Previous Comments Page - 2002

2002 July to December

Date: Tue Dec 31 21:45
Diana (alan) (in re: alphphabett):: R A G G M O P P... Raggmopp! Happy happy from MI. Howe, the last year did leave a great deal to be desired, though our son WAS born and I finally got to see Giant Sand (even if it was underattended in Detroit) after 14 years of ardent listening... May the new year bring less war, more peace and a great deal more lively creativity.
Date: Tue Dec 31 12:42
Simon (@?):: And a happy, hopeful new year to Howe and all you good sandfolks.. I hear Diana Ross is big news in Tuscon today, arrested for drink-driving. Here's how she wrote the alphabet for the cops: ABCCDEFGHJKLLMOPQRSSTUVWXYZ
Date: Tue Dec 31 10:45
howe (bisbee):: not sure if we should let this year go....like it could still use a little work ...welp, a happy newer year then, no matter what. peace and love like never before- howe
Date: Tue Dec 31 07:15
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: It's four o'clock in the afternoon here in Denmark. Can never figure out what people on Earth are ahead of me in time (US or Asia). Is it morning in the US now? Which way are we turning now. Hm, I won't bother to think about it. As a matter of fact, I won't bother thinking at all 'till some time tomorrow....when I'll try to soothe an aching head. Well, happy new years to ya' all from this part of the globe. / Lars D
Date: Tue Dec 31 06:30
james s (his knowledge and acumen were wonderful):: the dj spooky record, "optometry", is pretty cool. i'm not kiddin'. cheers and happy new year to everyone but sniffer and his dog. well, happy new year to the dog too.
Date: Tue Dec 31 02:43
tHom (@ janus' place/face):: Mookrock, according to a snippet in the NME I flicked thru at Fourbuoys yesterday, there is a new Evan Dando release imminent, with backing from "members of Giant Sand and Calexico". Gluesniffer, I hope we all smell of top quality glue and I wish you and all the rest a Happy New Year. After all, we're stuck together, right?
Date: Mon Dec 30 14:54
em (mitch:):: So why doesn't Matt??? Hmm...curious
Date: Mon Dec 30 14:53
EM (OH AND UH):: *** Oh and uh happy new year to alla ya too. Second Jellybabies batch is being shipped out within the next coupla days so those of you who have not yet gotten one prepare to dance dance dance to my funky beats. In conclusion, www.geocities.com/jellybaby_fun/ Okay that is all. Hope everyone's enjoying vacations and not doing any work. That's an order.
Date: Mon Dec 30 14:52
Mitch (85718):: From you vantage point, Sniffer, I'd imagine we all smell like glue.
Date: Mon Dec 30 14:48
em (:( :( :():: What did I ever do to you, Glue Sniffer??? WHAT DID I EVER DO ??? :( :( :(
Date: Mon Dec 30 14:26
SLUESNIFFWER (BOROW YOUR OWN FUN):: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MATT/ ALL THE REST OF YOU SMELL TOO BAD TO TALK TOO AND I DONT KNOW YOU BUT MAT I DO SORT OF KNOW AND FOR THIS GOOD NEW YEAR/ ALL OTHER HUMMANS ARE WELCOM TO BE HUMANE I AM LOOKING AFTER A DOG/ IMAGINE THAT STOP
Date: Sun Dec 29 15:00
inked (central pa):: just got to listen to my new john prine(anthology) you all need to get your ears against these 41 tracks of real good stuff.
Date: Sun Dec 29 04:58
mookrock (in the air):: anybody knows when will be released a new DANDO record?
Date: Sat Dec 28 21:02
sandfan ((past the solstice and swingin' back to the sun)):: Watched a lemony winter sun set over fog-shrouded top-froze Chippewa River today. 'Neath the ice, Ol' Girl River was singing whale songs. Hope your new year is serene.
Date: Sat Dec 28 15:52
Paul (93456):: I gave my copy of Stromausfall to a friend to excerise his curiosity and he sent this reply: "It turns out that most of the oxidation on the disk that appeared to be BELOW the surface, was actually ABOVE the surface of the plastic coating. The contaminant was comprised mostly of adhesives and packaging fragments (I should have guessed! The strange pattern matches that of a popular CD packaging material called Tyvek.) and not aluminum oxide. My guess is that a pile of disks was originally packaged in Tyvek sleeves and sealed in a box, which eventually got soaking wet. There are also bubbles and pits in the plastic near the outside. These do not completely prevent the disk from being read, but there is no way to clean them off. They will probably turn up as skips on tracks 8-9 on the original, but only on some players. They may worsen over time if they allow air to reach the aluminum plate. This is a manufacturing defect. You might want to (cautiously) try a CD repair kit. Now, I was able to clean MOST of the foreign material off with Windex, although I would not DARE try anything stronger. (Alcohol, for example, can eat through the plastic.) - The original CD now plays perfectly on my "good" CD player, although other players in the house will skip on the later tracks."
Date: Sat Dec 28 11:30
james s (transform garrulous writing into elegant prose):: Can anyone give me any tips on being Howe Gelb? (just kidding) If you like Howe's piano playing, you might want to listen to one of Howe's piano playing influences (am I right here?) as well: Thelonius Monk.
Date: Sat Dec 28 01:42
Mikus ((Atchouuum)):: Yes, so simple... just be himmmmmm. mikus
Date: Sat Dec 28 00:36
Jpey (Delannyque@yahoo.com):: Can anyone give me tips on how to play piano like Howe Gelb?
Date: Sat Dec 28 00:22
Jpey (Delannyque@yahoo.com):: Can anyone give me tips on how to play piano like Howe Gelb?
Date: Sat Dec 28 00:15
joey (death456trip067@yahoo.com):: Giant Sand kicks "mutha ****in' assss'"
Date: Fri Dec 27 07:33
oli (ollii):: There has been demonstrations but the media doesn't want to cover them. I suppose theres good and bad things about every country.
Date: Fri Dec 27 06:02
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: Debate? What's that? I guess the only way now would be go out in the streets in such numbers, that CNN and NBC can't find any more excuses but to cover the story. But it's difficult when the owners of the two are the ones making the little war toys that are gonna be used on the iraqies. General Electric etc. (well, have a look here: www.cjr.org/owners). It's one of the things that makes me happy I'm not living in the US (but boohoo, the year-old business-friendly government in Denmark wants to privatize everything here too - including the media). But doesn't this comments board seem like too small and arena to discuss big subjects like that? Just asking... :-) Happy new years (inaminnit). / Lars
Date: Thu Dec 26 19:15
oli (oliff):: GIANT SAND RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!I DEMAND MORE DEBATE ON WAR ON IRAQ!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Thu Dec 26 19:05
p[hillllllll (philllllllllllllui):: ..........well i lived with a child of snow when i was a soldier....
Date: Thu Dec 26 16:35
nobody makes a great (french fry ):: like i do..
Date: Thu Dec 26 15:34
too much hallmark holiday (no no no n-no no, n-no n-no):: Nobody can do the (SHIMMY) like I do... Nobody can do the (SHAKE) like I do... Nobody can do the (BOOGALOO) like I do... nobody but ME !! !smooocher!
Date: Thu Dec 26 08:52
chingalingalin (san martinez):: * * * * * * nice dias of fiesta in the sands
Date: Wed Dec 25 18:09
hey (at hey.com):: hey what happened to the flying faces?!?
Date: Wed Dec 25 02:15
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: Happy christmas to all you sandies - from Lars in Denmark.....where we unwrapped our presents last night (that's our way of doing in). Got Vincent Gallo's "Recordings Of Music For Film"! Simplistic, analogue, "ambient", cinematic, very cool stuff. Have a nice few days....I'm off again to stuff myself with more eatable goodies (phew!). :-D / Lars
Date: Tue Dec 24 23:41
e m.. (** Oh, yeah Mitch that's right--I gotta get my pole out..):: * ** happy holidays to alla ya
Date: Tue Dec 24 23:16
Mitch (chillin' wit da cats...DJ Zooey Moonfly, Yuki Waddahey Sushi, and M.C. Milo):: Merry Cringle to all my Sandy friends here in the cyber realm, and Happy Festivus too! Hope 2003 shapes into the bestus for all!
Date: Tue Dec 24 22:35
Job (a snowy land of hatchy malachy):: Peace on Earth ya'll
Date: Tue Dec 24 18:53
Adam (***):: Likewise, everybody have a good Christmas, Grumpy old men is on tv soon, gotta love Burgess Meredith,heheh...
Date: Tue Dec 24 17:36
ho ho howe (ho ho home):: hap hap happy christmas to you ...
Date: Tue Dec 24 15:42
paulK (xmas):: A happy sandy Christmas to all of you. And Joe Strummer, sadly missed, condolences to his family.
Date: Mon Dec 23 20:05
em (I'm santa):: ** * h ha ha.
Date: Mon Dec 23 17:48
Adam (rip):: Sad that Mr. Strummer has passed, remember driving around to the Clash in my punk rock days, body parts hangin out the window smiles all around. Just taught my little sister Springsteen's Stolen Car, passing it on...
Date: Mon Dec 23 14:05
Blaine (@work):: 'ol Strummer was a good one, his recent stuff was really cool and wayybaack he introduced this northwoods boy to reggae (and thusly - dub). It's gonna be a loud xmas at my place. Thanks for the tele comments, they are a nice diversion but I'll stick w/012s&Bigsbys on Epi's and Gretsch's. Merry Xmas to all on this list - tomorrow George fights the battle of Bedford Falls.
Date: Mon Dec 23 13:40
howe (home):: back was a time i figured any concert that would allow you to sneak into must be the fates at work making sure you had a dose of the goods there to facilitate whatever it was that was going to bubble up (eventually in some form) on your own plate. when the clash came to tucson way back when, the side door to the tcc opened up and swallowed me whole....cheers then to the world beyond and it's newest inductee, god rest his soul....and what's this ???....em's cd has arrived here in time for christmas...there is a santy clause...whew, afterall---howe
Date: Mon Dec 23 12:49
Goldenloon (celebait@yahoo.com):: Hippy Holidays
Date: Mon Dec 23 09:01
johnnyb. (johnnybarcelona@aol.com):: very very very upset about joe strummer..the man was an inspiration mountain geoff..mail-me, everyone ..happy whatever season or celebration
Date: Mon Dec 23 05:57
em (re joe strummer):: Man, that's sad. especially for someone who'd been so creative as of late. I hope it's unconfirmed and untrue... we all remember the lou reed fiasco
Date: Mon Dec 23 04:26
SeanT (Mitch / Joe):: Changed mine too . Without Joe I doubt I'd have an interest in music. R.I.P
Date: Mon Dec 23 04:26
SeanT (Mitch / Joe):: Changed mine too . Without Joe I doubt I'd have an interest in music. R.I.P
Date: Mon Dec 23 03:59
Mitch (Joe Strummer):: Well, f*ck that! 2002 will go down as the year that I'll loathe more than any other. Joe Strummer changed my life!
Date: Mon Dec 23 02:17
Joe Strummer (R.I.P.):: sorry it's so.
Date: Sun Dec 22 18:01
tom (do tune or detune):: i happen to miss glue. any recommendations ?
Date: Sun Dec 22 17:25
geoff (to johhnny b):: did you find a swapper--i might have a souled american to trade...depends on which you want
Date: Sun Dec 22 16:19
J (3 saddler):: Yes, 3 saddles have that very downside...
Date: Sun Dec 22 09:10
Erik (Thoughts on intonizationt ):: Blaine, put new strings on(stretch/condition them) get yer tuner out, match the 12the fret harmonic to the 12th fret fingered note.Use your tuner to guide you back or forth with the saddle screw , so that the harmonic and the fretted note match exactly(or as close as you will get), this will get you closer but really Guitar techs use a strobe tuner for more exact intonization, also keep your pickup in the neck position and turn your tone nob down, always when tuning.Of course if your tele has those 3 barrell saddles (vintage tele style)this all will be hard to do.OK im getting long winded, Also get a copy of Tape op magazine #30 for Jack Endinos guitar tuning tips !
Date: Sun Dec 22 05:57
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: I finally found a copy of Swerve. Hey, that's a lovely take on "Every Grain of Sand"! Wow. Also, anyone out there heard the first Dr John album, from way back in '68, "Night Tripper; Gris Gris"?? Forget everything else you may have heard from the Doctor and give this one a try. It is one voo doo psychodelic spooky lovely trip. I'm signing off and hitting the roads for a few days. So, if you'uns do Christmas or the like, have a good one.
Date: Sat Dec 21 23:38
Adam (tired-er):: Been re-teaching my fingers to pick independently from my bouncing thumb, working (mostly improvising) this old spanish lullaby "el Noy de la Mare" (the child of the mother). Really beautiful stuff up the with greensleeves, tonight anyway...take care.
Date: Sat Dec 21 19:54
2nd post in 18 mos (paul) (strangelilacs@hotmail.com):: as far as changing the visibility of the comments page... one vote for hidden treasure - you just have to loo
Date: Sat Dec 21 04:46
Shaun H. (Jonatthen & Paul):: friend returned a soundtrack related compilation to me yesterday, and what do i find on there? "Linus & Lucy" by Vince Guaraldi from 'A Boy Named Charlie Brown'. looking forward to some sleep at last!
Date: Fri Dec 20 17:11
J (because of guitars, because of guitars):: We've come so far, to be lost again. And stuff.
Date: Fri Dec 20 15:54
J (intonation):: Blaine, from my experiences with my tele, you'll never get the little beauty perfect. Bin your tuner, play on...
Date: Fri Dec 20 14:29
Paul (93455):: Like that station in Knoxville
Date: Fri Dec 20 13:07
sandfan ((still workin')):: James s -- Of course, I was younger and wiser back then. 'Twas glorious, tho, and I spent just over six weeks of a flowerpowered spring along the crookedest course I could find through the Smokies following the azalea bloom from valley bottom to ridge top.
Date: Fri Dec 20 12:00
peter (pwbrueggen@hotmail.com):: blaine- try this: http://www.mrgearhead.net/ where you can download a pdf file on guitar set up. johnnyb i'd like to get infiltrated, don't know what you mean by american souled, howbout lambchop or tindersticks(uk)?
Date: Fri Dec 20 11:11
Blaine (@work):: Gearhead question: Anyone have hints on setting the intonation on a Telecaster? The G and B strings don't wanna play well w/others. My own fault for swtiching from 012s to 010s.
Date: Fri Dec 20 10:54
james s (wow):: Damn, sandfan, you're a regular John Muir, sir. From the Atlantic to the TN River... I would imagine that that was a pretty taxing walk, coming over those mountains.... and a beautiful walk as well! As jealous as I am of your having had that experience instead of me, but I can't muster up the aspiration to imitate you. I hope you post here more often, o' shy retired type.
Date: Fri Dec 20 08:54
sandfan (workin' too):: Nice to know you're here, too, Blaine. Doin' what we can to put more sand in the cheese.
Date: Fri Dec 20 08:43
Blaine (@work):: Sandfan -- nice to know there is another Tucson/GS fan here in the WI tundra.
Date: Fri Dec 20 08:29
sandfan (@charter.net):: To James S. Not from East Tennesse, 'though it, like Tuxon and many other locales, holds a sweet spot in my heart. (Land 'tween the lakes in the west is cool, too.) After riding my thumb across the states throughout the '70s, I did walk from the Atlantic O to the Tennessee River (Gatlinburg to Cleveland in tn.) These days I toil for the good folk in the state senate in frozen Wisconsin. WDVX warms the heart and soul, though.
Date: Fri Dec 20 07:44
james s (Sandfan... who be you??):: Is ya from East Tennessee? I am; maybe I know ye. Tony, the man behind WDVX, is a friend of mine, and yes, they run a fine camper (the radio station broadcasts from a camper).
Date: Thu Dec 19 23:13
Adam (Sandfan):: Know any decent motels in the area? By decent I mean cheap. Thanks lowthunderrollin@hotmail.com
Date: Thu Dec 19 21:11
sandfan (sandfan@charter.net):: Haven't posted for a while -- shy, retiring type I guess -- but I think many of you would enjoy listening to a wonderful indie radio station in the hills of east tennessee while perusing the ether. Hardcore americana, bluegrass and more at wdvx.com. It's worth a listen (and maybe some support) dear friends. Be sure to check out Sat night's "The Fringe" and "All Over the Road" into sunday wee ones.
Date: Thu Dec 19 13:26
johnnyb. (j.):: got a spare "infiltration"..anyone like to swap for..souled american of any sort or anything which pokes you on the neck from behind..?
Date: Thu Dec 19 09:49
Spoink and Cranky (...):: Just an FYI for anyone ordering CDs.. We are out of stock of Hisser (even though it is still up on the OWOM store webpage) and probably will be a while before we have any new copies again.. Happy Holidays - Jim B.
Date: Thu Dec 19 01:22
Lars D (to James):: Well, let's hope that Fricke's writings will help Under Byen.....in the same way he helped the other Danes in The Raveonettes (he wrote two reviews and suddenly ten American labels wanted to sign licensing agreements with them - Columbia Records won the bid). Pretty neat. But hey, what about the Ow Om Store, he-he?!?! Merry Big-X everyone! Now I'm going back to the ol' folks for the holidays. / Lars
Date: Wed Dec 18 23:57
Lars D (to Em):: It'll be a very nice exchange indeed. :-) Yes, you'll get some of them as well. You can be sure of that. ;-) / Lars
Date: Wed Dec 18 17:31
em... (it's cold):: cool James yes-feed me back :):):) In other news, I recently saw Talk to Her which I recommend highly. And it's cold. I am assuming, Lars that this band you and Rs speak of is on this prementioned compilation in exchange for mine cd?? Can't wait to hear it. Hi to everyone. It's cold.
Date: Wed Dec 18 14:32
james s (A policeman pulls up and surveys the scene):: That band sounds interesting, Lars. Perhaps they will become more available now that RS has blurbed them. Anybody heard St. Thomas, "I'm Coming Home"?? I think Howe mentioned hanging out with him while visiting Nashville. I got a package yesterday, Em. Thanks! I'll get back with you later about that, via email, after I've had a chance to give it a couple of careful listenings.
Date: Wed Dec 18 11:01
Lars again (ooops, forgot the link in case you wanted to check it out):: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=17177&cf=944
Date: Wed Dec 18 10:59
Lars D (please allow me to go "YEESS!!!"):: It's not every day that Danish bands get compliments from people abroad. But now it seems Mr. Howe Gelb is not the only American who fell over backwards upon witnessing the favourite Danish band of yours truly live on stage (and on cd). DAVID FRICKE of Rolling Stone has finally written about them (I've been waiting all year). Allow me to do the good old cut-and-paste-technique: TEN OF THE BEST - FROM UNDER THE RADAR......... Picking the best records of this or any other year is a precarious, subjective art, made even more maddening by the fact that it is humanly impossible to listen thoroughly to each of the more than 30,000 new albums issued in this country every year, then to find all of the secret jewels buried in that mudslide. What follows is not my ranked list of greatness or obscurist cool for 2002: just ten great pleasures that didn't get away. ......AND THE SECTION ON UNDER BYEN GOES LIKE THIS: "Amid thousands of releases, ten pleasures that didn't get away "Their name is Danish for "Under the City." And here's the English translation of the album's title: It's Me Who Keeps the Trees Together. Thanks to the language barrier, that's nearly all I can tell you about my favorite new band and record of this year -- except that when I saw this remarkable eight-piece group from Arhus, Denmark at a music festival there in May, I was left speaking in tongues. With an eccentric armory of strings and keys (violin, cello, Wurlitzer organ, melodica), fronted by the haunted whoops and whispers of vocalist Henriette Sennenveldt, Under Byen make a beguiling dance music of pillowy beats and voluptuous shadows, with finely blurred echoes of British trip-hop, Bj�rk's elfin romanticism and the ice-floe rock of Sig�r Ros. This will be a hard record to find: The group's Web site (underbyen.dk) is under reconstruction, and the Internet retail site below is mostly in Danish, with prices in Euros. But real treasure never comes easy. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT WWW.SUPERTANKER.TK AND SEE WHAT ALL THE FUZZ IS ABOUT! Gee, I'm happy today, ha-ha. :-) / Lars
Date: Tue Dec 17 13:21
philllllllllllllllll (phi):: Anybody know anything about OP8 stuff with Juliana Hatfield? Will it ever be released?
Date: Tue Dec 17 01:46
Lars D (taking a x-mas breather):: Yeah, apparently I was not the only one recording at one of the shows. But no, I'll wait. There were two new songs on Pedalless, right (Felonious and Torque). That's not the case here (as you can see). How's the 1997-recording by the way? (what makes it particularly good? Just curious). / Lars
Date: Mon Dec 16 18:36
Todd (recommends):: the Thrill Jockey cd 'How Animals Move' by John Parish. Also Old Reliable's 'Pulse of Light/Dark Landscape' and Corb Lund. Possibly another TBOBR?...I just eared Sage Advice...grand news.
Date: Mon Dec 16 15:33
stefan ((munich)):: Hey Lars, never mind - but there are a number of unreleased songs on Pedalless. And Pedalless was compiled and "released" with Howe's permission. So it apparently was just right. And I guess it would also be OK to circulate the Arhus recordings, at least the audience recordings. Two of them are in circulation anyway, as far as I know. ...................... My suggestion for a new Sandman release: Regensburg, Alte M�lzerei, April 24, 1997. Fantastic version of Solomon�s Ride. Parts of it remind me of Fred Frith's Massacre!
Date: Mon Dec 16 15:29
Lars D (cameraman):: If it has any interest, I just uploaded a picture of Howe Live at Musikcaf�en in �rhus (25th September) as well as the poster I made for the event (helping out Scavenger Records). The adress again: www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd/privat-site/fotos.html I might have two more pictures from the show later (once I get them scanned) --- / Lars
Date: Mon Dec 16 12:38
Lars D (to Blaine - and others):: Well, once Howe's released his new stuff we'll see. A "release" like that (sandman or not) should not include stuff that Howe wants to premiere on his own cd's. That wouldn't be right. So once there's no unpublished tracks left on the Danish recordings we could make some interesting stuff, I guess. There must be SOME of if that are "sketches" for The Listener? Man, I hope these next three months will not feel too long. :-) I'm quite excited. If you're curious about who Howe played with live and in the studio in Denmark, then check out Under Byen's website at WWW.UNDERBYEN.COM - it's just been totally rewamped and now includes mp3's. Once of my favourite bands. I can't praise them highly enough. It's very possible that you have never quite heard anything like them. You can read about the band in English on my Supertanker-site WWW.SUPERTANKER.TK - a friendly service for you foreigners. :-) Merry x-mas, folks! / Lars
Date: Mon Dec 16 11:52
matthew poYtras (sandaddy):: W/ "The Listener" coming out next year, and Grandaddy's album hopefully wrapping up, could next year hold a gelb/grandaddy tour? this is what i ponder as I am stuck between Tikal & Chichen Itza. crisis resolved, matt
Date: Mon Dec 16 11:30
Blaine (@work):: Hey Lars -- great stuff on the Howe in Denmark link. Can we hope that one of these sets might see the light of day (un)even?
Date: Mon Dec 16 07:37
graham (top ten, out of order):: 16 Horsepower: Folklore, Richard Buckner: Impasse, Giant Sand: Infiltration of Dreams, Lucero: Tennessee, Iron and Wine: Creek Drank the Cradle, Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Jack Rose: Red Horse White Mule, Dylan: 1975 Rolling Thunder, Taylor Grocery Band (self-titled), Tom Waits: Alice. Anybody else heard this Iron and Wine? Would certainly appeal to the M Ward fans, I would think. And Howe--did Richard Buckner drop by? And recordings made?
Date: Mon Dec 16 03:05
Shaun H. (thanks for snooping around Jonatthen):: does that solve the musical question too d'you know? or do we need to get Thompson on the case?
Date: Mon Dec 16 00:02
Adrian (UTS):: Here's a link to my interview with Neko Case (a fair bit of Sand-related talkin' within): http://www.adequacy.net/int/nekocase/index.shtml
Date: Sun Dec 15 19:55
multi twangin ,ivory key speakin (Icon):: is on his way
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sand fan (live shows):: have any sand board fans ever seen joan armatrading in live performance
Date: Sun Dec 15 19:31
ome (Larz):: cowboy boots on cobbelstones/ Thanks for the addition to the Mozart shows .the read on Howe`s comments was a nice add to my infiltration/view/listening/thing (you can picture his happy but sayin that) i was hearin him as i was readin it!
Date: Sun Dec 15 17:07
doug (mountaindougie@hotmail.com):: Anyone want to advise a fed up born/bred Chicagoan with little money (and by little, I mean none) on a move to Tucson around May '03? Looking for the properly cheap, endearingly dusty neighborhood and rental adobe/abode, not any gated fake grass community pool kinda deal I see on all the internet listings. A lonely evening watching Howe play my town's beloved church the Hideout recently got me to thinking it's time to move on to many lonely evenings in Tucson, which I visited twice and didn't want to leave either time. I hoped you folks would have better advice than citysearch.com and similiar internet dealies (although most of y'all seem to be in Denmark or something!) Any and all imput would be much appreciated, and please email 'cause I wouldn't want to cram up the comments page w/my plight!
Date: Sun Dec 15 17:02
jonatthen (po)Y (peanuts the musical):: Here ya go, Shaun. http://www.rubypersson.com/peanuts/yagmcb_page_1.html -
Date: Sun Dec 15 16:54
Shaun H. (have they ever made Peanuts the musical?):: could be from that Paul. i've defintely got something dusty [not Pig Pen], maybe cowboyish, possibly Oklohoma in my head.
Date: Sun Dec 15 16:25
PaulK (Favourites):: Not in any order : Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Giant Sand Cover Magazine Neko Case Blacklisted Gene Clark White Light (first CD release) Giant Sand Infiltration of Dreams (Italian magazine giveaway) Pine Valley Cosmonauts Executioner's Last Songs Michael Hurley Sweetkorn Tom Waits Alice/Blood Money yet to hear and on my Christmas list Steve Earle Jerusalem Dylan Rolling Thunder Blasters Live
Date: Sun Dec 15 16:14
paulK (Hang on Snoopy):: shaun, I thought that piano fragment was part of the music from the Charlie Brown/peanuts cartoon show. Not 100% sure. And King Crimson stole that from me.
Date: Sun Dec 15 16:11
james s (my fabricated 2002 top ten:):: 10. "Cheap" by Dysentery; 9. "Leatherneck" by Let Oneself Go; 8. "Part Music" by Stop; 7. "Spacecraft" by Saliva; 6. "Prophylactic" by Thrust; 5. "Unchaste Woman" by Nuclear Weapons; 4. "Take an Attitude" by Trait of Character; 3. "Poisonous Plant" by Infectious Disease; 2. "Impairment" by Suffrage; and 1. "Butch" by Impenitent. Does anyone aggree?
Date: Sun Dec 15 16:03
Lars D (welcome!):: He-he, well, if you're in the neighborhood (Denmark) please drop by. :-D But I haven't got a house. Just a room on the second floor. There's a mosque on the first floor and they're not that happy about people drinking in the garden. So I keep the brewskies in my room or go out for a night on the town. Ha-ha! Yeah, love this site too, sandmate! / Lars
Date: Sun Dec 15 15:30
johnnyb. (j.):: just love this site, when are we all going round to Lars's house for a drink?
Date: Sun Dec 15 06:52
Lars D (Doh!):: Ooops, how could I forget Tom Waits' "Alice"? The titletrack alone makes it a good buy. I was a tiny bit dissappointed with "Blood Money", but maybe that's because I saw the play, which was a little more "lively". / Lars
Date: Sun Dec 15 06:16
Lars D (taking a stab at the top-10):: Alright, this years favourites (some old-ish, some new) in no particular order: Giant Sand - Chore of Enchantment, Under Byen - Det Er Mig Der Holder Tr�erne (the magnificent 2nd album from the new Howe-friends from Denmark), Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (still awesome!), David Bowie - Heathen, Radiohead - homemade burnt cd (with the excellent new songs in live versions), Howe - Hisser, Songs: Ohia - Ghost Tropic, Howe - Pedalless (good work there!), Pinetop Seven - Bringing Home The Last Great Strike, Howe - Live At Caf� Mozart & Musikcaf�en, Aug.-Sept. 2002 (bootleg - please don't ask - wait a bit - later, later), Schneider TM - Zoomer. / Lars
Date: Sun Dec 15 05:17
Shaun H. (this time last year woulda been @ Hotel Congress...):: ...and West Ham had just beaten Manchester United 1-0. another year, a different location, different scoreline. ah well. top 10, well i'm sure there's other more 'interesting' stuff that come out, but here's my popuLIST: 1. The World Is Waiting For A Sunrise - Jon Rauhouse w/ Neko Case 2. Sleep With Me Instead - Louise Goffin 3. Do You Realize?? - the Flaming Lips 4. Johnny Hit & Run Pauline - Giant Sand w/ PJ 5. Over You - Roddy Frame 6. Come Fly With Me - Coloursound 7. The Whole World - Outkast 8. All That You Give - Cinematic Orchestra w/ Fontella Bass. 9. Runnin' Out Of Fools -Neko Case 10. It Takes More - Ms. Dynamite. hey there Mr. Kerr, yeah i got down to the Barbican for Los Lobos and of course Calexico and the Mariachis. doesn't feel like the place to go into too much detail, but if Giant Sand and Calexico are 2 sides of the same coin then that makes us very rich people. question borne out of ignorance - was wandering around baby Gap the other day and heard a dance version of that piano piece that Howe breaks into on 'Pedalless' after "Yer Ropes". i realise i should know it, figured it as either some traditional American tune or an old tv theme show, but neither of the reasonably intelligent people i was w/ had an idea either. can someone tell me??
Date: Sun Dec 15 02:44
Lars D (why mysteries?):: Does really great music become less great if it has less "mystique"? Not if it's really good, in my opinion. Taking the "mystique" out of music now and then, I think is healthy. That reveals whether it's just hot air or long lasting "good stuff". And Howe's approach to everything is wonderfully down-to-earth and has the right degree of de-mystifying. :-) A refreshing thing in this music biz, where musicians ofte put themselves on an unreachable piedestal (long live the internet, he-he). It's no use acting weird just to become a mystery (right, Mr. Dylan etc.?) (sorry, I'm not a Dylan-fan). But yes, asking fans whether it's okay to make more records, then you know what the answer will be ("Yes, oh, yes!!!") ;-). It's interesting and funny, though, to reflect on the "form" of the releases. Howe, mystery or no mystery, still has his "howeness" and that's his own. :-) / Lars D
Date: Sat Dec 14 19:37
Tom (2002 in no particular order):: Laura Cantrell : When roses bloom again ; Karate : Some boots ; The Coral : The Coral ; Sigur Ros : ( ) ; Rainer Ptachek : The Farm ; Neko Case : Blacklisted ; Godspeed U Black Emperor : Yankui u.x.o ; and everything by Thelonious Monk.
Date: Sat Dec 14 19:20
For Fan (Concerned.) (-):: "As soon as you start talking about mystique, you have none." -Bernard Shakey
Date: Sat Dec 14 16:16
Lars D (a little "sand service" for the holidays from the Danish gift shop....ha-ha):: If you need to pass the time until Howe's many releases see the light of day next year drop by this page: http://www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd/privat-site/fotos.html - this is where you'll find photos from the Danish shows in 2002. But tonight I've written and uploaded the setlists for the shows (with some comments) as well as "memorable quotes and situations from the shows".....I thought much of what Howe uttered this summer was so illuminating and/or funny that I felt like sharing it with you. Have fun. / Lars D
Date: Sat Dec 14 14:50
Mitch (85718):: Well, heck, Lars...to each his own hurt, I say. On the other hand, I, too, very much like the NIN/Bowie version...saw them do it in Austin around '95 or 96', and it proved a great segue from the NIN set into Bowie's set. Same concert where I really started feeling my age, 'cuz once NIN left the stage, about one-third of the audience left the venue, while Bowie and Carlos Alomar were doing "Scary Monsters". Even the mosh pit became less moshy.
Date: Sat Dec 14 13:57
check out (home):: check out some of stan ridgeway for some some GooD Cash stuff
Date: Sat Dec 14 07:25
james s (I'm on E (Plastic Letters)):: a New Kids On The Block Vs. Tiffany special? Hmmmmm. When does the Johnny Cash Vs. Depeche Mode episode air?
Date: Sat Dec 14 02:23
Lars D (Cash....in?...out?):: I hears someone ramblin on about how great Cash's version of NIN's "Hurt" is. And that I've heard it I really can't see what's so great about it. It doesn't even have the "off-key" thing that made the original something else. Actually I really like NIN's and David Bowie live-duet version. That's pretty cool. Cash's "Personal Jesus" also leaves me a bit cold. Especially when Depeche Mode have already made a great acoustic version of it themselves, which sounds really good. Speaking of Cash......Howe used some Cash on the discman at his liveshows.....how come Johnny-boy is singning in German? (I find it rather hilarious) :-) / Lars
Date: Fri Dec 13 21:56
Mitch (85718):: Oh, yeah, I need to do my top ten too...but at the moment I can't get Johnny Cash's unreal, into-the-red version of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" outta my head. Anyone else heard this slice of incredible juxtapositions?
Date: Fri Dec 13 21:55
Mitch (85718):: Comments page? I'm sorry, did I miss something? Is there a comments page? Huh! And where exactly is it? And is anyone else tuning in to Anna Nicole's Christmas Special on Sunday? Oops, gotta run...E! True Hollywood Stories is doing a New Kids On The Block Vs. Tiffany special.
Date: Fri Dec 13 20:09
newmexican (japanese version):: well, i read the damn comments every day. i hardly ever post. i prefer to just watch them boil under and over. it's always fun. i'm confused as to what is going to be released in the new year. as long as i can just click on a box and have it sent somewhere it's fine with me. howe, please listen to whom ever and what ever you want to...
Date: Fri Dec 13 19:37
james s ("this is a dangerous place..." ):: Perhaps PaulK was only ALLUDING to Crimson, and not stealing outright. This comments board has been an addiction of mine for a year now and I remain pleased with it. Crowded and hard to follow? Is that a problem? I like seeing new names pop up, and I love seeing the regulars and knocking words and such back and forth with them. I'm not an anti-scroller. Have a good weekend, all.
Date: Fri Dec 13 18:23
distressed (home ):: you stole that from King Crimson / Disipline. great album
Date: Fri Dec 13 17:58
Fan (Concerned.):: Dear Howe, as soon as you start listening to your fans you become nothing. How can the poeple you want to remain enchanted have any contribution to your due process. You must find Your own way out of the secret or eles every one eles will understand the lies you tell. I would much rather we didint discuss what was to come, it ruins christmas and the rest of those old fashion surprises. Rember those that shout loudest do not always speak for us all.
Date: Fri Dec 13 17:21
paulk (i repeat myself when I'm..........................................................................................................):: i repeat myself when I'm distressed i repeat myself when I'm distressed i repeat myself when I'm distressed i rep............
Date: Fri Dec 13 17:06
johnathan y ((the swelling of Steve Forbert)):: couple things: *Howe, an instrumental Vanishing Point is over on the mp3 page, and would certainly be a fine inclusion on round shiny platic things. *I opened my mailbox today I thought I had received the cd by newest pop (?) sensation (?) em(me), but alas, it was only an autographed cd of some ageing rock star. feck. *Are there any other versions of "Get To Leave" hangin' around different from the ones on LongStemRant and BBBQB? Great song right there. procrastinating, johnny.
Date: Fri Dec 13 16:53
Paulk (Brautigan):: Haven't read him in years. First time was with a girl I was in love with in the 70's and she insisted on reading all of Watermelon Sugar to me. Some of his short stories were pretty audacious in their hippy eccentricity, must dig some out and read them again. You can hear him reading on Mad River's album "Paradise Bar and Grill", kazaa or one of these file sharers might have it. Sad to hear of the untimely death of Mary Hanson, guitarist and vocalist with Stereolab, a group I love mightily. I like the comments site and visit it daily, seems as if I know some of the regulars on it but Frank has been talking about starting a regular posting group like Yahoo host. These groups can carry photos,album covers and the like. If you want to comment on this write to giantsand.dicuss.com (i think). Howe, keep taking the tablets and leave a sample on the way out.
Date: Fri Dec 13 16:46
Paulk (Brautigan):: Haven't read him in years. First time was with a girl I was in love with in the 70's and she insisted on reading all of Watermelon Sugar to me. Some of his short stories were pretty audacious in their hippy eccentricity, must dig some out and read them again. You can hear him reading on Mad River's album "Paradise Bar and Grill", kazaa or one of these file sharers might have it. Sad to hear of the untimely death of Mary Hanson, guitarist and vocalist with Stereolab, a group I love mightily. I like the comments site and visit it daily, seems as if I know some of the regulars on it but Frank has been talking about starting a regular posting group like Yahoo host. These groups can carry photos,album covers and the like. If you want to comment on this write to giantsand.dicuss.com (i think). Howe, keep taking the tablets and leave a sample on the way out.
Date: Fri Dec 13 14:57
Blaine (@work):: The comments board is like a river of everything and nothing. It is never the same, but frequently an oasis for us poor spellars. Please keep it.
Date: Fri Dec 13 14:17
Guni (also_looking@the_comments_regulary):: Yep, release all, Howe. The sooner the better.
Date: Fri Dec 13 14:16
Guni (also_looking@the_comments_regulary):: Yep, release all, Howe. The sooner the better.
Date: Fri Dec 13 14:00
h o w e ((:)::::::::::::::::::::():: yikes
Date: Fri Dec 13 11:33
dave (dave@saguaro.demon.co.uk):: Just checked my 'pristine' copy of 'Stromausfall' - it's disintegrating with a threadlike pattern not unlike fungal hyphae! Howe, release everything!
Date: Fri Dec 13 11:02
simon (?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?):: hey howe, when do you imagine your wonderful collection of down homes will come blinking into the sunlight? i'm particularly looking forward to another manifestation of 'spun'.. one of your most sublime songs. i love the version on 'glum' with its warbling intro.. but the simple solo piano version is quite stunning.. you just wish it would go on for ever. it's a song like so many of yours that deserves to be heard in as many incarnations as possible.. each one with its own merits. it makes your idea of releasing alternate versions such an excellent one. 'seldom matters' is another great example. (although my version on 'stromausfall' ends abruptly.. is this my copy or do they all do that?) also, are you touring europe next year, especially london, with plenty of new material and yet more versions of older material? on the subject of comments, i'm very much in the same boat as manny.. a frequent visitor but an infrequent comment leaver.. but i do think the home page could say something like 'add YOUR comment' instead of just 'comments'. it would help the more tentative types. would this give you a design headache, mike? (sorry, a lot of questions and not so many answers)
Date: Fri Dec 13 09:02
Lars D (...more...):: Oh, and what about a couple of "non-rare" mp3's on the site? You know, so new visitors can get a more precise taste of Howe's music. The first time I visited the site and downloaded the rare songs I wasn't really diggin' them that much. I was not until I experienced Howe live and bought "Chore...". My point is: I've discovered quite a few excellent bands just by checking out their sites and downloading a couple of their songs. Those include Pinetop Seven, Songs: Ohia (at Epitonic) and The Black Heart Procession. Oh yeah, and The Black Keys (which it seems I have to order from Amazon in the UK, to get hold of). / Lars
Date: Fri Dec 13 08:57
Lars D (on the site etc.):: I generally only check out the Comments page (several times a day sometimes). But now and then I have to find something in the discography section - and I must say that those are brilliant, Mike. Very useful. One thing, though: not much seem to happen in the news section. But I guess the news are on the Comments page anyway, so that's not so neccessary? :-) Oh, and what about an update of the tour-page? Are there any shows on it from 2002 yet. (can't remember) It's fun to see how Howe has been travelling around. :-) An idea: how about a section of links to folks who have collaborated with Howe? I guess I can find PJ Harveys site myself, but there must have been loads of "lesser known" artists who have been working with Howe over the years. Could be nice to see who they are (or their sites anyway). Hm, and it would be cool to have some new stuff on the mp3-page now and then. Eh, I always get technical trouble with the streaming stuff. :-) Well, just some feedback. I haven't used the Ow Om Store yet, but I plan to do so in the new year, when I hopefully get some money somehow (how?!?). Christmassy greets all around from freezing Denmark (no snow yet, but QUITE chilly). / Lars
Date: Fri Dec 13 08:11
stefan ((munich; check out wolfgang laib)):: Re Blue Marble Girl. I�m looking forward to the early mixes with and without vocals. Maybe it�s the definite version you�re still missing, Mike G.? Anyway, there is one live version from Tucson in 1998 (the only 1998 show I have) with a version of Blue Marble Girl that doesn�t even mention the Blue Marble Girl and should be called Red Cap Boy. .................. Re Murakami. I read Wind-up Bird Chronicles thanks to a non-contributor to the comments page who gave it to me as a present, and it�s fascinating and great. I like the �hollow man�. Is this some kind of reference to another work? And after reading Wind-up Bird, I found that I�ve read another Murakami novel years ago (the Wild Sheep Chase). Then I read Sputnik Sweetheart which presented me with a �literary deja vu�: I knew the entire Ferris wheel episode in advance as if I�ve read it before in another book. ........................ I love the chaotic ramblings on this comments page and would only change its structure if it receives so many hits and comments that it becomes completely cluttered and unintelligible. Up till now I can follow just fine. And I love your feedback, Howe.
Date: Fri Dec 13 07:49
+em++ (chronic scroller):: I'd agree with Manny in that probably most of the people that visit this site visit the comments section and there's probably a good amount of people who read it regularly(cos it's so damn entertaining)but comment not often or not at all. I know I was scrolling it for alittle over a year before I commented. But I will leave it up to the professionals. I do like the idea of having a generally small handfull of people here and having a string of comments in a row all pertaining to the same subject but, then again, whosever going to visit the comments section who's visiting the webpage probably already does and will as new fans are made.. The new Down Home is enticing me
Date: Fri Dec 13 07:43
Adam (commencing commenting):: Howe, as you prolly know, I'm kinda new round here, but, I've loved your work for awhile now, and was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled upon these intimate digital surroundings, I say that it nice the way it is, but it would be interesting to see how much it would blow up, and far be it from me to deny others pleasure; also you might be pleased to know that ideas for an off the cuff simple strange cohesive collection of songs has started to bubble, and I'd like to thank the people here who lent their support and understanding...we'll see what happens... Innis, you should read Brautigans "In Watermelon Sugar" as soon as possible. Take care.
Date: Fri Dec 13 07:31
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: i'll do some digging into the statistics to find out how many hits the comments board gets......last time i looked though, it was about 80% of all hits to the site, which tends to imply that a large majority come to the site just to read the comments................ and if anyone fancies a really difficult album cover quiz, to while away the time this christmas, mail me and i'll send it to you.
Date: Fri Dec 13 06:26
jef (eveningsongs@hotmail.com):: Hey Howe, Not sure if John's back and you've got a chance to check out the Rock*A*Teens video, wanted to get up with you about swinging down yer way in late Feb/early March an sit down with you. This video I'm working on is gonna be a full length look at folks the likes of Eric Bachmann (Archers/Crooked Fingers), Mark Eitzel, Calvin Johnson, Watt and yerself hopefully. Like in the Rock*A*Teens I'ma sit down with the likes of Kelly Hogan, David Cross and others. Get back to me when you get a moment or gimme a ring if you like at 404.659.0088 lighttime & 678.731.9669 evenin' thanks very much, jef
Date: Fri Dec 13 06:16
Manny ((stirred)):: I would think a lot of people come by the comments just to browse and keep up with what's what. Maybe I should be ashamed to admit this, but...although I've only left a handfull of comments throughout the years, I've logged on to this comments board every day except maybe 9 or 10 times since it's inception. Honestly, I do have a life... but does this mean I need to see a GSAA therapist? And speaking of therapy... It's really great to hear that Blacky Ranchette has found his feet again. i can't wait to hear some.
Date: Fri Dec 13 02:42
innis (here@innis.co.uk):: Regarding the comments...I wonder how many visitors to the site read the comments, but don't leave any? That's what I tend to do...I often get the feeling I'd be butting in...but then I guess that's the idea! Incidentally, I read Murakami's 'Windup Bird Chronicle' on the strength of recommendations here, and damn glad I did too...anyone here familiar with a (wholly dissimilar) favourite of mine by Richard Brautigan - 'So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away'?
Date: Fri Dec 13 01:47
SeanT (Howe):: Howe , do a Billy Childish and release 4 LP'S all on the same day .
Date: Thu Dec 12 22:17
howehowehowe ()santa has joined zz top...already has beard():: many thanks for the feedback. i love feedback. it is the life blood of the clattering here. i have been listening to the original version of blue marble girl and the last version of it recorded during the "cover magazine" sessions...and i know i am a believer in the evolution of revolution, but man...it trips me out to even wonder what was clogging up the perception back then to not release it in its inception. and there are two mixes of it from back then; one with and without vocals....but the one without vocals is so fine. there were so many parts to it then. what happened ? why did i figure it would suffer from too many chord changes? the newer version is very strong and the probably the last time the band sounded so cohesive, but the earlier version is so satisfying. then there's the original version of "leather". this one will crack you up. did i ever release an instrumental called "vanishing point" ???....and then there is a rather entertaining elongated take of a tom waits cover (invitation to the blues) done around the op8 session ...before lisa showed up. a couple of band supported "hatch" takes...and the original version with john parish when it was called "local motion". there is also a great alternative take of goldfrapp's "human/lovely head" medley from the 'cover magazine' session that is even way better then the one released on that record. weird trail of decisioning. anyway...that stands to the be the bulk of DOWN HOME 2002. the live (infiltration of dreams) will be the 2001 ...and we will try to add some tracks ...but i think the cd was too full as it were on that one...i seem to remember having to take some tracks off to fit on a 74 minute cd. if it semms short, then that is always a good sign. and 2003 will be stuff from the next solo record that didn't make it on the official release coming out in march (the listener). it will include a few tracks of jammings when the giant sand and other calexico boys got together for an afternoon and played anything that was lying around...like on a new version of "spun" and such. the new piano record is done and should be called (OGGLE some piano....and features voiceless piano tracks, but with extra instrumtation like drums and such from the usual suspects. and the new BAND OF BLACKY... RANCHETTE has officially started applicating it self to cd. tomorrow senor ricardo bucknero will drop by ...as will tommy larkins...and we'll see if we manage a song. no promises. it might be good just to sit and sun. - ok. um...one last thing...should we make the 'comments' link on the home page more obvious to those visitors who may not understand what it is exactly when they check the site out?....this will mean a lot more folks coming in to land here....or do you all rather it remain more intimate . ---howehowehowe
Date: Thu Dec 12 22:04
caveman (supersoniclovechild):: Great show @ Congress last night!
Date: Thu Dec 12 19:59
em (okay I wasn't paying attention as usual):: forget what I said. I'm weird. I'm weirding myself out. I should read things in their entirety..Okay. Goodnight. I'm going to sleep now
Date: Thu Dec 12 19:57
em (weirded out regularly):: Ooh--I'll be the obscure cover artist!!! I would be even more random since I'm not in art school. I LOVE doing covers--Covers is really 97% of the jellybabies. Okay. That's my entire point. Now I REALLY need to go buy a bike..
Date: Thu Dec 12 18:39
Blaine (shopping@ a cptr store):: Howe -- you can usually unscrew the top part of the mic screen and disinfect that with Listerene (or Lysol). That usually gets rid of past odors and lipstick and chapstick etc. RE: the box -- track down some college kid who needs to do a marketing project to compile/index all the info. They could do it as a class project. And thier lack of insider status would increase the randomness-quotient.
Date: Thu Dec 12 17:03
Tom (here here):: I am following Doctor Paul
Date: Thu Dec 12 16:46
Doktor Paul (therapy R us):: Howe, take a holiday and enjoy the tinseltime. You've dangled a carrot in front of us of a cornucopia of delights, an album a month next year! I'm sure that if you devise a strategy after the recordings the pieces will fall into place. Thematic links, commercial viabilities and plugging/touring will take shape. I'm sure (am I?) that the majority on this list will buy any releases as they come. The idea of new/different/expanded/live versions of old songs will be gratefully accepted as will any new tunes. Your presence here is greatly appreciated but don't pander to us. Do your thing and we will follow and support you. After all so far you done good.
Date: Thu Dec 12 16:31
J (+):: + anything from the Howe angle really!
Date: Thu Dec 12 16:29
J (I'd like):: Storm, as close to vinyl as a cd can get... (also Heartland, in the same can't set a deck up right now kind of way)
Date: Thu Dec 12 16:25
dave (just don't call Clive Davis):: Regarding input for your releases. The Down Home 2000 plus the german stroganoff sounds pretty good. However, regarding alternate mixes, etc. I'd like to hear more live stuff from the last four years. The stuff since Hisser onward has been fascinating and I'd love to hear live versions with the band from the last four years or so. I got Infiltration, but it seems short. By the way, is 4 Door Maverick in Dropped Standard or a dropped D or something? I've been playing it with a capo on the 3rd fret but its not right. Same question about St. Conformity. I had never thought much about microphone etiquette shortcomings. I've never seen microphone "sani-wrap" in the stores so maybe you could keep some Windex or 409 next to the Walkman...
Date: Thu Dec 12 15:05
james s (well...):: well maybe, it's according to the haircut...
Date: Thu Dec 12 14:57
johnnyb. (j):: i love alternate versions..someone has a new haircut, but you still love them
Date: Thu Dec 12 14:28
SeanT (DVD etc):: I'd like a Rainer DVD , documentary , live etc .
Date: Thu Dec 12 14:13
james s (em):: I'm afraid those blank messages are just a delivery device for a virus-ridden attachment.
Date: Thu Dec 12 11:57
jimmy (snakefarm.org):: i would like to see a box set. but i would like to see a boxed "media package". I like all the side relishers like liner notes and pics. throw a drunkers bees dvd in there. (have you ever seen the little rabbits dvd,wacky) i've always liked the blue note lps for the photo and liner notes. maybe a dvd with various back up performers like luna de gracia or al perry or the violin and saw player in denmark or ireland. for instance i was never able to see giant sand at the knitting factory in ny. but that would be cool to get acoustic versions, alternte takes, linernotes, and a dvd potlucky. in a brown bag of course.
Date: Thu Dec 12 10:04
don't forget the slouching (::):: what is the deal with the email-mailing list gs thing??? I am getting frequent blank messages--is it just me???? Is there some hidden meaning behind these blank messages?? ho hum.. (em
Date: Thu Dec 12 09:57
Manny ((sorry sonny)):: Make that a cheer.
Date: Thu Dec 12 09:54
Manny ((well sanded)):: Acoustic versions of rollicking numbers and shaking versions of sleepy numbers always keeps my adrenaline up when it comes to songs I know. (and speaking of knowing) Since falling in love with G.S. back in 1986 and collecting everything in their house they've made since then....I've never had the pleasure of knowing "Straumusfall" and would appreciate it in any manifestation it presents itself in. Holiday chers to all. Manny
Date: Thu Dec 12 09:52
eM (certainly ):: ...
Date: Thu Dec 12 05:31
treygoba (purged ):: Feels good to purge sometimes. Frees up the system...right Em?
Date: Wed Dec 11 18:55
gazel (famousjamus@yahoo.com):: hey that new CD sounds great--be sure to include blue lit rope. i do a radio show in turlock, CA and we haven't received anything since hisser. is there any way shape or form you could hook us up here at KCSS? i'd be much obliged. be sure to check out my website when you have the time: www.urgentculture.com/jaime
Date: Wed Dec 11 18:41
em (weirded out ):: ..strange turns of events on this comments board today
Date: Wed Dec 11 18:32
mitch ? (mitch ???):: ...yeah...let's just go get tacos at the hot dog stand !!!-howe
Date: Wed Dec 11 18:26
Paul (93455):: My copy of Stromausfall is a gooey mess also. It still plays but I'm going to throw bleach into my CD player in case this stuff spreads. Might be some kind of mad cow thing or something.
Date: Wed Dec 11 18:15
Mitch (85718):: On a slightly different wave, regardless of whether you relish relish or not, it's still relish. I'm off to eat at a Mexican hot dog stand.
Date: Wed Dec 11 18:14
home (howe):: ok. i will check out the dreaded black mold occuring on the straumusfall...which means 'blackout' in german....and that may have something to do with the curse. otherly...i am supposed to go open for bubba buckner here in town...the only way i can ever get it together to visit anyone....what am i gonnna play?...i need management. you are all hired . . ... if you can manage that, i mean. -howe.......PS: yeah, we would somehow make a box set (giant sand box ???) of whatever cds you would want...maybe customize them, throw in a freebee if you want too many at a time....gotta look into that someday....gott aget around to it sooner then later.....gotta build a wall and maybe more plumbing....i like plumbing....i like that it takes 3 complete assembles to get it right. that must be the same rush you get from crossword puzzles. ...i guess i am stalling. the guitar here is so much fun to play.....then you get to the bar, the french fry spot light in your eyes, the smokey stank, the folks that get drunk, the drunks that get folked, the sound of the guitar disappears from what it was in your living room, sounds funneled and foreign and distant and is punishing now. sip the microphone that 5,000 other sippers sipped. no one ever cleans a mic. am i getting to that point? am i getting to any point? mike [sa-wa-ro] can you get a theorapy link up here at the sight ???...that might be fun.
Date: Wed Dec 11 18:12
Mitch (85718):: Alas, J, alas...
Date: Wed Dec 11 16:39
J (To Mitch...):: Mitch, Hello, Surely by relishing (physically) the collectable, one renders it less collectable? (and valuable?). Students of English grammar can pretty much disregard the previous sentence.
Date: Wed Dec 11 16:01
Mitch (85718):: Thanks for explaining the mystery of the "Stromausfall" disc, Mike. I'd always wondered about that. About two years ago Joey Burns showed me his copy of the CD, which was also suffering from the same damage. Looked like mold to me, or like air had gotten into the disc itself--the kind of thing you hear happening in more tropical environments. A bit like Mission Impossible, where the tape self-destructs after a while--come to think of it, not a bad idea for making people relish collectibles while they can. Guess that alone makes the possibility of a "Stromausfall" re-issue all the more glorious.
Date: Wed Dec 11 15:42
J (Howe can I get?):: Blacky acoustic? Sadly sans Rainer... In at number 11? 'BLACKY,BLACKY'
Date: Wed Dec 11 15:37
P.S (HOME):: check out captain beefheart (trout mask replica)- BLIMP track 25
Date: Wed Dec 11 15:30
propultion of egg (HOME):: maybe a box set of 5 real good cd`s with no liner notes, no pictures, just a brown box of music and included would be a vile of tuscon desert sand, hand numbered and signed by the ole H.G. himself . this would be a rare pakage! HUH wadda ya think.inked
Date: Wed Dec 11 14:48
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: thanks all for the intake on 'mulholland'..... after seeing 'lost highway' i was expecting something.... didn't know though that it was going to be a tv series first.... which explains a few things. i particularly liked the scene in 'winkies'(?) with the guy and his psychiatrist(?) - i was hoping that would be like a one off scene, with neither characters appearing again. a bit like in bunuels 'the avenging angel' when the scene of the guests arriving is shown again some thirty minutes later..... and when asked about that, he replied that he liked the scene so much he thought people ought to see it again........and hey stefan, my 'stromausfall' has that problem to.... something to do with the print dyes used on the cover.... but does yours (or anybody elses for that matter), when copying on pc... display titles for a siouxsie and the banshees album!!!!!
Date: Wed Dec 11 14:39
Adam (()K):: An Acoustic album is more'n OK w/ me, which would sound especially good split with Down Home.
Date: Wed Dec 11 14:24
em (..with no top ten yet):: I think the idea of alternate versions of songs is a really interesting one--that is if I'm understanding what you mean, Howe. And yes please do combine the two things--that is extremely helpful to broke peoples like me and also helpful to peoples like me trying to collect them all. Trey, clean out your email account --I can't send anything:(:( For the record, though sounds like a great trade! Okay, I am out. gotta go buy a bike..
Date: Wed Dec 11 14:13
stefan ((munich)):: Yes, yes, yes, different takes! And I think it's a good idea to combine Stromausfall with Down Home, not least because my original Stromausfall CD seems to disintegrate and is probably unplayable by now.
Date: Wed Dec 11 13:49
treygoba (make it an even 10):: Go for 10 Howe...you can sweep next year's top 10 list!
Date: Wed Dec 11 13:38
james s (re:):: The straumusfall/Down Home bundle sounds like a good thing. And of course, I would enjoy radically different takes on the songs I already know and love... What are we up to now? Nine new cds?
Date: Wed Dec 11 12:36
jay k (top 10):: heres some of my tops in no particular order. tom waits:small change (the piano has been drinkin); taj mahal: de ol folks (statesbourough blooze); astor piazolla:zero hour(milonga ?);leo kottke :my feet are smiling (hear the wind howl) ; lounge lizards : no pain for cakes (where where you); linda rondstat: heart like a wheel (willin'); little feat: sailin shooze (apolitacal blues); howe: confluence (hard on things); comander cody: tales from the ozone (its gonna be one of thoose nights); molehill orkestrah: anima mundi (poppyseed dream !) ; the big lebouski soundtrack (white russian)
Date: Wed Dec 11 10:49
Lars D (....by the way..... ;-) ):: Oh, and piano versions of older songs are very nice too. Like for instance Yer Robes from D�sseldorf on "Pedalless". That's an "alternative version", that I enjoy VERY much. And St. Conformity from Voxhall 2000 too (also a piano version....stunning!). / Lars
Date: Wed Dec 11 10:42
Lars D (�rhuzonian response):: Stromausfall. Uhhhh, acoustic ?! Me like very mucha! And about different takes of the same songs: A song like "Lie There", which you played in Denmark, I like very much both the full band version (like at Musikcaf�en) and the acoustic version (like at Caf� Mozart). Is the differences like these you mean? The acoustic "Lie There" is one of my favourites even though the guitar was a bit out of tune. ;-) It's on that "Wednesday Workshops"-cd from Caf� Mozart, that you got before you left the first time. I would hate to miss the "stripped down" version. Or would that be Sandman Series-material? / Lars
Date: Wed Dec 11 10:30
howe ()()()()()()()()()(){}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}[]{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}()()()()()()()()()()()():: pardon me one more time here, but i need some more input. do you really want to hear a cd of songs you know, but different takes??? not alternative mixes, but completely different takes at different times ? ...is this appealing or besides the point? i have been listening to so many miles of mixes that i am not sure anymore. ...and i am also thinking about combing most of the very first DOWN HOME (which i think there is too little material on) with the straumusfall (?) acoustic record we did for a limited pressing in germany many many moons ago. is that something that anyone wants? -hop-a-long howe
Date: Tue Dec 10 19:17
johnny, on the spot. (i use to think about the world):: Oh boy here goes. 10: Dave Davies - Bug 9:Johnny Cash -Orange Blossom Special (re-issue) 8:Califone - Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People (first issue-ing of comp. in us) 7: Mark Mothersbaugh - Music for Edward Gorey 6: howe - Pedalless 5: David Bowie - Heathen 4:Giant Sand - Cover Magazine 3:Frank Black & the Catholics - Black Letter Days 2:Neko Case - Blacklisted 1: Residents - Demons Dance Alone that's all, folks.
Date: Tue Dec 10 16:56
abogyert (feeling all turned inside out):: sort of like a shed snake skin. Off the top of my head w/ no snapping of synapses- No particular order: 1. Steve Earle 2. reissue of Thom Ze and 3. Neko Case 4. BRMC 5. Trail of the Dead 6. Steven Malkmus 7. Los Lobos 8. Beck 9. Flaming Lips 10. Giant Sand oh yeah 11. Gonzalo Rubalcaba Since I started early like a good anal-retentive non-procrastiator, I reserve the right to change any and/or all selections.
Date: Tue Dec 10 16:20
J (twin peaksville):: those were the days...
Date: Tue Dec 10 16:10
johnathan yennler (turn my hands into wings...):: Is it time for top ten lists yet? or is it too early? love, johnny
Date: Tue Dec 10 15:20
james s (just a heads up, blaine...):: Larry Brown has a new novel called The Rabbit Factory coming out about April of 2003. Yeee hawww. I love Joe and Father & Son.
Date: Tue Dec 10 14:04
Lars D (to Mitch):: No, haven't heard of the two films yet. And one of them is even a P.T. Anderson-flick!? Nice. Well, maybe I've heard about THAT one. I keep the titles in mind. I saw Mike Leigh's "All Or Nothing" at the cinema sunday. And it's one of the best films I have seen in a looong time (and I watch many films). Well, it's British "social realism" with all the negative mood that includes, but it's SO well acted. Blew me away. It hits you right in the heart machine. And no plastic Hollywood. Please don't miss it, if it gets stateside. Oh, and what's that they say about art? "Art is: working on something 'till you like it - then leaving it that way". ;-) / Lars
Date: Tue Dec 10 13:58
Blaine (@work):: Ah, Mitch -- Punch Drunk Love is a great one (I heartily recc all of Larry Brown's books as well). Watched Mullholland Drive and when it got to the end, my girlfriend says "I think we should watch it again." -- still didn't make much diff. I don't recall any movie causing such heated discussions among friends -- which means ol Lynch certainly suceeded in one regard. Here's the bomb, I'd been trying to turn a good buddy on to the magic of Giant Sand for years, making him mix tapes etc. Last time GS played in CHI I bought him a ticket. "Well do you finally get it?" I asked him after the gig. He smiled and said it was the musical equvalent of Mullholland Drive. ...and in the weather, today's heatwave in MKE cracked the mid 40's. FYI -- Rolling Thunder initally took place in theatres in the NE and Canada. They later regrouped to play larger outdoor places. This second leg is where the TV show came from (and the Hard Rain alb.) The current cd is from the first leg.
Date: Tue Dec 10 13:27
Mitch (85718):: I, too, really enjoyed M. Drive. After my first viewing, I decided it was best not to ponder it beyond reason. Or as William Hurt said in The Big Chill, "Sometimes you have to let art flow over you," or something to that affect. I also enjoyed that delightful filling which came between the slices of Lost Highway and M. Drive: The Straight Story. Lars, has "Far From Heaven" made it to your shores yet? Or "Punch-Drunk Love," my favorite American film this year?
Date: Tue Dec 10 11:53
dave peterbrough (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!):: yes i saw this film and all i could think about was fred and rosemary and what was under there drive. Cromwell street drive would have been a better film easy tigers hello gl'sn
Date: Tue Dec 10 10:33
Adam (Drive):: yeah, the movie is amazing, watched it soon after I saw the whole 1st season of his other little known T.V. series that I was born too young to enjoy week to week on network TV (ahhh...that woulda been great), and right after I saw Fire Walk With Me, so, I was already drunk and stumblin (on whatever it is Lynch fed me). I took Mulholland drive very seriously, not one of my brighter ideas, in the dark, better half sleeping next to me...
Date: Tue Dec 10 09:15
humphry (home):: hi mike. yep, mulholland drive is a hoot. it almost looks as though lynch was really given the money to finally finish the film something like 2 years after presenting it to possible distributers, which at that time he was shopping as another tv series. but then the french got involved and tossed him the coin to complete it as a full length motion picture. but that lack of continuity adds to the punch. there are too few films that deal with the perception of our racked senses as we pass from this life into the next, but i think this one makes a mark. and almost every scene embraced by the lens is so drenched. lavid drench.----hop-a-long-howe
Date: Tue Dec 10 08:01
em (can't stand Ghost World):: ** but good morning anyway...Did we ever talk about Donnie Darko here?? I don't remember. hmm..
Date: Tue Dec 10 06:54
james s (I guess it's right to love the girls who fight off our manly acts of desperation):: Perhaps the most important shot, plot-wise, in Mullholland Drive is the first one, of lying down on a pillow. Ghost World is terrific, and on the DVD, you get the full Indian video which is the best thing I've ever seen. I'm thinking that early next year, Giant Sand and Lampchop should do a double bill at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville. I'm sure Vic would gladly come up to join the fun, and I've heard that Mark Linkous has moved somewhere into the Smokey Mountians, which is only about 3 and a half hours away... The last time I saw Lampchop headline at the Belcourt, they filled the room with a rapt and attentive audience. It's just a thought. I'm mean, what could be better than a "beyond Nashville" show right here in the belly of the beast.
Date: Tue Dec 10 06:25
Graham (in the corner on the pouring rain):: Skip James is the finest of the Delta Blues singers--great fingerstyle playing. Haunting falsetto voice. His 1930s recordings are the most intense, but his 1960s "rediscovery" albums--Skip James Today! and Devil Got My Woman--are excellent as well.
Date: Tue Dec 10 06:02
matt ((+lynched+)):: this: http://dir.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/10/23/mulholland_drive_analysis/index.html might help...BUT if any you others havnt seen the movie yet don't read it!!!
Date: Tue Dec 10 05:41
Lars D (mindfukked too):: No dvd jump, it just goes completely bonkers. But yes, feels like a "dvd jump". What I could enjoy in the movie was the mood, the visual side and the music. But the...eh, plot? Could have been a great tv series, though (as it was supposed to). / Lars
Date: Tue Dec 10 05:02
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: need help............. watched 'mulholland drive' t'other night - was a little wasted before hand - so can anyone tell me what the hell was going on???? did the dvd jump?....... did i nod off?...... i was ok until she opened the box - then....?? enjoyed it though.
Date: Tue Dec 10 04:58
matt (?):: !!
Date: Tue Dec 10 04:43
glue sniffer (i have sex for money):: call now for big time fun.
Date: Tue Dec 10 03:38
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Just saw "Ghost World" on video yesterday. It featured the song "Devil Got My Woman" by a certain Skip James. Old delta blues stuff from 1931. Amazing stuff. Did a little check on the guy on Google. Anyone here know the him? The furthest back I've gone with the black bluesy stuff would be Lightnin' Hopkins, I guess. Pretty cool too. / Lars
Date: Mon Dec 9 22:20
Dubba Dubba (A Hubba):: No, but seriously, folks.
Date: Mon Dec 9 22:19
Hubba Dubba (A Hubba):: A Hubba Dubba
Date: Mon Dec 9 16:30
paulk (spellcheck):: That's Grey Whistle test and "next" to the telly. Lars, I just looked at your site. The English is spot on, bet none of us could do a site in your language. Also it's well put together and up to date. Only problem was a lot of pop ups, I suppose that's par with the course. Was interested in the Roskilde stuff as a lot of bands I like have played there over the years including Steve Wynn and Green On Red.Paul
Date: Mon Dec 9 16:14
PaulK (Rollin thunder):: The venerable BBC music programme "The Old Gray Whistle Test" broadcast a Rolling Thunder show in the mid 70's. I remember spending an hour on my knees nest to the telly with a microphone held to the speaker recording this on an old portable (not walkman) tape recorder, praying my dad would not come in muttering his usual "in my day you could hear the words........." God knows where that tape is nowadays.My kids have bought me the dylan release but I'm not allowed to open it until the 25th. Kind of makes it exciting again. Shaun, hi there, did you get to any of the Barbican gigs? And Howe, tell Blacky it's been too long, he's like a long lost friend who has reappeared from some years in the wilderness. Hope he's got some tales to tell from Dreamville. paul
Date: Mon Dec 9 16:06
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: I was thinking....do any of you want to give a little critique and response on the site I'm making at www.supertanker.tk ??? (which hopefully will be moved from its pop-up-heavy Angelfire-home some time soon). I've been posting the adress with many of my comments here, but I don't know if any of you have dropped by. I'm just curious how a "non-Dane" sees the site (which is all about Danish music - written in English). Is the language, the lay-out and the design okay? Is it helpful in any way in its aim to service musicfans outside Denmark? While you are there you can read about Howe's new Danish friends in the band Under Byen (which is one of the bios on the site that I have finished). And then there's the "old" articles on Howe's Caf� Mozart gigs. Do you have any good ideas on improving our site? Well, it's not totally finished yet. But it would be terrible nice to get some feedback on it. Especially from people outside Denmark. Does it make you wanna check out Danish music at all? :-) Feel free to send me an e-mail. That would be very much appreciated. Thanks. / Lars
Date: Mon Dec 9 14:56
Shaun H. (would it be too much...):: ...to ask you to do a duets album w/ Neko Case too? sure i read somewhere one was planned.
Date: Mon Dec 9 14:54
johnny (scratchy meets coffee):: that sounds just about right, esp. for 2001. do they all get brown cardboad homes again? -jy
Date: Mon Dec 9 14:25
h o w e ( )()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()[]()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()):: as i mutter in the workshop, finishing up the new piano record (OGGLE some piano) and the new UPSIDE DOWN HOME 2003 ....i wonder what happened to DOWN HOME 2001 and 2002 . so does this make more or less sense: release INFILTRATION OF DREAMS as UPSIDE DOWN HOME 2001....which is mostly about the time it was recorded...and fill up 2002 with a bunch of band stuff that will not fit on 2003. interesting stuff, now that i listen to it......in fact some of it is better then the choices i made back then to use mixes and takes for the official releases. in the meantime i have started on the next BAND OF BLACKY... RANCHETTE ----hop-a-long-howe
Date: Mon Dec 9 14:13
howe (home):: i remember slouching back on the couch. i had been a recent transplant to the desert. and there was an actual "dylan special" on regular tv that night, and there he was with something called the "rolling thunder" all done up in white face paint under a big hat. what year was that 1974 ? 1975 ?....ok well....
Date: Mon Dec 9 13:17
e (m):: I agree, Phil. It would be not only entertaining but also alittle bit disturbing. And that's how I like my screen savers:)
Date: Mon Dec 9 11:37
Blaine (@work):: RE: New Dylan -- the Rolling Thunder early pressings come with a DVD of "Tangled Up in Blue" which is spooky and kinda cool, but the footage of "Isis" is plain amazing. I've never seen him so animated and posessed. With the whiteface he looks like one of them Mardi Gras Indians preaching a sermon. And the band incl Mick Ronson just stomps away. It's really worth tracking down.
Date: Mon Dec 9 09:08
graham (.):: Sun City Girls' guitarist Sir Richard Bishop has an excellent solo album on John Fahey's Revenant Records label, entitled "Salvador Kali". Kind of a droning, psychedelic, gypsy acoustic disc, with occasional harmonium and piano accompaniment. Hard to track down--though easier to find than most SCG albums.
Date: Mon Dec 9 09:03
johnny yen (somethin called love):: Sun City Girls: I just stumbled onto descriptions of them. A friend says "Torch of the Mystics, to start with, maybe." Would that be a good beginning? Anyone? -johnny
Date: Mon Dec 9 08:30
phill (central pa):: it would be a great thing to us SANDY`S this time of year to ask of Howe to maybe post a making of you in the fat mans suit to use as a screen saver. Who out there agrees? im thinking a baracuda drawn sleigh. Peace.
Date: Mon Dec 9 04:55
sniffin all the way (cheers):: cheers boby boy enjoy the time. "We see only what the photographer wants like some spin doctor it is only the side of the world that they want to represent being made apparent. Decisions made every day enable us to see insights into the photographers mind, we are allowed glimpses of certainty, the � Decisive Moment� in different context from its original. We see the moments a photographer is willing to give to someone else."
Date: Sun Dec 8 11:03
matt (sniff sniff):: your question can be answered by me and google with YES it is the same man. but i should point out that the picture on the back has only three soles in it, accompanied by 4 credits (an absent member) ....go figure???!!! a (non) satisfactory answer?? yes/no
Date: Sun Dec 8 10:26
Mitch (85718):: Thank you thank you, Lars. Most helpful and greatly appreciated! And Em, my email is forthcoming!!!
Date: Sun Dec 8 07:43
'wild and crazy' em (also to Mitch):: *** Mitch! You wanna copy?? You get a copy. Email me at lastgreatamericanwhale@hotmail.com and bring your address. yay!
Date: Sun Dec 8 03:09
Lars D (to Mitch):: Here's an attempt to help you with the automobiles. In 1904 the "Father" of the modern Danish press and journalism Henrik Cavling (our Pulitzer-guy) released a travel book called "London". I've got it and I just flipped through. It's heavily illustrated, and all I can see are horse carriages (or what you call them?) in the city streets. But of course, I don't know if a few rich folks had any. But as far as I can se they were not common. The only two cars in the book are a racecar in the books "sports section", where it is described how people get the train out to the big parks on the weekends. The underground trains were up and running, though. Cavling was very attentive and usually noticed everything - and describing things very vividly. The books says something about a car race in Paris-Bordeaux in 1895, which boosted the French motor industry. The same did not happen in England. People resisted the engine. But something called Automobile Club of Great Britain was founded promoting the use of cars. The first use of cars in the streets of London were purely practical - according to a "parliamentary act" called "Light Locomotive Act, November 1896". Larger freigh carriers drove through London at night. The book further reads that some doctors and rich ladies used cars. There's picture of an open car called "the family engine", where there are seats along the sides. A car-sized "bus"? Well, I guess that's all the help I can give you. Hope you can use it. Bonus trivia: Cavling wrote four big travel books: "America", "Asia", "London" and "Paris". In the last one he writes about "this new exciting place in the city calles Moulin Rouge". A funny read with the eyes of today. / Lars
Date: Sat Dec 7 22:33
james s (feeling sleepy):: The beard quote was lifted out of a T-Rex song from Electric Warrior called "Rip Off", Em. I dig Marc Bolan's lyrics. Yawn. Time for bed. I've been busy uploading newish mp3s to my website. Fun fun fun. Is it about time to kick off that tour of the Southeast, eh, Howe? I realize though that you have to take some time off for plumbing and such, especially plumbing of the mystical variety.
Date: Sat Dec 7 22:12
Mitch (85718):: You are forgiven, Em. Say, I'm kinda curious and curiouser about your CD of effort & inspiration. Can't remember if you posted info on how to get a copy (I'll scroll down), or did you mention? Hmmmmmmmmmm...oh, and James, yeah it's research. I'm kinda wondering if there were at least a few automobiles on the London streets by 1903, so if anyone can clue me in I'd be most grateful.
Date: Sat Dec 7 19:12
em (yeesh):: Oh my god I spelled Murakami wrong
Date: Sat Dec 7 19:11
E*** (still blogging probably):: James I like this beard quote of yours--Is it from something or just offa the top of your brain??? I like it. And I say in reguarding Murikami that Bird Chronicle's absolutely the best and I think the best Murikami to start with--but of course I haven't read them all. Just Bird Chronicle over and over. maybe I need a new book.
Date: Sat Dec 7 18:35
phil (astonished in kilkenny):: Hey Howe, I don't know if you remember playing in Kilkenny. We went for a few pints in Peigs on John Street. A girl called Laura noonan cut your hair at a pretty late time of the night in her hairdressers. All I remember you saying was that AMerican music was like an echo coming back to Ireland. Thanks for the memories. HOPE 2 c u soon back again. Happy Christmas.
Date: Sat Dec 7 18:15
Derki Norstrome ((Hie)):: hello my little giant friends, i hope i have not too late to join in your fun and games. myself found playing this records did help with my cleaning chores ha ha get it yes funny! take good care and sleep.
Date: Sat Dec 7 18:12
phill (astonished in kilkenny):: it's almost 2. i'm a bit drunk and feeling o.k I suppose. On the positive side, have you ever had one of these days when you love the town you live in. On the negative side, seldom are the breaks in case you forgot.....
Date: Sat Dec 7 07:46
james s (the president's weird, he's got a burgundy beard...):: Lars, for Haruki Murakami short stories, I too would recommend starting with "Elephant Vanishes", and though it's most certainly not a short story, I can't possibly be too emphatic in urging you to climb down into his "Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" novel. Sean, yes I recall hearing ESCOVEDO tell the same story just prior to distorting into a Be Your Dog set-closer, but in the telling I heard, I don't think he mentioned the Giant Sand gig. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" was on the first Iggy record, in 1969? I'm lookin' forward to giving 'clusterrey hearts' a listen, Em. Mitch, what's up with the automobile/England query? You doing research for an historical story? Just curious... Have a good weekend, all.
Date: Fri Dec 6 22:48
e m * ** (the snow is melting):: ** I could surely spare a couple extra stamps, Lars and I would gladly ship out to Adam.. And on writer's block, it has been said to death, but when you're not thinking about it, it will happen. But in the meanwhile why not just indulge yourself and write whatever the hell you want--just to entertain yourself which is how it all started in the first place. That's the place you want to be methinks.
Date: Fri Dec 6 17:48
Mitch (85718):: Lars, I'd recommend staring with Murakami's "Elephant Vanishes" collection of stories before diving into "After The Quake". I actually like "Quake" better for some reason, maybe because his writing/radar is a little closer to the ground. But the "Vanishes" collection is great fun and hard to put down. My two cents. Over to you, James. By the way, does anyone know what year the first automobile was introduced to England? Prior to 1903? Mike? Sarah? Henry Ford?
Date: Fri Dec 6 17:14
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: Hey, Em, is your special offer only for "US residents" or would you consider sending a copy of your work all the way to Denmark? I always love to discover new music. And Tom, just finished Adams' second book "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe". His "trilogy" are easy reads, but also funny snacks with some deep stuff hidden here and there. But before I move on to the third book maybe I should finish the JG Ballard one I got going (I'm a book jumper - short attention span, I guess). And I also have some Vonnegut and Philip K. Dick I wanna start warping my mind with. But hey, I might check out that japanese guy some of you keep mentioning in here. "After The Quake", right? Is that a good starter book on the guy? (I like short story collections - snack size stuff for the easily distracted, ha-ha). / Lars
Date: Fri Dec 6 15:53
SeanT (PaulK):: Paul has a far better memory than me ! Good in Glasgow too ? Sean.
Date: Fri Dec 6 15:51
SeanT (james s):: James , the Giant Sand Alejandro story also involved Iggy Pop and James Williamson , a bar , drugs and some bad sex .This was the intro before he played I Wanna Be Your Dog. I can't remember the story but GS were the band playing in the bar as Iggy and James were getting high , just before some bad sex , something like that ! Then those chords....
Date: Fri Dec 6 15:48
PaulK (Alejandro):: Sean, probably the same story he did in Glasgow. Iggy meets Bela Bartok at a Giant Sand gig 9can't remember where). He takes him back to a trailer he has prepared for the tryst. He has feng shuid it (?spelling), set up aromatherapy smells, got some nice lovin' music on the stereo and they go at it, in a safe sex manner and then in a very unsafe sex manner. The issue of this union is "I Wanna Be Your Dog" As he told this story the band were noising it up and at the conclusion they sprang into a brilliant rendition of said song. Did I miss anything out? Hi and hello Howe, when you coming back to Scotland? Paul
Date: Fri Dec 6 14:42
Adam (Thanks):: ~~Thanks alot Howe, Tom, and Mitch. I feels good to get some kind words from some good people. I'm sure whatever this is will pass(usually does), and then maybe I'll do like Em, ship out what I've gotten out. Speaking of which; Em: I surely wouldn't mind hearing what you've been conjuring up. Take Care and enjoy the weather. Adam.
Date: Fri Dec 6 14:30
Adam (Lars):: Yeah, I kinda figured out the intended way after I got my "quickie" impulse outta the way, it seems like the first three editions are the real credible ones (I think I clicked through the fourth ed.) later read somethin that Eno himself wrote, made it a lil clearer. Afterall, it boils down to action, right. Thanks again.
Date: Fri Dec 6 14:04
Mitch (85718):: Adam, I can't remember who said it originally, but I recall someone saying that the best cure for writer's block is to write about it.
Date: Fri Dec 6 13:18
johnny yen (bbbblllllaaaaaiiiiinnnneee):: I wholeheartedly second your Tape Op recommendation, and would also include music freaks (now what are those?) as possible subscribers. There have been some great interviews and reviews of all sorts of musicians. Past interviews have included Calexico, Grandaddy, and Mr. Craig Schumacher the Wavelab wizard. Hmph. And as you said, it's free. lovey, johnny
Date: Fri Dec 6 12:27
Tom (nevermind gravity):: Adam, the British writer Douglas Adams once gave a fine definition of flying : "Throw yourself at the ground, and miss'. Now that's a thought. I finally got my hands on 'The Farm' by Rainer. Very, very beautiful and touching. All of you who haven't got that piece of magical music yet, I recommend that you get it as soon as you possibly can.. By the way, it's minus 5 degrees Celcius in Belgium, for all you weather report freaks out there :)
Date: Fri Dec 6 12:02
james s (SeanT):: You remember that story from Alejandro Escovedo enough to share it with us here?
Date: Fri Dec 6 08:32
howeHOME ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()():: em....send one them coasters to the ow om home: po box 2441, tucson, az, 85702......and adam, there taint no cure for hat ails you. which is a good thing. now allow. now allow . now allow ...just allow. (start writing non songs )......try to piss off any real songs by doing that and watch the fun start to frazzle. -howe (mention: we finally have the best weather in the universe here at the moment. it is in the high 60s and we are bundled up with heavy carharts and scarves and caps. it's a crack up. the tourists however are easily spotted in shorts and sandals.)
Date: Fri Dec 6 04:45
treygoba (crunchy snowbound):: Phil from Philly...I was listening to Hisser last night and it dawned on me that when I listen to "Temptation of Egg", I sort of hear that version, even if it's the J.H. chirpy version (virgin?) on Chore. I really like Prince though (what I've heard anyway).
Date: Fri Dec 6 03:02
Lars D (One last Eno....maybe):: Well, Adam, if the quick way works for you that's just cool. But actually I think the "procedure" is to take one card at the time and do what it tells you to or use it in your work somehow. The cards are made for situations where you are stuck, but I guess they can be used as general inspiration as well. Eno mostly uses the cards in the studio. And I guess, if it wasn't for Eno and his cards U2 would never have made "Achtung Baby" and just gotten stuck instead (well, I think they are NOW, but hey...). I especially like the card "Honour thy error as a hidden intention." :-) On David Bowie's "Outside" he used another method: roleplaying. And I think that has resulted in an album that you can find new things on forever. So many layers. Well, let me just recommend Eno's book "A Year With Swollen Appendices". That's his diary of 1995 and it contains a lot of articles as well (including one with the roleplays from "Outside"). In 1995 he produced "Outside", U2's "Passengers" and his own album "Spinner" with Jah Wobble. Funny and mindbending reading throughout. You can also find many hours of interesting reading (for musicians and the like) at EnoWeb: http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/ --- The article "The studio is a musical instrument" (1975) is quite interesting. / Lars
Date: Thu Dec 5 22:40
Adam (Lars):: Wow, very Freudian. Clicked through those things on the flash site real fast, only allowing a single thought to enter, then on to the next one. I don't know if that how you're supposed to do it (maybe each one deserves some sorta deep contemplation), but it was pretty cool, thanks, and take care.
Date: Thu Dec 5 20:58
Em (blogging):: * * It is my considered opinion that Howe would make a fairly clumsy plumber. But perhaps that is just me. Isn't Goo me Gumi?? I don't know. ANYWAY, The Jellybabies being my band of me and a friend have finally made an actual cd that is entitled 'clusterrey hearts' and anyone who actually wants one can feel free to email me at : lastgreatamericanwhale@hotmail.com and I will send it to you absolutely free of charge..what I really want is opinions and advice and just to do something with this that we put together. Speaking of Alejandro Escovedo, there's a hastilly done last to know cover. Okay. It's snowing. That is all.
Date: Thu Dec 5 15:54
SeanT (Alejandro):: Had the pleasure of seeing Alejandro Escovedo at The Borderline in London last night , Giant Sand got a mention in one of his stories . What a show . Sean.
Date: Thu Dec 5 14:37
Blaine (@work):: Some of you gear/recording-minded readers will dig this. Thae magazine is real informative and free.--- http://www.tapeop.com/
Date: Thu Dec 5 14:28
Geiusepi Martinis (purifyourhell@pottersville.com):: Is this now again?
Date: Thu Dec 5 00:48
Lars D (going Eno-ish again......sorry):: Adam, do you know the Oblique Strategies? It's supposed to help artists if they're stuck. Check this link: http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/obliques.html - - - I guess it can also be used for songswriting. "Accept advice" is one of them, so you're already on the right path. :-) There's a "random card generator" here: http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/oblique/oblique.html - - - "Use an unacceptable color". "Make a sudden, destructive unpredictable action; incorporate". "Ask your body". "Don't be frightened to display your talents". "Give way to your worst impulse". Have fun! / Lars
Date: Wed Dec 4 23:45
Adam (lowthunderrollin@hotmail.com ):: Howe, considering you're one of my favorite writers, and judging by the great flood of material you're about to put out there, do you have any advice for a young guy who's songs are sufferin. I wouldn't call it writer's block, only because I don't like that word, but it's somethin, and it ain't good. I'm just ccurious as to what you might do in such a situation, or if you know of any tricks. Not lookin for a quick fix, just lookin to get back to where I know I should be. anyway, Thanks alot for all the years of inspiration.
Date: Wed Dec 4 19:36
graham (tuscon to tucumcari):: what's everybody listening tonight? Rainy night here in Alabama; I've got the record player spinnin': Little Feat--sailin shoes, John Martyn--bless the weather, Thin White Rope--sack full of silver. What's playing at the Gelb abode, Howe? Anybody else enjoying the record-listening weather?
Date: Wed Dec 4 12:25
james s (howe):: ahhhh. thanks for the correction concerning goo rather than do.
Date: Wed Dec 4 12:23
howe (home):: yeah....and the harmonica holder i think shows off two mysterious dot like items that i believe were the wireless mics i heard he used at a few solo gigs around that time....i think. and james....juliana is actually saying " goo me "....as in gitchy goomie...or how ever you spell that place. ok....back to attempting plumbing. - soggy knuckled howe
Date: Wed Dec 4 12:19
philllll (phillly):: I was saying I thought TEMPTATION OF EGG on CHORE OF ENCHANTMENT(not the version on HISSER)sounds like Prince. I think it's the organ. There's kind of a funky thing going on. Then there's the guitar break near the end. It reminds me of that song CREAM in particular. The lyrics are kind of Princeish too. Listen to it again.
Date: Wed Dec 4 11:29
dave (frozen tundra):: Yeah Howe, you're right. It was a drawing of Neil with his harmonica holder. I think the piece was even written by the almost famous Cameron Crowe. I ran out and bought the triple album "Decade" shortly thereafter. The photos of the Ramones were kind of scary at the time! I think I still have that issue and a few other in a box with some old National Lampoons when PJ O'Rourke was writing for them. I think my wife threatens to throw that box out every time we move, but it finds its way to the attic anyway. Rolling Stone went down the tubes in the 80's. Reading MOJO now kind of reminds me of the old Rolling Stone and what it tried to be.
Date: Wed Dec 4 10:47
james s (Consumerism is thus a materially embedded ideological reality.):: Oh, why wait? Why not add a new official bootleg to the the beach assault of new material coming soon. Unsunglovesongs? Oh, and a new sandman release too. What spoiled (or are we just hungry) and demanding little sandies we are. As for the Prince thingy being heard in Tempation of Egg, well... Hummm. Is it the "do me" at the end? Is it the dancibility in the beat? Hummmm.
Date: Wed Dec 4 09:52
johnny yen (Love songs...):: Ed, if you don't mind rectangular plastic cases and analog sound, www.dutch-east.com usually has cassette copies of Love Songs for sale. Server seems to be down right now. Storm seems to be harder to come by than Love songs, so my reissue vote would go for that. but that can probably wait til after the 2003 outplunk of music (hot damn). love, johnny
Date: Wed Dec 4 09:47
treygoba (entombed by a blizzard ):: Phillllllllllllllllllll in Philly. Not quite getting the Prince thingy, even in a good way. Must be one of those Prince phases I haven't heard. Anyone hear the new "Roots" album?
Date: Wed Dec 4 09:16
trey (frozen in Butler County KS ):: Em...do you blog? Are you freezing too (in a bunker)?
Date: Wed Dec 4 06:52
Ed (ratus4@comcast.net):: What's a man to do to get Love Songs? Think it will be reissued?
Date: Tue Dec 3 21:35
Blaine (@home):: Got the new Dylan Rolling Tundra cd yesterday. It was one of his many peaks, esp impressed w/Hattie Carroll and sublime-samba It Ain't Me Babe. Other suprises were Tonight I'll be Staying Here w/You and Mama You Been on My Mind. Ol Joan Baez does a bit of Audrey Wms elbowing Bob away from the mic a few times, but their voices sound great together. Viva Peckinpah on Heaven's door w/ diff lyrics. Howe -- you guys ever do Grain of Sand live? How about a GS covers alb from every era at some point? Anybody out there know about Boston pno guy Willie Loco Alexander? I'm looking for Tapdancing on My Pno and The Dragons Are Loose -- haven't been able to track them down. Hope that bug you guys got ain't headed north just yet.
Date: Tue Dec 3 17:45
howe (home):: hey dave. the odd thing being, out of all the passing years, for some reason i have held on to one single copy of rolling stone...and it is from 1979 ...and it has a drawing of neil young on the cover....but the thing i remembered the most about it was that it was the first time they ever gave the ramones any due....and even then, i think they titled the article "mook rock"....which was the tone of the magazine showing...they had a hard time letting go of their original old school attachments....but i blabber and digress. thanks for the notion though...and paul, hello .-howe
Date: Tue Dec 3 17:00
paulK (p.kerr@ntlworld.com):: Hi there. I'm up on the time coast, breaker ,breaker. Long time no see, been busy. But. Saw alejandro Escovido tonight, great gig, ended with a blistering version of I Wanna Be Your Dog. The intro was tremendous with Alejandro telling us the song was written after the sexual pairing of Iggy Pop and Bela Bartok after they met at a Giant Sand gig! anyway, hello to all. Howe, release the lot, we'll find them. Time for another Sandman series to usher in the New year?
Date: Tue Dec 3 16:09
dave (frozen tundra):: HOWE. Just wanted to wish you a great holiday season and thanks for all the great music. I've been pulled into your music catalog like gravity! I've been listening to music for many moons. My older sister's boyfriend bought me a subscription to Rolling Stone in '79 when I was in high school and the first issue I got had Neil Young on the cover and I guess the rest is history. Living in the Midwest, I was very unfamiliar w. Giant Sand until a few mentions in No Depression. When PJ Harvey listed Chore as her favourite record of '00, I finally found a copy and bought it. Since then, it's been Chore, Selections 1990-2000, Confluence, Cover Magazine, Lull, Hisser, Unsungglum, Pedalless. That's a lot of really good stuff in a five year span! Keep it up. As far as the Thrill Jockey record goes, use the best concise stuff to reach a larger audience. I agree the version of "Wonder" on Selections 1990-2000 is better than the version on Ramp (Oh yeah, I bought Ramp too). Plenty of people will still seek out elongated versions, etc on Down Home. Just use the best songs and performances. Regards. Oh and by the way, a holiday tradition I highly recommend is to listen to nothing but the Grateful Dead between Christmas and New Years, in honor of their stands in SF for New Years. It really gets you in the spirit, what with all the noodling and jamming and Jerry's elegant playing. It just feels right. I recommend the Dicks Picks series from the early 70's. Ok, I don't post with any frequency, so I've said way too much and no one is going to want to friggin read all this! HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
Date: Tue Dec 3 13:36
philllll (phillly_lawlor@yahoo.com):: Hey, listened to TEMPTATION OF EGG on CHORE OF ENCHANTMENT. Anyone thinks it sounds a bit like Prince? I mean that in a good way.
Date: Tue Dec 3 13:16
james s (muramitchi):: I read the first couple of stories and decided to put the rest of it down to save for some later date.
Date: Tue Dec 3 12:50
Mitch (85718):: Thanks for the medication info, James. Seems I've got the influenza blues, and my world is just exploding with colors you can't imagine. In any case, I did finish Murakami's latest collection and--well, of course--loved it. Have you got to it yet? It's perhaps more sedate than his earlier work, and uses the 1995 Kobe earthquake as a metaphor for the upheavels (big and small) in people's lives. Strangely enough, I started reading it in Kobe when I was there in September. Okay, gotta hobble.
Date: Tue Dec 3 12:21
james s (Introduction by Daniel Berrigan):: I want to say just one word to you, Mitch. Are you listening? Plastics... no, that's not it... Allegra-D. Helped me, at any rate. The antihistamine doesn't knock you out, and you even catch a nice little pseudoephedrine buzz. What did you think of the new Murakami short stories, or have you read them?
Date: Tue Dec 3 12:05
howe (home):: hi jef. well sir, i will hook up with ol john when he gets back into town and see what the heck you're talking about. thanks for the heads up. -howe
Date: Tue Dec 3 10:45
jef siler (eveningsongs@hotmail.com):: Hey Howe, First time poster here, names jef, writin' from georgia. talked to John a couple a weeks ago when they were in the "dirty south." I gave him a copy of a short documentary I did for some friends called the Rock*A*Teens. After finishing it I've been sending it out to different folks to start work on a couple a new ones. I just started Eric from Crooked Fingers and was interested in getting up with you. Looks like you reply here when you get the chance er if you like email me... thanks jef
Date: Tue Dec 3 09:17
panda (b�rlin):: danke how e
Date: Tue Dec 3 08:35
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Hey, Howe, did you ever get around to hearing Katrine's "support performance" on the cd from the Musikcaf�en (the nice stuff she played, when you were off somewhere else....taking a pre-gig nap after the long Berlin-trip??). / Lars D
Date: Tue Dec 3 02:57
Toddy (half recovered):: Actually I'm more thinking about Howe Gelb's 'Warm Storm' song on DBR... first solo cd is fantastic. Added the final three songs of 'Cover Magazine' on compact disc for Dad and I. Vinyl only had ten. Worth it.
Date: Mon Dec 2 19:39
james s (Paul Newman, Piper Larie, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason, Myron McCormick, Murray Hamilton):: I got Pedalless in the mail today (thanks Roger) and find it to be quite wonderful. It's a good take of St Conformity, Howe, and nice guitar doings and undoings. Oh, and bravo on the repeated visits from Planet Caravan. I used to play that one over and over again in the stone(d) age.
Date: Mon Dec 2 14:04
Mitch (85718):: All righty, typing with Thera-Flu in the system and somewhere between bad-sick and medicated euphoria. But James S, so glad to hear you chatted with Patty and Paul in Nashville, and that my name was actually uttered from the lips of The Spiritual Family Reunion. Good folks, and Paul is truly one of the great ped. steel guys about (hope he gets around to that solo recording he's mentioned). The charity show on Thanksgiving was wonderful, and couldn't be beat for $3 and a can of soup. Was supposed to make Bisbee on Saturday for Carter's show and Howe with Noah at Copper Queen, but I've been contaminated with a bug and couldn't make it. And Hunter S., had no idea you was in Sandland when I sauntered in on you and your Gonzo lawyer! Will wonders never crease?
Date: Mon Dec 2 12:25
the glue guy (ddddppppp):: yo - yo yo big up the jam master
Date: Mon Dec 2 10:05
howe (home):: dear pondering. yes. they were great. better then great. -howe
Date: Mon Dec 2 09:08
panda (ponda):: hi ho-just a question if u could pls me answer dear HOWe:did u ever received at OW OM box my drawnings of kinda cowboy playing piano and guitar?
Date: Mon Dec 2 00:29
Olav (Norway (paamelding@gmx.at)):: Thanks for the inspiration Howe. Welcome to Norway whenever. I was at a concert in Newcastle sometime... spring/summer of 2000 was it? Vitamins are for sharing. Olav
Date: Sun Dec 1 22:09
howe (home):: well sir, you would have to live in tucson for that i suppose...the benefit on saturday night was 3 bucks. the show last night in bisbee was free. where do you live ??? must be thick with city lights. those $8 + situationals usually have a nice little sound system attached to em though. whenever price and cost comes into play look at it as a matter of 'medium'. making your mess with marble or mud is still your mess.... they just each have their own spee-bunk is all. -home:howe
Date: Sun Dec 1 18:16
Jeff Larson (pigonthestairs@hotmail.com):: Howe I long for live performances under $8 - priced for the young, the artists, the little people, the holdouts not the sellouts, the cyclists not the SUVs! Howe would it be?! When was the last time?
Date: Sat Nov 30 14:05
anne (annak178.com):: where is erwin???
Date: Sat Nov 30 10:17
Vitural (Fax Sin Nation):: Howe, you ever use a Layla24?
Date: Sat Nov 30 07:46
Tommy Gailer (wilco-board-scroller):: Read about a pavement tribute album cooming soon containing following stuff: Appendix Out - "Two States" Bardo Pond - "Home" Bernhard & Bianca - "Gangsters and Pranksters" Boxstep - "Stop Breathin'" C-Kid - "In The Mouth A Desert" El Goodo - "Trigger Cut" The Fire Show - "Our Singer" F**k - "Heaven Is A Truck" Future Pilot AKA - "Range Life" Gerling - "Debris Slide" Garlic - "Gold Soundz" Howe Gelb + Midwest - "Here" John Wayne Shot Me - "I Love Perth" Julie's Haircut - "Summer Babe" Kicker - "Father To A Sister Of Thought" Lenola - "Kennel District" Lunchbox - "Here" Magoo - "Perfume V" Micevice - "We Dance" Number One Cup - "Here" Oranger - "Winner Of The..." Saloon - "Shoot the Singer" Silkworm - "The Hexx" Solex - "Shady Lane" Sparesnare - "Dancing With The Elders" Spearmint - "This Is A Souvenir" [original song dedicated to Pavement] Tiger Wood - "Elevate Me Later" Tindersticks - "Here" Tompaulin - "Major Leagues" Trumans Water - "Forklift" The Tyde - "Perfect Depth" ########sorry for the long thread, but i thought you might like to know about it.
Date: Fri Nov 29 06:53
james s (apetito):: Mitch, I talked to your Spiritual Family Reunion pals at the M. Ward show here recently. Paul and... um.. what's her name? Well, anyway... they said they were still trying to get together enough funds to put that cd out. I told them that I guy I kind of know in Tuscon was bragging on the cd, and they both lit up and asked, "Mitch?"
Date: Thu Nov 28 19:35
hunter s. (thomson):: the show's at the hotel congress in tucson. benefit for the soup kitchen and homeless. bring a can of food and 3 $$$. rich hopkins is putting it together, he's playing too...and others. saturday night it's all down at the copper queen hotel in bisbee...celebrating bill carter's photo opening at the 3 sisters gallery in town there. carter's the one who has taken most of the photos of howe, giant sand and calexico that you see pop up in press and on album. and bisbee is just a plain good idea. they say there'll even be snow. and then there's always the copper mine tour. ok. gotta go hunt something ...my god.... mitch cullin just walked in on us !!!!!!
Date: Thu Nov 28 18:42
curious (musenotes@hotmail.com):: where's the show? In PHX? Tucson?
Date: Thu Nov 28 12:30
Paul (93455):: Howe,have a good one (show) tonite.
Date: Thu Nov 28 03:38
sammy (the pommelos thing ):: Howe, a dirty tape called "TORNADO"...Did it come to your ears? love from belgium.sammy.
Date: Thu Nov 28 00:33
stefan (munich):: Hi Johnny, there are a number of live shows around that contain performances of Happenstance, for example Frankfurt 1994, Atlanta 1994, Berlin 1995, and apparently even a show as recent as M�nster 2001.
Date: Wed Nov 27 19:33
Johnny Yen (tofurky):: Has there been, at some point in time, a live Giant or Gelb performance of Happenstance? That or Sway by the R. Stones? Just curious, and awake. Love, Johnny
Date: Wed Nov 27 16:27
howe (home):: bill carter's interview has popped up at U2.com. makes for good reading...and what about that budwieser fishing pole ?-----otherwise, giving happy thanks to you folks ...your pal, -hokum noodler (howe, home)
Date: Wed Nov 27 14:43
want (blacky,blacky):: J . ?
Date: Wed Nov 27 06:41
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Howe, any chance that the new wonderful versions of Warm Storm and Wonder might be on some your new releases (and not "just" Blood Orange)? I'm of course thinking your duets with Marie Frank. They are so different from the originals, that it would be a shame for any of your fans outside Denmark to miss those. / Lars (shamelessly fishing for details on the new stuff). ;-)
Date: Wed Nov 27 06:37
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: thanks for the trigger finger comments, erik. glad you paid a visit. lars, i dig that ms. eno. i think that first one of his (solo, sort of) albums, "here come the warm jets" is still one of the best platters of sound ever assembled. of course not everthing he did was that good, but he took chances. consistency, that is, being consistantly interesting and/or good is a swell thing, but consistency as an end in itself is a bore and overrated anyway. can you imagine what the planet would be missing if rock & roll sun gods like lou reed, neil young, and howe gelb (i'm putting you in good company here howe, but you deserve it, pal) spent their days worrying about being consistent? and eno gave not only warm jets and some wacky fun on roxy's first couple of slabs, but also gave his name brand helping hand to, not only u2, but also talking heads and, yes, even devo (are we not men?) if i were given a wish on my deathbed, i'd wish that some huge speakers could be placed in orbit around the earth and that first bit of sonic madness on slouch and purge would be played and played, repeated into infinite time, loudly for the whole world. then, no matter what heaven or hell or nirvana is reserved for my eternal soul or noneternal non-atman, whatever is left of "me" will be smiling. ok, enough nonsense for the moment. happy holiday to you if tomorrow is a holiday for ya, and happy tomorrow if it's not...
Date: Wed Nov 27 05:45
Simon (Simo.. Sim.. Si.. S):: i've just trimmed myself to one letter.. rather successfully don't you think? seriously though, howe, you make a very compelling argument for the single platter. i'll just have to get the cd and the lp to witness the fine art of editing. i thought 'wonder' and 'burning desire' were rather nicely trimmed for the 'selections' cd.
Date: Wed Nov 27 05:18
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: There's a mention of Howe's LA-performance on this link: http://www.grantleephillips.com/news.html - looks like Grant enjoyed the show. :-) / Lars
Date: Tue Nov 26 18:48
harvieux ("way up here in the "):: Howe always rememeber measure twice cut once !!.Assuming your talkin analog there. How much time can you get on 12" running at a good ol 16 rpm !!? cant wait for the onslaught of new sonics.
Date: Tue Nov 26 17:29
graham (.):: The woven hand album is stellar. Beautiful, intense stuff.
Date: Tue Nov 26 15:59
glue guy (glue gal):: have any of you heard of wovan hand the david eugene edwards side track band wovan hand?
Date: Tue Nov 26 15:23
Blaine (@work):: The beauty of albs, which is long hardwired into my head, is the 20 minute span. Flip it over. Some cds seem to have songs grouped together to simulate this (prob deep in somebody's unconsious). I'll admit I rarely ever listen to a full cd all the way through, most bands do not have that much good material for one long shot. Then again stuff like Charles Mingus and John Coltrane seem almost short when heard via cd. Either way it's a debate that straddles generational mindsets. One of the ol' Suzukis said The beginner's mind is full of possibilities, while the expert's mind has few. Or somnething like that. Howe, let me know when you are on the road -- I'll stay home where it's safe. Snowing here in MKE.
Date: Tue Nov 26 15:18
howe (home):: my money is on TODD RUNGREN's "a wizard a true star". ....anything past the 20 minute mark per side is asking for low end roll off....which sometimes might be ok. but todd went way over board here. great record though .-howe
Date: Tue Nov 26 15:14
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: ...i think the longest album i have come across (no pun) is 'freedom' - by neil young, which is just over 61 minutes long...... there has to be something longer though...'inagaddadavida' feels like it, and that's just one track
Date: Tue Nov 26 14:07
Lars D (whoops, me again - a quiet night - nothing else to do):: I found this on www.indiecentre.com (under 'Manufacturing'): "Maximum Lengths for Vinyl = 12" 33 1/3 RPM - recommended 25 minutes per side (above these limits, you begin to sacrifice bottom end and levels)." That equals 50 minutes in my book. You don't have to drive through that many traffic lights, if you only need to cut two minutes, Howe, ha-ha. The citizens of downtown Tucson can relax now. But is anyone here an expert on LP running time? / Lars
Date: Tue Nov 26 13:54
Lars D (www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd):: Oh, just came across another quote from Eno. You want it? No? Too bad, here it is: "If you've been doing a certain type of work for a while, you're familiar with it, you're quite accomplished at it, it's no longer clumsy. But when you start something new it is very clumsy, and it has all sorts of failures built into it; it's ugly, actually, at the beginning. But I've learned to believe, to trust that that's where interesting things come from -- from something that is somewhat cumbersome and unshapely, but strong." That was from 1990. It just struck me that I see some of the same in the spontaneous approach of yours, Howe. (This is meant in the most positive way possible - just so there's no misunderstandings - English is not my mother tongue after all). :-) / Lars
Date: Tue Nov 26 13:51
Lars D (- - to James):: Your comment reminded me of a quote from music's egghead Brian Eno, who wrote in his (published) diary of 1995: "I realize the reason I like playing records (as opposed to CDs) is that they're short: they stop after 20 minutes. I want less music." But then again that may be a dangerous things to say around one of ones favourite artists who's about to put out six albums. :-D Drive safely, Howe! (or are you gonna ride the railroad track - ice tea in hand - once more?) ;-) / Lars D
Date: Tue Nov 26 13:33
howe (home):: that's what i needed to hear. good ideas. it being a thrill jockey release (not ow om) it will have to comform to what they can muster. allow me to wax here then for a minute: cds are an intended medium for elongated signal storage, as opposed to the lovelier slab o vinyl, or lp, which at one time proudly stood for long playing. but now it is the cd that harbors 2 lps worth of music easily. so with this in mind, it is perhaps more correct to allow the cd to ramble more then the vinyl. and then i get to have some fun editing. there are 2 6 minute songs i would have to shrink to 2 minutes. this would be a grand puzzle to attempt. harkins back to yesteryear when i was shown how many songs that have come to get known, had been sliced and diced. example: every one of the "war" singles were 30 minute jams, that were later cut down to 3 minute hit singles. so...that's what i am thinking. to proceed with knife, and finely tune a 6 miute rambler into a 2 minute barracuda. can it be done ??? i have no idea yet. but i can tell you the proceedure: bu,p it all down to mini disc, then while driving in traffic and listening, make the track marks on the songs where you might be able to remove the bits...and then quickly assemble them at the traffic light. ok then. it's a plan. let's hit the road -howe
Date: Tue Nov 26 12:40
james s (he exclaimed, raising his stentorian voice!):: Just take the extra songs off of the cd so it can match the lp. More than forty minutes would be overkill anyway. Just kidding. Ha. Whatever makes more music available for the highest possible number of sandies is the best solution. I bought me a crumby little cassette four track recorder yesterday and put down two "songs" last night. Fun fun. I sure do miss Mitch on this board.
Date: Tue Nov 26 11:08
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: ...or put more than 52 minutes on the cd (there's room for 79 minutes, right?) and make a double LP.....and they could be exactly alike! :-) Or are double albums just too expensive to make? / Lars
Date: Tue Nov 26 10:13
Paul (93455):: How about putting the missing 12 min. on the MP3 page
Date: Tue Nov 26 09:58
stefan (in munich):: The notion of a 7 inch with a non-cd track appears a little sadistic to me. I'd go for a cd and a double lp if it's not possible to fit the entire cd on one lp. I wouldn't cut anything, or leave any tracks off. And if there are non-cd tracks on the double lp, all the extra tracks and more could once again be collected on an official bootleg cd like "the rock opera years".
Date: Tue Nov 26 09:27
em (...):: ** FIRST of all, I am super excited at the notion of a new Giant Sand(or whatever it's released under) LP since I don't own any--I suppose I missed the boat by a few years on that one.. And in my opinion it'd be better to cut a few songs rather than having to remove something off of a song--then those songs can be released for the first time in their entirety someplace else..Of course the double cd idea's a noble one--with a whole side of piano--that'd be pretty great. So in other words, whatever. Just make it cool lookin
Date: Tue Nov 26 08:59
Graham (viva le vinyl!):: Records might not be as commonplace in Denmark, but Howe/Sand appearances are not as frequent in the states. I say forward with the double-lp (chore of enchantment is a victory for vinyl enthusiasts) or 7 inch. I'll buy lp and disc, anyway. Which album are we talking about, by the way? The Listener? Or one of the other 17 we strongarmed you into releasing? And let's get Lars a record player!
Date: Tue Nov 26 08:32
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: Actually I think the whole idea of CD's and LP's not containing the same tracks a sad affair. A cd-guy like me would have to go out and buy both, because I don't have a record player at the moment, but have to have the LP for when I get one. And I have to buy it NOW because LP's usually are irritatingly limited and so on and so forth. Non-cd-tracks or non-lp-tracks, not a good idea, methinks. It would always make one of the camps sad....or kranky. Equal rights! Right? And 7-inches and some vinyl is not always the easiest to come buy in places like Denmark for instance. And it usually costs a lot more - which is not the case in the US, right? Comments? / Lars
Date: Tue Nov 26 07:47
simon (a thought):: howe, would you consider a double-lp? they make wonderful artefacts particularly in gatefold format and vinyl afficionados would definitely pay the extra bucks. think of blonde on blonde with its solitary 11-minute 'sad-eyed lady' on side 4. perhaps you could make the last side a bonus piano instrumental.. it would be great if vinyl meant more not less than the cd.
Date: Tue Nov 26 07:20
Blaine (@work):: Howe -- what about the other direction and make the vinyl release a dbl alb with non-cd tracks?
Date: Tue Nov 26 04:50
glue sniffer (the solution):: the easy answer is surely just to mix the whole record side-ways saving lots of space. i can do this at a competative rate. it is the future
Date: Tue Nov 26 03:36
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: .....i'm with shaun, a neat 7" would be fine.... with possibly a non-cd track on it????
Date: Tue Nov 26 02:31
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk has got a Howe article):: Nice thought there, mate. A little seven inch "companion piece" with the "bonus tracks". Available if you really want them. About editing tracks shorter: isn't that a shame? Then better leave out a whole track or two. They're still available on cd. Isn't editing tracks shorter a lot of extra work anyway? When listening to the LP you would still feel you were missing something. Or? Hell, the vinyl heads are getting bigger and better artwork, can't that be enough, ha-ha? Greets! / Lars
Date: Tue Nov 26 01:52
Shaun H. (vinyl solution):: put out a 7" via OwOm to pick up the extra pieces. i love those little fellas still, and it's been a while (OP8 aside) since we had a Sandy one to cherish.
Date: Mon Nov 25 22:58
howe (home):: hi. here is a tough question that needs your input. the next cd is 52 minutes worth of music. we want to release a vinyl version for those that prefer that, but the most we can fit on that format is 40 minutes or so. would you rather we delete a few tracks for the vinyl or edit a few songs so they are shorter ??? (this time there is a rumor that the label of the vinyl version will be more correct then the last one.) ok then ...the polls are open - howe
Date: Mon Nov 25 15:29
johnny yen ("Yep"- D. Eddy):: No, thanks goes to you, Mike. you do a great job. love, Johnny
Date: Mon Nov 25 15:22
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: ....thanks johnny
Date: Mon Nov 25 02:05
hello em (gluesniffing):: thankyou your recognigition surrpassed superstion
Date: Sun Nov 24 15:48
Hi Glue Sniffer (** *** *******):: -em
Date: Sun Nov 24 13:45
forget football (life in Pa. just fine):: spending the afternoon coking down last cup of joe then into the beer and sunday paper. sun coming in kinda brash at times . all the day listening to howe & john parish KXCI locals only. Great burn!!!!! howe e mail me and let me know if you know of anyone with tape or photos of Phila. show last year. thanks. INKED WITH SAND. ghog220 @cs.com
Date: Sun Nov 24 11:31
tommy (playfreebird for me):: this is wild, I was locked up so long but I aint goin baCK TO mIAMI
Date: Sun Nov 24 11:08
Buck (twangin away):: sorry. sos orry wrong tommy...grand theft auto tommy was who I was wonderin where and how he got out, doncha kno em...tommy vircitti vercitti vorcetti somethin or other, quite the famous dude, check em out, he'll klill ya.
Date: Sun Nov 24 09:51
Glue sniffer (GLUE SNIFFIN@ kissing girls to make cry):: i am cured of all my anger, i am happy in love in dressing gown eating chiken. the guitar way of things i once tabbed the first two albums and got ti all together will look could be good. love you all
Date: Sat Nov 23 22:41
tommy gailer (german-scroller):: Sorry, Buck, english isn`t my native language, so there`some lack of correct words...i meant not to "get into a song", i meant somehow to "dive into a song"....also a great way "to enjoy a song" too.
Date: Sat Nov 23 13:31
Buck (again):: Hey, Tommy, wendya get out?
Date: Sat Nov 23 13:05
Buck Owens (Cibecue, AZ):: Hey, sorry to those who slipped and split but I never knew you too wqell and I think it was likewise.
Date: Sat Nov 23 11:53
harvieux (listenin in):: SHIVER ,just drop yer whole guitbox down a step to D and start shiver with a G and then F#,E,C,A# and so on, open chords work fine .That is a great easy tune to strum and sing along, only wish that someday I will write me a mini masterpiece such as that. Thanks HOWE cant wait for the new onslaught hopefully some nylon string tape hiss strummers circa "Hisser" which I can never get enough of.James big props on your photo's (webpage) youve got quite the trigger finger. Theres somethin in the water.......................................
Date: Sat Nov 23 07:58
tommy gailer (guitar-scroller):: Hey Em, once i had the same problem with playin`"Shiver" `cause on "Chores..." it`s starting with an F, but it was a tuned down G...so much easier to play it now. Isn`t it the best way to get into a song when you try to play it by yourself?
Date: Sat Nov 23 07:47
..................................................em (on a Saturday eight-hour workday):: Why thankya, Howe!! I guess I am afterall crazy--G, bm I tried and didn't think it sounded right but I suppose your's'll be the final word in the ongoing debate I've been having with myself. I liked very much the britches slipping lower and lower due to a lack of eating anology. And of course I'd love to meet ya!! Southpaw was tough for me cause I had people over who had a million things they wanted to do all within a night so I was there for like a split second--a fact that has been and will bug me probably forever. But all these new albums sound like tours to me:):):) am I right? Morning, everyone :::
Date: Sat Nov 23 02:51
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: hey zoe ..... go to the photo's page and scan down to the bottom..... is that the nino's flyer you have? if so and you're thinkin' that you might not know what to do with it, then please mail me. cheers.
Date: Sat Nov 23 02:05
howe (homer):: and yeah. nino's was a steak house,and for a while the only place to play in tucson, depending on the circa. it is also where billy gibbons happened to see rainer play one night...and sent his gorilla over to pursuade him to come and chat. a fine evening really. but still a steak house. does anyone remember 'chuck' norris the pretty waitress on the motor bike ? or the fat man himself ???? itwas pause then to remember where tucson was exactly. in th emiddle of nowhere surrounded by endless miles of nothing. just a desert slip of spanse and ponder.
Date: Sat Nov 23 02:00
howe (home):: em...why have we never met ? were you in park slope a couple weeks back ??? well...anyway...what was hppening, chord wise was, the guitar tuning was slacking up more and more as the years went by. like britches slippin lower from lack of remembering to eat is all. so yer ropes at that time was probably recorded when the guitar twere tuned at least a full step (2 frets) down....so the low 'e' is actually a 'd'. see ??? then you play a 'g' to a 'b minor' and you got it mostly. ok then ? -howe
Date: Fri Nov 22 23:01
I (can help):: I saw Black Flag at Ninos in Tucson. It must be the same dive and believe it was on 1st ave near the university?
Date: Fri Nov 22 22:56
zoe (sonoma ca):: Howe - I found an old flyer in a crusty box in my shed and it read..."Howe Gelb at Ninos w/Rainer...somekinda Cow Punk shindig...I went to U o' A in the early 80's ...was wonderin if Ninos is in Tucson? can't fiqure out where I came by this relic...thought maybe you can help?
Date: Fri Nov 22 19:23
...me again (... .. ...... . ............. ... . ...... ................ .):: I think along with the ten or eleven cd's there should be a Giant Sand/Howe Gelb chord book..And, I may be pushing it alittle but..Action Figures??
Date: Fri Nov 22 19:18
re: paint sniffer and Howe's "lack of morph" (...em):: Good question, Tommy.. I don't know. I have a question(though not equally as good) for Mr. Howe Gelb himself: YER ROPES: is it or is it not Barre(bar?) chords??? If it is not, what IS it?? Could it be the F barre chord and then A minor?? I tend to hear things wrong.
Date: Fri Nov 22 16:23
J (stormin'):: I have most of the vinyl and cd's, but can anyone out there find 'Heartland' and 'Storm' on cd? My ideal christmas gift to myself...
Date: Fri Nov 22 11:43
tommy (grand theft auto):: is there a paint sniffer?
Date: Fri Nov 22 09:58
Adam (lowthunderrollin@yahoo.com):: Howe: Either way, you're helping us all compensate for a lack of Giant Sand. And thats a very good thing. take care, keep em comin.
Date: Fri Nov 22 09:32
howe (home):: hoopla !...thankle so much for the instananious feed back. ok. will proceed with the litter of releases...i guess if you count the 'infiltration' combined with the home work of having to sort through another 'selections' style release, which they want in england (this time from 1980 to 1999)... it might make the total closer to 7 and a half records. maybe i need online theorapy . what am i trying to commensate for ?---a lack of morph ?????...perhaps-howe
Date: Fri Nov 22 03:31
stefan (5 unclimbable mountains in munich yesterday):: Hi Howe, yes, please bring on all the six discs (I don�t care about a �best of� up front). And a SANDBOX would really be a good idea.
Date: Thu Nov 21 21:25
em ( ..):: yas, yas Matt--op8, the giants, blacky ranchette, etc etc.. me: ha? what? I tend to get confused ...but there's only one Gluesniffa'. Does anyone here like the new Supergrass cd other than me??
Date: Thu Nov 21 18:01
pauligod (pauli_heaukulani@hotmail.com):: Yeah...what she said.
Date: Thu Nov 21 18:01
ghog220 (howe):: Do what you do when you did what you did to me!thank`s for all the great music over the years! keep up the fuel us fans need .we need all you got. peas
Date: Thu Nov 21 17:40
michelle (houseomichelle@hotmail.com):: Great Page you have here, lot's of cool links too, very nice. Thanks out to Michael for giving us shtml and cgi for Bill's website!
Date: Thu Nov 21 13:45
james coburn ((up here)):: ......................Peckinpah (had to look up the spelling, knew you would be particular Alan) ps - think that little "joke" is exhausted now
Date: Thu Nov 21 13:00
kostik (voltarch@skynet.be):: So let's see, 6 a year make's only 1 every 2 months. I think I can handle that without getting broke. There's still room for about 25 cd's in my GS drawer, so, Howe, please don't be to reserved. Bye.
Date: Thu Nov 21 09:24
james coburn (up here):: No worries Alan. Can't find Sam.............
Date: Thu Nov 21 09:08
Al(l)an ((Sorry James, was thinking Alex)):: at least I wasn't thinking Bruce. PS: 6 is an excellent number Howe, and they say that one is the loneliest. Never did figure out what 2 thru 5 were... Drum heavy.... hmmm, like Long Stem Rant? glorious noise? or um oh well, just yippee! 6! (My dog believes that 7 is infinity.)
Date: Thu Nov 21 08:44
matt (realization):: ahhhhh i am very silly. now i understand...band of blacky ranchette etc....
Date: Thu Nov 21 08:02
graham (.):: howe-sabout a six disc (nay, NINE disc--including the BRanchette reissues) box set to arrive just in time for the holiday rush? Exhaustive liner notes, gratuitous commentary, unearthed demos...in short, a marketing blitz--a SANDBOX!
Date: Thu Nov 21 08:01
((i didn't realise)) ((he had any!)):: yes.
Date: Thu Nov 21 07:51
there is infact only one gluesniffa' (that's a fact):: 'aliases' in terms of howe gelb aliases if that was the thing on confusion. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I'm out... was that what you meant, matt?? I am confused in the morning time
Date: Thu Nov 21 06:37
james s (Howe beach assault):: Ahhh, sounds like 2003 is going to be a good year. New Yo La Tengo, new Calexico, and SIX NEW OFFERINGS FROM HOWE. Bring them all out and if there are any "tour only" disks, please make them available on OwOm too so those of us who are well off of your tour path can get our sand-addicted hands on them too. A new Blacky is an excellent idea. Thanks for the OwOm/Infiltration update.
Date: Thu Nov 21 05:18
james coburn (up here):: ah maybe dead but I know how to spell my name, Allan
Date: Thu Nov 21 04:11
Lars D (visit www.supertanker.tk):: He-he, I had to check out that painting. And I found it. Have a look at Pasqualina Azzarello's "The Listener" here: http://www.gallery299.com/artists/show_media.html?media_id=317 A bit Princess Leia-ish perhaps? ;-) Nah, just kiddin'. / Lars
Date: Thu Nov 21 02:34
matt ((em) i think...?):: ...there is only one glue sniffa...?
Date: Thu Nov 21 01:49
Lars D ((larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk)):: Yeah, Howe, we wanna hear it all. :-) Although 6 albums seems like a lot. It's incredible that you have that much material. But just a thought: on a sort of "best of"-cd with stuff from them all (blacky-piano-drumheavy-giant-distortion) on a single 75 minute disc we would probably feel we were just seeing the tip of the iceberg. And the record would be pointing in all directions. The idea of dividing things up like you proposed sounds healthy. I don't know if my brain can handle more bandnames, though, ha-ha. But go ahead. Let's see what happens. Just make some of it for Ow Om, if that's easier. Well, all the stuff you mention seems terribly exciting, and I would hate to miss any of it. Thanks for the update, Howe. Greets from Dinamarca! / Lars
Date: Thu Nov 21 01:32
J (6):: Howe, please do the lot. Blacky First???
Date: Wed Nov 20 22:17
Blaine (@home):: Howe - the ol sheer quantity dilemma again, eh? How about a single (or make that a dbl) of parts from all that work together for Thrill Jockey to push and then trickle out the chapters of the individual pups at will via OWOM? --like releasing a greatest hits first. When you figure it out, give Neil Young a call and show him how it's done.
Date: Wed Nov 20 21:00
sasha (in Phoenix):: Howe - bring em on!
Date: Wed Nov 20 19:55
johnny yen ($2.00 margarita night):: All 6 please. I beg for more. The money I save on margaritas, I will throw in the direction of Tucson. But seriously, I thought the OwOm store was created for dilemmas such as these. I would think it would be the ideal means of delivery for all those peculiar notions (any multi-disc rock operas you want to compose would be much appreciated). If the river is flowing, you may as well let people wade in it(or somethin' like that..). mustering much love, johnny
Date: Wed Nov 20 19:16
Tommy Gailer (output-scroller):: Anything you do will be fine, i am sure...you have many ways to release the stuff as we know through sandman, unofficial-boots, tour-only or official. We would buy it anyway...great news about Blacky Ranchette stuff.
Date: Wed Nov 20 18:55
and another thing.. (...):: If there's goiong to be multiple aliases(or however you may put it) involved, don't make it too confusing--I can never keep up with all that. Just a thought. Okay bye.
Date: Wed Nov 20 18:51
e ( m):: ** Why yes, Howe--Do the six or seven albums-why the hell not??? I'll buy 'em all, that's for sure. can't WAIT!!!Bring it on. And, in conclusion, let's hear it for the gluesniffer. The world needs more gluesniffers...or maybe not.
Date: Wed Nov 20 18:44
howe (home):: the dilemma is thusly: should i actually proceed and deliver 6 albums for the sake of it. got the official one put to bed. be out in march as "the listener" based on a pasqualina arrarello painting of sorts. then i got this heap for the next DOWN HOME 2002, just in time for 2003...trying to fit it all in to just one 75 minute cd at the moment. then apparently i have started another LULL record....(son of LULL ?). and then it just seemed like a good idea to finally get around to another 'the band of... blacky ranchette' record for the sheer excuse of re releasing the first 3. ok then i got this drum heavy thing mustering itself....was once called gecko pipe...and prior to that, star crackle. and finally ...an anonymous little outfit with way too much distortion ..either called giants and, for the sheer brand name effect, or maybe 222.....that one should be titled "spanse". anyway.....should i eliminate any of these perculiar notions...or just manage to mangle em out o here. and the infiltration slapping should be available any minute from the site here. ok then-howe
Date: Wed Nov 20 18:12
james s (M. Ward):: I just posted a couple of unimpressive shots of M Ward in Nashville on my site. Look if'n ya wanna. http://www.jamesscarbrough.com/words/journal/
Date: Wed Nov 20 15:19
Shaun h. (extra curriculars - they're out there!):: okay, so we gotta wait 'till next year for Howe's newie, but there's a few other artists who have been addled and abetted by Gelb, Burns and Convertino that are well worth checking out. obviously the Neko Case lp has got a number of mentions already, and certainly the wonderful cover of "Runnin' Out Of Fools" leaves me yearning for another OP8 collaboration w/ a more soulful ilk to it, and also on a Neko tip there's that Jon Rauhouse lp w/ John & Joey which has the most fabulous vocal on a tune called "The World Is Waiting For A Sunrise", then you got Joey duetting w/ Jenny Toomey on a track called "Let's Stay In" on her lp 'Tempting' which consists of songs written by Franklin Bruno, whose own lp 'A Cat May Look At A Queen' his heavy w/ the Tucson vibe. if you're in the U.K. you might wanna check out Rough Trade who i believe are stocking all of these.
Date: Wed Nov 20 13:32
Alan (ahmm, jim (up there)):: what happened to the ck (already)? do you have to che them at the gates of heaven?
Date: Wed Nov 20 12:39
james coburn (up here):: Ahmm listening (already)
Date: Wed Nov 20 10:31
kelley (dunkbot@hotmail.com):: That's dunkbot@hotmail.com---sorry. You really need to play in Tulsa- been trying to get Jon Langsford here...after all, "The House That Bob Built" is here (Cain's Ballroom)...recent shows there have been mediocre... The sepia prints on the walls is worth the visit...
Date: Wed Nov 20 10:19
kelley (dunbot@hotmail.com):: sorry howe for this late posting...no, I'm the dude from upstate NY (transplanted Okie) that always wore the antique bolo to your gigs. dang Howe---sure is good to speak atcha
Date: Tue Nov 19 13:37
matt (i wonder who here has the biggest grain?):: you're surely a one off gluesniffAAA!! good stuff. good stuff. in conclusion: i am not in a wheelchair, but then again i have no particularly strong feelings for wheels so perhaps its no bad thing? opinions anyone?
Date: Tue Nov 19 12:43
jscarbr (infiltrate):: If'n I'm not mistaken, Jim the Archiver posted at one time that they were going to have a limited number of copies of Infiltration of Dreams on site in the Ow Om store... Jim, if thou artist lurking here, is that the case?
Date: Tue Nov 19 08:18
Blaine (@work):: Friends, I'm here to testfy -- track down Infiltration. (Thanks for the link Johnny). RE: Ranier - Nocturnes, great dreamstuff -- you should need a prescription.
Date: Tue Nov 19 07:13
glue sniffer (apoligise):: sorry to all i ranted at whom i met and whom i split. life has a funney way of sliipping you up. again sorry.
Date: Tue Nov 19 06:34
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: Thanks for the update, Mike. Something to look forward to is the spice (or one of them, at least) of life. I picked up a new Yo La Tengo ep CD yesterday called Nuclear War. 36 minutes of grandness divided into four different interpretations of the Sun Ra song. It's certainly worth the four bucks. My copy of the Farm came in from Miles of Music. Very very nice. I love all the instumental pieces most especially. Where to go now with Rainer studio records? Would anyone recommend the Noctures? Oh, and it was a real pleasure getting to hear M. Ward do his thing live Saturday night. It was worth the price of admission just to watch his picking hand move.
Date: Tue Nov 19 02:01
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: howe's new solo album, 'the listener', is all done 'n' dusted.... and will be out in march 2003.....only four months to wait.
Date: Mon Nov 18 19:44
Lars D (When you wish upon...):: It's 5.30 Tuesday morning here in Denmark. Just been out watching the meteor shower. Beautiful stuff. But a freezing cold experience this time of year in this part of the world. But nice nevertheless. Never really gotten around to see one before. Little stones from above putting things in a bigger perspective somehow. Probably pretty healthy. G'night, folks. / Lars
Date: Mon Nov 18 12:31
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: Just stumbled on this. Are you indie enough? :-) http://home.iprimus.com.au/sparvin/indie.htm
Date: Mon Nov 18 10:39
johnny yen (preservation, act 2):: Blaine, http://www.sa-wa-ro.com/GiantSand-Pages/gs-interviews11.htm love, johnny
Date: Mon Nov 18 09:30
Blaine (@work):: Just got the Infiltration magazine. Has the Howe interview been translated?
Date: Mon Nov 18 07:26
Lars D (visit www.supertanker.tk):: Didn't Howe mention March once (on this page) as the time where the new album might be seeing light of day? I'm curious as well (hm, as hell!). :-) My favorite Danish band Under Byen is involved in the record and that just makes it even MORE interesting for me. Well, I'm sure it'll be great. The new stuff that's been played live this year is awesome. But any details on what you're working on would be nice, Howe. :-) I'm just "a bit" curious, I guess. Sorry! / Lars
Date: Sun Nov 17 17:59
reeveso (hoxrev@mc.net):: Alan : "the chill in the church", Howe made a comment about the innards of the HideOut reminding him of a church (maybe a church basement); they didn't have the heat on. that's all; it was a might chilly. Howe's perf was a delicate and wandering wonder. You never know what'll be played in what manner, always fresh and a tinkerin to hatch a new crispy sound outta some venue's piano and a beatup well abused 6string. That's what we got in Chicago. I'm excited to be travelling to Tucson this week for the El Tour de Tucson-108 mile bike ride on Nov 23. If anything's happening out there this week, please email, hoxrev@mc.net before thursday. destinations to the wind.
Date: Sun Nov 17 13:01
Crash Nature (wombtombomb):: take care of your business...resolve your disputes instead of fighting back or ignordance
Date: Sun Nov 17 12:49
johnny yen (preservation, act 1):: I just finished listening to the Mollys "only a story" for the 7th time in a row. I can't help but think they might just be the greatest bar band ever. you tucson folks are darn lucky. anyway, I want more gelb product. ! is the wait really until next year? really? love, johnny
Date: Sun Nov 17 01:18
howe (home):: amen brother
Date: Sat Nov 16 23:21
Tommy Gailer (glitterhouse top ten seller):: 16 Horsepower - Folklore+++ Dakota Suite - This River Only Brings Poison+++ Rainer - The Farm !!!!!!!!!!!!!+++ Steve Earle - Jerusalem+++ Buddy Miller - Midnight And Lonesome+++ Ryan Adams - Demolition+++ Guy Clark - The Dark+++ Blue Mountain - Tonight It`s Now Or Never+++ Shannon McNally & Neal Casal - Ran On Pure Lightning+++ Red Star Belgrade - Secrets And Lies+++........well that makes me smile that Rainer got a top place too.
Date: Sat Nov 16 18:29
Philllya (phillly_lawlor@yahoo.com):: I was waiting for a moment but the moment never came....I love you America from Kilkenny in Ireland
Date: Sat Nov 16 08:32
james s (m. ward):: take note, anyone in the Nashville or surrounding areas... M. Ward playing tonight at the End! Also on the bill, two flowers from the lambchop tree doing their solo stuff, Deanna Varagona and Paul Burch (if his wife doesn't go into labor this evening). I'll be there wearing my Trotski red tie and holding my crumby little cassette recorder. Come up and say Howdy.
Date: Fri Nov 15 10:41
Rob (fairydogmotherinlaw@yahoo):: Kirgy died last tuesday...Honeydogs and Phones I hope you do a tribute.
Date: Thu Nov 14 23:28
howe (HOME):: well caitlin ...please say hi to your mom and pop and jorden for us all here in tucson...tell them we got a luka and a talula now too.-howe
Date: Thu Nov 14 19:03
Caitlin (xoskyeox@aol.com):: yes, i am the younger sister of jordan by 2 years.
Date: Thu Nov 14 15:43
Glue sniffer (love ya baby co-jaky style):: well hell swell left it till the last bell. went and lost my wishing well feeling aliilte unwell. if only i could find the ball maybee i'd give you a call after all wheres the kids in the hall
Date: Thu Nov 14 04:58
Vincent - vleb (vlebourdelles@legisway.com):: Hi everybody ! I'm a big fan of Rainer Ptacek from France...I'm trying to play in Rainer style on a National guitar as an amateur, sometimes with loops (see http://vleblues.free.fr ). I had the great opportunity to see Rainer live in Paris in the 90's : it was just amazing ! Since that time, I just keep on listening to Rainer, and I'm wondering what echo-delay-tape pedals he used...Is it Echoplex, Watkins Copycat or something ? Any info about that appreciated...
Date: Thu Nov 14 02:40
thom yorke (ty_rhead@hotmail.com):: Just had the headphones on op8.Great record,thank you.
Date: Wed Nov 13 14:41
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: well....i'm back on line, unfortunately though, my backups were corrupt - so i lost all the sandman details (and everything else, bar the giantsand.com files) since my last good backup which was in august. luckily some of my mail was ok so i should be able to recreate it...... if you've just sent a form in, i should be doing them this weekend. if any of you are thinking about getting 'the farm' - then patti would love to hear from you, she has copies for sale..... just go to the rainer page for details (although i haven't updated it yet)....that's it for now....see you all at the barbican for the calexico show.
Date: Wed Nov 13 14:30
harvieux (late fer werk):: Yes yes Bowling for Columbine a fine document.Glum is a good'n "All that you left here in the epicentre"
Date: Wed Nov 13 14:12
caveman (earsplitenloudenboomer):: "Bowling for Columbine" a must see!
Date: Wed Nov 13 07:38
james s (uh...):: "that Howe imitaion, fried" No, I wasn't trying my hand at "glue speak." I meant to write, "than Howe imitation, friend." Jeez. I finally saw "Bowling for Columbine". Very good.
Date: Wed Nov 13 07:35
james s (sniff ):: Sniffer, I wouldn't call your style "Gelb speak." You'd need to rhyme more words ending in -er and -le. You bring something to the board much more valuable that Howe imitaion, fried. You bring "glue speak." I dig it, but I'm glad no one is here imitating you. I ordered the Farm yesterday, and Swerve. Yes, it's true... I've yet to hear Swerve.
Date: Wed Nov 13 02:05
glue sniffer (not the that christmas song):: the other one god am i like the only sando who is up on gelb speak? whitika baby. long may you all be happy
Date: Tue Nov 12 23:54
Tommy Gailer (scrollinginthoughts):: well i am thinkin`of the slider every time i hear The Farm and i still don`t get The Farm out of my car player...it`s too good.
Date: Tue Nov 12 15:20
matt ((((sending good thoughts)))):: totally by coincidence i managed to pick up 'live at the performance centre' today. it sure is a great record. best wishes. matt.
Date: Tue Nov 12 12:32
patti ( hi folks, another):: year since Rainer's death has come and gone. Today marks year five. Wanted to let you all know so you could send a good thought out into the universe. Today is Neil Young's and Vic Chestnut's birthday as well. All in good company. Patti
Date: Mon Nov 11 21:39
Alan (@home2) (Blaine/James):: Will do Blaine, sadly crackerjacks doesn't always play itself out properly... were that more often the case Lansing'd be better off given its location 'tween Chicago and Detroit. Apparently, there usetawas a scene here in the late 70s/early 80s and then things went awry. Congrats James, Glum makes me happy in an ever-so guitary kinda way. Alan
Date: Mon Nov 11 21:39
Adam (lowthunderrollin@yahoo.com):: Thanks alot Em & Blaine, I'm willin to try anything
Date: Mon Nov 11 21:15
Blaine (@home):: Alan - MKE has a lot of unofficial boundaries, but when folks get past them it's like a bunch of cool small towns. Give me a heads up next time and I'll give you the tour. Pretty swell barrio even for such a winterbound place. Quite a bit of music on weeknights even. That's the crackerjacks for being halfway from CHI and MPLS. Adam - try an open tuning or play a familiar song backwards, or try pno. If the well is really dry, give it time to fill up again on it's own.
Date: Mon Nov 11 19:50
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: Hotdurn, I finally lucked upon a Glum in the used cd store, perty threefold cardboard with positive Sophie on the front and long-haired Howe on the back and V.W. and Pappy and other angels in the middle... yepper joy joy. M & me celebrating our third anniversary. Love to all.
Date: Mon Nov 11 19:42
em (i should learn how to spell):: exercise
Date: Mon Nov 11 19:40
em (and my advice is..):: either write constantly until something clicks(as in say writing excercises) or take a few days off of writing and just read books and listen to music and see movies and such. I'm not sure which one works better :::
Date: Mon Nov 11 19:36
e (M):: ha ha--it does look like nut!!! The r connects to the u in such a way...
Date: Mon Nov 11 14:56
Adam (again):: Strange, R-U-T, actually looks like nut, or I'm insane, either way
Date: Mon Nov 11 14:52
Adam (lowthunderrollin@hotmail.com or yahoo):: One thing a songwriter can do to get out of a rut- any suggestions?
Date: Mon Nov 11 13:20
Dr Pisstaker (here):: tracey -its worth getting all 3 mard albums esp the voices of strangers
Date: Mon Nov 11 13:18
Dr Pisstaker (here and their):: WOW Tracey - Matt in Halifax - sounds fantastic - have only heard him (with Howe) in London a while ago but he has not returned. Lucky Girrl. The good Dr
Date: Mon Nov 11 13:02
mcp (...i believe in ray davies...):: Oh, Glue Sniffer, thanks for the reminder of the Sandy X-mas song. I had completly forgotten about dreadedblackice since last year. Oooh, that means it's time for the Fats Domino x-mas album as well. WhooooWEEEE
Date: Mon Nov 11 10:43
Glue sniffer (GLUE SNIFFIN@ rocknrool cafe):: hello all. I know there has been some conceren about my whereasbouts, but just dropping you all a quicky to let you know im fine and fireing on all cylinders. just finished the washing up. listening to the giant sand christmas song thinking about that baby jeasuse and his kinder. LOVE YOU ALL AT THIS TYME.
Date: Sun Nov 10 21:13
howe (home):: hey kelley ? are you the same kelley from way back when in california ?....and caitlin....would you be the youger sister of jordan, also from way back when in california ?????----howe
Date: Sun Nov 10 17:15
caitlin skye (xoskyeox@aol.com):: hello- i saw my uncle... and calexico in my parts (tulsa) for the first time. it was beautiful.
Date: Sun Nov 10 16:27
tracey (home in halifax):: a great show by m ward at saint pauls trinity church in toronto. rows of pews and a balcony under a huge glass cathedral ceiling. the sound was heavenly. he played beautiful car, which surprised me as i had heard only a napster mp3 (and thought it was a giant sand tune. beautiful. wishing howe would return to halifax with m ward.
Date: Sun Nov 10 13:24
howe (home):: the ilk of owl was not of confusion, it was first hand utterings of those that happen to have it embedded in their lineage, the source being navajo. handle it however you need to.
Date: Sat Nov 9 23:26
kelley (dunkbot@hotmail.com):: Howe, i saw Calexico tonight in Tulsa- bueno!!! First time I've seen 'em...and I haven't seen you in 12 years (and that's too long...). Been following your stuff- having this new computer makes it a whole lot easier... I'll write more later...
Date: Sat Nov 9 21:21
oui (Tucson):: Happy rememberings to you.. please dont clobber and crumple the OWLs name at your confusedness- thanks.
Date: Sat Nov 9 12:54
howe (H O M E):: and happy no rememberings too.
Date: Sat Nov 9 12:53
howe (HOME):: ...nothin', and thanks!
Date: Fri Nov 8 13:39
Dru Down (floopup@aol.com):: Date: Sun Sep 29 05:25 Dru Down (floopup@aol.com): A plea to Mr. Gelb: "Hatch" in Brooklyn? Thanks for nothin' Howe. Happy "Novemberings" to you, too. What did "Hatch" ever do to you that was so horrible?
Date: Fri Nov 8 13:36
Graham (grhsmith@hotmail.com):: Alan--if you want to unload the extra copy of the Infiltration disc, I'll swap you a handful of bootlegs or something for it. Let me know.
Date: Fri Nov 8 13:29
Alan (++Il Mucchio Extra++):: For others what wonders... I sent my request for the Infiltration of Dreams CD to Italy in early September and received the Magazine (with TWO copies of the CD inside) about the time of the electoral horror of last Tuesday. The CD's swell, thanks Luca, Howe, and all. Did anyone else attend the Chicago show a week or so ago? Our annual "it is the dog's birthday!" trip to that fair city had us arriving a day late and I wondered what was meant by reeveso's comment that there was a "slight chill in the "church""... Blaine, I was just in Milwaukee on Thursday for some social studies of science meetings, nice buildings downtown, strange vibe tho. Alan
Date: Fri Nov 8 13:03
Dr Pisstaker ((here and there)):: treygoba - THAT sounds more interesting than I had imagined
Date: Fri Nov 8 13:01
Dr Pisstaker ((here and there)):: treygoba - THAT sounds more interesting than I had imagined
Date: Fri Nov 8 10:18
howe (home):: happy novemberings
Date: Fri Nov 8 06:50
james s (a stage or platform for bublic speaking):: Pasqual, man, that's some crazy english! Looks like you used the Google translater or something similar. I like it though!
Date: Fri Nov 8 05:26
Pasqual (From WSP):: Hello with all! here me is, I leave nowhere... Just of an extraordinary environment, sounds right and precise: pedaless Which infinite pleasure to hear improvisation But which could find me other recordings in concert (enough recent) ???
Date: Thu Nov 7 20:31
chuck (charlesm@ycnx.net):: superman we need you! and miss you come back. superman
Date: Thu Nov 7 04:40
treygoba (don't kiss and don't tell):: Thanks for the good wishes. Basking in the glory of our nakedness is one thing...what we do with our our eggs is another. As long as we're not hurting anyone, our viviparity/ovovivparity/oviparity is no one's busy-ness 'cept our own!
Date: Wed Nov 6 15:27
J (the Dr. I mean):: viviparious good fun to you all...
Date: Wed Nov 6 12:19
J (::more::):: Than he understands?
Date: Wed Nov 6 05:23
treygoba (more than you wanted to know):: Mr. Pisstaker..."herp", as in Greek "to creep". She mostly specializes in Cyclura (Caribbean rock iguanas...way endangered), Puerto Rican crested toads (SSP species), Prehensile tailed alligator lizards in Chiapas, Aruba Island rattlesnakes, used to be involved with Ridge-nosed rattlesnakes, Wyoming toads (royally screwed), and whole host of other really cool animals. As for the Herpes virus, we're all carrying around a bunch of them. Co-evolved with us...reside in our nervous system...can even find snatches of their DNA in our genome. Fortunately, only a few cause any outward effects, and we've made it this far w/o becoming a life-long host.
Date: Wed Nov 6 00:30
Adrian (uts):: Jim, if you go to the far right of the Glitterhouse site's frontpage there is an English language button which will turn the bulk of the site into English....like magic!
Date: Tue Nov 5 17:25
johnny yen (-------Jim W------):: Jim W, you're very very close to exactly what you're looking for. http://www.giantsand.com/rainer/rainer-page.htm What more could you ask for? love, johnny
Date: Tue Nov 5 17:21
jim w (nephilim@juno.com):: anyone know a website i can order rainer albums from? can't seem to find an english version of glitterhouse- (thanks for your help)
Date: Tue Nov 5 14:48
james s (it'll bend you):: I was listening to Hisser last night while driving across the rainy Cumberland Plateau into East Tennessee to attend the funeral of my friend and mentor for the last twenty years, Terry Hill. If you haven't heard his music or heard of him, it's only because there is a lack of justice in the world. The song on Hisser, "Explore you", fell into place for me. I listened to it three times and the tears did fall, especially while singing along with THAT verse (you know what verse I'm talking about). Anyway, thanks Howe for tasking your grief and providing some little thing for others to identify with and connect to. Damn damn damn those incurables. I want to get about the business of "tasking it" and I only hope I create something sometime in this short and precarious life that would be worthy of a dedication to Terry.
Date: Tue Nov 5 13:47
Dr Pisstaker (here and there):: treygoba, if your wife specialises in herpes, I do not want to meet her, thanks
Date: Tue Nov 5 10:40
patrice (mendosgirl@aol.com):: howie gelb: as i live and breathe....it certainly has been a long time. glad to see you're still around...not too long ago i was looking thru a pile of junk and found photos of us somehwere in between arizona and los angeles....cira 1985. big dinosaurs in the background, your smiling face in front. pretty funny stuff. be good. patrice
Date: Mon Nov 4 08:46
treygoba (land of ahhhs):: Reeveso...I'm an avid cyclist too. Race a bunch in the SW during the spring/summer (you've got to do the Tour of the Gila if you're a racer type). I also spend about a month every year in Cochise Co.AZ/Hidalgo Co. NM chilling with my wife the herpetologist. Only about 100 miles from Tucson. If you've a mtb or cross bike, I highly recommend biking through Cave Creek Canyon and on over Onion Saddle in the Chiricahuas. You can camp low at Portal or stay in one of the lodges (low cost and fairly down home, as Portal has a pop. of ~25). Incredible vertical relief, incredible geological structures (see Chiricahua Nat. Monument!!), the best herp and bird watching in the land, and few enough people that we mostly walk around our remote camp sans fabric. Haven't offended anyone yet. If you've time, the Inner Loop and Cliff Dwellings routes near Silver City NM are worth it too. Go in to Gila Hike and Bike and tell them Trey sent you. They'll steer you right. Off road?? The whole region is el nirvana. If you want an incredible car tour, try Douglas -Geronimo Trail loop. YOu go east out of Douglas into the Peloncillos (home to Warner Glenn's jaguar photo a few years back) and over Geronimo pass to the ghost town of Cloverdale. Then North through Gray ranch (huge conservation easement that encompasses the entire Animas Mt. range and the most pristine desert grassland left in North America). North to Hachitas, west to Rodeo, and back south to Douglas. Doesn't get much better than this. Just don't run over any of those ridge-nosed rattlers or gila monsters!
Date: Mon Nov 4 08:36
mark (mark@frank.com):: Howe, thanks for paying us a visit in Pixburgh. The show was amazing, as expected. I must say the Nico home-movie light show was kind of distracting, although it did have its inspirational moments. Don't be a stranger. Come back soon.
Date: Mon Nov 4 07:57
Co Lester All (Howe's Heart):: Minnesotians Vote for Mondale!
Date: Mon Nov 4 00:49
tHom (tdoria@execsoft.co.uk):: Mike, do you defragment on a regular basis? I'm referring to your hard drive here. You probably know it anyway but just in case ... it really helps to maintain performance and can add years to the useful life of your hardware. Here ends the public information broadcast. Normal service will be resumed shortly. I'll get my coat ...
Date: Sun Nov 3 13:32
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: just a head's up........ my hard drive on the pc has decided to call it a day...but has been doing it in a really sneeky way, some mail gets through - some don't. managed to back most things up except my mail.... so if anyone has joined the sandman series in the last week, can they rejoin please as i might not have received the mail.... same goes to anyone who may have dropped me a line. hope to get a new one in this week and then rebuild the system. see ya later.....
Date: Sun Nov 3 10:28
johnny yen ("__'__"):: Just to bring this thing full circle, Chore Of Enchantment was on Camden Joy's top 10 (well, almost 10) in 2000. see feryer self. http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/pazznjop/00/critic.php3?criticid=1146 love, mcp
Date: Sun Nov 3 04:14
japanic (coldamerican):: the souled american albums were reissued about 3-4 years ago. 2 double albums, worth getting. i think pure genius. it's too bad those dudes weren't propelled into international superstardom.
Date: Sun Nov 3 03:02
stewart lee (x):: Blaine Souled American were good - and the piece by Camden Joy about them in his book Lost Joy is great too. They were ahead of their time - now they'd be factored in to this alt. country/lo-fi thing and people could get a handle on them. Camden Joy's new book, Pan, is a story constructed around an especially bad gig by my The Fall in New York and comes as close to defining the essence of the band as anyone ever has, but is a great read even if you're not a fan of the band, referencing Welsh pagan horror and the sense of nostalgia and loyalty we all feel for artists we've loved for years, despite their ups and downs, asking what this says about our own needs and hopes. Funny how some people - ie Dave Eggers - stick and some don't. Camden Joy might be the Souled American of American letters. On The Kristofferson album Howe sings The Pilgrim, Calexico do Casey's Last Ride, Richard Buckner does Loving Her Was Easier.. and SA do Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends. But nobody does Border Lord, which Acetone did so well in the early 90's, KK's Crazy Horse moment.
Date: Sun Nov 3 00:39
reeveso (hoxrev@mc.net):: Just saw Howe in Chicago. Pleasant experience - slight chill in the "church", though. Also, I'll be out in Tucson near the rear of November for a 108mile Bike ride, El Tour de Tucson (if you've a $$buck or more, I'm doing this to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society via team in training-tax deductable donations being accepted until Dec 13). I'm planning to visit some Architetural stuff (Rick Joy's houses), and Howe suggested Bisbee,AZ While over and down south; any other regional suggestions to occupy my time? much oblige, john
Date: Sat Nov 2 16:15
J ((j)not j(oe)):: It's been 8 years since I moved to the sea, the sky had rarely loomed larger before that. Hello Rob & everyone.
Date: Sat Nov 2 11:35
james s (music note):: picked up a record yesterday that hit me in a good way, it's James Yorkston & the Athletes and the record is Moving Up Country. it's really mellow and clean but the guys voice and the songcraft keep it interesting, kind of nick drake, m ward, uh, that kind of mood.
Date: Sat Nov 2 02:28
SeanT (Rob S):: The only record store on the island ! Dream job there . Good luck with that . Sean.
Date: Fri Nov 1 22:31
Rob S ((())):: Just a quick hello to anyone who remembers me. Have moved family out to the Isle Of Wight. Am now running the Islands only record store. Isle is beautiful, always wanted to live by the sea. Tryin to set up a fanzine. It will be called The Sordid Sentinel and wil cover everything.Am itching to see Bowling For Columbine, has anyone seen Bamboozzled(spike). Trying to get my hands on Donnie Darko also.A shout ou to J. Should be posting alot more now.Howe come play in IOW. Best to all. The Familie Stanier. X
Date: Fri Nov 1 21:55
Blaine (@home):: According to the Village Records email, the Kristofferson tribute includes Howe, Calexico and a great band called Souled American. Track down these guys records in the $1 bin or see Camden Joy's self-published book on them. Imagine if Bill Monroe played dub - well that's a stretch.
Date: Fri Nov 1 11:14
james s (ha):: that's pretty cool, scroller.
Date: Fri Nov 1 08:42
Tommy Gailer (funny link scroller):: Go to:http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html
Date: Thu Oct 31 13:52
geoff (ps):: Happy Halloween all.
Date: Thu Oct 31 13:52
geoff (also going to Dallas tomorrow):: maybe I'll cross your path in big D Mitch. While everyone's off the GS topics and on movies for the moment, let me highly recommend Miasaki's "Spirited Away", which is still in the theatres here in Austin, and Mr. Moore's film doesn't open here 'till tomorrow, but I've heard great things so far. Sorry if I mispelled Miasaki...the movie is a beautifully animated Alice in Japanese wonderland kind of thing, with Radish Spirits and dragons...well worth the price of admission. Back on GS subjects, I heard rumor that some Calexico/GS folks might show up on the new Franklin Bruno album...anyone know if this is true? if true, then who?
Date: Thu Oct 31 12:45
james s (she'll be a great asset to the team):: Blaine, I need to get you those tapes of Rainer live out in the mail to you. Sorry I dropped the ball on that one. I'll try to get them out in the mails on Monday. Mitch, safe travels to ya buddy. I saw Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars on the big screen last Saturday. That was pretty fun. I think the Michael Moore flick starts here in Nashville on 11-08.
Date: Thu Oct 31 11:05
Blaine (@work):: As usual, I am waay behind on new releases, but I recently got Alpaca Lips. You ever find a record that sounds great esp when heard from another room or through the ductwork? This is among the best, it throbs and hangs in the air ...and some of the best tunes get saved for last. A gem.
Date: Thu Oct 31 10:50
Mitch (85718):: "It" being "I" who is in total agreement with Sean T. Just wanted to clear that one up. Yours, It.
Date: Thu Oct 31 10:50
Mitch (85718):: It total agreement with Sean T, go buy The Farm. And buddy James S, I don't think "Bowling" has come to Tucson yet--but it's up there with flicks I'm eager to see; that and "Punch-Drunk Love". Anyone checkout "One Hour Photo"? All right, off to Dallas 'morrow, so have a swell weekend all you all.
Date: Thu Oct 31 03:13
Sean T (Rainer):: Everybody put down whatever it is you're doing and go out and buy The Farm . Stunning.
Date: Wed Oct 30 17:59
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: Hey. Anybody seen the new Michael Moore flick, "Bowling for Columbine"? If anyone is still looking for Sage Advice and Dreaded Brown Recluse, I noticed that www.milesofmusic.com had 'em and pretty cheap. I talked on the telephone to a woman in Tuscan at the Biblio Bookstore (sounded like a cool bookstore) on Congress street who said that Love Songs was her favorite GS record. Any chance of that becoming an official boot? Archivist, Infiltration still coming to the Ow Om store in the future?? Enough. Adios.
Date: Wed Oct 30 03:56
chrisztine (earlier today the moon painted light pictures in this room. meanwhile the sun nourishes my cacti and i had champagne for breakfast.):: this week The Farm will be available here in vienna. it�ll be the first new record to be listened to in my new appartement. just like Hisser was out and with me when i moved into that place near westbahnhof. - ...later that same fall Calexico not quite filled those little clubs on their first Black Light tour...- a lot has changed since, but most of what had a beginning then is unquestionable part of good life. again: like Hisser. that in it�s beauty puts to sound what had been around always but hadn�t been hugged before. still thank you so much for this, Howe. oh, and i wish you to have a wonderful year and good luck!! and to all you Calexico out there on the road: you take care, do you. i hope you enjoy a fantastic tour!! great great big hug for each and everyone of you!!!! lot�s of love - christine
Date: Tue Oct 29 19:49
johnny yen (la la la la, lala la la):: (...)
Date: Tue Oct 29 08:13
Yas, James (There is a large one by my house):: it is very depressing but not the worst thing to see every morning in one respect. -em
Date: Tue Oct 29 06:30
james s (HA! You think it's funny! Turning rebellion into money...):: Here ya go, Thomas Frank. Dissent commodified. On the back cover of the new Metropolis mag, it's "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols" only "sex pistols is written out on a vodka bottle, and underneath it says, "Absolut Sex Pistols". Pardon me while I throw up and spit, like a punk rocker of the old school.
Date: Mon Oct 28 20:13
Alan (**oops, forgot**):: Sadly, and just so you know, gemm.com does not have "I'm Sorry", The Inflatable Boy Clams' late-70s/early 80s 7" ...
Date: Mon Oct 28 20:11
Alan (Hey J(oe?), thanks Adrian...):: Hi J... just got word from Shuba's that one of their folks is spinning disks at The Hideout in Chicago after Howe plays a 10PM show this coming Saturday, inquiring minds may want to go (sadly, I arrive in Chicago on Sunday...) Adrian, your review wdid not come off, to me, as a "clumsily collected words of a wannabe music hack"... don't sell yourself short. Signing off from Mid-Michigan: APR
Date: Mon Oct 28 14:30
J (scratchity vinyl):: Shaun, I've bought 4/5 albums (online) in the last week, only to be reminded I'm not that lucky by an email telling me it's sold. Hope you get lucky. Howe, someone, What's the news on the Gretsch in Wales? PS Check out www.musicweb.com for Dreaded Brown Recluse and Sage Advice on cd. Did me proud from the US to the UK. Hello Paul K Alan TG Rob S et al...
Date: Mon Oct 28 02:57
Shaun H. (scratchy vinyl):: thanks for the gemm.com link, just found an lp by an old U.K. band called the Folk Devils which i'd been keeping my out for for years now. if i could find that, then there's hope for anyone...definitely check it out if you got a little something missing.
Date: Sun Oct 27 23:49
Adrian (UTS):: My review of Rainer's The Farm can now be found at: http://www.adequacy.net/reviews/r/rainer.shtml
Date: Sun Oct 27 13:10
Robyn (Kirby's):: Neko Case plays across the street at Ralph's tonight. Super Nice was super mean last night. Someone drove their car into the transformer during Bad Mojo's set and cut off power for two hours (not even a street light) but Sunny Travels sounded good. Big Tasty and Curious Yellow are my new faves.
Date: Sun Oct 27 12:17
mcp (.):: Adrian, try www.gemm.com . It is just a gigantic marketplace. Someone just asked me if it was Lou Reed or Gordan Gano singing on Juxtaposition. I suggested that is was in fact howe Gelb & Giant Sand, but they seemed to think I was wrong as they started arguing about it. welp. -mcp
Date: Sun Oct 27 11:44
Adrian (underthesurface@hotmail.com):: Yes, Rainer's The Farm is a wonder. I should be able to post my review link here tomorrow. On another note, can anyone recommend a good website for buying rare/deleted/hard to find/etc. CD's? Someone suggested www.outofprintmusic.com here many many moons ago - anybody know of any others?
Date: Sun Oct 27 07:29
Tommy Gailer (kraut-scroller):: NP: Rainer "The Farm"...this one is sheer beautiness! I really expected a great album, but he`s always surprising me again. People! Go and get "The Farm".
Date: Sat Oct 26 10:44
COLDPLAY SHOULD DIE (DIE):: DIE DIE DIE DIE
Date: Fri Oct 25 21:07
TTT (Truckstop):: Those who live or lived in Tucson indentify yourself
Date: Fri Oct 25 09:37
Blaine (@work):: FYI -- Saw Neko Case last night at a small theatre. Real great show --bassist (ex Bottle Rocket Tom Ray)and a guy who played pedal steel, banjo, Weissenborn slide and regular old gtr were her band. Her voice+presence are the big deal (she also plays tenor gtr). Nice cover of Buckets of Rain to boot. Lots of songs recalled spooky stuff like 16 HP, Palace and Femmes 2nd alb. Jon Doe played solo and was lukewarm, guess I had my hopes up. Bluegrass openers The Pinetoppers nearly stole the show, as they say. Finale encore was all three groups doing Rank Strangers.
Date: Fri Oct 25 04:54
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: Well, I guess all we're missing is a birthday greet from Denmark: All the best to ya', Howe!!! How's the new album coming along? / Lars
Date: Thu Oct 24 20:06
e ( m m m):: Well, Jammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmes, I am a college student but not a very serious one. I'm mainly working so I can buy and make cd's so I have less time to study:) Crumb, eh?? I would recommend belatedley The Adventures of Sebastion Cole--there's nothing else to rent at my video store so I'm always renting it. It is funny and, like Donnie Darko about 80's adolescence. For some reason I love things about 80's adolescence. Am I spelling "adolescence" right??? Oh well. It's late. I'm disoriented :) :) :) Hi.
Date: Thu Oct 24 12:50
trey (ozzish):: I found Crumb to be a brilliant film, but it kept me up for weeks. A film of someone literally going insane, surrounded by insane people. Not make believe but real. Gives me the shivers.
Date: Thu Oct 24 12:39
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: Happy late birthday from Nashville, Howe. What are you doing working a boring job, Emmmm? I thought you were a college student. Yeah, I had to work the whole time I was in college, a full time job, but I was a parking garage attendent so I got all my studying and writing done on the clock. I recommend the movie "Crumb" highly to anyone who hasn't seen it.
Date: Thu Oct 24 10:21
sand fan (itchey scratchy land):: Howe, check-out a song By Cold Play on the new album A rush of blood to the head called green eyes! most enjoyable stuff to pull-in
Date: Thu Oct 24 09:03
job (the Land of Hatch Malachy):: Damn birthday, getting up there aren't ya. If it was still there we could head down to the 2nd pier and hoist a few and see who fell in first.
Date: Thu Oct 24 07:23
e ( mmmmmm):: ** yikes! Happy Birthday, Howe!!!! Can't wait for Southpaw!!! Thoughts of this and this alone are getting me through the most excruciatingly boring job ever. Hi to everyone.
Date: Thu Oct 24 07:05
Alan (**** snow pending today ****):: On Rainer and Das Combo's Texas Tapes, One Man Crusade fades just as it sounds like Rainer is about to go off on a magnificent, extended solo. Does anyone know, or have a copy, of a recording that extends beyond the four minutes and seven seconds of that version? I don't have Live at the Performance Center (and promise to get it sometime soon)... and that (by all accounts stunning) version appears to be vocal and dobro only. Wondering/hoping. APR
Date: Wed Oct 23 14:36
J (belated):: happy birthday
Date: Wed Oct 23 12:03
Graham (flies above the sky):: Anybody else ever find yourself singing along to "the Bird Song" off Glum? Driving to work this morning I realized I was really studying the inflections and the delivery, as if one day I might have to sing it note for note. My favorite is the keeeyeeeeyingfishaaaa-aaaaa BAAAAAird...
Date: Wed Oct 23 11:00
Tommy Gailer (B-Day-Scroller):: Yeah, Happy Birthday from Augsburg too...i am a bit late, but i just got back from my second seminar, where i learn the complex world of insurance and taxes.
Date: Tue Oct 22 21:10
an (strong neck):: a good day to be born indeed! tullula being born on my birthday, charlotte being born on yours, howe. what a crazy, coincidental conjunction... anyway, i guess this is a strange -but good- way to end this special B-day! huge hug
Date: Tue Oct 22 15:59
geoff (following Patti's lead):: Happy Birthday indeed!
Date: Tue Oct 22 15:23
Patti K (Happy birthday Howe ):: oct 22......a good day to be born. Love ya
Date: Tue Oct 22 13:51
Sean (Howe - Guitar):: Howe - there's a 1962 Gibson 12 string acoustic for sale in the market in front of The Spitz in London ( where you bought the Pakistani sisters ABBA tape ) . The guy has some wierd prices on this stall , it may be a bargin. Sean.
Date: Tue Oct 22 08:01
erwin (50.50N 4.20E):: best wishes, howe.
Date: Mon Oct 21 13:54
DIV (at sea):: I'll give ya 20p for that gittar. Richard Buckner recording albums?? Isn't he busy umpiring still...
Date: Mon Oct 21 01:07
Todd (recovering):: Hands up! The best dub I've heard (hands down) is called Xterminator MLK Dub on Ras Records (RAS-3248)...go Giants(___)!
Date: Sun Oct 20 21:08
howe (home):: hi. yep....i'll buy that gretsch. does it have a shallow body ? and an odd shaped acoustic hole ? ...i have one like it ....but it is a wearin out i fear. ok then---howe
Date: Sun Oct 20 14:21
glue sniffer the real sticky stuff (west of rome just east of the boarder):: Hello im loaded with questions and guilty by assocation love you all. Got my self some gigs playing the old stufff nice melodies and makers there goes my earlist memorie is of holding a sparkalr well must go and plunder my best blunder. coal miners strike better than matches but the truth is no one cares
Date: Sun Oct 20 12:47
mcp (hmm):: No guitar should ever be worth over $100.00 . Dammit.
Date: Sun Oct 20 12:18
J (pearl and guitar):: Got to be worth big bucks...
Date: Sun Oct 20 09:43
pearl (wpoppajack @aol.com):: hi i own a guitar called gretch it was left in wales by an american gi during the second world war it is an accoustic guitar in good condition it is still in its original black case ,i don't know where to look for an issue number on it .can anyone tell me if it might be worth any money. thanks for your time Pearl.
Date: Sat Oct 19 16:45
mcp (��):: While walking by a Gap this afternoon, I saw 2 giant posters hanging in the store: one of Kris Kristofferson, the other of Willie Nelson. ..what the? It was more confusing than seeing Joey Ramone & Richard Hell in GQ a couple years ago. Shopping malls never cease to amaze (me).
Date: Sat Oct 19 13:57
sammy (the pommelos' thing):: hey howe, we 've never talked about "tornado".
Date: Sat Oct 19 09:42
mushima (you co):: seppuku
Date: Fri Oct 18 09:25
Graham (.):: New Richard Buckner album is amazing, as always. Brief and lush, recorded completely by his lonesome, save drumming by Penny Jo. Kind of approximates the sound on The Hill, but with an emphasis on keys and strings. Supposedly has another in the works--a collaboration w/ Jon Langford. Heard some of it live--very nice.
Date: Fri Oct 18 08:51
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: lars......'train singers song' is not on any album (yet?), it's been in the live repetoire for some years now, on and off. first time i heard it was from the october 1999 tour.
Date: Fri Oct 18 03:44
Lars D (www.supertanker.tk):: I can't find that "Train Singers Song" anywhere in the discography. Have I just missed it or is it a new one? / Lars
Date: Fri Oct 18 01:06
exnewmex (japan now):: unrelated, but has anyone picked up the new richard buckner album? can't find it in japan yet...
Date: Thu Oct 17 22:19
Hawe (holymtzion@yahoo.com.hk):: Hey Howe....Out in the Hunan province, we only play piano with the black keys. quite fun, really.
Date: Thu Oct 17 22:17
Hawe (holymtzion@yahoo.com.hk):: Hey Howe....Out in the Hunan province, we only play piano with the black keys. quite fun, really.
Date: Thu Oct 17 22:15
Hawe (ooooooooooh) (holymtzion@yahoo.com.hk):: Ha!! HA!! Ha!! HA!! RA...RA....RA.........
Date: Wed Oct 16 03:14
Lars D (check out www.supertanker.tk):: Thanks Mike. So what album is "Train Singers Song" from? Hm, might "the middle one" be a new song perhaps? (I won't hum!) Well, it was VERY good. And the first part of it (might be another tune) was the most beautiful instrumental piano piece I have yet heard from Howe's hands. Gave the ol' spine a shiver, I tell ya'. :-) By the way, I gave Howe some Danish music after the gig at Musikcaf�en in �rhus. Just to let him in on a bit more than just Under Byen and Marie Frank (with whom he performed). Wondering if he has listened just a little to some of it. :-) Greets! / Lars
Date: Tue Oct 15 22:04
Blaineagain (same 20):: Sorry.. that was for Shaun's tape -- getting late (and cold) here in the Midwest.
Date: Tue Oct 15 22:01
Blaine (@home):: Lars - here's a vote for some dub from Garvey's Ghost and anything from the Faeries Kings of Oblivion alb (Larry Wallis still rules)... and "City Slang" by Sonic's Rendezvous Band (my vote for THE best rock and roll song of all time.) Anyone else hear Johnny Irion's new alb Unity Lodge? It calls to mind Chris Cacavas, Gene Clark, GP and the Olson-era Jayhawks. I've spun it a few times in two days.
Date: Tue Oct 15 12:12
glue dripper (one word):: thieves
Date: Tue Oct 15 09:04
Shaun H. (cheers for the reggie tips Mike...):: ...definitely a little Augutus P. will sneak its way in there somewhere.
Date: Tue Oct 15 08:20
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: lars.....third one is 'train singers song'.... not too sure about the middle one though....could you hum the tune? ~*~*~*~*~*~ aah the anti-nowhere league - i've only ever had two records stolen, one was 'the snake' by the pink faries and the other was 'streets of london' by the a.n.l. 'the munsters theme' - excellent choice shaun. if'n you're looking for reggae tracks, try 'trod on' by the cultures or 'marcus garvey' by the skatalites or even 'king tubby meets the rockers uptown' by augustus pablo.
Date: Tue Oct 15 00:36
kachur (de@izh.com):: hey all!! hi from Russia! i live in it cold country and i know about GS! it's cool! that's all and sorry for my English. bay.
Date: Tue Oct 15 00:28
jesus (txusruiz@terra.com):: the "yer ropes" video (1994) at http://launch.yahoo.com/artist/videos.asp?artistID=1010209 mmmmm...
Date: Mon Oct 14 16:19
J (oops):: you're...
Date: Mon Oct 14 16:19
J (your'e bound to get one):: if you gliff snue...
Date: Mon Oct 14 12:42
glue sniffer (one word):: STALKER
Date: Mon Oct 14 11:07
robo (Kirby's Moorhead):: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers on a Sunday night, they made up for other lame AZ ducks, uftda nadawash did we have fun. They'll be Backstage on Nov. 2 (?)
Date: Mon Oct 14 08:01
Manny ((LARS)):: Lars. the first song is "Neon Filler" from the Ramp cd
Date: Mon Oct 14 05:14
phill (ghog220):: hey mitch thanks! Storm is one i dont have,i`ll have to check it out
Date: Mon Oct 14 03:51
Shaun H. (hi Frank):: yeah, i just felt that Johnny Hit & Run Pauline required something punky to follow, and for some reason that particular old scratchy piece of vinyl just seemed to fit the bill, but it's pretty much a pop song to these here ears anyway. as for that Calexico track, it's from the Dom Leone tribute cd which i managed to pick up at www.insound.com.
Date: Mon Oct 14 03:15
Lars D (check out www.supertanker.tk):: Whoops. Typo. Should read: "The two bass "skips" on Cobblestone have been corrected, so you CANT hear the error in the mixer anymore." Ah, there. / Lars
Date: Mon Oct 14 03:14
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Time for at little lyrical popquiz, hotshots! Howe performed some songs at his last �rhus-show that I didn't know (which means they might as well just be old as new, because I don't know all Howe's songs). Right first one: "Things could have been better. They could not have been any worse. And there were tears in the alleyway. Laughter waiting outside in the hurse. Talk about surrender. (...) In general a general dismissal of mankind. Light is not the neon filler (?). Not the memory of sunfilled days. Solar spark". That song somehow sounded familiar. Don't know why. Okay, the second one: "You can almost see her. Waking up and pullind round a robe. And stumbling into the bathroom. With her eyes half closed. (...) Meanwhile way up in the future. A man with too little sleep. Could taste the night just prior". Aaand the third one: "Walks along the perimeter of the town. (...) But in his head is the train singer song. Empty and devoid except for the train singer song." Right, that's it. So, Howe, whaddya thing of the recording from the Musikcaf�en. I trust you might have listened to it awake this time. :-) Hans told me he sent you a copy. Nice of him. The two bass "skips" on Cobblestone have been corrected, so you can hear the error in the mixer anymore. The sound engineer (not Ejner) was fumbling with the buttons (which cut a little part of you Casino Royal story). :-) I'm writing this on the local librarys computer, because I have moved to a place with no internet (and I'm going crazy. Being net-less is horrible). And getting some new net up is ridiculously expensive. Doh! Oh, well, have a nice day, all yer How'sters out there! / Lars
Date: Mon Oct 14 01:43
Frank ((Shaun�s Tape)):: Hi Shaun, sounds like a pretty weird mix (that�s a compliment). Anti-Nowhere League, hm. Punk rock dead brains, so the rumour goes.I Have to admit I only know the Metallica cover of "so fu*** what" but that was some years ago, in my headbanging (brain dead?) days. Anyway. From which disc is the Calexico tune? I don�t know that one.
Date: Mon Oct 14 00:38
Mitch (85718):: Hey, Phil. Actually, on Giant Sand's Storm...there is a cover of The Band's The Weight. I'm assuming that's "the band" you're talking about, right? Also, just returned from Howe's concert at Club Congress. Small crowd, great show, and the wonderful, mysterious DJ Shanti pre & proceeded the entire event.
Date: Sun Oct 13 17:15
phill (ghog220@cs.com):: Has anyone ever heard Howe do a coversong by the band ? just wondering since they are a great mornin coffee main-stay of my disc play list. Great Stuff for those into just GOOD GUT. see ya, phill
Date: Sun Oct 13 14:29
Shaun H. (well, being as it's so quiet...):: ...and i just happened to polish off side 1 of a little compilation for the office, thought i'd just reel of the tracklisting and see if it yields any responses: 'just the other side of nowhere' kris kristofferson/'the kind' steve earle/'johnny hit & run pauline' G.S./'for you' the anti-nowhere league/'shotgun silence' graves brothers deluxe/'the munsters theme' the escalators/'last time i drank' + 'just hangin' around' channel 3/'it's a wonderful lie' paul westerberg/'contemplation' libre de grasa/'drivin' on 9' calexico/'look for me (i'll be around)' + 'running out of fools' neko case/'don't forget about me' dusty springfield/'over you' roddy frame. p.s. side 2 is due to turn into a funky reggae party, but feel free to give suggestions.
Date: Sun Oct 13 13:47
phil (phillly_lawlor@yahoo.com):: wrote in a few months ago remarking that i was pretty bored and uninspired by most bands around these days(honourable exceptions lambchop and wilco). Bought latest flaming lips cd(yoshimi battles the pink robots). Wow!!!!!!!!The way music should sound in 2002.
Date: Thu Oct 10 19:48
Mitch (85718):: Hey, James, good to see ya in words again. And do do do get THE FARM...it truly is amazing, and hit me in an incredibly personal way upon first listen.
Date: Thu Oct 10 16:54
james s (your unit is designed to perform most efficiently at room temperature.ntly):: Howe, man I sure wish I could have met you while you were over on Kurt's porch. Yes, it is a fine porch. Oh well. Can't wait to hear some of what you've been recording. Mitch, I see that you did decide to return to the West. Glad you made it there and back in one piece, assuming that you didn't lose any pieces in Japan. Oh, and it's spelled Xanax. I've never yet flown and if I ever do, Xanax will be my friend for sure. I'm still watching for Undersurface. Glad to hear of good new Calexico coming down the pike. Still need to get that Rainer, and that M Ward Duets that's reappeared in the Ow Om store. Take care, all ye fine Sandsteridinos.
Date: Thu Oct 10 10:34
Mitch (85718):: Mike...believe it or not, I did indeed fly. The drugs really helped though (perscribed, that is). Not promising, but maybe I can wrestle up enough Xenax (sp-?) to make it over to the U.K. sometime soon. Fingers and toes crossed.
Date: Thu Oct 10 09:31
howE (HOMe):: just got back from nashville. recording there with a norwegian cowboy not unlike a happier neil youngster circa 1972. his name: st. thomas. stayed at kurt wagner's fine digs. we talked about refrigerators some. i noticed there was a suitcase in my room there for his next visitors due upon my departure. the tag read ira and georgia: yo la tengo familia. kurt has an ideal porch. recording was done over a few blocks away at marky nevers place. another perfect scatter of wiring and clattle. in between vexings, a few scraps got writ. then during a moment of break time, mark played me a mix he was sent to redo: a song from that calexico record mitch was ticklin about. well....there's no place like home (where ever that is on any given day) and there's no filtration like infiltration. god bless-and yes, i did fall in love with a guitar behind the old ryman......thanks kurt, howe
Date: Thu Oct 10 06:16
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: mitch!!! - did you fly????? damn..... well done man.
Date: Wed Oct 9 22:29
Mitch (serendipity-do: 85718):: Hey fellow Sandsters, just wanted to drop a few lines before my bedtime. Have been missing the forum here whilst in Nippon. Still, I thought I'd relate what a small world it really is--a week ago today I was being interviewed in Tokyo for The Subaru Monthly (no connection to the car), and at some point in the interview, the Professor from Meiji University asks, "So you are from Tucson, Arizona?" I say, "Yeah." And he says, "You familiar with this band called Calexico?" I say, "Yeah, I actually know Calexico." Turns out he's a massive fan, and was more delighted by the fact that I'd rubbed elbows with Joey and John and Howe than he was in interviewing me for his mag. Alas. A week earlier, I'd found a little dive in Ikebukuro, where the bartender--Yoshi--proclaimed a love for Calexico after I'd given him a set of Arizona postcards (he was giving me free shots of sake from Okinakwa). But he said he had only downloaded the music because he didn't have much money for CDs. So the next day I go to the Virgin Mega Store in Shinjuku and buy a copy of Hot Rail for Yoshi (the Japanese version including "Crystal Frontier" as a bonus). That night I got several free drinks (and at 750yen a bottle it was fair deal). So last Friday I fly into LAX from Tokyo, and go to meet my flight for Tucson. As I get in line I find myself glancing back and find myself staring at Joey Burns (a portfolio of Victor's artwork under his arm), who is also on the same flight headed home (seems some remastering had been underway for the new Calexico CD in L.A.). So after two weeks in Japan, I get to return home on a Southwest airliner with Joey's headphones on and his CD walkman in my lap, as the new Calexico CD provided the soundtrack for the entire trip. A perfect ending to a perfect trip--and, if Joe and John don't mind me saying so, a damn fine piece of vision they've conjured up for the upcoming release.
Date: Wed Oct 9 14:18
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Date: Wed Oct 9 11:54
Rich Birchall (richbirchall@hotmail.com):: Hello Howe if you ever get over to the north of England ( Manchester ) be sure to e mail me. i'll take you to the best boozers in the land. Giant Sand are big in my town, best thing out of the states since Robert Zimmerman!!
Date: Tue Oct 8 12:09
Julie (julieha85@hotmail.com):: Hi Howe. I just want to say thanks for another great show at musikcaf�en on the 25th of September!! Wonder when the new songs come out..? I'm looking forward to hear them again! Say hi to Patsy for me. -Julie, Aarhus
Date: Tue Oct 8 04:27
Mike Gerfin (michael.gerfin@vwi.unibe.ch):: Rainer's "The Farm" has been released yesterday by Glitterhouse! Do yourself a favour and get it! The title song belongs to the category "saddest songs I ever heard was so beautiful". Cheers Mike
Date: Mon Oct 7 03:35
frank ((to lars, howe & mike brewer - aarhuis recordings)):: hi lars, if your recordings of the Danish show are that good, i think it would be a nice thing for the sandman series (or the giant sand/blacky/howe/op8 ...- 10 disc collector�s boxset we�re all waiting for since , ah, 1990 or so). if not, bootleg trading is nothing bad in howe�s eyes, as far as i know ... but please correct me if if i�m wrong. by the way, the version of "all the world is green" from caf� mozart is beautiful, 3 x thanks to howe and lars!
Date: Sun Oct 6 21:55
Yo Papa Bear Howe (/have you seen the ):: movie...... titled....THE LEGEND OF 1900 yet anyone who loves to hear or play piano will love this great film
Date: Sun Oct 6 21:23
Harvieux (fast on the move ):: Hey James ,yes I came and saw and enjoyed ,although didnt stay nearly as long as planned. Had a great time though , Springwater , Slowbar ,etc . I got a kick out of those honky tonks downtown (selling Cowboy boots right there at the Bar !! ) thanks for the tip !
Date: Sat Oct 5 14:29
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: So, harvieux, you already blown through Nashville?
Date: Sat Oct 5 12:05
skittle jones (%-_/------{____:):: i am out in tuba city i dont have access to a tucson weekly, i was wondering if howe has any shows planned during his stay in the pueblo other than the congress show? are there any red room or black cat things that arent listed on the gs pages? i would be enthused to roll down to catch any performances. i didn't hear of the la show till it was too late.
Date: Sat Oct 5 11:24
h.....o.............w..............................................e (h.........o.........................m...................................................e):: sure lars. please do send er this way.love to hear what happened that night...since i think i was a sleep for most of it. tak........-howe
Date: Fri Oct 4 18:23
harvieux (harvieux):: Hi all, Just in case any of you slither thru the heat known as Tuscon, have a stay at that Hotel Congress .Its really quite nice and affordable.Spent one lovely eve there a week ago while no sign of Howe and gang I did meet a local alchoholic by the name of "Masterchief Sir" !! found a ramshackle hodge podge of a music store across the way called "Chicago music" and just plain got some great sleep before driving the dusty desert westerly all the while having some rather peyote type visions! I should know better than braving that desert in daytime.
Date: Fri Oct 4 04:02
Lars Dideriksen (The Denmarkian):: Hi Howe. One question: If I was to send something to you, should I judt do it to the adress in the store? "OW OM RECORDINGS, PO BOX 2441, TUCSON, AZ 85702-2441, U.S.A.". I would think you would like the recording of you mellow gig at the Musikcaf�en in �rhus. It's a soundboard thing and totally excellent. (And to all those craving for live stuff like that, I guess you might have to wait a while. With new stuff like this it's totally up to Howe what to do with it). But Howe, you would like a copy, right? Hope you're doing fine on your vacation in Arizona - away from your home in �rhus. :-D / Lars
Date: Wed Oct 2 04:29
glue sniffer (liffting spirtis and shops):: so again we read with much anticipation, waiting for a dwarf to adress the nation stun us all with out need for hesitation. and whats that catching my eye, tears blur the image but my hearings fine. wanting all the best for some and others will just be mine
Date: Tue Oct 1 23:25
how e (hom e):: and october 13 here in tucson (alone) at the good ol hotel congress...-howe
Date: Tue Oct 1 23:24
howe (home):: i should mention this thursday i will be sharing the troubadour stage in LA with john doe, kristen hersh and good ol grant lee phillips. so . come .-howe
Date: Tue Oct 1 22:20
phill (ghog220@cs.com):: i just returned from seeing neko case and trailer bride in philadelphia.it was a great show, both bands played some really great stuff! neko sounded just as good live as on disk. later phill
Date: Tue Oct 1 13:33
mcp (giant snad):: So there was this black guy back in the late 60's. Didn't have any arms or legs, but a voice just about as mean as anything. Went by the name of the Silver Bullet; they'd wrap him up in tin foil and stick him on a stool right in front of the mic. This fella screamed the blues like no other, and blew a mean harp as well. But his earth-shattering noise was never recorded. It would have been a great thing. Sometimes it would fix everything if I could just hear him. Just once. Love, M
Date: Tue Oct 1 12:46
Graham (tried and true trim trinity):: Counting months 'twixt Sandman releases and it looks to me like we're about due for another one. Am I right? Keepers of the Archives, release your next platter!
Date: Tue Oct 1 11:33
kostik (voltarch@skynet.be):: Hello Howe, as you got home now with all blessed children, turkeys, chickens, mammy's ... in the house of blue, I just wanted to thank you for the nice thrill jockey night. Few people can make me smile and weep within some 45 short minutes. Bye.
Date: Tue Oct 1 07:57
e (m):: ** Good morning to everyone.. Glue Sniffer in particular.. Happy October first. Feeling leafy???
Date: Tue Oct 1 03:25
Mr 1/2 stupid other 3/4 dumb (Its not all cracked glue that is):: well ah oh um? ive been keeping a low profille since some one wrote willy a lot and knew that in your hearts you would blame me. it wasnt but as the old chesnutt goes im guilty by ascation which being spelt so baddly you could use as an example of my stupid. thank you all for your time.
Date: Tue Oct 1 00:10
KING PORTER (UBANGIE):: IS IT JUST ME OR ARE HALF THE PEOPLE LEAVING MESSAGES HERE CRAZY AND THE OTHER HALF STUPID???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Date: Mon Sep 30 23:58
GREG (GUMIJAGR @msn.com):: ?????
Date: Mon Sep 30 20:07
alan (dandy):: I had a handy dandy so I thought I'd give it to howe... completing anything when the baby's awake is such a thrill I couldn't help myself. You know, come to think of it, Howe sang a little g'nite lullaby to the boy in one of the web-available shows listed here a while back... howe about a record oriented in that direction? Heck, could include the Barney song again... toodles.
Date: Mon Sep 30 16:08
howe (h o mmmmmm er):: hello flo and eb et al. just back from the run over yon. it was the first time i have ever witnessed the current thrill jockey stable live or other wise. my head is still shaking back and forth old man with a stained smirk style. what a cry-tearicol roster of rolling coaters. well....now i wanna record with all of them.... anyway, fall has fell here. stunning days of lolling heat lapse and thrill of chill . hope you all are truly fine and . - howe
Date: Mon Sep 30 15:47
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: I just picked up a used copy, in excellent shape, of Green on Red's "Gas Food & Lodging" on green vinyl. Hot darn, thought I'd share my joy with the few kindred spirits out yonder.
Date: Sun Sep 29 13:16
J (hooray):: off to espana manana...
Date: Sun Sep 29 05:35
ben pace (pacers92@hotmail.com):: HOWE i would like to here from you. we talked in cleveland a while back.i showed you a tape called 'COUNTRY PUNKS'. found another tape.
Date: Sun Sep 29 05:25
Dru Down (floopup@aol.com):: A plea to Mr. Gelb: "Hatch" in Brooklyn?
Date: Fri Sep 27 15:43
Todd (Cold (Music) Crush):: ...just felt like adding that I found a copy of GIANT SANDwich on cassette in Winnipeg. Why?...because I donated my cd copy...and I'm happy that I get another chance. Noticed that one can buy 1 at the Dutch East India Trading site.
Date: Thu Sep 26 11:58
Novalee23 ((Black Keys update)):: Great news to the couple black keys fans here...they got a small mention in last month's Rolling Stone by Sleater Kinney who said that is what she is listening to and amazingly now they have gotten their CD reviewed in this upcoming Rolling Stone with Keith Richards on the cover. And it's a 4 star rating!!! Also FYI-I last stated that they had signed with fat possum records and I must now retract that. They are in negotiations and many other labels have now joined in. AAhh can't wait to see what happens to them now! Ok take care and no I am not a superfan, band-aid or groupie....LOL....lets just say I am very very close with dan and have been for way too long (wink)
Date: Thu Sep 26 05:18
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Howe did it again!....although being very tired from an 8-hour train ride from Berling to �rhus. This resulted in a very mellow and quiet gig, that was magical - but in a different way from his Caf� Mozart-gigs. It was a bit like a dream (in lack of a better way to put it). And everything just seemed to work. The songs and his Ennio Morricone-stuff on the discman. And also the full band songs and duets at the end of the gig. It was just....yeah, beautiful. Veeery nice indeed. And there was some amazing piano tunes in there. Awsome! As I am writing this (Thursdag afternoon) Howe's probably recording new stuff in the local Feedback Studio in �rhus - before going back home tonight. That's what I heard anyway. I getting more and more eager to hear that album he says will become coming around March. Good work, Howe Always a pleasure to experience your musical outlet - live and on the stereo. Thanx. / Lars
Date: Wed Sep 25 00:17
Tommy Gailer (report-scroller):: thanks Lars, for the report...made me smile in the morning.
Date: Tue Sep 24 13:01
em (ILY):: **I have nothing to say but Hi.
Date: Tue Sep 24 11:51
Lars D (Howe news from Denmark):: Howe played the Thrill Jockey show in Copenhagen last night. His and Freakwater's segment "overlapped". He accompagnied FW on piano on the last two of their songs. The second one being stopped early and one of the Freakwateresses saying: "I told Howe this song was in the key of A. And I was wrong." Howe's reply: "It just...makes...it...bigger". And then they played it in the "right" (?) key. Howe's own set was: First some instrumental piano while the mics were set up. Then he said in Danish: Hello, hello, hello, I have to pee". Then he started Wayfaring Stranger (with some harmonica on the discman). Then: the Hank Williams-cd going into "Shiver", but only singing to lines before saying: "This reminds me of a little story..." and then instead starting to talk about �rhus and playing the new "Cobblestone"-song. Then "Felonious" followed by bluegrass-violin on the discman and him saying "That fukker can sure play the stereo". :-) Then onto "Bored Little Devil", the new (?) "Paradise", half of Tom Waits' "All The World Is Green" and then sliding into the new "Bloodorange". All in all being on stage for about 40 minutes, while the programme just said 15 minutes. Nice! I must say, though, that Freakwater wasn't really my cup of tea. Maybe too "traditional", I dunno? I'm not really that much into country music. But Howe's different, better, cooler. Much more to my taste. :-) Can't wait for tomorrow night when he plays �rhus. Well, that was a little report from Denmark. Thought it might interest a few of you. / Lars
Date: Tue Sep 24 10:12
Johnny's Cash (Santo's Man, Johnny):: Well, Santo & Johnny were sweethearts, Sleepwalkin' across the sky. ...wait, that ain't how it goes...
Date: Mon Sep 23 13:37
Adrian (uts):: A review copy of Rainer's THE FARM glided in gracefully the other day, and its barely been out of my CD player ever since. It's a truly sublime and transcendental album, possibly his best in my opinion. Anyway, my review will be up on a webmagazine in a few weeks, I'll make sure I post the link when it happens. But trust me, you should buy it when it hits the stores.
Date: Sun Sep 22 18:16
WILL (wrodgers@suscom.net):: To those unfortunate ones who do not possess the Sandman series..I am willing to help. Can't even get responses from people in my tree! Unbelievable! These incredible shows are sitting here for the people who need to hear them. Folks, don't miss these! EASY TO OBTAIN! send a damn e-mail
Date: Sun Sep 22 15:33
human man (anonamus@aol.com):: i am human
Date: Sun Sep 22 12:37
philippe (famille.roger@wanadoo.fr):: yesterday (09/21) unexpected: Howe was on stage as special guest for the lambchop gig near RENNES, Bretagne (France). He opened the set half in the dark accompagnying the piano on his old acoustic guitar. In the middle of the set he disappeared and as kurt W. ask "is he in the bathroom ?" howe came back with refreshments for the musicians. Howe and Lambchop together, do I have to tell I've spent a wonderful time? they were 12 players on stage, a little less than 2 hours, and 300 people in the audience: a dream. philippe
Date: Sun Sep 22 09:10
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: Wooo Hoooo! I am very happy to see M Ward's "Duets for Guitars 2" in the Ow Om store. Many thanks, Spoink and Cranky! Any new Sandman releases in the works?
Date: Sat Sep 21 09:57
fyi (Wen wrote the I Ching):: Good Luck FARM AID
Date: Sat Sep 21 06:38
Katie (fartypants29@hotmail.com):: Is this about the blair witch because if it isnt i'm screwed i need to find out about Cade Merril. can anyone tell me where to find him!
Date: Fri Sep 20 14:54
daveinchicago (D):: That's what they all say.
Date: Fri Sep 20 13:29
Cindy (divorced):: I need some mice for my coach
Date: Thu Sep 19 10:30
daveinchicago (dmeis@inil.com):: What's the latest on the availability of Infiltration of Dreams? Anybody know? I sure haven't been able to get a response thru that email link. Looking forward to the 11/2 show at the Hideout!
Date: Thu Sep 19 09:07
Jeanie (3):: Ever see the prints of an owls wings left in the snow after it nabbed a feild mouse.....absolutely beautiful!
Date: Thu Sep 19 08:55
Henry (VIPART2@3):: Should I not curse them. Poison be their drink! Gall, worse than gall, the daintiest that they taste! Their sweetest shade a grove of cypress trees! Their chiefest prospect murdering basilisks! Their softest touch as smart as lizards' sting! Their music frightful as the serpent's hiss, And boding screech-owls make the concert full! All the foul terrors in dark-seated hell...
Date: Wed Sep 18 16:30
auntie ( em):: what about plastic owls?
Date: Wed Sep 18 16:04
J (question):: Did the foxes empty Patsy's coop?
Date: Wed Sep 18 14:50
bi (poler):: Tucsonians, hat's the Anselmo Valencia Ampitheatre like?
Date: Wed Sep 18 13:18
Si ((owls@etc)):: just a thought.. does an owl have to see you when you curse it? i suppose they have a good chance with their binocular vision and swivelling heads....also i had this wierd dream.. there was howe singing the last lines of sam hinton's 'talkin' atomic blues'.. "so listen folks, here is my thesis, peace in the world or the world in pieces".. it must be to do with exponents of wordplay or something
Date: Wed Sep 18 06:44
phill (somewhere in pa):: does anyone have a recording of the philadelphia show april 13 at north by northwest?perhaps any photos of the show?buy trade. thanks !loyal to the BBQ, phill
Date: Tue Sep 17 21:45
exnewmex (in japan):: one million thanks to patti k. for asking who is in japan...just a fan...i've been asking myself that same question here...teaching english to high school kids who don't want to learn it. not a bad place to be doing it though.
Date: Tue Sep 17 21:43
J (owlbird@large):: Thanks Howe your a great explainerationer. Owls in cages are probably not a good idea.
Date: Tue Sep 17 19:16
Chris (G):: yes.
Date: Tue Sep 17 10:35
wen (ever):: Is Rainer Robert Johnson reincarnated?
Date: Tue Sep 17 03:02
Si (OWL UM..) (s.cosyns@mirror.co.uk):: three things.. did you know that owls are the only birds with eyes on the front NOT the sides of their heads.. also check out matt ward's stunning collection.. live music and the voice of strangers. there's a lovely section featuring howe joey and john and truly beautiful renditions of lou's pale blue eyes and bowie's let's dance..available from his website..also i need/want to buy a copy of that elusive old giant sand record 'storm'(cd). anybody help?
Date: Mon Sep 16 23:10
howe (H O M e):: important: seek out the farm . it is supernatural. this new music from rainer is something other then anything. it in itself is savings grace. a soundtrack needed especially in these clotted days of flippant flim flamery meshed with haphazard heckled hoopla. yes sir, this farm record is a cure for what ails ya. gets the grey out too. it is to be adored....-howe
Date: Mon Sep 16 23:03
howe (HOME):: back when but a skinny wee lad of 19 or so. roomed with a hopi friend and went out with a dear navajo girl...some years my senior. one day i was informed by one of them, memory fails, if ever confronted with an owl looming down upon you, it is essential you curse said owl immediatetly. soon after sucking in such sustain, i happened off on a cross country jont with chuck tucker after dropping my love off at a flagstaff pow wow. the days passed. miles stuck to the traed like thick bug clots. then one sunny day soon after in tennesse we stopped to visit an old friend somewhere outside of gatlinburg. teh next day twas a sparkle of a day, so we all embarked into th esmoky mountains for a stream walk. a massive dead diamond back welcomed us. then after seprerating form each other, blair whitch style, as i lollygagged down the flat rockstream and happened to look up and found a huge owl....seemingly 5 feet high...staring right at me from atop the creakle of branches. "whoa...." i sez to no one. took in each other's view and enjoyed the rush of slight adrenilyn. later when we met back up with each other i was semi excited to tell chuck what i had seened....but before i did ....he tells me he seen it too and did exactly like i said....what my more informed friends had warned me about........which i had completely forgot to do. damn. that night....as we slept in the van in the deepest darkest backyard of my friend.... i began stirring in my sleep.......feverish.....upset.....nightmare having its way.....and then i sat up out of my drenching sleep ...threw open the back doors to the van and ran into the woods where i proceeded to puke my guts out from both ends at the same time. never been sick like that before or since. ....so that's why. now whenever i see such a beautiful owlish creature, i just mutter a "fukk you very much " and have a lovely day. ....clincher: my sweet bird daughter patsy, just informed me today she wants to get an owl for her barren chicken coop. sooooo i kinda gave her the aforementioned bedtime story. i am afraid she is ill convinced. ...........................-howe
Date: Mon Sep 16 21:11
mcp (have you ever lost a melody):: I just remembered that, a lil' while ago, the very fine Mr. Jim Blackwood mentioned updating the archive section. Oh, I do hope he's got somethin' up his sleeves. Also, are any of you, besides howe, planning on going to the Warhol museum show in Nov? ��mcp��
Date: Mon Sep 16 17:13
J (Worried Spirits):: Lars, the Rainer album of that name. Mike, can you get me an answer on the owl thing? Cheers. Also, 'Infiltration...' is indeed mighty fine. Thanks Paul and Hi to Rob and the Isle folks.
Date: Mon Sep 16 14:05
Sethus (scope):: Hey, Howe, you gonna ever play that Bob Dylan "Billie the Kid" instrumental?
Date: Mon Sep 16 09:08
phill (somewhere in Pa .):: I`m fortunate in the fact that I am listening to a great chunk of GOOD!! just recieved Infiltration -- Great stuff (all of it) some of the best Live ever put down! Thanks Howe and all. phill
Date: Mon Sep 16 00:24
tODD gRAY (toddygray@yahoo.com):: hI hOWE...i'VE OFFICIALLY BRANCHED INTO mANITBOA, cANADA...lOOKING SERIOUSLY FORWARD TO ANY sANDMAN SERIes SINCE i STORED hISSER, tHE rOCK oPERA YEARS, LULL SOME PIANO AND cover magazine IN old/NEW ALBERTA....SOMETHING GONE WRONG W/ MY KEYBOARD. PERHAPS i'LL WISH ON THE MOON THAT YA PLAY "PONTIAC SLIPSTREAM" IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. stop thinkin"___proves that it"s not i can"t man probally just a cold crush
Date: Sun Sep 15 23:39
Lars D (...):: "glad the organ spam has gone". Hm, yeah, but now MY post looks odd and naugty. :-) And eh, "Worried Spirits"?! / Lars
Date: Sun Sep 15 23:11
J (glad the organ spam has gone):: Lars, 'worried spirits' is the (Sand related) album I feel I can put on in front of anyone uninitiated, without warning. Also, anyone know why you have to curse an owl to avoid getting sick? How about cursing slugs?
Date: Sun Sep 15 16:37
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: just edited this here comments page......getting way tooooo big - so january to june of this year is on a seperate page.... link at top of page.

Date: Sun Sep 15 13:37
ShaunH. (anyone in the U.K. w/ Sky Movies Cinema...):: ...might care to check out Gunsmoke In Tucson, Monday @ 4.30 am (i.e. in about 7 hours time).
Date: Sun Sep 15 11:50
Mikus (minibus...) (exactly...):: Hi, just to confirm you, Sarah, that I will burn you the CD one of this coming day's... That's sure... But let me some time. So much work at this moment. la situation de semble s'ameliorer un peux, dans cette rubrique... Mikus
Date: Sun Sep 15 08:05
Tommy(Reiner)Gailer (rainer-scrolling):: Lars, in your case you should order Rainer`s stuff anyway, either through his wife Patti K: http://www.giantsand.com/rainer/rainer-page.htm #### or through: glitterhouse.com.#### I would start with "Alpaca Lips" or "Live at the performance center"...or both...and then move yourself slowly through the rest of his guitar magic.!!!!!!!!!!! Penis, ah? Some people have one, some don`t...
Date: Sun Sep 15 06:43
Sarah (rainy day):: Hi... I just wanted to say that i had made an interview with David Eugene Edwards last week in Paris and we talked a bit about Giant Sand! Anyway, they know each other and are friends apparently... Thank You Patty. I hope i will get new Rainer's album very soon... Bye!
Date: Sun Sep 15 05:30
Lars D (...):: Oh, and by the way. That Rainer-song you've been playing on your discman at your gigs, is that from the new Rainer-album? It's just amazing. I don't have any Rainer-cds, but if that song is from the new one, I gotta get my hands on it. Beautiful stuff. / Lars
Date: Sun Sep 15 05:24
Lars D (eh?):: Hm, whaddya say to that? "It's the male reproductive organ" or something like that? In case you didn't know. Oh, well.... Very much looking forward the Howe-gig in �rhus on the 25th (in the one in Copenhagen on the 23th with the Thrill Jockeys). Any chance you'll play "X-tra Wide" and "Pontiac Slipstream"? Question number two: how pathetic is it to request songs on a message board? :-) / Lars
Date: Sat Sep 14 14:51
shakyyamuni (luni):: Ant
Date: Sat Sep 14 13:08
soloikismos (```````):: The Farm? What the..................
Date: Sat Sep 14 11:21
ShaunH. (WAIT(S) FOR IT.......RUNAROUND*):: a while back there was talk of Tom Waits' demo recordings for Alice/Blood Money, and a compilation tape i was playing today whilst attempting to peel 50 years worth of paint off the front of my flat got me wondering if anyone has a recording (demo, live or otherwise) of "Rainbow Sleeves" as recorded by Rickie Lee Jones on 'Girl At Her Volcano' (+ on 'King Of Comedy' O/S/T)???. (if you don't know the song but are intrigued, go w/ your instinct - BUY IT!!) *sorry, but as soon as i see the name Rickie, Mike Read enters my head**. **sorry, as that still won't make any sense to most people. and, ah heck continuing the theme of female singers w/ thre names, does anyone else find the name Mary Chapin Carpenter so funny 'cos it sounds like someone's really 'dissing' here as in Mariah f***ing Carey. i'm going.......
Date: Fri Sep 13 22:47
patti k. (((()))):: Hello to all. Just wanted to tell you that Rainer's last recording called the Farm is finally here! For any of you that might have missed it, the Farm was recorded a few weeks befor he died in November of 97. Howe took him to a studio here in town and he played the last songs he ever wrote. Howe, if you feel like adding anything here feel free. Its glorious and so timely even after all this time. It really does feel like yesterday. Hi Em and Mitch, Mike, Sarah and all the other friends that I might not know you by your cyber name. Who is that in japan? Peace. Patti
Date: Fri Sep 13 22:27
geoff (in austin):: Austin could definitely use a visit. It looks like Victoria Williams and Richard Buckner are both playing shows here this week...and though there regretfully is no los cuates here, some good food to be had no the less.
Date: Fri Sep 13 21:52
new mexico expat (residing in japan):: well, howe, if you make it through the land of enchantment, be sure to stop off at albuquerque's finests, frontier, garcias, padillas, los cuates, sadies, what am i forgetting...the food will rumble the soul in the finest way possible. what i would give for a bowl of green chile stew over here in japan...
Date: Fri Sep 13 14:29
Blaine (@work):: Hey Howe -- what about the time the truckstop waitress tried to convince you to order bacon(?)w/yr order. You said "No thanks, no carne" and she said you could have steak for the same price? Am I getting that mixed up?
Date: Fri Sep 13 14:27
J (owls):: Howe, why do you have to curse owls? My nearly 2 yr old daughter loves them and calls them owl birds.
Date: Fri Sep 13 12:14
Glue sniffer (We Are The World, So Were Ali Going Down):: So Long Time No Speaking. Well How The Hell Are We All? I Myself Have Been Very Busy Doing Things Too Numerous Too Mention. So The Swinging Blue Jeans Hey!! LOVE LOVE ME DO? and so i sopke and went into a dream. Listen Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lets have a party. all round to my . no no an offical ofal cvonferance enbracing a fancing dress compotion( and for the token yanks a spelling BEE) so yes we will all sit on thones and do the time warp. then Howe will arive down the elevation ala tim curry and sing sweet transexual. oh missrs i need a sex wee. love you all. Take Care Bye.
Date: Fri Sep 13 08:18
james s (james@jamesscarbrough.com):: Howe, thanks for considering hitting a spot or two in the southeast. Going to be in Nashville, eh? You going to be tinkering around in Kurt's basement? If you do anything even slightly public, I wish you'd email me a heads-up.
Date: Fri Sep 13 02:09
Sean T (Beyond Nashville):: Howe , just been purchasing my tickets for this years Beyond Nashville at The Barbican .Any involvement from yourself this time ? Sean.
Date: Fri Sep 13 00:08
howe (home):: dang. you boys are right. it seems long overdo for a run in the southern sun. although it snowed last time we tried to play north carolina. i am also rememberin the sweet dear waitress in alabama who sized me up for maybe being right for her daughter who was studying law up in dc. i was wearing suspenders at the time ...i thought maybe that was it. maybe i looked like an alabama's lawyer's husband. i dunno. then there was the owl that i forgot to curse outside of gatlinburg. it sure made me memorable sick. and vic down in athens is always a severe treat. now i am even missing places i have never been yet. well i am gonna poke my head up for a minute in nashville early october....but just a quick recording stopover. those grey skies there are legendary. and it feels long over do for austin. and man o man, its been an odd number of years without even a glimpse of new mexico. and what about oklahoma ? ok, ok, ok. i have been meaning to take that ride. love to do it this winter some time maybe. if not, spring for sure.----mumble howe
Date: Thu Sep 12 14:34
Graham (lusty Alabama):: Howe--why do not ya ever come to the Deep South? (Did I just answer my own question?) Atlanta? Birmingham? Hell--Nashville? Asheville? Oxford? The Sandman Series has a fine showing down this way. Surely we would all make the trip...
Date: Thu Sep 12 14:32
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: Don't we though, sir Trey. How about Atlanta, or Nashville? How about in my living room, for just me and my friends? Still, that Chicago show sounds really tempting. It's a long haul from here, but not near as long as Brooklyn, and it IS Howe Gelb, and I DO have a free place to stay in the windy city, with someone I've been wanting to visit anyway...
Date: Thu Sep 12 11:47
treygoba (left of oz):: Don't rub it in Auntie. We bible-belters continue to suffer.
Date: Thu Sep 12 10:17
e (M):: yeeeeeeeeeeeeee heeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Brooklyn?!? November?!? Is that for real?!?!?!? my oh my that's good news
Date: Thu Sep 12 04:52
Tommy Gailer (yankee-scroller):: I know some Giant Sand fans (including me)that really love Wilco`s "Yankee Hotel Foxtrott" too. It sounds simply fantastic and the songs are kinda ear-worms.
Date: Wed Sep 11 20:03
alan (celebrating the alchemy of baby burps *and smiles*):: Glad Novalee23 and Lars are happy with my suggestion of The Black Keys, and impressed at the level of novalee's commitment (23-skidoo!?), heck I was just "surprised" -- as per Blaine's query -- and happy to have found 'em by accident (or, perhaps better, by confluencialism). Excited at the prospect of a pending Howe solo recording, but disagree about dropping the Calexico guys when playing in the giant sandbox, different alchemy for different magic, eh?! g'nite, diapers will necessitate changing by man before night-time feeding by woman can commence, a good a mutually tiring division of labor. (Sad to be missing Chuck Prophet in Chicago this coming weekend.)
Date: Wed Sep 11 10:49
trey ((entomologist for a day)):: Anyone else as wiggy on the Wilco album (Yankee Hotel...)as I am? Glommed it back from my wife the snake-lady (plied/pried it from her with love) and have listened to it for a week straight. Can't seem to put anything else on the 0/1 i.r. scanner.
Date: Wed Sep 11 06:29
Cardler (theblackrag@hotmail.com):: Hey, I should have posted this aeons ago, but there's an interview with Howe from a while back on my magazine website: www.theblackrag.com - back issue 6. C.
Date: Wed Sep 11 02:09
Lars D (re: The Black Keys & �rhus):: I checked out The Black Keys-mp3's at the bandsite after reading about them here. And I'm excited too. So simple, so cool. I feel I hear a bit of Hendrix in them here and there. Not White Stripes. What do you think? - and wehooo, Howe's playing �rhus again! Can't wait. And it's gonna be at a "proper" venue this time with room for about 200 people (Caf� Mozart was a nice place, though). You can still see photos from the first five gigs at: www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd/privat-site/fotos.html
Date: Tue Sep 10 23:30
Scavenger Records (KH_Horsten@dadlnet.dk):: Yep we are roling again. There`s gonna be a concert with Howe + special guests on the 25 of september at Musikcafeen in Aarhus. Tickets Dkr. 100,00 are on sale from friday 13-9 at Scavenger Records. You may reserve tickets by mailing or phoning Scavenger Records 0045 86 122773 See you all for a great evening Hans SCAVENGER RECORDS
Date: Tue Sep 10 17:21
Novalee23 (rodg1721@hotmail.com):: Hey Alan, I am writing this in response to your message posted on Aug 29th about THE BLACK KEYS. I was just searching this incredible band and stumbled across this site. First time writing here so I thought to share some good news. Their debut CD "the big come up" out on Alive records is becoming such a following. I just saw them in chicago and the crowd there was stunned and they sold a crapload of their cds. I know they are heading to NYC/Brooklyn soon. I must tell you others reading this as well that they have an enormous amount of good press backing these fellas up so check it out on the site http://www.alive-totalenergy.com/Black_Keys.html. I hate that they are compared to the white stripes because they are nothing like them! Writers just see a two-piece and know it has garage influence and automatically assume they are following the trails of the detriot-mtv-famous duo. YUCK! The awesome news that I found out as told to me by mr. dan auerbach himself(singer/guitar) of the black keys they have just signed a contract of with none other than FAT POSSUM/Epitaph. He was very excited and I thought you would like to know they are very very genuine and passionate about their press "label" as garage blues! They have received major label butt kissing and serious inquiries from velocet as well. Anyone else diggin onto this...I swear this is the next BIG thing.
Date: Tue Sep 10 11:46
Per Graa Karlsen (graa at sugemallen dot dk):: I just came walking by Scavanger Records and noticed a small poster in the window. It announced Howe ("with special guests") will be performing at Musikcaf�en in �rhus, Denmark at September 25th 2002. Please note that I cannot confirm any of this.. just relaying what I read. The time and place fits into the dates at http://www.giantsand.com/new-files/hg-ontour.htm The gig do not (yet?) appear at www.musikcafeen.dk
Date: Tue Sep 10 10:19
Ben Norwood (jeromehorowitz@excite.com):: Congratualtion to Chris, Sleepy, and the crew for their awards! http://www.geocities.com/tomdickenharry
Date: Mon Sep 9 22:07
howe (home):: here for the sitting and manipulate the blips. here be the in tangle and the lightening quips. looking forward in slouch formation, to arrive there before my head...it is often better for the feet to believe they still might be fastly stead. other then that mumble, nothing to report. trying to finish the next solo record as we speak n retort. probably find its way in march out of this clatter hall. probably be something other then nothing other ever at all. ok then...howe
Date: Mon Sep 9 20:30
he he James looked at my website:) (( and Tom) ):: em
Date: Sun Sep 8 20:46
james s (messin' 'round):: Lima beans? Ditch the Calexico guys? Hmmmm. dOWn hOMe? Just finished Tideland by M. Very very good.
Date: Sun Sep 8 14:58
paulk (p.kerr@ntlworld.com):: Speaking of ebay, infiltration is up there, currently �7. go to http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=904053327. It's not me selling it.
Date: Sun Sep 8 13:36
heebeejeebee (no fixed abode):: just listened to the cover magazine version of Blue Marble Girl - what a great band. Ditch those calexico characters Howe - your best stuff has always been you and your guitarpiano (eg last of the Sandman series). By the way, will the Muchio Gratsias thing be available officially or will I need to save up and pay the ebay bandits?
Date: Sun Sep 8 04:17
Adrian (underthesurface@hotmail.com):: Howe tinkles the ivories on a two or three tracks on the John Parish album...
Date: Fri Sep 6 14:57
Ian (Down Home):: I believe that Howe makes an appearance on the new John Parrish cd 'How animals move' I presume he must be playing guitar as it's instrumental except for one track with PJ Harvey on vocals. Does anyone have a copy yet?
Date: Fri Sep 6 06:52
Mikus (Mike Badbody) (te foutez pas ma gueule):: Hi Pascual.. I thougt you were working at this moment. It's not so serious. Why do you want to be "gerenbourseeerd" ??? Mikus
Date: Fri Sep 6 05:00
Pasqual (pjamin@swing.be):: Ma qua �a passa ? Did I know ? I just wanna be gerembourseerd ? That's all think about !
Date: Thu Sep 5 22:50
em (wins the contest in most useless website contest):: ** www.geocities.com/limadream
Date: Thu Sep 5 19:45
james s (gracias gracias):: Thanks for the comments, all. It's about time someone started a shameless self-promotion thread. It's nice to know a bit more about those who post here. On a, uhhh, Giant Sand note, it's amazing how good the song Occupy from unsungglum sounds just after cranking up the truck after a grueling summer evening hike. Turned up loud, of course. "I don't mind the heat..."
Date: Thu Sep 5 16:31
matt (i think i just did!):: very nice site james.......[can i shamelessly plug my (ahem) bands site??? hehe www.stylethrashing.co.uk (please don't take us seriously!!!!)]
Date: Thu Sep 5 16:14
J (oops):: Just got lost in james' site. I like it and its' diversions.
Date: Thu Sep 5 06:27
Lars D (www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd):: Nice site, James. Good mp3-tune there. Og wow, those photos. They're really good! I wish I had the talent for doing "snapshots" like that. / Lars
Date: Thu Sep 5 05:27
Mitch (85718):: :) Shameless, James, shameless. Still, it really is a lovely site. Thanks for passing it on.
Date: Wed Sep 4 22:14
james s (www.jamesscarbrough.com):: Sorry, just a little shameless self-aggransizement. just got a personal homepage up at the address listed here between the ( and the ). Come pay a visit when you get a chance. Hey, I see that Calexico will be in Atlanta in November! I may finally get to see them. Perhaps Giant Sand in the Southeast too, someday?
Date: Wed Sep 4 16:11
peter (nyc):: everyone check out the terrific translation of the bittersweet mucchio interview with howe right hear in the discography, appearing after the coveted infiltration of dreams. now i really must get that cd!
Date: Wed Sep 4 11:20
Tommy Gailer (dreamer-scroller):: Right now my daughter (Pia 10 years) is joinin`a kinda youth camp (for a week) and today i called her up to ask her how she likes it and she told me about a dream she had last night: "i dreamed that i would be here for weeks yet, and this musician you always talk about was visiting me and gave me a cat as a present.Then i woke up".I asked, "was it the one on the black and white concert poster, where he looks like umpin`on a car?". She : "yeah this one". That`s the poster of Howe`s solo-tour from 95, where he visited my hometown.
Date: Tue Sep 3 19:04
Lars D (the improv tourist guide :-) ):: Hi Matt. Thanks for dropping by. Hope you enjoyed the little tour of �rhus, although it was a Sunday evening. :-) I don't remember being a "tourist guide" around �rhus before, so it was quite "improvisational". Maybe I should take you to see an open air movie that's not in Danish next time, ha-ha. But I did take you 'round the few "Howe sites" along the way, although he was long gone. Don't worry I won't start making a living as a guide. :-D / Lars
Date: Tue Sep 3 14:57
matt (i was introduced to the sand by a girl......):: just back from a pilgrimage to the cafe mozart (a little late i admit) ahh well.... hi there Lars...... :) (y'all should listen to under byen....)
Date: Tue Sep 3 14:49
m. c. p. (�there is a universe in the center of each heart! ):: I feel I must share with all of you the greatness of the new Frank Black cd, "Black Letter Days." Musically it sits in the Sticky Fingers-era stones for some of the rock & country-er stuff with some Television thrown in, but the other half of these songs can only be described as driving songs. Stuff to spend time on the highways with. This band is the shelter to 2 auxiliary guitar players who spend half of their time on lead, the other half pedal steel. Two steel players... awesome. On keys is Mr. Eric Drew Feldman, of Captain Beefheart fame & sometimes PJ Harvey tour band-ness. The lyrics can be either simple love songs, ancient myths retold, first hand accounts of missionaries, and other tales. Along with a full tilt rock version of Waits "The Black Rider" and a surf one to boot, it's a minor masterpiece. Why don't you own this? Love, Poot
Date: Tue Sep 3 14:08
ShaunH (hi mike):: funny you mentioning about official bootleg 1, 'cos if that was on sale then it musta been when i picked it up, and i picked up superstition highway too, and a set of his n' hers spoink n' cranky yo-yo's for me and my girlfriend, and i coulda sworn it was then that i picked up the coolest calexico t-shirt (grey w/ blue trimming and the ride/spark 7" cover on the front), which is practically shredded now, SO SO wish i'd picked up a 2nd one at the time, or the alternative white version which made the orangey bits stand out even better, almost miss it as much as my carnaby street black and white Dennis the Menace jumper. musta been one very expensive gig.
Date: Tue Sep 3 12:29
J (Mike?):: Do I have a false memory of the borderline '90? I remember a two piece line up?
Date: Tue Sep 3 12:25
J (Sand Bez):: Hi Mike, the Sand Bez I saw had on the 1st Giant Sand t-shirt I'd ever seen and did some crazy dancing on stage with Howe and John. I think Howe said he was a follower on the eupopean leg of the tour...
Date: Tue Sep 3 08:11
Sarah (very funny):: That's very funny. I understood what you wrote for me Yuki. You are really charming. Esp�ce de fumier! (�a vole pas tr�s haut ces messages!)
Date: Tue Sep 3 07:45
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: the sand bez could have been buddha (steve left - roadmeister xtrordinaire). the borderline show with vic was a joy i remember. that i'm sure was the '95 show.... i picked up joey's 'superstition highway' that night, and would have bought 'off boot 1' off sofie as well but had no cash. mike semple and bill elm were playing with them that night as well. the '90 show would have just been the threesome....howe, john and mark walton.
Date: Tue Sep 3 06:39
Yuki (Sarah):: Urusai, Sarah! Taikuts des, baka!
Date: Tue Sep 3 06:02
sarah (for Yuki):: Watashi no namae wa sarah des. Sarah wa nihongo de tegami o kakimasu. But i didn't understood what you wrote before!!!
Date: Tue Sep 3 03:30
Yuki (viva la Nihon):: Moshiwake arimasen ga, Sarah wa ima rus ni shite orimas, nani ka den-gon wa arimas ka. Mo skoshi ikaga des ka?
Date: Tue Sep 3 02:47
Sarah (vive le fran�ais:)):: Merci pour ton soutient Mikus. En effet, quelle agression!! �a fait froid dans le dos! N'empeche que j'ai pas compris grand chose � ce qui se disait! Je crois que je vais �viter les sujets pol�miques:)) Voil�. A plus tard, je dois travailler...
Date: Mon Sep 2 18:27
e (m m):: ** aaah what's happening here?!? The madness!! The made-up words that sound enough like actual words to make me think I should know them
Date: Mon Sep 2 17:32
Mitch (re: Myth 875!8) (85718):: Well, Myth Mitch, you're correct I botched the spelling of rifle. But you are incorrect to assume you are me. And what the hell exactly is "ceily"? Again, if someone wants to take over my duties and identity, please feel free--just make some effort to make at least a little sense, at least half of the time. However, I'm aware transliteration can be a problem, so will cut you some slack this time.
Date: Mon Sep 2 15:41
ShaunH (nope J):: i don't think i caught the band 'till '92.
Date: Mon Sep 2 15:38
ShaunH (hiya J):: jeez, i wish my memory was that good. i'm trying to recall the Borderline gigs, and the only one that really comes to mind is when Vic Williams was in town too and hung around on the stairs before popping down to do a couple of numbers including "Spun". that coulda been the one, but i don't know...Sand Bez ya say, sure it wasn't Evan Dando?
Date: Mon Sep 2 15:30
J@the-borderline (just checked):: March 1990
Date: Mon Sep 2 15:27
J (to:ShaunH):: Hello Shaun, at the borderline, was that Howe and Joe and a crop headed Sand Bez in a Sand T-shirt? Also, did they turn the lights on way before the fun had finished? Or was that another night...
Date: Mon Sep 2 12:54
Mikus (for Sarah) (Hummmmmmmmmmm):: juste pour te soutenir... Quelle agression... J'ai du mal a le croire. Et si on se mettait a parler la France pour pour leurs faire la "nique" ??? A plus ma belle... Mikus
Date: Mon Sep 2 11:09
Myth (857!8):: Rifle, I mean. Man, my brain is slipping ever so lowly and ciely. You sould've seeknk my scarbling for my shots. Better to do that for wile. Yours Truly, Mitch Cullin
Date: Mon Sep 2 11:06
Mitch (85718):: Thanks, Hunter. You still in Colorado? Waist-deep in your jacuzzi with your fifle aimed squarely at Jann Weiner's head?
Date: Mon Sep 2 11:02
Hunter S. Thompson (ilikehar@hotmail.com):: Okay, okay. Big Fat Har poems, essays, pic, and what have you can be submitted at http://www.geocities.com/tomdickenharry There it is, now get busy at leave me alone so I can feed my peacocks.
Date: Mon Sep 2 10:41
Sarah (for the last time):: oh la la, it's confusing all this comments... I think i'm going to stop writing about all these things. I guess a comment page is not the best way to be undertood! At least, Mitch, now you have a fan (marcia), so it's quite positive! I just wanted to add that when i talk about the mother or the whore, it's the two images of women in misogynist's eyes. I know i have other choices and of course that's the ones i choose! Tu es d'o� Sam?
Date: Mon Sep 2 10:31
james s (yap yap):: the ray davies/yo la tengo is a gem, mitch. much appreciated. as for marcia posting, we'll see, but, by in large, i reckon she falls into that class of females you mentioned earlier that exists not as an island. she is one of those english phd types and she knows well the postmodern yap yap of which you bitch., and she shares your opinion. give my best regards to michelle. i'll email you later.
Date: Mon Sep 2 09:30
Mitch again (85718):: Tell Marcia she rocks...and that she should comment here on the board SOON!!! How's the Ray Davies/Yo La Tengo grabbing you??? Email me off-line when ya get a chance and I'll give you the skinny on that recording.
Date: Mon Sep 2 09:25
Mitch (85718):: Hmmmmmmmmmm...must be my mistake, Sarah. Just ignore me. I didn't realize you were female. I'll pay better attention from here on out.
Date: Mon Sep 2 09:02
james s (also known as beatrice):: This is getting fun. Mitch, I just read the recent posts by Michelle aloud and Marcia told me to tell you that you were her hero. No, she wasn't being ironic. Two-legged dogs?
Date: Mon Sep 2 07:05
sam (deep bottom cove):: hey sarah, on peut s'echanger qqes trucs sur paris,je suis pas loin.sammy.
Date: Mon Sep 2 06:57
Sarah (*******):: I don't understand what you are trying to tell me Mitchelle. Maybe because my english isn't good enough. But i'm feeling a kind of agressivity. I don't care how many girls and how many boys are writing on this comment pages, how many of them listen to rock or to Julio Iglesias. I just found it strange to read so few messages from girls. But, that's not the important problem. Maybe you could explain more clearly why you don't like feminist speech!!?
Date: Mon Sep 2 05:18
Mitchelle (85718):: Oh, and I should mention that from my own personal experiences, I know that Howe & the extended Sand family are quite ecumenical toward all, even two-legged dogs--especailly two-legged dogs!
Date: Mon Sep 2 05:08
Mitch (85718):: Hi, ShaunH...I have no doubt that's true and I'm truly glad to hear it. Guess my point was--albeit roundabout--was that gender, sexual preference, etc. shouldn't really weigh into whether someone should feel inclined to comment here or not (if they don't have the nerve to do so based soley on their gender, then I think their problems go a bit deeper than that, eh?). Come to think of it, it shouldn't really weigh in to much at all. It's a little odd, but I never thought about gender as an issue in this context until someone else suggested it was one. Anyway, the whole gender thing tends to annoy me these days, as does the whole anthro./post-modern yap-yap. Last I heard the majority of people attending Julio Eglesious (sp-?) concerts were women, so apparently the fear and reluctance that rock 'n' roll apparently engenders (if you're inclined to believe it) in the opposite sex doesn't apply to rather tepid forms of music or other artistic worlds such as publishing (which is dominated by women) and visual art (which is also dominated by women). So the schtick tends to bug, as it reeks of hyper-education.
Date: Mon Sep 2 03:39
ShaunH (GiantGaySand):: Mitch - was a few years back watching Howe & Co at the Borderline in London, and our small entourage included one gay friend who was adamant that the band seemed to have a healthy gay following judging by those present. it would be nice to think that what seems to have become known here as a big family was all inclusive.
Date: Mon Sep 2 01:55
Michelle again (85718):: And if your only choice is between mother or whore, you might try checking the classifieds...I'm fairly certain there's other options available, but only if you want them.
Date: Mon Sep 2 01:53
buttercup (tiredofbreaking nails@sickof doingdishes.com):: it seems that even in this "freak" friendly world we churn in...as being of the feline species...i have to work xtra overtime as a woMAN to be heard...and being a big music listener....my heart strings seem to strum towards the masculine side of sound.....are men more talented than women when it comes to music....or is that such a wide question to answer?????*(^&^%%^$^#$%^%&*
Date: Mon Sep 2 01:52
Michelle (sometime known as Mitch) (85718):: Aimee Mann, PJ Harvey, Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, Janis, Patty Smith, Mama Thorton, and the list could go on and on. Come to think of it, I'm a gay man and I don't see a lot of gay men posting to this comments board. What's the deal with that, jeez!!! Could it be that this hetro male-dominated rock thang just doesn't want me here...or maybe I'm just complaining when, in fact, I've always been more than welcome to entire into the fray. So come on all you queers who are being held back by the patriarchal beast, contribute something!!! We're here we're queer, we ain't going anywhere...oh, oops...gotta run, VH1 is doing a special on Abba.
Date: Mon Sep 2 01:21
Sarah (Thanks):: Thanks for all your answers! The sociological one and the others! I feel a bit helpless to talk about female in rock. It's not a problem for me. I have always listen to rock music since school and my girl friends also. When i wanted to relate to other women, i could find them : Patty Smith, Kim Gordon, Courtney Love (sorry, i was young!), Siouxsie, PJ Harvey, Kathleen Hannah and other women from punk rock bands ( The Adverts, X...) I wanted to believe that rock wasn't as mysoginist as rap (for exemple). But of course, it's an illusion. The central problem comes from our patriarchal society. Society is constantly reminding me that i'm a girl and that i have no other choices than to be wether the mother or the whore. But, as the women i have already wrote about, i want to resist. And, for me, it's finally easier than for this woman in Angola, who can be sentence to death because she had a baby without being married.
Date: Sun Sep 1 21:42
Beatrice (also known as james s):: anyone heard the new record of victoria williams doing the old standards? a friend played me the new release of old camper van beethoven doing the entire fleetwood mac "tusk" album tonight. never have been a camper van fan, but this sounded mighty groovy. worth checkin' out. happy labor day, sandy comrades.
Date: Sun Sep 1 18:07
BIG JESSIE (th@sounds like fun):: yep
Date: Sun Sep 1 17:48
em (***):: ...and I think Howe should start signing on as "Big Julie" to up the anti a bit more
Date: Sun Sep 1 17:43
Ah, Mitch ((((em)))):: Well I think, as a female I have the "island" thing down pretty well so it's certainly not that(for me)--I just happen to have little time to spare lately but that can only be attributed to school school school future future money school--nothing humanley about it :) I do notice the whole lotta male/ very little female ratio around here but that exists in many places musicwise and that sucks and I know that it has much to do with intimidation. Look at highschool: for the most part, the guys start the bands and the girls watch. Guys have a way of making something painstakingly simple into the most complicated, untouchable thing on earth. With that said, my point is probably an age thing. many of my friends have terrible taste in music no matter what gender. And for something completely unrelated: I'm going to start making posts with names like "Shelly" and "Kelly" and "Janet" so it looks like more chicks are in this board. BUT THAT'S ONLY BETWEEN ME AND YOU!!! SHHH ;) and where's Patti???
Date: Sun Sep 1 09:23
Mitch (85718):: Hmmmmmmmmmmm...and errrr...I'll just add that I know quite a few folks of the female situation who are Giant Sand fans...however, they don't readily post here, which might mean they're smart enough to avoid endless hours on the internet. Sociology and everything aside, I tend to give women more credit for relating in the more human context, while some of us defined by our I-Am-An-Island genetics seem to get enough satisfaction via cyber. Even so, I miss the words of Patti...and our dear Em just doesn't post enough. Alas.
Date: Sun Sep 1 07:22
Alan (professionally speaking):: Hi Sarah: As perhaps the only employed professional sociologist on the list, there are fairly traditional sociological explanations for the relative lack of women's voices on the page... there are also fairly approaches to understanding the silence following your note. In terms of the latter issue, I'd expect that most of us don't know many other Giant Sand fans in our daily lives -- male or female -- and have never had a great deal of success recruiting folks to the cause... in short we feel relatively powerless to expand the population of GiantSandistas and therefore feel relatively powerless to contribute much in the way of meaningful commentary given your observation (independent of our feminist credentials, sensibilities or affection for women's voices in rock.) In terms of the relative lack of contributions by women to the page, being a fanatical follower of minor/creative rock bands has long been a male thing... something frequently pointed out over the last thirty years by women with affections for garage/underground/punk/college/alternative/etc. From this came riot grrls and a good portion of the scene in the Pacific Northwest of the US. This is not something that makes most of us happy and yet we feel relatively powerless to change it. It makes me frustrated that rock is as gendered male as it is, something that has probably increased with the rise of neoliberalism over the last twenty years. For that matter, neoliberalism/neoconservatism has established a social milieu within which women in rock have come to be fairly explicitly critical of sexism/heterosexism -- something that, given that social context -- has a tendency to marginalize/isolate them or make their music appropriate to a very small niche market. At least for the United States, I don't see it all getting much better until feminism becomes a more acceptable word again. I'm old enough to remember... oh well, I'll just leave it at that.
Date: Sun Sep 1 05:05
Sarah (nevermind):: Well... No one seems to care about the fact that there's not many girls on this comment page!! I'm trying to find some sociological explanation but maybe it's just a "hasard"? Nevermind About Howe's concert in Brussels, i really can't go in Belgium this week end, Mikus. That's a shame, i know!! You will tell it all about the concert on this page, i suppose!! Bye...
Date: Sat Aug 31 01:25
Mikus (the belgian one) (Yo man,...take a picture...):: Hi Howe. I have a great favor to ask you... Of course I'll be there at the Botanique concert in Brussel. I would like to take some (personal) pictures during the concert. I took a contact with the Botanique staff, and there is no problem for them but... I need your verbal agreement (I will not "agress" you the whole night, man), and also the agreement of the agent of the Thrill Jockey Night. Only my name given before the night at the reception, and I'll be able to receve a Pass for that night... and me to offer you another Trappiste one... Thanx, again, and again, and again... Mikus
Date: Fri Aug 30 21:19
james s (karl 0):: you can listen to clips on the french amazon site. Wacky stuff. So bad it's almost interesting.
Date: Fri Aug 30 18:01
J (who is karl zero):: Hi Paul, double cheers, and maybe look here? http://www.endemol.com/contact/company_contact.jsp?record=19
Date: Fri Aug 30 09:42
peter (in the water):: www.karlzero.com. seems to be french. but if it's anything like paolo conte it's got too be good!
Date: Thu Aug 29 18:47
PaulK (p.kerr@ntlworld.com):: MESP, mail me with your address and we'll get the disc out. Mitch, thanks for the info on Neko, I'll be getting that as soon as possible. Now, on another note, but with the Italian CD in mind, some info from our cosmopolitan band of wayfaring strangers please. I was watching the X-Files tonight, a kind of light hearted episode with burt reynolds as a guest star (don't switch off yet, I'm getting to the point). Anyway, the music was by a guy called Karl Zero, it was in Italian, I think, and I really enjoyed it. reminded me of a zanier version of paulo Conte (or Howe's "is that all there is" with an Italian fairground backing). I'm a sucker for that continental pop/jazz stuff going back to Brecht/Weill, agnes Bernelle, serge Gainsbourg etc......so who is Karl Zero???
Date: Thu Aug 29 15:22
Alan ((**surprised, not astonished, by Akron, rather than Memphis)):: For Blaine and the "surprising" conversation.... In terms of being surprised by a new band, has anyone else run into The Black Keys, a guitar-and-drums shredded blues pair from Akron, Ohio? Their CD, The Big Come Up (Alive Records), blew me away at our local used/undergound music place and this was before I was staggered by the fact that they are from Ohio (on the other hand, I guess, Pere Ubu's from Cleveland and the Ass Ponies are from Cincinnati... mea culpa). There's MP3s available at http://www.alive-totalenergy.com/Black_Keys.html and reviews available at: http://www.theblackkeys.com/press.html Other than that, no surprises of late.
Date: Thu Aug 29 09:22
E (m):: ** rain rain rain!! So happy am I :)
Date: Thu Aug 29 04:19
Frank (Howe on a paved road to Berlin):: For those who know a faster road to Berlin than to Brussels: Howe is going to visit Berlin on September 24th during the 10th Anniversary Festival of Thrill Jockey! Other featured artists: Tortoise, The Sea & Cake, Bobby Conn, Trans Am, Chicago Underground Duo, Freakwater, Radian, The National Trust, Brokeback. (I got the information from the German music mag "Spex" which presents that festival)
Date: Thu Aug 29 00:06
geoff (sorry mesp):: I just read further up on the comments and it looks as if you also are already on there for the cd.
Date: Thu Aug 29 00:05
Geoff (paul probably already got a taker):: but if you didn't, I would be interested in that cd.
Date: Wed Aug 28 20:24
mesp (paulk!):: ok, i'm kind of interested in readin g the magazine partly because i like the blurb and partly because i'd like to practice my italian, however, the CD is WAY MORE IMPORTANT and i'd gladly take it without the magazine. So what s Paul K's address?
Date: Wed Aug 28 18:44
Mitch (85718):: Hey, Paul. Blacklisted (the new Neko Case CD) does indeed feature Howe & Joe & John and, truly, is a wonderful chunk of virtues. Not terribly Sandy by any means, but several listens reveals enough to satisfy--if that's what you're seeking. Most of it was recorded within the mysterious environs of Wavelab here in Tucson--and Jim B. and Craig S. were involved as well. So go pick it up, k? And while you're at it, grab up a copy of Kelly Hogan's recent one (Because It Feels Good). The two just move so well together.
Date: Wed Aug 28 16:20
paulk (????????@?????????):: Has anyone heard the new Neko Case album with Howe, john and Joey on it? I listened to a track streamed on the Bloodshot Records site but didn't hear anything sandy (although it sounded good). On another track, thanks to ShaunH who ordered a copy of Infiltration of Dreams for me. On opening the magazine two CDs fell out, Shaun's agreed that we should offer the spare one for anyone who hasn't been able to get a copy so if you want it email me at my home address and we'll get it out to the first response. While I'm at it I should say a special thanks to Shaun and others on the list who have a propensity to sharing. one big goofy sandfamily.
Date: Wed Aug 28 14:45
ShaunH. (strange happenings in Willesden, NW London...):: ...and Lynyrd Skynyrd man nowhere in sight. playing football (soccer) after work tonight, and we had to shift away from our normal spot due to the existence of an enormous inflatable lunar landscape type thing. when people dressed in white robes started exiting from it obviously we got a little intrigued, turns out it was the Polyphonic Spree preparing to shoot the video for their next single. weird, very weird, that's even weird for Willesden, and Willesden is the weird capital of the World
Date: Wed Aug 28 13:57
job (Hatchymalachy Land):: So where migth the home be Mr. Gelb? The weather's been on the hot side here and the Susq has been warm ('specially when your standin belly deep in it)and the smallmouth have been biting.If you find yourself twixt this home and that home stop on by and we'll show ya how to catch 'em (in case you've forgotten how).
Date: Wed Aug 28 00:41
Mikus (Thrill Jockey Night):: Hi Folks, as said before, Howe is playing during the Nuit du Botanique, at the 22 of September in Brussels... As far as I know, it will be a special night to celebrate the 10 years of the label Thrill Jockey.With one unique ticket, you'll be able to see one of the 11 artists, who will play on 4 different stage. Tortoise, Trans Am, Radian, Freakwater, The national Trust, Sea and cake, Chicaco underground, Brokeback, and one called... Howe Gelb, or something like that... It will be a special preview of the film "Looking for a Thrill", by Braden Ling. Tickets are still avaiable at www.botanique.be Hope to see you there man, with a good trapiste beer (if you still drink again)... Mikus
Date: Tue Aug 27 13:41
em * (howe):: word.
Date: Tue Aug 27 13:28
Mikus ((4 doors )):: HE HE HOWE... Nice to see yo in Brussels... without any track list, i'm sure.. Mikus
Date: Tue Aug 27 11:40
howe (home):: hey
Date: Tue Aug 27 05:41
Sean T (Alejandro Escovedo):: Alejandro Escovedo is playing The Borderline in London on Wednesday 4th Dec , tickets on sale now . http://www.borderline.co.uk/ This maybe part of The Further Beyond Nashville thingy . Sean.
Date: Tue Aug 27 04:39
sam (todd killings):: papa m did a cover of "over jordan".
Date: Mon Aug 26 14:21
Mikus (for Sarah) (Exactly...):: Hello Sarah, Don't be so negative... If you will, you can : only 300Km from a unique event in the most famous festival in Belgium... let's have a look on your planing now...It's the ONE place to see Howe... Let's give mi some more time pour les CD's de Ranchette... Bonne nuit, les filles... Mikus
Date: Mon Aug 26 13:32
Em (re:Alejandro Escovedo):: ooh he's great :) love him.
Date: Mon Aug 26 09:55
Sarah (hihihihi!):: I have a question, an important one! Why is there so many boys talking here, where are the girls?? It's strange... Mikus, i'd really like to come to brussels for howe's concert, but i don't think i have enough money to spend for now... C'est pas juste!! Does he come to Paris?? Bye for now...
Date: Mon Aug 26 09:49
james s (the headless housewife, i imagined, flapping her arms like a chicken (sorry mitch)):: yes, i got to see blue mountain once here in N-ville, and it was charged and alive, very fun. I've had the pleasure of seeing Alejandro a few times, and those shows will always stick out in my mind as some of the best I've seen, and hell yes on his choice of covers too. he did a little tour with larry brown, the mississippi writer, when his book "billy ray's farm" came out. he seems like a really sweet guy too (alejandro). takes time to chat with you after the show, etc. has some interesting stories too, from the old days when he was in the nuns. he's clearly an iggy fan, love that wanna be your dog. this fruit bats cd is really blowing me away. can't believe i didn't catch it's greatness on first listen, perfect combo of country, pop, art noise, great lyrics, etc... highly recommended. yann tiersen "la phare" came in from france, very nice. thanks other james from "somewherenearfrance for the recommendation. just picked up "tideland" and can't wait to get into reading it. doesn't life just feel grand, sometimes?
Date: Mon Aug 26 08:59
Graham (blue mt):: Good call on the Blue Mountain, James. I actually have a bootleg with Blue Mt covering GSand's "Loving Cup". They were a phenomenal live show, and Cary Hudson's new trio is a blast as well. Go see them if you live in the Deep South--they're always playing somewhere nearby.
Date: Mon Aug 26 08:25
Blaine (@work):: Mike, thanks for the link. James, CHI Reader (Post No Bills column) had a recent article on the Fruit Bats' label/etc. FYI to all -- caught a blistering Alejandro Escovedo set outdoors on Sat night. First time I've seen him pick up his Les Paul in years, even a 3 gtr army at times (shades of True Believers)Along the way he covered Ramones, Stooges, Mott & Neil Young. Intense and great.
Date: Sun Aug 25 19:18
caveman ((electrosong)):: Great show @ Plush last night! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
Date: Sun Aug 25 18:10
wayfaring (stranger):: Giant Sand People, I heard some familiar sounds tonight while I was eating dinner. I had to turn up the volume. I couldn't believe I was hearing a warped version of Wayfaring Stranger. August 11, 2001 I cashed in on some studio time and recorded a bizarre version of this song with the help of some friends. Glad to see and hear that others are still keeping this song alive. In case you are wondering, I heard your music played on WFPK 91.9 by DJ Michael Young on his ROOTS AND BOOTS show in Louisville, Kentucky.
Date: Sun Aug 25 15:38
james s (uh...):: I may have the order of those Califone EPs reversed. Hope a good time was had in Tucson last night with GS and Calexico.
Date: Sun Aug 25 15:33
james s (pigeons sing when doves cry and it's almost the same thing...):: Harvieux, the second Califone EP on Road Cone, and the first EP on Flydaddy, are both together on the longplay Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People. Nice stuff. Can't say Moore Ave rings a bell. Hummm. Might look it up later to see where in town it is. I haven't heard that Red Red Meat, but I think the Fruit Bats, that I mentioned earlier, is another project by the same guy, another Chicago thing.
Date: Sun Aug 25 12:54
sammy ( strange days (lost in)):: hello,Howe,what are your feelings about TORNADO ? Sarah on pourrait se voir pour s'echanger de la musique , je suis aussi a paris. chance,sammy.
Date: Sun Aug 25 11:47
harvieux (@hotmail.com):: James-s, truly do believe I will finally be re-located to N-Ville here in 2 weeks-ish. Moore ave ring a bell ? Hope the job market can squeeze me in somewhere ! it was much easier to nomadically move around when i was 20-ish !
Date: Sun Aug 25 11:46
jem (blinkin@sonoran.sun):: excellent calexico/GS set at plush last night. everyone sounded so refreshed and energized under that little round moon. welcome back, howe - happy to see you having fun like that again.
Date: Sun Aug 25 11:34
harvieux (i must say):: James- yes yes "room sounds" great piece of fuzz there Tim + CO.( Califone )are great love those fuzzy/detuned acoustic guitars, strange percussion , and mumbled lyrics of which if you read em are most interesting . Sure youve heard it but their first road cone EP is amazing as well , also there other band Red Red Meat's "bunny gets paid " is a classic if you can find it. Heavy rotation : Varnaline-"songs in a northeren key", R.Buckner's -"the hill", Minmae- "my quiet life" , Neutral milk hotel- "S/T" , and of course Howes- "hisser" .
Date: Sun Aug 25 07:30
phill (new artist):: you must check out the band Trailer Bride. great in the way of alternative country, real gut grabbing stuff. along the lines of OP8.
Date: Sat Aug 24 08:39
james s (not quite new and not quite surprised, but...):: Racking my brains trying to recall some new artist surprises,and coming up with not much, but here's some recommendations from me... Califone - "sometimes good weather follows bad people" and "room sounds". Both of these records are going to become important pieces in your music collection. On first and second listen, it might all seem a bit to repetitive, spaced-out, self-consciously strange and empty. Listen again. These records will wear sweet fuzzy grooves in your brain. Like some Giant Sand, they take roots music and take it through the center of the earth so that the roots come out on the other side more colorful, taking twisted unusual shapes, but the shapes they take are very different from the shapes that Giant Sand creates. One thing the bands have in common, in my mind, are they way they both leave room for a more interactive experience for the listener. You ever notice that hours after listening to certain Giant Sand/Howe Gelb stuff, you find yourself humming along in your mind and then realize that what you are humming is more implied on the record than explicitly stated? You are filling in the missing notes? I think thats why some of those records, Hisser, for example, continue to grow on you, because the songs are growing in your mind with each new listen. Zen and the art of Giant Sand. Well Califone is like that too. Somewhat less "out there", but in the same vein, is the Fruit Bats "echolocation". Think Red House Painters "Old Ramon" meets early Wilco meets the third Velvet Undergroud record, sort of. Pretty original, actually. Again, plodding rootsy music with a twist. The first listen may bore you to tears, but it grows. Also, older but worth mentioning in this too long post, check out "home grown" by Blue Mountain from Oxford Mississippi. I haven't liked their other records as much, but this one is among the very best mosting KICKING gritty wonders that the so-called "Alt-Country" movement ever offered up. Happy birthday, Em. Mitch, Mitch, thinking about those Tom Waits demos is going to keep me awake at night, kicking feverishly at my sheets with longing and desire...
Date: Fri Aug 23 16:20
mike ([ag-ai-n]):: blaine.... yes, great fred mills interview.....http://www.sa-wa-ro.com/GiantSand-Pages/gs-interviews12.htm or try the www.magnetmagazine.com site (but it's a little hard to find)...... and blaine, i'll be writing an apology to you later.
Date: Fri Aug 23 16:16
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: well..... i know nothing of tom waits.... except what a friend of mine said quite some years ago..... what the large print giveth, the small print taketh away..... he thought it'd be a good title for an album. i haven't heard of any waits stuff done by the boys, except 'invitation to the blues', which is on a demo tape from the op8 era.
Date: Fri Aug 23 16:06
J (MIA):: Poor ol' Dan. Does anyone know if Howe has performed 'Cello in the city' recently?
Date: Fri Aug 23 15:10
Shaun H. (CD question: ):: is it one of the HARD ON things, as Howe calls 'em?
Date: Fri Aug 23 14:19
em(the usual, what with eighteen bearing its claws and teeth just about ready to strike) (It is Friday. Rejoice. ):: **
Date: Fri Aug 23 08:08
Blaine (@work):: Mitch -- you should be doing press for Mr. Waits. FYI -- good Chuck Prophet feature in No Depression mag w/quotes from the MIA Dan Stuart about the Green on Red days. Question: was there supposed to be something on Howe/GS in the Westerberg issue of Magnet?
Date: Fri Aug 23 05:42
Lars D (Well, well, well...):: Oookay. Then I simply HAVE to ask: demoes for Blood Money and Alice. Are they widely available on bootleg or something? I would sure like to hear them. I was a little dissappointed by the B.M.-cd...although I actually saw the play ("Woyzeck") in Copenhagen....which I mostly loved for its music. Hm, well, where can I get my hands on those "good demo-thingys"? / Lars
Date: Fri Aug 23 05:22
Mitch (85718):: Mike Brewer is surely better to expound on this...but if I recall correctly there have been several Tom Waits' covers from Howe & company over the years. Somewhere I've got a live recording of "Ol 55" from Giant Sand. As for "All The World Is Green"--that's a somewhat recent Waits song (from Blood Money, as Lars noted). The many demos that Waits laid down for the Blood Money sessions are quite wonderful and very lo-fi, and, frankly, surpass both Blood Money & Alice in my opinion (just Tom & his fuzzy guitar or pounding piano--or his plucking guitar and whistful piano--and a songbook of twisting lyrics with a voice that sounds like a gnarled Howlin' Wolf clawing warmly from trodden-down soil--good, nay amazing stuff that really should see the light of day, alas). All right, it's 8:44pm in Tokyo and 4:44am here in Tucson--so I should crash. Heavy rotation in the casa: Kelly Hogan's Because It Feels Good & Neko's Blacklisted. Still don't get the horny/crack of Dawn joke--but my hair is thinning so a lot of stuff just flutters past the folicles.
Date: Fri Aug 23 03:00
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Speaking of Waits and Howe. Howe really did some nice versions of "All The World Is Green" (Blood Money) and "Tango 'Till They're Sore" (Rain Dogs) in Denmark. Is that a new thing he's gotten into? Or have they been on his setlist for a long time? Just curious. / Lars
Date: Thu Aug 22 23:52
bruce B. (beebb@aol.com):: was so horny even the crack of Dawn should worry. Am I right? Tom Waits is a sim of Howe in fluid and tide
Date: Thu Aug 22 23:48
Free infil.C/D (answer this question FIRST and):: you will get the infil. cd in the mail! Question!WHY was the crack of Day fear Tom WAITS? he had such a ---- -- ??????????
Date: Thu Aug 22 19:49
William Rodgers (wrodgers@suscom.net):: Anyone care to trade for a copy of "Infiltration..."? Have written a few e-mails to Italy with no response. Thanks!
Date: Thu Aug 22 19:01
tom (re : Mitch Ambos/Anthos ?):: I live in the vicinity of Brussels, midpoint of Europe (?). to be honest i've never heard of that particular publishing house. At this point in time, i'm reading a birthday present : Michail Lermontov : 'The hero of our time' (1840). And apparently this great russian writer died a year after completing this novel, at least that's what the back of the book says. pure russian Romanticism. another tip. gotta go to sleep now. I have a wedding to attend tmrow, and no, it isn't mine. hoopla..
Date: Thu Aug 22 07:43
Sean T (Further Beyond Nashville):: F.Y.I FURTHER BEYOND NASHVILLE UPDATE** Welcome to The Twisted Heart of Country Music 23 November - 13 December 2002 You heard it here first� As a subscriber to the Beyond Nashville e-mail updates we are delighted to give you a sneak preview of the artists already confirmed for this year's festival at the Barbican. The Flatlanders * Los Lobos * Calexico * Mariachi Luz Di Luna * Lambchop Quartet * Alejandro Escovedo * Sparklehorse * A Tribute to Waylon Jennings with Rodney Crowell and very special guests Many more artists to be announced. This year Further Beyond Nashville will also include events at The Borderline, The Spitz and Union Chapel. Watch out for more details soon. Tickets for these events are NOT yet on sale.
Date: Thu Aug 22 02:18
Vincent (spiderv@swing.be):: Glad to notice you download that interview Lars, cos I thought I would have lost you somewhere on the rtbf site, as I forgot to mention the path to get to the interview:rtbf.be ,then several mouse clicks:radio,radio21,Festival on line and Dour interviews... but you're a real net scout! No sorry I don't have any other adress for interviews..Yeah, I enjoyed many times listening to that so natural and not serious talk (hear the background audience). Howe is like a storyteller when he speak, hard time for the journalists that evening in Dour but they did enjoy the interview as they told me later during another festival (Nandrin) . Bye for now..
Date: Wed Aug 21 17:19
Mitch (85718):: Sure, Tom, I guess it would. Please tell me more--also, where are you exactly? And are you anywhere near the Ambos/Anthos publishing house? If so, could ya email me outta Sandland? fpunk@yahoo.com
Date: Wed Aug 21 17:08
tom (new stuff):: Blaine, i got a radioshowthing going here on a radiothingwave. today we airwaved stuff from : The Coral (british captain beefheart teens), a fine Robert Johnson cover by the White Stripes (stop breaking down) and Idlewild (scotland, great track called 'Scottish Friction). there's still good new stuff around. all you have to do is keep sniffing. Mitch : a translation of anything Michel Houellebecq wrote would interest you, i'm certain, i guess..
Date: Wed Aug 21 14:49
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Thanks for the link, Vincent. Weird stuff.....with all that French. Thank god Howe is speaking English. :-) I downloaded the file anyway, he-he (I'm using Streambox VCR - nice program). 10 min. ram-file - 1.19 MB. Do you know where to find other audio interviews with Howe on the net? It's nice to read articles, but audio stuff is pretty neat. And Howe's voice is cool. He-he. Give some links, mates! :-) / Lars
Date: Wed Aug 21 13:52
Vincent Riga (spiderv@swing.be):: Hi!, just read Howe will performin Brussel on september 22nd, great to know, but I'd like to know where at. Advise: if you want to enjoy one Howe's interview during Dous festival in Belgium, go and visit site rtbf.be and check further on the Festival on line rubric (top of the list).then you'll have to click on Howe's photograph. Good laugh!
Date: Wed Aug 21 13:01
Mitch (85718):: Does Wilco count as a new artist, Blaine? Or Cafe Tacvba? Grandaddy certainly keeps me surprised. But as for new new new...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...oh, wait, Twineman is currently surprising me. How about for others here?
Date: Wed Aug 21 12:49
Mikus ((for Sarah...)):: Hi Sarah, It's not so important. Will buy an copy the CD tomorrow... en send it...somewhere in France, one of this following days. Pourquoi ne pas venir voir Howe a Bruxelles le 22 septembre ??? Y'a que 300 kms. Good night too you all, folks... Mikus
Date: Wed Aug 21 09:49
Blaine (@work):: FYI -- Saw Joe & John back up the great Mr. Hurley at SXSW in Austin some years ago, and I am sure there was a semi-official tape machine rolling. Ms Cowsill and Peterson did some backup vox as I recall. The stage at the theatre was somewhat slanted and the evening's highlight was when Vic Chestnutt asked for shims under his wheels so he didn't roll off. And yes indeedee to them early Feelies records. Question: Anyone surprised by a new artist lately?
Date: Wed Aug 21 06:20
Sarah (oops!):: I'm sorry about the cds, mikus. I will send you the right one next time!
Date: Wed Aug 21 00:54
Mitch (85718):: Well, I can't wait to get Infiltrated, so I'm looking forward to it and glad it's getting stocked on the cyber-store. Also, has anyone else picked up Neko Case's new one yet--Blacklisted (is that what happens when you're female and you take off your shirt on-stage at the Grand Ole Opry)? It really is wonderful chunk of joyful mourning, and Howe, Joey, John--not to mention Mr. Blackwood and Craig S.--are upon and within it. Getcha a copy, k?
Date: Tue Aug 20 17:24
J (hip hip):: hooray...
Date: Tue Aug 20 15:57
tom (infiltration of dreams):: 3 cheers for mr. Blackwood.
Date: Tue Aug 20 12:27
james s (+=!@!=+):: That's good news about "Infiltration", Jim. I, for one, will be watching the store closely for that one. Blaine, I really enjoyed "Big Bad Love", the movie, and especially the book, as well as Larry Brown's "Joe" and "Father & Son." Enjoy the Tucson show, Mitch, (if you get to go, you lucky dog).
Date: Tue Aug 20 10:41
Jim "Archivist" Blackwood (...))):: Just a couple of FYI's... Giant Sand (and Calexico) will play a benefit concert outside at 'Plush' (here in Tucson) this Saturday night - opening for Kristin Hersh.. Also, we should have a limited number of copies avaliable of 'Infiltration of Dreams' through the OWOM store in the coming month! Anybody interested in some new MP3s in the Archive section? I'll get on it this week! Adios for now.
Date: Mon Aug 19 20:26
tom (the the):: Matt Jonhnson pulled me trough the eighties ( i have listened to 'Dusk' until it made me weep), so did the Smiths, the Feelies, Prince and 'Harvest' by mr young. all depends on your gridmark in space and time i suppose. If any of you can get a translated version of anything Michel Houellebecq has written the last couple of years, i recommend it. i've always been a big fan of Raymond Chandler too, by the way.
Date: Mon Aug 19 17:34
PaulK (as above and before):: Shaun, you haven't seen my postman! OK, and as i said before, each decade has its dross and its gold. The Beat were great for dancing and politically it was great to hear Stand Down Margaret, but when you see these "I remember the 80's crap TV shows it's always the same old tired washed out has beens reliving their 15 minutes of fame. Fie on them. p.s. Morven Collar for some good Scottish writing, soon to be a major flick. Paul
Date: Mon Aug 19 17:28
PaulK (oopsupsideyourhead):: Mitch, Sam Shepherd did play drums with the Rounders in the mid sixties. He's on their album Indian War whoop, a psychedilisized folk album (worth listening to). Have Moicy is an almagination of the Rounders, Michael Hurley and the Clamtones, less of the pschedelia but still kind of weird American folk music. "Rock critic" (aren't we all) Robert Christgau(sp?) stated it was one of his favoutite albums of the sixties. The Holy Modal Rounders made several albums, usually rooted in American folk but with a weird edge to it, they also were very involved in the early Fugs albums. Michael Hurley (to quote)is a "treasure". He's still touring, has written a pile of great songs and has that way with words that offers a skewed picture of humanity but in an incredibly warm and vivid way. I would recommend him, he also has had some connection with the Sandmen, maybe some tours or sessions, perhaps with John and Joey although as far as I'm aware none of these have ever seen the (uneven) light of day. paul
Date: Mon Aug 19 16:05
ShaunH. (i'm missing out all the embarrassing bits):: though the '90s were when my musical horizons started to expand, it's definitely the '80s which provide the sweetest nostalgia for me - the Beat, the Specials, dear old Edwyn and Roddy (whose new LP 'Surf' is a fine collection of tunes), Matt Johnson's the The, Renegade Soundwave a good 10 years ahead of their time, and the continuing exploits of Strummer & Jones both together and apart. Paul - make sure you give the postman a big hug tomorrow, okay buddy.
Date: Mon Aug 19 16:01
Mitch (85718):: Paul, does that particular Holy Modal record feature Sam Shepard on drums...or am I getting things all mixed up? He did play with them for a while, I'm pretty sure...unless I'm thinking of The Modal Holy Rounders...not to be confused with Holly & The Round Modals. And Howe, glad you're back on the range...and hope the gas & electric are both doing well. Think I saw a cloud pass swiftly over your part of town a while ago. Maybe ya missed it.
Date: Mon Aug 19 15:52
paulK (70's@deathtodisco):: Re 70's albums, at the time I really hated all the disco stuff but now one can see some great records that appeared in the midst of all that glitterball stuff. I'm not sure if they count as disco records but back then, as a pimpled adolescent anyone who didn't wear jeans was "uncool" and spangly leotards were just not on. I suppose stuff like Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, Billy Paul was considered disco by us and not considered worth listening to. Even stuff like State of Independence sounds good now, certainly compared to Emerson, Lake and Palmer!I have nightmares about the 80's (Spandau Ballet!!!) and I don't think that in 10 years time we will be reconsidering that as a classic era, although my 80's were spent listening to the "Paisley Underground" and the nascent "desert rock" sound. So, maybe the message is...he who digs deepest, deepest digs, so dig whatever music you like, someone, somewhere, sometime will do likewise. I'm getting lost here so signing off with a great mid 70's album, Have Moicy by the Unholy Modal Rounders, go look for it, timeless. Paul
Date: Mon Aug 19 14:07
howe (home):: home home on the range.....(as in electric or gas).....where the deer and the ant elope. and seldom is heard ....a discourageing word and the skies are not cloudy all day.....sigh.
Date: Mon Aug 19 13:39
Blaine (@work):: Catching up here: 70s records worn out -- all 3 Big Stars, Marquee Moon, Horses; McCarthy book -- Suttree is very dense in a literal way, which might scare someone off, but when you finish it really is worth it. Very heavy, oficially banned from beaches I'm told. On par w/Fauklner and the Russians Movie -- just saw Big Bad Love w/Debra Winger and Arliss Howard. Great and overlooked. Soundtrack included TWaits and a bunch of Fat Possum guys. RLBurnside has a cameo as does Larry Brown, the author on whose stories the movie is based.
Date: Sun Aug 18 13:10
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: robert cos has kindly translated the interview from il mucchio selvaggio... you can read it here...... http://www.sa-wa-ro.com/GiantSand-Pages/gs-interviews11.htm thanks robert. as for getting 'infiltration of dreams' - if you're having difficulty, mail me. i'll forward it on to the magazine. if that don't work, then maybe (just maybe) we could put it up as an mp3.... no promises though.
Date: Sat Aug 17 14:56
Lippi (Fra Fillippo):: If wishes here horses beggars might ride.
Date: Sat Aug 17 09:15
james s (Martin, etc.):: Blood Meridian is the Cormac book that I had the most trouble with finishing, though it is clearly many people's favorite. My personal favorite of Cormac's is Suttree. Of the "Border Trilogy", I liked All the Pretty Horses the best, and the first section (wolf) of the Crossing. The early novels too are very good, a little closer to Faulkner, but more sinister and gothic. Suttree though has my strong recommendation. I'll get with you later about "Infiltration". Glad to see you back, Mitch.
Date: Sat Aug 17 08:22
martin (wagneroase@web.de):: hi james,i scored "infiltration"&the magazine with the weird name of "mucchio selvaggio" (special#6) on holiday in perugia,italy.if you want this cd i'll rip it into 128kbit mp3 (will be app. 150mb)and i need some space to upload it.pity i couldn�t make it to the urbino gig.share your opinion on cormac mccarthy as i�m reading "blood meridian".
Date: Sat Aug 17 06:17
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Three pictures from the last Howe-gig at Caf� Mozart is now uploaded here: www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd/privat-site/fotos.html - they're not from the gig, but nice shots of Howe in front of the caf�. Drop by the page if you feel like it. :-) / Lars
Date: Fri Aug 16 21:36
james s (70s again):: speaking of the seventies, a new T-Rex collection, 20th Century Boy, and finally a reissue with many bonus cuts of Slider. Also, for a "and now for something completely different" seventies album, I just picked up "Not Available" by the Residents. Ouch, that's weird stuff.
Date: Fri Aug 16 18:51
Tommy Gailer (seventies-scroller):: an early seventies sunken treasure also: Big Star "No 1 Record"...wow...
Date: Fri Aug 16 17:11
Mitch (85718):: And What's Going On as well: "Inner City Blues" sounds like it could have been recorded, uh, tomorrow.
Date: Fri Aug 16 17:08
Mitch (85718):: Well, I'd be in some agreement with Tommy on this one--when I thumb through my favorite recordings, I'm amazed at how many are from 1970-1978. Plastic Ono Band, Siren, Transformer, Ziggy, Who's Next, Lola, Ramones, on and on and on...oh, and Horses too.
Date: Fri Aug 16 10:51
Tommy Gailer (soul-scroller):: Got me Marvin Gaye`s "What`s goin`on" today and it was long time ago (in 99: "Chores...", i think) that an entire album blew me so away like this one: Howe`s so right that the best albums are made in the early seventies and some in the late seventies (if i didn`t misunderstood the english translation of his interview).
Date: Fri Aug 16 07:17
james s (-@_@_@_@_-):: Try anything Cormac McCarthy. Howe, is there anyway the "Infiltration" disk can wind up on the site for sale, or at Mile of Music or something?? Mike? Perhaps someone who managed to score it from the mag can boot it around the board.
Date: Fri Aug 16 01:35
Iang (ppp):: On the subject of books I am not sure that James (fuc**ng) Kelman travels very well outside of Glasgow, never mind Scotland. I found 'How late it was, how late' absolutely impenetratable, it appeared to be a jumbled up dictionary of swear words repeated over and over with little other narrative. Perhaps it was too intellectual for me...... If you want to be entertained rather than tortured try Christopher Brookmyre, Colin Bateman or Alan Warner.
Date: Thu Aug 15 20:57
james s (^^^^^):: got to see Los Lobos IN Nashville last night, at least until the sky opened up and dumped buckets of water on everybody's heads and the show was stopped after only 5 songs. UGGHHH!
Date: Thu Aug 15 15:31
Shaun H. ((this is a public service announcement...w/ no name guitars yet)):: www.barbican.org.uk/beyondnashville - website set up for Further Beyond Nashville @ the Barbican, London Nov22-Dec6. no info on performers yet, but if you go to the 'reviews from last year' section you get to see Howe's name in neon. cute.
Date: Thu Aug 15 15:31
Shaun H. ((this is a public service announcement...w/ no name guitars yet)):: www.barbican.org.uk/beyondnashville - website set up for Further Beyond Nashville @ the Barbican, London Nov22-Dec6. no info on performers yet, but if you go to the 'reviews from last year' section you get to see Howe's name in neon. cute.
Date: Thu Aug 15 14:26
J (hey Lars):: If you can hear that it is wrong, fiddle with it until it is right. You're well on the road...
Date: Thu Aug 15 14:24
J (books n'tabs):: Hi Tom, too busy to read much myself right now but still these sprung to mind... most of Irvine Welsh's work I love but don't know if it would travel too far... same for James Kelman (try 'How late it was, how late) Both from Scotland and well worth a look. 'Green river rising' by Tim Willocks, good prison novel. Lars tab isn't the way forward with guitar maybe. Once you have it in your bones, tab ceases to exist (hopefully)
Date: Thu Aug 15 13:31
matt (style.......):: id appreciate you mailing me that Lars thanks!! (i asked about tabs a while back but got no response...) (also thanks for all your links, i will be in sweden this time next week and Denmark soon after....looking forward to that festival in Arhus!!!!)
Date: Thu Aug 15 12:59
Lars D (almost tab-less... :-) ):: I think I found it using google - guiding me to some post on a message board somewhere. It might have been www.altcountrytab.com, but I don't know for sure. I can mail the "Shiver" tab to you if you like (.doc). I think I found the tabs for Lambchop's "The Daily Growl" and "My Blue Wave" the same place. They pretty easy to play actually (but one of the tabs is wrong somewhere - I can hear it). But can't anyone help ME?! :-) / Lars
Date: Thu Aug 15 12:44
matt (.):: where did you find the tab for that Lars? Me - 'shampoo planet' is another douglas coupland.... (i started it, but its the only coupland ive never finished, ive read all his other books, i will try it again one day...)
Date: Thu Aug 15 11:58
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: I bet this question has been asked here before....but do any of you know somewhere on the web to find guitar tablature etc. for songs by Giant Sand, Howe Gelb and OP8? I've only been able to find "Shiver". I actually thought there would be more. But maybe I've just been looking the wrong places? A little help would be greatly appreciated. / Lars
Date: Thu Aug 15 07:00
me (tom):: who is the author?
Date: Thu Aug 15 05:42
tom (J):: thanks J I will check it out. I already read Huxley and Coupland (all of it, has anyone read Shampoo Planet ?)
Date: Thu Aug 15 02:29
me (re:matt):: I read the last chapter of Generation X twice. it's marvellous...
Date: Wed Aug 14 16:26
J (tom...):: brave new world-aldous huxley
Date: Wed Aug 14 16:24
J re:Tom (that just me wasn'me):: Hi tom, well I'm taken aback.. Let me have a think. For now, I very much enjoyed 'budding prospects' by t.correghasan boyle. think that's the spelling... I'll be back
Date: Wed Aug 14 14:49
Lars D (more coupland):: Just saw Douglas Coupland on the "Behind the camera" on Minority Report. Almost couldn't recognize. Seemed so youthful just a few years back. And now he's bald and fat!!! Oh no, the world is a terrible place! :-D Oh well, go see Minority Report if you haven't. It's a good flick....but "as always" the book is better. Or in this case the (quite long) short story. It's more of a mind bender and there are no cheesy Hollywood ending. :-) / Lars
Date: Wed Aug 14 14:16
matt (talking of coupland.....):: just read 'life after god' (also i must've read generation x 4 or 5 times now....)
Date: Wed Aug 14 12:17
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: I haven't been able to read much of Gen-X yet. It didn't really get hold of me. But I laughed my way through Coupland's "Microserfs". Brilliant book. Deep stuff in it too. But it appears he has lot the knack lately or what? / Lars
Date: Wed Aug 14 09:03
me ((re: tom)):: just read: 'Generation X. Tales for an Accelerated Culture '(Douglas Coupland): an impressing California- novel. great book !
Date: Tue Aug 13 18:18
tom (re : J):: I haven't read that , could you just send me a shortlist to read list mail etcetera tom.vervoort@chello.be I would be much obliged.
Date: Tue Aug 13 18:10
J (whompyjawed):: now that's a book that sounds unputdownable. Hi Paul. has anyone read 'Riddley Walker' by Russell holborn?
Date: Tue Aug 13 13:34
james s (it's WAY wind-swept here, the young treeeeees get all broken...):: Most of his stuff is in hardback only, by either Defour Editions or Permanent Press. Scribner does do a paperback of Whompyjawed that may be available over yonder. He's got a new one coming out in September called "Undersurface".
Date: Tue Aug 13 12:17
Mikus (the belgian one) (SARAH...):: He Sarah, Just recieved your letter and CD. The probleme is... J'ai besoin de CD pour lecteur-copieur Audio, et pas pour PC. Sorry for the other... I will make you the copies, but, please, send me CD for audio, and I will return you the 2 other one... Bisoooooous. mikus
Date: Tue Aug 13 12:03
Ian (- - - -):: I tried to track the books down a while ago but they were not available in the UK. Amazon had import copies but they were very expensive, especially for a speculative purchase. I suppose if the film happens we will get to see the books published here.
Date: Mon Aug 12 16:28
paul (?):: Indeed, hope Mitch doesn't mind this but if you do a search for Mitch Cullin you find that he is doing fairly well with the old writing lark. I'm going to track some of the stuff down, well done Mitch.
Date: Mon Aug 12 08:49
Ian (000):: The Author of 'Tidelands' is, or at least was I have not noticed him around of recent, a regular contributor to this board who goes by the name of Mitch. so now you know.
Date: Sun Aug 11 19:20
tab ( tab):: dot dot dot
Date: Sun Aug 11 17:26
tom (for what it's worth):: it may well be an EKO
Date: Sun Aug 11 09:43
J (To Lars):: re: Beatles all I can tell you about their guitars is that John Lennon liked Rickenbackers because they fit his rather small hands well. (allegedly)
Date: Sun Aug 11 03:31
Lars D (doh!):: Whoops! Just checked. Well, it IT Howe's old soulful "string section" that's a Gretch. Isn't that the same brand that the Beatles played (were forced to play?). / Lars
Date: Sun Aug 11 03:27
Lars D (to J):: The close-up of the guitar (in play) is not of Howe's own guitar, as far as I know. His own is more worn-out (with lost of soul) as you can see on the other pictures. I think Howe borrowed that one from the soundguy/"roadie" Ejner, when he had to do the duets with Marie Frank. / Lars
Date: Sun Aug 11 02:53
Per Graa Karlsen (graa at sugemallen.dk):: Lars: speaking of pictures.. you might want to contact Janek from L'Estragon. He took some pictures during the GS gig. Haven't seen them, but could make a nice extension to the your site.. and I must agree: the 5th Caf� Mozart gig was great :)
Date: Sat Aug 10 15:04
J (Sierra I must have...):: and I quote... I am a music leader in my church and needed a guitar that sounded good on stage and loud enough for unplugged playing in Mexico mission churches where I sometimes visit. The Sierra is a big guitar with an equally big tone. It has a very even tonal response from bass to treble, and lots of volume! It is definitely designed for heavy strumming and rhythm work, but I am able to pick out rich fingerstyle passages with little effort. The thing I like about this guitar is that it doesn't compress when you bear down on it. The harder I hit the strings the louder it seems to get. Very cool. To me it sounds warmer and more complex than the maple-heavy Gibson J-200, which I imagine Gretsch designed it to compete with. The rounded cuatway, tortoise pickguard, white binding and half circle fretboard inlays make this a classy looking axe. I love to look at it.
Date: Sat Aug 10 13:13
J (thanks Lars/Claus):: Nice pictures. I wish I could've seen a show there. Guitar talk... So it's a Gretsch Sierra, I'll have to investigate...
Date: Sat Aug 10 13:05
Mikus (for the last time tonight...) (Too much bier):: Hi lars, Yes, It's a welknown festival in Belgium, and it's called "Les Nuits du botanique". On the 20 th of september, lambchop is also playing there, with Lee Hazlewood... Mikus
Date: Sat Aug 10 04:21
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Hey, Mikus! Is the Botanique-thing the name of the festival or what? I'm considering checking out some foreign festivals instead of the Danish Roskilde next year. And the place you mention sounds really nice. / Lars
Date: Sat Aug 10 01:40
Mikus (trolebus) (exactly):: Hi Howe, Just saw you coming in Brussels at the 22 of september, for a concert during "les Nuits du Botanique"...But nothing yet confirmed on the site !!! I really like this festival, the place is great, and we just can hope it will not rain (made in belgium) on that night. My fav' artist, playing in my fav' festival, and then also my fav' stage... "la rotonde". You know, the circular one... A few years ago, you played ther. It was the "casio" piano time, and on "cracklin Water", you invited some girl to come sing with you on stage. Nice to see you there man... Mikus
Date: Fri Aug 9 21:27
tom (lambchoppy wagner):: sleeps with the fishes, dirty dishes, there lays the vessel on its side. And gluedan, maybe no one seems to care. but if you look well, they do. or don't.
Date: Fri Aug 9 15:37
glue sniffer (who the heell cARES):: so another day another planet. what goes whith you as you leave here? there is no go there is no time there is a nice new mc donalds down the road from me.let get together and fall in love. Hideee high. lolwy low most. and the earth that we once moved has now help to contribute towards the drowning of my debt ridden body. sleeps with the fishes and swims with the sailors what is a lust option who owns these words i have no idea why you just did that to me. sorry so soorryyyouo loosing control of my fingers twoo many somthings little boys they sure catch the back of your mind quick. good bye love you. dan xx
Date: Fri Aug 9 09:24
KYCU 1190 listener in Pa. (great spot):: frank ,joe ,alisha Just a sand fan that listened this morning.my two choices for intoductory of GIANT SAND to new ears would have been ( DREAMVILLE N.M and creepers). cool show thanks
Date: Fri Aug 9 07:41
james s (-_!^!_-):: Blaine, gracias mucho por la m�sica de Patti. Son maravillosos. �Mitch, felicitaciones! �sta es noticias muy buenas. Espero que usted est� bien. Escr�bame.
Date: Fri Aug 9 07:04
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Hi folks! I just got hold of 17 magnificent pictures from the Caf� Mozart-gigs. They were taken with a digital camera and and so much better than my "sourvenir snapshots". Claus Olesen (who wrote an article about Howe for a Danish newspaper) is the photographer. I got his permission to put them on my site for you to see. But please note that he has the copyright for them (as it says on the page). The link to pictures: www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd/privat-site/fotos.html - drop by....they're really great (sharp and colourful - I gotta have a digital camera, man!). Claus also took some pictures from the fifth show last Wednesday. I'm very much looking forward to seeing them. Enjoy, Howe-fans! / Lars
Date: Fri Aug 9 06:16
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: RT - the 'tucson guy' would be our very own mitch cullen...... whose comments here lately have been sorely missed..... so mitch, get in touch eh.
Date: Fri Aug 9 00:22
Mikus (the belgian one) (Exactly...)):: Please you all, let me know how to get "INFILTRATION OF DREAMS". They dont give so much information, even an answer on the site... Thanks folks. Mikus
Date: Thu Aug 8 17:42
RT (speaking of Alice):: Found this portion of an interview with Terry Gilliam and Tom Waits online, and thought it was interesting. A Tom Waits/Tucson connection: "Terry Gilliam does an 'Alice' with Tom Waits): During a recent conversation with legendarily oddball musician Tom Waits, quirky director Terry Gilliam has let slip that he's working on a film adaptation of a book entitled Tidelands. The duo's unlikely discussion was for the summer issue of Black Book magazine and saw Gilliam reveal: 'One of the projects I'm working on now is from a book called Tideland, written by a guy who lives out in Tucson. It's about an eleven-year-old girl who is an 'Alice' of sorts, whose parents are junkies. And she ends up with her father who is - well, we find out later - has been sitting there dead for some time. And she starts creating a world around her in a similar way. I've always been drawn to the Alice story because [Lewis Carroll] inverts the world all the time, and it's the power of that little child.' Anyone read the whole interview? Or know who exactly who the "Tucson guy" is? Maybe someone Howe knows?
Date: Thu Aug 8 14:55
me (@home):: i prefer alice
Date: Thu Aug 8 14:31
J (again...):: not by myself, I sort of hasten to add.
Date: Thu Aug 8 13:19
J (meandering in the meanwhile):: At the place where I work there is a truck upon whose trailer is written in the dirt... MEANDERATIONER. A statement of intent, renewed often.
Date: Thu Aug 8 12:16
Lars D (defensive):: Hey, Howe, I was not the only one laughing!!! But I guess we Danes are all just dirty-minded. :-) Hm, and as far as I can hear on the recording from lst night you sang: "Can't wait till she blows it right". Damn that bootlegging, eh? I'm burning the cd right now. You'll have it tomorrow when you drop by Scavenger Records. C ya! / Lars
Date: Thu Aug 8 10:22
... (wanna talk about music ?????????):: TOM WAITS-"alice"+"blood money".....(no further comments needed...)
Date: Thu Aug 8 10:20
... (wanna talk about music ?????????):: TOM WAITS-"alice" + "blood money".......(no further comments needed...)
Date: Thu Aug 8 10:19
... (wanna talk about music ?????????):: TOM WAITS-"alice" + "blood money".......(no further comments needed...)
Date: Thu Aug 8 09:24
howe (home ward bound):: no no no ....not transient so much, nor permanent ....i am just what i always have been. A MEANDERTHAL. and lars ...thanks for the incite and all, but the 'naughty' interpretation was just in your head....until now
Date: Thu Aug 8 07:36
james s (+(*!*)+):: Hey Blaine, were you able to scoot through N-Ville without picking up a six-string souvenir?
Date: Thu Aug 8 02:48
Hankster (to Lars D. on John Con@Sommerweg):: It's very simple why John chose Sommerweg for his precious pearls, that is his first solo release: because Volker Zander and Jens Gerhard are (with some other guy) Sommerweg. Volker Zander should be known on this platform and Jens Gerhard is a guy who has been with the German lads of Calexico for quite some time. Did the merch on several Calexico tours as well.
Date: Wed Aug 7 22:21
Frank Lambrick (goldstar@ecentral.com):: Any GS fans interested in the blatherings of a semi-informed fan should tune-in/dial-in to the webcast at www.radio1190.org at 8:42 am mountain daylight time on Friday, 9 August. We are doing a short artist feature about the band and will try and spread the good word. Hope we can stay away from any grievous factual errors. I contacted Howe thru giantsand.com for a short comment on the air, but see from the postings here he must be in transit. Happy Trails. Frank
Date: Wed Aug 7 17:19
Lars D (OUR MAN VICTORIOUS YET AGAIN!!!):: Here's another Howe-report from Denmark.... :-) Just back from the fifth Howe-gig at Caf� Mozart. Tell me one thing.....How can I go to the exact same venue with the exact same performer who plays some of the same songs FIVE bloody times and still loooooove it? I guess because you feel that anything can happen. And it does! Man, that was a great gig. And get this: I read an interview with Howe in a Danish newspaper. Here he says what he likes about Denmark. Nice. And then what happens? He made a song about it! A list (so to speak) of these things: the beer, the bread and the sound of his cowboy boots the cobblestones (?) of this town (�rhus). Here's a few lines from his song about Denmark: "I'm livin' here under all the grey sky. I still don't recognize what they call summer. I'm lovin' the rain. But everyone here says it's a bummer" (this made the crowd laugh). It continues: "It's true what they say. The women here really look that way. So much so that I married one". "The bread is good. And so is the beer. If I'm still missing. You could find me here". The chorus goes something like: "Cowboy boots on cobblestone. I walk around this town like I own....the sound of cowboy boots on cobblestone." Sounds to me like he liked his stay in �rhus. And that he'll miss the place. Well, we'll sure miss Howe here. The shows have all been great. And he has really charmed quite a few audiences here with his Arizonian smirk. ;-) The new song from last show, "Blood Orange", had mutated into a fullband song that was spot on - on every note. Maybe the cover of "The Beat Goes On" has had some influence on the new songs. Both mentioned here had a certain latin/bossa flavour to them. :-) Hope I didn't revealed too much. :-) At this show Howe again had a few from Under Byen with him as well as two new guys - one on upright bass and on this kind of square wooden box, that he did his percussion work on. Sounded brilliant. And he has recorded with them in a �rhusian studio. I'm looking very much forward to that next album, I tell ya'. And there was many funny moments tonight. And a bit naughty one.....when he during "Blue Marble Girl" turned the microphone towards Katrine wanting her to sing.....the mic swung around to her and it was the place in the song where Howe sings "come on and blow it right". A lot of laughs around the room.....but I guess you'll have to have a little bit of a dirty mind to catch it right then and there, ha-ha. :-) Thanks for making the �rhusian summer so much better, Howe. All the best to ya'! . / Lars
Date: Wed Aug 7 17:15
Paul (websurfingtoolong):: OK, here's some Howe and Calexico but 50$ a disc! Anyone with the money to spare I'm sure it's going to a good cause, this statiob has given us a lot of Sand music over the past few years. http://www.kxci.org/story1.htm
Date: Wed Aug 7 15:42
james s (*!*):: or a persistent pernicious permanent permutation.
Date: Wed Aug 7 14:44
J (surely it's):: got to be better than an ambient ambulance
Date: Wed Aug 7 14:23
Blaine (@work):: ...or are you a permanent transient
Date: Wed Aug 7 13:49
james s (so, Howe...):: So, howe, I'm kind of curious. You a transient or a permanent Dane, or, are you a transient or permanent Tucsonion, or are you just kind of living in Fluxenburg?
Date: Wed Aug 7 11:51
howe (ribbed):: hi and ouch. ribs are in sad shape and crooked now thanks to drum tumble in urbino.....normally johns drums provide a slo mo collapse, these however were rentals.......well, loved every minute of the time there and denmark and now its all coming to a close. the eye moistens. ciao, bent howe
Date: Wed Aug 7 10:16
Lars D (to Frank):: I've heard the Convertino-7-inch. It's nice. I think it reminded me a bit of the good stuff on their tour-only-cd "Travelall". I'm gonna get it, for sure. It's the small German label Sommerweg that is releasing it (I can't even begin to imagine why it's them). Check this adress: www.sommerweg.de - you can order directly from the site as far as I can see. Good hunting, Frank! / Lars
Date: Wed Aug 7 09:55
dot (tagliolini funghi porcini):: urbino:stones and stoned. delight of what appened. really love u giants. human and kind. could I know where do the song about summer and bread an beer come? the first night I felt in love with it. the second night I was completely gone.tanks of thanks
Date: Wed Aug 7 09:23
Frank (unsungdrum - John Convertino solo?):: Another trivia: Anybody out there who knows anything about John Convertino's 1st solo 7 inch EP release "Sack of Cement" which is due out August 1 according to the Calexico website? What kind of music, who plays on this record (okay, JC i think ...) and where to order it? I guess it�s not out yet.
Date: Wed Aug 7 09:11
Frank ((Danish trivia)):: Lars, as far as I know it�s called "Jason�s List". That�s the name it has on the last sandman series-cdr "pedalless" (it�s on cd 2 there).
Date: Wed Aug 7 08:27
Lars D (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Dear Howefiles ;-) One last lyrics-trivia. What song is this....? "...on a list plus one. well, my girlfriend. she loves me. and my connection.... (can you play) the slow song. no, the other slow song. the other slow song. play the slow song. i know you're busy. with your wires and battery and your (soundcheck?). i think she thinks she may replenish the earth tonight. with me a my ?" Okay, I might have listened wrong here and there. But I hope you get the picture. You know it? / Lars
Date: Wed Aug 7 06:53
james s (gratis):: thanks to Mikus, Tom, and James. James, I have a couple of Yann Tiersen's on the way now from the french amazon.com.
Date: Wed Aug 7 02:43
Frank (OOOOPS) (tocotroniac@gmx.net):: Lars, I�m wrong: my new adress is tocotroniac@gmx.net!!! .Net .net .net ... (not: .de). (Ozzy Osbourne would say: "That�s because of the f+++++++ drugs!" ...)
Date: Wed Aug 7 02:37
Frank (OOOOPS) (tocotroniac@gmx.net):: Lars, I�m wrong: my new adress is tocotroniac@gmx.net!!! .Net .net .net ... (not: .de). (Ozzy Osbourne would say: "That�s because of the f+++++++ drugs!" ...)
Date: Wed Aug 7 02:30
Frank (talking to Lars again) (tocotroniac@gmx.de):: HI Lars! Sorry about the problem with my E-Mailadress. I don�t know, maybe you�re right and it�s the "." that makes the problem ... (Ozzy Osbourne would probably say "f+++ that dot!"). So you might try this adress: tocotroniac@gmx.de. And: thanks for the fast removal from the e-mail list! And of course: have fun tonight! My envy is with you! (Ozzy Osbourne would say: "All right, everybody go crazy! we�re doin PARANOID!!!" Or Iron Man ...)
Date: Wed Aug 7 01:57
Lars (again :-)):: Oh, I forgot. Howe gave Scavenger-Hans the titles to the new songs yesterday. If it has any interest they're called: Wrong, Illconcieved, Torque, Prayer Song and Blood Orange (or Bloodorange). There were some other songs on my tracklist that I didn't know - and that Howe didn't change when he saw the list. They were called: Paradise (eh, don't know if that one's new actually), Lie There og Of Course He's High. You see, plenty of new stuff. And it's aaaall good! ;-) Very good. / Lars
Date: Wed Aug 7 01:53
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Hi Frank. I think there's a function in Groupcare where you can choose not to get e-mails. But not to worry, I've removed you on all four groups now. What's with your e-mail anyway? Tried to mail you a while back, but it didn't go through. Though it might be the "." after "fac" in the adress: fac.@gmx.de. Anyway: what's with the ftp-tucson-thing? I can't access it. I thought I might upload some of the "surplus" tracks that didn't make the double-cd fra Caf� Mozart onto that "site" (or whatever it is). Hope you get that ftp-goodiebag opened again. I couldn't download much last month. Oh, and by the way. DANES, it's tonight that Howe is playing! / Lars
Date: Wed Aug 7 01:27
Frank (to Lars: how to escape from Groupcare?) (fac.@gmx.de):: Lars, thx again for your engagement in bringing us some good news and tunes from Denmark! I signed in the newsgroup at groupcare to download the mp3s from Howes gigs. Could you describe how to cancel my registration there? I get e-mail from groupcare every once in a while and I have definitely no clue what it�s all about (and that could well be because of my lacking Danish knowledge). I think it would be better for me and the Groupcare commmunity to put my name off their list ... Thanks in advance!
Date: Wed Aug 7 00:38
Mikus (the belgian one) (Ouuups):: It was for you James...
Date: Wed Aug 7 00:37
Mikus (the belgian one) (begian music):: Tom, I can suggest you some stuffs, made in Belgium (We invented Beer and Surrealistic painting...). It souds a bit the same in our music : ARNO, dEUS, DAAN, KRIS DANE, MACHIAVEL, BETTY GOES GREEN, EVIL SUPERSTARS,TELSTAR, MAURO, MAD DOG LOOSE , ROLAND (Reeeeeeel Good)and so on.Jacques BREL Frenchy music is more "easy listening" for me. Off course you the dinausors like Serge GAINSBOURG (Mike HARVEY made 2 albums in English, who covers his songs. Wonderfull...)or TELEPHONE, but let's listening to KATERINE, HELENA, DOMINIC SONIC, ASTON VILLA, FRANCIS CABREL,... Enjoy. Mikus
Date: Tue Aug 6 19:00
tom (deux autres mots):: Serge Gainsbourg
Date: Tue Aug 6 18:58
tom (deux mots):: Jacques Brel
Date: Tue Aug 6 16:45
Manny ((Italian translation?)):: Mike. Are you looking for a translation from Italian to English from a publication? If so, I can help. Manny
Date: Tue Aug 6 12:31
james (@someplacenearfrance):: I'm not that French, but I'd recommend Yann Tiersen. The album "Le Phare" is fantastic, in a very gallic way. A few of Howe's piano tracks remind me of him; and Lisa Germano recorded with him.
Date: Tue Aug 6 12:06
james s (for Sarah...):: Sarah (or other french persons), could you give me a couple of names of french musicical groups that you consider to be interesting or odd in some good way?
Date: Tue Aug 6 10:44
matthew c. poitras (((..))):: The greatest "real" country music archive ever. http://recordlady.webgcs.com/main.htm It's all real audio files, and nothing past 1979. -mp
Date: Tue Aug 6 06:48
james s (abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz@123456789x.xi.xii.com):: Hi back to you, Emm.m.m.m.m.mmm. I think I need a career change. I'm not good at anything, though. Anyone have any suggestions? Archbishop of Wales is out, as DanSnifferShutterSpider has filled that post. Hummm....
Date: Tue Aug 6 03:17
Sarah (...):: hi! J'habite � paris, ville lumi�re!! Mikus, je t'envoie les deux cd's tr�s bient�t... Je pars demain pour deux semaines, et until next time, byebye!
Date: Mon Aug 5 21:06
em mm mmm m (stopping in to say hi):: **Hi !! How has been what has been everyone's summer??? It is hot and sticky and busy with college and confusion here(well here in my brain that is)** Hi James and Mitch and Glue Sniffer and Chris G and everybody else who's reading this. And Congratulations to Howe and Howe's wife for the baby. Ooee. **
Date: Mon Aug 5 19:02
asturgali (sa-wa-ro mike and your italian magazine):: mike, i am neither kind nor italian but i could have a go at trying to translate that italian article for you (i shall be trying to do it myself actually, i've just gone about trying to order it). I used to be a rather promising italian student once upon a time.
Date: Mon Aug 5 12:46
james s (for Lars):: Start with "Wind-Up Bird Chronicles".
Date: Mon Aug 5 12:37
J (((ar ya lookin' j))):: Hi Jones,Boop'a'la, Aaaann, Mike, Paul,Alan, IanG, Rob.S en famill�, in fact all those of you who got strung in sandyworld. Thankyou and goodnight. Also to the james's et al.
Date: Mon Aug 5 12:23
Mikus (trolebus) (m.malcorps@spawater.com):: Hi Mister B.Schultz... Just recive your mail... Happy... so Happy. So kind of you. For sure, we (I hope so) could make a deal... But too late tonight to write you... See you tomorrow... PS / Bonsoir Sarah, from enywere in France. Mikus
Date: Mon Aug 5 09:04
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (back again...):: Just searched the google and found this one: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/3954/haruki.htm Which book is in your opinion the best one to start with? Or hell, just his best one then? Or should I wait for the short stories? (I like short stories) :-) What's with the Wind Up Bird thing? Oh, and on my last post I was supposed to write: 2 hours and 40 minutes (well, yes, that's two stuffed discs). :-) / Lars
Date: Mon Aug 5 08:58
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Thanks, Guni and James. I'll do a little research on him...and dig in. Eh, and something else: I've just finished mixing the recording from the Danish Howe-gigs at Caf� Mozart. With pretty good result (double-cd - 2 and a half hours in all). As far as I know Howe gets a copy today and will then give those new songs some titles. :-) And I tell you, folks, those new songs are daaaamn fine. I mean REALLY good. Seriously. Honestly. Something-ly! I've just done the cover and everything - and then it's up to Scavenger-Hans to get it out the anyone who wants it. He-he, and please envy me that I'm going to the Howe-gig on Wednesday. Well, it helps my mood a bit after missing the gig he did with Burns and Convertino. / Lars
Date: Mon Aug 5 08:45
james s (Murakami):: If I'm not mistaken, Howe was the first person to mention Wind Up Bird Chronicles on the comments board. I think he'd just finished it and was missing the strange Wind Up world of it. I had the same experience. When I finished reading it, I had to read everything Murakami had written (that had been translated to english). Is there a Mitch still lurking here? Wanna help me out, buddy? Lars, if you like hanging out in Giant Sand, you may also like hanging out in the strange world of Murakami.
Date: Mon Aug 5 06:11
sammy (pommelos):: hello Sarah , t'habites ou en France ?
Date: Mon Aug 5 02:58
Guni (one reason, Lars...):: ... could be Calexico's new Tour Only CD "Scraping" which contains a song called "Wind Up Bird".
Date: Mon Aug 5 01:36
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Never heard of the guy, James. But hey, I would like to check out his work. Got a good link or something? And he-he, try and give me a good reason to read him. :-) / Lars
Date: Sun Aug 4 22:24
james s (notes):: New Murakami short story collection coming out on the 13th of August. After the Quake. And... A new book about Murakami just out by the translater of Wind Up Bird Chronicle, Jay Rubin. I just remember a couple of Murakami fans speaking up here on the board some time back, so I thought I would mention it.
Date: Sun Aug 4 14:14
emiliano (cassiusclay@katamail.com):: the car burn down the road...i'm coming home... the last 3 days was very funny and the music was amazing... grazie Howe for your incredible songs and your semplicity... urbino and italy loves the giants... DON'T STOP THE FLOW OF PASTA
Date: Sun Aug 4 14:13
emiliano (cassiusclay@katamail.com):: the car burn down the road...i'm coming home... the last 3 days was very funny and the music was amazing... grazie Howe for your incredible songs and your semplicity... urbino and italy loves the giants... DON'T STOP THE FLOW OF PASTA
Date: Sun Aug 4 03:59
Sarah (etc...):: ok, i think i'm going to suscribe to the sandman serie, as a leaf... mais je ne suis pas sure d'avoir bien compris l'organisation exacte!! I have to send two blank cd's to my "branch" and he send me the giant sand cd? It sounds really nice, this organisation...
Date: Sat Aug 3 23:41
Mikus (hybiscus) (m.malcorps@spawater.com):: Exactly....
Date: Sat Aug 3 15:02
james s (what is?):: "it is so beautiful...."
Date: Sat Aug 3 13:38
tom (french glue):: c'est si beau c'est si beau c'est si beau c'est si beau c'est si beau etcetera
Date: Sat Aug 3 12:05
Mikus (for the last time tonight...) (m.malcorps@spawater.com):: Sarah, Dont forget to put your adresse when you send the CD'S. Mikus
Date: Sat Aug 3 12:03
Mikus (trolebus) (m.malcorps@spawater.com):: Sarah, Grande erreur a toi de ne pas participer au "Sandman serie", y'a des unique things... Je t'invite a t'y inscrire au plus vite.. Bonne soir�e... Mikus
Date: Sat Aug 3 11:06
Sarah (perrot.sarah@wanadoo.fr):: hello again! This is so nice from you, mikus, si tu peux me faire ces deux copies (je parle franglais aussi!!). Je vais donc t'envoyer 2 cd vierges... I'm sorry for the "official bootleg 1", je ne l'ai pas non plus... Mais i hope someone else will help you!! Merci encore et � bient�t! By the way, i don't participate yet to the sandman serie, but now, j'ai un graveur alors peut �tre que... sarah
Date: Sat Aug 3 08:48
Mikus (hybiscus) (m.malcorps@spawater.com):: Hi Sarah, Dont be so serious... It's not THAT serious... Non seulement je parle fran�ais (I'm living in Brussels), mais en plus I can help you. I can find 2 of the "Band of Blacky Ranchette" Albums and copy them for you. Je dois les louer a la mediatheque... I suggest you to send me 2 blanco CD, the same way as for the Sandman serie. My adress is: MICHAEL MALCORPS 75 Allee des Colzas 1160 BRUSSELS The same way, I'm looking for the OFFICIAL BOOTLEGD Volume I. If you, Sarah, or anyone else could help, 'll be great.. Love.Mikus.
Date: Sat Aug 3 04:40
Sarah (perrot.sarah@wanadoo.fr):: hello! i have the feeling you all know each other in this "comments", so i'm a little new one! Does anyone have an idea of how i could get the "band of blacky ranchette" albums? Because i can't find these in france... Panic!! Bye bye to all of you!!
Date: Sat Aug 3 04:40
Sarah (perrot.sarah@wanadoo.fr):: hello! i have the feeling you all know each other in this "comments", so i'm a little new one! Does anyone have an idea of how i could get the "band of blacky ranchette" albums? Because i can't find these in france... Panic!! Bye bye to all of you!!
Date: Fri Aug 2 05:57
Scavenger Records Hans (KH_Horsten@dadlnet.dk):: Hey everybody Here we go for the last time. Place: Cafe Mozart Aarhus Denmark Date: 07-08-2002 Time: anytime but around 20,00 hours Who: Howe + ???? Why: Because we love to do it BE THERE, BE THERE, BE THERE Questions ??? Phone Denmark 86-122773 Thank you Hans
Date: Thu Aug 1 07:37
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: "infiltration of dreams" is 'official' and is available from 'MUCCHIO SELVAGGIO' which is an italian music magazine. if you email:- md2893@mclink.it they'll reply with details of how to obtain the cd. i can't read italian (it's all greek to me) but there's some great photo's, spanning all of giant sand's history. in fact.... if there's some kind italian person, who could translate the article into english, and mail it to me, i'm sure i could make it worth their while.
Date: Thu Aug 1 00:50
Mikus (minibus...) (m.malcorps@spawater.com):: Hi Howe, Just saw on the site about a new CD called "INFILTRATION of DREAMS", a live one. I suppose it's not an "official" one... Howe to get it ??? Could someone helps me in this way ? It would be a great souvenir, because I was at the Barbican at this special night. Also would like to thank you for the great pleasure you made offering us, the fans, the unique "Pedalles" one. Gi'me some more information about how to get "Infiltration of Dreams"... Love yo, Mikus
Date: Wed Jul 31 23:02
MOST MEL ISTACHY (dont see the spun sation):: Hey HOWE !!! LIFE is still green back here in the ole U.S.A. Most propelled today. I turned someone onto G.S. and she is so INTO and is begging to further Sand nisssss her . thanks ! now get on back here boy`s. Peas
Date: Wed Jul 31 20:57
APeR (a la gloosniffla):: it is good to know you "savour y'all," which means us... now, do you savoir us all? ar't thou y'all knowing? in thine jeasuse sniffer christ incarnation?
Date: Wed Jul 31 17:10
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Date: Wed Jul 31 14:51
Land of Hatchy Milatchy (Land of Hatchy Milatchy ):: Land of Hatchy Milatchy
Date: Wed Jul 31 13:39
matt (stylethrashing.......):: ahh Gluesniffa! arn't ctrl c and ctrl v wonderful!!?
Date: Tue Jul 30 16:01
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: ...which reminds me....I was home watching The Shining on Danish tv while Howe played at L'Estragon....it made me a dull boy, yes it did. ;-) Had already seen it several times. / Lars
Date: Tue Jul 30 12:51
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Date: Tue Jul 30 06:03
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: As far as I know Howe's playing in Italy on the 1st of August with Giant Sand. And I have the feeling that Burns and Convertino don't go by Denmark on they way back to the States. Which means I missed the only full-band Giant Sand-concert there was (it still bothers me quite a bit...hmm). But I've been told Howe comes by Denmark before going to the states. But that'll be around the 9th, so I don't know how much music we get to hear from him. And if he has to go back to the studio here in Denmark, then....well....I shouldn't be writing so much, 'cause it's just "second-hand info" I got. Let's just hope Howe drops by this place to enlighten us a bit. But if we're optimistic and look at the days till the 9th, there's a chance he can play. But who knows. It might just be his piano nights at Restaurant L'Estragon....and I can't pay for a meal there. :-( / Lars
Date: Tue Jul 30 04:45
Bj�rn GiantHammersSand (bhammershaug@mac.com):: So, my quiz goes now to you danes out there: When is he really playing?? And where? Last I heard was Mallorca..... When can I return, for sure he isn't coming to Norweyy... (sniff). b
Date: Tue Jul 30 04:41
Giant Bj�rn HammersSand (bhammershaug@mac.com):: So I went down to Denmark this summer, sniffing for some desertsounds. Couldn't trace Gelb - but I found Loppen! Nice... place.... b
Date: Mon Jul 29 02:52
Sean T (asturgarli):: I prefer the Hippies to the wife swappers , if you saw the wifes you'd say the same .
Date: Sun Jul 28 18:15
Lars D ((not there)):: DOOOOOOOH!!!!!!! Thought it might just be another of his piano nights that required dining there (I've got no money). Seems like a missed quite a show. Don't know if I should be in a good or bad mood. Hope they'll do some more in �rhus (that'll be announced!) before Howe goes back to the states. I'll just repeat myself: DOOOOOOH!!!!! / Lars :-/
Date: Sun Jul 28 16:15
Per Graa Karlsen (graa at sugemallen.dk):: Well.. the shows over and it was quite amazing. About 40 people managed to fit into the very small restaurant. Howe, Joe Burns, John Convertino was present with 4 local musicians filling in toward the the end of the concert, among those Marie Frank. They played for nearly 1� hour. I have no idea what the setlist was :) Highlights: 1: Howe searching for his ringing mobile phone for several minutes during a song, eventually finding it, and trying to get the caller to sing something over the phone. 2: Marie Frank trying to remember the lyrics to a brand new song. Howe then whispered the lyrics to her during the song, and she had to keep up relaying them.. not entirely succesfull ;) Anyway.. I hope some of you find this info useful.. I'm off to bed. Monday is showing his ugly head.
Date: Sun Jul 28 14:55
asturgali ((sean t - about those hippies and wife-swappers)):: goddamn hippies!
Date: Sun Jul 28 03:53
Per Graa Karlsen (graa at sugemallen.dk):: I just passed by Restaurant L'Estragon in �rhus, Denmark. There's a sign outside claiming Giant Sand will be performing there tonight at 21.30.. I have no idea if it's Howe only or the entire band. I don't even know if there's much difference, since I don't really know anything about Giant Sand. I've heard about the PJ Harvey-connectiongs and heard the Plants & Rags-cover. Anyway.. I read the interview in Information the other day, and thought some of you here might want to know about the gig. I plan to drop by since it's only about 100 meters from where I live.. I just hope one isn't _required_ to eat at the place to enjoy the gig.. my budget aren't really geared toward gourmet-dinners :)
Date: Sat Jul 27 14:11
Ian (Alabama):: I got my copy of Mucchio Extra a few days ago and, as I don't read and write Italian, had concentrated on listening to the Cd. I am pleased to report that the Cd is great, buy a copy now if you didn't already. for those of you who already have it, go to page 63, there is a photograph of Giant Sand from 1986 and, it would appear, that Michael Jackson was a band member at that time, or perhaps I have had too much to drink........
Date: Fri Jul 26 12:13
james s (*!*):: In Em's absense, I'll let everybody know that it is Friday.
Date: Fri Jul 26 12:08
subcomandante (subcommandante@gmx.at):: re lars kjaer: seems to be highly fertile soil for brilliant musicians - your Danmark. DDMB (=Danish Dynamite Music Blossom). Great news, indeed: the world is not standing still. At least Howe's progressing and we all are ready to harvest (as consumers). all the best to lars and all the inhabitants of sandland. sub
Date: Fri Jul 26 03:26
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: I just got hold of the print version of Information ("non-web"), and hey, Howe is on the front page! Biggest picture. Cool! And inside by the article there's a nice picture of Howe and Luka at Restaurant L'Estragon (where Howe's rented piano is). :-) And according to Howe he has been in a local studio in �rhus to record some new songs with Under Byen and Marie Frank (who he performed with at the Caf� Mozart-concerts). And he says he's written 10-12 new songs while being in �rhus. That's what I call good news. What do you think? ;-) / Lars
Date: Fri Jul 26 01:29
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk):: Yesterday (Thursday the 25th) Danish newspaper Information ran a rather large interview with Howe. For those of you who can read Danish: the article is online at www.information.dk - or more precise: http://www.information.dk/Indgang/VisArtikel.dna?pArtNo=131618 ------- Later you can probably find it in the free-access archives. Enjoy! / Lars
Date: Thu Jul 25 16:37
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk (new e-mail)):: If they gig is planned in time MAYBE you can get tickets on www.billetnet.dk for the Danish show(s). That's the usual place for tickets in Denmark. But maybe you can do it or be linked to a place through the venues webpage. Was it Vega? That's www.vega.dk. I'll let you know if I hear anything. / Lars
Date: Thu Jul 25 13:05
Freedom Rock (Web radio ):: if you listen to web radio and live in the united states, help some brothers out and go to the easy automated fax page here: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~willr/cb/sos/ because they might not be on soon...
Date: Thu Jul 25 11:05
paul (linkoeping@hotmail.com):: does anyone know when/where howe will play in copenhagen in august? what is the best way to get tickets?
Date: Thu Jul 25 09:15
Sean T (Eric's):: John , never went but knew all about it .There's a fair bit in Julian Cope's autobiograghy . That's a great read . The whole Liverpool scene started at Eric's , Cope , Bunnymen , Wah! Frankie etc . I did go on The Bunneymen's Crystal Day and had to eat at Brian's diner .You had to go there and get your ticket stamped for the night's show at St George's Hall , good days.
Date: Thu Jul 25 06:46
john (johnnybarcelona@aol.com):: whilst we're being nostalgic, is there anyone out there in sandland who was a regular at Eric's on Matthew Street in 1978? failing memory worries me and I'd like an echo both of names and impressions..her's some I remember..ATV, Slits, Wire several times, Clash supported by the Special AKA, Jonathan Richman taking requests, Mink de Ville, Elvis C., Suicide..Alan Vega wandering around...this isn't meant to be a boast list by the way, but is any of the excitement of that time documented properly anywhere? happy summer to all out there.
Date: Thu Jul 25 02:51
Sean T (Shaun H):: Shaun , check this out . http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CRASS/dialhouse.html
Date: Wed Jul 24 15:55
Shaun H. (Steve Ignorant):: Ha!, thanks for that Sean, really made me chuckle. remember reading a piece in the paper a while ago about the possible eviction, and they had a little Crass appeal going didn't they, think they withheld the pay no more than 99p concept for that one though, bless 'em. my first ever gig was CONFLICT @ the Brixton Ace (nee Fridge) in '82 aged 14 travelling up after school from Kent, so i'll always have a soft spot (and respect) for that whole Anarcho Punk scene.
Date: Wed Jul 24 14:56
james s (wilco tonight, free outdoor show, hope it doesn't storm again.):: Glue Sniffer, I think you should replace the archbishop of Wales.
Date: Wed Jul 24 14:07
glue sniffer (gone but keep coming up):: after reading the giant sand bored for the 132345th time i decided to employ 6 hungarian ladies to follow me everywhere i went. untill the day i discover arthur in his cave that is. iwll reak revenge on y all
Date: Wed Jul 24 06:01
Peter (freakwater@gmx.ch):: Howe.....hope to see you back in Zurich one day - solo - or with GIANT SAND - your *Coverversions* show once more what a brilliant & creative musican you are..... Thx for existance
Date: Wed Jul 24 02:17
Sean T (asturgarli):: There is still some pagan ritual things going on in forest , I think they are just stoned hippies or the local wife swapping club members...
Date: Wed Jul 24 02:14
Sean T (Shaun H):: The Crass are still about , dressed in black .I saw Steve Ignorant in the Car -Parts shop the other week .They have a artist's commune in a place down the road ,North Weald .They recently won a battle to try to evict them based on some business law thing . Mr Ignorant did not come across as some mad anarcist , he was buying a new windscreen wiper for his Honda civic !
Date: Tue Jul 23 18:50
J (hello):: Mike... Yes...Thanks...
Date: Tue Jul 23 12:32
Alan (Holy Giddens, Batman! they want to burn Tony Blair as a witch!?):: One hates to admit it but, per previous comments about Iron Maiden and related to Shaun/Sean T/H's locale, I once had a huge thing for the authors of "The Battle of Epping Forest"... half the time I pine for the inchoate innocence of art rock and the other half of the time I run from my (previous) self (selves?) screaming (I still like Screaming Trees and Mark Lanegan, tho). Thank goodness for Nuggets, Pebbles, and the original punk rock (Lenny Kaye's, pre-Patti discovery) without which this suburban kid from New Jersey might still be listening to, dare I say it (esp. after the gloriously scathing earlier post about the band after Peter left)... Genesis! Having discovered Giant Sand while programming a show on the University station at UC Santa Cruz, grad school and Diane and ultimate frisbee and really good beer and an emerging taste for wine (thanks Howe for the culinary updates) kept me from forming a band, nevertheless, GS and HG radically transformed the shows I subsequently broadcast. I know that's not good enough, but we try... Aiden's growing, hates being gassy. Yours, sociologically (does anyone have any idea what that means any more?! I don't, not with Giddens helping Blair help Bush police the world), APR
Date: Tue Jul 23 09:57
james s (what really tattooed Welch and the society with oddball status forever...):: It's often repeated that while the Velvet Underground didn't sell many records, everyone who bought one went out and started a band. I wonder if this statement is true for Giant Sand as well. I know we have "fans" who post and lurk here who are musicians, artists, writers, film makers... We could tell our own stories, for a change. I'd be interested in knowing how some of you put whatever inspiration GS gives you to work... "Giant Sand been very very good to me. After hearing (insert GS album or live show of your choice) I decided to...
Date: Tue Jul 23 07:19
Shaun H. (Sean T.):: so you got any members of CRASS wandering around asking if it's 1984 yet, they'll probably bump into Lynyrd Skynyrd Man who'll tell 'em there's another ten years to go yet.
Date: Tue Jul 23 06:23
asturgali ((sean t)):: yeah, especially with all the "witches" they burned there. Essex was the witch-burning capital of england wasn't it? (more than somerset!)
Date: Tue Jul 23 06:17
Sean T (Shaun H):: Don't be ashamed , you've now "come out" and don't you feel all the better for it ? I live right in the forest , the other week I made the big mistake of watching The Blair Witch Project , arrgghhh ! No more nights sitting under a tree pondering things for me .That film's ruined it .
Date: Tue Jul 23 05:43
Shaun H. (Sean T.):: okay, you got me, i once got dragged along by a girlfriend to see David Lee Roth, but more disturbing - the support band was Warrant. still stirs the odd spandex nightmare. good day to you up there at the other end of the Forest Sean.
Date: Tue Jul 23 04:32
seant (Shaun H):: Shaun , as I hail from Essex , Epping , I know , and in my dodgy heavy metal days , have been to The Ruskin Arms ! Although I never saw Iron Maiden there . I think I saw them at The Standard in Walthamstow with Venom ?!? Those were the days............. I think all music fans should have a dodgy metal past .
Date: Mon Jul 22 11:10
Shaun H. (Sean T.):: sorry Sean, the Ruskin Arms being a famed pub/venue where the band first started out, and i'm reliably informed now has a friendly cultural standoff between the Rockers who still choose to frequent it and hang out on one side of the bar, and a section of the large local Asian community who also favour its ambience but have their own end at which they stand.
Date: Mon Jul 22 11:03
Shaun H. (Sean T.):: ...yeah, but would you be able to sleep at night? where i live is where Iron Maiden originally formed, and walking along the main street one afternoon last Summer a herd of denim clad guys came walking towards me, obviously w/ the intention of engaging me in some kind of verbal or physical interaction, and the 'leader' in his best Eastern European inflected English asked "where is Ruskin Arms?", so i pointed them in the right direction, but first had to peel open the guys denim jacket to reveal sure enough mascot Eddie waving his flag or whatever. having thanked me, and carried on a few paces, the leader turned and shouted to me 'Up The Irons', clearly not realising he was stood outside the very football stadium (West Ham Utd) from where the Maiden stole their slogan. there you go, crap story, crap band, half-decent football team.
Date: Mon Jul 22 08:41
robj (dalla terra di primule e temporali):: thanx .so. see u in urbino: maybe mozzarellas are not as special as in napoli but there are lots of peer trees all around the stage. (so make sure to have cheese, because cheese+peer is good)the fortezza albornot is a great place. I think I'll sleep there after the show and wake up at dawn echoing the giantshow. I know I know. lookin forward to ..
Date: Mon Jul 22 06:53
Sean T (Shaun H):: Shaun , oh to be the t-shirt distributor for all nu' metal bands ! I would by now be happily retired !
Date: Mon Jul 22 05:51
Tommy Gailer (mustard-scrolling):: Let`s re-name "milk shake girl" to "mus-tard-girl": 3 syllable`should do the rhymin` ++++++++ just in honor to Guni, and everyone else who loves mustard.
Date: Mon Jul 22 04:46
Stefan (stefanmuc2001@yahoo.com):: I had an interesting discussion with a friend about Available Space and what that song is about. As far as I understand it, the song seems to say, quite literally, that there's natural, unviolable space granted for each and every one of us "here on the planet", even if it often may not seem so and no matter what you do or don't do or in which situation you may find yourself in. This is most clearly expressed, for me, in the last verse: "Like a phantom in the space that can remain / between every drop of rain / developing a notion in that falling ocean / that serves only as reminder / that there's space for you / available here". My friend thought the song says, more or less: f*ck the constraints of society, the pressure to buy, the hectic pace of life, work etc.; even if you've tried all your life to take part in it, to adapt yourself, it's not too late, you can also swim against the tide. Drop out, no matter how. Or in other words: Find yourself. Do what's really important. By the way, at a show in Germany Giant Sand interpolated Available Space with The Who's My Generation, which really was a stunning version. And I also think that Available Space is one of the most beautiful songs Howe has ever written. ............................. Guni, I thought that senfmaedchen possibly was a misspelling of sandmaedchen, but apparently it came from someplace else. I don't think Munich is particularly famous for mustard, but if anyone of you happens to be in Munich or Bavaria, try H�ndlmayer's, which in fact comes from Regensburg but is the best sweet mustard around. .................................. I don't know how many of you have noticed that Matt Ward has an Internet/tour-only cd out. I just received it, and it sounds fine. More information is available from somewhere on this site.
Date: Mon Jul 22 04:22
howe (heckfield):: well hello. i am in heckfield....here at sa wa ro mike's homestead. nice haunt. somewhere in the middle of nowhere....and just freshly finished with the current croppings of the solo run. an odd turn of touring from denmark to belgium, from dour ....and sarah's fine farm....then down to napoli (italy) where a delightful monsoon plummeted the outdoor stage and inspired a mic less set with a fine throng of folks that serve a hot bloody wine and pasta like cake. fell back in love with the shadow of all things mediterranean. the following day found a charter flight to palma, mallorca (spain)...left with a fine gift of fresh wet mozzerella ....heading my next show at the tom waits festival without tom waits....nice. beautiful people and mellow (by napolitano standards) with amazing olives. found my favorite bar in the world there, which was a relief. swimming was fun too. no sharks and the water tries to throw you back when you dive in. then a jet to england and a visit to the western shoreline there with a remarkable family...amazing stories by the sea. train then to giulford to finish the run....played in between kikki dee and the stranglers. what a wonderfully tangle of a world it is thru such smudgey spectacles. thanks for the hellos and hooplas. i stash them now to run back stateside for a day ....just to get a lick in, then summery home to denmark. and yes, the italian URBINO FESTIVAL is on AUGUST 1st...might just be 3 or 4 of us in the band then....but that will be fine. love to all, howe.
Date: Mon Jul 22 03:46
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: He-he, thanks for pointing out that it was "Space Available" AGAIN, Stefan. :-) After listening through more than five hours of live Howe, I can get a little confused. And then he plays the songs different from time to time. This particular version (the best one) starts off diffently than normal and has a totally weird ending, because Howe put Nils Gr�ndahl's saw through he guitar pedals. It sounded almost as whale song. :-) But I think I'm starting get my head around the tracks and their titles. Thanx all. Eh, and where did that "Senfm�dchen"-thing come from to start with? / Lars
Date: Mon Jul 22 03:03
Guni (also wondering):: Stefan, if only I knew what a Senfm�dchen is! I thought that Munich (or maybe Dijon) would be the most possible places to find one. Still I'm quite sure there's someone in the Giant Universe who knows more about these mysterious beings...
Date: Mon Jul 22 02:32
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Thanks a lot. By the way, isn't Senfm�dchen "mustard-girl" in German or something like that. Doesn't make much sense. Prefer "blue marble", then. ;-) / Lars
Date: Sun Jul 21 23:13
Stefan (stefanmuc2001@yahoo.com):: Hi Lars, "the wayward high, the wayward low" is Under A Punishing Sun. And I think it says "expire" and not "perspire". "Son, let me tell you" is Sage Advice. And "There's clear representation..." is available space again. ...... And Guni, what is a senfmaedchen?
Date: Sun Jul 21 18:38
mesp (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz):: i'd try and say more but i have a memory like a sieve, and i'm knackered.
Date: Sun Jul 21 18:36
mesp ((yo lars, 'bout those songs)):: i saw him play today at guildford and he did mainly new stuff including that one you said about "light at the end of the tunnel" when yr dead, and the strange-sounding guitar thing that you mentioned. At the beginning of his set, the guy who was supposed to introduce him came on, but instead of introducing him, Howe introduced the introducer,: "this is "so-and-so" from guildford". Oh yeah, when he was playing "blue marble girl" i got up to take a photo of him in the middle of the song (and i wanted to to take a decent one befrore he left and i lost my chance) and smiled for the camera, that was really nice of him because he could've been like : "get that camera out of my face i'm trying to play my song!" and instead, he paused slightly (there was a sort of pause in the song so it was ok) and i think i got a cool picture (have to get it developed first). (Howe, if you're reading this, that fool who took pictures while you were playing "blue marble girl" apologises for any annoyance she might have caused. I would've taken more but i was too chicken.) And oh yeah, i think he might've included the kylie song too, but i can't be sure because i'm not as familiar with kylie's music as maybe i should be. :)
Date: Sun Jul 21 16:00
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Oh, Confluence. That was actually the cd I had planned to buy next. :-) Shall we continue with a little trivia? So what are these songs then... "the wayward high, the wayward low, any way is the only way to go // lamplight flickers from a bad wire / the dark self-editing prior to perspire" (I must have heard that last bit wrong. I don't get it. But maybe it's because I'm Danish). And what about this one: "Son, let me tell you, hear what I say // like my teacher taught me // we struggle to live / and we live to love /(but) we fail to learn (???)". And which song starts with "There's clear representation...". I know that one. But the title eludes me this very moment. Thanks, so far. / Lars
Date: Sun Jul 21 08:09
Guni (any_senfmaedchen_out_there?):: Lars, Space Available Here (Available Space) can be found on Confluence.
Date: Sun Jul 21 07:55
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Oh, and about sending you a copy.....I'm not done yet, and I'll let Howe and Hans (fra Scavenger Records) handle that. I'm just mixing it....and trying to find my way 'round Gelb's Lyrical Universe. I guess I'll be doing the cover/package as well, but I think the plan is to use Howe's drawing from the poster on the cover (which can be seen on my webpage along with the pictures from Caf� Mozart). / Lars
Date: Sun Jul 21 07:49
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Thanks a lot, Mike! I heard the the "Felonius" wrong. Thought he sang that he wished his Lou Reed licks would beat Thelonious (that is, being better on the piano than The Monk). Pretty funny misreading, I think. :-) Oh, and another song goes: "Paradise don't come without mistakes". And another: "wraps up your twisted infrastructure" (is that one called "Leather"?). And yet another: "The devil she�s bored with me"? And: "Must have been bad last life"? The song I mentioned "all you had to do was lie there" also goes: "You bumble up your own birthday party / By showing up one year late // You can acquire untold riches / By giving everything away / Show the whole world how much you hate christmas / By celebrating it every day / It was gonna be a cakewalk / Gonna be a sip from the flask / All you had to do was lie there / All you had to lie / But apparently that can be a little too much to ask or try // You could have been one hot ticket / A collector of fine hotel soaps / Accomodate the adoring / Manage to barely cope / It was gonna be paint by numbers / just sit back there and bask". The song is catchy as hell. Simply wonderful. I think he said it was new. By the way has "Space Available Here" been released on any album? (again I must note, that unfortunately I haven't got many Howe-cd's - but that's gonna change soon). :-) / Lars
Date: Sun Jul 21 06:51
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: lars....... lou reed one is "felonious", mean streak is "st. conformity" - the kk kover is "the pilgrim (chapter 33)" - the one that mentions warm storm is in fact "warm storm" - seeing you is "no reply". send me a copy and i'll name the others.
Date: Sun Jul 21 06:38
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Okay, forgot to say, that I was after the titles of the songs, but I guess that figures... :-) / Lars
Date: Sun Jul 21 06:37
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (TIME FOR A LITTLE "TRIVIA", HOWE-FANS!):: Sittin' here and mixing and compiling the 2 double-cd-thingy from Howe's Danish Caf� Mozart-gigs. And it sounds bloody good! And there's a version of Dusted, that you probably haven't heard before. It included Kylie Minogue's "It's In Your Eyes" on the discman and a pick or key in the guitarstrings, so it sounds quite weird. I wonder if it was the first time he did Dusted what way (?). Okay then....I don't know every Howe Gelb-song, and I know there were many new songs in the sets, so I'll just ask for your assistance here. Do you know these lyrics? "The piano�s stealing Lou Reed licks / licks that he probably stole... // I had a friend who died for three minutes once / And he said, there really is a light at the end of the tunnel when you�re dead / but it�s a tunnel you can�t run toward / because it�s smaller than the size of your head." And then there's this one: "All you had to do was lie there / All you had to do was lie /but apparently that's too much to even as or try". But I think that it's a new one. And this one I think I've heard before: "He's got a mean streak, that's two miles wide / A wicket widows peak... // Living down by the race track / so he always knows the inside track". And then there's the Kris Kristoffersen-cover: "He's a poet / He's a prophet / He's a pusher // He's a walking contradiction / Partly truth and partly fiction". Another new one goes: "Of course he's high" in the chorus, but you probably can't help with that one. This might also be new: "God bless mommy / and daddy // I heard a rumour / About another / Little baby that changed her mind." And then there's another a little sad-sounding song with both some latin and folky flavours (they way they played in Denmark anyway), but the song is pretty low, so I can't make out that many lyrics. Two more new ones are the Tom Waits-cover "All The World Is Green" and the one he wrote just before the fourth and last gig: "I hear the squeak from my rusty screendoor hinge / the wind comes rushing like it's on the run / my fever pitch is a hot as a gun in the sun / And it's over before it begun / that's all that's been said and done". I don't think this one is new: "Don't wait / and waste the days away / warm storms come and save the day // I see my own self / in an old man with a dog / walking around with a shopping cart / all over town in his little fog / he had a life once / he had children, a business and a home / lost it all playing poker with himself / now the poor boy is all alone". And he also played a song about a "forty-five degree burn" or something like that. And does this ring a bell: "seeing you, seeing me / surviving emergency, worlds collide." Okay, that's all for now folks. Hope you can have a little fun helping me with the above. / Lars
Date: Sat Jul 20 14:29
JC BROCHARD (jc.brochard@wanadoo.fr):: Hello, One cheap way to get two live versions of "Susan acroos the ocean" for cheap. Remember the Return to Sender series of "Stromausfall" fame, well in this series they have a 2000 live Silos album and a 1993 live Salas-Humara album, both limited to 2000 copies. And this month, www.glitterhouse.com is offering one free early RTS album when you buy one of the newer ones. So, this means that if you go to the mailorder section of Glitterhouse, scroll down the right window and click on "Return to sender", then you can buy the Silos' "Barcelona" CD for 13,50 euros, and choose WSH's "Lean" CD for free ! And there you are, two versions of "Susan". There's a fixed fee of 6 euros shipping to Europe, so you might as well if you have the money add to your order the latest Glitterhouse catalogue sampler ("Out of the blue 10", double CD for 5 euros), as well as some of the Howe, Giant Sand or Rainer releases they carry... And you know what, without trying I've found a least two Giant Sand/Silos connection : Scott Garber, ex-GS bass player plays on "Lean", and Kevin Salem, who produced "Chore", has recorded with WSH too ! JC (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vivonzeureux)
Date: Fri Jul 19 15:22
peter (nyc):: CUBA seems to be available, along with plenty other silos merch/info at thesilos.net. Also, you don't want to miss Howe Gelb's Hisser. Four Door Maverick. Nice euro version for sale right here.
Date: Fri Jul 19 13:56
geoff (across the ocean):: It's only kinda Giant Sand related, but they are a good band,and its a good chance to jump back on the board. So here is a little Silos correction, The song, and the album, are titled Susan Across the Ocean, not Susan Across the Water--and someone mentioned it was a Cracker song, I think it is actually a Walter Salas-Humara song (Silos' song) that was covered by Cracker. Footnote-Cracker usually contains Bobe Rupe, who used to be in the Silos (and is in Gutterball with Steve Wynn--also the House of Freaks guys). Good luck finding Cuba...I have to admit, though Cuba is usually the critically rated favorite, I actually prefer some of the other Silos albums, some of which could be easier to get a hold of. My favorites are probably Heater, About Her Steps, Hasta La Victoria, or Ask the Dust. Anyway, the band is worth checking out, so is Walter's solo material--and the Woozy project is pretty neat.
Date: Fri Jul 19 09:10
Shaun H. (SeanT.):: yeah, i just spotted some spotty teenager in a Slipknot hoodie, ooh there's another one, ooh............................
Date: Fri Jul 19 08:58
Sean T (Shaun H):: Shaun , maybe we should start a spotting 'Lynyrd Skynyrd Man' club .Prizes for the most in a week, most inappropiate place etc ? I say a guy in a Replacements shirt in a slick city solicitors the other day , that threw me . Sean.
Date: Thu Jul 18 14:37
Roland (wotpo@yahoo.com):: Rob S: That song is on the CD called Susan Across The Water. Silos stuff is very hard to find. I've been looking for Cuba for months now.
Date: Thu Jul 18 14:28
Roland (wotpo@yahoo.com):: Rob S: That song is on the CD called Susan Across The Water. Silos stuff is very hard to find. I've been looking for Cuba for months now.
Date: Thu Jul 18 13:51
Adrian (underthesurface@hotmail.com):: There's a great new Howe interview with Fred Mills up on the Magnet magazine website... go see www.magnetmagazine.com There's no direct link but if you hunt around the "Featured Artists" section you should find it....
Date: Thu Jul 18 13:24
Shaun H. (sweet home Hackney Ocean):: okay, maybe it's just me (and my ****-minded mates) that's interested - but another friend has made a 'Lynyrd Skynyrd Man' sighting - spotted him at one of the recent Bob Dylan concerts in (London) town, and then spotted him again, and engaged him in conversation at a George Clinton show recently @ the Hackney Ocean. beats me where he's gonna turn up next, but i'd love to be able to slip a Giant Sand compilation into that white denim jacket of his, just worried he'll hear "1972" and never come back.
Date: Thu Jul 18 13:18
BENOIST (benoit_camus@yahoo.fr):: HI I WAS VERY ILL I HAVE GOT A LONG PROCESSING FOR MY DIESE , I CAN'T SEE YOUR CONCERT BUT MY FRIEND SAMMY ( LES AMIS DE MES AMIS SONT MES AMIS ) HAVE MADE A COPY. AND I CAN PASS A BETTER TIME WITH YOUR MUSIC THANK YOU HOWE YOUR MUSIC WAS A THERAPY I HOPE A MESSAGE OF YOU BENOIT
Date: Thu Jul 18 11:09
Tommy Gailer (Cartoon-Scrolling):: Lars, this Howe Cartoon with the melting candle as his head is fantastic! Good to see my fave musician feelin`so well over there.
Date: Thu Jul 18 09:10
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Okay, folks, if you're interested, there are now around 25 pictures from Howe's shows at Caf� Mozart in �rhus, Denmark, on my website: www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd/privat-site/foto-sider/PhotosHoweGelbCafeMozart.htm --- Here you can learn how(e) to put the metal to the pedal (no, that was not a typo). :-) Enjoy, fellow "howees"! / Lars
Date: Wed Jul 17 13:15
J (Eliminate that gas):: Congratulations Alan, Keep dancing that gas out!
Date: Wed Jul 17 12:40
Rob S (()):: Thanks to all for your info on messrs Wynn and Humara. Ill get trawlin. It certainly was a fantastic nite. Alan, congratulations to you and your wife and may your boy bring you as much happiness as mine has for the last 8 months so far.Cheers. Rob S. UK
Date: Wed Jul 17 11:01
sammy (montfermeil):: thank you howe for the great show at the Dour festival. I recorded it on my walkman and I 'm listening to the tape all the time.You haven't met marie-france,another day surely...Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis.thanks for this great memorie.sammy.
Date: Wed Jul 17 08:42
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Hi! Two pictures from the fourth and last Danish Howe-gig at Caf� Mozart is now to be found at: www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd/privat-site/foto-sider/PhotosHoweGelbCafeMozart.htm - expect 5 to 8 more pics uploaded tomorrow. / Lars
Date: Wed Jul 17 07:49
Sean Tracey (Rob S):: I glad to hear you had a good night , fantastic show eh ? Sean.
Date: Tue Jul 16 17:16
asturgali (.):: (normally i'd just read, but tonight i felt the urge to participate)
Date: Tue Jul 16 17:06
asturgali (asturgali@hotmail.com):: asturgali (oh what a night) ahhhh, i wanted to see that bunch when they were in London at the borderline, but i left my wallet at home (which wasn't nearby) and when i got there, i found i was two pounds short, i bet it was fantastic in london too.
Date: Tue Jul 16 15:46
Alan (aidenelation):: Attending a Giant Sand show in utero clearly serves a baby well... at least in our sample of one, we have a perfect correlation. It was probably Astonished (in Memphis) that set the stage for everything, on 7/7/02 -- 18 minutes after we left the horror of 7/6 (birthdate of GW and Nancy Reagan!) -- a baby boy was born to Diane and I. Tired and happy, we're recovering and aggressively seeking to eliminate all gas from youthful intestines... alan
Date: Tue Jul 16 15:45
paul Kerr (songwriters):: i saw steve wynn and the others in Glasgow last week. Great night with some fantastic songs. The Silos have some mp3s on their site at http://www.thesilos.net/. There is a Steve wynn CD tree similar to the Sandman series available on his website. Paul
Date: Tue Jul 16 11:05
peter (nyc):: Susan Across the Water should be on one of the Silos albums, if not available on solo Sumara. The Silos stuff is even harder to find than Giant Sand, but there may be a compilation out. Otherwise, check those cutout bins. Also, be aware that Steve Wynn was also in Dream Syndicate, and that Rhino recently reissued their fine first album
Date: Tue Jul 16 10:11
Rob S ((OOps)):: Blaine, seems you answered my question about Susan a few posts ago, pardon me sir my mind is older and weaker now. Steve W says hi. Excuse the double click.
Date: Tue Jul 16 10:08
Rob S ((Oh What A Night)):: Just a quick one to say last night I had my mind blown by Robert Fisher, WS Humara, Steve Wynn and Deanna from Lambchop. We supported them at a local venue and the set they put on afterwards was pure class. Managed to have quite a decent chat with Steve and Deanna and am proud to say that Steve Wynn is now a fully fledged Unspeakable Turks fan. He gave me a copy of his new album and asked me to send him some of our stuff, what a guy! It was the last nite of the tour and although there were some on stage sound problems their set was nothing short of amazing.If anybody else in the world gets a chance to witness them make sure your there. Ill be honest Id only heard of Robert Fisher and Deanna before last nite but Steve Wynn was a revelation. Time to get out my hard earned coffers and explore his back catalogue i think. Deannas voice was astounding and Walter played a cracker called Susan Across The Water i think. Can anybody give me any info on this track? Best Wishes to all. Rob S.
Date: Tue Jul 16 10:06
Rob S ((Oh What A Night)):: Just a quick one to say last night I had my mind blown by Robert Fisher, WS Humara, Steve Wynn and Deanna from Lambchop. We supported them at a local venue and the set they put on afterwards was pure class. Managed to have quite a decent chat with Steve and Deanna and am proud to say that Steve Wynn is now a fully fledged Unspeakable Turks fan. He gave me a copy of his new album and asked me to send him some of our stuff, what a guy! It was the last nite of the tour and although there were some on stage sound problems their set was nothing short of amazing.If anybody else in the world gets a chance to witness them make sure your there. Ill be honest Id only heard of Robert Fisher and Deanna before last nite but Steve Wynn was a revelation. Time to get out my hard earned coffers and explore his back catalogue i think. Deannas voice was astounding and Walter played a cracker called Susan Across The Water i think. Can anybody give me any info on this track? Best Wishes to all. Rob S.
Date: Tue Jul 16 05:40
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: to answer the previous two comments.... this is all the info i have been given by howe at present...... but i will be seeing him on sunday so i should have firmer information for you by monday (22nd).
Date: Tue Jul 16 03:55
Javier (javieribanez@yahoo.com):: Hi there. Does anyone know when Howe�s concert in Vega Club in Copenhagen is taking place? Thanks!
Date: Mon Jul 15 09:04
robj (*):: xcuseme giant show in italy happens on the 1st or the 2nd of augustu? because here it is the 1st, but on the website of urbino's festival is the 2nd. kizz
Date: Mon Jul 15 06:26
JC Brochard (jc.brochard@wanadoo.fr):: Oops ! Forgot to tell you that Thomas paid back the invitation and did backing vocals on one song of Howe's set... JC
Date: Sun Jul 14 12:54
JC Brochard (jc.brochard@wanadoo.fr):: Hello to you all, I usually do my best to avoid big festivals, but since Howe doesn't seem to play France anymore these days, I made an exception and drove up to Dour to see him at this huge festival. The fact that Dirty Three, St Thomas and Herman D�ne were also on the bill on the same day did help this decision ! Like Howe, I missed Dirty Three, who apparently played a very good concert. And it's a pity the Herman D�ne conert overlapped with Howe's : I'm sure they could be fans of each other ! I did see nearly three quarters of their great performance, though. At one point in the afternoon, there was absolutely no band of interest playing, strangely, so I headed for the tent where St Thomas was due to play next. It was nearly empty since they were only soundchecking. After a while, I looked at the stage, and who was there in a rainproof jacket (it was not warm, and there had been showers in the afternoon) ? Well, none other than Howe, who was busy soundchecking his guitar and a piano !!! Turned out the guy from St Thomas was due to aply solo, but he doesn't quite like playing alone, so he asked some musicians to accompany him. The first one he met was norwegian, like him !, and he brought along his friend (they're the rythm section of Low frequency in stereo), and the next one was Howe, one of St Thomas' musical heroes ! The St Thomas concert was quite fun, if sometime hectic. Like Howe's set, it was a bit made difficult by the drum and bass sound from the nearby dance arena ! Howe's set, just before midnight, was short by his standards (1 hour), but of a correct length for this kind of festival. He quite managed to hold the stage and win the audience to himself, alone in this big marquee and in these difficult conditions. The setup was what seemed to be the usual one this year : pedalless, with piano, acoustic guitar and cd player, resulting sometime in splendid "bastard mixes", as the current fashion names them... Livappy! JC Brochard (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vivonzeureux)
Date: Sun Jul 14 08:39
Vincent Riga (spiderV@swing.be):: WE attended your set yesterday night at Dour, and we as usual enjoy it! But a bit too short I thought oh well next time, during the fall we hope, maybe in Li�ge also, l'Escalier (bar downtwn). with smile Vincent.
Date: Sat Jul 13 18:32
buddha (steve.left@virginnet.co.uk):: hey mike really apperciate the c.d.s and md you sent. makes up for not sending them after the last g.s. gig, hope ya enjoyed brighton. what a crazy night take care steve
Date: Sat Jul 13 16:47
J (what's a radio spot?):: PS cheers Paul K & also Lars
Date: Fri Jul 12 13:16
Nen Borwood (kingwillie@hotmail.com):: Who is Big Fat Har? Anyone?? I see "Big Fat Har Rules!" Written on walls, on currency, on radio spots. Any info wouldb't be greatly appreciated.
Date: Fri Jul 12 10:50
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Yep, you got it! That's what the band says (as far as I remember). Or at least that they got their from a Talking Heads SONG. / Lars
Date: Fri Jul 12 09:04
james s (music trivia):: watched david byrne's "true stories" movie last night. anybody know if radiohead got their name from this flick? there's a character in the movie who picks up radio signals in his head and writes a song about it called "radio head".
Date: Fri Jul 12 07:07
Blaine (@work):: Good one Tom.
Date: Thu Jul 11 17:48
tom (wmy not ?):: Gluewatson I presume ?
Date: Thu Jul 11 17:28
dr watson@hotttymail.com (See Above):: So Let me begin with a question Why? When we do, why do we do? what do we do and why do we do what we what do? Confusing to the untrained thinker, belive me i know, see i havent always been a doctor, no for 13 long years I was a prisnor of my own finger nails. You see as a child my mother never gaver me milk. this caused my whole finger and toe nail infrastucture to colapse, alittle i always joke like wall street at the moment. The way i see why is estataily in three parts. 1. 'W' its easy to forget the value of this important letter 4 in scrablle it comes before all sorts of words like water and william and probably most important of them all, wilf. 2. 'H' the second letter in why could its been argued be any letter at all why not try Q said a noted and published oxford scholar? well lets get somthing clear the letter 'H' is a corner stone to socity we all live in houses do we not imagine if instead of having a h we had to use m think of the chaos we would all live in mouses and wear wats on our heads and ask the question 'WMY' which doesnt look too awful i will admitt but i waffle sorry. 3. 'Y' you are if you got this far already asking your self who gave this man a Phd and Why. Which in efect proves all post dated theroums making them proofs. i name this 'WMY' Law. NEXT WEEKS LESSON IS ON HEARING LOSS IN HOUSEHOLD HAMPSTERS DUE TO LOOSE SCRERWS IN DISHWASHERS.
Date: Thu Jul 11 16:05
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: I've written a small article about Howe's Danish collaborations at Caf� Mozart. The article might be changed a bit later and more pictures added. But you can have a look now, if you want. It's on the brand new site Supertanker, that writes about the Danish music scene....in English! This is the adress: www.angelfire.com/indie/denmark In a little while you will also be able to read about Howe's playmates in Under Byen (that particular page is not 100% finished yet, but some of it is there). :-) If you would like to discover the cool music in Denmark then sign up for the newsletter - or just check out the site and come back again later. We're just beginning to get the site going, but it's gonna be great! / Lars
Date: Thu Jul 11 14:44
bill (red):: howdo you think your team will rank tis season
Date: Thu Jul 11 14:22
na,na,na (boo,boo):: eeeeeek, a mouse
Date: Thu Jul 11 11:05
superman (***):: The Flaming Lips were fantastic indeed. As equally as playful as Giant Sand but with a different madder palette...go seek
Date: Thu Jul 11 06:26
Sean T (Flaming Lips):: Saw The Flaming Lips last night , Men in rabbit suits , fake blood , monkey puppets ,clockwork doves and the 3 biggest mirror balls I've ever seen , fantastic .
Date: Wed Jul 10 19:04
tom (well i rode out on a broken horse):: re: james s, mitch, gluesniffer, lars kaer, blaine... i'm going to the Dour festival, to see Howe, St Thomas, McKluscky and Capleton. I am always reachable at vervoorttom@hotmail.com. As good old waits would say; i'm open to suggestions.
Date: Wed Jul 10 12:13
james s (the west coast is a crazy place to drop a bunch of humans):: just wanted to drop in and say howdy as it's been a while for me. been lurking and enjoying your posts. got a package showing up on your door step any day, Mitch, hope it finds you. tried to email but it didn't seem to get through. hope all is well with all and that all you old-worlders enjoy your good fortune with all these shows that have been mentioned...
Date: Wed Jul 10 10:32
matt (mel@stylethrashing.co.uk):: cheers Lars, i'll do just that....
Date: Wed Jul 10 09:45
Rob S (()):: Sean, a fair old fever is building in anticipation of the night. Not only are we supporting but it sounds like were in for a real treat. If you want to check out the Unspeakable Turks mail the site www.theunspeakableturks.com and we will demo U. Cheers, will let you know how it goes.
Date: Wed Jul 10 03:22
Sean T (Rob S):: Rob , I was at the songwriters show in London the other night , you're going to love it . Steve Wynn must be one of the best American songwriters around . His live shows with his current band are storming . This is a different affair but just as good , very laid back , no egos on stage , just a great night with 4 great songwriters doing their thing , perfect. Sean.
Date: Wed Jul 10 01:08
Rob S (()):: Many Thanks to all who informed me on the wonders of W S and Wynn. Am probably going to video the whole show. Ill post if i do. J, tis pity you are not nearer and Blaine Ill say hi to W S and Steve for you. Should be a wicked night. Love to all in Sandland.
Date: Tue Jul 9 17:01
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Thanks. That was my idea. Pleasing Howe-fans. :-) Hey, Matt, if you need any help/info/anything else before going to Denmark, just send me a mail. / Lars
Date: Tue Jul 9 16:21
PaulK (doodawotnot):: The related section on the discography page at giantsand.com gives you a bunch of stuff. Thanks to Lars for his files of our man in Arhus, they do sound good.
Date: Tue Jul 9 15:30
james (@slightly helpful):: whilst by no means comprehensive, these do prove that cdnow is good for something. http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=625387446/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/discography.html/artistid=CONVERTINO*JOHN/select=othercredits is a list of john's credits. replace the names for the other guys. kevin salem gets credits for mercury rev album photo's in 1998, and, *bizarrely*, john engineered michael bolton's eponymous debut album.
Date: Tue Jul 9 12:57
Blaine (@work):: Does anyone know of a discography for the albs Howe, John & Joe have played on? Esp, Kevin Salem or Matt Keating? Thanks
Date: Mon Jul 8 15:34
lila (somewhere):: wish i could hear and see howe at the dour festival.. won't be able to come... too bad.. maybe some other time...
Date: Mon Jul 8 15:14
matt ("""):: i'm coming from the uk, shropshire to be exact (the welsh border) we were planning on maybe visiting denmark, so if we stumble across howe, then what a bonus that is!!!
Date: Mon Jul 8 15:06
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Hey, Matt. Just out of curiousity: where are you coming from? I guess I'm just wondering how long you would travel to see Howe. :-) You name sounds English/American, but of course you might as well live in Copenhagen for example. / Lars
Date: Mon Jul 8 13:57
matt (;;;):: i guess i missedya gluesniffa....... did you catch calexico on saturday....blew me away...........handsome family and there pizza eh??? whatever next.....
Date: Mon Jul 8 13:29
the return of the rat (GLUE SNIFFIN@ ):: So BLAH BLAH wibble and all the rest spent the weekend watching the handsom family and the willard grant conspiracy david byrne and other it was good get out more you sad old men when the veins and arteires chock ya you need longer for loife to passs you by
Date: Mon Jul 8 13:08
matt ('''):: oh yeah, i see someone mentioned the calexico live cd, i picked up a copy on saturday at their Leicester (uk) gig, a damn fine gig incidentaly, it was spot on. oh! and that cd is well worth getting hold of!! (i have a signed copy!!!!)
Date: Mon Jul 8 13:00
Casio (caw@eiberg.de):: Slightly off-topic, but what the heck. The German magazine Gaesteliste.de has a review of the Calexico show in K�ln, Germany on July 4th online now - incl. exclusive pictures. Check out the link below. (Lots of Howe in the archive as well!) http://www.gaesteliste.de/konzerte/show.html?_nr=376
Date: Mon Jul 8 12:20
matt (###):: cheers Lars, me and a few friends are thinking of dropping by Arhus at the end of august on the off chance of catching a howe performance.....
Date: Mon Jul 8 11:57
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Well, he did four shows (the original plan was "only" three). Now he's going on a tour through Europe (I don't know the details). But apparently he plays a bit at the restaurant Estragon in �rhus when he feels like it (which I think is quite often). :-) I don't know what his plans are after he finishes the tour. Let's hope he drops by this "comments"-page soon so we can get a bit more info. 'Cause the four �rhus-shows were great. / Lars
Date: Mon Jul 8 11:03
matt (~~~):: can anyone tell me how much longer howe's denmark shows go on for????
Date: Mon Jul 8 08:04
Ian (Astbury Hotel):: You can get a copy of The Love Songs from www.cdexpress.com, if they are too expensive several other dealers at www.gemm.com seem to have it in stock. Did anyone else see the news about The Doors reforming with a new singer,Ian Astbury from The Cult? I can't believe they are serious, but they seem to be......
Date: Mon Jul 8 07:57
Blaine (@work):: Rob -- Walter is the mainstay of the Silos, who's long and great career is in the same ballpark as Mssrs. Wynn and Gelb. He's written many wonderful songs, his best in my opinion is "Susan Across the Ocean". You'd do well to track down any of his solo or Silos albs. WSH also was part of an ad hoc group called The Setters w/Alejandro Escovedo and Michael Hall (another fine rocking singer/songwriter type. (If you get the chance say hello to Walter and Steve for me and the rest of their Milwaukee loyalists.) FYI-- caught Los Lobs (better than catching Smallpox) on Friday at a packed outdoor fest here by the great lake. The best part about that band is you never know what to expect. This time is was a blend of Mayall/Bluesbreakers heaviness with Cumbia rhythms. Also saw Femi Kuti, a Nigerian Afrobeat group. One of the best shows I've seen in years, 3 percussionists, 4 horns, 3 of the most vibrant backup singers/dancers on the planet -- a 75 minute groove up in the stratosphere w/P-Funk. A perfect way to spend a hot summer Sunday night and not even think about work the next morning. Ironically, one stage over a Deadhead cover band also packed 'em in.
Date: Mon Jul 8 05:49
Ma Rainey (rcecere@hotmail.com):: am trying to track down a cd copy of "the love songs" on homestead. any help me out? regards, rbc
Date: Mon Jul 8 05:46
Ma Rainey (rcecere@hotmail.com):: am trying to track down a cd copy of "the love songs" on homestead. any help me out? regards, rbc
Date: Sun Jul 7 12:17
J (Hi Rob):: Damn, wish I was nearer Birming-Ham
Date: Sun Jul 7 10:43
Shaun H. (the return of Lynyrd skynyrd man):: friend phoned me yesterday to say he spotted him at a Tony Bennett gig at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, and he showed his appreciation after each song by standing up and yelling "YEAH!!!", whilst holding his flag aloft. quality.
Date: Sun Jul 7 04:19
jpr (and the man on the radio won't leave me alone):: steve wynn: guitar rock indie legend of dream syndicate and gutterball fame. released a great album 'here come the miracles' last year which features howe on two tracks. see www.stevewynn.net for info. walter salas-humara: was in the silos with alejandro escovedo, right? experts, step forward, please.
Date: Sun Jul 7 03:48
Rob S ([[[):: My band The Unspeakable Turks are supporting Robert Fisher, Steve Wynn and W S Humara here In Birmingham UK. Who is Steve Wynn and who is W S Humara. Am aware of Robert Willard Grant Fisher but need info on others. If anyone near to Glee Club venue wants free tickets email www.theunspeakableturks.com Cheer
Date: Sat Jul 6 22:40
INKED with SAND (ghog220@cs.com):: Lets talk GIANT SAND.COM Ihave a great idea about a new venue for this site .....Fan of the Month // You could send bio/pics/greatest moment at a show/THE first HOWE ENCOUNTER/GREATEST lie you made up to get to a show/what kind of beer you like/ create a morning wake up to Giant Sand playlist/ and just who we are as Fans KIND OF SHIT!!!! It could Fly if we say we could dig that togather,loyal under one KING. GOODNITE Phill
Date: Sat Jul 6 20:17
tom (7):: i am too
Date: Sat Jul 6 13:34
lila (somewhere):: seven, I am impressed..
Date: Sat Jul 6 12:13
Lars D (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Whoops....me again....you wanna hear some more (including one song from the brilliant supportband/collaborators)? Check: http://www.groupcare.com/en/invitation.asp?i=1552865&c=62630990 And that will be all. :-) /Lars
Date: Fri Jul 5 17:26
Seven (SevensWorld3@comcast.net):: There seems to be a lot of confusion arising over the attractiveness of creationism unconfounded by unforeseeable restraints. Architecture is a model for love, pure and simple, deliberate and candid; add to which it gives a man a vent to his expressionist needs to establish (his place). Perhaps building for hire is not purely monetary, but a metaphor to detach from past lovers; a way of putting the clothes back on the things we desire to undress; a way of setting them free, though we wish they could stay, perhaps endlessly. There come a great many forms of love sakes, dont there...and few escape the very real impact of having their layers stripped away, when time glances back at them just to indicate that they have been noticed; not necessarily how they would have chosen to be, but as they have been. Anyway, this is how it has occurred to me. Well, oh $#!+, I did it again ~ told somebody what was in my own heart.
Date: Fri Jul 5 16:30
Lars - The Danish Sandal (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Glad to be of assistance. :-) /Lars
Date: Fri Jul 5 15:51
tom (hoopla Lars):: It's working, oh yes it's working. Thanks very much Danish fellow sandie.
Date: Fri Jul 5 13:10
Blaine (@work):: Dave, not sure when you left the CHI gig but it was great from start to stop. It would make a great release, nice improv -- the band was all over the place
Date: Fri Jul 5 12:25
Lars (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Well, if it's working maybe you can also dig this.... Group 2: http://www.groupcare.com/en/invitation.asp?i=1551443&c=66545861 and Group 3: http://www.groupcare.com/en/invitation.asp?i=1551445&c=3811804 :-) /Lars
Date: Fri Jul 5 11:03
dave (mize@inil.com):: I see that Calexico is releasing a live cd from their website. I wish Howe would release one from the Giant Sand spring tour. I was at the Chicago show but had to leave early because the people I was with had to get up early for work the next day. The show had started late due to sound problems w. Sally Timms. I think there would be great demand, especially since it could have been their "last" tour. Did anybody see the end of the Chicago show? How was it?
Date: Fri Jul 5 10:34
jpr (virtual aarhus):: thanks lars, it's working! :-)
Date: Fri Jul 5 10:27
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Now I made a group for the Howe-files (there's 3 from the 1st show now). And choose the option so that everybody could sign up without invitation. And apparently all text is now in English. Weird stuff. I don't get it, but I hope it works. Try it: http://www.groupcare.com/en/invitation.asp?i=1551342&c=84615764
Date: Fri Jul 5 09:41
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: He-he...eh....I can see there's trouble with signing up for the Groupcare-thing for the Danish files. And it's not because of the language. It seems I have to invite you directly from my account there. So I guess you'll just have to mail me you e-mail-adress, and I'll invite you. Sorry for inconvenience. / Lars
Date: Fri Jul 5 08:55
hi (back at you, em):: hope you're having a good summer.
Date: Fri Jul 5 08:48
e m (quickly):: ***hi
Date: Fri Jul 5 07:29
james s (strangers who play a little pool):: I hope ye US (and non-US) sandsters had a good Fourth. Oddly, since I just mentioned the Drive-by Truckers a week or two ago on this board, I just spent the last twenty-four hours with Earl, the bass player - really nice and sharp guy. Went to a minor league game last night for July 4th baseball and fireworks. When the baseball got dull, I eavesdropped on the conservations between Steve Earle and his folks, who were sitting in the stands directly behind us. Nashville moments. The lucinda williams/chuck prophet gig was great, esp chuck prophet. first time I'd seen him play. he won over the local lucinda crowd with ease. he announced to the BIG crowd that he had come from San Fran to put nashville back on the musical map, then said, "alright, you rednecks..." and launched into the next song. Lucinda was great, though I hated two of the three new songs she introduced . Ok, enough. Have a good weekend all.
Date: Thu Jul 4 14:08
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: I wrote how to a bit earlier on this page. Hope it is enough help. I'll paste the text here again: http://www.groupcare.dk/da/invitation.asp?i=1353094&c=35280004 The apply-test is in Danish, but very simple, so you should be able to make your way through: TILMELD (JOIN) NY BRUGER (NEW USER) Then fill in the form with your e-mail, the password of your choice and your name. Then let the first three "wings" be as they are and remove the next three. Then go to "Filer" (files) and....download. Bingo! Good luck with the dansk :-D / Lars
Date: Thu Jul 4 13:49
J (Lars you can upload here...):: http://orthanc.zender.rwth-aachen.de/sand/ This site has some fantastic Sand/Calexico/OP8/Rainer files available. It's all in English.
Date: Thu Jul 4 12:31
tom (dear Lars Kjaer):: I think i managed to sign in on your group, but then I lost it for my brain is momentarily incapable of grasping enough Dansk. Would you be so kind to give me a order of steps I have to follow to get to that Waits cover that Howe did ?? Dank je (that's Flemish for Thanks)
Date: Thu Jul 4 05:10
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Pictures ("snapshots") from the first three shows in Denmark (along with tickets and posters) can now be seen on this page: http://www.angelfire.com/indie/lars-kd/privat-site/foto-sider/PhotosHoweGelbCafeMozart.htm - other people in the audience took pictures at the shows. And Hans of Scavenger Records is in touch with one of them. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the stuff I've put up. The four shows were, eh, pretty well documented, I must say - although the new pictures have been taken with what we in Danish call an "idiotcamera" (small holiday ones where you point, click and don't make mistakes). :-) I have got a flash on my "good" camera and the caf� was too dark to use that (as you can see on the first photos. Enjoy! / Lars
Date: Thu Jul 4 03:13
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: I can see that there's has already been to visitors to my Groupcare account, and they have signed out again afterwards. Anyway....I've just uploaded one track from last night. A good soundboard-recording of Howe doing Tom Waits' "All The World Is Green" - though in a slightly shorter version that the other nights. He goes into a little tune about the piano being tired at the end. Very sweet. :-) And he is backed up by bongos and saw. Cool stuff. By the way: Does anyone know a good place to upload files like these, so you don't have to sign up on an account in a foreign language? :-) Well, if you're curious the adress is still the same: http://www.groupcare.dk/da/invitation.asp?i=1353094&c=35280004
Date: Wed Jul 3 21:42
Pro quote tion (west of the junction):: Well then my fellow brothers and sisters. Howe King? well hell yea. That then makes us the most great and most inner kingdom of folk of the land of Howe. I`m dambed proud of that,and when some one asks whats playin i`ll say the KING!! peace, Phill
Date: Wed Jul 3 19:27
deiter (flying burrito bro.):: i relly like bridget keatings fidle part on the friends of dean martinez's shadow of your smile. i was wondering if any one could recommend any choice recorings of hers. i noticed that she is on a blacky ranchette record. are these records still available? whats the deal?
Date: Wed Jul 3 19:02
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Yeah, Mr. McGuire. Howe IS the king! Yet again he put on a brilliant show. With some interesting guest. A perfect evening. I feel SO lucky! / Lars
Date: Wed Jul 3 17:05
jukebox phantom (golden nugget saloon):: i'm not sure what the 3 sisters song is about, but i have seen the 3 sisters ranch out near tombstone, of a road near boothill. it may be an oblique reference to the loosing stronghold of peace in an area that was desolate. probably be a burger king there someday. i've often wonderer who the three sisters were too.
Date: Wed Jul 3 16:28
Utah (nudestar@surf.co.nz):: About the house thing. The great Chris Cacavas is apparently building houses in Germany for a living. I'm not sure this is true, but a musician like him should be recording music 27 hours a day!
Date: Wed Jul 3 16:26
McGuire (somc@mail.djh.dk):: Howe's the king! His four shows in �rhus, Denmark, were all epic!
Date: Wed Jul 3 10:52
Gazelle (jaimeohlsson@lycos.com):: Does anyone know what Howe's "3 sisters" is about? It trips me out because every time I hear that song, it reminds me of my family. I guess there are a lot of sisters like that out there.
Date: Tue Jul 2 09:18
Manny (Realter Dan):: Mike...Dan selling houses is indeed hard to imagine. I've heard Bill Janovitz from Buffalo Tom is working on doing the same. Is there something that we're just not seeing here? Hm? Manny
Date: Mon Jul 1 23:57
mike ([sa-wa-ro]):: james s...... store's ok, but 'duet' sold out many moons ago, although it has been re-released on a japanese label.... check matt's part - songs. paul.....you beat me to it. yes, this italian magazine has the live cd.... the first 6 tracks of which are from the barbican show (the first 6 that night). i think jim blackwood edited it, but howe picked the songs. blaine......apparently dan stuart is engaged in real estate in northern tucson and doesn't gig anymore... can you imagine danny showing you 'round a new house!!!!! al perry was off to san francisco surfing for a month or two when i met him last at the beginning of may... probably back by now.
Date: Mon Jul 1 17:18
james s (comparisons are odious):: Hey Spunk and Chunky, Duet for Guitars #2 as non-import no longer available? Tried to order it from milesofmusic.com, who have it in their catalog, but they have no stock left and apparently can't get it. Bummer. Ow Om store appears to be down for the moment, but I don't remember seeing it there the last time I looked either. Just wondering.
Date: Mon Jul 1 17:03
Mitch (in Santa Fe):: Paul, thanks so much for the inform. I'll track the sucker down when I return to Tucson!!! And, Hank, it is indeed a delight to see Al Perry roaming around town again. He was a fixture, for me at least, behind the desk at Hotel Congress--and after his Westward move was sorely missed. In fact, he's the one who informed Peter about where to obtain a vintage radio, and this info is responsible for the crackly-hissing oval shaped thing that plays non-stop in the house. Then, of course, it's just a delight seeing him appear around town. By the way, Blaine, if you're still seeking that Al Perry collaboration disc, give a call to PDQ Records here in Tucson. I recall seeing one there, but it was a few months back. All right, hope everyone here is doing well in their various spaces upon the planet. I'm off to eat green chili stew at Maria's.
Date: Mon Jul 1 15:55
Paul K (p.kerr@ntlworld.com):: Anyone Know anything about this?. From the Steve Wynn list....... the mucchio/extra issue out now features a live cd by Giant Sand, compiled by Howe Gelb himself. details: Giant Sand - Infiltration of dreams 2000/2002 1. the farm 2. sage advice 3. shiver 4. seldom matters 5. spam 6. johnny hit and run pauline 7. blue marble girl 8. film score in a minor 9. sunshine of your love 10. astonished 11. delta whip around 12. corridor 13. la finale 14. static 15. the beat goes on 1-6 Barbican Theatre, London nov 3, 2001 7 Brighton nov 1, 2001 8 Athens dec 1, 2000 9 Hamburg dec 6, 2001 10+12 Milan dec 6 , 2000 11 Thesaloniki dec 2, 2000 13+14 Europe dec 2000 15 New York apr 12, 2002 How to get it: contact Mucchio Selvaggio md2893@mclink.it or abbon.mucchio@mclink.it pauk
Date: Mon Jul 1 14:36
Hank (@ home in L.E.):: Hey Blaine, Glitterhouse (www.glitterhouse.com) has the respective album on stock (Al Perry & Dan Stuart "Retronuevo") for only 6,75 Euro (some 7 bucks). It was recently listed among the 50 best (classic) "Americana" - albums in the German Rolling Stone. Cool stuff. My own personal fav is "Little Slant Six". A pretty great portion of humour that you got in there that is indeed: Tucson's Al Perry style meets San Francisco's "Green on Red". A MUST! Hey Mitch, what's it like to have Al Perry back in town and the opportunity to see him play live so often? I'm green with envy...but not for the current temperatures, though ;-)
Date: Mon Jul 1 11:53
Blaine (@work):: Tom -- sorry, the Coil thing was just to see if anyone was paying attn. **Alan -- I don't have a copy, but if that particular GS at SXSW gig is on tape it would be a cool one, if memory serves. It was at Liberty Lunch and utilized the revolving door of Chuck Prophet, Vicki Peterson and Susan Cowsill, maybe Peter Holsapple? Saw Mr. Prophet here a a few summers back and it was great. They showed up late, explaining their van broke down in Iowa and rode in an a flatbed. What is Dan Stuart up to these days? His last alb was great -- anyone hear the one he did w/Al Perry? No luck tracking it down.
Date: Mon Jul 1 08:01
Lars Kj�r Dideriksen (lsd_dk@hotmail.com):: Howe's shows in Denmark just keep getting better and better. The third show was even better than the two first. It was.....well, truly amazing! The audiences around Europe will be in for a treat on the upcoming solo-tour, 'cause Howe has warmed up well here in �rhus. The fourth and last is on this Wednesday. And I'll be there yet again. And then I'll have seen them all. And all four shows have been/will be recorded. The last show's recording (no. 3) seems to be the best one. And the finished recording will be a mix of audience and soundboard - and I think the end result will be good. Pictures from the shows will be on my website (mentioned earlier) as I get them developed (some will be coming this Thursday - and they will probably be better than the first ones). And maybe I'll do a bit of text as well - for those of you who wanted to hear about the shows. / Lars

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