I just got back from a super last minute trip to the West Coast to see Jess, The Zombies, Low, Andy, and Jeff. The Zombies are on a little reunion tour and I couldn’t resist the opportunity to go. The band sounded amazing playing songs from Odessey and Oracle and some of Colin Blumstone’s solo material. Rod Argent’s solo stuff and the new songs from the Zombies weren’t quite up to snuff, but the rest of the set was so amazing that the rest was forgiveable. I was definitely glad to have gone. Low played the Knitting Factory and Jess and I were able to sit really close to the stage, so the sound was incredible. They played quite a few new songs and “murderer” from their ultra-limited 10″ release. It was a fairly long set and definitely a great one. The opener, Azalia Snail, was completely atrocious. Avoid, avoid, avoid at all costs. I’d like to think I saw them on a bad night, but I’m sure that wasn’t the case. Tonight, I’m hopefully going to meet up with my friend Emil from Oslo. Tomorrow, the Mountain Goats are playing in Philadelphia in the basement of the First Unitarian…
Year: 2004
Willis and I will be on our way shortly to see Decahedron play tonight in Brooklyn at Northsix. Maybe we’ll see you there? I saw them play in Wilkes-Barre last night. Hello to Zeke and Zack who were there. I met them at a Mineral show in 1997 and saw them a few times after, but it’s been a few years until last night. We’re going to meet up with Sufjan and Emil who’s visiting from Oslo. I hope he notices Randall waving the Norwegian flag on the site. We have officially decided to do another pressing of Sufjan’s Seven Swans. So, although pre-orders will be getting records from the first pressing, there will be plenty to go around for everyone in the near future. If you’re sticking around Philadelphia tonight, be sure to catch Aspera at The North Star. There have been some missing master problems with their one-sided LP that we’re hoping to resolve in the very near future and get that thing out. :::scott:::
The vinyl for Sufjan Steven’s Seven Swans is on its way and will be a co-release between Sounds Familyre and Burnt Toast Vinyl. There are a very few number of copies left from the first pressing that will be split between Sufjan, Sounds Familyre, and btv. I will be putting this up on the site this weekend and will open pre-orders to the first 10 copies since I’m not sure how many I will be getting for sale or if we will be doing another pressing or not. Daniel Smith says his Brother Danielson full-length is finished and that he will start to work on the one-sided LP soon. Start to get excited. Tickets went on sale for Phillies games today and the opener was already sold out, but I managed to get some tickets to the spring training game against Cleveland that will actually inaugurate the stadium. Happy Birthday to Matthew Stone whose birthday is today. By the way, I just found out that an article I wrote about the Italian prog rock band Goblin will be in the forthcoming issue of Bandoppler. Fun! :::scott:::