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Anything that’s rock n roll is fine

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on July 14, 2008

in bootleg, old stuff, shows, tom petty and tunes

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Between the solo record, the DVD, Mudcrutch and the big homecoming show, we get a sinking feeling about Petty. Like he’s cleaning out the attic. Like he knows something we don’t.

The below finds the Heartbreakers in their original and finest form, with their outta-nowhere debut behind them and celebrating the release of their sophomore followup, “You’re Gonna Get It,” which dropped two months before the show below, recorded July 16, 1978 at the (still standing) Paradise Rock Club in Boston in a WBCN-sponsored gig. The clear and curious omission is Listen to Her Heart — the best or second best song on YGGI, depending on how you swing. Four covers cut in back to back for the end of the set — Shout, I Fought the Law, Route 66, I’m a King Bee.

TRACK LIST: Anything That’s Rock ‘N’ Roll / Fooled Again / I Need To Know / Don’t Bring Me Down / You’re Gonna Get It / Breakdown / American Girl / Strangered In The Night / Too Much Ain’t Enough / Shout / I Fought The Law / Route 66 / I’m A King Bee

July 16, 1978 Paradise Rock Club/Boston. FM recording.

01-anything-thats-rocknroll

02-fooled-again

03-i-need-to-know

04-dont-bring-me-down

05-youre-gonna-get-it

06-breakdown

07-american-girl

08-strangered-in-the-nigh

09-too-much-aint-enougn

The zippy zip: petty-boston78.zip

Some other fun clockwatch-killer reading here at Rolling Stone. Ten Things That Piss Off Tom Petty.

i want fifty thousand digeridoos!

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gregor

on April 29, 2008

in nice to meet ya

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the only redeeming thing to come out of my brief stint at moraine valley community college in the lovely chicago suburb, palos hills, was my introduction to north carolina’s polvo. which were introduced to me under unusual circumstances, not so much unusual just not typical. a girl that i really liked - see wanted to nail - was really into them. i say typical because it was very rare, at the time, that a girl introduced me to a band that i was not aware of, or at least had not listened to. times have changed of course. anyway, my first listens to the chaotic and frenzied sounds of polvo were not met with favorable results, but i really wanted to get with this chick. so, i let her beat today’s active lifestyles into my head and by about about week two i had succumed to their sonic youth/pavement inspired mess. still, polvo can be a hard pill to swallow and they dont have too many songs that will leave much of an impression other than maybe indifference. in their defense, though, what may have been an initial distaste for em has led to still listening to em some 15 years later. btw, i never could seal the deal with that chick. if i remember correctly, i stopped calling her after i really starting getting into polvo. she served her purpose, i suppose.

as it turns out, and i didnt know this, polvo have gotten back together for a few shows(see below) and exploded drawing and shapes are being reissued on vinyl on may 6 which will come w/ download coupons to for redeeming the records as mp3s. more infor can be found here via touch and go.

may 9 - washington dc - black cat
may 10 - chapel hill - cats cradle
may 16-18 - minehead, uk - explosions atp
may 29-31 - barcelona, es - primavera sound
jun 20 - cambridge, mA - middle east
jun 21 - new york, ny - bowery ballroom
jun 22 – hoboken, nj – maxwell’s
jul 25 - chicago, il - subterranean - i may be going to this show

feather of forgivness off exploded drawing

light of the moon

enemy insects off shapes

everything in flames

thermal treasure off today’s active lifestyles

my kimono

can i ride off cor-crane secret

ox scapula

lull off ep

mister, i love the way you wear that hat

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gregor

on September 30, 2007

in mogwai and shows

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top o’ the afternoon people. man its beautiful here in atlanta today. the one thing i will never get used to though is that the wind is quite cool but that damn sun is, well, freakin hot.

if i were you, i would not miss william elliot whitmore tonight at smiths olde bar. i, unfortunately, have to miss him cause i am working but you really have no excuse except maybe pure laziness. i have not seem him yet, but from all reports, he is supposedly pretty amazing.

the chariot from song of the blackbird

midnight from ashes to dust

cold and dead from hymns for the hopeless

i posted a show from iowa about a year ago if you want to check it out. here

i like polyphonic spree, but sometimes they are just a little too much. now los angeles’ bodies of water, on the other hand, bring their take of the bombastic gospel sound with a more rustic/old timey feel. i have to spend a bit more time with their ears will pop, eyes will blink but thus far its pretty damn cool. check em…

i guess ill forget the sound, i guess, i guess

we are co-existors

these are the eyes

doves circled the sky

bodies of water site / myspace

part of the problem with working at night is that i dont want to listen to anything to poppy cause it’s kinda annoying at 3 am, but i dont want to listen to anything too solemn due to the fact that i dont want to fall asleep. so, i usually find myself listening to either mogwai or explosions in the sky most of the time. both perfect soundtracks for the late night set.

here is a 3.11.98 fm broadcast of mogwai

1. like herod

2. a place for parks

3. ex-cowboy

4. helicon 2

5. katrien

6. ithaca 27-9

7. xmas steps

8. helicon 1

9. mogwai fear satan

10. dj closing

im a teacher, not a holiday inn

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gregor

on September 29, 2007

in shows and taj mahal

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in terms of cool, no one, not even mr dulli, comes close to taj mahal, in my opinion. everything he does sounds absolutely effortless. he cant be just pinned down as a “blues” artist cause he combines so many styles into one cohesive art form and again, all effortlessly. just listen “why did you have to desert me” and try to deny its coolness.

here is taj playing at ultrasonic studios in hemstead, ny on 10.15.74.

1. intro

2. going up to the country and paint my mailbox blue

3. good morning little school girl

4. blackjack davie

5. why did you have to desert me

6. interview

7. further on down the road you will accompany me

8. stealin

9. instrumental

10. johnny too bad

11. take a giant step

university of massachusetts, please

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gregor

on September 28, 2007

in pixies and shows

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pixies live in la on 12.21.91. awesome fm broadcast.

1. rock music

2. cecilia ann

3. gouge away

4. motorway to roswell

5. alec eiffel

6. velouria

7. crackity jones

8. distance equals rate times time

9. manta ray

10. dancing the manta ray

11. lovely day

12. subbacultcha

13. letter to memphis

14. palace of the brine

15. ed is dead

16. wave of mutilation

17. monkey gone to heaven

18. bird dream of the olympus mons

you remember my corporation, kramerica industries?

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gregor

on September 27, 2007

in robert pollard, shows and thurston moore

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in case you were wondering, i recently rekindled my torrid love affair with the man known only as biker fox. jealous much?

i should mention that spoon was added to the the echo project festival here in atlanta. hopefully i will be attending the festivities.

dawson’s creek is on right now and i forget how cute katie holmes used to be. also, what the hell happed to josh jackson?

suprise, fuckin suprise, rich and his the cable and the tweed was voted best atlanta blog by the people of this fair city as reported by creative loafing. fuckers! in all seriousness, he does a great freakin job and i can only wish to be half as cool as he. congrats, rich!

me and sonic youth have a more of an admiration based relationship rather than one based on actually being able to make it through an entire record. actually thats a lie, i can make it through goo and daydream nation. i think hansel really summed up our relationship when he so elequantly had this to say about sting, “sting would be another person who’s a hero. The music he’s created over the years, I don’t really listen to it, but the fact that he’s making it, I respect that.” just replace sting with sonic youth. out of the other side of my mouth, thurston has a pretty great solo record out now, in case you didnt know. its called trees outside the academy and while there is still a lot of his signature fractured and spazz out guitar work, its pretty toned down or at least as toned down as thurston can get.

frozen guitar

fri/end

thurston moore site

i dont know much about frightened rabbit except that they are from glasgow. a place that if i were to believe the men of mogwai sounds like the most depressing place on earth. of course you can use belle and sebastian as an argument to the contrary, but in my mind they arent from glasgow. anyway, frightened rabbit are much more in the vein of american indie rock/pop than anything that i have heard coming out of that neck of the woods - which isnt a lot but enough to formulate an opinion.

they gots a new record, sing the greys, coming out on 10.2 and are going to tour this fall with pinback.

be less rude

frightened rabbit site / myspace

speaking of guided by voices, uncle bob has not one but two records coming out on 10.9. coast to coast carpet of love will find bobby exploring the beatles side of his musical personality and standard gargoyle decisions will explore his stones side. i have yet to hear either, but these should be very, very cool. we already know what his beatles side can produce. i hope his stones influenced stuff is full of anthematic rockers.

rud fins from coast to coast..

the killers from standard gargoyle..

bob pollard site

here be the remainder of the bruce show from 6.6.78 live from kansas city, misery.

11. mona

12. she’s the one

13. growin up

14. backstreets

15. rosalita

16. the promise

17. born to run

18. tenth ave freeze-out