Berlinos of the Internet: you are home now. That means you will have plenty of energy tomorrow night to: 1) listen to me throw song words at you at Marie Antoinette, 2) listen to Wild Pink do same, and 3) rage all night with us when we’re done. ACQUIRE TIX HERE –> https://goodliveartists.com/artists/wild-pink
I posted this on Twitter earlier this week. I respond to the results below..
FREE WILL:
We agree, 64.7% majority “free will exists” voters. For now I’m convinced by libertarian arguments (not in the political sense of course; I mean libertarian as opposed to compatibilism or determinism.) Don’t know what flavor (event-causal, agent-causal, etc.) yet. Working on it.
GOD:
We agree, 27.4% minority “God exists” voters. I see an uncaused universe as implausible. “What caused God then?” It’s God, all the way up. This is my most teleological opinion; I hereby submit myself to the philosophy cops for interrogation, during which I will behave very badly.
ROBOT CONSCIOUSNESS:
We agree, 54% majority “non-bio. consc. is possible” voters. We exist; physical consciousness is clearly possible. No principle rules out other physical forms. This is NOT a reductive position. Less “we’re not special,” more “we’re special, and many other things COULD BE special.”
Trouble voting? Try calling these nonpartisan hotlines for help:
English: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-9683)
Spanish: 888-YE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682)
Arabic: 844-YALLA-US (844-925-5287)
Asian Languages: 888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683)
Don’t assume it’s too late!
I can finally post about this Yuletide banger. The Front Bottoms + Joyce Manor + me + Lunar Vacation are at the Philadelphia Fillmore on Dec. 16 in this year’s tres stacked Champagne Jam. Get tix here starting 29 Sep. Pretty sure these’ll sell out, so grab quick. https://thechampagnejam.com/
Edinburgh – 28 Sept. (Wednesday)
Time:
7:30pm
Location:
Thompson Balcony
3 St Andrews Square
Edinburgh, EH2 2BD
Drop your email address here to receive detailed instructions on how to get in to the concert:
https://forms.gle/1tPnSGyNDxvTRbAc6
Sheffield – 29 Sept. (Thursday)
w/ Forum Friends and Town Cruise
Time:
8:15pm
Location:
Delicious Clam
12 Exchange St
Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S2 5TS
Ticket link:
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Sheffield/Delicious-Clam/Emperor-X-USDE–Forum-Friends–Town-Cruise/36162766/
Norwich – 30 September (Friday)
w/ We Bless This Mess
Time:
7:30pm
Location:
Lowell Records
8 Pottergate
Norwich NR2 1DS
Info links:
https://lowellnorwich.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lowellnorwich/
Want show address / info? Fill out this form and it will be sent to you tomorrow evening. Assume a 7pm-ish start time. Assume central Edinburgh. All else droppeth on the morrow.
https://forms.gle/1tPnSGyNDxvTRbAc6
This Friday I’m singing in Jacksonville for the first time in…honestly not sure, six years maybe? Crazy. Anyway, I’m getting a bunch of requests for details. Here’s what I can share.
Venue: The Moasis
Time: 7pm (early show, early curfew)
Cost: $10 at the door
Lineup: FLORIDA SMASH HITS opens, EMPEROR X closes
“BUT CHAD, WHERE IS THIS ‘MOASIS’ OF WHICH YOU SPEAK?”
It’s a private location, which is why the folks who set it up and I are being so conspiratorial about it. If you fill out this Google Form I’ll make sure a robot sends you the address a few hours before the show. (It’s in central Jacksonville, so you can vaguely plan a bit at least.)
https://forms.gle/w57KgMDaKzLeHprp6
You can also DM any of the other folks posting about this show for the address (but not me, I’m terrible at DMs.)
Go Jaguars. This tongue licks teal.
Railroad Earth
1467 Oxford Rd. NE
Druid Hills, GA 30307
Times:
Doors – 7pm
Band 1 (Bummer Hill) – 8pm
Band 2 (Sanity Please) – approx. 9pm
Band 3 (me) – approx. 10pm
MARTA:
Blue/Green line to Inman Park/Reynoldstown
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get off at N Decatur Rd. NE & S Oxford Rd. NE
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walk 500 feet south
Recommended Parking:
Emory University
Fishburne Parking Deck
1672 N Decatur Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30322
Tickets for tonight in St. Louis: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5531291
I’m gonna be writing the finishing touches of an essay on challenges to cosmopolitanism in a library prior to the show.
BTW @RyanWasoba helped me fix my voice with his hospitality. LALALALALALALALALALALALA.