We think that this letter from Dennis (sent to Bob at thebigfoist@gmail.com) speaks for itself. However, we all did have a lot of fun playing the show in question. And we all smiled a lot.
Date: Nov 23, 2007 1:08 PM
Subject: Your Show in Berlin
To: thebigfoist@gmail.com
Dear Fiery Furnaces,
yesterday I attended one of the greatest concerts in [...]
Do you know how many people on “Facebook” have “St. Louis,” “Gay,” and “The Fiery Furnaces” in their self-description? One! Did that make Eric’s odds good or bad?
Good, it turned out. Eric drove the 4 hours from his forest by the lake in God-knows-where, Missouri, to have a date with “St. Louis/Gay/The Fiery Furnaces”: Tommy. [...]
The Fiery Furnaces are proud to announce the beginning of their six-part adaptation of that classic work of the European Imagination, Giambattista Basile’s Lo cunto de li cunti. Believing that rock music is ideal for the dramatization of this work when the title is left un-translated (which of course it should be), the Fiery Furnaces [...]
The Fiery Furnaces are pleased to announce that the First Annual Moonless Monday Song-Writing competition has begun–with the lyrics.
Entries must be no shorter than twenty-five words and no longer than one thousand. Each lyric must include a synonym, of sorts, for “Cabaret” (for instance, “small-stage club”), “Seven” (for instance, “twenty-five minus eighteen”), and “Devils” (for [...]
The Fiery Furnaces are proud to announce that we now have an Official Flight Instructor: Ms. Vanessa Walsh of Santa Rosa, CA. Ms. Walsh flies a Zodiac 601 XL and can often be seen in the skies between San Rafael and Santa Barbara. If you take more than two lessons with Ms. Walsh [...]
Blueberry Boat Book (now on sale at Fiery Furnaces’ shows) illustrator Mike Reddy has a secret website on which he posts his doodles and paint blots. See, for instance, pictures from his old children’s book (with words by Fiery Furnace Matt Friedberger) Imp Elfabetical Ogre. Mike is very busy with many projects (including Fiery Furnaces [...]
