Ted Leo 🍉
@tedleo
“northeast guitar”; he/him/any; useful promo stuff is @realtedleo on insta*ram, tedleo.bandcamp.com
these lovely fellas just quietly supported me, and remained the best band I’ve ever witnessed, especially as I get to both lead and play among them.
Anyway, a bit of seriousness/fun from the Hause Gamily Picnic portion of the Sing Is Home festival in Manayunk, Pa. last weekend: “The Freedom Fighter.”
Irish-Italians from Jersey, in particular, but also, just me watching Daredevil
[SPOILER ALERT] I clicked so fast… only to find out it’s just another effin’ WHEEL?
At least it was an incredible mail week. Preorder things IMMEDIATELY, & if you’re like me, you forget, then one day find @chanda.blacksky.app and @mollycrabapple.bsky.social ‘s books at your door, along with Neoliberalhell’s NY Post Mamdani freakout hat, and they seem like gifts from the universe
SOME SHOWS TO ANNOUNCE! *all tickets on sale on Friday, March 20, 10 AM EDT*
And the truth (about a totally different topic) is, I didn’t go to City Gardens that often because I was closer to, and on quick and easy public transpo to NYC. But I did my time down there.
I am no longer a maker of art. I am become the destroyer of criticism and journalism, as well as the American Left-Wing of media and comedy. 🧙♂️
Proud to be part of the legacy of this band. pic by @lavrami.bsky.social from this lineup’s first show at the Westport, Ct. LIBRARY last year.
I don’t know, person who doesn’t follow me, but I do remember why I left Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter, in succession.
First solo show of 2026 is Feb. 15 at Cats Luck in Neptune, NJ, with my pal, Mikey Erg. Only predictable thing about 2026 so far, is that this will be fun.
We’re not running out of good ideas, but the tech fetishists who have no ideas other than “but I put a lot of money and emotion into this basket” always do, and their narcissism does not allow them to consider that their failed ideas suck, and the flop sweat is palpable.
I haven’t been able to put the time in on Geese yet, for a myriad of reasons, but MAINLY because I’m in a Cleaners From Venus rabbit hole that seemingly never ends, and has me imagining a very different world for myself, had I NOT missed them/him the first time around (because… I was around, ha).
Anyone who’s known me for a while knows how important this man and his work were to me. RIP, Jimmy Cliff. 🖤
I cannot promise we will not talk about “Part 2,” but we will probably not talk about “Part 2.” Tune in to @wfmu.bsky.social from 3-6 today for Todd-o-phonic Todd and myself, for some chit chat, live songs, and record playing!
CENTRAL JERSEY (it exists), come on down to Revilla Grooves this Thursday night to see my pal Ray’s photo retrospective and/or me play my last solo set of the year! Event from 7-11 PM, I’ll probably play around 8:00.
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again - and I’m not gonna say it’ll make you HAPPY - but if you’re looking for the realest and the purest things among humanity, sure you could do worse than taking two hours and JUST watching Sinéad O’Connor reaction videos
