SuperNormal Tyler will be performing Live in Queen Creek, Arizona

• THIS SUNDAY !!  July 13th, 2008 7:30 - 8:30 pm at a Chris Gramazio for Congress Rally.

Do you live in District 6?

This East Valley seat in Maricopa County contains parts of Mesa, Chandler, and all of Gilbert and the fast-growing town of Queen Creek; it also contains the city of Apache Junction in Pinal County.

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Chris Gramazio

Chris Gramazio is running in a primary, and is looking to make it all the way to the general election to unseat Jeff Flake (R-AZ). Chris and I were on 1480 KPHX Radio together on June 22nd, 2008 discussing his campaign, my recent Public Transit Tour, and Public Transit issues in the State of Arizona.

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LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW!! - Scroll to the half-way mark to hear Tyler

Scroll to 23:20 on your audio players to hear the beginning of Tyler’s portion of the interview. 

Tyler was on 1480 KPHX Radio in the Phoenix Market yesterday morning (6/22/08) discussing the Public Transit Tour and playing music.  

The Skinny from the ‘horse’s’:

“Sarge, a weekend host on 1480 KPHX Radio in Phoenix contacted me while I was on tour for the Public Transit Tour: Portland, Oregon.  We discussed Phoenix’s Public Transit and agreed to an interview.  It could not have gone better.  The engineer, Shawn Ryan, made a great suggestion of doing the return from the commercial breaks live in-studio.  Therefore, I did the whole interview holding my guitar - the only way I am 100% comfy.  Thank you, Sarge for the opportunity to discuss such a vital and important issue with you and your audience.  I look forward to continuing our dialogue.” - SuperNormal Tyler

Sarge and SuperNormal Tyler out back of the 1480 KPHX studio post-interview

LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW  Listen NOW! 

Scroll to 23:20 on your audio player to hear the beginning of Tyler’s portion of the interview.

The first half of the interview was devoted to Chris Gramazio, He is running for local office.  Please, visit his site and lend him your support if he speaks to what you care about.

Supernormal Tyler, Will, Kate, Eugene, and Sarah in Portland, Oregon

Who knew I took so many pictures!  In the midst of the whirlwind of Portland, Oregon, I managed to snap a ton of pictures and video.  I am currently putting them all together and getting additional footage from Mark @ EVENT ONE VIDEO. 

I have music video’s in the works, as well as upcoming local Arizona shows, and I have gone back into the studio to record the new album (more on that later).   

If you are not already on the mailing list please visit the Contact page and sign-up.  I will be releasing sneek-previews, and pre-release versions of all of the upcoming content. 

Thanks to Eugene, Kate, Will and everyone in Portland who helped me along the way.  I’ve got two months of studio time, then, it’s time for another tour. 

Stay Tuned!

 Geno Panino and A Glass of Gruet Bubbly

Sunny Day Gruet

The clouds broke over Portland - here comes the sun - and it’s time for a little flop-flop adventure.  Today I decided to get a little business done and then maybe, oh, I don’t know ‘do something I guess’.  It’s a day before the big show at Eugenios and I figured I’ll take the day off and soak up the sun and dig on the locals for a while.  I started out with a stroll down Hawthorne Boulevard and called Eugenio’s to see if I could catch the owner Eugene for a chat before the big night.  I wanted to tell him how many people I think are coming and just put a face to the name.  He’s been so good to me I thought I’d pay him a visit.   

Down 34th Ave and a the left on Division Street and I scooted through the door.  I had called about ten minutes previous and Eugene was out running errands so I’ll have a little lunch and sit on the patio.  Kate was behind the bar.  She’s an M-80 in a swimsuit and jean shorts sweeter than anything and fully capable of beautiful disaster if you meddle with that fuse.  An angel with the devil her pocket, breaking hearts and taking names - don’t cross this one.  Yeah, she’s rock and roll, man.     

I ordered a Geno Panino and a glass of Gruet bubbly in a short stubby glass.  I try to refrain from using stemware due to my penchant for destruction.  I want no challenges today.  So it’s bubbly in a stubby - Easy is the recipe, and the finest ingredient is time; so it’s slow-go to the patio.  There’s a champagne sunrise at three PM and I’m in search of a day-buzz.  

The Nicest Human Being on the Planet

Eugene rolled up in the alley by the sidewalk in a white Honda Accord and stepped out looking exactly like I expected him to.  Laid back and relaxed.  Eugenios should be built on a boat with Eugene at the helm swaying smoothly on calm waters and going where the breeze wills you.  He’s rocking a blue T-shirt and cream-colored shorts and shades.  He looks like he just stepped off of the deck of a schooner somewhere sandy and blue.  He puts you in the mood he’s seems to be in perpetually; unceremonious, and cruising across the surface of the earth doing what he’s doing and then checking something else out for a while.  The way it used to be? The way it is here at Eugenio’s.  He’s a natural restaurateur.   

Matchbox Omega

Three girls sat at the long table across from me, in true Portland fashion, we were all sharing the same table in a matter of minutes.  Just in time too, because no more than a minute later I would have been destroyed by a cyclist that slammed into the chair that I was sitting in.  These girls saved my life.  Myshelle in sleeves and a sundress.  A 4′ 11″ live wire and a kindred spirit of the bartendress Kate.  Ashley in a simple grey dress and a push up - making a statement in muffled colors the statement she made sounded something like “Damn!”  All the while laying down the wit like a short-order cook.  Becky behind her cell phone peeking out to smile and drop a joke.  Everything said about one could be said of the other if we are speaking solely on first impressions.  There the kind of girls that make the clouds break and I blame the perfect weather on them.  They had a name for their little coalition: Kappa Kappa Matchbox Omega.

Kappa Kappa Matchbox Omega:Ashley, Becky, Myshelle, and Kate

 Chad meandered into the mix, he’s moving to Portland from Vermont and searching for a house.  He won’t find it today, the Matchbox Omega girls stepped in and he and I are about to be hijacked.  Before long we were all ‘life-long’s’ riding the crest of a wave beatific and ready to sail this thing all the way up to the Gold Dust Meridian on Hawthorne leaving Eugenio’s in our wake and on the docket for tomorrow night.  Showtime.  

 Myshelle, Ashley, Chad, Kate, and Supernormal Tyler

Meridian

The Gold Dust Meridian was the next destination, so we paid the tabs and said our goodbyes to the crew of Eugenio’s leaving it as our safe harbor.  We’ll return tomorrow night, and I can repay the debt of a great day to all of the people who gave it to me.  That’s why I love playing music, the human connection.  Stepping in and creating happiness for people, positive and prolific - I’ve got one-and-a-half hours of stage time and it’s gonna go by to fast.  At the Meridian, we found a back patio, Omega had been there before but none of them had noticed it before.  The little pathway was like entering a secret garden and we assembled ourselves at a table.  Omega was drinking Mojitos made with 12 year Rum, and I was stepping it up a bit.  I had an IPA and a shot of well bourbon, I was seeking the day buzz, and hell bent getting on there.  Our collective energy soon filled the patio to the gills with day-drinkers.  General jackassery and side-splitting laughter, Myshelle drew a Black Bart moustache on her index finger and was holding it up to her face and the rest is a blur.  I believe the buzz had arrived.  And I believe it skipped a few stages and put me straight in Zangsville! 

Myshelle and her Black Moustache 

One guy came in with a guitar and some one said paly us a song, he refused.  I took that as my cue and went back to the Hostel and got the Git-fiddle.  I walked back on the patio and asked if I could play them a song and so I played “Arizona Born and Glory Bound”.  That song is kind of becoming my anthem for this trip.  “the secret to success is get the F*** out”, an urge I am trying to fight.  I fall in love with everywhere I travel and the common theme around here is that what is trying to happen to me has happened to many.  Ich bin ein Portlander!  Myshelle asked me if that was a harmonica, I said “yes”.  Apparently, she plays.  She started tooting around on it and I played a remix of one of my own tunes: “The Things I’m Gonna Miss”.  Normally, it’s a heartbreaker track slow and solemn.  People have told me it made them cry, but, now it was up-beat jovial and I gravelled-up the vocals and Myshelle rocked the Harmy.  I had to go after that.  I could have stayed there all day, but, I wanted to hit the Muddy Waters Open Mic on Burnside and the sign-up started at seven.�

The Crew is Growing at the Meridian 

Murky Moods at Muddy Waters

I arrived at 7:05 and the place was already awash with troubadours with guitars in-tow.  I got a negative vibe and heeded it.  I chose to head back to the hostel and good thing I did because about ten minutes later I had to put the buzz to bed.  I spun motionless on the matress then dropped off the planet at 7:00 PM.  That’s Rock and Roll. 

More Pictures and videos coming soon.

Portland’s Finest Open Mic

I hit the streets with Joseph O’Brien and we hoofed it from SE Hawthorne Boulevard all the way to Alberta Street.  It was quite a hike but well worth the trip.  A woman named Tamara runs the open mic and she had two assistants, (Nik and Rachael) digitally recording the night.  Hopefully, can get a hold of that and toss it up on this site soon. 

 Rachel and Nik

The true test of the quality of an Open Mic is who is running it.  Sure, the quality of performers is important, but, when a night is run by professionals and cared for like it was Wednesday May 14th at The Alberta Street Public House in Portland, Oregon the performances shine and the vibe gets positive enough to change things about this little ball we live on. 

Tamara-The Professsional

Whiskey and the Walk Home

Gil (a street musician) Joseph, and I hit the streets and in true busker fashio Gil was asking every passer-by if they wanted a song.  Dusty, a guy strolling home, stopped on the corner of Alberta and tenth, and Gil went into it.  I popped the latch on the case and backed him up on harmonica.  A 20 minute chat and a drop in to the Plaid Pantry for some beers we soon found ourselves parked on a wall along the sidewalk and shot the breeze and talked music and dreams.  Good Times.  Thank you Portland.  

Exodus

Well, I managed to do it.  After a night out at 9 muses and a late return to the Hawthorne Traveller’s Hostel, I awoke at 7 AM by chance and showered up to head out the door.  Today’s the day for the start of the Supernormal Wine Tour: Willamette Valley, so, it’s pack up the bags lightning quick and out the door and onto the MAX red line to the Airport, a practice run for the day I am trying to not consider; the day I have to leave Portland behind.  But, this trip to the airport will be to rent a Dollar Rental Car and drive out to the Willamette Valley and finally walk amongst the vines.  Sunshine and grapevines. 

I said goodbye to a few fellow travellers and put back together the Supernormal Road Kit and jettisoned my now oblong and imbalanced self out the door and on to the 14 Hawthorne Bus to downtown.  My head still reeling from the previous evenings revelries at 9 Muses.  I celebrated the coming of today last night with some fellow Hobo Travellers, and now I’m paying for it with ineffective Bayer tablets and sunglasses.  Heavy stuff in-tow.  That will kill the hangover, or me.  My money is on it killing the hangover, so it’s lumber on, Lumpy.

  View from the window of the MAX Redline to the Airport

Long Black Train

It’s overcast this morning, but, there is something more than that.  I feel like I am slipping into a little lull emotionally.  When I travel there is a formula.  I do not intend it, and it is not quite unique to me.  Other ‘conscious hobo’s’ have similar experiences.  Travelling as I choose to, alone, lugging everything I need on my back, ‘backpacking’ as it’s commonly called.  I find that there are certain stages or emotional states that always come in an ordered cycle.  

First: The Gush -  A giddy bubbly love for anything and everything in the wide-world.  That lasts for a few days; sometimes a week.  Then: The Dump - that’s when then the gilded-tinge on everything fades and I begin to go inside of myself and start to feel that bastard loneliness and emptiness.  A peek into a pit of despair and your heart goes to your shoes so that you stomp all over it with every step you take the weight of your pack emphasizing the blows.  The Hobo Traveller questions his motives and criticizes his actions.  “Why not the beach?” I hear someone say inside my own mind.  ‘The Dump’ doesn’t last long, but, I think that stage is working it’s way in now.  It sucks but, the other side of it is: The Rise - a leveling off and a smooth climb into a complete happiness with the place and the process of travel and the knowledge that it brings.  But, as any cycle isn’t a one time gig, so, don’t mind the down-times and look a loft.  For round and round it goes.

There’s a college education in 8 days on the road.  There’s a Master’s in a month.  Institutional education won’t teach you how to hold on to the world when it goes wobbly and you’ve abandoned yourself for a strange town and a whirlwind.  This is why I travel like I do.  Sounds heavy, and it is, there is no doubt that you’re among the living and learning to live better, and reflecting on the cycle is brand new for me.  This is but my second go-round.       

The car deal didn’t work out.  No major woop, just a brief bummer.  I finally chalked it up as a ’slight adjustment’ and got back on the MAX to City Center.  Enter “The Dump” - I put my sunglasses on and moved through the motions while the MAX clacked me back to the best thing that resembles home - the hostel.  Good thing the Red line is a long jaunt from the airport to downtown, it gave me time to work it through.  That bastard loneliness came back and moistened my eyes and put the aortas and ventricles out of order.  I Hung my head and lumbered back to the hostel to book the rest of my stay.  They only have tonight open.  The weekend is booked but I’ll check in the morning for a potential cancellation.  If not there is another hostel across town in Northwest Portland.  If that’s bust, then there’s always the luxury of a Days Inn. 

 A little Fence in the Japanese Gardens Portland, Oregon

Emotional Daybreak and a Distilling of the Dream

Enter “The Rise”.  It clicked on the MAX and now I am finding out how to define it.  The reason why everything went awry at the airport and I can’t get the car until tomorrow which means I had to cancel the first day’s appointments is this:  I don’t want to go to wine country.  That simple.  Maybe some day in the future, but right now I’m in Portland, Oregon, man.  I’m here on a Public Transit Tour.  I got plans, baby.  I want to just do the job and do it righteously.  I want to rock this thing out and stay where the getting is good.  I’m rounding the corner and setting out on a new and elevated path.  The tears distilled the dream and refocused the vision.  Oh, the ideas and the little treats I’ve got coming for you.  Let’s get Supernormal!  I got a little light and guess what I’m gonna let it do!  

Singer/Songwriter Joseph O’Brien busking on SE Hawthorne in Portland, Oregon.  Hear more at Joseph’s MySpace page

Or, if you are in the Portland Area, he is playing live to night at 9 Muses (2715 E. Belmont Street)

Public Transit Tour

Portland, Oregon

May 11, 2008 - May 18, 2008

“By Rail, By Bus, By Flip-Flop!”

Read the Overview of the tour below, or read the blog posts Supernormal Tyler wrote about his recent tour via the links below:

•   Day 1: Portland, Oregon (Part 2)
•   Day 2: Portland, Oregon (Part 2)
•   Day 3: Portland, Oregon
•   Day 4: Portland, Oregon (Part 2)
•   Day 5: Portland, Oregon
•   Day 6: Portland, Oregon
•   Day 7: Portland, Oregon
•   Day 8: Portland, Oregon
• Exodus: Portland, Oregon

In honor of Mother Earth, on May 11th, 2008 (Mother’s Day) Supernormal Records sent Supernormal Tyler out on the road. Tyler will toured the Northwest and focusing on the city of Portland, Oregon. This was a dual-purpose tour:

1. To promote Supernormal Records and Tyler Christensen’s music
2. To highlight the ease and accessibility of Portland Oregon’s Tri-Met Public transit system and encourage the use of public transit in cities around the world.

Supernormalrecords.com visitors are treated to a show unlike any other. Videos and blogs documenting the day-to-day hour-by-hour progress and process of pulling a tour like this off.

Tyler did not rent a car, did not have a driver, and got around town and to and from gigs via the extensive and efficient Tri-Met Public Transit System in beautiful Portland, Oregon (scroll down for more details).

Supernormal Tyler stayed at the famed Portland Hawthorne Hostel in the Hawthorne district of Portland, Oregon (see below for details).

“This tour will be an exercise in sustainable living,” says Tyler. “I don’t own a car in my hometown and I try to keep my carbon footprint tiny so that I may help others make up for their obese carbon feetsprints.” he laughs. “Portland is going to be a blast because everyone I talk to raves about the Tri-Met, and where I come from (Scottsdale, Arizona) it’s all unreliable buses and footwork. It’ll be nice to feel the smooth pull of an electric street car again. I can’t wait to begin.”

Shows and Shooting Schedule

• May 11th - White Eagle Saloon - Songwriters Night

• May 12th - [TBD]

• May 13th - [TBD]

• May 14th -

• May 15th -

• May 16th - Public Transit Tour: Supernormal Tyler LIVE at Eugenio’s 3584 SE Hawthorne
  • Portland Oregon 97202 (MAP IT) Showtime: 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM

• May 17th - Supernormal Tyler LIVE at the Matchbox Lounge 32nd AVE and Division
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    • Portland, Oregon 97202 (MAP IT) Showtime: 10:00PM-11:15PM

• May 18th - The White Eagle Saloon -  Songwriters Night

Overview 

The Hostel

“Portland’s famed Hawthorne Hostel”

Located in one of Portland’s most popular destinations; the Hawthorne District. The hostel is bohemian, & enviro-conscious. Hawthorne Blvd is known for it’s quaint eateries, coffeehouses, pubs, unique shops, and the famous Bagdad Brew Pub & Theatre. We have chosen this location for our accomodations due to what they call their “Green Commitment”

Hawthorne Hostel’s Green Commitment

• The staff and board members of the hostel are committed to use environmentally kind practices whenever available and cost-acceptable.
• We have an eco-roof, made possible with a grant from the City of Portland to showcase sustainable development practices.
• Over 80% of the office, cleaning and disposable supplies come from ‘green companies’ such as Seventh Generation and Bio-kleen.
• We participate in the electric companies’ ‘green electricity program’, so that 100% of our power comes from renewable sources such as wind and geothermal.
• We are a designated ‘Sustainable Living Center’, per the HI-USA program.
• We use a non-motorized lawnmower called a ‘reel mower’. Did you know that a gas lawn mower uses puts out as much emissions as an average car?

The Transit System:

“The Tri-met Rail yard in Portland, Oregon”

In 1872, twenty-one years after the city of Portland was founded, citizens and leaders began the work that would build the city’s public transit system. Today it is known as the Tri-Met. Combining people-movers such as: Buses, light-rail, commuter-rail, a street car, and a (OHSU funded) one of a kind Aerial Tram citizens and visitors to Portland, Oregon have a myriad of options to arrive on-time and in-style.

The Portland Aerial Tram is an aerial tramway in Portland, Oregon carrying commuters between the city’s South Waterfront district and the main Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) campus, located in the Marquam Hill neighborhood. It is the second commuter aerial tramway in the United States (after New York City’s Roosevelt Island Tramway).[3] The tram travels a horizontal distance of 3,300 feet (5/8 mi, 1 km) and a vertical distance of 500 feet (150 m) in a ride that lasts three minutes. (quoted from wikipedia.org)

“The Portland, Oregon Aerial Tram”

Travelers and commuters can arrive at the Portland International Airport and be transported to the city center in a matter of minutes. During the duration of a visitors stay, little else is needed to see the entire city, and get this: In a large area called ‘Fareless Square” all travel is free. Yes, meaning no money.

Fareless Square

FarelessSquare includes most of downtown Portland (within the boundaries of the Willamette River, NW Irving Street, and the I-405 freeway), as well as MAX stations from the Rose Quarter to Lloyd Center and bus stops along NE Multnomah to 13th Avenue.

When boarding a bus, MAX or streetcar in Fareless Square, just take a seat and enjoy the ride. Fare is not required unless you are traveling outside of the Square.

Fearless Fares

If you are travelling outside the designated Fareless Square, the fares are fearless. Affordable and easily attainable tickets can be purchased on board the bus, at ticket vending machines located in MAX stations, neighborhood ticket outlets (Fred Meyer, Safeway and Albertsons stores), the TriMetTicket Office at Pioneer Courthouse Square in person, or send your digital self in to the TriMet Store online and score some tickets.

The Purpose

“I want to show my listeners how I live,” Tyler says. “Since I started writing songs I have been pushing myself to write honest lyrics and stay true to my core beliefs. I learned early on from Ani DiFranco that if ‘you don’t live what you sing about your mirror is going to find it’ and I think that is a pretty good rule. I sing what I live, and this trip is to be a peek into how I travel, how I live, and how I hope that we all can live the values that I sing about in my latest song, ‘One World’.”

The song Tyler mentioned, “One World” is posted in Demo Form on Tyler’s Myspace page at www.myspace.com/supernormal.

“Supernormal Tyler Live @ Rula Bula” (4 of 5)

SUPERNORMAL TYLER VIDEOS POSTED AT RULABULA.COM

A webmaster over at Zenith TPM uploaded 4 of the 5 “Supernormal Tyler Live @ Rula Bula” video’s to the Rula Bula video page.  The player and arrangement look great and Supernormal Records could not be happier.     You can see the video that was left out above.

Supernormal Records did not send these videos to Zenith TPM or Rula Bula, they simply used their internet prowess to seek out our productions and post them in their project.  It appears as though the Supernormal tentacles are spreading out through the “internets”.  Don’t worry this octopus just wants a hug.  Thanks for the love Rula Bula and Zenith TPM.

“On February 12th, 2008, I played three songs (Father’s Son, Carousel, Arizona Born and Glory Bound) at the Open Mic Night hosted by Walt Richardson.  I had Pope run the camera for me and spent a week editing together the videos and posting them to YouTube and, it looks like someone over at zenithtpm is on top of things.  They found them and posted them yesterday.  Just in time for the Public Transit Tour“

- Supernormal Tyler

NEW VIDEOS

More videos are in production for the “Public Transit Tour” in Portland, Oregon (May 11-18th, 2008).  The first show will be at Eugenio’s at 3584 SW division Street (Map It).  We are in the development process for a slew of Supernormal Tyler Live videos, Travel Vlogs, and day-to-day blogs during the tour.  Take your digital-self on the road with Supernormal Tyler.

Public Transit Tour

 Portland, Oregon

May 11, 2008 - May 18, 2008

“By Rail, By Bus, By Flip-Flop!”

 MORE INFORMATION 

• Listen to some Supernormal Tyler music. (link will open in a new window)
• Learn more about the ‘Public Transit Tour’.
• Watch all our videos right here!
• Read the life story of your’s truly.

The earth is getting ready for the Public Transit Tour.  Are you?

On May 11th, Supernormal Tyler is heading to Portland, Oregon to commence the ‘Public Transit Tour’.  It appears as though, the earth is moving in anticipation of this event.  Scientists cannot tell you why this is occuring, but, Supernormal Records has uncovered the secret.

“Scientists at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center have recorded more than 600 earthquakes in the last 10 days off the central Oregon coast in an area not typically known for a high degree of seismic activity.” (article)

“This earthquake “swarm” is unique, according to OSU marine geologist Robert Dziak, because it is occurring within the middle of the Juan de Fuca plate – away from the major, regional tectonic boundaries.” (article)

The earthquakes are unique due to the fact that they are not occuring along the fault lines.  Scientists are re-routing research ships to take water samples form the area above the epicenters of these recent 600 earthquakes to gather more data about the anomaly.  There is no definitive explanation for the recent odd scientific activity.  Basically, another one of Earth’s great mysteries.  Or is it?

A Formal Apology

We at Supernormalrecords.com hereby issue a formal apology.  The recent tremors are associated with the activation the generators in our underground lair.  Sorry, we needed to make sure we could get the lights on and be able to plug in our Wii when we arrive on May 11th, 2008 for the Public Transit Tour.  When we fire up the lair it makes a horrible racket, that is why we are doing it so early. 

Our Offer of Assistance

Also, if the scientific community would like water samples, there is no need to re-route a ship.  I can call Deter and ask him to open up the window and fill up some Fiji bottles and send them to you. 

Please accept our apology, and sorry for the rukus.

Sincerely,

Supernormal Tyler

“Video clip of Deter heading off to the store to buy some Fiji water”

MORE INFORMATION

• Listen to some Supernormal Tyler music. (link will open in a new window)
• Learn more about the ‘Public Transit Tour’.
• Read the life story of your’s truly.

RELATED ARTICLES:

• http://www.katu.com/news/local/11619346.html
• http://www.livescience.com/environment/ap_050305_quake_swarm.html
• http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/11/earthquake_detected_off_oregon.html
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080413184801.htm