ugh… head pounding, stomach gurgling, disposition not so hot either. so, until i get my shit together and wake up after last nights festivities, i will leave you with what the title suggests. i forgot my notes on this thing at home and all my googling leads to sites that i cant get to. so feel free to drop some knowledge on this thing if ya got it handy.

disc one
1. something apple session 1
2. something apple session 2
3. something apple session 3
4. something apple session 4
5. oh! darling twickenham session 1
6. oh! darling twickenham session 2
7. oh! darling twickenham session 3
8. oh! darling twickenham session 4
9. oh! darling twickenham session 5
10. oh! darling twickenham session 6
11. oh! darling apple session 1
12. oh! darling apple session 2
13. oh! darling apple session 3
14. oh! darling apple session 4
15. oh! darling apple session 5

disc two
1. octopus’ garden apple session 1
2. octopus’ garden apple session 2
3. octopus’ garden apple session 3
4. octopus’ garden apple session 4
5. i want you apple session 1
6. i want you apple session 2
7. i want you apple session 3
8. sun king twickenham session 1
9. mean mr mustard twickenham session 1
10. mean mr mustard twickenham session 2
11. mean mr mustard apple session
12. polythene pam apple session
13. golden slumbers twickenham session 1
14. golden slumbers twickenham session 2
15. carry that weight twickenham session
16. her majesty apple session

sometimes, i just gotta kick myself for no other reason than being lazy. lazy when it comes to paying more than half an ear to certain records, or most records as it were. what usually happens is that i will start listening to something then for whatever reason turn off said record and proceed to listen to the truckers’ dirty south for the 767th time or something along those lines. the reason i bring it up is cause i just got done listening to madeline’s 09 release, white flag and its damn fine record. sadly, it was probably one them that got turned off due to the above scenario. she’s going on a brief tour of the southeast and is actually stopping in new orleans on the 13th of march. the good folks at orange twin are releasing her tour ep sometime in march, but you can grab a track below. btw, its also being released on vinyl….

i waited all day

2/7 – Atlanta, Ga. @ WonderRoot w/ Barton Carrol
2/26 – Gainesville, Fl. @ The Atlantic
2/27 – Tallahassee, Fl. @ Fresh Face Fest
3/4 – Athens, Ga. @ Little Kings (early show – 9-11 p.m.)
3/5 – Atlanta, Ga. @ The 529
3/6 – Birmingham, Al. @ Spring Street Fire House (All ages!)
3/7 – Pensacola, Fl. @ Sluggo’s (All Ages)
3/8 – Baton Rouge, La. @ 3259 Ivanhoe (outdoor all ages party – info on website)
3/10 – Dallas, Texas @ The Amsterdam Bar w/ Little Birds
3/11 – Austin, Texas @ Momo’s w/ Geoff Reacher
3/12 – Lafayette, La. @ Artmosphere
3/13 – New Orleans, La. @ Allways Lounge

hey, joe pug has a new recording come out in the middle of this month on the 16th which he has chosen to call, messenger. his free and most excellent, in the meantime ep, has been in heavy rotation the past few weeks, and i gotta admit that i was wrong to not include “in the meantime” on my list of favorite songs that didnt appear in my top ten – you can read about them here. again, messenger comes out on 2.16 via lightning rod records and check below for the tour dates and of fucking course theres no new orleans date….

the sharpest crown
in the meantime off in the meantime

2/ 4 – Ft. Collins, CO, Hodi’s Half Note
2/ 5 – Breckenridge, CO, Colorado Mountain College
2/ 8 – Phoenix, AZ, Rhythm Room
2/ 9 – San Diego, CA, The Loft at UCSD w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 11 – Los Angeles, CA, The Echo w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 12 – Santa Cruz, CA, The Crepe Place w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 13 – San Francisco, CA, Great American Music Hall w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 14 – Portland, OR, The Doug Fir w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 15 – Seattle, WA, The Tractor Tavern w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 16 – Vancouver, BC, Biltmore w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 18 – Salt Lake City, UT, The State Room w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 19 – Denver, CO, The Bluebird w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 20 – Telluride, CO, Sheridan Opera House w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 23 – Iowa City, IA, The Mill w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 24 – Champaign, IL, Canopy Club
2/ 25 – St. Paul, MN, The Turf Club w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 26 – Madison, WI, High Noon Saloon w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 27 – Chicago, IL, Lincoln Hall w/ Justin Townes Earle
2/ 28 – Detroit, MI, The Magic Stick w/ Justin Townes Earle
3/ 1 – Toronto, Canada, TF Royal w/ Justin Townes Earle
3/ 2 – Buffalo, NY, The Mowhawk w/ Justin Townes Earle
3/ 3 – Keene, NH, The Starving Artist
3/ 4 – Alston, MA, Great Scott w/ Justin Townes Earle
3/ 5 – New York, NY, Bowery Ballroom w/ Justin Townes Earle
3/ 6 – Philadelphia, PA, Johnny Brenda’s w/ Justin Townes Earle
3/ 7 – Alexandria, VA, The Birchmere w/ Justin Townes Earle

today is one of them days, that if i didnt have a bills, kids, the need to eat, drink, etc, i would have had zero problems with walking away from this job. that is again, i didnt have all those things. damn you things! but hey in other news, im going on a cruise at the end of the month. i may have mentioned that before? im not really all that psyched about it. the whole being out in the middle of a body of water surrounded by a few thousand of my closest strangers doesnt sound all that appealing. im sure its gonna be fun, but this was the year i was supposed to go to sxsw, which in all honesty would have probably been more fun. dont tell my wife i said that, she wouldnt be amused.

if memory serves me correctly, i was at this show, and it was pretty freakin awesome. up until a few years ago, i could remember just about every show i ever attended, but ever since ive had kids those memories have been overtaken by the themes of sponge bob and phineas and ferb.

1. hopes up
2. somebody to shove
3. shut down
4. bittersweet heart
5. black gold
6. eyes of a child
7. promises broken
8. nothing to write home about
9. misery
10. string of pearls
11. new world
12. runaway train
13. get on out
14. 99
15. crawl
16. caged rat
17. just like anyone
18. to my own devices
19. i live for you

this is one of them weeks that i just really dont feel like dealing with, and just want the weekend to come asap. work’s becoming slightly irritating, and this weekend should be pretty fun. there are a few mardi gras parades and of course the super bowl, which if all goes according to plan, or even if they dont, the city of new orleans and its inhabitants may wake up with the biggest collective hangover in human history.

if you read the title you know whats coming next. the quality is good in parts, bad in others. btw, i still always want to call him magnum and not mangum. magnum, of course, is infinitely more awesome.

1. naomi
2. gardenhead/leave me alone
3. message sent
4. tuesday moon
5. a baby for pree
6. the fool
7. in the aeorplane over the sea
8. song against sex
9. ruby bulbs
10. snow song pt one

admittedly, i have never paid the talking heads and their music much mind. i know a lot of people dig em, but that hasnt stopped me from not listening to em. it may all stem from the early days of mtv and their non-stop airing of “burning down the house,” which is kind akin to my unfounded early hatred of van morrison. not their fault, but im just shallow enough to pretend that it is. anyway, i listened to this show, and im definitely impressed with the stuff that i hadnt heard before. anyone got a recommendation on where to start?

1. uh-oh love comes to town
2. with our love
3. the book i read
4. artists only
5. stay hungry
6. the big country
7. new feeling
8. thank you for sending me an angel
9. who is it
10. psycho killer
11. no compassion
12. 1,2,3 red light

top of the morning to you all. so ive been listening to the new truckers for the past 24 hours and its awesome. i dont know if its any more uptempo than any of their other stuff, although brighter was pretty un-rocking as a whole. either way, yeah its great. here’s a short grant lee buffalo performance from the bbc on 5.17.96. at the time of its release, i didnt think much of their copperopolis, but in the past month or so i have really gotten into. im not sure what i didnt like about it when it was released?

1. intro
2. homespun
3. two & two
4. chat
5. the bridge
6. all that i have