sup, peoples? i want you to know something about yours truly. not too sure why i care to share this but i have been thinking about it lately. admittedly, i am a huge pussy. i’ll tear up at a god damn dog food commercial if they set the mood well enough. shit, i may have even welled up when they used to have those saturn “this is so and so’s first new car” commercials. so, with that said, it should come as no surprise that i have broken down whilst listening to shit in my collection. i should mention that alcohol is the fuel that drives 99% of these episodes. the one song that has always pushed me to the brink is adams and cary’s “the battle.” i think its cause that i, in my younger years, was quite a son of a bitch, drinker, and just an all around dick. even as much of an asshole that i was, i always a pretty sensitive dude and cared about other people. which still to this day causes much inner turmoil, because as a whole i dont care for people, but yet will go out of my way to be helpful and shit. regardless, the song is absolutely heartbreaking and for potential fuckups, can ignite a much needed soul searching session. anyone got a song that makes em feel a little misty?

two live versions…

the battle

the battle funny sheryl crowe story included

hey, david vandervelde’s got a new one comin out! his moonstation house band is so freaking good, but i dont how i feel about this new one just yet. the new one, waiting for the sunrise comes out on 8.5 on my 3rd favorite label, secretly canadian.

i will be fine off waiting for the sunrise

nothin no off moonstation house band - one of my favorite songs from the past few years

jacket

david vandervelde site

i want to talk briefly again about two records and their respective awesomeness. the first is suicide bill and the liquors’ a little bit..burned and the second being the war on drugs’ wagonwheel blues. neither of these records are what i would consider “single-centric” records. meaning, that in order to appreciate em you need to delve into the entire record in order to appreciate the experience.

original lonely off a little bit…burned - you can buy this for 5 bones from 75 or less

alligator arms

taking the farm off wagonwheel blues

during my recent jaunt through the heart of dixie i attempted to create a mini soundtrack for my travels. i dont know if anyone ever does that sorta stuff, but i do. venturing into uncharted territories, as i was, i could only assume of the landscape that lay ahead of me. the soundtrack was your standard fare of southern flavored favorites like stuff from the drive by truckers, black crowes, cat power’s the greatest, cowboy junkies’ trinity sessions, califone’s quicksand and cradlesnakes, and a bunch of other stuff. by accident i added explosions in the sky instead of the everybodyfields to the playlist, but what started out as an accident turned out to be a godsend. they were the perfect soundtrack for the changing landscape, people/faces and the random/sporadic weather patterns that littered my mini adventure.

here they are @ the chapel at warren wilson college in asheville, nc on 4.14.08. much love to brad b. the original taper.

1. does that pipe organ work?

2. first breath after coma

3. catastrophe & the cure

4. the birth and death of the day

5. the only moment we were alone

6. greet death

7. your hand in mine

8. remember me as a time of day

9. memorial

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