HI MY NAME IS RYAN

LINKS:

-Hi My Name Is Ryan on Myspace

-Defunct Hi My Name Is Ryan on Myspace (Last Updated 06/01/2006)

VIDEOS:

-7 Minutes In Love Performance

-7 Minutes Under The Mistletoe Performance

-Hi My Name Is Ryan Live @The Hotel Roosevelt "A Serious Song"

-Hi My Name Is Ryan Live @The Hotel Roosevelt "Faith Florescent"

-"You Don't Have To Move To Portland" Interview #1: Ryan Avery

RELEASES:

PAST SHOWS:

2009:

08/16/09 @Urban Lounge (Salt Lake City, UT) w/Birthquake!

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: monologue about age restrictions. having everyone write what they would like the world to know on pieces of paper and proclaiming them on top of a latter. cuddle puddle.

SONGS INCLUDED: faith fluorescent (aurora borealis cover), dick, a serious song, things everyone needs to hear, cheer up already, comfort punx and hello, goodnight (aquabats cover)

08/15/09 @The Tower Theater (Salt Lake City, UT)

SONGS INCLUDED: dick, faith fluorescent and a serious song

07/24/09 @The Firehouse (Phoenix, AZ) w/RPM Music Orchestra, Wingnut, Pillowfort and Brodie Hubbard

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: monologue about religion.

HYMNS INCLUDED: it's me oh lord, workin on a building, when i think of his goodness and i'll fly away

07/23/09 @Catalyst Info Shop (Prescott, AZ) w/Pillowfort and Fuzztron

2 PERFORMANCES INCLUDED: cuddle puddle. sermon / evangelical church service.

SONGS INCLUDED: dick, tell yourself (gadjits cover), comfort punx, dress for success, a serious song and hello, goodnight (aquabats cover)

HYMNS INCLUDED: jesus is there, it's me oh lord, i'm excited in the lord, workin on a building, when i think of his goodness, he touched me, old time religion and i'll fly away

07/22/09 @Macy's Coffee House (Flagstaff, AZ) w/Pillowfort

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: standing on stage staring at everyone and drinking hot cocoa for an hour.

SONG INCLUDED: happy birthday stuart

07/21/09 @Muse Music (Provo, UT) w/Hot Parents, Pillowfort and Your Little Pony

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: sermon / evangelical church service.

HYMNS INCLUDED: jesus is there, it's me oh lord, i'm excited in the lord, when i think of his goodness, old time religion and i'll fly away

07/20/09 @Slowtrain (Salt Lake City, UT) w/Pillowfort

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: breaking down everyone's comfort walls and starting the hug and kiss revolution. showing everyone in the record store good albums to buy.

SONGS INCLUDED: dick, paddelin' maddelin', dress for succes, tell yourself, merry christmas justin cooper, comfort punx and a serious song

07/18/09 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Pillowfort and Glochids

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: sermon / evangelical church service.

HYMNS INCLUDED: jesus is there, it's me oh lord, workin on a building, when i think of his goodness, old time religion and i'll fly away

06/27/09 @Space 55 Theater (Phoenix, AZ) 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: (while wearing beard) roll call of everyone in audiences name. rubbing lotion all over my body/andrew jemseks body

06/20/09 @Space 55 Theater (Phoenix, AZ) 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: monologue (while wearing ski-mask) about the pressure of fame. attacking host of the show. sing along with the audience.

SONG INCLUDED: why is tristan still single?

04/16/09 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Porches, Hug-Of-War, Stelleluna and I Am Burr

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: recreating new years 2006. dance party to the space jam soundtrack.

SONGS INCLUDED: hamani hill, tell yourself (gadjits cover), i think you're beautiful, dick, a serious song, things everyone needs to hear and hello, goodnight (aquabats cover)

03/03/09 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Uggamugga, Michelle Blades and Magilicuddy

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: monologue about happiness, friendship and finding love

SONGS INCLUDED: ode to the old and hopeless, tell yourself (gadjits cover), plenty more (squirrel nut zippers cover), i think you're beautiful, for andrew..., things everyone needs to hear, dick and it's alright

03/02/09 @The Lodge (Tucson, AZ) w/Andrew Jackson Jihad, Uggamugga, Great Job, Porches, Renato Parada and Serows

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: calling my dad to wish him a happy birthday. starting a dance party

SONGS INCLUDED: happy birthday stuart, dress for success, tell yourself (gadjits cover), plenty more (squirrel nut zippers cover), i think you're beautiful, dick, bromance (treasure mammal cover), merry christmas justin cooper and it's alright

03/01/09 @The Smell (Los Angeles, AZ) w/Guitarded, Moment Trigger, Uggamugga and Creekbird

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: kissing men. monologue about feeling unwanted.

SONGS INCLUDED: ode to the old and hopeless, dress for success, tell yourself (gadjits cover), plenty more (squirrel nut zipper cover), i think you're beautiful, for andrew..., things everyone needs to hear, a serious song, dick, merry christmas justin cooper and its alright

02/07/09 @Space 55 Theater (Phoenix, AZ) 7 MINUTES IN LOVE

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: getting all of the sick folks on stage with me. monologue about being sick. giving all the sick people a hug.

SONGS INCLUDED: things everyone needs to hear

01/03/09 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/ladybabymiss

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: getting everyone on stage with me to give everyone a hug and let them know "2009 is going to be fine"

SONGS INCLUDED: a serious song, things everyone needs to hear and hello, goodnight (aquabats cover)

2008:

12/12/08 @Space 55 Theater (Phoenix, AZ) 7 MINUTES UNDER THE MISTLETOE

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: having a "first date" with a girl i really liked. the date included playing scrabble and ordering pizza.

11/07/08 @The Hotel Roosevelt (Hollywood, CA) w/Go-Go 13, Digital Unicorn and Money Mark

SONGS INCLUDED: a serious song and faith florescent (aurora borealis cover)

10/23/08 @The Boo Berry Fort (Tempe, AZ) w/Sucks and Soft Shoulder

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: breaking down everyone's comfort walls and starting the hug and kiss revolution

SONGS INCLUDED: liars, faith florescent (aurora borealis cover) and a serious song

10/14/08 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Dangerville, The Real Me, Emily!, Liam and Pillowfort

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: having everyone write what they would like the world to know on pieces of paper and proclaiming them on top of a latter.

SONGS INCLUDED: liars, dress for success, tell yourself (gadjits cover) and a serious song

08/30/08 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ)

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: q & a with everyone in attendance about my mission. katamari hug.

SONGS INCLUDED: you know its true, faith florescent (aurora borealis cover), opm mission rap, the man on the bridge, i'm excited in the lord (kids of the kingdom cover), sith lord love, scarf o' rama portland drama (p town vs. p town cover), cerebral palsy on halsey and earn your stripes

2007:

06/14/07 @Dabney Park (Gresham, OR) w/The Lewis and Gubler Experience, Shawn T. Mayo and Cade Robertson

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: monologue about the seriousness of art. wrapping everyone in caution tape

SONGS INCLUDED: the bambi jam (night wolf cover), faith florescent (aurora borealis cover), i'm excited in the lord (kids of the kingdom cover) and hello, goodnight (aquabats cover)

2006:

08/16/06 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Fathers Day, Dangerville, Brodie Hubbard, JRC, Haunted Cologne, Black Jacket, Little Jimmy, Iji, Kevin Patterson, Red Pony Clock, Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, Stacey Gordon + Tommy Cannon, French Quarter, Bill Binder, Tent City, The Coitus, 8 Bit Porno, The Children Of Hell, Jose Gonzalas, Djentrification and The Nourishment

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: playing peek-a-boo with myself. monologue about making the best of things and word of wisdom

SONGS INCLUDED: monkey vs. robot (james kochalka superstar cover), faith fluorescent (aurora borealis cover), lotto fever (aquabats cover), hello, goodnight (aquabats cover)

07/14/06 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Parenthetical Girls, Reindeer Tiger Team, Fishboy and Back Ted-N-Ted

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: wrapping everyone in the venue in caution tape, monologue about music/art scene unity

07/01/06 @Soul Invictus (Phoenix, AZ) 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: wrapping everyone in the venue with caution tape while chanting "anything goes" and knocking art off the walls

06/24/06 @Soul Invictus (Phoenix, AZ) 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: "spooning" and then "making out" w/a stranger

06/23/06 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) The Sex Show: w/Vaginal Discharge, Kevin Patterson, Emily!, Dr. Rev. Steven Strange, Jose Gonzales, Corey Busboom and JRC

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: monologue/reading about everything i know / had experiences / have learned about sex

06/17/06 @Soul Invictus (Phoenix, AZ) 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: feeding everyone oreo cookies and watching captain ahab's video for "i can't believe it's not booty"

06/10/06 @Soul Invictus (Phoenix, AZ) 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: monologue about how busy my life was at the time while changing costumes/outfits

06/08/06 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Dogme 95, Alexis and Morgans Magic Book Bus

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: having everyone snuggle under a blanket and hug themselves

SONGS INCLUDED: faith fluorescent (aurora borealis cover) and hello, goodnight (aquabats cover)

04/24/06 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Porches, This Traveling Will, Engaged and Moustache Ride

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: monologue about growing up in the LDS church

SONGS INCLUDED: pop corn poppin' on the apricot tree

03/31/06 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Lovechild, The Remainders, Morgans Magic Book Bus, Emily!, Firebrass Trubacci, MC Merv and Haunted Cologne

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: singing "the aquabats vs. the floating eye of death" album by myself and tiring myself out from dehydration and exhaustion

03/28/06 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Patrick Elkins, Jamie Zapor, French Quarter, Sweetbleeders and Porches

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: auctioning myself off to the audience to "win a date with me" (the winner bought me for $25, breakfast, lunch AND dinner, and a date in the park)

03/17/06 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ)

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: forcing myself to feel uncomfortable, sick, happy, sad and then sleep on stage until everyone left.

01/06/06 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Leslie Barton, Pete Petrisko and Emily!

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: stripping down to underwear, monologue about telepathy, eating coco puffs, tearing up a copy of red magazine, faking a seizure and crying in the fetal position

2005:

10/14/05 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/Andrew Jackson Jihad, Brodie Hubbard and Male Pattern Raddness

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: talk show interviews with all the other bands/artists performing. lip synching to "black girls" (violent femmes cover)

07/23/05 @The Trunkspace (Phoenix, AZ) w/The Graves, The Trembling and Uggamugga

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: a short "silverchair" set in my underwear

SONGS INCLUDED: jrc and stephanie have cute kittys, lifetime movies, i think you're beautiful and hello, goodnight (aquabats cover)

04/30/05 @Four White Walls (Phoenix, AZ) The Real Coachella #1

PERFORMANCE INCLUDED: greeting everyone in the room and doing a short "silverchair" set.

SONGS INCLUDED: i'm nothing (violent femmes cover), lifetime movies and i think you're beautiful