I must say The Black Keys and Dan Auerbach always have cool tour posters.

Hopefully Dan will have posters for sale at his upcoming gig I’ll be going to.

Below are a couple of variations on Dan’s recent graphic theme.

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A lot of people buy Black Keys merchandise. Often a higher price is attached to goods if it has Dan and Pat’s autograph on it.

Having said that, I doubt anyone would pay for a used Black Keys concert ticket with their signatures on it.

If you are buying something purporting to have been signed by The Black Keys you can now compare the  squiggles with the examples below.

Hmm, I’m pretty sure the scribble on the left of the ticket is Pat’s and the one on the left is Dan’s.

If you were buying some Black Keys merchandise, would you pay more for their signature on the goods?

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The Black Keys have also represented themselves with pretty cool poster art, t-shirts and general tour merchandise.

I haven’t framed my 2008 Australian tour poster yet, but I thought I better document it for the time being (below). I bought it at the Sydney show this year. I also really like the poster that promoted their ‘secret’ Byron Bay show earlier this year which I added to a post.

Here’s some places where you can buy Black Keys posters:

- The Black Keys own official merchandise including posters

- Ebay Black Keys Posters – good selection and slightly cheaper than official site (Note: this is the Australian site address so hopefully everyone can access)

- Dan Grzeca is a noted artist of Black Keys posters and has them for sale from his etsy site

- bMethe is another prominent artist of ‘Keys art. You can buy his work over at this gigposters address

- Hajimeru has some ‘Keys poster artwork on his Flickr site that he made but I don’t know where you can buy it from

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I’ve been a bit tardy with my posts of late because i’ve been on holiday.  The holiday was great because it allowed me to give my newly purchased Black Keys tour stubby holder a good working over. A while ago in a previous post I mentioned I would like to purchase a stubby holder and so was well pleased this cool graphic was available at the recent Sydney tour gig I went to.

Nothing better than having a cold Fiji Bitter beer in Fiji wrapped by a Black Keys stubby holder! Well, watching the ‘Keys as well would be grand but you cant have everything all at once.

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Update 19 May 2009 – If you want to see the questions I actually asked Pat Carney from The Black Keys in an interview check out the interview I did – Part 1 and Part 2.

Update 6 March 09 – Dan and Pat if you are reading this, don’t despair. I know they are lame questions. I was goofing around when I wrote this, and now it’s published forever. I’ve got much more insightful thoughts, propositions and ideas to ask you about if we get to do an interview.

In a recent post, I mentioned I’d love to interview The Black Keys for this site. I thought I’d list the questions I’d ask the band if I ever got to meet them.

Questions:

:: Dan, my girlfriend reckons you mumble when you sing. I’ve told her it’s just your style. She says it’s a congenital mumbling condition. Discuss.

:: Patrick, have you ever monitored your heart rate during a gig? That’s some work out you get.

Supplementary: do you have a pre-show hydration routine you follow?

:: Is there any chance you will do another album of blues-soaked cover versions? Or at least an acoustic album of swamp hollering with duelling banjos?

:: Dan and Patrick, do you remember that strange radio interview you did with Triple J that I posted about? I wont be offended if you think Robbie Buck is a bit of a moron – many others think the same.

:: Patrick your Uncle is a noted musician with Tom Waits’ band and Dan your Cousin was a noted guitarist. Do either of you feel a sense of genetic disposition to the music you play because of the environments and influences that have been around you all your lives? Indeed, do you think you could have been anything other than musicians in some shape or form?

:: Dan, do you remember walking past me outside Kings Arms in Auckland in 2005?

Supplementary: Even if you don’t, would you and Patrick be prepared to play at my 40th birthday as expressed in my recent dream ? It’s not for a while yet so you have time to think about it.

:: Dan and Patrick, if someone chopped your right arm off, what instrument would you play?

:: Dan, Junior Kimbrough was obviously a huge influence on you as a blues musician. What influence did he have on your attitude to the style of music you play.

:: Patrick, why have I never seen you smile when you drum? When you play in Sydney, can you smile so I can take a photo? That rare captured moment will be worth something some day.

:: Dan, I’d really like you to get more creative with your tour merchandise. How about bringing out a Black Keys iron helmet ala Ned Kelly, the Australian bush ranger, for the Australian tour? If you didn’t know, iron helmets and beards really work together and the fans would feel special I’m sure.

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