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if i’m addicted to anything. its sparklers.

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gregor
on August 7, 2007
in octoberman and shows
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in case you forgot, like i did, athens pop fest is going on this weekend. the lineup includes the likes of ted leo, birds of avalon, daniel johnston, circulatory system, we versus shark, tullycraft, casper and the cookies and many more. my buddy arunas, who is the manager of darkroom in chicago has been raving about casper and cookies the last couple times we spoke. from all his reports they are pretty killer live and as luck would have it, i got an email from them last night reminding me about athens pop fest and that they have a new ep called 3 and a half stars, which is an un ep like 11 songs, that they will be selling at their upcoming shows. here is one of the songs from said ep. check their site for upcoming dates.

power stupid

sid from central park

casper and the cookies site / myspace / label

athens pop fest information can be found here

i maybe getting ahead of myself here, but i have a really great feeling about canada’s octoberman’s run from safety. i am hoping its going to be 07’s oneida road, my favorite record from 06. i know something is going to be great when, during the first few bars of the song, i begin praying that the vocals and/or the lyrics dont suck. am i the only one that does that? possible complications avoided cause marc’s lyrics and vocals are both pretty stellar. this is one record i am going to be waiting with baited breath to hear. check it out!

run from safety

by the wayside

run from safety is being released on 8.21 via whitewhale. click here for pre-order info.

octoberman site / myspace

in one of my more boneheaded moves, i shied away from andrew bird for quite a while and for no good reason other than i am stubborn. i have since learned the error of my ways. here he is performing in Bremen, Sendesaal on 5.25.07. this is taken from an fm broadcast. thanks to the guy who taped it.

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how can a train get lost?

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gregor
on August 2, 2007
in richard buckner, shows, six parts seven, ted leo and wes anderson
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firstly, if you are in the atlanta and athens area next week my man ted leo will be at whirleyball on 8.8 and then at the 40 watt on 8.9. the show at whirleyball is an all ages and both nights raleigh’s birds of avalon will be opening the nights festivities.

check out ted’s site for upcoming tour dates

birds of avalon sound a little something like this…

bicentennial baby

set you free

their new record, bazaar bazaar, was produced and recorded by mitch easter. it can be streamed on their site.

birds of avalon site / myspace

if there’s one movie i am truly excited to see it is wes anderson’s the darjeeling limited which is out on 9.29 and stars owen wilson, jason schwartzman and adrien brody. like all anderson films before it, the darjeeling limited seems to try and find the beauty in the randomness that is the human condition. atleast, thats what i have always walked away with after experiencing his other works. here is the trailer for the darjeeling limited.

due to my complete and utter laziness, the remainder of the lyle lovett show will be posted tomorrow. in its place is richard buckner with six parts seven at turf club in st. paul on 2.28.07. thanks to dan for letting me share this show.

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romulox!

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gregor
on July 19, 2007
in shows, the antlers and the replacements
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early concert warning for atlanta! rilo kiley are playing at the variety on sept 29 in support of their new unreleased record under the blacklight. under the blacklight is set to be released on aug 21. check the rilo kiley site for dates and pics of jenny.

if you are not in the atlanta area and are up for a roadtrip next weekend, july 25 -28, you could do much worse than wast your weekend in athens @ the 10th annual summer fest and blue ribbon ball hosted by team clermont. the blue ribbon ball, yeah its sponsored by every hipsters beverage of choice pabst, is an actual prom like event. what would a prom be without some spiked punch, an actual prom photographer, balloons and streamers, and some of the artists doing some cheesy ass covers? sounds like a grand time to me, and i might actually try to make it over there. for 2007, the sexy theme of the ball is james bond. yeah get it? 007. awesome! oh, yeah theres also a kickball game going on sometime during the weekends. i used to kick total ass at kickball. i had quite the leg on me it was pretty well known within my zipcode.

the main headliner is chicagoan and all around character, bobby conn. i never was able to get into any of his records but he is very entertaining in a live setting. shows will be going on all weekend at the 40 watt, caledonia lounge and go bar! a few of the artists taking part this year include starlight mints, summer hymns, ladybug transistor, deerhunter, bottom of the hudson, alina simone and more! heres a sampling of the artists.

pumpkin - starlight mints

going numb - tin cup prophette

spring hall convert - deerhunter

handwriting - bottom of the hudson

start swimming - summer hymns

skeleton key - a northern chorus

king for a day - bobby conn

check the team clermont blue ribbon info page for tickets, show times, etc.

the antlers is 21 year old peter silberman and the music he creates is quite glorious. its damn kids like this that make me sick. only 21 and creating stuff that is way beyond the paltry sum of his years. who the hell does he think he is? why i oughta!!!! anyway, his 5th release in the attic of the universe reminds me of sparklehorse cross bred with chin up chin up and then mated with arcade fire. its being re-released, after initially being offered for free, via fall records sometime this fall. in the mean time you can stream it on his site.

the universe is going to catch you

on the roof

stairs to the attic

when you sleep - my bloody valentine cover

the antlers site / myspace / fall records

i was 9 years old in 1983 and on aug 1 of that year the replacements played at fitzgeralds in houston. my age during that time really has nothing to do with anything, just thought i would mention. this particular performance is quite an interesting listen. it sounds as if there are like 5 people in the audience cause there’s alot of interaction between the mats and the audience. this is going to be a two post affair since its 33 tracks long. the remainder will be posted later this evening.

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email me at lois must die (all one word) at yahoo.com

Published
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gregor
on July 12, 2007
in shows and southern shelter
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photo by me

quick note. sloan over at southern shelter, one of the best live music sites on the net, has jason’s show from the 40 watt available for download. of course he played “decoration day” and its magnificent. thats all for now.


my wife was tarded. she’s a pilot now.

Published
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gregor
on April 25, 2007
in patterson hood, rem, tunes and whiskeytown
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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


its america dude, learn the rules

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on April 1, 2007
in shows, stupid shit and tunes
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am i the only one who is mildly frightened by the self proclaimed queen of all media, perez hilton? he seriously looks like he is about two shades of electric blue away from being a convicted serial man rapist. i used to kind of enjoy his site but its gotten pretty fuckin ridiculous the past few months.

jesus christ look how young they look, i guess considering that they were. mills looks like he just got done pulling an all-nighter putting the finishing touches his science fair project, and michael looks like he just got done reading for the part of puck in a midsummers nights dream. i am also glad to see that bill was still rockin the mono brow back in the day. it warms my heart that jason molina is keeping the dream alive.

the boys are playing 5 sold out shows in dublin at the end of june/beginning of july. also, apparently they are going to reveal the tracklisting to their yet un-named/unrecorded new record at that time. dear lord i hope its better than the last two, which were absolute shit bombs in my opinion.

here they are playing at the 40 watt in athens during the automatic days.

1. drive

2. monty got a raw deal

3. everybody hurts

4. man on the moon

5. losing my religion

6. country feedback

7. begin the begin

8. fall on me

9. me in honey

10. finest worksong

11. drive (take two)

12. love is all around

13. fun time

14. radio free europe

the rem hq has set up a very cool youtube page which looks to have just about every rem video available for yr viewing pleasure.

one of the most beautiful songs ever written “nightswimming”


jesus h christ on a popsicle stick!

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on March 18, 2007
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have you guys seen smokin aces as of yet? going in i didnt have much of opinion other than the previews made it look kinda badass, and it doesnt disappoint. in fact, i loved it, even if it features my arch nemesis, jeremy piven, as a coked out/has been vegas performer fucktard. why is he my arch nemesis you ask? long story short is that i had three run ins with him and all three encounters were less than cool. the last time took place at the holiday club, in chicago, back in like 1999. he was at the bar with some leggy blonde, i went to say hello and shake his hand when he pulled away and acted as if he was like a ninja. he flailed his arms in a circular fashion and screamed something about a cigar - this was not done in a comedic way either. at that point i just turned and walked away. still, my distaste for mr piven didnt take away from the fact that smokin aces is pretty great.

kevin barnes is a complicated man to say the least. up until of montreal’s latest and greatest release hissing fauna are you the destroyer i never paid too much attention to the lyrical content. i mean i listened and sang along but never picked up on the running themes of isolation and despair that seemingly run through most of their/his records. they are easy to pass over because of his incorporation/fascination of that damn catchy 60’s pop/psychedelia. this new found level of the onion or of montreal as it were makes listening more like sitting in on a therapy session than just a happy little sing a long for 45 or so minutes. one of the paste reviewers said of hissing fauna that, i am paraphrasing here, its “the most fun while wrestling with somebody else’s demons.” that pretty much sums up the experience, and its a grand experience. he’s definitely gone in a more disjointed musical direction but i think it helps create a landscape that is more intune with the severity of the subject manner. hissing fauna is the sound of man and his music that both sound as if they could come undone at any moment.

here they are performing at the wonder ballroom on 2.6.07 in portland, or.

this can now be found here

1. Verdi intro > Suffer for Fashion

2. Sink the Seine

3. Pussy Freak

4. Faberge Falls For Shuggie

5. I Was Never Young

6. Cato as a Pun

7. Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse

8. talking

9. Climb the Ladder

10. Chrissy Kiss the Corpse

11. Labyrinthian Pomp

12. She’s a Rejector> We Were Born Mutants Again with Leafling

13. October is Eternal

14. I Was a Landscape in Your Dream

15. Bunny Ain’t No Kind of Rider

16. Gronlandic Edit

17. A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger

18. Oslo in the Summertime

19. The Party’s Crashing Us

20. Rapture Rapes the Muses

21. encore break

22. Tropical Iceland

23. Requiem for OMM2

24. Forecast Fascist Future

buy of montreal stuff on Of Montreal