Monday, June 30, 2003 A special congratulations to my old high school pal, Tim, who is getting married at the end of the month. The van is packed for a cross country trek with Reels of White Softly Flow. Maybe I'll see you in a midwestern dustbowl, rocking out in white. The vinyl for Saxon Shore : Four Months of Darkness is in the house and it's hott. Get a copy while you can. I am surrounded by boxes of Unwed Sailor books. A big shipment is going out to pre-orderers tomorrow AM. An extra special thanks to the Garsons, Dave, Colin, and Jess for an amazing weekend. There were visits to both The Center for Land Use Interpretation (a husband and wife have sequentially photographed the entire CA coast in 12,000 images and were exhibiting it as slides, 3 seconds apart) and Museum of Jurassic Technology, a special b&w film viewing in the Hollywood Forever cemetery, and a midnight viewing of Army of Darkness. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 11:47 PM CST Friday, June 27, 2003 Saxon Shore : Four Months of Darkness entered the CMJ top 200 this week at #195. The Trouble with Sweeney : I Know You Destroy! is at #147 for their 6th week on the chart and Unwed Sailor : The Marionette and The Music Box is at #154 for their 6th week. Good news all of you Unwed Sailor hardbound book pre-order consumers. The books have arrived. Finally! The orders will all be filled in the next couple of days, so be looking for yours soon. Aspera is finishing the recording for their one-sided LP this weekend, so an autumn release will be planned. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 02:12 PM CST Thursday, June 26, 2003 I'm still in Europe, getting ready to go back to the US. I went to see Grandaddy last night in Amsterdam with my friend Sarah. We had this amazing spot facing the center of the stage from the balcony and the show was really amazing. I was quite impressed. Hello to everyone from Lausanne, Switzerland who I got to meet or see again: Fig (and his nice girlfriend whose name I will spell wrong), Sandro, Maude, Julien, Valerie, Stephanie, Christian petzi, David, and the rowdy Swissman who wanted to start a fight because I was American. Lausanne was quite a beautiful place to visit, sitting right on Lake Geneva. I got to go on a picnic and to a bbq, it was a great time. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 03:35 AM CST Wednesday, June 18, 2003 Saxon Shore : Four Months of Darkness was the 14th most added record this week on the CMJ charts. The Trouble with Sweeney : I Know You Destroy! moved up 6 spots to #69 on the top 200 and is #72 on the CMJ Core charts. Unwed Sailor : The Marionette and The Music Box is at #109 on the top 200. I'd like to give some major props to Denison. I parked by his house and he took me to the airport. In the meantime, there have been two accidents while the car is parked. Quite a lot of drama for one person to take, but everything seems to be working out. Both crashers admitted their guilt and everything should be taken care of. Anyhow, go see him on tour with Jeff Hanson. It's been a while since Denison has properly hit the road, so make the effort to get out and see him play. By the way, Saxon Shore are beginning their summer touring, so be sure to see them at a town near you. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 09:43 AM CST Monday, June 16, 2003 The newest btv releases are now available for order from the btv store. Be sure to go and get releases from Early Day Miners, The Six Parts Seven, Saxon Shore, and all american radio, as well as the recent releases from Unwed Sailor and The Trouble with Sweeney. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 01:10 PM CST Saturday, June 14, 2003 I'm back in Amsterdam now. Tonight I should be seeing Sarah's dance performance and Lucas' band Pop Astronaut play, if everything works out right. Tomorrow is Cat Power and I'm hopeful it will be good. Unwed Sailor : The Marionette and The Music Box hardbound books/cds are due to arrive from Iceland on 20 June and will begin to be sent out to everyone who ordered. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 05:04 AM CST Thursday, June 12, 2003 THIS SATURDAY! JUNE 14 · 11PM: JOEY SWEENEY of The Trouble With Sweeney in a rare NYC solo appearance, in which he will perform some of the greatest songs of the 20th Century, as well as some of his own. At PETE'S CANDY STORE 709 LORIMER STREET WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN 718-302-3770. Opening the show will be JOSS, at 9pm: http://www.houseofjoss.com. Be there. Don't forget: THE TROUBLE WITH SWEENEY: Every Monday in July at Pete's, along with American Book Congress and friends. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 02:42 AM CST Wednesday, June 11, 2003 I'm in France after spending a few days in Amsterdam. Friday night, a bunch of us went to see Pedro the Lion play in an extremely weird show for me. There was only one band and the show started on the exact time printed on the ticket. Apparently neither is that strange. This Sunday, I'll be seeing Cat Power, so I'll let you know how that show works, too. It's at 4pm on a Sunday, so that's already weird to me. My luggage got lost on the way to France and my rental car and hotel reservations didn't go through. I found out it was a holiday weekend, so no work on Monday, then, and no way to get a car because of the holiday and a bunch of peopel getting cars due to some labor strikes. I did find a hotel to pick me up at the airport, so I wasn't homeless. My luggage showed up a day later so I could stop trying to not smell up my clothers in the hopes that they would last enough for me to wear them to work. Denison is car sitting for me in exchange for picking up all american radio : fragments of cds and Early Day Miners LP jackets today. Apparently someone scratched it up a bit while they were parallel parking. I guess I'm missing the excitement that Denison gets to experience. It's easy to be calm about these things when you're so far away. Unwed Sailor books should be arriving soon. I haven't heard any final confirmation, but my friends are on the lookout to meet up with the truck. The Trouble with Sweeney fell ten spots on the CMJ top 200 to #74, but re-entered the CMJ Core charts at #66. Unwed Sailor moved up 18 spots to #85. So, keep listening for these releases on your local college station. Saxon Shore : Four Months of Darkness has been serviced to CMJ station and is going for ads next week. We'll see if we can have three records in the top 100 at the same time. There is a new Reels of White Softly Flow LP underway in time for early July that Broken Factory will be putting out. Zaxxon Matt is in control. :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 11:56 AM CST Wednesday, June 4, 2003 I received the test pressings for Saxon Shore : Four Months of Darkness LP and Early Day Miners : Deep Harbor one-sided LP today in the mail. It's a bit like Christmas when this stuff shows up. Quite exciting and foretelling a very busy summer for vinyl releases at btv. Hey, did you visit The Onion this week yet (it is Wednesday, all of you cubicle drones)? Wander on over to The Onion AV Club and see the nice words they had to say about The Marionette and The Music Box. Another reason for me to be smiling this evening on minimal sleep and preparing to fly to Amsterdam tomorrow. The Trouble with Sweeney just received 5/5 in A.P. for I Know You Destroy!, though I haven't seen the mag yet. They have some residencies planned for NYC and Philadelphia: uly 1 | Silk City, Philadelphia, PA | residency w/ THETWINATLAS AND HOT TOPIC DJs July 7 | Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY | TTWS/American Book Congress residency w/ Mendoza Line July 8 | Silk City, Philadelphia, PA | residency w/ THE PHOTON BAND AND WINDY DJs July 14 | Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY | TTWS/American Book Congress residency w/ Mascott and writers Sam Lipsyte, Shelley Jackson July 15 | Silk City, Philadelphia, PA | residency w/ LEFTY'S DECEIVER AND DJS TBA July 21 | Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY | TTWS/American Book Congress residency duets night w/ Currituck Co., David Amsden w/ actress July 22 | Silk City, Philadelphia, PA | residency w/ ASTEROID #4 AND DJs TBA July 28 | Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY | TTWS/American Book Congress residency w/ Bootleg Remedy July 29 | Silk City, Philadelphia, PA | residency grand finale: TTWS PLAYS "LOADED" w/ special guests TIMANDERIC.COM Denison Witmer is on tour with Jeff Hanson (Kill Rock Stars): 1 July: Neenah WI @blue moon coffee 2 July: grand rapids @Schuler Books & Music 5 July: peoria IL @meeting house w/ the forecast, the skeptics 6 July: iowa city @gabe's oasis w/ rabbitt rabbitt 7 July: des moines @vaudeville mews 8 July: omaha @49er 9 July: denver @larimer lounge 13 July: seattle @studio 7 w/ rosie thomas 14 July: portland @blackbird 16 July: san luis obispo @z-pies 17 July: los angeles @knitting factory - alterknit 18 July: las vegas @cafe roma w/ orange sheila 19 July: tempe @stinkweeds 20 July: albuquerque @burts 22 July: kansas city @westport coffeehouse 23 July: fayetteville AR @jr's lightbulb club 26 July: memphis @the caravan 27 July: louisville @the 953 28 July: cleveland @beachland w/6 parts 7, central falls 29 July: bloomington IN @rhinos w/ central falls 31 July: chicago @subterranean w/central falls 1 August : milwaukee @924 center Denison will be releasing an album of covers called Recovered on Fugitive Records. He'll be doing some hometown shows before he goes away: THIS Friday, JUNE 6 RECOVERED Cd release Party!!! @ The FIRE (Philadelphia Bar and Grille) 412 W. Girard Ave Philadelphia, PA W/ Kimone, Amp Line Saturday, JUNE 14 The Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA With One Star Hotel ? it?s their CD release party!!! Thursday, JUNE 19 The Marathon Grille/Philadelphia City Paper Twilight Series Outside at 20th and Market 7pm Sharp FREE!!! With One Star Hotel :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 07:50 PM CST Monday, June 2, 2003 Unwed Sailor : The Marionette and The Music Box hardbound books are on their way from Iceland to the US. Should be here in a week or two and then out to everyone who pre-ordered. Lacquers for Starflyer 59 : Old 2x10" are on their way to the factory and plates for Starflyer 59's one-sided LP, Portuguese Blues, should have arrived. Portuguese Blues is a return to some older guitar riff intensive days, but with a little dirty blues sound mixed in. These should be out in the relatively near future, perhaps sooner than expected, possibly early July. Covers for Early Day Miners : Deep Harbor one-sided LP and The Six Parts Seven : The Attitudes of Collapse one-sided LP are getting printed and the vinyl should be underway, as well. These should be ready sometime in June. Saxon Shore : Four Months of Darkness LPs will be here soon, test pressings are on their way. The Trouble with Sweeney : I Know You Destroy! vinyl has been delayed due to cover image resolution issues, but these should be solved shortly. Busy times for vinyl releases here at the label. We're earning the middle name we so desparately want to keep. I was at Four Tet, Manitoba, and Prefuse 73. I went to see Four Tet which didn't translate as well as I'd hope to the live set, but Manitoba was completely impressive, as was Prefuse 73. Good times, but not as good as the time Dryw was having... Colin, Dave, and I are sorting out a return trip to Los Angeles, hopefully after I'm back for a work trip to France. Farewell to Justin Kay as he wanders across the US. Yes, this is a blog... :::scott::: Posted by Scott @ 08:37 PM CST [ Archives ]