this is another one of those boots that comes with a lot of questions but very few answers - as i am only able to provide one piece of actual info. what i do know, for sure, is that this is rem playing sometime in the 80s. what this supposedly is, is an irs era unreleased live recording of a performance @ page auditorium on 9.25.84 in durham, nc. i have read that it was set to be released on irs but stipe didnt like it and thus got scraped. i also read that there were no plans for a live release during that time. this may also be known in some circles as we are having a heavenly time. as always, if you can shed some light on what this may or may not be it would be appreciated.
1. seven chinese bros
2. catapult
3. radio free europe
4. 9-9
5. gardening at night
6. windout
7. letter never sent
8. kohoutek
9. so. central rain
10. dont go back to rockville
11. 1,000,000
12. hyena
13. west of the fields
14. old man kensey
in other news, scott bondy, formerly of the great birmingham trio verbena, is prepping the release of his debut under the aa bondy moniker, american hearts on 9.18. judging by the this track it seems as if mr bondy has ditched the trashy stones for a more dylan-esque approach. american hearts was recorded in a new york barn during the dead of winter and it sounds like it.
there’s a reason
aa bondy myspace / superphonic records
from the onion
at this point i hate the iphone much like jerry, elaine, kramer and george hated the drake.
well, looky what we have here. i was pretty pscyed to find after waking up from nine hour slumber that a promotion company was kind enough to send me info on the upcoming adam franklin, ex-swervedriver, record. one thing i found interesting is that this is apparently his seventh non-swervedriver release? six of those being toshack highway releases. where the fuck have i been? i thought there were only like a couple. anyway, you can stream bolts of melody here. i have yet to give a whirl but the two tracks provided to me sound pretty damn good.
seize the day
syds eyes
bolts of melody is set to be released on 6.26
in another bit of adam franklin news. he and interpol drummer sam fogarino teamed up as setting suns recently and they got some tracks on their myspace page.
adam franklin site / myspace
just when i thought laura veirs was going to be leading lady for the 07 here comes the ukraine born alina simone to shake things up a bit. she’s not as coy/frail as ms marshall and not as overly dramatic as ms harvey but she stradles both lines quite nicely. i have only listened to her yet to be released record, placenessness, once but it left a huge impression on me - which is rare with first listens. check her out, i know you want be disappointed.
black water
saw-edged glass
placenessness is set to be released on 8.14
alina simone site / myspace
tonight/this mornings offering is rem performing in stockholm, sweeden on 11.9.98 for about 400 lucky folks. this is taken from the radio broadcast of the performance.
1. losing my relgion
2. lotus
3. new test leper
4. daysleeper
5. electrolite
6. at my most beautiful
7. the apologist
8. south central rain
9. walk unafraid
10. man on the moon
11. im not over you
12. fall on me
13. parakeet
14. perfect circle
15. country feedback
16. pretty persuasion
17. strange
18. radio free europe
19. passenger
ok first things first. you would think that as a guy that spends 75 percent of his day online that i would have found out about this little piece of dbt news before today. i dont blame jason for leaving the mighty dbt cause quite frankly, if i were him, i would not have been cool with playing third fiddle to patterson and mike, as awesome as they are. in other jason news, his solo record sirens of the ditch is being released on july 1o on new west records. he is streaming three tracks from said record on his myspace page.
in other related dbt news, patterson has contributed a bunch of tracks to the upcoming release, finest worksongs: athens bands play the music of rem. this collection, also featuring the likes of the modern skirts, bain mattox, and the observatory, was recorded during a marathon like concert on 9.12.06 @ the famed 40 watt club in athens. mr stipe, mike mills and peter buck even show up on a few tracks. by the way, the observatory includes most of olivia tremor control, including will hart, members of elf power and circulatory system. buy it here and proceeds go to a couple of athens based charities.
patterson hood - buring hell
the observatory - feeling gravitys pull
today we gots the unreleased whiskeytown record that was supposed to find its way between faithless street and strangers almanac. its entitled those werent the days and features my favorite whiskeytown song, “empty baseball park” which of course can be found on faithless street as well.
this can now be found at broadcasterhouse.com
1. my heart is broken
2. things i heard
3. luxury liner
4. kiss and make up
5. further down the road
6. believe
7. 10 seconds ’til the end of the world
8. the rain wont help you when its over
9. ticket time
10. whither, im a flower
11. hipshake
12. heres to the rest of the world
13. empty baseball park
14. san antonio
15. factory girl
16. all you can feel
17. new york angel
18. only to lose
19. dreams
