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i tell you one and one makes three

Published
by
gregor
on August 22, 2008
in announcement and shows
. 4 Comments

sup, homeslices? the family van dyke is preparing for a weekend camping trip in columbia. going to check out the town and partake in their local wares, i hope. hopefully we dig the town, cause i am just awaiting my offer letter now, which hopefully comes on monday. everything is a go as far as i am concerned.

hey, rhino is releasing an 18 track golden smog best of collection entitled stay golden, smog: the best of golden smog on 9.23. the collection will be available both on cd and in digital formats. it includes an early working of my personal favorite smog song “until you came along” and an previously unreleased cover of  brian wilson’s “love and mercy.” you can listen to 10 tracks from said collection by clicking here.

if you happen to be in, or want to travel to, atlanta, knoxville, or pittsburgh on saturday, august 23, cmt is holding a search for america’s best unsigned country act. they hit nashville on wednesday, btw. if interested hit up this link for more info and assumed fine print.

i dont know about you, but i used to love living colour. well, atleast their first two records, anyway. up until this listening to this show from first avenue in lovely minneapolis, i havent probably listened to em, more less thought about em, since probably 1991/1992. but through the power of the internets they have come into my line of sight. going to attempt to re-familiarize myself with vivid and time’s up.

as stated previously, this show is from first ave in minneapolis on 4.5.89.

zip it!

1. middle man

2. desperate people

3. memories cant wait

4. funny vibe

5. broken hearts

6. band intros

7. i want to know

8. glamour boys

9. open letter to a landlord

10. money talks

11. cult of personality

12. which way to america

13. the ocean medley

14. should i stay

15. whats your favorite color

cult of personality

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i was born a poor black child

Published
by
gregor
on October 2, 2007
in paul westerberg, shows, swivel chairs and wooden shjips
. 20 Comments

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for you smokers out there. am i the only one to have a thousand lighters, but never one actually on my persons? its just a given that i never have a lighter and i since i dont actually carry money on me, i refuse to debit a buck for one. i have been trying to quit so you would think that the absence of a lighter would be a sign, but its not.

ex-varnline and all around awesome guy, anders parker is playing tonight at the earl. he’s got a new live record out called 14th and division: live in portland, oregon august 2.2005. its awesome, by the way, and can be purchased through his site, on his current tour and maybe on itunes.

tell it to the dust

anders parker site / myspace

there’s something strangely comforting about jeremy grites and jason brown’s swivel chairs. i cant quite my get head around them just yet, though. they must have been raised in the 80’s cause their is something about their guitar tones that leads me to believe they nurtured their brand of rock/pop on the cassette tape. they just dont sound like a band from the 00’s and maybe its cause i have been listening to a bit of xtc lately, but brown’s plaintive delivery on “afterthought” is quite andy partridge-esque. pretty cool stuff…

afterthought

10 g (say so)

swivel chairs myspace

i love spacerock. plain and simple. sadly, there arent too many groups tripping down that road worth mentioning now-a-days. out the other side of my mouth, san francisco’s wooden shjips travel and as far as i am concerned, own that road. they got a new self title record out now on holy mountain records.

i highly recommend that you listen with whatever kind of headphones you may have.

we ask you to ride

lucy’s ride

wooden shjips site / myspace /holy mountain

i dont know you, but when i want to dive into the westerberg book of songs i more often than not reach for his solo rather than replacements stuff. its a strange phenomenon though cause his best penned words, i think, can be found on much of the replacements records, but i find myself connecting more to the “grownup” paul. even if at the time, i was kinda down on a few of his solo records, most notably eventually and suicaine gratification, cause i wanted him to be stupid, drunk and 20 forever. i was probably projecting some of my own shit about growing up onto him in some weird way.

here he is playing and being interviewed by former del fuego, warren zanes @ first ave on 9.23.07. thanks very much to the original taper!

EDIT: TRACKS TAKEN DOWN AT REQUEST OF ORIGINAL TAPER

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