Golden Smog |

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

glamour boys

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