firstly, i wanted to thank to brennan for this great recording, and allowing me to share with you in the dreaded mp3 format. so, thank you again, brennan and to the fine folks at via chicago. fear not audiophiles, you can grab the flac version here. without further ado, here is mr tweedy and guests playing at the solid sound fest on 8.15 in north adams, ma.

1. sunken treasure
2. remember the mountainbed
3. please be patient with me
4. muzzle of bees
5. in a future age
6. via chicago
7. the ruling class
8. bob dylans 49th beard
9. simple twist of fate
10. shakin sugar
11. someday soon
12. new madrid
13. lost love
14. im always in love
15. spiders
16. tennessee porch swing w/ sir richard bishop
17. ingrid bergman w/ nick from the books
18. look out for my love w/ avi buffalo
19. dash 7 w/ nels cline
20. the family garden w/ scott mccaughey
21. someone elses song
22. so much wine
23. its just that simple w/ john stirratt on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, tweedy on bass, nels on lap steel, pat sansone on keyboard and greg wieczorek on drums
24. passenger side w/ john on bass, nels on banjo, mike jorgensen and pat sansone on keyboards and greg wieczorek on drums
25. outta mind (outta site) w/ john on bass, nels on banjo, matthew smith of outrageous cherry on electric guitar, greg wieczorek on drums and pat sansone and mike jorgensen on keyboards

back in 1995, paul janovitz, brother to buffalo tom’s bill, and his band cold water flat released their self titled record – i dont think it was a debut, although maybe full-length debut. regardless, said release was pretty awesome, couple that with the fact that he was bill’s brother, i had to assume the apple didnt fall far. the record was filled with some much promise that i was more that overly excited about their future. it also didnt hurt that i was a huge fan of stuff coming out of tim o’heir’s fort apache studios, which this record was a product. i figured by 96 or 97, they would have put something new out, but twas not meant to be, and thus i am still waiting. paul did go on to form drag strip courage, who i have never heard, sadly.

you can pick up cold water flat’s record on amazon
for like a penny or something ridiculous like that. here’s the song that ruled much of my 1995.

magnetic north pole

firstly, i gotta thank mr duquette johnston for tipping me off to these guys. well, he didnt directly say “hey greg check these guys out”, it was a general tweet. secondly, about 15 seconds into the first song, “good times, they disappear,” off the choosy beggars’ self titled record, i knew i was in love. sadly, i cant find any good information on these guys other than the fact that they tagged “seattle” on their bandcamp site. so, i can only assume they reside from said city. the other tag on their badcamp site is “classic rock.” there are definitely hints of that genre, but also early motown plays just of an integral part of the “vibe” of the record. the remind me of catfish haven doing the black crowes doing smokey robinson – that may be a horrible comparison, for what its worth. regardless, the record is definitely one of the best i have heard this year. probably only number two or three too strand of oaks’ pope killdragon or futurebirds’ hamptons lullaby.

good times, they disappear

it would seem to me that david berman’s silver jews are a band that most people love, or cant stand. i personally love em, but even saying that, i can only handle so much, sometimes. i dont think i could ever go on an entire silver jews catalogue run, like i can do with a lot of bands. then again, i have never tried. so, i may very well be talking out of my ass. me thinks tanglewood numbers is their/his best work, but the more i think about it, and replaying other silver joos records, all of em are pretty damn great. bright flight is the only one i could probably live without. heres to hoping david records again, someday.

amazon has all their records in mp3 format priced at 8.99, for what its worth.

punks in the beerlight
sometimes a pony gets depressed
k-hole
animal shapes (inst)
im getting back into getting back into you
how can i love you if you wont lie down
the poor, the fair and the good
sleeping is the only love
the farmers hotel (inst)
there is a place

hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. mine has been just fine thanks for asking. i posted this back in january but figured it may be a great soundtrack for those of you chillin on the couch and not wanting to do much. besides being an awesome soundtrack to such activities, its essential listening, in my very humble opinion. all kinds of love to the original compiler, seasob….

i cannot recommend his entire catalogue enough, a top 5 favorite artist for sure.

box set dates, etc text
box set info and artwork
box 1
box 2
box 3

box 1
1. home
2. catfish song
3. pull
4. fater
5. figure
6. the last ride
7. on traveling
8. boys the night will bury you
9. song of 27
10. emma
11. this is where
12. cradle to the angel
13. gauzy dress
14. jewel bomb
15. settled down
16. raze
17. lil wallet picture

box2
1. surprise, az
2. eds song
3. home
4. song of 27
5. fater
6. blue and wonder
7. down demon down
8. on traveling
9. boys the night will bury you
10. roll
11. six years
12. pull
13. emma
14. jewel bomb
15. gauzy dress
16. 4 am
17. figure

box 3
1. the worst way
2. settled down
3. this is where
4. here
5. ariel ramirez
6. all night long
7. blue and wonder
8. emma
9. jewel bomb
10. blue and wonder
11. here
12. gauzy dress
13. catfish song
14. desire
15. fater
16. home
17. song of 27
18. up north/lil wallet picture
19. lil wallet picture

hayride off if i dont six // mule wiki

hell is around the corner off maxinquaye

for the record, me thinks everyone should hear this record at least once. its a sexy, hypnotic, sometimes brutal, but always brilliant piece of work. this was definitely left off my top fifty of all time. the production alone is worth listening to, let alone everything else going on.