I saw Yume Bitsu play at Brownies in NYC on Wednesday. They had a special performance where the story accompanying their Golden Vessyl of Sound record was read and various segments of the story were acted out. Various characters were dressed as Drystonians and Mothmen. After the show, Adam played me some of the music that they recorded with the Landing for their one-sided LP. More dates have been confirmed and more details listed for Ester Drang‘s tour that begins on 28 May. Be sure to go out and see them play, especially at Yume Bitsu’s cd release show in Portland on 5 June. My good friend Ethan printed some special silk screened tour posters to help advertise the shows. Denison Witmer is in this month’s CMJ Monthly. Be sure to check that out. His Philadelphia Songs has been constantly spinning, at least the first mixes have been. You will find some different sounds on this record, as a host of guest musicians, including The Six Part Seven, add their instruments into the mix. There are many ambient sounds that ebb beneath Denison’s voice and guitar melodies. We are starting to work on the final design and layout with the…
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e-mail update: :::Show Updates::: All American Radio::: 25 May : Lancaster, PA. Zoetropolis with Sadaharu and Movies with Heroes. 30 May : Lancaster, PA. French Quarter Night Club. 10pm. Ester Drang::: 28 May : Denton, TX. Rubber Gloves. 29 May : Austin, TX. Emo’s. 30 May : El Paso, TX. Crossroads Coffee House 31 May : Tempe, AZ. The Lucky Dragon. 7 June : Seattle, WA. The Crocodile Cafe 2 July : Tulsa, OK. Curly’s. with Pedro the Lion and Roadside Monument. The Trouble with Sweeney::: Joey Sweeney Solo with Bill Riccini 14 May : Salt Lake City, UT : Suite 13. 15 May : Denver, CO. 15th Street Tavern. 16 May : Wichita, KS. Kirby’s Beer Store. 17 May : Columbia, MO. Ragtime. 18 May : Chicago, IL. Schuba’s (Early Show). 19 May : Madison, WI. Catacomb Coffeehouse. 20 May : Detroit, MI. Lager House. 21 May : North Manchester, IN. The Firehouse with Trackstar. 22 May : Lexington, KY. High on Rose. 23 May : Nashville, TN. Springwater. Denison Witmer::: 16 May : Brooklyn, NY. Lillies with John Vanderslice. psalters::: 15 May : Philadelphia. Friends Center Meeting House. Peacewalk to Baghdad Benefit. 24 May : Amman, Jordan. 27…
I met with Matt and Justin from Aspera yesterday and heard two of the songs for their one-sided LP. The recording should be done in mid-June for a release in September sometime. AM/FM is also underway with their recording that should also be done in mid-June. Lenola has just committed to participating in the one-sided LP series. They’ve been writing many songs for their forthcoming full-length. This is really an exciting series for me and hopefully the bands involved. 16 May 2002 : Brooklyn, NY. Denison Witmer with John Vanderslice at Lillies. I’m listening to the re-issue of Danielson Famile’s A Prayer for Every Hour which is due for release by Secretly Canadian in the next month. An additional cd contains the first public danielson performance and the video for Headz in da Cloudz. This was a revolutionary record in 1995 and is still groundbreaking today. I’ve also been listening to Early Day Miners : Let Us Garlands Bring LP (Western Vinyl/Secretly Canadian) which sounds incredible on 180g vinyl and Yume Bitsu : The Golden Vessyl of Sound 2xLP (K Recs) which has an entire live show on the 4th side. L, :::scott:::