for years now, friends (and others) have sent me Spotify links in attempt to share music. I beg you to stop. I have never subscribed to Spotify and I have never listened to a song using that business.
singing by: Meg Baird Bill MacKay Cory Hanson Cassie Berman David Pajo David Grubbs Matt Kinsey Haley Fohr Emmett Kelly Todd Rittmann Alasdiar Roberts Matt Sweeney George Xylouris Azita Youssefi Sean O’Hagan Ben Chasny Elisa Ambrogio Bill Callahan
Just sold the house where we made BEST TROUBADOR, WOLF OF THE COSMOS and half of EPIC JAMMERS AND FORTUNATE LITTLE DITTIES. Honed Superwolves songs there and had countless rehearsals since 2009. hurtling into a new abyss.
a beloved family member in a major big-c battle just shared this bit of badassery:
Rejoice always,
Pray without ceasing,
Give thanks in all circumstances
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
One of my favorite records credited to Bob Dylan is STREET LEGAL, which was record over the last couple of days of April and the first couple of days of May 1978. It was released mid-June on LP and cassette. That couldn't happen today.
bluey is good, but the best modern kids animated show I've found is City of Ghosts on Netflix. intersects sweetly with reading kid Congo powers' new memoir
It felt good playing the SUPERWOLVES music in CA; we're gonna do SUPERWOLVES for all of the midwest shows with Jonathan Richman. Please come, it will be fun.
Dancing to Moana soundtrack yesterday, daughter says "No dancing!" so switched the jammer and then we danced hard for the next hour with this song on repeat
ipodclassic got lifted from my car so if you see someone around louisville apparently bopping to Jeff Parker/Morgan wallen/Johnny Lum ho/patricia wolf please nab it back for me
because our defenses are down when we listen to and make music, it is too easy to take advantage of both audiences and music makers. it's often an irrational/impractical/illogical space shared by us, and intruders can break in and wreak havoc
It's been about 7 yrs since
@theheavyjamz
convinced me to open this account. It was anonymous for a few years. It was super fun. Going to shut it down in 6 months after the new record comes out. Thanks for the great jokes and music
Bernie Sanders is the man. he's been on fire, unbelievable in tenacity and clarity. Big gratitude and big prayers to
@SenSanders
then now and upcoming.
Sang three-part harmony with my wife and daughter for the first time last night. Song was Stevie Nicks' "Wild Heart", backing track was Bill MacKay & Cooper Crain's recent cassette release. 2/3 of us were in the bathtub.
Dickinson New York is pleased to announce its summer exhibition, ‘Texture: Hicks, Rydingsvard, Amaral, Hansen Oldham’, running from 19 July to 3 September. Follow the link for more info -
I am ambivalent about streaming services. There's no denying though that during this time they help keep the lights on for us and at
@dragcityrecords
. if you or your peeps truck with playlists, share this please, it's got our new 'miracles' on it
Heavy boogie chamber decorated by SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE...this beast is "Arise, Therefore" and it's never been beautifully than when
@BillCallaman
balances his body on Ben's beams. Picture : Carlson Garcia. MOVING pictures by pioneering David Lowery
On bandcamp is Jonathan Richman's "Just a Spark on Journey From the Dark", a series of shows and meditations as unique in approach as anything the master does.
when I was a kid I was terrorized by both my older and younger brother, the Grateful Dead playing from both of their rooms before school every day. I have the penultimate laugh though:
You can do it. You prove it almost every day. And when you can't muster, others miracle for you. Today it's our turn,
@BillCallaman
, Ty Segall, BPB, Johnie Frierson, with all sorts of help (particularly from Rob Frye playing sax)
Leonard Cohen's son Adam brought new music of his father's into the world not long ago. Daunting, and deserving.
@blackfaurest
made music for
@BillCallaman
and meself to share "Night of Santiago" with you. Ross Brothers brought the scenery.
We'd already recorded Jerry Jeff Walker's "I Love You", and then we wanted to do more.
@BillCallaman
suggested "Letter Sung to Friends", which
@twosandfews
arranged and performed for us. Then we also did "Little Bird", with David Ferguson playing bass.
If you love music but don't pay much attention to how/why it's made, the opening third of this piece is valuable reading. The rest of the piece is a pleasure for those of us concerned with traveling space and time with music
It is forever 21 for a long long time starting now. This may be a significant challenge. The obstacles will be eroded by George Xylouris. Listen to him help
@BillCallaman
and BPB bring new life into Lou Reed's lovely little Rooftop Garden.
Also in our insanity (culled from the world at large), we neglected to respect IN PRINT the excellence of these people on the BLIND DATE PARTY release:
Mixing: Cooper Crain (absolutely crucial to the construction of each jammer)
Mastering: Mazen Murad
Lacquers : Carl Saff
Listen to
@BillCallaman
and ourselves mount Mick Turner's sea horse of a "Sea Song" (played by Mick, writ by Robert Wyatt) and ride off into the cyclone. This party is beginning to rage. Thanks for coming.
One of my besties is one of the principal minds behind this new Pam and Tommy show (yes there are minds behind it) and it looks surprisingly great (for its subject matter) so go borrow someone's Hulu password
there is also a new BPB record out (HIGH AND HIGH AND MIGHTY). fully-realized format is cassette (sold out) and Ha Ha is also selling all of their releases as CD-Rs