How Are You Doing?

1989 – Hated Uncles: “Variety Show” cassette

John Harvey (vocals) John Kinsella (music)


1990-08-15 – Corktown – Hamilton, ON

Harvey Dog (vocals), Paul Settle (trumpet), John Battaglia (guitar), John Kinsella (bass), Dave Turcotte (drums)


1989-12-07 – Rathskellar – McMaster University – Hamilton, ON

Harvey Dog (vocals), Paul Settle (trumpet), John Battaglia (guitar), John Kinsella (bass)


Lyrics

How Are You Doing? - art by John Kinsella 1989 for the Hated Uncles song "How Are You Doing?", from "Variety Show" (1989).
drawing by John Kinsella for the “Variety Show” booklet 1989

I was feeling ill
as usual,
still hungover
and sick of everything,
I was at a bar,
(where else?)
and everybody
seemed
so different
from me,
they didn’t seem
to have worries or cares,
they seemed so fucking happy,
they made me feel
even more ill.

An acquaintance approached me
and he asked me:
“How are you doing, John?”
I replied:
“Couldn’t be better!”
It was then I realized:
My bullshit’s
deeper and wider
than a
witches’ cup!


Video

Hated Uncles – How Are You Doing? – Live 1990-08-15 – Corktown – Hamilton, ON

Hated Uncles – How Are You Doing? – Live 1989-12-07 – Rathskellar – McMaster University – Hamilton, ON



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