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indiana! holy smoke! i am so pleased that you are not dead!

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gregor
on September 10, 2007
in youtube
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if i ever mention eating at crystals again please just go ahead and kick me in the nuts and then feed me rancid milk cause this is the second time in 4 months that i have become violently ill after eating some of that greasy goodness. after attending the isbell show at the park tavern last evening the wife and i thought it would be a swell idea to pick some up. they were so freakin good going down, comin back up not so much. so please dont let me do that ever again no matter how great of an idea it sounds like at the time.

if thou are in the atlanta area you may want to spend the night and help ben trickey celebrate the release of his newest record. the show is only 5 bucks and the record is only 7 bucks. great music, great venue and cheap beer, what else could one wish for? check out his myspace page for 3 new tracks. in the meantime here are some older ben trickey gems.

soldier

saving grace

your cheatin heart will be the death of me

ben trickey site / myspace

for those of you’s across the pond, one of my favorite master of ceremonies, el-p or el producto, is bringing his gift of gab to your neck of the woods. i have read quite a bit how a lot of people in the hip hop community and its legions of fans dont really dig el-p and his hip hop stylings. its all quite confusing to me cause here is an artist pushing the boundaries, blurring lines, breathing life into an already stale genre and releasing some of the best records out there, hip hop or not. maybe its a race thing, i dont know. his most recent, ill sleep when youre dead is truly a phenomenal piece of work is highly recommended. check his myspace page for dates.

smithereens

smithereens

el-p site / myspace

i used to know the drummer for chicago’s frisbie and had the chance to see em a couple of times at the hideout. each time i saw em i walked away really wanting to dig their sound but they just wouldnt take. that was more than a few years ago. so, when i got an email annoucing their newest release, new debut, i was mildy excited to see what they were up to. well, its more or less the same in the frisbie world and while its not a bad thing its just not my thing. this is weird cause i love power pop as much as the next dork, but they are just a little too sugary for my liking. the title track does have a pretty cool styx rockin the paradise era like chorus.

new debut

sfb

yes impossible

frisbie myspace

here are my boys, centro-matic, opening up for jason isbell at the mercury in nashville on 8.24.07. jason sits in with centro-matic throughout the entire set. tomorrow i am going to post jason’s set from later on in the evening.

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don’t you dare take the name of texas in vain

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gregor
on September 6, 2007
in morphine, shows, unplugged in the park and youtube
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anyone going to see isbell this sunday in atlanta? i will be there with my lady enjoying a late 7 year anniversary nights out sans child. its free so there really is no good excuses not to go.

i have given cease to begin the twice over since i got home and for those hoping for a everything all the time part 2 dont go holdin your breathe. when ben said this was going to be a more southern record he wasnt kidding. i can say after two listens though that its pretty fuckin great albeit not as immediately accessible as the before mentioned record. in case you havent heard it here is “is there a ghost” from cease to begin.

is there a ghost

band of horses site / myspace

there was and never will be another band quite like morphine. mark sandman, r.i.p., and co. were truly a one in a million type of band. it would be almost impossible, and probably quite embarrassing, to attempt to recreate their sound, but even more difficult to try and recreate their mood. as far as i am concerned, there is no greater soundtrack to a late night/early morning, that has been filled with too many smokes and too much booze, than any morphine record. classic stuff.

here they are performing @ lehigh university on 4.26.98. its a soundboard, btw.

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you wasted my clearisil on another picture of thor?

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gregor
on August 28, 2007
in lucero, mary lou lord, shows, unplugged in the park and youtube
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sup peoples? if you have not noticed i have had to disable the music player that usually accompanies all posted tracks. there has been some unscrupulous activity going on behind the scenes and until i ban all the ip’s, which is about half of china, that are causing all the issues, the music player will remain down. you can, of course, still download the stuff as usual and if you want to stream it just click on the track. a new window should open up.

for those in the atlanta area, lucero is playing at the earl tomorrow evening. unfortunately, i will not be in attendance due to scheduling conflicts. they are coming back sometime in october though.

two other atlanta shows i wanted to make mention of, and are both free, are jason isbell at the park tavern on 9.9 and the apples in stereo, also at the park tavern on 9.23. its part of 99x’s unplugged in the park series.

have you folks heard of caleb boddicker, or boddicker for short, as of yet? its wunderkind’s like this that just make me sick. the story goes that at 16 he recorded a 22 track demo in his bedroom and ended up sending up 1000 copies of it. of course, his run of good luck doesnt end there. if it did i probably wouldnt be talking him now would i? isaac brock ended up getting his paws on a copy and passed it along to the folks at sub pop. fast forward 4 years and he is doing a 3 week recording stint, which would result in his official debut record big lionhearted and the gallant man, with my man brian deck at engine studios. it would seem that this pairing of boddicker and deck was a no brainer if not a match made in some weird alternate universe. boddicker’s brand of microphones/califone/sparklehorse brand of disjointed pop is a deck specialty. check it!

mississippi

when i go out

big lionhearted and the galant man is coming out via banter records on 10.2

boddicker site / banter records

there is no sweeter voice in all of music than the one owned by mary lou lord. couple her voice with her choice song selections and in my mind there is no reason she isnt more popular. i just dont understand it?! anyway here she is peforming in portland on 10.4.97

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i’ve never seen a black goldfish before

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gregor
on July 15, 2007
in shows, southern shelter, the beach boys and the grateful dead
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i love that guy!

i wanted to share with you guys an interesting show/pairing i ran across the other day. its the grateful dead playing with the beach boys on 4.27.71 @ the filmore east. i would love to know how this pairing came about. anyone got the scoop on this?

1. deal

2. me and my uncle

3. bird song

4. playing in the band

5. dire wolf

6. searchin

7. riot in the cell block #9

8. good vibrations

9. i get around

10. okie from muskogee

11. johnny b goode

12. sing me back home

13. uncle johns band

in other news, sloan over at southern shelter has the jason show from the earl available for download.

as it turns out my internets is back up. yay! you’re lucky comcast, cause as you may or may not have known you were on high notice! im keeping you there just because.


i know a lot about head injuries, believe me

Published
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gregor
on July 12, 2007
in shows
. 2 Comments

photo by me

ok, this is the last isbell related post i will put you through for a while. until that time here he is with the 400 unit earlier this year, 4.18, at irving plaza. thanks to jonicont for a wonderful recording! the only issue is that he missed the beginning of “assassin.”

1. assassin

2. grown

3. goddamn lonely love

4. stubborn waitress

5. chicago promenade

6. dress blues

7. please be with me

8. jailbreak

9. try

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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
. 10 Comments

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.


i heard you was dead!

Published
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gregor
on July 11, 2007
in shows, television and youtube
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you couldnt have asked for a better lineup last night at the earl and in the end it was one of the best shows i have ever been witness to. opener and fellow atlantian, ben trickey’s 45 minute set was stunning in its simplicity. just a man, a guitar and a handful of lovely songs. sadly, ben was only special to the atlanta show, but i definitely cant recommend him enough. justin earle was a huge surprise. not that i expected him to suck, cause i have listened to yuma and its quite good, but i was surprised how engaging he was/is. of course the strength of his set was his songs, which take on new life in a live setting. if yuma was filled with the same life as his live set it would be a totally different recording. the there was the star of the evening, jason isbell backed by his band the 400 unit. not surprisingly he was awesome. my only disappointment was that he failed to play a couple of songs i was really wanting to hear, “decoration day” and “shotgun wedding” to be exact. oh well, other than those two missteps the night was close to perfect. he did bless the crowd with version’s of thin lizzy’s “jailbreak” and the talking heads “psycho killer” which were very cool. he played for just over 2 hours but ended very abruptly with a sonic youth inspired type of guitar feedback freakout. he is touring through the end of august, but only for the next 10 days or so with justin earle but he hooks up with the men of centro-matic in mid august. check his site for upcoming tourdates - the next date is tomorrow in raleigh @ hideaway bbq.

jason isbell site / myspace

dress blues

justin earle myspace

the ghost of virginia

ben trickey site / myspace

explode again

absence

“in a razor town” my favorite track off sirens of the ditch

i have yet to listen to ann arborite, chris bathgate’s debut a cork tale wake but these two tracks are freakin great. very reminiscent of the more haunting richard buckner stuff that can be found on his classic the hill. fans of buckner, okkervil river, and maybe even beruit should take notice for sure.

every wall you own

a flash of light followed by

you can stream the entire record here

chris bathgate site / myspace / quite scientific - label

here is a wonderful live recording of television in portland sometime in 78. the version of marquee moon is absolutely blistering.

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