has anyone played, well not so much played as clicked around, this game hotel? i happened to catch a brief piece on g4tv the other morning. they proclaimed that it was a great time waster, and while that is kinda true its too bizarre to be fully appreciated. i, typically, dont things neatly laid out for me to understand but this one was just a wee bit over my head.
if you are going to the celebrate brooklyn fest this evening make sure you get to the prospect park bandshell early, like 7 pm sharp, to catch friends of captains dead, the teenage prayers. following the prayers are the big sleep and headlining the evening is the hold steady.
murder from son of the tiger
you cant touch the untouchable
the big sleep site / myspace
dreams of the south from everyone thinks you’re great - unreleased
hieroglyph
the teeanage prayers site / myspace
here is the remainder of the gp’s show.
13. dont do it
14. love grows
15. im so lonesome i could cry
16. saturday rolling around
17. steel guitar rag
18. cut across shorty
19. save the last dance for me
20. great balls of fire
21. hang up my n roll shoes
22. lady miss clawdy
23. high school confidential
a few years ago, well probably 8, i picked up beat the retreat: songs by richard thompson, for no reason other than i wanted it and i was drunk. at the time i was only slightly familiar with “shoot out the lights” but bob mould, los lobos, bonnie raitt, evan dando, rem, etc. all make appearances. so, it was pretty hard to pass up, especially at $5.99. lyrically, richard writes amazing songs. vocally he sometimes can get a bit grating. he reminds me of, but not anywhere as annoying as victoria williams. both write amazing songs, but i would rather listen to someone else sing ‘em. maybe its just me. although, i have softened on that stance in the past years but not by much. am i the only one?
in 1981 richard got with a few fellow friends/musicians to form the gp’s, which if you believe allmusic, was meant to be primarily a “pub band.” judging that statement strictly by this show, i would say that description is pretty right on. although, they make up probably the greatest “pub band” anyone would ever witness.
here they are playing on 9.27.81 @ the capitol theatre in horsham, great britian and as it turns out it was their last performance. most of these are covers for they only wrote a few songs while they were together.
1. you’re gonna need somebody
2. red apple juice
3. going going gone
4. zimmerman blues
5. together again
6. pretty boy floyd
7. im the one you need
8. barned morris
9. i fall to pieces
10. honky tonk blues
11. take a message to mary
12. penitentiary bound
part two will be posted later today.
