Thursday, May 27, 2004 I updated the online store adding The Trouble with Sweeney : Fishtown Briefcase and a few new catalog releases from bands like Pedro the Lion, Unicorns, Animal Collective, The New Year, Mirah, Mum, and more. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 10:51 AM CST Tuesday, May 25, 2004 The Trouble with Sweeney : Fishtown Briefcase is back from the factory and all of the print is correct. I'll have this up in the store for pre-order in the next couple of days. There will be a special package deal to buy it and I Know You Destroy! for all of you out that who are unfortunate enough to not own it. Fishtown Briefcase will be at a record store near you on 29 June. Unwed Sailor is finally going to be touring. There are a few confirmed dates so far and they include: 9 June : Chicago, IL. The Bottom Lounge. 10 June : Grand Rapids, MI. The DAAC. 13 June : Des Moines, IA. The Vaudeville Mews. 14 June : Omaha, NE. Oleaver's Pub. 25 June : Akron, OH. The Lime Spider. 26 June : Pittsburgh, PA. Club Cafe. 27 July : Bushnell, IL. Cornerstone Festival. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 08:02 PM CST Wednesday, May 19, 2004 Last night, Willis and I went to see the Phillies and Dodgers play, he wearing the red Phils cap and I wearing the Dodger blue. We ended up buying tickets from a guy in a big SUV as he made a turn on the street away from the stadium right as we walked past. Turns out to be the best $20 we each spent because the seats were in the front row of the left friend stands. It was some kind of home run fest. I was verbally attacked when I stood up to cheer Jason Grabowski's 2 run homerun in the second and a solo shot in the 4th, but the fans warmed to having Dodger fans in their midst, especially when the Phils hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the 4th. Normally I would be impressed by the Phils firepower, but not against my Dodgers. There was a rain delay and we watched the Flyers play on the giant screen. Willis and I snuck down to sit by the dugout. When they resumed play, we got to see the last inning or so super close to the field, even though the Dodgers ended up losing. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 03:22 PM CST Thursday, May 13, 2004 I am looking at the artwork for the Live Mount Eerie 3xLP and it's one of the most spectacular looking covers I've ever seen. This will be a triple gatefold jacket and the cover art expands to be three LP panels wide. All of the text is in both Danish and English and this is a co-release with my good friend Mikael and his label Washington Inc. in Copenhagen. Mikael recorded the show and he and Phil recorded a short track, "The Boom" the following day in his apartment. There is an LP sized booklet that features all of the lyrics written in both Danish and English as well. I'm really excited about this release. All of the artwork should be sent off to the printer in the next couple of days and the test pressings for the first 2 LPs have already been approved. The third LP with an etching on the obverse (yes, this is loosely in the one-sided LP series) is getting plated sometime in the next week or so. Last night, I went to see The Six Parts Seven at the unitarian church as they opened for TV on the Radio. The band has added a vibraphone player, taking the sound in a slightly different direction. At one point, there were seven members on stage. They've just finished recording a full-length that should be out in late August, just after their brilliant one-sided LP is released to stores. I always love to see them play, they're one of my favorite instrumental bands. I left the show to pick up The Trouble with Sweeney cdep. There was a printing error and the front and back covers were not printed on the sleeves, so I picked up all of the missprints from Charlie. New cdeps are being made right now and will be arriving in the next week or so. Pre-orders will be added to the webstore soon. This is the album for summer barbeques and will provide the right jams for any party you may be having. After that, I went to see Destroyer play at the North Star Bar and got there just in time, just missing the opening song. I first saw Destroyer play in 2001 and it was a more acoustic-based, toned down affair, like the Streethawk album. Here, touring on Your Blues, the band translated "Helena" to a blistery rocker. At times, the songs were completely chaotic and noisy, this was one completely amazing show. I swear the hairs on my arm stood on end when "Your Blues" transitioned from the spoken word beginning into the rock and the extended "Notorious Lightening" closer was out of control, a frenzy of pounding drums and flailing guitars. I was saddened by missing Frog Eyes, but had to leave after one Califone song to preserve the memory of the truly incredible Destroyer set. Go see them on tour! "You've got the spirit, don't lose the feeling" I am loving the Dodger success this season with them having the best record in baseball. I'm going to see them play the Phillies twice next week. I hope I don't get beat up when I cheer against the home team. I've added a new bumper sticker to my van. You should, too. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 10:23 AM CST Monday, May 10, 2004 Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I'll change the splash page as soon as I get some new photos. I got back from the cross country road trip today after dropping Jess off in Jersey City. It was such a fun time. Thanks to our friends that we got to see along the way, especially Brian and Carolyn for putting us up in Austin and for Jamie and Matthew for showing us the proper way to eat crawdads in Jackson. We ended up driving over 4,000 miles on the trip and got to see quite a lot of things I'd never seen before. New Orleans was a bit of a letdown, but Jackson made up for it. Austin was great, just how I'd remembered it being. Memphis wasn't all that great, but the tour of Sun Studio made me feel close to the history of rock and roll, even though there was too much of a focus on Elvis and not enough on Johnny Cash for my liking. In Kentucky, we stopped off at the monestary where Thomas Merton lived and is buried and bought some of the Trappist made cheese and bourbon fudge. In West Virginia, we visited some very large and very weird Hindu community that seemed completely out of place and very different from other temples we'd visited in Southeast Asia. Not sure what that was all about. The Dodgers seem to be doing a lot better than anyone expected, including me. It's looking very good this season if everything continues to fall into place. I sank a bit in the btv fantasy baseball league. I'll blame it on not being able to log in to tweak my lineups every day. All of the artwork is now done for the Mount Eerie live 3xLP set. Should be getting off to the printer shortly. If you're in the UK, go see Denison Witmer play when he's in your town... :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 12:42 AM CST Wednesday, May 5, 2004 Saxon Shore are on tour RIGHT NOW: May 4 : Fredonia, NY. BJ's, 11pm, 18+/21+ = $3/Free May 5 : New York, NY. Piano's, Saxon Shore plays at midnight, $8 May 6 : Greensboro, NC. Gate City Noise 8pm, Free Show May 7 : Mount Pleasant, SC. Village Tavern w/ North Elementary May 8 : Orlando, FL. Cornerstone Festival(Saxon Shore plays at noon) w/ Pedro The Lion, Ester Drang May 9 : Nashville, TN. TBA w/ The Sincerity Guild May 10 : Kokomo, IN. Fairfield Church, 1476 East 400 South (on state road 26), 7pm, $5 May 11 : Mount Pleasant, MI. Wesley Foundation, 1400 S. Washington, 7pm $6 w/ Anathallo, The Chiodos Bros, Foxhole May 12 : Grand Rapids, MI. Calvin College w/ Anathallo I'm in Austin, TX right now, trekking cross country. So far, we've been to the Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest, and Painted Desert, stopping at all kinds of interesting restaurants from a special roadtrip food book that I picked up. Some really interesting places. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 12:17 PM CST [ Archives ]