i really got nothing for you up here today
| September 20th, 2007can one or two of you fine peeps do me a solid? i am testing out this new theme but i seem to be having an issue when viewing it with internet explorer. for those of you using ie, can you either confirm or deny that when you click on a single post, the sidebar is all the way at the bottom of the page? kisses, greg.
oh, yeah if you are looking for an internship and are in the new york area domino records is looking for someone. they are saying that you must be available at least one full day a week, be committed to at least a 3 - 6 month internship, have a knowledge of their catalogue, friendly, focused, blah blah and you must get virtually hard or wet at that prospect of working at domino. if this sounds exciting and you think you are more than capable, email them at radio@dominorecordco.com
i forgot to mention that the teenage prayers are playing at star bar, atlanta, tomorrow evening as part of the atlantis music fest. check em out and report back.
if you are a new yorker, please do go check beirut’s two performances as part of the wordless music series. well, in this case there will be words, but thats really not the point. tonights show is at the brooklyn masonic temple and their performance on the 24th is at ny society for ethical culture. tickets are a measely 25 bucks and doors open up @ 6.30. upcoming participants in the series are grizzly bear on 11.3 and fat cat recording artist max richter, who is making his first ever us concert appearance.
i cant say i was a huge azure ray fan, but i was a big fan of the ladies of azure ray - orenda fink in particular. well, azure ray is no more, but fear not orenda has a new band, art in manila, and a new record, set the woods on fire, out now saddle creek. art in manila are out on tour, right now, with rilo kiley. orenda will be pulling double duty during the tour as not only the leading lady of art in manila but a member of rilo kiley during their performances.
art in manila myspace
check out this outtake from 1900’s cold and kind entitled “everybody’s got a collection.” cold and kind comes out on 10.2 and they are playing a few shows with oakley hall. check their myspace page for dates, including info on the record release party at the empty bottle on the 12th.
the 1900’s myspace
on a presumably cold night this past february in chicago, the men of backyard tire fire took the stage for a sold out show at the double door. that show featured the band playing their most excellent vagabonds and hooligans in its entirity. didnt make it to the show? no problem, they have the entire show available for download on their site, for free bitches! they are starting a fall tour on oct 5 at the university of illinois and along the way they will share the stage with jason isbell, craker, lynyrd skynard, and phonograph. check their site for exact dates. here are a couple of tracks from the show..
backyard tire fire site
here is a very cool comp of the originals of some of the more popular nirvana covers. even i have never heard the original “love buzz.” another idea i had been playing with but yet have been to lazy to get around to. someone is always one step of me, or is much more ambitious than yours truly.
1. son of a gun - vasalines
2. love buzz - shocking blue
3. mollys lips - vasalines
4. d-7 - wipers
5. jesus wants me for a sunbeam - vasalines
6. return of the rat - wipers
7. plateau - meat puppets
8. lake of fire - meat puppets
9. oh, me - meat puppets
10. the man who sold the world - david bowie
11. where did you sleep last night - leadbelly
12. turnaround - devo
13. eighties - killing joke
Check out Long John Baldry`s Black Girl (Where did you sleep last night)
what no ’seasons in the sun”? i know it’s a lame tine but it was kurt’s favorite and they did play snippets of it
with ie bastard: sidebar is on the right. same with firefox, anyway.
though, it somehow seems that ie doesn’t show all the stuff you put up there. e.g. there is no way to get to the previous/next post or to the home page.
it’s like being stuck in a no-way road that got bricked just behind you. funny?
Its on the bottom on my IE browser.
i will definitely check that out scott and you are right bob season of the sun should have been included…
thanks for the updates guys. i dont know why the hell ie is so damn hard to work with.
Anyone who wants Nirvana’s cover of “Love Buzz” can get it here:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=557E95957C7E3161
love the Backyard Tire Fire album. I actually saw them at Double Door that night. A more rare boy’s night out… we saw Glen Phillips early in the night (show sucked) and followed with a much more interesting set at Double Door with Jay Bennett and BYTF. Really was a good night of music.
Side note… if you haven’t heard Glossary, you should. They are going to be allowing downloads of their new album on their website Oct 2nd. Their last album was ridiculously good (album of the year?). This one’s sure to be good - http://www.glossary.us/
at first i wasnt so crazy about the tire fire record but after a few listens it really grew on me.
what is glenn phillips doing now a days? i assume he performs lots a toad songs. although, he does have a few solo records which i hear arent so good.
i will definitely check that glossary record out. i think i have their first one but i may be confusing them with someone else.
Glen Phillips solo stuff hasn’t been as consistent as the Toad albums (and the Toad albums weren’t all that consistent to begin with). Some good songs but we were basically going to see him because he was the only thing going on that night. The BYTF/Jay Bennett thing was announced later so we decided to do both. It saved the evening from complete adult-contemporary boredom.
I can’t speak highly enough about Glossary’s last record “For What I Don’t Become”. I think it was my favorite album of the year. I haven’t had a chance to see ‘em live yet so I can’t wait for them to spin through Chicago. Rumors swirling about them and The Drams coming through with Grand Champeen. Now that’s a show.