In fact, aside from a quick five-show West Coast run around In Glendale, he’s never toured his music. But Tim the Musician-the authentic Tim, to hear him tell it-still feels fresh. He’s taken the No More Bullshit character on the road for years, and due to the rules and provocations that come with him, those performances can be taxing-both on Heidecker and the audience. He’s prepping for the aptly named Two Tims Tour, a 26-city run that will put both Heideckers on full display on the same night for the first time. Heidecker has been thinking a lot lately about how to Frankenstein together these versions of himself. Unless you count the absence of a bit as being a bit itself. This version inspires words like “sincere” and “earnest.” With every passing year, his existence feels like less of a bit. ![]() It’s the Heidecker that made its proper debut on the 2016 album In Glendale and returns on Friday with the excellent new LP High School. This Heidecker plays guitar and sings songs like “Fear of Death” and “Property”-ones so preoccupied with mortality that they’re impossible to read as ironic. The second Tim Heidecker you’ll meet is altogether different. An unwelcome guest, perhaps, but not a stranger. This Heidecker evokes words like “absurd” and tortured phrases like “anti-comedy.” If you’re familiar with the surreal humor of Heidecker’s landmark sketch series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, this man won’t feel like a stranger. ![]() That’s the one he calls his No More Bullshit character, a failed Bill Hicks wannabe who’s as clumsy with his mic as he is his punch lines. It’s the Heidecker you meet in his stand-up: a nasty, ignorant man who stomps across the stage in a green button-down, black leather jacket, and pants that can’t quite fit over his waistline. You’re probably familiar with the first-the broad strokes, if not the exact details. The idea is that you’ll meet two Tim Heideckers, and that even though they share the same name and the same face, only one is the real version.
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