The Adventures of Pete & Pete Comes to Chicago! Polaris, The Petes, & More!
Citizens of Wellsville unite! The music and stars of The Adventures of Pete & Pete are reuniting in Chicago this October for a celebration of fall leaves and plaid revelry.
If you were a quirky kid in the 90s, you no doubt joined two red-headed brothers on their surreal journeys through adolescence, thrilled at the antics of Artie: The Strongest Man in the World, and rocked out to mysterious garage-rockers, Polaris. I didn’t even have cable and I used every opportunity at my disposal to tune into the show. I even started eating Frosted Mini-Wheats, just to mail in for the Polaris cassette!
Pete & Pete was absolutely captivating to burgeoning young minds and push boundaries of the kinds of stories you could tell to kids: strange parables about life, loss, and love wrapped in a gauze of funky comedy, sharp art direction, and amazing music. The show nurtured a generation of artsy misfits, and now we can’t help but celebrate it. Behold:
Polaris will be reuniting for one of their coveted shows, playing all their original music from the series, Mike Maronna and Danny Tamberelli (Big Pete & Little Pete) will be recording an episode of their podcast, The Adventures of Danny and Mike, plusDanny will also be opening for Polaris with his band Jounce! There’ll also be a Pete & Pete-themed photo booth, Pete & Pete pancakes, and a gallery of Pete & Pete artwork.
There’ve been a scattering of amazing Pete & Pete get-togethers over the past few years – but this one is ours! The show is being put on by my partners-in-crime, Consequence of Sound, and was assembled by Mike Roffman, who you may remember as a guest host on our X-Files special last year. I’ll be in attendance, and artwork from some familiar Nerdy Show talents will be on display. Other surprises may be in store… Seems like a perfect opportunity for a rare Midwest Nerdy Show fan meet-up!
Tickets are on sale now at Lincoln Hall’s official site. All attendees have the option of purchasing tickets for Polaris ($20), the podcast ($10), or both for a discount ($25). If you’re planning on going comment below or let us know on the forums!
Now sit back on the front lawn and enjoy the dulcet tones of CoS‘ Krebstar Mixtape 2000:
