I watched the documentary In the Realms of the Unreal about reclusive folk artist Henry Darger whose lifelong work was a 15,000 page illustrated epic novel of the same name that was found after his death. Fascinating and amazing. Thanks to Krister for sending me the new Isolation Years LP Cover the Distance. One of the guys lives down the street from him in Umea and he’s been getting me the records for a few years now. Tomorrow, Willis, Carrie, Rich, and I are going to see The New Pornographers in Lancaster. Hopefully Cakeater will be out for the rock. After the show, we’re going up to Fredonia to meet up with the rest of Saxon Shore for the final mixing sessions with Dave Fridmann. :::scott:::
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Saxon Shore’s Luck Will Not Save Us from a Jackpot of Nothing is #126 on the CMJ top 200 this week, their first week on the chart. Thanks to everyone who is playing their cd. June Panic has artwork ready for his one-sided LP and the audio is going to be finished early next week. There was a little bit of re-mixing going on for a while, but it’s getting closer to completion. The repress of Woven Hand Consider the Birds should be ready shortly for all of those waiting on a copy. :::scott:::
My good friend Brian left after several days of adventure. We spent Wednesday and Thursday in DC exploring the city. We saw the President’s motorcade leave the White House just as we showed up. He waved to us from the back of his limo. Thursday’s ride home stretched into Friday as we made the turn to go to the Borgata in Atlantic City. We were primed for the road trip adventure and weren’t ready to go home. It was like we we were 17 again for a couple of days. We met up with Dave and Kate later in the day (congratulations on your engagement!) and wasted the night away in Philadelphia and NJ. It was a great visit. I was at the beach yesterday with Michael, Fran, and Orn at Fran’s house in Wildwood. We’ve become addicted to playing bocce ball. I’m a little bit sunburned from walking on the boardwalk. I’ve been getting caught up on btv business and orders while watching the documentaries Dogtown and Z-boys about the beginnings of skateboards in Southern California and The Weather Underground about a ’60s revolutionary group who wanted to overthrow the government. Definitely both really good. Don’t forget that Unwed…