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on golden smog

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on May 7, 2008

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top of the morning, peoples. any of you see iron man this weekend? i did and it was every bit as awesome, if not more, than the trailer led me to believe it was going to be. i also happened to watch a little documentary called the king of kong: fistful of quarters. it helped me develop an even greater hatred for billy mitchell, who if you dont know is the only person to get a perfect score on pac man and btw he is a fucking asshole douchebag. i definitely recommend checking out both flicks, both for obviously different reasons.

hey, will oldham and his bonnie prince billy moniker has a new record, lie down in the light, coming out shortly on drag city. you can pre-order it here. here’s a demo of “so, everyone” which is on lie down in the light.

so, everyone (demo)

will oldham myspace

i really dug the first two clinic records, internal wrangler and walking with thee, but havent listened to anything since. mostly due to the fact that i heard they were crap. they got a new one coming out shortly entitled do it and i am really liking the single so i may have to check it out. anyone hear it as of yet?

the witch

clinic site / myspace

as far as i am concerned there have been only two supergroups worth the weight of their collective egos. the first and probably the greatest being the traveling wilburys and second are these fine collection of men, golden smog. as i sit here i am trying to think of other supergroups and for the life of me, cant. probably better off that way. i know there has to be more, though. wasnt their some metal supergroup in the late 80’s that don dokken may have been apart of? lets not forget about the ted nugent and tommy shaw collaborative, damn yankees. yeah..

here they are, golden smog, @ cat’s cradle on 4. 18.96

1. intro

2. v

3. ill fated

4. glad and sorry

5. yesterday cried

6. walk where he walked

7. signed d.c. (love)

8. backstreet girl (rolling stones)

9. nowhere bound

10. (what’s so funny ’bout) peace, love and understanding (nick lowe)

11. he’s a dick

12. pecan pie

13. friend

14. hanging on the telephone (blondie)

15. the most beautiful girl (charlie rich)

16. won’t be coming home

17. love and mercy (brian wilson)

18. red headed stepchild

19. radio king

20. she dont have to see you (bobby patterson)

21. five years (bowie)

22. powderfinger (neil young)

23. i dont care

it was not lost on me

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gregor

on April 23, 2008

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if i had to create a tree of musical influence, gary louris would be at the upper echelons of said tree. its easy to forget the web of influence that he and the jayhawk’s have woven over countless of bands since the late 80’s. i say it’s easy only because a lot of folks continually point to tupelo as the primary point of influence on the “alt country” crowd. regardless of who points to who, there is no denying louris’ place in history.

his first solo record, vagabonds, is without a doubt one of his finest hours. not to take anything away from his later works, but this is definitely his best outpouring both lyrically and musically in at least 10 years. the crowes’ chris robinson produced the affair and brings a little bit of his bands’ southern flair and soul to the mix. the album also features backup vocals from the laurel canyon family choir, which is made up of susanna hoffs, jenny lewis and the chapin sisters amongst others. the addition of the backup singers, sprinkled throughout the record, add a new dimension to louris songs, mostly that southern flair i mentioned earlier. definitely going to be one of my favorites of the year.

omaha nights

dodge and his gang have a great interview up for your reading pleasure, here.

here is an exclusive, i think, to captains dead, ”vagabonds” recorded live at the souther theater in minneapolis.

gary louris myspace

tell my wife i like her, jon

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gregor

on June 29, 2007

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motherfuck! today i turn the ripe old age of 33. in my brain i dont feel a day older than 16 but damn if my knees arent giving me the business lately. like sand in the hour glass so goes the days of our lives.

i will return to more in depth posting later today or tomorrow. in the mean time, here is the remainder of the gary louris show.

17. omaha nights

18. i wanna get high

19. sound of lies

20. saturday morning on sunday street

21. ‘tuning’

22. bitter end

23. ‘tuning’

24. tailspin

25. three too many

26. what led me to this town

27. starman

28. waiting for the sun

29. ‘crowd noise/banter’

30. precious time

31. blues run the game

32. ‘tuning’

33. stumbling through the dark

34. until you came along

pai mei taught you the five point palm-exploding heart technique?

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gregor

on June 28, 2007

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photo by ana yturralde

here is gary louris performing @ bar pomme d’eve, paris, france on 6.25.07. part two will be posted later today/this evening. thanks to the original taper!

1. intro-tuning

2. vagabonds

3. ’show dedication’

4. dc blues

5. angelyne

6. ‘the eiffel tour’

7. sundays

8. black grass

9. save it for a rainy day

10. true blue

11. to die a happy man

12. ‘tuning’