Andrew W. K.: I Get Wet

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Melena Ryzik wrote in the New York Times: "Mr. W. K. — the initials stand for his real last name, Wilkes-Krier — is a connoisseur of excitement, as anyone who has seen his hair-flinging performances or videos can attest. Lately he's been exuberant about ideas, like the nature of coincidences and paradoxes and solipsism. … Known mainly for his good-time anthems — his most popular include frat-boy classics like 'It's Time to Party,' 'Party Hard' and 'Party Til You Puke' — and for wearing head-to-toe white, Mr. W. K., 27, has recently decided to sell himself as an idea man. Over the last year he has been rejecting concert requests in favor of giving talks on topics of his own devising. On Monday he will perform the first third of a nine-hour extemporaneous lecture cycle called 'The Joy Trilogy' at a small comedy theater in Chelsea, and on Friday he will discuss 'pure fun and total love' at the South by Southwest music conference. …Next month he is to embark on Andrew W. K.'s High-Way Party Cruiser Tour … giving addresses and putting on parties at clubs across parts of the West Coast and Canada."