for this rad @cartoonsunited.bsky.social event

An event poster with Betty Boop posing in a gift box in the center alongside pudgy and bimbo, with balloons and confetti all around. The text says:

You're invited to...
BETTY BOOP'S
BIRTHDAY BASH
FOR A CAUSE
The Alex Theatre - Saturday August 8th - 5:30PM
Los Angeles, California

Hosted by: Kate Micucci
Live music: Dressy Bessy
Performance: Bob Baker Marionettes
Fabulous restored Fleisher Cartoons
In support of The Birthday Party Project
Presented by Saturday Morning Cartoons United

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The last album you listened to start to finish?

Constantines - Shine a Light album cover

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I got a set of gotoh res-o-lite tuners for my musicmaster. They were out of the clovers, so i just went with the Y shaped ones. I think they look a little goofy, but eh who cares.

Squier Musicmaster headstock with stock tuners. The tuning keys are the big fender clover style.

Squier Musicmaster bass headstock with gotoh res-o-lite tuners. The tuning keys are a smaller Y shape.

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Wants to go for a walk. Does not want to walk.

A black borador wearing a pink harness attached to a blue leash. She is laying on a red brick sidewalk and giving me a lil stinker look.

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

My hair isn't *long* long, but i feel like i should have got it cut a month ago.

Me in my car (parked). My hair is wavy, ungovernable, more salt than pepper.

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My secret band Lines of Drift will come out of the shadows this Saturday!

Show flier:
Owosso
Lines of Drift
Church Van
6/6
Skylark Lounge, 9pm
$12 adv/$15 door

The image is a crow holding an envelope

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

TONIGHT! tickets.meowwolf.com/events/denve...

Wheelchair Sports Camp album release
With Jello Biafra & special guests
Dressy Bessy
Brūha

Meow Wolf
Denver
May 23

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Pick a Bond from the photos you already have in your phone

An illustration from The Cat Who Went to Sea of an orange cat in a yellow raincoat and hat with a pipe in their mouth, holding the ship's wheel

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Night 2! I gotta say, for ten bands on two stages in a single room, last night's show ran really smoothly.

Friday, May 8
40 Watt Club, Athens, GA

A STAGE:
11:50 PM Elf Power
10:20 PM Dressy Bessy
9:10 PM I am the World Trade Center
8:15 PM Joe Christmas
7:20 Kincaid

B STAGE:
11:20 PM The Dry Runs
9:55 PM Sleepy Beef
8:50 PM Organically Programmed
7:55 PM John Kiran/Arianna Petersen/Franklin Russel Trio
7:00 PM Critter Fritter

Doors at 6

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Just a little tourist stop on our way to Chattanooga

⭐️ Welcome To ⭐️
CITY of MUSCLE SHOALS
Hit RECORDING
CAPITAL of the World

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

They know you're in such a terrible rush, but they're going just as fast as they can

View out of the passenger side window: back of a big trailer with a sign that says "oversize load"

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Very excited for this! 30 years of Kindercore!

EXPO 2026
30 Years of Kindercore
40 Watt Club . Athens, GA . May 7, 8, 9th 2026

TWO STAGES!

Thursday:
Man or Astro-man?
Japancakes
The Pink Stones
Chimes
The Tammy Shine
Grape Soda
Go Public
Dog Person
Honeypuppy
Viv+the Things

Friday:
Elf Power
Dressy Bessy
I Am the World Trade Center
Joe Christmas
Kincaid.
The Dry Runs
Sleepy Beef
Organically Programmed
John Kiran Fernandes/Arianna Petersen/Franklin Russell Trio
Critter Fritter

Saturday:
Maserati
Insomniac
Shehehe
Vincas
Gentleman Jesse
The Agenda!
Molly’s Lips
Big Trouble
Black Nerd Ninja
Noise Mountain

$25/night :: $60/all three nights! Tickets on sale now at 40watt.com

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Next show: Zealot is playing this Saturday night at the Skylark. Bobcat club? Bobcat Club at the Skylark. At mile high.

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

My great uncle Jack Jacobs was a professional football player in the NFL and CFL. His success with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers led to the construction of a new stadium, which was nicknamed "the house that Jack built"

Greyscale photo of Jack Jacobs in his football uniform, right arm raised with the football as though he's about to throw a pass

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I like this picture my brother took at the show last night

The Tammy Shine on stage at Soda Bar in San Diego. There is a blue light shining on a big disco ball so it looks cool.

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Yes, the Pedro the Lion song is now playing in my head

The state sign for Arizona, as seen from the highway through the passenger side window of a minivan

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I think she can tell I'm getting ready to leave because she has been extra cute at me all day.

Bean the borador, sitting with one paw raised, licking her chops, ready to accept the treat that is shaped like the letter B.

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Hitting the road today! Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco (noise pop w Illuminati Hotties!)

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I pulled out my old Bassman and bought a new 210 cab for it. I will always love the 215, but this sounds real good and it's way easier to transport.

A 1968 Fender Bassman head on top of a modern Fender 210 speaker cabinet, which is on its side to accommodate the width of the amp.

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Michael King @michaeljking.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Lotta cool announcements happening today. Here's mine: Dressy Bessy is on Wheelchair Sports Camp's album release show along with Jello Biafra (!!) and Brūha!

Concert poster:
Indie 102.3 presents
WHEELCHAIR SPORTS CAMP
album release with JELLO BIAFRA
DRESSY BESSY
BRŪHA

Meow Wolf
Denver
May 23

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