TIM BARRY featured in Style Weekly / The Punk Site

[Guest Admin]

Tim Barry was the subject of two features that I highly recommend everyone spend the time to read. http://tinyurl.com/ycbqhg2 "Ride Fast, Live Slow" in Style Weekly (a weekly from Richmond, VA) is probably the best feature I have ever read about any of our artists. The writer spent so much time researching all there is to know about Tim Barry and the piece serves as a brief written history of Tim Barry and Avail. If you have ever wanted to learn more about Tim, look no further than this feature.

The other recommended read comes courtesy of http://thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=timbarry ThePunkSite.com who interviewed Tim shortly after an incident at a show that left Tim Barry with a broken hand. Tim is quoted as saying

"I was standing on stage and I was saying that I wrote this song ("Wait at Milano") with my buddy Travis in mind because he is chronically depressed and I wrote it for him before he passed away and never told him it was about him. And I was quickly explaining that this song is about now and living lightly and more kindly in ways that perpetuate good so that there are things left for the people coming after us and as I’m trying to explain this the fucking guy just keeps heckling me brutally, so I invite him onstage. I said no one can hear you so I gave him a microphone. So I said now that you have had your say I’m going to explain to you again what this song is about. So I repeated my words “My best friend Travis killed himself” and he replied “well he doesn’t sound like much of a friend” and I just beat the living shit out of him on stage. And I am not at all proud of that because I tried deeply not to be the person I used to be because I used to fight a lot. It’s not healthy. I just snapped you know. I still don’t know what he meant. But he certainly couldn’t envision what was going through my head when he said that."

If for some reason, you are not familiar with Tim Barry and his releases on Suburban Home, I can only hope that these features spark your interest. I'm sure most of you reading this post are well familiar with Tim, but even if you are, you should read these pieces. Tim recently finished a string of dates with Against Me and Ninja Gun and will soon be touring nearly all of the United States. Tour dates are below.

3/2/2010 Virginia Beach, VA @ Jewish Mother

3/3/2010 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 w/ Ninja Gun

3/4/2010 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern w/ Ninja Gun

3/5/2010 Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory at the Masquerade w/ Ninja Gun

3/6/2010 New Orleans, LA @ Zeitgeist w/ Ninja Gun

3/7/2010 Houston, TX @ Walter’s on Washington w/ Ninja Gun

3/8/2010 Austin, TX @ Emo’s w/ Ninja Gun

3/9/2010 Dallas, TX @ the Prophet Bar

3/11/2010 Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room

3/12/2010 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar w/ Possessed By Paul James

3/13/2010 Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar w/ Possessed By Paul James

3/14/2010 Los Angeles, CA @Jaunita’s w/ Brian Hanover

3/15/2010 Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones

3/16/2010 Santa Cruz, CA @ Blue Lagoon

3/17/2010 Sacramento, CA @ Blue Lamp

3/19/2010 Oakland, CA @ The Stork Club

3/20/2010 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside

3/22/2010 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre Lounge w/ Michael Dean Damron

3/23/2010 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon w/ Lizzie Huffman

3/25,2010 Salt Lake City,UT @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge

3/26/2010 Denver, CO @ Three Kings Lounge

3/27/2010 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge

3/29/2010 Louisville, KY @ Skull Alley w/ Red Clay River

3/30/2010 Indianapolis, IN @ the Vollrath Tavern w/ Red Clay River

3/31/2010 Chicago, IL @ Reggies Rock Club w/ Red Clay River

4/1/2010 Detroit, MI @ Smalls w/ Red Clay River

4/2/2010 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern w/ Red Clay River

4/3/2010 Harrisonburg, VA @Court Square Theatre (MacRock) w/ Red Clay River

4/4/2010 Off

4/5/2010 Washington, DC @ Black Cat Backstage w/ Red Clay River

4/6/2010 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s w/ The Menzingers, Red Clay River

4/7/2010 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs w/ Red Clay River

4/8/2010 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory w/ Red Clay River, Jonny Corndawg

4/9/2010 Asbury, NJ @ Asbury Lanes w/ Red Clay River

4/10/2010 Richmond, VA @ The Camel w/ Red Clay River

[jimmythescumbag]

So I repeated my words “My best friend Travis killed himself” and he replied “well he doesn’t sound like much of a friend” and I just beat the living shit out of him on stage.

Tim Barry ups beats up t3h punx! I would have done the same damn thing.

[One Hundred Fifty-Two]

You ain't got no style

[thedavidescapeplan]

That article was heartbreaking.

[jimmythescumbag]

Mattheson, you're wearing British Knights...I haven't seen anyone wear those since...

[justaminrthreat]

Haha. "Don't know how I'm gonna play. Show's sold out. Yay!"

That was a damn good article.

[devinr]

That article was heartbreaking.

Read it last night and it was a great but very depressing at times.