I’ll be going to Copenhagen and Sweden on Friday, back on the 23rd. Online ordering will only be slightly delayed, but will be back on track soon after. Willis and I will wreak havoc in Copenhagen with all of my fine friends there. Beware. The Trouble with Sweeney : Dear Life is on a top 10 list at rollingstone.com. Believe the hype! This record delivers. Speaking of top 10s, here’s my inevitable top 10 list for 2001: 1. The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band : Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards (Constellation) This is the bleakest, most beautiful record from this Montreal collective, topping all previous releases from Godspeed You Black Emperor! of which this ensemble are all members. 2. Mogwai : Rock Action (Matador) Mogwai sings, plays beautifully. Sine Wave is the best introductory track of the year. Dave Fridman production. What more can you want?! 3. Low : Things we lost in the fire Their most beautiful release to date. It rocks hard, if that’s possible for Low, and then falls away into a perfect near-nothingness. This is the record for cold winter nights. 4. Unwed Sailor : The Faithful Anchor (Lovesick) The…
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greetings on the ’02 folks. some groundbreaking news that is actually old news…joey from the trouble with sweeney proposed to his fine girlfriend reyna and she accepted, so they’re engaged. big congratulations to them. thanks to everyone who came out to see the big trouble with sweeney new year’s show and those who came to see denison witmer and don peris in lancaster. props to anyone who stayed for reels of white. for that show, zoetropolis and the lancaster music collective got a lot of much needed cash and will be able to keep doing shows. this is definitely one cool lancaster venue for music and apparently they have simpsons trivia on sunday nights. sounds hot. thanks especially to mike and the lmc. last night i saw the royal tenenbaums for the second time. this movie is just amazingly witty. you must go see it. gene hackman is unbelievable in his role and owen wilson is soooooo funny. wildcats? wildcats… :::scott:::
Hope your holidays are well. I’m visiting in Indiana where there is just a little bit of snow on the ground. I was in Chicago yesterday to see J.D. from Scientific, Chris and Trevor from The Blamed, and Jan and Sarah from Glorybox who were visiting from Copenhagen. More show news: 28 December : Lancaster, PA. Denison Witmer, Don Peris, Reels of White Softly Flow, The Drops. Zoetropolis, 235 W. Lemon St. All Ages, 8pm. 29 December : Brooklyn, NY. The Trouble With Sweeney at Galapagos Art Space, 70 N 6th Street & Wythe with Jerkwater and Metropolitan. 29 December : Philadelphia, PA. Reels of White Softly Flow at The Fire, 412 W. Gerard Ave. 267.671.9298. 31 December : Philadelphia, PA. The Trouble WIth Sweeney at The Fire with Stereofield and Naked Omaha. There are a few important additions to the on-line store: the Mark Kozelek Christmas cd (limited edition on SubPop) and the new Dashboard Confessional cdep on Vagrant. :::scott:::