The ever-eccentric Andrew has changed the venues for two of the shows on his current tour (D.C. and Toronto respectively) away from the houses of the holy because of some sort of simultaneously spiritual and sexual experience he recently had within one. From the man himself…

A couple days ago I had a really intense personal experience and it made it very clear to me that I cannot and should not play on the main alter of a religious temple. Please understand, I have nothing against religion or temples of any kind. In fact, I love going to churches and hearing music there – but I can’t play my music on that sort of stage after what happened the day before yesterday.

The best I can do to describe my experience, is to say that the world opened up to me, and I received it, as Spirit and Love and of course, a lot of fun and pleasure. It was a sexual feeling, and I just didn’t feel right about bringing that onto a holy stage. My choice to move the venues is out of respect for this feeling, for myself, and my body, and for the alters themselves.

Our thoughts exactly. (Via: Daily Swarm via Punk News)

It’s already clear that Andrew W.K. has a love for kids, as evidenced by his Cartoon Network series, Destroy, Build, Destroy, but it may still be a shocker to some to hear that he’s about to release an instrumental piano album called 55 Cadillac, maybe less surprising to those who’ve seen him play his headbangers on a baby grand in person. Check out a preview of some of the tracks on his MySpace and pick it up when it hits stores next month.

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Coming soon to a television near you, nonstop positivity warrior Andrew W.K. hanging out with a bunch of kids and destroying stuff. But wait! It’s actually not that delinquent because post-destruction the kids will compete to make super gnarly, hopefully indestructible machines out of the wreckage and it will be called Destroy Build Destroy. For whatever reason, it’s an oft-forgotten fact that W.K. actually held down his own show on MTV2 in 2004 called Your Friend, Andrew W.K., in which he hung out with fans in need and gave them positive re-enforcement. Apparently nobody liked to see people being helped and the show only lasted one season. Hopefully the concept of children demolishing and rebuilding stuff is a more exciting viewing prospect.