I’ve updated the btv online store with a few new releases including the new Tristeza album, Brother Danielson 7″, and Pedro the Lion Christmas 7″. The Pedro the Lion 7″ is only available with the purchase of a recent btv release since it is extremely limited and already sold out. Tonight, I’m going to see U.S. Maple at the Khyber here in Philadelphia if I can stay awake that late. Saturday, The Trouble with Sweeney will be playing at the Khyber with the Capitol Years and National Eye for the Nat’l Eye cd release party (on Feel Records). Also, Reels of White Softly Flow will be playing in Fishtown with Denison Witmer this Saturday. :::scott:::
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There’s snow on the ground here, about 6″ that fell Friday and Saturday. In the midst of some of the snowstorm, I was fostering my friendster addiction. Some big news…btv will be releasing the vinyl version of Sufjan Stevens’ new album “Seven Swans.” The release date for both the cd (on Sounds Familyre) and LP will be March 2004 and both will be distributed to stores by the fine folks at Secretly Canadian Distribution. Sufjan is finishing up the layout this morning. If you haven’t heard Sufjan’s album “Michigan,” you need to entertain thoughts of purchasing it. You can buy it from Asthmatic Kitty, Sounds Familyre, the btv online store, or your favorite local record shop. Ben from Kind of Like Spitting e-mailed and there are still plans for this one-sided LP to be released. More details when they’re ready. Artwork and audio is ready now for Aspera, Starflyer 59, and Ester Drang. Yume Bitsu is still simmering away, too. It will be a big time for one-sided LPs in the early ’04. One-sided LPs from Damien Jurado, The Six Parts Seven, and Early Day Miners are available now and are amazing. Damien and Eric Fisher are still planning to…
I’m back from California, arrived back Wednesday morning and was greeted by some super cold weather. During my travels, I visited my aunt, uncle, and cousin in Carlsbad, CA for Thanksgiving and made it down to Mexico. It was my first time to Mexico and Jess and I visited Ensenada, Rosarito, and Tecate and the countryside in between. We stopped off at a vineyard and saw signs for organic wine and other farm products. Soon, we found ourselves in a Mexican family’s kitchen sampling their wares, tasting some pretty incredible hot sauce, cheese, and wine. It seemed really off the beaten path. Andy was able to break away from his ultra fast paced lifestyle of movie stars and video shoots to take me to a great vegetarian Indian restaurant. He swears the Yume Bitsu cover is almost finished. I met up with the kind folks at the Militia Group. Props to everyone that I met there…Rory, Chad, James, Wyatt, and everyone else I can’t remember and am sorry. There’s supposed to be a snowstorm here tonight or tomorrow or Saturday. Winter is really upon us. :::scott:::