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and the neighbors have been drinking

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on September 16, 2008

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hidy ho! i dont know about you, but i am so political coveraged out and we got two fuckin months to go. i really cant stomach one more shot of wolf blitzer’s beard, dick morris’ ever expanding noggin and subsequent jowls, the shine reflecting off anderson cooper’s mane, etc, etc… this too shall pass, i know, but in the mean time i feel like i am taking crazy pills and the sad thing is is that i cant look away. its as grossly addictive as two girls, one cup.

sooooo, lambchop has got a new one comin out entitled OH (ohio) on 10.7, and as all lambchop records it tis simply sublime. pre-order OH (ohio) from merge, here. here is the first single from said record. oh, and in case you have yet to delved into calexico’s brilliant carried to dust as of yet i’ve got the first single off that too.

slipped dissolved and loosed off OH (ohio)

two sliver trees off carried to dust

all of which leads me to this lovely soundboard kurt wagner and calexico show from the paradiso in amesterdam on 4.17.99.

you can have it all

1. what else could it be

2. nashville parent

3. up with people

4. the saturday option

5. grumpus

6. glowing heart of the world

7. the ride, part II

8. stray

9. jesus & tequila

10. minas de cobre

11. maiden

12. the black light

i’ll show your punk rock ass

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gregor

on August 12, 2008

in new stuff, shows and youtube

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photo by roxanne jo mitchell

i dont want to sound like too much of a puss, but thalia zedek could probably kick my ass and if not my ass she could definitely put a hurt on smangs ass. probably yours too. so, dont fuckin push her. i dont know of a voice that tells more of a story than the one belted out by thalia. she sounds like she’s scene every shithole bar, drank the nastiest of whiskeys and doused her smokes with shards of glass. the broad’s got soul and thats one of the highest compliments i can pay someone.

thalia has a new record out on thrilljockey entitled liars and prayers.

lower allston

saints around my neck off come’s most excellent gently down the stream and this song kicks all kinds of ass.

thalia zedek myspace

add kurt wagner into my top 5 artists i would love to have a smoke and share some beers with. he just seems as if he would be an awesome bullshitter with tons of hilarious stories to tell. that simple assumption alone puts him near the top of my “get fucked up with” wishlist.

here is the lambchop lineup for this particular show @ the great american music hall which took place on 1.16.99. paul burch / john delworth / mark nevers / paul niehaus / mark trovillion / deanna varagona
& mac mc caughan (#8) and john covertino & joey burns (#6,13).

here’s the zip

1. interrupted

2. the saturday option

3. what else could it be?

4. up with people

5. n.o.

6. the distance from her to there

7. nine

8. the book i havent read

9. hey where’s your girl

10. the petrified florist

11. shucks

12. your fucking sunny day

13. beyond belief

14. the man who love beer

up with people

this amazon thing is pretty cool. some recommended lambchop tracks.

the tongue erodes each time we speak

Published

gregor

on February 7, 2008

in shows

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what is going on people? me? i had to get a crown yesterday, which was all kinds of awesome. so, now for the next 3 weeks i really cant chew anything to hard for fear of it falling out. other then that, i got shit..

the men and ladies over at line of best fit recently unveiled their monthly mix tape so why the hell not check it out.

oh, yeah. one of my favorite music sites, coke machine glow just recently re-launched.

one of my top 3 favorite bands, centro-matic, is doing something pretty cool for their upcoming dual hawks, which is a two record set with the other record being of the south san gabriel variety. they are looking for submissions from fans on what centro-matic’s music means to them and it should be “more than a quote but less than a thesis.” i dont know if more than one person will be selected for the grand prize cause its worded strangely, but this is pulled from the email i got “selected submission will receive a free copy of the super-fancy limited-edition deluxe version of dual hawks, a t-shirt, and 2 tickets to a show of your choice in 2008 (except sxsw or other festivals where we don’t control the tickets).” interested? send your submission to bob@undertowmusic.com before 2.22.08 to be entered, and make sure to put centro-matic in the subject line. if for some reason you still havent checked em out here some choice stuff..

calling thermatico off fort recovery

triggers and trash heaps off fort recovery

flashes and cables off love you just the same

argonne limit co. off love you just the same

just to know what you’ve been dreaming from will johnson’s vultures await

closing down my house from vultures await

centro matic site / myspace

pacificUV, their name at least, sounds vaguely familiar. it may be all due to this kind of scenario. sometimes when i recieve press releases and their band to another band, sometimes i can only hear the other band. such is the case with pacificUV and the mentioning of spacemen 3. they are by no means rippin the legendary 3 off, but merely re-interpreting their sound, but there’s no denying the similarities. sure, i have only listened to this track thus far, but i really look forward to hearing the whole deal, which is entitled long player 2 and due on 4.1.08. i really dig the galaxy 5 “tugboat” type horn explosion on “need.”

need

pacificUV site

i have been on a huge lambchop kick as of late. one of the many brilliant things about em is that each record is like hearing a cliff noted history lesson on the last 50 or so years of music. if you were just to read about, and not listen to, each lambchop record they would sound like an absolute mess, but when wagner and his extra large band put it down, its pure magic.

here is an absolutely stunning recording of lambchop in madrid @ teatro colloseum, on 12. 12.06. much love to the original taper.

1. hands off cuba

2. paperback bible

3. prepared

4. the rise and fall of the letter p

5. nothing but a blur from a bullet train

6. nashville parent

7. tony

8. i would have waited here all day

9. lets go bowling

10. my blue wave

11. catapillar