Reset List

Justin Purvis was driving around the country with his brother and a camera crew. Why was he driving around the country with his brother and a camera crew, you ask?  We’ll tell you.  Justin and his brother both have Choroideremia, a congenital eye disease that gradually leads to extreme vision loss and even blindness.  Justin and his brother are still both able to see but they’re on their way across the United States taking in all they can in the event that they do lose their vision.  On the way they are filming a documentary and raising awareness in a project called Driving Blind.

On the Chicago leg of their tour they had an evening of improv at the Chemically Imbalanced Comedy theatre with two acts, an intermission and 6 improv groups.  Matt had done improv with Justin in college and Reset List was invited to play a short set.  It was our first acoustic set in front of an audience and we played for keeps, which included utterly destroying a tambourine (may it rest in pieces) and more rhymes than you can shake a stick at.

Here’s the set list:

1. Butter My Bread then Give me Head
2. $2 Items at the Dollar Store
3. You Rode Your Segway Into the Sunset
4. Tunnel Vision Love
5. G-Spot Parking Lot

For our second show at the Viaduct we teamed up with Stealth Like a Canoe.  This was the third time we joined forces to create awesome and combat boredom and it was glorious.  If you missed the show, fear not, you will soon be able to find their sweet saccharine tunes on the iTunes.  And, since they’re local, I’m sure you’ll be able to hear them around town.  We highly recommend it.

Also, I’m pretty sure someone at the show was taking video evidence of our existence and hopefully it will find its way to the internets soon.  If not, we’ll draw you a picture (or several) to show the giganticosity that was our show.

Here’s the set list:

1. Patty Style all the Way
2. Alien Underpants
3. My First Slow Dance
4. When I Met you in the Gas Station Bathroom
5. W.I.J.T.O
6. Some R Nuggin’
7. More Than Words
8. Kidney Stone Blues
9. ______________
10. Bra Strap Malfunction
11. Stop Cheating on me, I Want you Back

Boom, y’all.  We are officially open for business at the Viaduct Theater.  Our first show went well.  We had a great crowd and On Tap opened up with some stellar tap dancing.  They have got some seriously talented feet.

Here’s our set list from the evening:

1. Brownie Cake
2. Don’t Pick That
3. Please Please Don’t
4. Let’s Split
5. General Hospice
6. You are my favorite gummy Bear
7. Unicorns vs. Puppies
8. Circumcision Saturdaze
9. Obatamy
10. Hoot a Nanny
11. Ralph the Vitner
12. Sup’ B’rall
13. Polka Your Pants Off

Not only are we planning on impregnating your ears with our rock babies but we’ve invited our friends to join in on the fun.  Allow me to explain.  Reset List will have a different opening act for each of our five shows in September at the Viaduct Theater.  While most bands just have other bands opening up for them we decided to be more inclusive and have invited a wide range of talents to join us in blowing your children’s children’s children’s minds. 

Here’s a quick look at the opening acts for our upcoming run

9/2 – On Tap
This group will tap your face off.  They perform a mix of choreographed and improvised tap dance numbers and we were blown away when they opened up for us last year at the Viaduct.  Here’s some video evidence of Matt trying to keep up with them.

9/9 – Stealth Like a Canoe
From their website “Stealth Like A Canoe is an alluring Chicago pop-rock band with lovely guy/girl harmonies and a magnetic intensity that can be both haunting and sweet. At its core, Stealth Like A Canoe is Nicolette and Adam, a couple for seven years, who combine driving guitar, old school organ and just a dollop of accordion to form a beautiful storm of charm and sway.”  This will be our third opportunity to play with Stealth and we think they’re sweller than swell.

9/16 – Kenny Metroff
Kenny Metroff’s brand of comedy can be described as “an eclectic post-modern hodge podge of both story-based observational hilarity and fantastical guffaws”. In essence, he shares that which tickles him in order to brighten your day. Kenny has been performing stand up professionally throughout the Midwest since 2005. He currently produces “Stand Up @ The BE” on Saturdays at 10pm Studio BE theatre in Lakeview. (www.stuio-be.org)
He can also be seen performing improv and sketch comedy at the same theatre with pH Productions (www.whatisph.com). For good measure he will list a final promotional site, www.youtube.com/kennymetroffcomedy – go there and subscribe!

9/23 – Becky Poole
1 woman. 1 saw.  Infinite possibilities.  Watch her demo.

9/30 – The Blue Ribbon Glee Club
The Blue Ribbon Glee Club is Chicago’s one and only punk/alternative rock glee club who are accompanied by a tambourine and a can of whoop-ass.  Monica Kendrick from the Chicago Reader has this to say about them. “The performances are enthusiastically, charmingly amateur, and the overall effect is akin to having a troop of carolers show up at your door singing songs you actually like.”

*Please note:  The only known contraceptive against rock babies is a good pair of earplugs.  We’ve tried condoms but they look funny.  Funny weird.

Hear ye hear ye.  Every Thursday in September Reset List is returning to the Viaduct Theater to make sweet, sweaty rock & roll for the masses.  We’ve got new members, new licks, new outfits and a new show every night.  Bring a change of underwear because we’re singing all the songs you never knew you loved, and we’re only playing the songs that you request.  We won’t divulge which bodily fluid will cause you to change your underwear, but you’ve got at least 5 to choose from.

The show starts at 10 p.m. with a different opener every night (TBA).  Tickets are $10 and can be bought through the Viaduct Theater box office at 773.296.6024, online at www.viaducttheater.com or at the door the night of the show.

That’s 5 shows, 5 opening acts, 60+ new songs, and an incalculable amount of hitch kicks (unless, of course, you count them).

See you there!