I’m playing a show on December 1st at The Lost Church with my dear friend Myrrh Larsen, and you all should come.

I imagine this set will be full of things you haven’t heard from me in a long time as well as things you’ve never heard before.

Also this is my favorite venue in SF right now, and it’s only got 50 seats!
They assure me that the link for presale tickets will be up at TheLostChurch.com really soon, so check there to see if you can get tickets ahead of time.

It would really mean a lot to me if you’d come.

<3
S

You guys, things have been rough in Starland.

& I suspect they’ll get worse before they get better.

I’m trying though– harder than I think I’ve ever tried at anything.

Here is a cell phone picture of a laptop screen, editing the Show and Tell video.

The raw footage is something I’m really, really excited about.

I’m hoping to screen it at the show we have at The Lost Church on December 1st, which you should come to.

I could really use the support right now.

Things are going to change soon. I’m not sure how yet, but I know that they will.

Here’s to hoping that it’s for the better.

MUSIC VIDEO: This Can’t End Well “I’ll Let You Watch” from Chad Michael Ward on Vimeo.

At long last! The anxiously awaited debut of our first music video “I’ll Let You Watch.“
A million thanks to Chad, Niko, and everybody who had a hand in making this possible!!!

Please let us know what you think, and if you like what you hear, friend us on facebook.

If you’re viewing in a reader that strips out flash embeds & you don’t see a video above this text– CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT!

Written, Produced, Directed, Shot and Edited by Chad Michael Ward and Niko Sonnberger
Assistant Editors: Diana Lopez and Mary Taylor
Gaffer: Carlos Oropeza
Production Designer: Sarah Taub
Grip/PA: Fefe Amazing
Makeup: Cris Alex

Lolita: CourtLyn Canñan
Man: T.C. Smith

This Can’t End Well is:
Star St.Germain – Vocals, Cello, Laptop, Guitar
Kristen Adam – Viola, Glockenspiel
Adam Willumsen – Violin

Location courtesy of Sarah Taub
Lighting package courtesy of Dean Nichols
Additional props courtesy of Allan Barnes

Camera: Canon 7D

Shot on location in Hollywood CA, January 2011.

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Stay tuned for more behind the scenes stuff coming up next week!

It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of This Can’t End Well’s brand new music video!
It is coming out TOMORROW!

Just to get you properly excited, I have a couple preview stills and some behind the scenes photos for you!

The above images are stills from the video, by the directors Chad Michael Ward and Niko Sonnberger.
I have a whole lot to say about working with these lovely folks, but I’m going to save that for after you can actually see the video!!
Suffice to say they are awesome, and professional– awesomely professional!

Here are a couple shots from behind the scenes– so you have a teaser of what’s to come.
Our lovely Violist Kristen shot the ones of me, and I shot the rest!

Come back tomorrow to see these pictures MOVE!

I am beyond excited to tell you that This Can’t End Well is playing this year’s Noisepop festival!
Thanks to James from Isotope Comics, we were paired up with Ted Naifeh to put on a full scale radio play production of his comic, Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things.
I am playing the role of Courtney, so I have some big shoes to fill!

This thing is going to seriously rule– we’ll be doing a few songs, the very first Courtney story with voice actors/live foley, hilarious fictional commercials, and visuals by our lovely projectionist, Mediapathic.

Also? It’s FREE.

Seriously, be there.

Sunday February 27th
1pm sharp
Public Works
161 Erie at Mission

I recently took a trip down to Los Angeles with my bandmate Kristen, so we could shoot a music video for the first single on our upcoming EP!
It was directed by the amazing and talented team of Chad Michael Ward and Niko Sonnberger.

I’m going to give the video it’s own post, so you can get a sneak peek of what Chad and Niko have planned for your eyeballs. Also, there will be a bunch of behind the scenes video and other goodness after it actually comes out!

Before all the excitement of working on the video, though, we had to drive all our gear down to LA, and get checked into our hotel.

We stayed at The Standard- which is basically my favorite hotel in Hollywood.

They will deliver booze-filled milkshakes TO YOUR ROOM.
If somebody can make that happen at my house, I would pay good money. Just saying.

They also have a pretty excellent restaurant in the lobby that’s open all night.
Behold it’s cuteness as we frantically drink coffee and decide what foods we ought to nom:

Tune in later this week for part 2: Our visit to Pygmy Hippo Shoppe!

So we did a little photo shoot the other day in my living room.
So here’s our first official band photo!
We did another sweet shoot during our epic trip to the desert on the 4th weekend, but I’ll have to post that one later.

Tonight, we are doing our first ustream in 2 weeks! Please come watch us rock.

In related news, construction is well under way for my new electric cello!!

Here it is about halfway finished!

It’s being constructed custom for me by the kind folks at Vector Electric Instruments.
When completed, it will be Red (Pantone 19–1763) with mother of pearl star shaped pitch dot inlays.

Yay!

When it arrives, there will be a HELL of a photoshoot.
oh yes.

Some things to know:

1: We are booking shows right now in SF and beyond.

This is super exciting news. Dates will be announced really soonlike!
If you want to book us for west coast gigs, please email us at: thiscantendwell@gmail.com

2: We are getting some new gear!
Kristen has a new Xylophone and a new looper/delay pedal, which we will be making use of tonight!
I, on the other hand, will have a sweet custom electric cello made by the kind folks at Vector in a couple weeks.

3. We are still livestreaming our practices every Tuesday night, around 8:30 pacific time.

Speaking of which, it’s Tuesday! Tune in tonight!

Here’s some stuff from previous practices that I haven’t posted here yet:

This is us writing a new song! No idea what it will turn into.

& here is Adam learning a song that he didn’t know previously!

I’m really happy to be sharing all this stuff with you guys as it’s in progress.
Thank you for watching us turn the raw materials into real things.

We pulled out an older track last night and this was our first time playing it through with Adam.
You also may notice that the locale is different– since we played at Tim’s house.

Watch us live every Tuesday around 8pm on my ustream channel!

We record the last run-through of all the songs we did that night and archive it, so you can see all the songs without the banter, mistakes, and pizza-eating that typically occurs earlier in the practice. There’s also the added bonus that we are *far* more drunk by the time we get this far in.

Last night’s setlist was:

Amazing
Redacted
Five
I’ll Let You Watch

For those on my blog, see below. If you’re viewing this on facebook or in a reader, the embed may be missing, so click here.

& if you want to see us in all our mistake-filled pizza-eating glory, check out the stream on Tuesday nights, here:

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