Date: Wed Jun 30 20:15
dead parrot (somewhere over the rainbow):
he's not the messiah he's a very naughty boy! yak

Date: Wed Jun 30 18:06
bd(=) ()-():
rummaging around thrift store and find a mint copy of kitty wells, "kitty's choice". oh, it is the best of 04 so far. can't get off the turntable.

Date: Wed Jun 30 16:19
conch (anagram almost):
Lars and Pam ate Elvis in Goth(a)...

Date: Wed Jun 30 14:39
graham (bring on the anagrams):
Giant Sand is All Over the Map.........Thermal Indian Pasta Gloves

Date: Wed Jun 30 10:16
dodger of rafts (wot blam wank):
tata dick martin saga

Date: Wed Jun 30 08:23
walt ma knob (front desk):
anagramtastic kids!!

Date: Wed Jun 30 08:14
talk an womb (front desk ):
howe gelb.........gob wheel bog wheel hebe glow

Date: Wed Jun 30 08:11
wombat klan (front desk):
giant sand .......angst an id sang at din standing dang tans dna sting dang tins gnats din

Date: Wed Jun 30 02:23
Az Dumbsh*t (what is wrong with me):
Sorry! for the multiple posts! do not know how that happened?

Date: Wed Jun 30 02:20
az Fan (Heat and just barely Humid):
Do not leave a space after / and before Whiskers....Check out Hurricane...punk rock

Date: Wed Jun 30 02:16
Az Fan (It hot!!!! here):
Howe - check this version of Walkin Boss by the MP's... http://www.wohlers.org/puppets/ whiskers83/...from Whiskers in Phx...did you ever play there? This is a classic! Kirkwoods and Gelb Az finest!

Date: Wed Jun 30 02:11
Az Fan (It hot!!!! here):
Howe - check this version of Walkin Boss by the MP's... http://www.wohlers.org/puppets/ whiskers83/...from Whiskers in Phx...did you ever play there? This is a classic! Kirkwoods and Gelb Az finest!

Date: Wed Jun 30 02:08
Az Fan (It hot!!!! here):
Howe - check this version of Walkin Boss by the MP's... http://www.wohlers.org/puppets/ whiskers83/...from Whiskers in Phx...did you ever play there? This is a classic! Kirkwoods and Gelb Az finest!

Date: Tue Jun 29 21:24
listen to (moon pie):
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Date: Tue Jun 29 21:07
faithfully depated (Please stop using language):
So weel./ it makes some of us feel like idiots and we wil all die. I am runk again i have no reason cept maybee a freinds birthday but why should that be cexuse. on saturday i and my might band of 2 will play along with transvestite and electronica kijng what yoiu take in one hamd will regardless of speed be bettred by another man i can see the misytakes i write but can not interupt the flow to challenge them. i lov you all carl.ps cow shed cabberet is looking for glee in gleb regardless opf whst i saiod. love a v happy jan on boooooze//////

Date: Tue Jun 29 15:25
Marianne ('cause I do cause):
If you haven't, get it. If you have, tell it. If you won't, skip it. If you will, do it. If and when's, stop it. Luv to love Amor's Soundtracks Volume 2, out on Owom. http://amormusic.com/MP3.html http://www.mundanesounds.com/record_review.php?id=891 http://www.smother.net/reviews/world.php3?ID=5 http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Music/Content?oid=oid:57160

Date: Tue Jun 29 15:18
Graham (http://www.thrilljockey.com/press/press_right.php?artistnum=34):
Album cover, Sand bio, and publicity shots at above link. Quoting John Parish: "You know sometimes you hear a song for the first time & it clicks so immediately that it's then impossible to imagine that it hasn't always existed - "Classico" from the new Giant Sand album is a perfect example. I've recorded this song three times in a year - the two versions that bookend Map & a third by Italian legend Nada for her new album, Tutto L'amore Che Mi Manca. Howe's lyrics on" Classico" and throughout the new record are typically unique, ranging from laugh out loud to painfully poignant, hitting all points bizarre in between. If there were only one person allowed to contribute further to the over-stocked pool of recorded music on this planet it should be Howe Gelb."

Date: Tue Jun 29 13:12
Raft-dodger (thought that ended in '74...):
So far, hammer-swollen libraries can only take thumb-books.

Date: Tue Jun 29 10:16
Graham (dodging the raft):
I request Mr Gelb write a song around the line "Library books can only take hammer-swollen thumbs so far"

Date: Tue Jun 29 09:43
Yes (you):
can

Date: Tue Jun 29 09:00
Rodger Federer (No posts?):
Can I be the first to post a message today ?

Date: Mon Jun 28 01:19
Blaine (water-logged):
I always thought this board was 666% to the good - like that soap. Just saw Richard Thompson and then the Flatlanders play at a rainfest. RT played one long gtr solo that wound around jagged Robt Quine and Howe terrain and into John Coltrane - one of the best live moments I've encountered. Garage is four walls to the good, but help!! Does anyone know about the ancient art of building rafters? Libr books can only take hammer-swollen thumbs so far.

Date: Sun Jun 27 15:56
mp (i'm sorry...):
but i'm going to have to shoot you.

Date: Sat Jun 26 23:03
s james (and now):
for something completely different...

Date: Sat Jun 26 23:02
james s (blessed are the cheese makers...):
what's so special about them?

Date: Sat Jun 26 20:57
conch (afraid of numbers):
Mr. Gelb, the diary foreplay would be most welcome. As for my end of the farmer's market, I recently encountered a 60-year-old Japanese street musician named Hsiao, who plays a beat-up guitar given to him by Townes Van Zandt and stomps his feet as he plays. He's got 900 songs in two blue binders, and when I asked if he wrote a song a day, he answered, "I am a song." But that's whole 'nother story altogether.

Date: Sat Jun 26 17:20
TomT (Python nerds):
Was flipping through an old copy of Uncut Mag and stumbled acros this quote from Terry Gilliam talking about rabid Monty Python fans.... “I don't feel guilty about helping unleash them on the world. As long as they don't come round my house. It's embarrassing. The people who know all the sketches, they throw out a line and expect a line in return. I don't know what they're talking about. George Harrison was always doing that.” Seemed funny at the time.

Date: Sat Jun 26 11:05
Lars (Austin Howers...):
That's okay, Conch. So.....this page is "semi-evil, the margerine of evil...not quite evil enough" (quote). ;-) ### Thanks, Howe. Looking forward to both the Mishi's and the Map. Greets! / Lars

Date: Sat Jun 26 09:21
james s (50% good, 50% evil... it's good to know my site is a true reflection of myself... meaning only that I can't give more than 100%.):
I'm looking forward to the tour diary confessions.

Date: Sat Jun 26 05:32
howe (a calculated response):
....conch .....you do realize you are giving a hundred and ten percent don't you ?....atta boy.....me too

Date: Sat Jun 26 05:31
crinkled brow (howe):
oh conch... ha ha ha ha ha ahha ha ha ha ouch. got a foot in the muck and one in a pile of luck.....a delicate fencing down the middle of the stance by which a straddle is possible but only with a sadle on that pointy happenstance. and so rattle on. rattle on. shake the hinges with aspiring cringes and rattle on... the chain link ride. better then a poor cow hide. rattle on straddler.....66% lean. 44% mean. rattle on.....um.....yep........the mau mau michi is in due procession.........and maybe it's time for tour diary confession ......especially when no tour clutters up the day with its tangle of wire and its funky 123 foreplay. maybe a tour diary should commence, perfect for home-page on the range and straddle sadle upon the fence....or at maybe, just for a change

Date: Sat Jun 26 04:47
conch (evil):
On behalf of the other 44%, I'd like to apologize.

Date: Sat Jun 26 04:13
Lars (Hey, Ow Om):
Any news on the Mitsi Mitsi Mau release? I'm curious. ### And man, isn't it a long time to September 14th, sanddudes? Hmmm... / Lars

Date: Sat Jun 26 04:02
Lars (what the hell...):
He-he, this comments page is 66% good. :-D / L

Date: Sat Jun 26 02:05
J (and...):
Mike, did I outbid -you- for the green 'Covered' T shirt?

Date: Sat Jun 26 00:37
J (Weird):
If you folks were to visit this site http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator/ you would find a calculator which uses some strange math code to determine how good/evil a page or portion of text is. It's called Gematria. Sorry James s to spoil the surprise, but your site url rates 50% good, 50% evil! Also check out ''Rasterbator' which will deliver a huge pixellated pdf file to stick together to make posters and stuff.

Date: Fri Jun 25 23:59
derek (viruses):
yeah i've been getting those viruses from the damndest of people....including the guy from billions that books howe.

Date: Fri Jun 25 20:10
Flynn (Farhenheit 9/11):
Just saw the film this afternoon. It's a must-see. He pretty much lays out the sorry States of Affairs in this country formerly known as the Land of Liberty.

Date: Fri Jun 25 08:47
me (footy !!!!):
god dam we were cheated out of the game last night, why is it always us english ????

Date: Fri Jun 25 07:54
james s (now, there's a great combo):
M. Ward with Vic Chesnutt & Howe Gelb

Date: Fri Jun 25 04:38
jesus (Por Vida: Trib To Alejandro Escovedo):
Alejandro Escovedo is one of the most critically acclaimed artists in contemporary music, widely admired for the stylistic breadth and innovation of his compositions and his facility for translating his personal experiences and observations into universal truths. He fell ill from the effects of Hepatitis C in April 2003, and friends, family, peers, influences and admirers in the music world have responded with this 2-CD tribute. A portion of the proceeds from this release, which also features a previously unreleased performance by Alejandro, will benefit the Alejandro Escovedo Medical & Living Expense Fund. Track Listing, Disc One: Lucinda Williams - Pyramid of Tears/Lenny Kaye - Sacramento & Polk/Steve Earle - Paradise/Jon Langford & Sally Timms - Broken Bottle/Calexico - Wave/Jennifer Warnes - Pissed Off 2AM/John Cale - She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore/Los Lonely Boys - Castanets/Cowboy Junkies - Don’t Need You/Charlie Sexton - Dear Head On the Wall/Jon Dee Graham - Helpless/Howe Gelb - She Towers Above/Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Wedding Day/Tres Chicas - Rhapsody/Peter Case - The End/Bob Neuwirth - Rosalie/Section String Quartet - Crooked Frame. Disc Two: Ian Hunter - One More Time/Jayhawks - Last to Know/Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra - Velvet Guitar/Sheila E. & Pete Escovedo - The Ballad of the Sun and Moon/Chris Stamey - One True Love/Son Volt - Sometimes/Rosie Flores - Inside This Dance/Charlie Musselwhite & Charlie Sexton - Everybody Loves Me/M. Ward with Vic Chesnutt & Howe Gelb - Way It Goes/Javier Escovedo - The Rain Won’t Help/Caitlin Cary - By Eleven/Minus 5 - I Was Drunk/The Dragons - Gravity/Ruben Ramos - Thirteen Years/Alejandro Escovedo - Break This Time (Or Music) (http://store.milesofmusic.com/prodinfo.asp?number=30105)

Date: Thu Jun 24 20:56
james s (viral emails):
someone here emailed me to say that an email I sent them bounced because of a virus. Don't know how or why, but I didn't send it. So, maybe somebody has been on here collecting email addresses or something, but a word of warning... I'm not sending any of you emails or attachments, so, if you get something from "me" that looks suspicious, don't open it, because it most likely ain't coming from me really. Ok. Tomorrow is Friday. Anybody seen the new Michael Moore flick yet?

Date: Thu Jun 24 18:31
Glue sniffer (Run for cover):
Broken......... must not stay out long the tides and current of the drink call so loud there is little room in my ears for anything sound sight or otherwise. but i feel in my search for the sand i must break my cover and repent.. What happened to the football. I hate sport i like music and books and films and knowing about the middle east but not tonight. Tonigh i was brought to my maker hands and knees sinking in cement. All aghast no room to manoover covered in all corners. I hate the penalties when the crimes are so few. Seems almost more crimal to not let The Mighty English win. People throwing themselfes more deseverdly for car bumbers under the promise of a huge payout and a life long existance for ever. Apart from the call of time i have listened to lots and few no more than 3 chords in a serving. Must dash the doctor is cloding in. All is not as the sewer seams.........

Date: Thu Jun 24 18:08
mike (with emotions high, and nowhere to let 'em off but here....watch out you swiss...):
what is it about us british???? give us a war and we'll whip the arse off anyone..... but when it comes down to something really, REALLY important, we get cheated out of it by a swiss!! i mean, what have the swiss contributed to football?? ever? in fact, what have they ever contributed to anything? toblerone and cheese with holes!!! jesus! for once (well, maybe twice - it was 38 years ago) i'd like to see the breaks go our way.... and not to some johnny foreigner. bad loser? ..... you bet.

Date: Thu Jun 24 16:15
Otto Wah (oops):
as you all were.

Date: Thu Jun 24 16:14
Otto Wah (doo doo doo ):
miss you round these parts Howe.

Date: Thu Jun 24 16:13
Otto Wah (flectonbigsky@hotmail.com):
miss you round these parts Howe.

Date: Thu Jun 24 15:14
james s (yo, Blaine...):
that sparklepony fellow you know, was his name Scott? just curious... an old buddy of mine has been getting to know the drummr, name's Scott.

Date: Thu Jun 24 14:51
Lars (rawking'rolling!):
Good news, Mikus! :-D ### For more rocking...I hope el Germans will be able to copy the Howe&Parish-gig to those who want it. I managed to do a copy for Stefan. But went through a handful of discs in the proces because my computer keeps crashing. Bloody Microsoft hasn't bothered making Windows XP compatible with my burner drive - which is just 3-4 four years old. Nothing but trouble. Anyway, that gig rocked....even though Howe reacted a one point to the applause with "nah, that was stanky!". :-D Greets! / Lars

Date: Thu Jun 24 12:50
Mikus (@ the Map) (here@nearth):
Today I had the great pleasure to listen to THE MAP, coming out september.To be honest, just the 5 first songs... and it's a masing : souds more rock than ever before, with long distorted guitars parts " a la Howe"... Then track 5, "Cracklin' water" Just sublime... Something, one's again, verry new. No apparences from Joey, even John. A new Giant Sand that smels good rock and roll... Thanks to my 'fav record shop in Brussels... The DVD of Calexico is there too... Mikus

Date: Thu Jun 24 05:44
Erik (Delannyque@yahoo.com.hk):
A good band from France: Les Hurlements de Leo. All sorts of instruments. Accordians, violins,guitars. Everything sounding good.

Date: Thu Jun 24 04:45
TDH (tdhdk@hotmail.com):
Yep, bye bye Italia ... I guess they thought we'd conspire cause they don't know us up here. A soccer game between Denmark and Sweden is more than just a soccer game. It's special. It's a fight for the pride and glory of being theeee Scandinavian soccer nation. However when Sweden are playing any other team I'm almost Swede. So what a final it's gonna be when we meet Sweden again in an all Nordic Euro 2004 final. When that time comes out beloved brother nation won't stand a chance (wishful thinking & thoughts drifting of back to 1992)....

Date: Thu Jun 24 03:13
Lars (footie):
Well, Italy's leaving I enjoyed in a way. What the hell were they thinking? Greetings from the land of conspiracies, my god! / Lars

Date: Wed Jun 23 17:59
J (PS):
Sat and watched Italy and Germany go out. Must admit I took a bit of pleasure in the doing of.

Date: Wed Jun 23 17:57
J (deep in piles of wood):
Anyone (Speaking of Movie recs) Seen 'Spun' Mad speed film with hints of natural born killers in the animation. Mickey Rourke typecast. Enjoying Official boot 1 (Via *bay) Speaking of which, anyone here named Mike recently not won an auction on a green covered San Frisco tour shirt? (+discs) The discs'll be in the mailsnail if you need 'em.

Date: Wed Jun 23 17:38
conch (movie recs):
"Saddest Music in the World" "Cigarettes & Coffee" "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" & "Godzilla, King of Monsters" (the original unedited, unbastardized Japanese version from the 50s--without all the scenes put in by U.S. companies that featured, ugh, Raymond Burr--out in limited cinema release)

Date: Wed Jun 23 10:51
tommy gailer (scrolling for Lars & Wilco):
saw that film in the cinema when it came out: it was a blasting new experience of concert-movie! The re-released cd i got yet, every penny worth!!!!! For you wilco lovers: the new one (a ghost is born)is a big surprise for me, and i listen to their stuff since about 1996...it`s a definite grower. some stuff is very rough and some more sublime...i think sand people will appreciate the odd sounds of that album.

Date: Tue Jun 22 11:01
Lars (Scrolling for Talking Tommy):
Sound and picture has been remastered and remixed - and there are three audio mixes on it: Dolby Digital 5.1 Feature Film, 5.1. Studio Mix and 2.0 Stereo.....it says on the cover. And the cool trailer is also on the dvd. :-D And it's in 16:9 Widescreen. And it goes for a mere 100 kr. around here. About 14 Euro. Actually I bought it in Berlin a while ago for a bit less. So...go fetch! ;-D Now I gotta find me the remastered cd with all 16 tracks. I've only got the LP with 9 tracks. Greets! / Lars

Date: Tue Jun 22 09:26
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for Lars):
does Stop Making Sense has a 5.1 sound? If yes, i`ll get me that one soon.If not i`ll rave to my vhs tape.

Date: Tue Jun 22 03:55
Lars (dvd...):
I'm currently enjoying the remastered dvd of Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense". It's absolutely brilliant!!! / Lars

Date: Tue Jun 22 02:34
tommy Gailer (scrolling for Torben):
not to forget Belle & Sebastians DVD "for fans only"...very good stuff.

Date: Mon Jun 21 14:26
TDH (tdhdk@hotmail.com):
If you want some goddies for your DVD player.. Jay Farrar has just released a live album that comes with a bonus 11 track live DVD (Slim's SF). As done by Jay Farrar Hardpan (Terry Lee Hale, Chris Burroughs, Todd Thibaud & Joseph Parsons) have released a live album (this one's a double CD) that comes with a 5 track live DVD (yep 2 CD's & 1 DVD package). GREAT stuff. Not to forget good ol' Neils latest came with a live DVD (solo acoustic). Oh yeah Calvin Russell has released a sort of best of CD that comes with a live DVD too.

Date: Mon Jun 21 12:25
PaulL (Nowhere):
James S: Ah yes, I remember the Hisser cover person wandering about filming on stage! So there is a chance that something may emerge some day... back to my dreaming :) paul

Date: Mon Jun 21 08:58
Lars ("He's a strange man...very inspiring." :-D ):
The Under Byen folks talk (in English) about various things, among them recording with Howe, in a streamed interview. Thought it might interest a few of you. It's right here: http://www.cuttingedge.be/interviews/underbyen040510.html --- "I think he's influenced us....but we can't do it." (= record in one day) :-D ### By the way, the same site is streaming the entire second album by UB: http://www.cuttingedge.be/downloads/underbyen_determig.html / Greets! / Lars

Date: Mon Jun 21 08:01
james s (slip of the key):
"I" wouldn't be a great thing to behold... "it" would.

Date: Mon Jun 21 08:00
james s (barby film):
the barb show was filmed. if I remember correctly, there was a person running about the stage in hisser makeup filming from that perspective. i spoke with kurt wagner between the london and new york "beyond nashville" gigs and he had said that howe was sending him a viddy of said performance and that he would give a shout so's i could take a look, but such shout was never given and maybe the video didn't make it to nashville?? I would be a great thing to behold, a real "star" studded event...

Date: Sun Jun 20 08:31
PaulL (bar bar bar bar barbican (reprise)):
Tommy: Amazon seem to have the release date for the Calexico DVD set for 5th July but estimate, at least on my order that they'll get round to sending it 5 days later... ho hum! As for the Howe Barbican extravaganza making it to DVD that is the stuff dreams are made of... wonder if anyone filmed it? Would be great to get a full audio release of this at least. A major plus point for me would be being able to relive the experience minus the presence of my ex-girlfriend ;) Paul

Date: Sun Jun 20 04:01
conch (a slight return):
As a former card-carrying member of the Kiss Army, circa 1977, the Simmons Q&A was most welcome. Oops, gotta run...I think I heard Beth calling.

Date: Sun Jun 20 02:11
sorry (got too):
Q: Why did you wait all these years to do a new solo album? And why do you want to put out a 100-song boxed set of your solo material? A: It's finally time. Over the years, when we'd do a Kiss record, I would write 15 to 30 songs per album to get the four or five that might be used. Most of those songs were sitting around, and a lot of them didn't make sense in the context of Kiss. I want to put out a boxed set because I owe it to the songs. It's not fair that they're just sitting around. Q: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment? A: On a corporate level, having more gold albums in America than any other [American] band. On a personal level, I have to give the cornball answer and say getting up onstage with people going out of their minds and seeing different generations of people in Kiss makeup. It does put a lump in your throat, and it's heartwarming. Q: How do you respond to people who say the band isn't really Kiss unless it consists of the original members: you, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss? A: I used to believe that. Any rules we have for the band are rules we decide for ourselves. There are lots of bands that have lost members who people might have thought were irreplaceable, but the bands got replacements and the bands got bigger: AC/DC, Van Halen, the Rolling Stones, the Who. I love Ace, Peter and Paul. They helped me get to where I am. I hate myself for not standing up to Ace and Peter sooner when they were destroying themselves. Q: There's a perception that you are the business brains behind Kiss. What are your thoughts on that? A: Artists always forget the meaning of the word "business" in the music business. It means you sign your own checks. It means the record company works for you, not you for the record company. Once you delegate authority, it means you're diluting who you are; someone else makes business decisions for you. I don't like handlers, assistants and bodyguards, because they can't do things as well as I can. Q: Why didn't you assume the management of Kiss? A: Paul has a lot to do with Kiss' ideas. He's one of the best frontmen ever. There's a friendly, brotherly rivalry with us. If one of us goes a little too far, the other one wants to pull him back. So if I'm managing the band, where does that leave Paul? The thing that keeps this band going is the continuing and abiding respect that Paul and I have for each other. Q: Last year, Ace Frehley told billboard.com that it was deceptive of you and Paul Stanley to tour as Kiss without him. He asserted at the time that he was "into a health kick" and fit to play. What would you say to Ace right now? A: I hope you're happy, but you're not allowed to be in the band. There's no way we'd let you onstage and subject people to your erratic behavior. It doesn't matter if you're an original member. If you mess up, you're an ex-member. And that goes for me, too. Q: If Paul Stanley wrote his autobiography, what do you think he would say about you? A: He would say that I'm a workaholic and that I've got the biggest ego [of anyone] he's ever met. And I think he'd say, and rightfully so, that I get a lot of credit for ideas he came up with. Q: Can you give some examples? A: I didn't think of the name of the band. Paul did. I didn't design the Kiss logo. Ace did, and then Paul actually drew the original version, which is used today. Q: You did some reality-show segments with your family on "Extra" in 2002 that were similar to "The Osbournes." Would you still want to do a reality series now, considering the problems that Kelly and Jack Osbourne have experienced? A: The main problems with the Osbournes had to do with drugs. I'd still want to do a reality show about me, but not with my kids involved. Doing a reality show with them wouldn't be fair to them, because they wouldn't get a chance to be kids. Q: Can you explain why Kiss keeps touring even after your so-called final tours? Why call it a farewell tour when most people know Kiss will probably keep touring? A: We did a farewell tour when it was clear that Ace couldn't continue. But after the tour was over, it became fairly obvious from fans that they wanted us to continue. Rock bands are a lot like football teams: If a guy is on drugs and messes up, get someone else who's proud to wear the uniform and be part of the team. Q: What are the biggest mistakes artists make in their careers? A: Drugs, this time and every time. I wish more journalists would confront stars with drug problems. Q: What's your response to people who say there's too much Kiss merchandise? A: Actually, we haven't put out enough, because a lot of it sells out. So whoever says there's too much Kiss merchandise is not a marketing expert. Q: How would you describe yourself in one sentence? A: I love money, I love women, I like to work hard and I don't use drugs. advertisement More in Celebs Photo Galleries Celebrity Interviews Email This Page Avg. Rating 3.7 advertisement Try MSN Internet Software for FREE! MSN Home | My MSN | Hotmail | Shopping | Money | People & Chat | Search Contact Us | Help ©2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use Advertise TRUSTe Approved Privacy Statement GetNetWise Anti-Spam Policy Machine Code: A27 - Date: 2004-06-19T22:55:37-07

Date: Sun Jun 20 02:07
pee (OmE home):
Last year he reactivated Simmons Records, which, along with the Kiss Records imprint, has teamed with Sanctuary Records Group for new releases. Simmons says he is developing a premium-cable entertainment channel, although he could not reveal details. He also has an A&E TV documentary in the works. On the literary front, he has formed Simmons Books in a joint venture with New Millennium. One title due under the deal is "Kiss & Tell," an autobiography from Simmons' longtime romantic partner, Shannon Tweed. (The publication date is yet to be determined.) Simmons also is reviving his long-dormant career as a solo artist. On Tuesday, Simmons/Sanctuary released "A------," Simmons' first solo album since his 1978 self-titled solo debut. "A------" features collaborations with Bob Dylan and Dave Navarro. Simmons says he also wants to release a 100-song boxed set of solo material he has recorded through the years.

Date: Sun Jun 20 02:05
p (hOme):
Amid his Kiss career, Simmons has kept busy as an entrepreneur. (Story Continues Below...)

Date: Sun Jun 20 02:04
p (home):
There is not much to write about Gene Simmons that has not been written before. But the man himself can find plenty to say about his extraordinary life. As co-founder, bassist and co-vocalist of classic rock group Kiss, Simmons belongs to one of the most commercially successful acts in history. Kiss' 24 gold-certified albums are tops among American bands, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Amid his Kiss career, Simmons

Date: Sun Jun 20 00:07
Alan (alan.rudy@ssc.msu.edu):
Londoners, next Friday evening I will be at 69 Gower St at the Garth Hotel... hope to be able to find Sandmanishness of the UK variety in situ (and nearby the hotel). Ideas? Options? Thoughts? Hopes? Dreams?

Date: Sat Jun 19 22:50
marviol (Opera, et. al.):
The aria which frames Chore of Enchantment is "Una Furtiva Lagrima" (One Furtive Tear)by the Italian Bel Canto composer Gaetano Donizetti from his opera L'Elisir D'Amore ("The Elixir of Love" which is nothing more than wine, in reality--hey, works for me). Finally heard Calexico down at Bonaroo and was very happy. Y'all can buy the MP3 of their set from the Bonaroo website. I sure hope the organizers are smart enough to get Howe down there next summer. A peak experience to be sure, just a lot of great music.

Date: Sat Jun 19 20:11
PaulK (p.kerr@ntlworld.com):
Wise words Howe if I may be so bold. Some of us were there before John and Joey and saw that fruit grow. Giant Sand were there BC (before Calexico) and will continue to flourish as long as you do. Calexico are a fruitful bud on the tree and it's up to each individual to decide where to nibble. Not sute if I'm dramatic or a joker, possibly both, anyway remember the old saying, He who digs deepest, deepest digs.

Date: Sat Jun 19 19:10
Lars (oh, a few more GS-folks, so to speak....live too):
For any info on the Listener-collaborators Under Byen I've cooked up a lil' sumthin' here: www.larsdideriksen.com/underbyen (some howeness in the discography). ### They're touring Europe soon, so if you're in the neighbourhood, go check 'em out: 2004 - June 24: Vera, Groningen, Holland. 2004 - June 25: Paradise, small hall, Amsterdam, Holland. 2004 - June 26: Festival De Paleisrevolutie, Utrecht, Holland. 2004 - July 9: Cactus Festival, Brugge, Belgium (with Patti Smith and Macy Grey). 2004 - August 7: Folkfestival, Dranouter, Belgium. 2004 - August 14: Øya Festival, Oslo, Norway. 2004 - August 14: Malmö Festival, Sweden. 2004 - August 28: Univers, Aarhus Festival Week, Aarhus, Denmark. 2004 - October 1: Opwijk, Belgium. 2004 - October 14: Aalborg, Denmark. 2004 - October 28: Les Rockomotives (Festival), France. 2004 - October 29: Reims, France. 2004 - October 31: Tulle, France. ### Tally-ho, chaps! / Lars

Date: Sat Jun 19 19:08
Lars (www.larsdideriksen.com):
Czech v Holland...first truely exciting game of the lot this year. It usually cheer for Denmark or the underdog of whatever game. Today I cheered for Czech. Maybe because I still remember the Dutch/Danish semifinal back in 1992 (still the most exciting soccer game I've ever seen). ### Mansion On The Hill...new GS? Well, Anders Pedersen, Thøger Lund and Peter Dombernowsky are onboard now. ### And if I could just get my cd-burner to work I could sent someone the latest gig in Copenhagen - where John Parish "sat in" for Peter. :-) Hmmm... Greets! / Lars The Comedian (the what-who-now?!) :-D ...

Date: Sat Jun 19 17:23
Mansion On The Hill Radio (http://www.live365.com/stations/sonicspacealien):
I love Calexico and Giant Sand; I hope that at some point in the future they will play together again. I will look forward to new recordings and tours by them seperately in the mean time. Does anyone know who the new Giant Sandmenandwomen are?

Date: Sat Jun 19 17:17
Pavel Nedved (:::::::::::::):
Anybody here watch that Czech v Holland game ? T'was fantastic . Sorry for any Dutchys' on here , you didn't deserve to lose. I like Calaxico....and what happened between them and Mr Gelb is none of my business,and business it always is that causes problems . Howe any UK visit soon ?

Date: Sat Jun 19 16:43
Guni (hui):
schaemen, mein Lieber!

Date: Sat Jun 19 10:35
tommy gailer (sorry-scroller):
have no idea how that multiple posts could happen...feel like an absolute beginner now...ashamed in bavaria, so i am...

Date: Sat Jun 19 10:33
tommy gailer (scrolling for dvd):
Paul, i ordered the barbican dvd at amazon and they told me to wait another 2 weeks....what a bummer...far away from any imagination, what i would do for getting a dvd like this from the giant sand act @ the barbican!!!!!!!

Date: Sat Jun 19 10:31
tommy gailer (scrolling for dvd):
Paul, i ordered the barbican dvd at amazon and they told me to wait another 2 weeks....what a bummer...far away from any imagination, what i would do for getting a dvd like this from the giant sand act @ the barbican!!!!!!!

Date: Sat Jun 19 10:31
tommy gailer (scrolling for dvd):
Paul, i ordered the barbican dvd at amazon and they told me to wait another 2 weeks....what a bummer...far away from any imagination, what i would do for getting a dvd like this from the giant sand act @ the barbican!!!!!!!

Date: Sat Jun 19 10:30
tommy gailer (scrolling for dvd):
Paul, i ordered the barbican dvd at amazon and they told me to wait another 2 weeks....what a bummer...far away from any imagination, what i would do for getting a dvd like this from the giant sand act @ the barbican!!!!!!!

Date: Sat Jun 19 07:59
howe (id card):
ergo the ego. if a man sees naked people in a photo scene, he may think it's art, while another man will think it's pornography. the franklins and chiltons can take the face value of this scene and see the pornography of ego if that's how their mind works. i thought i was an id man myself. the real details of the split are personal and effect no one but the love triangle of the 3 of us involved. at best, it has allowed double the output, at worst....it is still entertainment to witness. everyone is always entitled to their opinion, especially on this page. this page is the very reason 'chore of enchantment' was released at all. it was the feed back from the comment-taters here (that had ordered the promo copies of that record) that inspired the actual release through thrill jockey, once it had already been dropped by V2. i value all the comments on this page. it is the only source of real communication to the people that care about these things. before the internet it was a mystery and a speculation. now its more like a history and an elation. john joe and myself are not egoists by nature, nor evil, nor unforgiving. mostly human and usually scattered. but the combination of this group has led to real toxins that began to eat away at the fabric of what made it to begin with. i met john and joe seperately when they were young and individual. you here on the page always refer to them like they were always a couple because you never knew them any other way. when i look back on the decade they were involved, i rejoice at the music made and have pride in their development. inviting them down to arizona was not a mistake either. a lot of how calexico works is to eliminate the things that were unfocused in giant sand land. lack of word play also aids in a more worldly appeal. but the business end of things had some real ill effects on the base camp here. some companies involved only with calexico had taken measures to remove things that were giant sand. the allowance of such developments is how the problems began here and where the toxins within formed. so the third decade begins, like the first, without the ilks of john or joe. if you can make out the credits on the last few records you can see how they began to be less and less involved. cover magazine was a fun way to say good bye. no one will feel the spoink as much as me, it was a brotherhood. but the next generation still feels the familia vibe. all of our children, including rainer's, john's and mine, all hang with each other like brothers and sisters. it's a stunning smile that emerges. (joe not having spawned yet might widen the gap between us some...but those of you with a work load of young'uns will know exactly why that is.) ....and this is exactly how life is. makes us ready to take our time and take our leave. everybody ok now ?....ok.....i did notice, however, how all the dramatic comments usually defend calexico...while all the comedians like to defend giant sand here. kinda like those theater masks ? .....love, no matter what -howe

Date: Sat Jun 19 06:59
PaulL (Calexico):
Me and a group of friends went to see Calexico with full Luz de Luna backing at the Barbican in 2002. We really got into the so called 'cliched' spirit by smuggling in a hip flask or two of tequila. I would safely say that along with the Howe fest of the year before this was probably one of the best concerts I have ever been to and was enjoyed by everyone I was with, even those not previously familiar with the band. I would say that the Mariachi element was a major factor in our enjoyment. This show is coming out on DVD next month and I'm really looking forward to seeing it! Have I just blown my cool? Do I care!? Should you? ;) Paul

Date: Sat Jun 19 06:17
Lars (tide):
Thanks, SF! He-he, Mitch likes Cornelius! Cool! Get your hands on his "Fantasma" album...it's brilliant! / Lars

Date: Sat Jun 19 05:47
Lars (a taco explained...? :-D):
Yeah, flogging that poor old horse once again. I agree with James. ### Anyway, I agree that Calexico is not all mexicano. Still, a large part of what they have done over the years falls right into that mariachi-ish category that I know of....which my little knowledge of those genres. So, to me - who haven't set foot in the desert - this music SHOULD sound new and exciting. It doesn't. It fits into that mariachi-cliché that dominates outside the US and Mexico, I guess. Of course not all of it. Well, maybe it's not just all that, but the fact that I think it's all too nice and well-produced. I like it rough around the edges to stir things up a bit. Hm, and I guess the lyrics have improved over the years, but hey, if I - from far away Denmark - should write a song with a mariachi-guitar along and a bit of twang on the side my first choice for a lyric could easily be "I live out yonder where the snakes and scorpions run". And then throw in a bit of tumbleweeds and rails for good measure. I guess I would expect more nuances from someone who actually lives there. Maybe that's why my favourite is still "Travelall"....no lyrics and some of those "desert moods" produced more as sketches and with a few twists along the way. Hey, I love that record! :-D Hm, maybe the ears that listen would have to have a personal history or geography to add to the music. I just have Robert Rodriquez films. Not that I feel so terribly well connected to vikings over here. But well, that was longer ago. In all peacefulness: Greets! / Lars

Date: Sat Jun 19 05:32
SF (in the sticks):
I don't think this has been posted yet. Lost At Sea's interview with Mitch Cullin mentions the possibility of Howe Gelb being involved in the Tideland soundtrack. How cool is that? It's an interesting article. Here's the link: http://www.lostatsea.net/LAS/archives/features/literature/mitchcullin/

Date: Sat Jun 19 04:50
Tenpole Tudor (Re: Lars):
Taco bell, huh? Nice to see an entire musical form and cultural perspective reduced to the dumbest of stereotypes, and by someone who has never even set foot in the desert southwest to boot. Even if Calexico isn't one of my favorite bands of all time, I'd still argue that the lack of adventure you mention, sir, seems a rather uniformed opinion. Pass some judgement after listening to the other musicians that Calexico have backed or played with, as well as paying some attention to the somewhat broad field of influences that range from curious remixes, found sounds, country, punk, blues, jazz, folk, and, yes, the dreaded "taco bell" sound that actually existed long before 59 cent gorditas were on the menu. But whether you like what they create or not, who really cares. However, reducing John & Joey's talents to cheap & cliched shots does little other than to illuminate the failings of the critic.

Date: Fri Jun 18 20:37
james s (ain't that):
horse already been about beaten to death? If you dig giant sand/howe gelb, there ain't no official policy about what you have to think about calexico. there may be some sad personal stuff going on there, and maybe some ego clashing, but it ain't nobody's business except the folks involved. Neither of them are buddies of mine (though I'd love to hang out sometime with the howester). I just listen to the damned records and thank the good lordy for their being made.

Date: Fri Jun 18 18:52
Lars (that old thing...):
Cool, Uwe! Great! :-D ### Hm, Calexico just paled in comparison when I heard Chore the first time. Nothing to do with relationships and so on. Just cooler lyrics, more depth, more adventurous and more variation - and less "taco bell" (in lack of a better word this late at night right now). My tastebuds... Heydeehoo! / Lars

Date: Fri Jun 18 17:57
everybody's (got something to hide):
'cept for me and my monkey. can't we all just get a bong, I mean along?

Date: Fri Jun 18 16:42
chilton (eljefe@hotcong.com):
Franklin...good words man....exactly! in this very very sad tale of strained relationships, of which i know both sides, the ego is very much the monster.

Date: Fri Jun 18 16:16
franklin my dear (i don't give a dam):
but you've got it all wrong. you seem to prefer the imitation to the authentic. nothing to be ashamed of, but nothing to brag about either.

Date: Fri Jun 18 14:51
Franklin (Mulecko@hotmeil.com):
Oh my, I was just reading some of the comments about Calexico on this page and what can I say? What the hell is going on in some peoples minds? Can't they just simply keep it out of here? Just because your Guru has a personal problem with his old pals and most of all, his own ego , some people jump on the train and start bashing.This is so poor.Makes me very sad. Always thought Giant Sand fans are open minded.Guess some aren't at all.

Date: Fri Jun 18 10:06
james s (french):
i've heard the first record by Francoiz Breut and thought many of you might find it good and interesting. i'm loving it and look forward to hearing more.

Date: Fri Jun 18 06:27
uwe (Under Byen VPRO):
will try to record it

Date: Thu Jun 17 23:04
MELISSA (preziosa9@virgilio.it):
your performance in hard rock cafe Catania wasn't so nice. maybe I don't like the kind of music you play; maybe you weren't in the mood. what I'm sure is I couldn't enjoy the party!

Date: Thu Jun 17 22:36
melissa (preziosa1@virgilio.it):
I didn't like your performance at hard rock cafe in Catania. I believe that night; that grand opening was a flop!

Date: Thu Jun 17 22:17
J (This is a nice idea):
Right up there with mirrorproject http://www.monochrom.at/piracy/

Date: Thu Jun 17 19:18
Lars (Under Byen on VPRO radio):
Do any of you here have access to Dutch VPRO Radio via the airwaves (rather than the web)? Under Byen will do a session there (alongside Broken Social Scene and Sex in Dallas) on the 23rd of June. It would be more than cool if someone could record it. ;-D Best greets! / Lars

Date: Wed Jun 16 17:42
Flynn (Por Vida):
According to the Shore Fire website, Or records will release the Escovedo double-CD tribute, Por Vida, on July 27. Worth the wait, I think. http://www.shorefire.com/artists/ormusic/pr_ormusic_04_26_04.html

Date: Wed Jun 16 16:09
Alan (Al Howe - as supposed to Steve or Gordie):
Not sure on a release date, but the info came from a running order.

Date: Wed Jun 16 08:38
Alan (Blaine, Alejandro and Howe):
But will the Escovedo tribute/fund-raiser EVER be released?!!??!!!???

Date: Wed Jun 16 01:34
Blaine (word):
Howe appears on the upcoming Alejandro tribute alb, amidst a galaxy of stars - really.

Date: Tue Jun 15 18:44
J (PS):
Anfield are very quiet lately and not mentioning the H word...

Date: Tue Jun 15 18:42
J (Just want to clarify):
That: 'Lay off james s' Was defending said person, not attacking. Anyone who has heard the j s tune 'Christina' Will know that the boy can write, sing, play... Hola james.

Date: Tue Jun 15 18:32
silense (i am so ):
bored i could pass on

Date: Mon Jun 14 10:56
Lars (once more onto the torque, my friends...):
"Shattering the shadows / Through every dark hollow" ...? Make any sense? Looked up 'fester' in the dictionary. Makes way more sense than the oven, he-he! :-D ### Useless trivia of the day: "en fest, to fester" is Danish for "one party, two parties". So when I hear the word 'fester', I think, Yeah, bring it on!...and there's two of them?! Great! :-D Ha-ha! Ok, I'll stop now. / Lars

Date: Mon Jun 14 10:49
doug floyd (dsfloyd@yahoo.com):
HELP needed!! Can anyone tell me the origin of the opera works on the backing tapes used on Chore of Enchantment. I know they came from Rainer (god bless him) but would like to find the entire works for myself. Anyone help??? e mail me or eply here please. many thanks peace df

Date: Mon Jun 14 10:44
Lars (torque lyrics - and torqued computer):
Thanks, Stefan! I think it goes "open wound" on the coffee version, but that version is different in so many ways. Hmmm... ### Thanks for the cds, by the way. Currently trying to get my cd-burner to work properly. I installed Windows XP and now my computer crashes pretty much every time I burn a cd (I keep throwing half-burned cds out). I think it's my drive (TEAC CD-W54E)...which somehow is incompatible. I've tried looking for WinXP-drivers for it. Plus: I'm no "nerd" (eh, when it comes to the technicalities), so I'm pretty lost. I just have to burn and burn until I hit one of those times when it doesn't crash. Quite annoying. Anyone else have these problems? Greets! / Lars

Date: Mon Jun 14 07:06
stefan (torqueness):
Hi Larso, I think this is what it says: "Warming up the icy veined creeks / Scaring the shadows / from every dark hollow / to insanely high peaks" ... "Do you really dismiss" ... "The way your eyes burn through". I also hear "open wound" but I'm not sure, sometimes it sounds like "oven". Hope that helps.

Date: Mon Jun 14 06:00
Lars (That torquing Torque...):
Okay, now I've tried getting the lyrics off the cds, but "I can't make it out from here"...: If I ever were to touch you / I'd never wash that hand / Stumble around like another lost soul / Living life something less than a man // My land is embraced by the sun / Warming up the icy (what?!) / Shadowing the (what?!) / Through every dark hollow / Till insanely high peaks (right?) // Ready to witness / Ready to be shown / Do you really (what?) / Leave love alone // Must be remarkable where you're from / If they grow up things like you / The torque of your tongue / How it get things done / The way your eyes burn (what?!) // If you where to touch me / I'd curl up like a fetus in a womb / Pester me into adoring you / Fester like an (open wound?!) // Was ready to witness // Ready to be shown / Do you really like this mess (right?) / Leave love alone / Ready to witness / Ready to be shown / (what?!) / Leave love alone /// ### I can't figure it all out and I probably heard something wrong too. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Greets, sandies! / Lars

Date: Sun Jun 13 16:59
J (not en Portu-gal):
boo hoo

Date: Sun Jun 13 15:44
james s (but seriously):
it's time to turn off and step out. the streams are swollen around here today with much rain. may the sand be with you. adios with good feelings and gratitude to sandinistas everywhere.

Date: Sun Jun 13 07:51
keep them ((coming)):
JAMES S !

Date: Sat Jun 12 19:39
J (listening):
Just got official bootleg No:1. (Ebayed) It was sealed and now it's not. Scorcher. Frozen Planets' version on 'Fandango' More than does it justice. The whole thing , after one cursory listen is for me a v.nice addition to the purge and slouch canon. Lay off james.s. Vive L'Anglais.

Date: Sat Jun 12 17:18
hugh (conch):
thanks for the Time Will Tell info by the way.I did not know.Incidentally a few greenhornes play on this golightly album-hadn't heard of them before but then I find out they are on Van Lear Rose and touring through my town with the Dirtbombs next month.All very synchronatic.

Date: Fri Jun 11 18:19
gazelle (gazelleiam@lycos.com):
it's heating up here too, but nothing as exciting as cicadas to speak of. maybe cow turds are even more smelly here now. i just wanted to share something cool. as soon as i arrived in tucson, a guy at the hotel congress gave me a flier announcing his show in a couple nights. i checked out campo bravo, and they were really good. so good i mentioned them on my website. then a guy from kxci caught on to my gig and tipped off the aforementioned band, who is in manteca right now and will be on my radio show tomorrow for a brief interview/acoustic jam session. tune in from 1-4 pacific time on saturday: http://www.live365.com/stations/csustanislaus?site=csustanislaus

Date: Fri Jun 11 15:33
take (no prisoners):
if you write the way you talk, nobody reads you. seriously.

Date: Fri Jun 11 11:42
james s (but seriously):
if i were an opossum and you were a blossom would you throw it over and add to the flotsam?

Date: Fri Jun 11 10:55
james s (friday):
if i were a carpenter and you were a lady would you still love me would you have my baby if i were a street fightin' man and you were sexy sadie would you be throwing something off the tallahatchie bridge./././././''''?

Date: Fri Jun 11 10:54
thin (anga):
who be gel

Date: Fri Jun 11 10:51
thin (gaan):
wee hog lb

Date: Fri Jun 11 09:04
peasoup (ap soupé):
gee, h bowl!

Date: Fri Jun 11 08:52
hint (hiccup):
g-bow heel

Date: Fri Jun 11 05:10
thin (naag):
bog wheel

Date: Fri Jun 11 04:55
thin (anag):
he be glow

Date: Fri Jun 11 03:32
tommy G. (scrolling for ray):
+++ - ray charles - +++ (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20040611/en_nm/people_charles_dc)

Date: Thu Jun 10 12:33
tHom (magnetic fields anyone?):
Is there anyone out there who would like two free tickets to see the Magnetic Fields play in London on Saturday night? I won't see this board again until tomorrow morning but if you leave a post here in the next 24 hours I'll be happy to send the tickets to the address of your choice, so you have them by Saturday am. Owing to personal tragedy I will not be able to use them myself and everyone I know would rather watch the football in the pub or something. So they'll only go to waste otherwise.

Date: Thu Jun 10 12:13
ANON (VOTE):
calling all UK PEOPLE please go and vote. end

Date: Thu Jun 10 09:31
tom (reeling):
Just sold a Daily Star to this guy.... .There is no excuse for Patchouli.None .No .Never. No more.Have a nice weekend peoples.

Date: Thu Jun 10 09:20
tom (front desk):
Roadrunner is by Johnathan Richman and the Modern Lovers.He is best known as THAT GUY SINGING IN SOMETHING ABOUT MARY.The Sex Pistols do a cover of Roadrunner and Tommy Larkins who plays drums for him used to be in Giant Sand. The duck billed platypus is in fact in fact a fruit not a vegetable and Billie holiday wore Gardenias in her hair to cover up a botched clipper shave of the Public Enemy logo.Word.

Date: Thu Jun 10 08:59
Lars (hm, well...):
I guess what I'm trying to say, that I love it when people go out on a limb and try something new and different. The love story of "Eternal Sunshine..." I guess could be told i a normal way....even if it has that emphasis on memories. Well, I'm a Phil Dick reader and love those kinds of "mindfukks". :-D ### Shrek 2 is not due here in Denmark until September. Around "sand-time". Usually big films like that come sooner after the US premiere. Anyway, I'll go see it. Laughed A LOT when seeing the first one. :-D / Lars

Date: Thu Jun 10 08:02
tHom (Spotless Mind):
C'mon Lars, you know that variety is the soul of art (or some such vague proverb). Besides, substance determines style, not vice versa. The only way a story SHOULD be told is the way that particular story demands - and every one is different. There's a hell of a lot to be said for the straight-ahead approach to narrative too. Sometimes it's the best way. And speaking of movies and soundtracks (picking up on the Shrek 2 post), last night I watched 28 Days Later again on DVD and was (yet again) stuck by the awesome soundtrack. Not just the quality of the specific selections (Godspeed, Grandaddy, Eno and various classical pieces etc) but the way in which it truly married up with the images/narrative/theme of the film. A real all-round audio-visual amd emotional experience.

Date: Thu Jun 10 07:26
Lars (bits and that):
James, what da 'ell are ya talkin' 'bout?! ### Right now listening to the album "Tutto L'Amore Che Mi Manca" by Nada where Howe's on. Interesting. "Classico" is on there. Thanks to Zelda for that one. :-) Deep and slightly "hoarse" female vocals. Anyone else heard it? ### By the way, because of my limited knowledge of country classics and the entire Giant Sand catalogue I don't know if it was a new Howe-song or not that was played recently in Denmark, where the chorus goes "A line has been drawn in the sand". It sounded somewhat familiar, but I could be mistaken. Anyone know that one? Plus: what's that fast "Roadrunner, roadrunner....500 miles an hour" song? Best greets! / Lars

Date: Wed Jun 9 22:16
dave (Oh where oh where is Mr. Sniffer??):
I miss the free entertainment of his deal...Must be sniffin decaffeinated Elmers Glue nowadays...I've been listening to Unsunglum to prepare for the Sept release, which may be misguided, but the electric New Orleans vibe sounds good in the summer heat.

Date: Wed Jun 9 20:40
phill (home):
Just back from seeing ( Shrek 2) with my eight year old little girl. I was amazed at the soundtrack. Tom Waits, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Pete Yorn, Counting Crows, Dashboard Confessions, Eels, Rich Price, It was a most enjoyable afternoon. Also I recieved a neet phone message yesterday. It was a important message? has anyone else gotten such a call? Phill

Date: Wed Jun 9 19:05
Lars (speaking of movies):
Just went to see "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and it was brilliant. Plus, Kate Winslet has never been more beautiful. Anyways, this is how a love story should be told instead of all that straight-ahead crap-o-rama, he-he. Go see! :-D / Lars

Date: Wed Jun 9 17:17
HArry Potter (Wixked WIzArDs ):
Totaly kicking man just got off the stick to the old man in the hat and the stairs. God man look out close one dudes. Leavitrey Is next and when i catch all those other dudes im gonna be like all what you dooin Im the dude and theyll like cry and say but even a hippo woiuldnt do that to a garden gnome. well i could die....

Date: Wed Jun 9 15:25
Mark Johnson (sonicspacealien@yahoo.com):
Other than Howe, who else is playing on the upcoming Giant Sand album? I heard that the two Js were gone and those are some big shoes to fill. Is this album the hyped "return to rock" ala Center of the Universe or the mood music of recent releases (which I love)? September 14th is a long time to wait. BTW listen to Giant Sand, Rainer, Calexico, Nick Luca and more on Mansion on the Hill internet radio: http://www.live365.com/stations/sonicspacealien

Date: Wed Jun 9 09:17
james s (I think it's):
"Don't be a dork, turn on the torque, the stork was hopping along to the beat of clapping chickens; the four winds blew, and the torque did too, and the stork picked up a drum stick and said,'slim pickins'." I think that's the first verse.

Date: Tue Jun 8 14:03
Lars (torque):
Anyone know where to get the lyrics for Torque? I'm not sure I'll get it right if I try to get from the sound of it alone. Any good links? / Lars

Date: Tue Jun 8 12:19
tHom (barnhardt & dalglish):
Tom, I'll resist the urge to ask for your thoughts on Benitez or whoever as the new manager (this is not the place for that kind of talk). Blaine, I only picked up my copy yesterday and played it once last night. It was the reviews that sold me (apparently he did a first album already but I never heard of it) - first impressions are the obvious folky comparisons like Drake but the mian thing that stands out is just good songs, sweet melodies and a real individual voice and talent.

Date: Tue Jun 8 10:20
tom (front desk):
Kop fan.

Date: Tue Jun 8 09:58
Blaine (Thom/Barnhardt record):
Thom - where to start? This reviews on AMG look real promising.

Date: Tue Jun 8 09:38
tHom (this is anfield):
Front desk Tom, you are so right about that. Am I to take it that your heart also lies in a field by the Mersey? On another note entirely, I agree wholeheartedly with whoever mentioned the Devendra Barnhardt record - it really is something special.

Date: Tue Jun 8 07:04
Lars (http://www.denmarkemb.org/cooking.html):
My god, it's totally weird to read about one's own "cuisine" written for people abroad. And "Red Fruit Jelly with Cream" being the favourite dessert is ha-ha, well, not exactly true. But the Danish pronounciation of it "Rødgrød med fløde" is always what foreigners are forced to learn how to pronounce....because it's nearly impossible with the ø's and soft d's. He-he, we're a mean bunch. [diabolical laughter]. One thing is true though: "But please do remember - they are called open-faced sandwiches because they really are open, so please don't spoil your beautiful creation by putting a piece of bread on top." Ha-ha! Okay, I'll stop now. Greets! / Lars

Date: Tue Jun 8 06:55
Lars (yum):
I'll bet ya Howe's eatin' French cuisine over here! I would...if I had a regular seat at Restaurant L'Estragon, he-he. Isn't that French cooking? Still your hang-out, Howe? :-D ### Hm, anyways... www.denmarkemb.org/cooking.html and get your pots and pans ready! --- ;-D / Lars

Date: Tue Jun 8 06:13
tom (front desk):
Howe,how is the wild wild east treating you and yours.The heat here has officially reached crazy stupid,the cicadas sound like electrical faults and it feels like we are all under water,if that makes sense in the desert.Leia is going to New York for a month for a mural workshop and i am very proud of her.I got the support slot with the Fat Possum records show here at the hotel ,great fun.Looking forward to the new album.How is Danish food,not that I have a one track mind but....

Date: Tue Jun 8 05:14
Lars (map):
Oh, looks nice. A few of them seem familiar: of course Cracklin' Water, but also Classico, NYC of Time and Napoli. Played at some of the European gigs. Hm, can Muss be an new take the Wagner duet? And Fool..."I'm in love with a fool of a girl"? Hm, is "Les Forcats Innocents" French? There was a French song on the European tour too ("L'Identique"?). Well, sounds exciting. September suddenly seems far away. :-D ### Just surfed past the website of the Aarhus Feedback recording studio and found a picture of Howe, Mr. Parish and the boys: http://www.feedback.dk/gamle_nyheder.asp --- Greets! / Lars

Date: Tue Jun 8 05:00
tom (front desk):
Thom,you'll neeeeeeeeeeeever walk alone.

Date: Tue Jun 8 04:18
tom (mexicanshark):
howe is a david bowie fan

Date: Tue Jun 8 04:15
kay (visionaryfairy00@aol.com):
following the Very handsome tom into the chat and if you ever play Brighton I do a great B & B :) would ensure a crowd xxxx

Date: Tue Jun 8 04:10
tom (mexicanshark@hotmail.com):
howe i am going to the isle of wight festival you are not going to be there .so david.love tom

Date: Tue Jun 8 04:10
tom (mexicanshark@hotmail.com):
howe i am going to the isle of wight festival you are not going to be there .so david.love tom

Date: Mon Jun 7 21:48
pete (i ahven't even got any arms):
stop the winning talk fanasy bands are the future no disapointment no death just fantasy rock and enchilates roll. went for a long walk tonigh after drinking the sherry and walking the tramps (bumbs_) path stummbling thought i'd drop in under my asumed name and say hello. Hope stewarts still there and howe and samathnenan smile your on camrera. so i covered a man i know with what i thought to be harmless whiteboard marker turns out its permant pen what a fool i am!!! and to top it off i feel slightly asleep in hisd chair playing the mandolin i have no idea either. ttfm goodnight godlight............... till we say the splay on the way to the quay....Glee stuffer

Date: Mon Jun 7 18:46
J (th@twasme.that was):
Blimey it's hot. those that understand the old trafford comments will probably understand the need for a neutral to say enough. You folk will kiss old trafford boots if they send us through, and curse them if they don't. Awaiting delivery of an ebayed official bootleg 1. OP8 on there as well I noticed...

Date: Mon Jun 7 18:41
?representing to? SeanT +james s (barenakedsoul@www.):
how sad are we? I don't feel sad right now. Listening to Devendra Banhart and M Ward from 'Morning becomes eclectic' on http://www.kcrw.com

Date: Mon Jun 7 17:40
peter (re flashing sign):
giant sand is all over the map. 9/14 thrill jockey release. enticing setlist. click on the flash for details. represent.

Date: Mon Jun 7 16:49
Graham (but it's all over now):
Anyone else notice the flashing Giant Sand notice on the homepage?

Date: Mon Jun 7 15:15
peter (nyc):
wow. that's sad about robert quine. don't forget lou reed live in italy. also, robert was the guy who did` (taped) that velvet underground bootleg. too bad.

Date: Mon Jun 7 13:29
james s (yepper):
the guitar on Blank Generation is fantastic, and I have thought of that record at times when hearing Howe play...

Date: Mon Jun 7 12:35
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for Wilco):
As i know that we have some wilco fans on board, here`s a nice review of their new album "a ghost is born" from the spiegel online...just i german, sorry: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,303089,00.html

Date: Mon Jun 7 11:37
Blaine (RIP Robt Quine):
He was one of the greats - very few people can make an electic guitar sing the way he did. If you like Howe's free-jazz/rock, exposed nerve playings, track down Quine on Blank Generation (Richard Hell), The Blue Mask (Lou Reed) or Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet). He will be missed.

Date: Mon Jun 7 10:09
tHom (the back desk?):
Front desk Tom, having second thoughts about your grocer may be wise in these days of GM products ... Anyway, if Pan does it for you then that's equally cool. I mean, whatever anyone believes is sacred, is sacred - if that makes sense. Unless, of course, it involves evils such as harming others or worshipping at Old Trafford ...

Date: Mon Jun 7 06:36
tom (three strikes and yer desk):
Just finished Bill Carters book,Fools Rush In,excellent read.William, you have talent,now if you'd only do something with your life.

Date: Mon Jun 7 06:05
Tom (front desk):
OHMYGAWD,that post was like SO three days ago.I am SO sure.

Date: Mon Jun 7 05:50
tom (front desk):
Thom,I was making a joke.But truth be told my grocery store or favourite band havent got hundreds of years of genocide and senseless war under their belts.God and the Devil,may as well be Disney characters to me,but their so called reps here on earth havent got a very loving resume and that effects all of us.'' The world is on its elbows and knees ,its forgotten the message and worships the creed'' another Matt Johnson lyric. Sorry Mr. Devil, I am tarring you and yours with the same brush.But i'm more of a Pan fan so cough up on the royalties Devil dude.I am now having second thoughts about my grocer.Hey Mike ,nice coincadence ,nice to hear from you ,digitally speaking that is.

Date: Mon Jun 7 04:33
SeanT (James s):
You scored 9 out of a possible 10 Born to be Wilde Congratulations. You are a literary genius. You clearly have spent far too many warm summer days indoors writing frightening verse to a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg. Go out and get some fresh air and buy a Gareth Gates record. (and if you don't know what we're talking about, you're a lot less sad than us)

Date: Mon Jun 7 03:34
Glenne (http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se):
Howe's playing i Stockholm on Saturday(12 June). Finally! What took you so long?

Date: Sun Jun 6 19:55
PaulK (RIP):
So farewell to Ronnie Raygun but more importantly I heard that Robert Quine, guitar wizard to Lou Reed passed away, sad news http://home.earthlink.net/~stayclean/quine.html

Date: Sun Jun 6 12:01
mp (creekdippin):
That's cool Glitterhouse is releasing Political Manifest. It's a big bag of fun, and a good middle finger to Bush. The lyrics are a little heavy handed at times, but it's time to be heavy handed. Indeed.

Date: Sun Jun 6 02:59
Jörg (Glitterhouse / Creekdippers):
On June 28 Glitterhouse will release even another new Creekdippers album, recorded around the time of 'Mytic Theatre'. It's called 'Political Manifest', which it actually is! - with songs entitled "End of the Highway, Rumsfeld" or "George Bush Industriale". More infos: www.politicalmanifest.com

Date: Sun Jun 6 00:45
mp (glitterhouse):
I'll have to do a glitterhouse order, 'cause it's the only way (as far as i can tell) to get the new Creekdippers album "Mystic Theatre", too. My buddy sent me a cdr of it, and it's the best thing either of them have done in a long time. I think it blows "My Own Jo Ellen" outta the water, and Vic's songs are fantastic. ok. ice cream time.

Date: Sat Jun 5 16:34
J (Nippers):
Congrats on all babyborn things.

Date: Sat Jun 5 13:56
strong neck (anbohets@hotmail.com):
for all the borns and reborns of today, and especially for talula and me: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We did it again...! huge hug for you too, howe...

Date: Sat Jun 5 12:25
doug ((first blacky)):
in case nobody has noticed -- the first "Blacky" is on sale at glitterhouse.com for 13.75 euros. Glitterhouse is a particularly fine mail order outlet based in northern germany.

Date: Fri Jun 4 20:16
Lars (www.larsdideriksen.com):
Hey, Howe, I hope you didn't miss out on Powersolo tonight? Donkeypunk for da maaan! :-D And wow, weren't Tys Tys bloody faaantastic? (Tys Tys being some of the same people that are in Mishi Mishi Mau). Yeah, folks, got a music festival in Aarhus right now (www.spot10.dk). Mostly for upcoming bands plus a few bigger names to attract an audience. Most of the music this year has been crappy so far, though. But Tys Tys lit up my day like nothing else. And Powersolo were rocking country/punk-fun (www.powersolo.dk). Greeties! / Lars

Date: Fri Jun 4 18:59
anon (jojojojooojo):
1hr 41 for the sands Tom Ovans is king

Date: Fri Jun 4 18:51
anon (reid paley):
http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/5551 listewn to all this. met ole reid once with frank black. was drunk as was i shared tooth picks and the names of resturants....................

Date: Fri Jun 4 13:45
walt disney (.... but mickey does):
buck-toothed girl? that reminds me when mickey mouse was divorcing minnie mouse. the judge said to mickey "i don't think having buck-teeth is a reason to divorce her" to which mickey replied " i didn't say she had buck-teeth, i said she was f**cking goofy"!!

Date: Fri Jun 4 11:51
tHom (10000 maniacs?):
Never heard of anything by that band, including the jAck Kerouac song, so I only scored 9 out of 10 on james s' Guardian lit/pop quiz - but the scary thing is I did spend evenings writing bad poetry to a girl in Belgium (close enough). Mind you, she did have perfect teeth ... Good weekend to all.

Date: Fri Jun 4 10:15
Frank C (... some dizzy whore, 1804):
Nice link, James! And nice weekend everybody. I have to go out now, get some fresh air and buy a Gareth Gates record! (sigh)

Date: Fri Jun 4 09:58
james s (http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/quiz/questions/0,12161,938986,00.html):
Speaking of quoting Smiths lyrics, have you spent far too many "warm summer days indoors writing frightening verse to a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg?" Go take the Guardian pop lit quiz and find out... I really should be working. Friday. Good weekend to all here.

Date: Fri Jun 4 09:11
Lou C fer (Alan´s doctor thesis):
... And Alan, if nobody has published something about the sociologic aspects of the Religion and Rock music yet it´s up to you (maybe distributed via ow om)! I´d read it, i promise. There are some studies about satanism and rock, though, but the ones I know are written for the general public and don´t comply with profound scientific standards./ Frank

Date: Fri Jun 4 09:00
Frank C atan (---- ------ ----- breaking the law ------ - ----- ?):
Alan, Tom and all, wow, this IS an interesting discussion. My problem that it gets way too sophisticated for my poor standard english. Anyway, Alan, I´d like to add Max Weber to your all star team of sociologists and philosophers who dealt with the social impact of religious systems. And, concerning the thesis "everything´s spirtual and religious somehow", I can´t accept that because it sounds too esoteric and boundless. If there´s spirituality in everything (a chair, a desk, a stone, a guitar, a Giant Sand record) it doesn´t mean anything besides "hey, everything´s connect somehow!" or sth like this. It doesn´t have consequences. Maybe there´s LOVE in it, but not religion. Religion always needs some kind of message, some rules to follow, a code, a history of its own, and most important, serious consequences how to lead a life. And you can look at the idea and tell if it´s worth believing or not. Maybe that´s why Christian rock sucks because rock with a content is mostly about QUESTIONING rules, norms and restrictions. I doubt if a Judas Priest song called "Following the law" would have been such a huge success. And, after all, it´s true that in terms of rocknroll the Devil is much cooler than his opponents. But, on ther other hand, there´s a fine line by German indie rockers tocotronic which goes "there´s only cool and uncool and how you feel". And at some time in your life you may find that the third alternative is the right one. Being cool doesn´t mean anything (besides being cool).... Okay, shut up, now, Frank....

Date: Fri Jun 4 06:07
HAPPY (BIRTHDAY):
INDIOSA PATSY JEAN.....a most wondeful 17 years on the planet its been

Date: Fri Jun 4 05:48
Lars (banter):
Way back at the Café Mozart gigs there were some great Howe & audience situations. Remember writing them down for some reason. Can't remember why. Maybe because it was a little inaudible on the recording in places. ### Howe: I thought I remembered everything coming over here. But I forgot my tuner. Audience member: I have one. Howe: Yeah, but that's......too easy. There's something nice about tuning. ### Howe: Does it sound alright? Too loud? Too little? Someone in audience: Perfect! (pause) Howe: I can't work with that. ### Howe (to sound engineer - refering to a effect on the sound): Did you you put that shower effect on there? (pause) But I had one today. (Howe puts a hand through his hair which makes it stand up) Audience member: You don't look like it. (everyone laughs) (long pause) Howe: And that takes practice...! And I noticed that everyone in town is buying they jeans already worn-out. And paying way too much money for them. So.....this is the analogue way of doing it. (pause) But they're clean. (pause) ...Too. ### Howe (to David - the owner of Café Mozart): Is there a lemon in this? This holy beer? No lemon? Someone in audience: Try a chili. Howe (refering to his dinner earlier): That was a good pepper today, David. Gooood pepper. There were tears in my eyes. A tear actually dropped into my beer. Someone in audience: That sounds like a country song. (pause) Howe: If I had just eaten that chili. And had stumbled on you, walking home, being drunk in the gutter. That is the only way I'd be crying over you. (audience laughs) ### Howe introduces the whole band and the audience applauds. Then points to an audience member sitting next to a coat rack by the door and introduces him: ...And Mattheus on coat rack! (Audience applauds) Howe: Is your name really Mattheus? (pause) The guy: .....No. ### Yeah, never boring being at a Howe-gig, ha-ha! :-D / Lars

Date: Thu Jun 3 17:56
Pete (World of Cassidy):
The bands called Woo..........

Date: Thu Jun 3 16:51
Graham (remember when Tom Waits said...):
"You can say that it's gospel but I know it's only church." Classic.

Date: Thu Jun 3 15:41
james s (remember The The):
and Matt whats-his-name? Mindbomb was getting pretty explicit about these spiritual searching kinds of things... good record too, if I remember correctly. "the pub that wrecks your body, and the church, all they want is your money..." Gee, I've been looking for years for an opportunity to quote a Smiths song here. Now, I'll probably be banned. Is it Friday yet?

Date: Thu Jun 3 14:46
Blaine (no preechee, no choir):
I agree the labels tend to not help. (Anyone ever have any luck describing Giant Sand's music other than "Giant Sand's music"?)Spiritual may be the closest word to describe the trip and still avoid "Us vs Them"-fare. Seems we are all searching for that same oblivion/nirvana/hole-in-the-wall-instead-of-yr-head. Find it where you will - motorcycle maintenance, rock and roll, rock climbing, dope, church, lotus tree - some are more, ahem, healthy than others. Intersting to debate, but you gotta move on yr own. But Christian Rock???

Date: Thu Jun 3 13:23
tHom (oh the filthy lucre):
By the way, front desk tom, God and Satan may both want your money but tell me who doesn't? The doctor you visit when you're sick? Your school or college? Your dentist? Your local grocery store? The movie theatre? Even your favourite band? They all offer something of value to you and require some exchange for it, whether that is because they are a profit-making business or simply in order to continue doing what they do. I guess God or Satan would accept some form of payment other than the financial, but whatever form it takes, the act of exchange is about as purely spiritual as it gets ...

Date: Thu Jun 3 13:21
james s (noted banter):
so Howe said to the audience person, "it's all religious music." Nice. A "best of" Howe to audience banter would be interesting... once reported here, and this one really sticks out in my head and I hope it's true...an audience guy yells out to Howe, saying "Tune your guitar." Howe pauses, shrugs, and asks "Why?". Classic, or as Lucinda might say in a song, "too cool to be forgotten."

Date: Thu Jun 3 13:02
tHom (seeking the shiver):
I think the musical/spiritual connection can be understood in terms of wavelengths. There's a general band of aesthetics (manifest in rhythm, melody, tone, harmony, even dischord etc) which more closely approximates the spiritual than the material, thus it communicates to the spirit and evokes a repsonse. Same goes for poetry, sculpture and even certain more visual artforms. Most people would agree that this works better for them when it isn't rammed down their throat in a literal manner, as is usually the case with Christian "rock" (though I guess we're all mostly going on assumption here, as I doubt many of us have actually listened to much of this stuff). But the same applies to most any kind of earnest and well-meant anthemic type of "message" dressed in popular music garb. The Beatles might just get away with singing "all we are saying is give a peace a chance", simply because they belted it out in a big choral arrangement and no-one could really disagree with the idea. But this kind of thing in rock music usually presents a conflict of style and content that fails, as well as coming across as flat and dogmatic and a bit obvious (in the "goes without saying" category). But there are some truly beautiful hymns, lyrically and musically, in the Christian canon - and some of the most moving and spiritually evocative music I've ever heard was written for the Church (Mozart, Bach et al). Of course, if you consider spirituality to eb a fact of life, then you can find it in just about anything ...

Date: Thu Jun 3 11:26
stefan ((check out CocoRosie, there are mp3's on the site!)):
I think music can be spiritual without mentioning God in any way. At a Middle East Underground show, Howe said to someone in the audience who wanted to sing „church hymns, religious music“: „It’s all religious music.“ It’s the attitude not the label. My feeling is that the more emphasis people put on the label, the less actual spirituality you find. Good title (and record) by Timebold’s Whip: „Atheist lovesongs to God.“ Maybe „Christian rockers“ make spiritual music as well, I don’t know, I’ve always given them a wide berth.

Date: Thu Jun 3 10:52
Graham (when Jesus was our savior and cotton was our king):
Saw Billy Joe Shaver myself last week, Blaine, and there was a heavy dose of evangelicism in his performance. It's certainly believable, though, in context of his tale of blowing holes in the bedroom wall instead of his head. Sinners make the best spiritual music--Bukka White in jail praying with a National steel is more believable than a gelled hair Baptist youth group band. Coltrane and (some) Dylan and Cash and Fahey and scores of blues and country musicians--David Eugene Edwards is no different. 16 Hp shows are the most intense I've ever seen. But I accept it from these folks because it's a demanding muse, like addiction or a broken heart or whatever. Christian pop & rock is offensive and condescending and pandering--as is most pop--but sincere writers and musicians wrangling their existential demons are alright by me.

Date: Thu Jun 3 10:27
mike (sa-wa-ro):
hey tom w. on the front desk....... real coincidence.... have done some compilation cd's for the tea room, and on one i have blind willies 'dark was the night' followed by you with 'long distance call'!!!!!!

Date: Thu Jun 3 10:18
conch (front desk):
The Devil loves L.A., it's true. He's got a big ol' house in Beverly Hills, not too far from the public toilet where George Michael got busted. Weirder still, God lives a little further east in San Marino. I've driven by His place, but the gates are so big and shiny it's impossible to see inside. I've heard the parties there are insanely wild, lasting for weeks on end. Apparently, God recently hosted a get together with both Axl Rose and Brian Wilson performing a backyard set that consisted of Monkees' songs. The Devil, on the other hand, tends to remain miffed at never having been invited, and spends hours floating in his glass-bottom swimming pool, as various boy bands, Creed, and Avril Lavigene via for his attention. I'm still holding out hope, however, that G & D will bury the hatchet and get back to doing what they do best--collaborating on that kick-ass ebb & flow and general havoc that set them apart from the masses.

Date: Thu Jun 3 10:09
conch (segue):
Or, as one rather well-versed musician told me, "Christian Rock is Diet Rock, sickly sweet aftertaste, no calories, no caffiene to give it an edge." Gospel, on the other, seems like a healthy dose of Jolt Cola.

Date: Thu Jun 3 10:06
tom (front desk):
God and Satan both want your $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Date: Thu Jun 3 10:05
conch (Christian Rock):
Yeah, that might be the case, Alan. But more importantly, Christian Rock mostly just sucks ass--with or without God. In fact, I dare say it's the most Satanic form of popular music around.

Date: Thu Jun 3 09:57
Alan (God, et al...):
Tweaked about my discipline... Starting with Feuerbach, pre-Marx, though usually attributed to Durkheim, sociologists have a long history of exploring the ways religion and spirituality represent diverse modes of institutionally expressing social norms and values embedded in (changing, class-, race-, gender- and sexually-grounded) social relations. What becomes really interesting, and I've NEVER seen anything about this, is how this sense of the spiritual gets translated into popular (garage or underground) musical traditions. How can we understand the various forms of musical expression that seek to actually express something (however inchoate) flush with substantive meaning as representative of a similar search for spiritual, as opposed to directly religious, connection and depth. Is this where getting lost in pure volume or dwelling in the minimal provide different kinds of saturated space for seeking/connection? The problem James S has with so much Christian rock, then, may derive from its dearth of ambiguity, exploration, seeking as opposed to a derivative expression of any one static and institutonalized religious expression formulated by others in other settings. Can you believe that I've been told to lighten up on fiarly regular occasion???

Date: Thu Jun 3 09:35
conch (Neitzche ge-chee goo):
Hey, Front Desk Satan, that Blind Willie rec sounds like my cup of tea. I'll scout it pronto. Thanks.

Date: Thu Jun 3 09:32
Lars (damn right):
Yeah, I wish I could see CocoRosie live too. Heard their album on mp3. It's fantastic. Anyone know somewhere in Europe where the cds can be bought at a good price? Or at all? Check out the links below, folks! It's great. :-D / Lars

Date: Thu Jun 3 09:29
conch (Bonnie Jock Lennon):
"God is a concept by which we measure our pain." Sounds like the blues to me.

Date: Thu Jun 3 09:27
tom (primeval swamp):
UG. APES HATE BROAD SENSIBLE TOPICS.BANANAS GOOD ,THEOLOGY THORNY.UG.

Date: Thu Jun 3 08:17
Frank C (correction...):
Shoul be read:... I don` really EXPECT to get any serious input...

Date: Thu Jun 3 08:15
Frank C (black mess and white stripes):
thom, I agree to both of your comments. Especially you`re right that this cannot be the place to discuss such broad and sensible topics in a way it would satisfy. And of course, the christian doctrin transformed god images of ancient religious cults into their christian devil (for German readers I can recommend Rudolf Augstein`s well informed study "Jesus Menschensohn"). But anyway, I keep my opinion that most rock n rollers have a very shallow approach towards such topics (well, okay I don`t really get any serious input from that field - it`s like Bono` poltical approach, honest but most naive). Wearing crosses up or upsidedown doesn`t say much besides the need to offend. And, after reading some books about the black side of religion by and about A. Crowley and the likes the best I can say about them is they are quite amusing but, on the other hand, pretty much adolescent, egocentric - and - more often than not - heavily drug-induced. ##### Coming to a much more pleasant topic: Holly Golightly rules! I especially love her tongue-in-cheek love duet with Jack White on "Elephant" (It` true that we love one another").

Date: Thu Jun 3 05:24
tom (front desk satan):
check out Blind Willie Johnsons Dark Was the Night ,Cold Was the Ground for a real meeting of the sacred and profane.Beautiful and scary.The real holy blues.

Date: Thu Jun 3 04:27
stefan ((CocoRosie)):
Hey, check out CocoRosie. I saw them yesterday here in Munich's Harry Klein. Somewhat weird, but very nice. I immediately imagined a collaboration with Howe ... Today's show is in Cologne, for the German sandies. More here: http://www.konzert-buero.de/bands/cocorosie/

Date: Thu Jun 3 03:45
alberta al (tour dates):
can anyone tell me where I can find tour dates for Howe during the summer. I am arranging time off work and wondered if he was playing wester canada at all. I already bought tickets to see Calexico at the edmonton jazz fest. That is nice and all but it is Howe I really want to see.

Date: Wed Jun 2 18:43
Joe Public (Would'nt it be nice if...................):
Glue sniffer made a record out of cheese? or at least yoddled backing vocals to some people who gave a sheite or any ants towards a door or frame in time we see there all the same and even now as i will ask why is it that were all last. so drunk and so sad........................... cant even think of my dddddddd

Date: Wed Jun 2 18:25
mike (usual):
frank c........ i agree.... i update the tours page as soon as i hear from nigel (eu booking agent) or from howe.... but that is when it's confirmed, and a lot of venues get the dates up before me. i can confirm that a giant sand european tour is being organised at present for end of september, early october - i have no confirmed shows at the moment though..... and if howe's doing some live shows in denmark they're either on the fly or booked so late that i never get to hear of them.

Date: Wed Jun 2 15:48
conch (two feet from the sheets):
conch go to bed now. conch tired.

Date: Wed Jun 2 15:46
conch (hugh):
By the way, The Kinks' "Time Will Tell" is truly a great song, and an unreleased one by them to this day, I believe, even though the studio version they recorded is completely polished and realized. Ray Davies wrote it in '65 or '66, around the time of Face To Face, but it was given to another band. Anyway, I'm curious to hear Holly G's version of said song, as it's nice to see the scenic routes explored.

Date: Wed Jun 2 15:37
conch (second thought):
Or perhaps a good metaphor for the early rock 'n' roll paradox would be Robert Mitchum's character in "Night of the Hunter," with Love tattooed on one hand and Hate on the other. I don't think Satan really started looming large in the game until Lennon uttered his fateful words in '65, and the Stones made good on the promise in the title of their third-rate Sgt. Pepper knock-off. Then came "Sympathy for the Devil" and the metaphor got a whole lot more complex and interesting. Onward to Altamont...

Date: Wed Jun 2 15:32
conch (God/Devil thingy):
Well, I've long thought there were the seeds of both the sacred and profane in early rock 'n' roll music, especially since so many of those early guys came from a Southern Baptist background--and more than a few kept alternating between the pull of rock music and the church, like Little "I did that first" Richard. Wasn't it Little Richard who converted Dylan to the Baptist doctrine for a while there? Anyway, I think the yin-yang of it was a difficult issue to reconcile at the time--might still be--and I suppose Tupelo Presley never quite could, although his gospel records are truly beautiful (Mrs. Franklin's as well). Gram Parsons, too, felt the sway. And, of course, there's always been a bit of the wayward preacher in a lot of rock 'n' roll performance, perhaps best articulated to the mainstream by Bruce Springsteen's usually tongue-in-cheek evocations of God & sex during his live performances--his "Reason To Believe" from Nebraska about nails it on the head.

Date: Wed Jun 2 14:14
hugh (spivpid@netscape.net):
I don't have my own computer so only check this page every week or two so if I'm outta sync-Just checked out the amormusic page(thru owom)and if you haven't done so have a listen to 'woman who's a woman' for a great bit of soul.A nice video for 'pulling on a cig too'.And because I enjoy reading the music recommendations I'll add one of mine- Holly Golightly's 'Truly She Is None Other' .I've been spinning this one a lot and upping the volume for her cover of the Kinks 'Time Will Tell' p.s. to Howe-was a re-recording of Chore of Enchantment attempted in Ottawa last December?Hoping to see Giant Sand in Toronto after your return from Europe-and the solo shows are always welcome too.

Date: Wed Jun 2 12:43
Fran (not Fred):
God is surely pretty good, but, hot damn, Satan is soooooooooo sexy!

Date: Wed Jun 2 11:56
tHom (shaky ground):
Frank C, this is opening a whole can of worms that perhaps cannot be served at this table, but I'd question the assertion that to "believe in the devil" requires a belief in God. Maybe so, if you are referring to the entity known as the Devil/Satan/Lucifer in Christian theology; the being whose existence as Anti-Christ is just as necessary to the foundation and practice of Christianity as Christ himself. But I think it is fair to say that there is a religious tradition, albeit pagan, which pre-dates the human concept of Yahweh and exists independent of the entire Judaeo-Christian belief structure - yet today is generally associated with "Satanism" in some form. And I still think it would have been cool if Millwall had won ...

Date: Wed Jun 2 10:05
Blaine (working on a building - almost ):
Recently saw the great Billy Joe Shaver and he has a bit of the preacher in him (he shows up in Robt Duvall's film The Apostle) and Sam Cooke, natch. An interesting article on Edwards/16Hp few years ack in No Depression where he touches on his personal philosophy.

Date: Wed Jun 2 09:58
Jörg (GS tour):
All I know is that a European tour is beeing booked right now for end September/early October, definitive dates should appear later this month!

Date: Wed Jun 2 09:55
buxfix (what's coming up):
hello folks, read on the tourlist of the logo that giant sand should play on 8th of october in hamburg, but on this website there are no infos about that. so is this a fake or can i take it for sure and wet my pants while waiting for good rockin' howe and friends? 1997 was the last logo-gig and it was fantastic

Date: Wed Jun 2 09:44
Frank C (sympathy for the devil):
Well, Johnny Cash was deeply religious. A lot of country musicians are. Not to mention all those great soul musicians like Marvin Gaye, Isaac Hayes, and Solomon Burke. But I guess when it comes to rock n roll and religion the more interesting music is about refusing religion (NIN: "God is dead") or proclaiming the nihilistic or even satanic way of life (robert johnson, led zep, black sab, rolling stones, to name the most obvious ones). Though I don´t think most of the rockers really believe in this adolescent crap (except for Glenn Danzig). Because if you believe in the devil you have to believe in God, his creator, as well.

Date: Wed Jun 2 09:14
james s (holy musings):
Religion and art... now there's an interesting topic. they've mingled to produce some great stuff, and some really bad stuff, and some really interesting folk art stuff. When they've mixed in "literature", a lot of terrible sap has been produced, but some really good stuff too (Greene, Endo, O'Conner, Dubus, Dostoevsky... just to name a handful of christians). I can't come up with too much when looking for a good mix of religion and rock/pop. There's U2, Vigilantes of Love (Bill Mallonee can give you shivers when he's on), Julie Miller... hmmmm... John Coltrane... I didn't realize 16HP dude was for real religious; i've only heard that first record and I suppose I thought he was playing the nutty hillbilly preacher character in much the same way that Oldham was playing the drinkin' incestuous hillbilly. There's that whole "Christian" pop/rock genre that is all sooooo bad I can't help but think of it as merely a money-making scheme. Oh Well, enough musings on such.

Date: Wed Jun 2 06:52
Lars (ed):
Still, being a christian he still seems to have plenty of demons within to battle. A reluctant believer? Especially compared the quieter types like for instance Sufjan, Edwards seems not be SO much at peace....despite having found God and all. But what do I know? One thing is certain: damn, he's good when the music flows. / Lars

Date: Wed Jun 2 04:43
conch (woven hands):
"I am nothing without his ghost within and all your wooden eyes cannot see the good hand upon me" ~David Eugene Edwards.

Date: Wed Jun 2 04:10
Lars (wow!):
Br. Danielson, Sufjan Stevens and David Eugene Edwards (16HP) played at Voxhall here in Aarhus last night. Simply fantastic! I just can't get my eyes (and ears) from Edwards once he starts going. That Sufjan-dude was great too. Totally different, though. You people heard his music? / Lars

Date: Tue Jun 1 06:26
Frank C (speaking of goods and services):
Reading the concert review by Lars I´d wish there was generally an early announcement of Howe´s gigs in advance - on the Tour section of this nice howepage where it belongs. Or, even better, via e-mail list. My nightmare is that Howe plays next door the other day and I miss it. And wouldn´t it be possible to put the REALLY important facts and news (tours, new releases, new artists on OWOM...) on the "What´s new" section? It´s quite hard to filter the hard facts from this message board if you´re not online 24-7. I remember that this topic has been raised before. But maybe now´s the time to repeat.

Date: Tue Jun 1 05:50
anona (Mixed up Confussion):
NOt alkie in mind or sound. Only in spelling prehaps you rummors resound. Hiking off towards the sounds. HOpeing to play some music to you al haveny worked out the technology yet. Will keep you pips posted? as for the other persona hes swiming with the shopping trolleyts in his own solvent based shoes. adu

Date: Tue Jun 1 05:22
tHom ((conch/alan)):
Disappeared for a long weekend so sorry to pick up a thread that's already old but the mention of Kuhn and the "paradigm" word reminded me of the brilliant novel, Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre - it contains a lovely running joke about that word, along with a million other bitter-sweet laughs. Hands down it's the funniest and most insightful satire I've read in ages. In fact, it's the best new novel I've read for some time, period. It says everything about the current methods and madness of the media, as well as the world they portray but, like the best satire, it manages to do it from a viewpoint of basic goodwill and optimism, rather than bitter hate and criticism. You may have read it already, but if not, I think most sandies will love this book. And yes, it would have been more than cool if Millwall had won ...

Date: Mon May 31 18:09
J (Also):
Loved the smoking kills link, ta.

Date: Mon May 31 18:08
J (looks like):
the b*rd lady is out of hospital?

Date: Mon May 31 12:48
salmon (just plain madness can ruin my day now):
Hello there! 3 records you really could recommend? Here´s mine: the power out - electrelane (brittish girlgroup which makes stunning music. sometimes reminds you of early stereolab, sometimes the au pairs and then there is a track with a huge choir which knocks me off my socks everytime. nicely produced by mr albini) rejoicing in the hands - devendra banhart (truly unique singer/songwriter that avoids being boring by writing top songs, singing them in a really special and beautiful way) sonic nurse - sonic youth (just heard a promo version of their soon to come album and it´s their best since washing machine. more melodic songwriting, great riffs and sometimes beautiful...mrs gordon even sings some higher notes and it gives me goosebumps everytime)

Date: Mon May 31 12:33
stop smoking (smoke kills):
great flash animation... enjoy! - http://www.dwd.hu/

Date: Mon May 31 10:30
Incredible Laughing Girl (ILG.www):
This town (world) needs an anathema ie something we don't need or want so we can fight against it...it shakes us up. Don't worry, soon there will be a story put out there that should shake a lot of people up and make a lot of us wonder why some people have so much when some have so little and why that should be allowed to continue. Makes me wonder why all those similar stories that I've read so far haven't had the same effect. What will it take? Who needs reality TV when you have the wonderful Greetings from Tucson which I'm sure is a perfect example of how life is for people in that very city...! Note the sarcasm. In the meantime, I'm thinking of some choreography which would work with the new remix album of Calexico songs which is excellent. They should seek out a dance troupe to work on some kind of performance maybe. (Or my name's not Deirdre.)

Date: Sun May 30 16:31
Lars (oh...):
...and an amusing spoken jazzy cover of "Summertime", he-he. And I suspect some ad lib weirdness along the way, ha-ha! Hm, what Rainer-song was that on the cd? "Suffering in the darkness" ... and something with "deep blue". Sounded cool. Help me out here. :-) / Lars

Date: Sun May 30 16:17
Lars (hm, details? Okay then...):
For Jörg, Fred and anyone who is curious. New Ow Om band Mishi Mishi Mau played first. Non-word gibberish lyrics from brilliant vocalist Marie-Laurette Friis. And how wonderful she was a novice at the guitar. Wonderful "clumsyness". Just the right touch. Difficult to describe. Some kind of rock/funk thing with joyous vocal melodies and quite odd ideas along the way. I'm quite curious to hear the cd coming out. Very playful. Howe played with Thøger Lund on bass (electric and upright), Anders Pedersen on sliiide mandolin and lapsteel and John Parish on el drum kit. A gig that was pretty much all over the place. Songs blurred together in a maybe 20-minute distortion-inferno of Howestuff and covers. Various licks stolen, he-he, including Reeds other one, waiting for my man. Some of the "older" (of the new?) ones: Shiver, Blue Marble Girl and Always Horses Coming. Hm, and Felonius, Bored Lil Devil, Getting It Made, Paradise, Classico and another one were the chorus went "Welcome to paradise, paradise". And I guess about a little handful of songs I don't think I have heard before. Most of it quite noisy....like 90s Giant Sand from some of the old Sandman Series. It was the first time I've seen Howe in this "mode". He-he, rocking! :-D And god bless, can't remember a single decent and perfect guitarsolo from that night. How cool is that? Way cool! A beautiful mess. It was wohoo and yehaaa with plenty of reverb is cranked up distortion. 1-2-3-4-Boom! :-D Not sure how much Mr. Parish was prepared for the new material. Didn't seem to really get going. In the end, yes. But otherwise a cool gig. Plenty of people there, by the way. Small club. Probably 200 or so. And while recently I learned from the Jack Black-film "School of Rock" that I should "stick it to the man"....I stuck it to the soundboard. And my minidisc survived. I'll get back to you on that. ;-) (sounds quite neat, though) Hope I provided, compadres. Greets! / Lars

Date: Sun May 30 08:22
Jörg (details):
Yes, please!

Date: Sun May 30 08:00
Fred (Lars):
Don't rub our noses in it, boy! Give us details details details! Please!

Date: Sun May 30 07:53
Lars (last night):
Rocking! So this was the first all out crank-up-the-volume-with-distortion Howe-gig I have attended. Plenty of new songs in new clothes. yeah! / Lars

Date: Sat May 29 16:46
J (woodpile):
So 'anon' is glue? is that right? Read an interesting/annoying thing on the BBC 'bout a man local to me, lives in a fine village w/nice pub. Village is called Waldringfield. Said mans' son is named Barney http://www.nominet.org.uk/DisputeResolution/Decisions/Drs01544Barneycouk.html. The purple dinosaurs' people want to kick poor ol' dads' wallet about that. On a lighter note a finely played banjo/guitar/upright bass/drums/fiddle medley of radiohead songs is available here, and is a lot of fun. http://www.hardnphirm.com/rodeohead.html Might have checked Daneland for a howeshow if ida only known...

Date: Sat May 29 07:11
Lars (tonight):
Hey, Howe. I can't find out when the doors open at Stengade 30 tonight. Is it as late as 22.00? Greets! / Lars

Date: Sat May 29 01:51
Leo (Deadwood):
Don't watch much network television other than news, but I actually look forward to Sunday night's Deadwood on HBO. I've lost count of the number of times Ian McShane has peppered his dialog using the word c*cksucker in that great British accent.

Date: Fri May 28 17:09
yyes (yes):
yes

Date: Fri May 28 16:14
alan (and now for something completely different...):
wouldn't it have been cool if Millwall had won?!

Date: Fri May 28 16:14
alan (conch/tHom):
Of course the first "I-am-not-one-of-myself-ists" was Marx, eh? Recently I read that Thomas Kuhn -- he who is responsible for the superabundance of the silly word "paradigm" - is reported to have asserted not to be a Kuhnian (as did they guy who's followers consider themselves to be major philosophical opponents of Kuhn.) Now, on the one hand, this gives me great pause and not alot of hope... followers will be followers. On the other hand, the fact that Howe is quite clearly to be a Sand-inista ("just like us"?)... THAT gets me goin' and fills me with hope. May our little cell swell. HooRay for Our Team (and ice cream).

Date: Fri May 28 15:56
jrt (a footnote):
http://www.innerswine.com/nhtay/nhtay18.html

Date: Fri May 28 15:24
anon (TV):
Transvesties no televison has realy got problems. Watching shows about people not good enough to be on TV being on TV its ace.!!!!!!!!!!!

Date: Fri May 28 15:07
M.C. (here in L.A.):
Hey Patti! I miss ya.

Date: Fri May 28 14:51
Patti K (here in tucson):
I just had to give my spin on the state of american television. Its bad. After 9/11 it had a conscience for about a week. Then it slipped into hell. Any night of the week you turn it on and there is at least one show carving up "ugly ducklings" to look like movie stars. The same"stars" that asked for millions of dollars per episode of their lame ass sitcoms. The executives figured it was much cheaper to get idiots to eat worms and fight over ugly bachelors with lots of money.(or so they thought) I think its all a ploy by Mr. Powell (Collin's son mr clearchannel) to keep Americans numb and very stupid and of course insecure so they could have their dirty little war. It needs an enema. Reality t.v is not my reality. Six feet under is! Yes to pbs. Hi Mitch.

Date: Fri May 28 12:13
howe (hunkered):
oh....yeah

Date: Fri May 28 12:04
conch (thom):
well, sure. why not. for that matter, christ wasn't a christian, nor freud a freudian. But perhaps the beatles were, really, beatlesque.

Date: Fri May 28 11:21
tHom (important note):
Dame Edna Everage is not Barry Humphries; despite being a more vivid, daring and entertaining character than the man who portrays her, she does not even exist. Hell, Mick Jagger isn't even "Mick Jagger" (just ask the groupie). There's no business like show business. And if Frankenstein had liked himself more, he would not have created his monster. Somehow, it just seemed the right moment to point that out.

Date: Fri May 28 03:48
anon (Coma wake up coffee call shoes):
Just popped my head into today and christ my legs and arms have been shaved? So much to drink so little to say. I was a mess in a more than oblivoius way. I cant understand of fix to read. So i thught i'd type and give you all godspeed. I think my head that now beateth like some drum is calling for more or less of what ive done. so i'll leave this trollope and encaters aloft. before returning to hide in her loft. adu

Date: Fri May 28 03:32
Le monde merveilleux (de Terry Gilliam...):
Le réalisateur britannique devrait, après avoir terminé son travail sur "The Brothers Grimm", s'attaquer à "Tideland", une adaptation du roman de Mitch Cullin... "Tideland", écrit par Terry Gilliam et Tony Grisoni (qui a déjà travaillé avec le réalisateur sur "Lost in la mancha", "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" et "The Brothers Grimm"), suivra les pas d'une jeune fille qui s'échappe de la triste réalité de son Texas rural pour un monde fantastique. Dans son aventure, elle sera accompagnée par quatre têtes de poupée. Des comédiens connus devrait prêter leur voix à ces poupées. Le tournage débutera le 7 septembre prochain dans la région de Saskatchewan au Canada. Terry Gilliam sera de retour avec "The Brothers Grimm" avec Matt Damon, Heath Ledger et Monic Bellucci, puis avec "Good Omens" une comédie fantastique traitant de l'apocalypse et de l'arrivée de l'antéchrist sur terre. D'autre part, le réalisateur à en projet "Scaramouche", un film basé sur un roman de 1921 écrit par Rafael Sabatini.

Date: Thu May 27 21:53
uh (but):
what the heck?

Date: Thu May 27 20:48
Tideland and Howe? (I had no idea):
Typing in Howe Gelb and Mitch Cullin into Google with the bolean function offered some interesting links, and one says Mitch did the layout and logo for The Listener, and Bill Carter is making a film of another Mitch Cullin book. Another was a Gelb-Cullin-Gilliam connection at http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/tidecull.htm. It's really weird how the thread here on watching Gilliam films has become circular and Howe maybe being involved in a Gilliam movie. How exciting. I'm wondering what else we don't know about. Lars, I think you can find a UK copy of Tideland at Amazon.co.uk.

Date: Thu May 27 19:17
where's that damn spellchecker? (???????????):
picnoc????

Date: Thu May 27 19:16
PaulK (The Blooze):
On another note I was listening to the radio todat and they played a track from Clapton's new Robert johnson album, "If I Had Possesion over Judgement Day". Now i was a big fan of Eric back in the days but this sounded like a Sunday picnoc. Anyway, back home I listened to the original and then dug out Rainer and Das Combo's Barefoot Rock. Haven't listened to that in years and forgot what a great album that is. Anyway, I'm rambling, drinking Cobra lager, fans of Monty Python should go to http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/index.shtml and doenload Eric idle's new song telling the Bush administration to f**k off .

Date: Thu May 27 19:02
paulK (coffee break):
Speaking of German telly reminds me of perhaps the greatest series I ever watched, back in the 80's. Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz (think that's right). This was a tremendous exploration of one man's experiences in post war Germany and (pre video recorders) was a must stay in and watch. Got my coffee break, very interesting videos, who are the actors, is Indiosa in there?

Date: Thu May 27 18:51
J (Cables in and cables out):
The old Monty Python books held dazzling Gilliam works... Fisher King made me cry, Brazil made me think of 1984 and Twelve Monkeys was even better. No cable and barely any tv in this abode. Films, Attenborough and 'news'. So Howe, are you gigging in Daneland this summer?

Date: Thu May 27 15:34
Lars (television -- tv -- gilliam -- mitch ):
Brothers Grimm is up first. ### Just read a bit about the Tideland book. Sounds interesting. Maybe once I should a book BEFORE the film? :-D Is there anywhere I can find it where it's not too expensive (and at a smaller seller that doesn't get caught in customs like Amazon)? Can't seem to find it in any European bookshops. Thanks. / Lars

Date: Thu May 27 15:00
james s (paul):
MC is great fan of the sand, used to post here mucho. thanks for the info. very good.

Date: Thu May 27 14:49
Paul (JAMES S/GILLIAM):
Pythonland says Tideland is Gilliam's next film. Doesn't Mitch Cullin live in Tucson? I think he used to post here. Here's the link: http://pythonland.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1548

Date: Thu May 27 14:31
Lars (relaxed):
Hm, no Friis tonight? Suddenly feel like saving the 70 Kroner for Saturday. And speaking of movies.....maybe stay in with a bit of Cronenberg. Or first go out at get some fresh air after all this rain and hail today. Headin' off to Zealand tomorrow. See ya' later! Oh, by the way: another good flick on late night Danish tv recently..."Last Night" by Don McKellar. Did anyone here see that? A bit of a mindjob! Beautiful too. (www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729) / Lars

Date: Thu May 27 14:19
james s (terry again):
Lost In La Mancha is terrific. you laugh, but your heart really goes out for the guy battling uselessly against this curse... I wonder if he's going to get around to doing Tideland???

Date: Thu May 27 14:17
home (fried):
2

Date: Thu May 27 14:16
howe (fried):
man o man o man o man o man.....can you hear the snap crackle and pop of this board ....all gilliamed and conched......it tells of magma when its magenta. its fluxus mucks us......and its crocks dust mocks us... illiad ...and illiam........sir gunk a lot likes em a lot.....and lars ......i have it from the source of the nile, ms friis will not be in the house of mold tonight.....so then .....poker it is !!!!! -skol fellow mo fo 's:::::: small h, little o, upside down m, and silent e me

Date: Thu May 27 12:59
Quote of the Week (Episode 34 or 24):
"In Nova Scotia today, Mr. Roy Bent of North Walsham in Norfolk became the first man to cross the Atlantic on a tricycle. His tricycle, specially adapted for the crossing, was ninety feet long, with a protective steel hull, three funnels, seventeen first-class cabins and a radar scanner. Mr. Bent is in our Durham studios, which is rather unfortunate as we're all down here in London."

Date: Thu May 27 12:51
Smit La Frux (The Gilliam-esque):
Don't forget "The Crimson Premanent Insurance" film Terry Gilliam did as the opening short film for "Monty Python's Meanling of Life." Great stuff!

Date: Thu May 27 12:14
Lars (Terry - part deux):
"Brazil" is an absurd film. Wonderfully absurd. And a beauty to behold. And bloody hilarious (eh, literally). And it's kinda sci-fi too! :-D I didn't get it the first time I saw it as a kid, but in later years I've gotten me head around it....a bit more. Not sure what the title refers to besides the very present theme music throughout the film (yeah, it's the tune you probably know). Gilliam also made "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" with Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. Also one of my favourites. Gilliam flopped with "The Adventures of Baron Münchausen", but I discovered that the flick actually grew on me the second time around. Quite something, that film. Plus: it's mindblowing visually. Haven't you seen "Twelve Monkeys"? Also brilliant! Made me really respect Brad Pitt of all people! :-D "The Fisher King" is a bit more straight-ahead, but still a bit off-kilter for the mainstream. Oh yeah, and don't forget "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Time Bandits". He's currently filming "The Brothers Grimm" after failing at "Don Quixote" (has anyone here seen the documentary on this? "Lost In La Mancha". It's supposed to be good). Hm, sorry for the Gilliam-spamming here, guys (hey, he probably invented spam too?!). :-D / Lars

Date: Thu May 27 10:30
conch (huh?):
What? Not ringing a bell, lars. i'll ponder it more closely.

Date: Thu May 27 10:27
Lars (Terry):
My goodness, Conch! Gilliam is one of the best. Get educated here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000416 --- yeah, brilliant director of many a funny mindbender movie for years. And started out doing the Monthy Python cartoons. Read, compadre, and discover. You probably know a lot of it already. / Lars

Date: Thu May 27 10:17
conch (for Blaine):
ditto on the simpsons, and south park too. Now, ugly american, I willing to bet your post was intended as sarcasm...no? and who exactly is this terry gilliam everyone seems so excited about? Brazil? Astrid Gilberto anyone?

Date: Thu May 27 10:06
Blaine (Not watching the detectives on TV):
While it may be glorified soap opera The Sopranos can be intensely good drama, and one of the movie networks shows 40s gangster movies sometimes on Mondays. There's always the nature programs and sometimes old Warner Bros cartoons... (Forgive me I'm relatively new to the cable tv fad). And most people don't know this, but the old Twilight Zone reruns are edited every five years in black and white to alter the plots and characters, per Mr. Serlings original instructions -- nah, just kidding there. Still, a damn remote that clicks over 100 channels and next to none of it is worth watching says something about our culture or lack thereof. While TV around the world might be great the jewel of the crown for a long time to come is The Simpsons.

Date: Thu May 27 09:47
Lars (Monkeyman...):
Come to think of it, I actually believe that Willis says "All I see is dead people" in Twelve Monkeys. Sharp, Howe! :-) Gotta check that out. The "behind the camera"-documentary "The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 12 Monkeys" (available with some dvds) I would highly recommend. It's brilliant. An hour and a half inside the mind of Gilliam and crew. And some of it is done Python-style! :-D / Lars

Date: Thu May 27 09:44
Lars (Danish tv + Mau-Friis tonight in Aarhuzona):
Yeah, Danish tv is a strange one. We are still hanging on by our fingernails to a public service media that the current government is hellbent on privatizing (man, why don't they just look around and see that mostly crap tv comes from that?). News is dumbing down here too, though. Public service is also "rating horny". And Terry Gilliam's masterpieces are running till late, late after midnight. Saw most of "Brazil" too - even though I've seen it many times bare....once I start I'm stuck...mesmerized. I love that flick. And yes, no ad-breaks is heaven sent these days. I DO find Cosby and Roseanne slightly amusing in the afternoon....maybe it's a nostalgia thing. They were also shown here back in the 80s. ### HEY, HOWE, SINGING MISS FRIIS IS ON TONIGHT WITH THE BAND MOLD AT MUSIKCAFÉEN AT 20.30 OR SO. YOU GONNA CHECK IT OUT? I'LL BRING YA' THE PROMISED BOOK IF YOU ARE. Greets y'all! / Lars

Date: Thu May 27 07:17
howe (home fry):
how does this board get from television to television so effortlessly ? ok.....speaking of which then: 2 slight diversionals- one....danish tv is so good it's painful when it is, and so badly painful...when its not . they show tons of 80s era american crap sit-coms during the day for no apparent reason....but then at night ....man o man....footage of world events that you never get to see stateside, especially current matters....but even better....complete films with no commercial interuption and no censoring.....like actual art !!!...last week was gilliam's "BRAZIL" ...which makes more sense then ever....and last night was gilliam's "12 MONKEYS".......which not only makes more sense then ever, but stands as an excruciatingly painful film to watch only when you think what terry musta hada do to keep focused to finish that sucker. a stunning film. has brad pitt ever been so on ???....and bruce willis, did he really say he "sees dead people " in that or did i imagine that ...whew.......and when all that wonderfulness was over, MOONLIGHTING is just starting on another channel......?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?...[for those of you here too young to remember, MOONLIGHTING was a crap 80s american sit-com featuring bruce willis and a soft lensed cybil shepard] .....ok.....secondly- the night i met tom verlain he was at a giant sand show in new york......he kept asking me what was that great effects pedal i was using on my guitar....i was tickled until i realized he meant the constant drone of bill elm on lap steel whom he couldn't see cuz of the crowd. ha ha ha ha ah a ouch....back to channel surfing then. -h

Date: Thu May 27 06:37
The Ugly American (warm & cozy TV):
Yeah, I know, America isn't good for much, except uniform blandness. Seriously, it's just soma for the eyes. If only we could do more here than unoriginal stuff like Seinfeld, Twin Peaks, Queers As Folk, Six Feet Under, Oz, etc. etc. etc. And don't get me started on the music here, or the so-called "artful" indie films we put out here at a greater rate than almost any other country. We suck! No balls, no edge, nada. Vadip-o. Too bad we can't get ourselves together like the rest of the world seems to do with relative ease. Maybe if the rest of the world would just stop buying and aping a lot of our crap we could just evaporate in our own stupidity. Oh well, gotta run...I'm down to my last Chicken McNugget.

Date: Thu May 27 06:12
tHom (tv):
A couple of years ago I saw Television (the band - not the box in the corner which according to another current string on this page spews out the same cr*p in Germany as it does everywhere else) with the original/current line-up including Verlaine & Lloyd. It was at a reliable venue in London and they were excellent in execution of all the songs you would have expected and yes it was good and yet ... I remained strangely unmoved. Perhaps it was just me on the day or too much anticipation built up over the previous years of only hearing the records and never expecting to see them played live. Having said that, the old "bootleg" of Little Johnnie Jewel (now freely available on CD etc) remains one of the only live tracks I know that truly delivers the kind of buzz that you normally only get if you're lucky enough to actually be there in the room when the music is made ... I can stick it on the stereo any time and sit there and be blown away and then, when it's over, just sit in silence a while because you just can't follow it with anything else (the only other option is to hit replay and listen to it all over again).

Date: Thu May 27 05:09
Lars (kraut-fernsehen):
German tv somehow was a big part of my childhood - from Schlagerparade with Heino and Klaus und Klaus to Tatort, Derrick and Der Alte. And of course Sesamstrasse. Ha-ha! Back in the day, you could usually trust Germans for good police series. Never watch German tv anymore. Once had Viva Zwei music tv which was brilliant back in the 90s. Hm, Denmark makes some decent series now and then. The best still being "The Kingdom" by Lars von Trier (and he-he, available on dvd, by the way). Apparently Stephen King has adapted "The Kingdom" was US tv. Not very good, I heard. The original is brilliant. So US tv series are good, you say? Well, more like a warm and cozy sleeping pill. You always know what's gonna happen. I still wonder kind of series David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" would have turned out as a series had ABC not chickened out. That could have been something. Greetings! / Lars

Date: Thu May 27 04:53
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for german television):
Hey people what do you think: since Harald Schmidt gave up the only night show that was watchable, i could quit my cable contract. The only series that i love to watch (24, Alias, Six Feet Under) i can also buy on DVD and watch them without breaks.???? Now here`s my question: is there anything worth to watch on TV, except american series (like above). Why the hell are germans not smart enough to put on a good series? I could name 10 - 12 great series, but they are all from US or UK.

Date: Wed May 26 16:27
Lars (Vic & Howe):
Hey, Howe, did you ever get a copy of the gig from Voxhall with you and Vic? If not, I'll bring one along to your gig on Saturday. Just tell me if I should. I'll be hummin' "Anders' List" on the way over there, ha-ha! Greets! / Lars (www.larsdideriksen.com)

Date: Wed May 26 14:37
just a fan (yep):
just wondering if theres any UK gigs in the offing anytime soon?! i'm missing you! may i suggest a return to Leicester in the summer?! get yourself on the summer sundae line up Howe!! ask lambchop and those calexico boys about it. its a highly pleasurable yet darn small festival; like festivals used to be. your face would fit..... please.

Date: Wed May 26 13:24
patsy (its overcast today, and windy too.):
dad, i miss the other half of my family. listening to inner flame, wish i were there. but all is good here. love to lulu luka and sofie and all danes phone me.

Date: Wed May 26 10:12
james s (on the road again):
so television is playing again? wow. I heard an ad for a Pixies show last week. saw the pixies one time, back in the day... very good. would love to see/hear television. marque moon is one of the greatest records put to vinyl. i hear the newly released version sounds great. haven't heard it. heard some "my morning jacket" recently. lots of reverb and neil-esque vocals... pleasantly surprised.

Date: Wed May 26 09:48
Blaine (suggestion to Lars):
Go - Tom Verlaine & Richard Lloyd are capable of music not often heard.

Date: Wed May 26 04:51
Lars (Pietavision):
Yeah, I know they're coming. But they're still a band I haven't checked out. Yet. They in line! :-D So I would go and not know a single song. Plus it's 200 Danish Kroner (30 bucks). Not too expensive considering the venue's usual prices, but still a bit steep for me. And I actually saw the first half of their show at the Roskilde Festival a few years back and I was bored stiff. But that might be because it was a festival gig. Many others felt the same way. / Lars

Date: Wed May 26 00:02
Piet (for Lars):
Hey Lars, did you know that Television is coming to Arhus? A must see show for sure (June 19 at Train). See complete euro tour info at http://www.marquee.demon.co.uk/news.htm Little Feat is playing the same venue on July 7. Lowell George is still sorely missed but they still put on a great show.

Date: Tue May 25 14:30
Lars (a nice surprise):
Quite some hype around the new duo CocoRosie right now. And I must join that choir. Brilliant homegrown lo-fi stuff. With some funny ideas thrown in. Have any of you heard them? There are four great mp3s here: http://www.konzert-buero.de/bands/cocorosie/index.html --- Whaddya think? Me likes it! :-D / Lars

Date: Mon May 24 23:08
J (Playlist):
Listened to grant lee buffalo's 'fuzzy' on headphones as I fell asleep yesterday. Lovely tunes but nastily dated sounds/california production? I just fell instantly out of love with it. Mr.Soul. Only heard the unplugged version before. The new take I have sounds like a cover (the vox) but original (the guitars) Streets 'fit but you know it' but only in England in an ironic sense as intended by the artist. All M.Ward. Dancing with little b to Naim Amor's woman Child? song. Violent femmes 'See my ships', still slowly ploughing through my Gelb backlog. About to revisit Gun Club 'Fire of love' as I steal some sleep @ 4 am. Never mind . I'm being paid 'til 7 so it's a bOnus.

Date: Mon May 24 22:33
This Week's Playlist (May 23, 2004 (all tracks fit nicely onto a 74m CD)):
01. No Hay Manera (Akwid); 02. Let's Get Sick (Mu); 03. Pass The Dutch (Missy Elliott); 04. Lunch Hour Pops (Broadcast); 05. Hendrix With Ko (Manitoba); 06. Imaginary Places (Busdriver); 07. Baby Gal (Cerberus Shoal); 08. Canary Canary (Jane Birkin & Yosui Inoue); 09. Siren Son (Cyann & Be); 10. Solid Ground (Mrs. John Soda); 11. Out Of Time (Blur); 12. Outta My Head (M. Ward); 13. Brand New Colony (The Postal Service); 14. How Animals Move (John Parish); 15. Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs); 16. 12:51 (The Strokes); 17. Time For Heroes (The Libertines); 18. I Believe In A Thing Called Love (The Darkness).

Date: Mon May 24 20:10
Lars (playlist?):
Currently spinning: Berg Sans Nipple: Form Of..., Kevin Blechdom: Your Butt EP, Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense, Pierre Henry: Messe Pour Le Temps Present, Squarepusher: Go Plastic, Numbers: In My Mind All The Time, PJ Harvey: 4-Track Demos, various nice mp3s from www.iambones.dk, Under Byen live in Amiens bootleg, Howe: Sonisk Postkort ....and whathaveyou... Ahoy! / Lars

Date: Mon May 24 17:25
Blaine (on 39):
Speaking of playlists, I recently found the Trojan Dub sets -- 2 volumes, 50 songs each, a very low price. Amazing & hypnotic. You can't go wrong.

Date: Mon May 24 15:28
james s (as i like seeing the "playlists" that have been posted here, and as I'm listening to music by laptop lately, making mp3 playlists through itunes from my CDs, I thought I'd post "This Week's Playlist" at my house.):
1. Alameda (Elliott Smith); 2. Apple Bed (Sparklehorse); 3. Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie); 4. Bachelorette (Swan Dive); 5. Beach Party Tonight (Yo La Tengo); 6. Bib (Mouse on Mars); 7. Blue Monday (Flunk); 8. Bogus Man (Roxy Music); 9. Carry Me Ohio (Sun Kill Moon); 10. Cut the Metals Cold (Rachels); 11. Dissolved Girl (Massive Attack); 12. Divine Comedy (Tricky); 13. Doris Dub (Tosca); 14. Eternal (Joy Division); 15. Everything is Alright (Four Tet); 16. Flashing of Knives and Green Water (Character); 17. Hallo Gallo (Neu); 18. Hunted by a Freak (Mogwai); 19. Lachrmae Antique (Kronos Quartet); 20. Untitled (Sigur Ros); 21. Lift Your Skinny Fists...(GodSpeed You Black Emporor); 22. Lion's Mane (Iron and Wine); 23. Lonely (Bebek Gilberto); 24. Long Way to Go with No Punch (Dirty Three); 25. Love's Prelude (Pizzicato Five); 26. Medicine Magazines (Low); 27. New Partner (Palace Music); 28. One More Night (Can); 29. Percolator (Stereolab); 30. Porno Starlet vs. the Rodeo Clown (Califone); 31. Roberta C. (CFTPA); 32. Sail to the Moon (Radiohead); 33. Seaweed (Tindersticks); 34. Song to the Siren (This Mortal Coil); 35. Sunday Sun (Beck); 36. The Daily Growl (Lambchop); 37. Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles); 38. Turquoise Hexagon Sun (Boards of Canada); 39. When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine); 40 Your Hand in Mine (Explosions in the Sky).

Date: Mon May 24 10:53
Mini Kiss (I am in love):
Watch the witch of the woods wangle her wand with willfull intents and caravans

Date: Mon May 24 10:26
SeanT (Mini Kiss !!):
http://www.littlemanentertainment.com/Mini-Kiss2.html

Date: Mon May 24 10:09
footloose (footloose):
everybodies footloose

Date: Mon May 24 06:11
Tom (front desk):
Howe,saw Patsy drive by today in your vikkle,question,were the hot rod flames paintjob yours or her idea?Love to you all Tom

Date: Mon May 24 05:59
tom (front desk):
NAIM,ARE YOU OUT THERE ,and still awake?

Date: Mon May 24 02:51
Naïm (http://www.amormusic.com):
Howe! I listened to the Ogle record, it's great in the kitchen! And then went to watch Dawn By Law at Flash galerie... Ogle / Jarmush flows like Bourbon/ cigarette. Yes. Naïm

Date: Sun May 23 18:58
Lars (eBay / 45 degree / CPH):
Yeah, many eBayers are cashing in on old stuff these days. Luckily I still have to pick much of the less rare stuff first. :-) ### By the way, found the complete 2002-recordings from Café Mozart on the cd-shelf today and gave them a listen. Noticed that a few new songs from back then still haven't seen the light of day. Unless of course they're old ones I don't know of. The lyric (and song) with "forty five degree / angle of return" still sticks to my mind (like vel...cro, huh?). A good one. Has it sunk back in to the subconscious for a later resurfacing or how does that songwriting thing work? ### The next sand disc is still up for an August release, right? Can't wait. Oh, and I'll see ya' on the 29th (hopefully I can plug in the minidisc somewhere, ha-ha?). Greets! / Lars

Date: Sun May 23 18:34
J (all my):
Sand vinyl, not available for sale anytime soon. I wish it were warmer here. Anyone have a 'Martin Coletti' Guitar or violin? Cheap old beautiful thing. Anyone find out more than I can 'bout them?

Date: Sun May 23 16:58
howe (homer):
dear mister auslander. the arrival of your omenism has been well noted and serves as a dollup of healthy trim . just before you typed your commenting, i suppose, the band herewith and i re-honed the old song 'uneven light of day' which holds the lyric you unwitingly suggested we relearn .......or did you ? welp, either way thanks for the suggestive blink and the kind kind tinsel flicker of frag minted tracks gone by.....and if it might help, there is a constant notion to get them old records up and running one day in the not too distant and smear them back out there...... incase the ebayers fear the odd inlcine of expulsion. we think. therefore we might. -h

Date: Sat May 22 22:16
Matthew Auslander (amuneye@hotmail.com):
Dear Mr. Gelb, Sir. It disturbs me greatly that the early records have disappeared from the shelves of the average record store. As I do not have a credit card, I am unable to shop on-line. Indicative of the times, I equate this occurence with strange happenings world-wide and conspiracies of a comic and tragic nature. I know the past very well. However, I am unable to predict the future, except perhaps with the biting blade of irony. I do know one thing. And this is my prediction. When Giant Sandwich is rereleased, I will take this as a sign that hell on earth is officially over for some. Your records and insight have comforted me for many years. Also the newness of what must be a personality issue. Certain recorded moments have stayed within my periphery (the solo on "faithful) but also many philosophical observations have formulated much of my thinking in a permanent way. In this light, I believe you differ poetically from Mr. Dylan, to whom you have been compared over the years. Not as pretty, more goofy and a bit more of a teacher. This one still gets me from the record with the little drawings: "It's as wide as your imagination." Thank you, Matthew Auslander

Date: Sat May 22 19:50
J (Howe?):
Honed like a J@panese Waterstone might do?

Date: Sat May 22 19:49
12.51 (J will walk to work):
And not only but also, visit Dane land and feed the tame ruminants. The Naim Amor thing needs furthuuuur investigation 4 sure. Frontshift barbecue silliness has taken over. OwOm sent me some discs. It'll take me weeks to fully do them. Do,do,do

Date: Sat May 22 07:02
Lars (grazie):
Thanks, Howe. What I heard DID sound great. I'll pop by www.cdwow.com and order it soon. Nice video there at www.pjharvey.net. The gal still rocks, he-he! :-D ### By the way: tonight's Aarhus live tip: Singvogel with local poet Peter Laugesen at Rosenteatret at 22.00 (The Rose Theatre - 10 meters from Casino Royal by the way). Some of the Singvogel-folk were previously in the cult-band Vildensky and supplied Under Byen with some bass-clarinette and other stuff on "Det er mig der holder træerne sammen". And Nils and Myrtha from UB lent their strings to the last Vildensky-record, if I'm not mistaking. Great bands. / Lars

Date: Fri May 21 19:00
howe (honed):
hi lars. yeah. i heard the new harvey. its way too good . at least several classic best of songs ever and the production gets in your head so easily ...like a long lost friend you had been waiting to meet . yep. -h

Date: Fri May 21 18:03
J (about amor):
very nice

Date: Fri May 21 17:17
sheik (sheik@hotmail.com):
the song "glum" is soo good!

Date: Fri May 21 14:09
Lars (Harv...):
Anyone heard Polly Jean's new one yet? A few tracks are up on www.pjharvey.net - but the sound quality is really crappy. Sounds quite "stripped down" and raw. / Lars

Date: Fri May 21 06:19
Lars (for those around here/there):
Heard of hardhittin' rawk'n'roll (eh, "garagepunk") in Frederiksbjerg neighbourhood tonight. The community house at the Sct. Annagades School. The Clean Boys + Hellroute 16. I'll bring my earplugs at 20.00 or so, ha-ha! :-D / Lars

Date: Thu May 20 19:20
J (I am the honourable Sir J Woodpile):
And am hereby downloading some free Amore tracks. Shall listen and report back. Nice black 'n white pic on the jpeg page w/Gretsch.

Date: Thu May 20 15:52
Sorry, Lars, but (I am the only sandinista allowed):
to spam the board with link. Mike, kindly remove Lars links. (Just kidding) So, Ow Om is branching out. Good deal. -James S http://www.jamesscarbrough.com/room208

Date: Thu May 20 14:57
Lars (Appendix):
Hm, a few more links: http://www.discover-denmark.dk/db.cgi?db=en_db&do=search_results&d=1&midem_kategori=05_Jazz%20Gala&ID=1379 ### http://www.jazzbreak.com/interview.php?jparm=ID_1807,lg_0,dossier_1262 ### The latter being an interview in French with Friis(maybe some Babblefish will help) with some pictures of the charismatic redhead. :-) / Lars - www.larsdideriksen.com

Date: Thu May 20 14:40
Lars (James / Michi):
I suspect new, exciting and much talented audible stuff from da Ow Om. ;-) Haven't heard it yet. But features the brilliant singer from Tys Tys (http://www.newnetmusic.com/uk/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=47&ArtistID=35). I can't seem to get www.tystys.dk to work. I've tried finding some info on the Michi, but not much out there. But a bit here: www.ilkmusic.com - then pick Maria Laurette Friis. I guess we'll have to wait. Me, not so long, though. I've decided to go to Copenhagen for the before-mentioned gig there...and visit my parents overthere too (they kindly reminded that it had been a while, he-he). I guess we'll have to wait until Howe informs the board (I hope I didn't spoil the surprise - but the news WAS at www.soundvenue.com first - and I got curious). Greets! / Lars

Date: Thu May 20 14:08
james s (lars):
Michi Michi Mau?

Date: Thu May 20 11:34
Lars (Michi Michi Mau):
Howe, I would like to write a little news thing on the upcoming cd there for www.supertanker.tk . Did you say only two days in the studio or did I hear you wrong? Thanks. / Lars

Date: Thu May 20 11:16
SeanT (Sparklehorse):
- yes it's about time for some new Sparklehorse.

Date: Thu May 20 09:22
james s (revised and sorry for the sloppy link):
http://www.jamesscarbrough.com/room208 Ok. anybody out there know anything about when new sparklehorse is supposed to see the light of day? How about new Sand?

Date: Thu May 20 09:20
james s (http:www.jamesscarbrough.com/room208):
an excellent track, "woodworm", by our J sir woodpile, and another by our pal sir blaine (Guard Te) "dogs afield" in room 208. ignore the bottle of cutty and all of the mystery for a bit and give ear, if'n ye like. if'n you don't like the room spam, kiss me booty, cuz it's a family thing, and some of us are interested in the musings of the sandie-tribe from which the fandango sprung. good weekend all, sincerely.

Date: Thu May 20 07:45
Lars (nippon...):
Hey, regarding the playlist....just "discovered" Takako Minekawa this week. And found the "Maxi On"-EP on eBay. Sounds really cool. Can't wait to hear it all. :-D ### What's with this playlist-thing here by the way? / Lars - www.larsdideriksen.com

Date: Thu May 20 00:02
Blaine ((Tron)):
A man must for what a man must do. Unrelated fyi to Mr. Flynn -- the cds are nearly in the mail.

Date: Wed May 19 20:13
This Week's Playlist (May 17, 2004):
01. 15 Angry Men (Hideki Kaji); 02. Midnight Jam (Joe Strummer); 03. Fix Up Look Sharp (Dizzee Rascal); 04. 2300 Hawaii (Yoshinori Sunahara); 05. Perry Mason Theme (Jon Rauhouse); 06. Meet Me By The Water (Saturday Looks Good To Me); 07. Good Morning World (Kahimi Karie); 08. Lonesome Vice Magic Harvest (Alexandre Geindre); 09. La Mar Opale (Coralie Clement); 10. All You Need Is Hate (The Delgados); 11. Strange Melody (Jane Birkin); 12. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (The Postal Service); 13. Jacknuggeted (Manitoba); 14. Astronaut (David "Talking Head guy"); 15. Fantastic Cat (Takako Minekawa); 16. Fool Says (M Ward); 17. Like Glue (Sean Paul); 18. Milk Shake (Kelis); 19. Danger High Voltage (Electric Six); 20. Let's Get Retarded (Black Eyed Peas); 21. Adam's Lullaby (Natcha Atlas).

Date: Wed May 19 18:00
SeanT (Tron):
http://www.ibiblio.org/jmaynard/TRONcostume/ You all must see this.....

Date: Wed May 19 10:48
Jaseom Blunderous (Pie?):
Sit down son and have a slice of pie. You look red in the face.

Date: Wed May 19 10:38
Fortuna (uh huh):
what an ass. will the real bill carter please stand up, please stand...

Date: Wed May 19 09:56
J. Blunderous (Prt2):
Fast forward 20 years. Remeber that great cereal promotion on the cornflakes. well me and ma saved up them tokens for what must have been a week posted then off and then waited. Yes i am one of the few lucky people to have been given a Honnory Degree in Law by The kellogs Corp. I can only practice in Louisiana and California ( Thanks Arnold) so thats me. Rember operators are standing by. Remeber what my farther used to say " I anit ever been to teaxs but i once loved a dog called lucy"

Date: Wed May 19 09:55
Jaseom Blunderous (Freedom of Speach Impediments Prt 1):
Will try and rephrase my offending article i see the fbi man had no problem. ""Well folks i guess that its up to me to Introduce my self my service and my wifes fine pom po pie. I was born on the floor of a small town teaxs jail. Wont bore you with the details neddless to say my mother was neddle less and trying to sell her ovaries. Well my arrival was a real surprise to say the biggest word i know. But my old ma just held me in her arms tied the unblical cord (second biggest) round my neck and hostage situationed her way out of there. and yes folks you guessed it stockholm sindrome came into play and me and my sweet ma were lovers for years""

Date: Wed May 19 09:47
Jaseom Blunderous (Leg@l Advise team (0125 -getoutjail toll free) Call now):
what in hells of a cats name is happening here?

Date: Wed May 19 09:32
Frank Hondouros (Vice president of the Harrison Ford Fan Club):
We in no way support the actions of this or any other atempt to get the Fast moving frantic film staring Harrison Ford back on our screens.

Date: Wed May 19 09:30
FBI Witness Protection (Peep-o@fbi.com):
r.e.- Rehusing of know felon and general arse. G.Sniff. CASE No.81238064. Comments " At aprox 13.00 GMT an man in our care known only by the code word 'radish' was abducted from a safe house in Montana. It apears that 3 large and highly trained bears broke though the candy baked house and swipped 'radish' from the toilet where it apears he was straining a stool. Our agents have followed the animal tracks and what seem to be small nuggets left on the trail we can only wonder as to there purpose. foresnic teams are anylising these vital clues as we type. The FBI needs all the help it can get recaptureing this key witness for upcoming Tv trail. The people V's Lars. He had evidence which if given to a jourey would end his tasteless jumper production cease all his know pimping outlets and issue a restraining order against the goats. We are aware of atempts to silence 'radish' and can only pray to lotti that we get him first. Be vigilant People. THIS MAN NEEDS TO BE CAPTURED ALIVE. Capt. William Pierce (Albert) 3rd

Date: Wed May 19 05:56
Lars (Scrolling for J, Phill & Anders):
If you need a local bum to show you around Aarhus a bit, J, then let me know. ### Phill, I didn't post the Ghost Town-link, but if you search for "Chernobyl" on this page you'll find: http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed ### And....Anders.....can you hear me?....can you put me....on the list plus...eh, me (just a reminder + "tak for sidst"). :-D Greets sandies! / Lars

Date: Wed May 19 04:08
Frank C (Divine again):
Hi Tommy, I bought a copy of "absent friends" (2-cd version) last sunday. Very nice! Some songs keep playing in my head all day. One of my faves is "The Happy Goth". The refrain goes "Well, her clothes are blacker than the blackest cloth, And her face is whiter than the snows of Hoth, She wears Dr Martens and a heavy cross, But on the inside... she's a Happy Goth!" Another nice anecdote from the concert: Neil told a long story about his last holliday in Bavaria where he wandered around and collected leafes (!). One evening he rested in an Alpine hut and suddenly heard a strange amazing melody from behind the bar. The host told him that he was spinning an old 78-single from the 1920ies recorded by an Berlin artist called Hans von der Schlack (or likewise). Neil traded his favorite leaf for the single. Back in Ireland he transcribed the song and translated the words.. Subsequent to this announcment he played a superb orchestral version of Queens of the Stone Age´s "No One Knows"!

Date: Tue May 18 21:34
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for divine frank):
hi frank, i raved for week about divine comedy`s "regeneration" when it came out 2 years ago, and still love it! The new one i haven`t found yet...try to get the new MAGNETIC FIELDS! And have fun...

Date: Tue May 18 20:55
Phill (ghog22077@msn.com):
Looks to be a great film on the way to us Coffee and Cigarettes)features Tom Waits Iggy Pop and so many more. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379217/

Date: Tue May 18 20:50
phill (Lars):
Howe about you send me that link to the Russian girls motorcycle trip in nuke scary town. It was a good read. Thanks Phill

Date: Tue May 18 15:34
james s (howdy, j):
camping. i put our little tent up in the back yard for a week, just to air the under-used thing out a bit. I left the flaps open and left town for a couple of days, and it rained and rained, and the tent had a small lake in in when I returned. Nice to see a glue post.

Date: Tue May 18 15:07
J (Frank/Father Ted):
'Drink,Feck,Girls' Mad programme. Just about sums up what I know about the mad side of southern Ireland. Just back from The Peak District (Derbyshire, UK) 3 nights camping with little j and even smaller b in a small 2 man tent. No music to speak of except Jerry Lee bursting out of a biker tent on sunday night (Which was nice) Hoping for a trip to Aarhuus sometime in the summer, but only to catch a Howe show, walk the hills and woods, sample the food/beer/culture and other notable pursuits. Waiting for information regarding a Howeshow... Hopefully not twixt late June or mid July... Hi james s

Date: Tue May 18 12:21
Lars (ooops!):
I wrote the 1st of May. That's June, stooopid! (doh!) Sorry. That's okay. Well, I dunno. Enough already! Sorry. That's okay. Well... / L

Date: Tue May 18 12:15
Lars (Frank - comedy & grand prix):
I thought The Divine Comedy had split (well, it's only one guy, right, but wasn't going to do something else?). ### He-he, the European Song Contest...my god it was bloody awful.... Still, I had the pleasure of attending the "Modulated Grand Prix" last weekend. The best electronic musicians in town put up a big screen with the show and put the sound from the broadcast through their computers and distortion pedals....creating different kinds of electronic noise. Smashing it all up! What a brilliant idea...and it was hilarious. In Aarhus we had a different winner (we voted!) and it was Belgium. It was the best "modulated", ha-ha. Great evening. Cheap beer too. Yay! / Lars

Date: Tue May 18 12:10
Lars (Thanks.........and a post that turned into a Aarhuzonian live calendar of sorts..?!):
Thanks for the suggestion, Howe. I checked it out. Forgot about the "orange" tickets. Still, it seems to be 150 Kroner each way. Which is a bit much for me. I just hope you'll cook up something "locally" at some point. :-D Any chances of Parish playing in Aarhus too? ### Hm, by the way... got plenty of music in Aarhus these next few weeks. Tonight: Lady Bug Transistor from the US play at Musikcaféen (they got connection to somethings called Elephant 6, Essex Green, Finishing School and Sixth Great Lake. Don't know them, but the program promises a mixture of Love, Beach Boys and Flying Burrito Brothers). Wednesday at Voxhall: Figurines and Jomi Massage from the local Morningside Records. Will be a swell night, I'm sure. Saturday it's either Singvogel with local "beat poet" Peter Laugesen and others at Rosenteatret (a hundreds yard from L'Estragon I suspect)...or the semi-local Jenka Music label night with electronic music at Musikcaféen. The 1st of May we got Mr. 16 Horsepower Edwards at Voxhall. On the 2nd: local noise act Wäldchengarten at Theater Katapult (even closer to L'Estragon) and on the 3rd to 5th it's the 10th Spot Festival (www.spot10.dk). Yeah, all in all: only one reason to skip Aarhus a day and that would be your gig "overthere", he-he. Plenty of exciting stuff in town here these days. I'm not gonna miss a second of it. ### All the best y'all! / Lars

Date: Tue May 18 12:07
james s (explosions in):
the sky. what a grower. Yum yuM. The world is not a cold dead place.

Date: Tue May 18 07:07
Frank C (Brussels / Divine Comedy /Father Ted):
Hey folks, lots of greetings from Brussels! 4 of my 8 weeks here have passed and I like it a lot. Especially now as the sun shows at last. Nice places especially if you leave the EU-Quarter and go to the older districts downtown. And some really loveable record shops (especially "Le Bonheur")! Last week I had the pleasure to see The Divine Comedy in the Cirque Royal. Neil Hannon played with a whole orchestra called "Mons". I didn´t know his new record "absent friends" before but the show was really great and the crowd was very enthusiastic about it. And wow, Hannon is such a perfect entertainer! Regrettably he´s not often seen in Germany, as I heard. Any must-have-records to buy besides "Absent friends"? Besides, does anybody know the fantastic Irish tv series "Father Ted" (not yet broadcast in Germany but already ripped off by Sat1)? Hannon once wrote a song called "My Lovely Horse" for an episode which tells how Father Ted and his fellows try to participate in the Grand Prix d´Eurovision. Very funny and one of the best episodes! And of course everything you need to know about the Grand Prix a.k.a. European Song Contest ...

Date: Tue May 18 02:45
Lucas (requiem4dream@aol.com):
enjoying "oogle some piano." Howe when are you planning on paying us a visit musically in Los Angeles? do you even like L.A.? you kick much ass and thank you. Lucas

Date: Mon May 17 15:14
"Gasping" For Air "Solvents" (I was pushed.......................H...E....L......P..!!.....!!!...Going under):
Glug Glug................. no room to breathe. Like advice and pension i take my leave. Floating down the ice sheets passed a mountian lodge. Full of toy trains and gristle desperate to unlodge. From the teeth of kojack a wind it seems appeared. Now it blows me further on Good nith to all and weird. G///S*********.......

Date: Mon May 17 15:12
"Gasping" For Air "Solvents" (I was pushed.......................H...E....L......P..!!.....!!!...Going under):
Glug Glug................. no room to breathe. Like advice and pension i take my leave. Floating down the ice sheets passed a mountian lodge. Full of toy trains and gristle desperate to unlodge. From the teeth of kojack a wind it seems appeared. Now it blows me further on Good nith to all and weird. G///S*********.......

Date: Mon May 17 14:11
howe (aarhusion fusion):
hey lars.....thanks...nice to be back. in a whole difffernet section of town this time....and still good. but listen, you can book a return ticket on the kopenhaven train for a bout 150 kroners if you do it more then a week in advance ....of course i am only a summer thruster (as opposed to the snow birds back in the other home town) anyhow....e

Date: Mon May 17 11:30
Lars (Hey, Howe...):
...you "back in da hood"? Any chance of a gig in or around Aarhuzona? I'm currently envying any copenhagener going on the 29th to see ya with Parish & Co. And envy is a bad thing, I've been told (doesn't feel good either). ;-) ### And hey, what's the word on that support act? Wondering about their debut coming out on your label. Very curious.... :-D If you're around: WELCOME BACK to El Norte! Greets y'all! / Lars

Date: Mon May 17 07:43
james s (are we not men?):
Personally, I always thought that the ol' Devo take on "Satisfaction" was brilliant. The Avengers did a nice version of Paint it Black. Tuxedo Moon did the coolest version of 19th Nervous Breakdown ever. Bowie of Ziggy years did a fine Let's Spend the Night Together. What was that one Patti Smith used to spice her 70s live shows with? Must be time for another cup of coffee.

Date: Mon May 17 06:40
conch (frontage road):
You hit it pretty much on the head, Alan. Frontage roads exists throughout the southwest, and in some places they're also called access roads. They tend to run alongside highways, and when zooming through a city or town it's usually on a frontage road where you'll spot hotels or McDonald's, etc. That said, I've pretty much noticed a Telegraph Road in every major city where I've lived.

Date: Mon May 17 05:21
tom (front desk):
Otis Reddings version of Satisfaction.Cat Powers version of same song is beautiful,I agree.

Date: Mon May 17 03:19
alberta al (dylan covers):
nanci griffiths boots of spanish leather

Date: Sun May 16 23:41
Alan (Derek re: frontage road):
once upon a time, summer of '83 I think it was, while on my first drive across the country, I discovered that there appear to be as many frontage roads in the US as there are main streets, first avenues, and springfield's... esp. west o' the mississippi. This has been confirmed on each subsequent trip across the US, and by this point I've done it I80/I90, I80 alone (three times 2xE-W, 1xW-E), I80/I70/west outta denver across the western slope in UT and NV before rejoining I80, 70/80, and 10/40 -- too much driving. Basically, a frontage road (as opposed to THE frontage road) is a road along the front(age) of a property (or other road), or at least that's what I've gathered from my utterly undisciplined researches on the topic. Hope the show went well.

Date: Sat May 15 20:39
dave (%%%%%%%%):
Spring is here...enjoy....talk amongst yourselves....It Ain't Me Babe...no..no...no....It Ain't Me Babe...

Date: Sat May 15 16:55
johnny yen (frontage road (every town's got one) ):
well, a whole bunch do. saw a few during the last swing down south. hi james. no strip teases. just fireworks and waterballoon fights. OH and lemonade. yup, summer is here. -jy(mp)

Date: Sat May 15 15:00
derek deprator (where is frontage road?!):
i was just in chicago doing a gig with the other group i'm in, the tellers....we stayed at a holiday inn on fontage road... is this frontage road from the song on glum does anybody know or is it actually like yanno, in tuscon and something else entirely? just curious cuz i love that song. thanks! -derek www.handsomeproductions.com

Date: Fri May 14 18:17
Lars (Howe live in Copenhagen...?!):
Just saw a news story on a Howe gig in Copenhagen on the website Soundvenue. And it's with John Parish!! My god, for once it stinks being in Aarhus. Unless of course they do a gig here too....?! It's at Stengade 30 (Jazz Club Loco) on Saturday the 29th of May at 22.00. Anyone here going? ### Furthermore the news story says that the Danish band Michi Michi Mau (also playing that night) will be releasing their debut....on "Gelbs own label"...?! Now what's this? Ow Om? The band's singer Maria Laurette Friis is brilliant, by the way. Saw her perform a few months ago in Århus with her other band Tys Tys (Danish for "Hush-hush"). Makes perfect sense if Howe's gotten interested in those folks. ### The gig is only 80 Danish Kroner (but the return ticket from Aarhus would be about 400-500 on top of that, so I'll have to stay here). :-( I sure hope someone here is going, so they can tell about it (maybe even record?). News with more details in Danish here: http://www.soundvenue.com/news.asp?id=2045 --- Greets! / Lars

Date: Fri May 14 15:20
james s (calistones):
No, Graham, but I would like to hear it. I've been really digging Califone for a little while now. I still haven't bought the new(ish) disk because I don't feel like I've properly digested the EPs and Roomsounds. I do have the one after Roomsounds, but I haven't even really started listening to it yet. Also, Johnny Yen sent me a nice live set. Where be that Johnny Yen? Is he about to show up again with the liquor and drugs? Oh no, he's going to do another strip tease! You could play Dylan covers for a year, and good ones to. Leonard Cohen has penned some stuff that was covered nicely as well. I haven't heard Leonard Nemoy do him yet, but I have, unfortunately, heard William Shattner doing Dylan. Yikes.

Date: Fri May 14 14:28
Graham (got silence on my radio):
Califone performed an entire set of Stones covers--eventually they pressed 'em to CDR and sold them at shows, calling it "Knub U Knive". Anybody else heard this?

Date: Fri May 14 10:08
Blaine (Rolling and...):
I agree, but try Feelies = "Paint It Black" (you devil) and "Wild Horses" which was prob writ by Gram Parsons. ... The best case scenario??? Flamin' Groovies ep Grease which is almost Put Yr YaYas Back In.

Date: Fri May 14 08:00
Tommy Gailer (coverscroller):
I love covers when they put the original upside down: very good also Steve Wynn`s "Venus", Ron Sexsmith "Don`t like mondays", Cat Power`s "Satisfaction", or maybe nearly everything J. Cash did (especially U2`s "One") ... Cash brings up a celebrating mood like no one on this planet...the songs are goin so deep only `casuse he`s singing them.

Date: Fri May 14 05:54
Lars (what to do...?):
It's the royal wedding in Denmark today. The crown prince is marrying some "Tasmanian devil". Wondering how to spent the day if I am NOT to hear of it. One way of doing it is with these ingredients: one set of earplugs, one head-sized cardboard box, one straw and one bottle of Jack Daniels. Any other suggestions? Greets! / Lars

Date: Fri May 14 03:43
tHom (sore thumb, bad penny):
These dylan covers are all very well (most are great songs covered by talented people) but how many good rolling stones covers do you know? Listen to virtually any stones cover and it's usually striking just how much better the original sounds - a phenomenon almost unique to the stones. Most other major artists have been well covered over the years.

Date: Thu May 13 20:46
Flynn (big thanks):
Thanks for all the great suggestions. If you're interested in hearing the show, it'll be streamed at http://www.wmpg.org Saturday, May 15th 6:30am-8am ET.

Date: Thu May 13 19:42
SeanT (Hey ! Come On.........):
Hey Howe , it's about time you came over to England . Come On , Come On. Look , book into The Spitz , and I'll buy the curry in Brick Lane , what do y'say ?

Date: Thu May 13 18:16
the distance (oh):
ryan adams [wonderwall] fantastic

Date: Thu May 13 15:43
conch (dylan covers):
George Harrison's "I Don't Want To Do It" and "If Not For You"

Date: Thu May 13 15:26
peter (nyc):
the 30th anniversary is chock full of covers, most noteworthy being the neil young set and eddie vedder on masters of war and lou reed foot of pride. nina simone does an excellent just like tom thumb blues also quite partial to the numerous jgb covers of dylan lloyd cole most of the time bryan ferry does lots, but not well giant sand every grain of sand and patsy does dylan in fact, uncut magazine did two issues with separate covers of dylan songs. most really disappointed. but the article/survey featured commentary by howe. then there's the japanese guys singing my back pages on the masked and anonymous/dangerous or whatever soundtrack

Date: Thu May 13 15:13
J-aka ''King of the Losers'' (danny):
and dylan dusty

Date: Thu May 13 13:35
Alan (oh, yea, there's also):
Patti Smith's version of Wicked Messenger

Date: Thu May 13 12:49
dave (Dylan):
Bettie Serveert's "I'll Keep it With Mine" and Jerry Garcia's "Senor - Tales of Yankee Power" are near the top of my list.

Date: Thu May 13 12:26
Broken Ladder (I I I I / I I I I):
Hmmm... favorite Dylan cover....? besides Hendrix? How 'bout that Giant Sand version of "Watchtower" on Thin Line Man.

Date: Thu May 13 09:31
Alan (dylan cover):
Off the top of my head... Jason and the (still-at-the-time Nashville) Scorchers: "AbsolUTEly Sweet Marie" remains at or close to #1.

Date: Thu May 13 08:33
Shaun H. (dylan covers):
Rainy Day (Suzzanah Hoffs + Rain Parade/Mazzy Star fella) doing "I'll Keep It With Mine".

Date: Thu May 13 07:58
Lars (bobness):
Pearl Jam did a great live-cover of "Masters Of War", methinks. It's on bootlegs now and then. / Lars

Date: Thu May 13 07:19
tom (front desk):
Bob Dylans :Check out my freewheelin fishnetgarterbelt combo I got from Victoria Secret Memphis blues agin.A classic.

Date: Thu May 13 06:36
bob (dylan):
covers...... spirit - 'x they r a changin' & 'like a rollin stone'/ the nice - 'she belongs 2 me' / paul westerberg - '+ly 4th st.' / yo la tengo - 'i threw it all away' / danny & dusty -'knockin on heavens door' / m e lou harris - 'evry grain o sand'

Date: Thu May 13 04:49
Jörg (a bathtub full of favourite Dylan covers):
XTC "All Along The Watchtower", Dream Syndicate "Blind Willie McTell", Lee Renaldo "Mama you been on my mind", Thin White Rope "Outlaw Blues", Bette Midler "Nuggets of rain" (a duet w/ the man, actually), Nick Cave "Death is not the end", Jeff Buckley "I shall be released", Isaac Hayes "Lay Lady Lay", 16 Horsepower "Nobody 'cept you", Townes Van Zandt "Man gave names to all the animals", Howe w/ Poi Dog Pondering "Every Grain Of Sand", White Stripes "Love Sick", Thurston, Kim & Epic "Sitting on a barbed-wire fence", The Band "Tears Of Rage" & "I shall be released", Willie Nelson "What was it you wanted", Joe Cocker "Dear Landlord", Elvis "Tomorrow is a long time", Scott Walker "I threw it all away", The Byrds "You ain't goin' nowhere", Scott Amendola & Carla Bozulich "Masters Of War", Catpower "Paths of victory"....................

Date: Thu May 13 00:23
Blaine (@home re Dylan):
Flynn -- Ron Wood's "7 Days" or Neil Young's "Tom Thumb" or Johnny Cash "It Ain't Me Babe" or "Understand Yr Man". You consider documenting this?

Date: Wed May 12 22:35
Flynn ((Howe's japan diary)):
Haven't been checking in here much of late, so I apologize if it's been posted: The latest issue of Harp magazine (Minus 5 on the cover) has a few pages dedicated to Howe's tour diary in Japan (with Califone). Good stuff. Haikus, even ....... unrelated call for suggestions: I'm doing a radio special this Saturday of Dylan covers. What's your favorite cover version of a Dylan song?

Date: Wed May 12 22:30
dave (In the Air):
"So Much Wine" and the title track are wonderful as well as a few other songs on that record...Through the Trees might be stronger overall in my mind's eye...Funny article in the recent Magnet about the Handsome Family....I saw them at Lounge Ax open for Jeff Tweedy one time and Rennie and Brett both had colds. Rennie said they were "driving thru Wisconsin and saw a dead cow on the side of the road, so we got out of the car and were poking it with sticks, and now we're both sick"...Dead cow humor is the best..

Date: Wed May 12 17:45
Shaun H. (sandman releases):
hi ashley ~ if no-one else has stepped in yet i'll offer to mail them to you. this is 'fandango' + 'sonisk postkort' you're after, yeah? just mail me your details to vacilando68@hotmail.com and i'll sort it out over the weekend.

Date: Wed May 12 17:14
Todd (In the air):
...anyone heard The Handsome Family 'In the Air'...found it used for 10 cAD. Blowing off the afternoon...discovered my bike was totally stripped last night. I hate bike thiefs.

Date: Wed May 12 07:35
Ashley Donahue (kidsguidetorock@yahoo.com):
I'm looking for the last two sandman releases. Does anyone feel like sending them out to Virginia? I'd gladly exchange for some blanks. Thanks.

Date: Wed May 12 02:53
J (Sean):
Been there, done that...

Date: Tue May 11 17:53
SeanT (J - Pub guide):
J , that pub guide is spot on , although I didn't see anything about walking into the wrong pub and getting the crap beaten out of you . A common English pastime......

Date: Tue May 11 17:27
J (Anyone visiting England...):
And who wants to visit a traditional English pub should probably check this out first. http://www.sirc.org/publik/pub.html.

Date: Tue May 11 13:32
Lars (by the way, gazelle...):
Musicalities are in the mail flying stateside from thee olde world. Did ya' get a mail about it from me? Greets y'all! / Lars

Date: Tue May 11 13:30
Lars (not hacking...):
..."just" that bugger of a virus. "Netsky" worm or something, right? Sends itself onwards to mails in your address-book automatically. So you have probably also, unwillingly, sent some mails to people. I really hope they'll find a "cure" for it soon. Blooody irritating. / Lars

Date: Tue May 11 12:47
gazelle (viruses in the sand):
hey phil, no, i did not get to see howe's cool blue house until i watched the videos on the coffee companion. by the way, lately i have been getting some attachments via giantsand-related people. i just got a suspicious file from mike@sa-wa-ro, and the other day i got one from discuss@giantsand. seems like someone is hacking into the system here.

Date: Mon May 10 20:14
phill (gazelle):
Thanks for the follow-up you promised. To bad you missed Howe! did you atleast see his cool blue house??

Date: Mon May 10 20:11
phill (ghog22077@msn.com):
great m ward video link http://www.kcrw.org/cgi-bin/db/kcrw.pl?show_code=mb&air_date=5/6/04&tmplt_type=show

Date: Mon May 10 19:00
gazelle (procrastinator makes you later):
i finally posted my story about tucson: http://urgentculture.com/jaime/tucson.html

Date: Mon May 10 18:45
Grandpa was always a dreamer, said he never wanted nobodies'help (the day he tried to fix the big barn himself):
Was the day the rafter fell. J says gooood lyric. Evocative.

Date: Mon May 10 18:35
car stopped runnin in the middle of the road (beyond any phone line ):
or 911 code.

Date: Mon May 10 18:17
J (more lists):
little j does a daily routine with lil' b to a soundtrack of B**tles, B*ach Boys, anything She/I decide might be nice at the time. Lil'b is almost 3.5 yrs young, she loves music that is raunchy/credible/danceable/classic/designed for kids. Anyone heard 'Raffi' (For the children) I assume it's an American thing, kids' songs with banjo, acoustic guitar, stomping foot etc. Also can recommend any incidental music or theme tune from 'Bear in the big blue house' Those guys do sound like the flippin' Dead at that time in the morning. (Non parents please discount this posting...)

Date: Mon May 10 16:53
conch (lists):
Well, perhaps not all fave lists are BS. My fourteen year old niece has just gotten into music from the '60s, so it's cool to see her get excited about stuff like The Beatles as if it was new music. She asked if I could recommend some recordings from that period, and here's the list I shuffled her way, in no particular order: Forever Changes (Love), Revolver (those four guys), Smile (Beach Boys, bootleg), Between The Button (Rolling Stones), White Album (those guys again), The Who Sell Out (The Who), Velvet Underground (Velvet Underground), Pet Sounds (B. Boys), Headquarters (The Monkees...yeah, I know, but it's a great album), Arthur (The Kinks), Turn Turn Turn (The Byrds), and while it might not totally grab her at first, I highly recommended Blonde On Blonde.

Date: Mon May 10 16:29
J (fave):
The UK (Short) version of 'the love songs' Wiped me out at the time. 'The Listener' Takes some beating. All of it really. Little j said she couldn't find A Matt Ward cd she wanted to play. I said it was in the Giant Sand (And related) section but that wasn't much help. I mainly love it all, but for listening in company I'd have to go for maybe Chore or a homespun compilation. Hello Folks.

Date: Mon May 10 14:58
james s (I am square.):
In most likely rank of listening (to the official stuff): 1) Chore of Enchantment; 2) Glum; 3) New Blacky; 4) both Down Homes are at a tie; 5) Listener; 6) Backyard BBQ; 6 1/2) Hisser; 7) Center of the Universe; 8) Ramp; 9) Sage Advice; 10) Confluence; 11) this is all a load of BS. I like it all, and spin whichever best hits the mood I'm in at the time. It is fun to sit back and think about the whole catalogue though, and play the ranking game. OH, and I heard that new Loretta Lynn Friday night at a party and it sounded really great.

Date: Mon May 10 13:04
treygoba (happy as a clam living in the epicenter):
Center gets it for me...Stuck, Center, Loretta and the Insect World, funny Milkshake Girl and Thing Like That, Solomon's Ride, Pathfinder...what a songwriting /performing tsunami.

Date: Mon May 10 06:33
Smucker (favourites):
Center Of the univeres, being my favourite album, not song. Couldnt believe it when Selections featured that song over other tracks from Center.Such as the brilliant Off-ramp man or Pathfinder

Date: Mon May 10 06:31
smucker (favourites):
Center of the Universe Yer Ropes, Thing like that, Sisters and Brothers, Death Dying and Channel five, October Anywhere Rediscovered Hisser last week as well. Top.

Date: Sun May 9 18:22
PaulK (Favourite):
Jorg, at the moment, and for some time actually, my favourite is/was/will be Ramp. The Rampant Neilisms on Wonder make me shiver. Sage advice is another stayer. I think Swerve is damn good, in fact I think they are all good, which makes me think again that these polls are a bit redundant. my first purchase was Giant Sandwich and as such it will always have a special place in my affections. On another note, get the new Loretta Lynn with Jack White, seriously good.

Date: Sun May 9 18:19
barbs (barbsjazz7@hotmail.com):
will there ever be a giant sand tour ever again?????, i need it, come on howe forget home we need howe help.

Date: Sun May 9 14:56
This Week's Playlist (May 9, 2004):
01. Soldier Girl (Polyphonic Spree)/02. Thank You (Puffy Amiyumi)/03. Such Great


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Date: Fri Apr 2 05:16
tom (frontal desk) 
polly jean west country queen[ie].Polly hit and run praline.Aw nuts.

Date: Thu Apr 1 19:19
howe (o0o0O0o)O)O0o0OoOo0o0ooO)o9o)Oo0o0o)OoO09O9o9(O(o(0Oo)o0o0o) 
well, dave, i can only relate to your pain. as a youngster i was perplexed why the piano did not sound like the song i wanted to learn from the radio. never having occured to me it might be because there was no piano in the recording of said song. the final blow was the black notes in 'polly wolly doodle'. that was all i could stand, i couldn't stand no more. i walked by the baby grand and ignored her. i had no idea the mighty torrent waters of the lackawanna would rise up in lobby for the scorned polly. perhaps it now explains my facinations with all things polly....be it doodles or wollies. pollytones. pollyrythems. pollyjeans. its all rewind from here on out. back to the womb. back to the womb. go back to your womb.

Date: Thu Apr 1 18:41
dave (I can't believe he brought his b***tch to the Waffle Hut) 
I just saw "The Ladykillers" last night...another fine mess by the Coen bros...Howe, I'd love to hear a tour diary of your trip with Wilco...They are one of my favorite bands...Have a good time and I hope they straighten out the rider by then...I dig the new piano record, by the way...I took piano lessons for two years at gunpoint in my youth...Alas, I retained nothing other than "The Happy Clown" which was rooted in mister middle C. After taking up the guitar in 1993, I am finally average..It took a lot of sacrifice to be mediocre, but the middle ground of my musicianship is berry berry rewarding..It's time for me to head down the interstate to St. Louis to visit kin, daydreaming about contributing to Fandango 2 (I've never heard 1) with my Average Garage Band.

Date: Thu Apr 1 16:39
howe (XxXxXxXxXXXXxxxXxXxxxXxxXxxXXXxxXXXxXxxxxxxXxXxXXx) 
thanks sean for the kind offer. but i just revamped the rider 2 days ago. so i wanna see what the rider folks come up with, especially since they will probably buy em at the grocery store where they get the food items too. sould be in good taste that way.

Date: Thu Apr 1 16:00
SeanT (25 YEARS) 
It's been great reading all these streams of thoughts , wonderful stuff. Howe , next time you play in London do you want some clean socks bought to the gig ?

Date: Thu Apr 1 14:30
howe (mums the word) 
...wah wah in the loafer

Date: Thu Apr 1 14:16
dave (Well, you know what they say...) 
...."The future ain't what it used to be"...You might have something with that tool belt idea...chorus, distortion, MXR compressor,..I don't know where you are going to put the wah-wah though?

Date: Thu Apr 1 13:38
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Date: Thu Apr 1 13:38
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Date: Thu Apr 1 13:37
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Date: Thu Apr 1 13:37
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Date: Thu Apr 1 13:36
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Date: Thu Apr 1 13:35
howe (XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX) 
born with a big eye. left alone a lot. learned how to talk to furniture. good listeners and eratic mumblers. big flood in 72. 6 feet over our roof. fantastic imagery when the waters receded. and no more material goods to worry about losing. but the piano bit it hard. a biblical fate i suppose, because i would hate to practice. so it called out to the river (of tears maybe) to rise up and splinter it for spite. great, no more feeling bad about not practicing. the refrigerater had the best sense of humor. was completely turned upside down and placed back in its exact same spot. the house reeked of mud and water snakes. but along with the divorcings, it meant i was about to discover the desert. not much flood insurance offered in tucson. met up with a an east german born slide player i decided must be my older brother. gave up college of art for the crutch of guitar. first recorded rock opera in 76 on a pbs radio station - 4 track. sattempted punk band in 78 but didn't have to sing. got to start a giant sandworm band with east german slide player in 79 or 80. finally figured out how to make a record - on 8 track - in 1983 or 4. band of blacky ranchette. then recorded another one in 84 or 5: giant sand. finally toured in europe (3 times) in 86. opened for the'cramps' in france. went to east berlin for a look see. like walking in a muted colored painting by an artist who liked not to paint pedestrians. rainer flew in to west berlin in case they were to recapture him at the border, like they might still be in need of slide players that utilized instruments invented by chekoslavakian brothers ...where they mentioned my wife looked like jr's wife from 'dallas'. had a baby soon after back in hollywood. partnered up with drummer covertino in the same shambled building we lived in there. divorced and moved back out to the high desert this time in 89. joshua tree area. pappy and harriet's was the center of the universe. recorded center of the universe. took in young bassist burns. met 2 nd wife in arhus. moved back to tucson in 91. bassist and drummer begin splintering off in 94. rainer gets brain cancer in 96. surrounded by folks falling victim to self medication. rainer dies 20 months later. another baby born in 99. one more for good luck in 02. 2nd step sister falls to cancer in 03. thinking how great the flood and divorce was. discover a new way to applicate guitar effects pedals. assemble them in an utility belt. begin to tour with no luggage. have socks, boxers and t-shirts provided in rider instead. put a guitar in the rider too so i don't need to haul one anymore. get arrested in 04 or 5 for attempting to board plane with no luggage, no guitar ...just a 'utility' belt. spend 5 years in detention working on rock opera. finally re-emerge as a canadian fishing guide lying about where all the fish are hide. live with the inuits, because they were into it. have a few more babies just in case. redesign utility belt and become bat man. jet pack fails in 2015. lie in crumpled heap until a bronzing occurs my mistake. peeking out small pin hole inside the pile of bronze at dedicating ceremony. learn to talk to the innerds of statue moldings. develop a taste for dust flecks by surviving on fleck specks. released from bronzing mishap in 2022 and end career by teaching others to sing for their dinner as if they were on the fast.

Date: Thu Apr 1 11:13
derek (yeah i don't see it) 
yeah alan...either i'm just being impatient or blind one or the other but i don't see yours so...email me and give me yr number i'll give you a call or somethin, i work tomorrow 3-11pm anyway BUT....you come down here much? let me know, thanks.

Date: Thu Apr 1 11:09
Derek DePrator (atomiccrash@netzero.net) 
nono, see you gotta add the zero: O0O0o0O0O0O0o0o0O0O0O0O0o0o0o0o0o0O0O0O00o ahhh yes, see? ...alan, yes, out here in ubu land..would love to get into contact, not seeing your email addy anymore but instead of some interesting ascii eye candy i've dropped my email address here so...if i don't find yours, there's mine....i'd love to hang, mang. -d

Date: Thu Apr 1 09:54
trey (so long in the wasteland) 
Last 1/4 century...Wow...25 yrs. ago I lived in Eugene OR w/ mom and abusive stepfather. Miserable home, the poorest kid in school. Raised rabbits, had a paper route, picked nightcrawlers, made Christmas wreaths, helped mom bake for restaurants...sought escape, mostly in the form of exercise, being outside, reading, schoolwork, and music. Read virtually all of the classics before the talking heads started assigning them (i.e. squeezing the life from them). Ran and biked like any good ADHD semi-depressed kid should. Genetic roll of the dice blessed me in the endurance dept. and running allowed me to travel all over the country and obtain a free college ed. Listened to all sorts of music, from ABBA to Zappa. Mom turned me on to Capt. Beefheart, Zappa, Yes, MC5, VU, Ramones, Bowie, AC/DC, Roy Buchanan, Hank Sr.,BEatles, etc. Shouldn't have married the monster, but criminy she's impeccable taste in words and images. Figures, as she's an incredible artist herself. She loves you Howe...seen you at Sam Bon's and somewhere else in Eugene. She hangs some with Mark Alan...used to w/Mickey Newbury before he moved on. Still lives in Eugene sans the monster. I Moved to Kansas for college. Met my future wife while a senior in biology. We spent 10 days together camping in the Chiricauhuas, became fast friends, and have been together since. Both went to grad. school to study pop. genetics/ conservation biology and to save the world. AIn't happening though. DAmn. She's a herpetologist and curator at a zoo. Me...I settled into teaching high school biology, learning more about the world, and racing bicycles. 11 years teaching, but I think this year's my swan song. Time to move on. To much baggage headed down the conveyor. Live in the tallgrass prairie on 80 acres. Neighboring ranch is huge, so we feel like pioneers, replete with bleats, honks, sqwaunks, and grunts from the creatures that share our range. Rule #1...do the morning chores naked if it's warm enough. First heard GS when Center of Universe came out...I was in a record store in Austin TX, killing time before/after a track meet. Stopped me in my tracks. Wife didn't like GS because she felt like I was foisting...then one day she put Glum or Center on and fell in love. Own all we can get our hands on. Travel to lots of shows too, but only have seen GS / Howe once, in San Diego. Mostly see local/small venue shows. We've both spent considerable time in the SW...me, I race bikes, and my favorite race is in Silver City NM. Close enough to Dreamville, I think. We both have done research / vacationed in the Peloncillos, Guadalupes (the AZ/NM ones), Chiricauhuas, Huachucas, Dragoons, Santa Ritas, etc. Mostly Chiri and Peloncillos. Howe, we always miss you by a week or three in Tucson. Swirling lives ought to mingle more. 25 years later...still caught up in exercise, books, school, and music. Funny how it all changes yet remains the same. No new tale to tell...it's all the same thing.

Date: Thu Apr 1 09:27
james s (great posts so here's mine...) 
25 years ago would put me at somewhere between 14 and 15. I'd discovered punk rock in some magazine picked up at a drugstore and was frantically looking for records by people like Stranglers, Devo, Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, Clash, Ramones, Blondie, Richard Hell, Jam, Patti Smith, etc... I was playing in my first real band called Internal Herd. I may have still been using a Sears guitar and amp, bought through a catalog. I was making insane "thrash" movies with an old 8mm movie camera with one Roger Canada. We'd wear bathrobes and lampshades or chicken buckets on our heads and wonder through neighborhoods at night knocking on doors, asking to be let in so that we could show our movies. We had the Incredible Shrinking Dickies on tape, with player, to provide the soundtrack. Many let us in. The movies featured various ugly ways of destroying John Travolta posters (in one we snuck onto a pig farm so that we could sit the poster on top of a well of pig guts and blood and then started filming and tossed a big rock) and us doing what we called "punkturing" which involved looking outrageous and wondering around shopping centers sticking the camera in peoples faces or getting their reactions on film while one of us lept and hopped around the poor soul... very annoying little boys we were... I was still a virgin... I was trying my first hit of reefer, and being disappointed... I was not doing so well in school... I was playing a trumpet, poorly, in the highschool marching band... I was spending a lot of time wandering around in the woods of Tennessee, back before all the subdivisions took over... I was wishing I could skateboard better but lacked the daredevil character of some of my buddies... I was wanting a girlfriend. What happened? Much. For better and for worse.

Date: Thu Apr 1 09:00
Lars (wow / and how(e)) 
Bravo... Now, that's a nice "full circle"! ### The album that changed my perception of music and got me away from mainstream boredom was funnily enough Jean-Michel Jarre's "The Concerts In China", the double-LP from 1982. Expected to find his hits on it, but there wasn't a single one. Good for me! The latest gig that changed my perception of how livemusic is done best were...actually more than one....Howe's gig at Café Mozart in Aarhus in the summer of 2002. Now I measure every liveband on how much they dare to let go. It's unfair, Howe! Ha-ha! / Lars

Date: Thu Apr 1 07:34
Shaun H. (27.1.1968) 
25 years ago (aged 11) picked to play for my school football/soccer team, possibly still the proudest moment of my life, Dad turns up to watch the game, tell him afterwards, i’d rather he didn’t come again as it made me nervous him being there, no concept as a kid of that age just how crushing those words could possibly have sounded, but as the years wore on it gnawed away at me to an ever-increasing degree……as i grew and my interests diverted from Saturday morning on the football field to hanging around the local shopping centre w/ my mates trying to impress girls, and music became the centre of my life…..first gig, aged 14, at the Brixton Ace, Conflict and their band of anarcho-punky cohorts, “meat means murder”, then grab a bargain bucket @ the KFC before boarding the last train back down to Kent (on a school night too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)……moving on another 10 years and i’ve moved to London, a fully fledgie veggie, first taste of Giant Sand @ the old mean fiddler, Howe, John & Joe w/ Chris Cacavas and the Psycho Sisters in tow, major record collection revamp, and still loving it as much to this day, has been the soundtrack to numerous job changes, relationship break-ups and subsequent mind-clearing journeys around the globe…..and last year on a trip back to Kent to visit the family, my brother-in-law’s football team are short of players, so in an over-sized shirt and over-sized boots i take to the field, bro’ in law nets the first goal, but at half-time we’re 2-1 down, i pop up w/ an equaliser and then set up my bro’ in law for the winner, AND MY DAD WAS THERE TO SEE IT ALL.

Date: Thu Apr 1 06:49
tom (hair today gone tomorrow?.) 
and then they shot the english guy,Conch rules.

Date: Thu Apr 1 06:31
conch (25 in hindsight...the avid blur) 
The first thing that comes to mind is the hair. I had lots, big wild with a Flock of Seagulls wave about it. Twenty-five ago? I was 12. Cusping on all that pubes entail, yep. Weird kid, smoked a briar pipe in my bedroom, with tobacco and my father didn't mind. Had pictures of Basil Rathbone and The Sex Pistols on the walls. Favorite movies: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes & Taxi Driver. On Saturday nights I got to stay up as long as I wanted, and was indulged with a six pack of Welch's Grape soda and a cheese pizza, and then it was just me and John Stanley's Creature Features--beamed into my New Mexico apartment from Oakland, CA. John Stanley was the king of nerds, and I wanted to be him. He wore sweaters and had a stilted, cardboard manner, but he also sat in a dungeon and hosted great horror films, everything from Hammer films to A.I.P. gothic Vincent Price flicks. My best friend was a German shephard named Vinnie, named after Vincent Price. One night we caught Kirk Douglas on TV, in Lonely Are The Brave. Afterwards, in the midnight of Los Arroyos Apartments, I dusted off my grandfather's Stetson and stuffed a duffle bag with my laundry. Pushed the bag into a corner beside the living room couch, snuggled up with Vinnie, imagined the bag held everything I owned, and pretended we'd snuck aboard a freight car and were headed somewhere else. Otherwise, I ditched school a lot, didn't touch pot but was the lookout for my friends who lit up in the junior high dugout. Read a lot, read all the time--had six different library cards with six different names (none of them my own), and if a book really blew me away I'd keep it. I still own a paperback of Day of the Locusts. Ended up at an alternative place called The New School, at the end of the year they had a ceremony and passed out certificates or diplomas to all the kids--Excellence in Mathematics, Excellence in English, Excellence in Drama--and when it came to me I was given The Improvement in Attendance award. Good enough. Summer unfurled with the smell of pinon and the rattle of cicadas. My grandparents were still alive. My mother was healthy, and my father was my hero. I stole away to The Candyman and bought vinyl albums, making my selections based solely on the cover art. Discovered The Kinks that way, and many others. Mornings with 45s on my suitcase stereo, and afternoon matinees at the Lensic. Didn't have a VHS player, so I'd write short stories based on movies I caught on the late show: Psycho, Dr. Goldbomb & The Bikini Machine, Straw Dogs. At some point I got into a fistfight with a neighbor kid at the library. Knocked him down and walked away, only to be stabbed from behind with his penic. The led is still in my arm. Not too long after that a dark black hair sprouted on my shoulder, hinting at the shape of things to come. Hair has come and gone since then.

Date: Thu Apr 1 05:11
Frank C (And what´s your most embarassing record?) 
Last 25 years? Hm. Summary of my whole concsious life minus 5? Access denied. Your stories sound so tastefull and consistent. Not mine. A lot of bad taste growing slightly better over the past 10 years. Started listening at the age of 10 around 1983 with soundtrack scores - of course, the silly ones, like "Neverending Story", "La Boum", "Crocodile Dundee Pt. II" (!!! Yes, there was a score and I bought it!), "The Jewel Of The Nile" (!)... Madonna´s "True Blue"! Then comes puberty and, of course, heavy speed sleaze trash doom power trash progressive metal crossover whatever .... punk rock, hardcore. My biggest favorite then: a progressive L.A. metal band called Psychotic Waltz. Not so bad, kind of weird, quite good lyrics, gigs with around 5 people on stage and 25 in front of them. Warm and nice people, those metal heads, most of them. Sudddenly country music with Nelson and Cash struck me around 1993 (why?). 93-99: A lot of Grunge and Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie and Pavement and German Indie bands like Blumfeld and Tocotronic) but 1999 a friend introduced me to Backyard Barbecue, Black Light and OP8. Ordered "Giant Songs 1+2". And when I bought "Chore" I guess my period of bad taste definitely ended. Happy end. But life goes on. PS. My MER (Most embarrassing record maybe): Manowar "Kings of Metal" (but funny it is).

Date: Thu Apr 1 04:52
tom (front desk) 
allright,in for a penny, in for a pound.Early years growing up in Devon,learning to be a diplomat when my parents fought,divorced,single mom,worked hard to keep us above water ,hats off,though I was a bolshy teen.Grew up in the country ,lucky me, learned the importance of silence and the simple beauty of nature when your world is in chaos.Finding music ,no I already loved music,found blues, an outlet and love affair to this day.Learned more about American history studying history of blues than I ever did at school.Moved to Scotland in my twenties,dark years learned about destructive love ,and that you dont always learn from your mistakes,weird how you can find security from insecurity.Meeting my wonderful wife, the light at the end of the tunnel,moving to the states,California,Tucson,lovely Tucson,from Totnes to Tucson,the joy of friendship,finding my voice in music ,listening to the fantastic journies others have made in music and or in life and hopefully each intwined.Mid thirties, proud uncle ,sober, happy man,life,bring it on ,lets rumble.

Date: Thu Apr 1 02:54
Jörg (TwentyFiveOutlinedEpitaphs) 
teeny years in dull German suburbia.....big change comes when I discovered the teachings of one Jewish maestro (the one who said I should better watch parking meters instead) - noticed there's something wrong in what my parents try to get into me. Since then music plays one of the biggest parts in my life. Trying to learn English. To play the guitar. Walking in a record store and hearing Danny&Dusty's 'Lost Weekend', which led to a whole new world of GreenOnGiantBlackySyndicateHüskerThinWhitePreyFemmesWipersTrains&stuff...........Moving to the woods, starting bands & foolishly trying to imitate american 'alternative' music (how was it labeled back then? paisley something? post-punk?).....band gone, band comes, love gone, love comes.......1994+/- beeing one dark, unlucky period. Kurt Cobain's tragic decision made perfect sense to me then.....leaving the woods, moving to the city...calming down....new love coming....and some 10 months ago with the arrival of our sweet son it all kinda makes perfect sense finally.....(although I'm not sure if I can make another 25 with so little sleep!!! :-) )

Date: Thu Apr 1 00:09
Alan (Blaine-ball, Derek in Ubu-land) 
Well, I never figured the commish was an interpersonal jerk, just a (truly) lousy (not-really-)commish. Howe, others, any sports in yourts? Me, more than 25 years ago my parents moved us from St. Louis, Missouri, to suburban New Jersey and this almost nine-year-old Cardinals fan took an awful lotta guff from young Mets fans during that miraculous year of '69 -- produced an instant appreciation for everything Yankee... not that I'm proud of that now. Worse, my younger brother's a Mets fan... keeerist! Derek, whatcha doing Fri afternoon? I get out of a conference downtown in the mid-late afternoon and am gonna need to eat before heading back to Michigan... my email's a couple comments down below.

Date: Wed Mar 31 23:01
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Date: Wed Mar 31 22:59
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Date: Wed Mar 31 20:00
howe (\/\/\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\\/\//\/\\/\/\/\/\/\/\\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\/\\/\/\/\/\/) 198.81.26.13:
this is good stuff... we need more. glue what are you doing with your liquid hand ? plop down banter, mamma em. hey j...give up some yardage. web master mike .....you got to dial in. yo antonio ? yo yo jorg ??? kim from korea ??? front desk tom ????? conk conk conch....come on. display the last 25. what happened there ????

Date: Wed Mar 31 18:38
PaulK (Happy trails) 
Well, 48 years under my belt, at least 15 of those as an "adult". Grew up with the Beatles bones and Rolling Stones. Come puberty and Led Zep, Yes, and such, met a beautiful girl who played "Sad Eyed lady of the Lowlands" for me and the next week hawked the prog and proto metal discs to a S/H dealer and bought into the byrds. Neil Young the Eagles Burritos Ozarks New Riders with a side salad of Zappa Beefheart blues jazz and french fried Waits. Always felt I had a double life, sober and respectable work person and goofy sex and drugs and rock and roll night person (although I was definitely short changed on the first)Last 15 years, another persona as a husband and father although the goof still gets out to play. Locked in a struggle with the kids, trying to influence their listening tastes but trying very hard not to be like my father, who, if he had his way, well, let's just say, James Last and Johny Mathis. Currently hermetic and connected to the world via this keyboard, occasional forays into the real world, I live in a desert of my own choosing ( and if anyone has a copy of the Screech owls record i'd love a copy). p.s. my son thinks the latest pot Noodle advert with a mariarchi band singing "dirty" is hilarious. No, he hasn't heard my Calexico collection. Ramble on.........................................................................................

Date: Wed Mar 31 18:22
Blaine clearly at work (Alanfire MLB) 
Alan, the Commish shares a first name with you I think, and I share an elevator with the guy every blue moon - actually friendly. And a big fan despite whatever else takes place. Smolderings mixed w/fog north of downtown and blocked off streets this morning. You youngsters out there in sandland feel free to wade in early and often. When life's responsibilities come a knockin'(and they will - but don't sweat it) it may be too late to get in the van. The years offer a fair trade (you might learn the third chord), but think of it this way: you will remember that life-changing gig far, far longer than you will remember "that day I was really tired at work". We should all be lucky as Lars to have a vibrant scene in our midst/mitts. Howe's reflections couldn't be possible w/o creating like a mf when situations appear.... "I now present you the graduating class of 2004."

Date: Wed Mar 31 18:22
Derek DePrator (¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!¡!) 
actually i think i was here in cleveland so...actually i was probably doing much the same as i am now. strummin on that ol dobro, -d

Date: Wed Mar 31 18:16
howe ([][][][][][][][][][][]{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}[][][][][][][][][][][][]) 
NICE................keep em coming (those younger then 25 need to try hard and remember who they were before they returned....at least the last several years of any pevious life will do.) i think

Date: Wed Mar 31 18:14
anon (23 years and all i know is (more than you )) 
Living next door to alice... been danced upon about around and through, bought big bought toys brought a can brought it all. joined a club scouts and some left it all for some rock n roll dudes. hospitals appiontments and discharges yogarts yaughts only in model scale of less than 1/10in . Major EVENT ANOUNCEMENT f#m CHANGED MY LIFE try it kids. worked in kitchen market homes centre scentless aprentice slade chalk circle books (late on) cds market reaserch returns colleges binges. waiting for drinks stealing rubbish getting sauces and other mayos birds and their endaengerment. shelf life tool time billy joel and list songs the boss(no me neither) roasting chesnuttts golabal coffe and tv ciggeretss broken arrows homeleesss sparrows and a partige in a umbrella repair van. gongs songs vietcongs aloud to prowl after dark with a hat on. colour code knowing godes throwing spodes opiates and other sides with cheese. Libary night class sitting on emosseb ass photographing other pliths jogging on the chrotled chintz. all from the back of a spider trying to get the cider bennie hilll inside her. mashing the ming moating the yang and wasitng time typing shots. looking good for eggs. and alice? who the f##k is Alice?

Date: Wed Mar 31 18:06
Derek once more (oopz) 
much apoligies about the repition. bye now for real -d

Date: Wed Mar 31 18:05
Derek DePrator (atomiccrash@netzero.net) 
yeah really i'm 24...only can reflect on the future, a mixture of blues, country, rock, and jazz. in no particular order or importance. here in cleveland...so really 25 years ago my folks had just moved into the house i was born into in pennsylvania...i like it there but i don't think i'd wanna move back. how old are we all here anyway if i could ask? i've been lurking around here for the last year ago but only have started trying to think of reasons to post. later on, -d

Date: Wed Mar 31 17:54
Derek DePrator (atomiccrash@netzero.net) 
yeah really i'm 24...only can reflect on the future, a mixture of blues, country, rock, and jazz. in no particular order or importance. here in cleveland...so really 25 years ago my folks had just moved into the house i was born into in pennsylvania...i like it there but i don't think i'd wanna move back. how old are we all here anyway if i could ask? i've been lurking around here for the last year ago but only have started trying to think of reasons to post. later on, -d

Date: Wed Mar 31 17:02
SeanT (The Last 25 Years in no particular order....) 
Football , The Clash , Smokes , Ireland , Echo & The Bunnymen , Silverstone , Going to America , Drink , The Replacements , Holland , Death , Girls , Leaving Home , Not Learning To Drive , Work , North Carolina , Too Much Drinking , Birth , London , Debts , Keith Richards , Living in a forest , Drugs , A Computer , Flying , Guided By Voices , The Outer Banks , Decay , Owning a Guitar , Ballybunion , Suicide , The Music Business , Friends Becoming Famous , Divorce , Vegas , Riots , The London Underground , Curry , Wars , More Drugs , Japan , London Music Venues , Still No Tan , Bald , Charlie Richardson , Glasses , Deer , Emma , Maread , Paula , Kim , Jo , A Mountain Bike , John McEnroe , Motorhead , Bill Hicks. Here's to the next 25.............

Date: Wed Mar 31 17:00
Lars (www.aarhus-nu.dk) 
Hell, I'm 27....how old are one when one starts to learn how to walk? :-) Hm, looking back.... I have the feeling that right now(-ish) is a moment I WILL be looking back on years from now. Levitating with a smile around the eye of this little musical hurricane called Aarhus. Great moments. I'm sure some of them will stick. Just have to wait and see which they will be. Funny thought... Greets! / Lars

Date: Wed Mar 31 15:10
howe (}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{) 
?? what deems to happen... with this kind of work ethic, is that it seems best to not take the time to pause on the moment, but to allow only its dizziness from display and just keep moving. then 25 years later you can get a glimpse of some of them pausings, and allow time to savor. so....what happened to you the last 25 years ??? is it time to post em here ?? i think soooo o o o o

Date: Wed Mar 31 12:20
Naïm (to Todd) (naim@amormusic.com) 
Noha Thomas plays the horns on my album Soundtracks Vol 2, he 's part of the 13 musicians from downtown Tucson that play on a regular basis at the Grill(music for food)

Date: Wed Mar 31 11:49
Alan (Blaine) 
Is Bud Selig's and your town on fire?

Date: Wed Mar 31 10:14
Blaine ((smoke filling downtown here)) 
Howe - looks to me like 25 years of playng music happened. No doubt it was a lot of hard work, and most folks ain't as fortunate - yr list of collaborators over the years is a kind of hall of fame. We certainly appreciate yr many splendored efforts. For a bit more historical revisiting, the new Stooges DVD includes a stripped down in-store appearance that is beyond amazing. Should be taught as Great Music 101. Also Lou (who?) Reed on tv last night played a beautiful VU-esque "Sunday Morning" complete w/cello and "music box".

Date: Wed Mar 31 07:50
SeanT (Howe) 
" it was so good. what happened ? " - it still is so good , just a different so good . But I'd love to see you play with Mr Wynn .

Date: Wed Mar 31 05:54
tom (front desk) 
Just read a great analogy I wanted to share.that Jazz is Africanised Western music and blues is Western influenced African music.On another note ,has anyone out there seen the documentary A Great day in Harlem?Interesting stuff.

Date: Wed Mar 31 03:16
mikus (OGGLE) (@home) 
OGGLE arrived in my fav' record shop yesterday. Brussels Musicmania. It souds good "cool jazzy", with a good contribution from Joe an John. I appreciate the way you say Oooogggglllllllle, Howe....track 10. It sounds like nothing could go trough the reformation of Giant sand, and I love this idee. Mikus

Date: Wed Mar 31 00:07
Alan (howe) 
What a blessing to have folks find these things... What happened… well for me, I met and got to know Diane around the time my mom got cancer for the first time which was the same time that I discovered Giant Sand, Uncle Tupelo, Thin White Rope and Screaming Trees. Then I completed a 90-page single-spaced MA -- a ecological socialist reading of Bookchin’s anarchist Social Ecology -- while developing a high hamstring pull related to an as-yet-non-obtruded inguinal hernia that kept me from playing National-caliber ultimate Frisbee but probably fostered my radio show, academic work and love of Diane. It was around this time that the abortive GS/UT show was scheduled in SF and Thin White Rope played their swansong concert in Europe. Then came the CA fiscal changes, a dissertation grant to complete my work on the Imperial Valley (where the city of Calexico is), Diane’s job in Cambridge and the return of my mom’s cancer. When I moved to Massachusetts to live with Diane and write my dissertation a few months later, my mom passed away as I drove from New Jersey to Massachusetts. Patti Smith released her remarkable tribute to her brother and husband about then – just about the same time that The Inner Flame was released. The Fall sucked in Boston in the mid-90s but Morphine, well that’s a Sandman of a different color. During all this time I was buying and playing GS records as fast as they could come out – my mom had taught at Upsala College (where WFMU was originated) so the Backyard BBQ was super cool and the wonder of Glum is far too well unsung. I completed the dissertation, rediscovered playing and coaching soccer – no ultimate accessible in Groton, Mass. – and then traveled hither and yon in search of employment – New Hampshire, a short stint back in California, North Carolina and then Michigan. Nick Cave appeared to run out of songs about murder and discover songs of love… Mark Lanegan covered Creeping Coastline of Lights (which I'd orignally discovered in 1983? on a collection called Warfrat Tales) and there was much joy in my personal mudville. Dad remarried and eventually moved to Albuquerque but I really don’t want to talk about that. Diane and I got married, that’s too much fun to talk about (honeymooning on the trails of Waterton Lakes Peace Park in the Canadian Rockies is like unto nothing else I’ve ever done), Aiden was born… now all he does is babble when he’s not tearing about the place with the dog and cats. Our dog of 15+ years ran out of joy, a crushing blow. I teach graduate students sociological theory (among other things) and undergraduates environmental sociology and history and hope to get tenure next fall – who knows. I found you all, became a limb on a now defunct trunk of the Sandman tree and finally saw Howe, GS and ensemble in Detroit two years ago, and missed most of the Ann Arbor show this last Spring ‘cuz a traffic. Life happened, joy, sadness, tragedy, change, marveling, painting, writing, birthing, suffering… whatchagonna do? Pine? Nah. Miss? Sure. Grow? Okedoke. Sometimes it just doesn’t feel especially good, other times it induces almost childlike total body happiness.

Date: Tue Mar 30 23:10
howe (][][][][][][][][][][][][][][) 
yesterday. patti found a cassette from the first time the giant sandworms played in rainer's little 2 room home. we sat in the same room it was made in 25 years ago and listened. it was so good. what happened ? today a video tape arrived in the mail. a friend found it and sent this way from hollywood. i put it on tonight for a minute. there was john and me and chris cacavas and steve wynn and mark walton playing in a record store. must've been 1988. it was so good. what happened ?

Date: Tue Mar 30 21:22
jy (stuff and stuff) 
I just got the new album by Morris Tepper (guitarist for Capt. Beefheart, and sometimes for PJ harvey and Frank Black) called "Head Off" and it's pretty fun. you can hear samples at "http://www.candlebone.com" and richochet man is a collaboration w/ the Capt. himself (he helped write it). coooool. I don't know how to describe it, maybe like steve wynn's hard songs if steve was trying to sound like iggy and not succeeding? no, that doesn't werk. i'm not good at this. go listen. and buy if you like. gotta run, it's beer o'clock.

Date: Tue Mar 30 18:03
maritza (brooklyn) 
..will someone out there send a fandango over this way? xoxo

Date: Tue Mar 30 16:44
Todd (Howe do you do?) 
...love the piano intro to M. Ward's song 'poor boy, minor key'...enjoying the new Ogle (Some Piano)...very worth picking up. Oh not sure which version of 'Left' I like better...?...the new one with Neko Case is stellar and the old one is the original and I usually perfer them. Having an Molson Ultra good stuff Mr. Gelb.

Date: Tue Mar 30 16:28
Alan (Oxford) 
It sure is quiet in these here parts... Well, the last time -- when I was unsure whether or not I was going to be able to go -- I got few responses (basically Glue and nought else) to a query about where to stay, what to eat, with whom to drink, and what else there is to do in Oxford at the end of June (22-29)... now I know I am going. Any takers, thoughts, suggestions -- off list is fine of course (rudya@msu.edu). Thanks

Date: Tue Mar 30 08:28
This Week's Playlist ((March 29, 2004--give or take)) 
01. The Whole World (Outkast)/02. Twisted Nerve (Bernard Hermann)/03. Laminated Cat (Loose Fur)/04. The Grand Duel (Louis Bacalov)/05. Lazy Fat People (Pete Townshend)/06. Woo Hoo (The 5,6,7,8s)/07. Be The Rain (Neil Young & Crazy Horse)/08. Triggers (April March)/09. Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus (Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin)/10. Green Hornet (Al Hirt)/11. More Than This (Bill Murray)/12. Here I Am (Emmylou Harris)/13. The Strange Design Of Conscience (The Flaming Lips)/14. F**k The Pain Away (Peaches)/15. The Flower Of Carnage (Meiko Kaji)/16. The Dark Is Rising (Mercury Rev)/17. Searchlight--Live (Giant Sand).

Date: Mon Mar 29 18:23
Lars (...and eh....) 
...on the same site there are a few mp3s. I like them all. But for all ya folks who like quiet late night acoustic guitar and stuff I would like to recommend The Morningside's "Your Hands". G'night! / Lars

Date: Mon Mar 29 18:19
Lars (for those who can understand Danish...) 
...I made an interview with Under Byen in January. And I asked them a bit about working with Howe - and on "The Listener". You can hear it all at www.aarhus-nu.dk ... Greets, folks! / Lars

Date: Mon Mar 29 09:31
Alan (jy) 
As a mid-teen art-rocker with no real affinity for punk in the late 70s and early 80s, Marianne Faithful's LP, Broken English, along with Jim Carrol's Catholic Boy marked a turning point in what I understood music to be capable of... thanks for the (unintended?) reminder.

Date: Mon Mar 29 01:23
jy (broken english and ghost towns) 
one girl's continuous explorations of Chernobyl documented with light and letters. http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/

Date: Sun Mar 28 17:34
J (The BBC train) 
Only served to gamble on getting the closing track. Damn, I thought I had that one in the bag.

Date: Sun Mar 28 17:32
J (Don't know 'bout encryption)
But Mike was going to be doing a ( Struggles to remember ) Disco hell biscuit version of Wolfy? JC Petit Sables sound good and live with an exotic foreign tinge. S'pose that's what I've always looked and listened out for. Whatever, it's an exciting thing for me in my art project world.

Date: Sun Mar 28 15:51
Lars (man...) 
...did I write 'load'? I meant 'low'. Doh!

Date: Sun Mar 28 15:50
Lars (Scrolling for BROCHARD) 
Why the load mp3-encryption? Only 64 kbit? Make it at least 192, even better 328. Now that it's not on the disc why not make it a sound quality that's good. Mp3 is all we get on this one. Nice one, though! Greets! / Lars

Date: Sun Mar 28 12:52
stefan ((last track fan-dango))
Hi J, I think the last track on the JC-less version of the Fan-Dango I circulated is actually from Mike (I mean the "hidden track" appended to the last track listed on the artwork). At least that's what Robert and me suspected.

Date: Sun Mar 28 02:36
JC ((Where in France ?)) 
Bonjour J, Well these days I cover a great part of France from East to West, since I live in a village in Champagne country, between Epernay and Reims, and I work far away in western France in Nantes (south Brittany), the very same town I travelled to once for a concer with a very special double bill of Giant Sand and Jonathan Richman...! JC

Date: Sat Mar 27 23:00
jy (steel guitar rodeo by jon rauhouse (buy it people)) 
Hey Howe, That's some good grunt and clamour on Indian Love Call. Jon Rauhouse is a string king. Segue. How'd ya get involved on that Julie Doiron album? She sparkles. ok! makers mark time. -jy

Date: Sat Mar 27 15:12
J (Also) 
Very exotic! Just downloaded the Petit Sables track, loving it! Where in france are you JC?

Date: Sat Mar 27 15:04
J (So, J.C/Mike/anyone) 
On the Fandango artwork I have The last track, but my copy has an extra one afterwards. It's not (As far as I can make out) In French, or bearing any semblance of resemblance to 'Nowhere' ? ?

Date: Sat Mar 27 09:22
tommy gailer (scrolling for wild oldham) 
people, the new bonnie prince billy "greatest palace music" is a sheer delight, a link for those who care: (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS70401220507231759&sql=A84jtear64xf7) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the Belle & Sebastian Fans: Bayern 2 (88,20 FM) überträgt das Konzert vom 18. März um 23:00 abends!

Date: Sat Mar 27 07:45
JC BROCHARD (Fan-dango extra track) 
Bonjour, Because of a series of mishaps, including an MP3 file forgotten in an email box, a move between houses and a computer failure, the cover in French of the song "Nowhere" , recorded by myself with some friends as Les Petits Sablés in Nantes, was omitted from the first copies of "Fan-dango" which were circulated. I am happy to correct this mistake today with an offer to download "Nulle part" from my website at this address : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vivonzeureux/pidgindex.html For those who haven't yet received their copy of "Fan-dango", then this will be a taster for it ! Livappy! JC To Mike Brewer : it would be great if you could add a link to the track from the fan-dango page : either http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vivonzeureux/Pages/pidgnullepart.html for the introduction page or http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vivonzeureux/Sons/nullepart64.mp3 for the mp3 itself...

Date: Fri Mar 26 19:28
Stephen M.H. Braitman (braitman@mindspring.com) 
Does anyone know when the Fan-Dango discs will be distributed through the tree network? It was announced in January, but no one I know has seen them. Thanks! -- Stephen

Date: Fri Mar 26 19:16
J (PS) 
Thanks g (new) That's what I've got I guess.

Date: Fri Mar 26 18:57
J (woodpile99atyahoo) 
Sorry to be a pain. Duet and Liege on my cans. night night

Date: Fri Mar 26 18:55
J (insiders (Limited) only) 
Personally, I regularly post here with the knowledge of lookage. Any fandango oriented comments? Frozen Planets, Aimless Blades and James will go onto my +Sand beginner+ taster. Also Zelda, and Emjellybaby's 1st track. But what the hell do I know. Things are about to go badly belly up round here these days at all.

Date: Fri Mar 26 15:50
todd (duet not duet's) 
those extra songs on duet for guitars #2 is a bonus...didn't have them on my first copy...really nice songs and playing by M. Ward...ogle in the background as I type. Wow.

Date: Fri Mar 26 14:43
Todd (goodies in the mail...) 
...it didn't take long to get my copy of ogle, Unsungglum and my replacement copy of Duet's for guitar #2. It's been a good week of listening. Hey Lars...it must take alot more time to get overseas. Well worth the wait...makes it better. Hang in there. Noah Thomas sounds very good on ogle...does he have a cd available w/ his band Libre De Grasa?

Date: Fri Mar 26 14:12
Lars (mail-address?) 
Anyone know if stuff mailed to the Ow Om-address on the shop page will get to Howe himself? #### Hm, I'm also one of those waiting for the Ogle (and the vinyl Chore). Weird that it haven't arrived yet. #### Thanks for the Chomsky-link, James. Good stuff there. Kick that dude out of office - for the good of the whole planet. Greets! / Lars

Date: Fri Mar 26 09:47
james s (http://blog.zmag.org/ttt/) 
Noam Chomsky has a blog. This is the URL. Life is usually a good thing, but sometimes it is surprisingly cool.

Date: Fri Mar 26 05:12
Javier (Madrid) 
May 8th in Gijon? Is it part of a festival or is it a Howe-alone concert? Any chance you come to Madrid??? Come on, we haven´t seen you here in more than 3 years!! On May 15th, Victoria Williams and Mark Olson are coming to the city, it would be great to see both the Creekdippers and Howe in one week :)

Date: Fri Mar 26 02:56
Mikus (for Howe) (@home again) 
Mister Gelb, saw you play in Spain in April ??? This year, "les nuits du Botanique" in Brussel (where you played two years ago...)are going during one week from the 7 to the 12th of June... Hope to see you there, in the best festival in Europe, for sure... Mikus

Date: Fri Mar 26 02:49
mikus (Oggle) (@home) 
No sign from OGGLE here in Belgium...still waiting.

Date: Thu Mar 25 19:06
g (new) 
life guitar and pockets.

Date: Thu Mar 25 18:39
J (The Sand Children Book) 
A broken family photo will be with me forever. Anyone seen the sand giant?

Date: Thu Mar 25 14:56
dave (that was a true story, by the way, and "litte" is actually spelled "little") 205.242.228.44:
yup

Date: Thu Mar 25 14:54
dave (This is a Greendale-related comment) 205.242.228.44:
So I had bought my copy of NY & Crazy Horse's "Greendale" that has the bonus DVD of the Crazy Horse sessions for Greendale and it was blasting yesterday evening while I was cleaning up the evening slop from dinner in an empty house while the others ran some errands..As they got home and the house went quiet for the young-uns homework time, the other half asked me to help the litte one read a library book she had borrowed from a classmate. It was titled "Ira Says Goodbye" by Bernard Waber..It involved the anxiety of a youngster moving to a new town and leaving behind friends...the new town in the book was called........."Greendale". I love it when stuff like that happens. It only makes you smile.


Date: Wed Mar 24 22:05
peasoup (ap_navigator):
hey jay, guess you're right... n then again....just been through one o those nights when red wine n available space is all you need put my friends to bed here at four in the morning and still have a hard time calling it quits...space still...aaaarghhh

Date: Wed Mar 24 18:06
J (Damn):
I missed refresh

Date: Wed Mar 24 17:42
J (Ok, so Wednesday is not Saturday for some folk):
So it really is very quiet on the board. I'm going to get my head down. Guthrie,Dylan,Reed,Young,Gelb?

Date: Wed Mar 24 17:12
auntie Beryl (Grace):
pLAY THAT PIANO

Date: Wed Mar 24 17:09
J (dangfandango):
Old Rob S almost forgot to miss that boat

Date: Wed Mar 24 15:33
J (Paradise (Liege)Belgique):
What a Gelb song. Took me back to when i was picked up on serious wordplay. Inspired by early Gelb I spoke in vocabulary. Now I have to say hOwE, play the provinces. I'd like to book a long weekend in summertime Denmark, and see you work that magic with my family in tow. How about an ABB? (Arhoooose bar-b-q-broadcast) Thanks for these discs Stefan (And Howe and all others responsible) End of transmission apart from I'd like to hear more from the Fandango contributors... Who are the unknown? i can name james s, blaine, em,

Date: Wed Mar 24 14:48
Kilgore Trout (Echo):
Lupa Lupa.

Date: Wed Mar 24 12:11
tHom (an alternative reality?):
james s, you're welcome. It's suddenly gone dead quiet in here ...

Date: Tue Mar 23 13:10
james s (Good.):
Thanks, tHom.

Date: Tue Mar 23 11:59
tHom ((to james s, re:explosions in the sky) ):
Arising - sorry if it doesn't make sense but that was the word that came to mind. I found the album a few months back and loved it. Missed them when they played London a few weeks back but hope to catch them again in May (I think). Apparently they play incredibly well live and burst into loud bits every now and then ...

Date: Tue Mar 23 08:24
Shaun H. (a.k.a. Mr. Vacilando):
Mikus ~ my pleasure.

Date: Tue Mar 23 00:42
Snoog (Albertaal):
Alberta Al - that was indeed calexico that you heard in that spot. it was pepita from feast of wire. it's actually a pretty cool ad with Ali fighting his daughter. for those that want to see it check out http://www.adidas.com/com/campaigns/impossibleisnothing/ then, on the top of the screen, click on "campaigns" then "impossible is nothing" and you will eventually find it.

Date: Mon Mar 22 19:48
phill (ghog22077@msn.com):
I just recieved FANDANGO! Heck Yea!!! You Guys all put out some great stuff. I can see how Howe is proud.

Date: Mon Mar 22 15:24
Mikus (for Mister Vacilando... Shane ????) (@home again):
INCREDIBLE.... THIS CD

Date: Mon Mar 22 13:14
alberta al (broken ladder):
Thanks for the information I appreciate it!

Date: Mon Mar 22 13:06
TheLis8ener ((Re. Explosions In The Sky)):
.... Bedhead, The New Year. sub

Date: Mon Mar 22 10:15
james s (hey music people):
anybody here heard a band Explosions in the Sky (world is not a cold dead place) and can say the first word that pops into their head when thinking of it...

Date: Mon Mar 22 08:38
Broken Ladder (I I I \ I I I):
Perhaps I can be of assistance in answering alberta al's question below regarding Howe being thanked on the "Beat The Retreat" Richard Thompson tribute. I'm not certain, but it may have something to do with the fact that producer John Chelew came to Tucson to record Beausoleil & Rainer together for the track Valerie... which he did. The drag is... Rainer's guitar track was wiped for the albums release. BTW, Beausoleil also performed in Town (at Wild Wild West) and as an encore they brought Rainer onstage for the tune. It was ... great! Here's a link to that fine album: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70312161056542074&sql=An9508q9nbtb4

Date: Mon Mar 22 07:41
Lars (scrolling for J):
Thanks for the kind words, J. The photos are a bit dark, though. Not much in the stagelights at that gig. Hm, Århus a fandango paradise. It's raining right now. But ehm, a true "listener" is lovin' the rain, right? He-he. We've got some hills around here, not very mountaineous around here. But yeah, forests and nice seaside. And babe-beaches in the summertime, ha-ha. The tourist website is www.visitaarhus.com (got info in English). If you go to www.webwalk.dk you can go for a "virtual walk" (like the "Howe's frontdoor"-link I posted earlier, ha-ha). Go to the VR Map ("VR kort"). Greets! / Lars

Date: Mon Mar 22 04:06
Tom (front desk):
Back at work,scrolling posts,thanks Blaine ,Howe ,conch and Mr.Archivist for the words of suggestion and encouragement.Mr .Archivist I shall be in touch,you did a grand job on the Temple shindig but I didnt think you would you would have the time and I was ploughing away trying to get the thing finished,I hope you are not feeling dissed and dismissed as I think you are the tops and the colliseum.Thanks again everyone.

Date: Mon Mar 22 04:04
J (uzual):
Boyatzis says that several artists offered up variations on more than one track, which left him with a surplus of material that might see the light of day on various vinyl releases, suggesting that this line of music isn't anywhere close to played out. Agreed

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:59
alberta al (calexico and adidas):
I had the tv on earlier and heard what I thought was the intro to a calexico tune. I walked in to see what was up and it was an adidas comercial. Has anyone noticed this?

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:55
GiantInfo ("This Human Body"):
Info on the "This Human Body" recording can be found here: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/printer_friendly.asp?nid=18997

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:38
J (playlist):
Don't recognise the Gelb track?

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:22
This Week's Playlist (March 21 (all playlists fit comfortably on a 74min CD-R, usually)):
Assassination of the Sun (Flaming Lips); Pura Suadade (Fantastic Plastic Machine); The Man Who Love Beer (David Byrne); I'm In Love (Hotshots); I Married Myself (Sparks); The Scarlet Tide (Alison Krauss); This Human Body (Howe Gelb); Spin Spider Spin (Takako Minekawa); Jeanne (Air with Francoise Hardy); Vou Nessa (Pan Cake); Sunrise (Norah Jones); Clocks (Coldplay); What New York Couple Fight About (Morcheeba with Kurt Wagner); Pink Spider (Cornelius); There There (Radiohead); Outtathaway! (The Vines); Exile (The Pebbles); Sick of Goodbyes (Sparklehorse).

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:20
phill (mikus):
same here

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:19
Phill ((howe)):
welcome to Wilco!

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:16
Mikus (Oggle) (at Home):
Gooooooooood Morning World... I'ts Monday Morning, like every 7 days. But I hope this one will be a "oggle" special one. Hope to find Oggle in Brussels,it could seriously help my week to go through... Mikus

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:14
Phill ((howe)):
meeting up with andrew bird?

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:12
dust candy (dont be a cheese):
(MO)

Date: Mon Mar 22 02:10
dust candy (in the SPUN):
YO HOWE~! Respond

Date: Mon Mar 22 00:19
howe (home fry bread and taters with muted crinkles of deployment unemployment compensation sensation):
i'm telling you blaine, the road .... has already been hit. up. hit up. the road has been. hit up. side the head. fred said. and maybe mills about all the whilst.

Date: Sun Mar 21 23:46
Blaine@home (J):
Thanks, yup - also the esteemed F.Mills on monologue. Howe - when does said loudness hit the road?

Date: Sun Mar 21 17:41
just (curious is all):
Anyone ever seen The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Sparklehorse, and Mercury Rev in the same room? Or, for that matter, Ringo Starr and Yassar Arafat? Let the investigation commence.

Date: Sun Mar 21 16:38
howe (home fry bread and taters with muted crinkles of deployment):
...loud, i cannot even hear myself say out:

Date: Sun Mar 21 16:36
howe (home fry bread and taters with muted crinkle):
i noticed at last nights show with '50 foot wave' trim glistens of crimson stained lobes amongst the cliental in attendance.....and that was a set prior to the crushing blow applied by the 'wave' to said throng. loud is wuz we wirled.

Date: Sun Mar 21 08:20
fffff (ggggg):
it's all a mystery really

Date: Sat Mar 20 18:40
J (Lars):
http://www.larsdideriksen.com/personal/photos/photo-howegelb-lars-mc1.htm That's nice pics. Love to take up the invitation, have to see arhuus(sp) On the coast, hills and forests behind? = European fandango paradise. National dance anyone? On a more sober note, just watched 'Anita and Me' A BBC made Britflick about Britain in the seventies. I was five or six when it was set. Kind of reminded me of 'Amelie' Which I wouldn't have watched without being pressed by little j and the sandboard. Stream of consciousness tired but have to stayawake backshift business. Also, Buxfix is a good place to go for your BBQ covers. END of tra ns mi s s i o n

Date: Sat Mar 20 15:04
Mikus (hybiscus) (home):
No, I don't think so... You know, It a bit the same game I made in the 80se, when I wondered if Boy George whas a guy (that's sure...) of a girl... I was in the bus going to school, and We were discussing hours about it... Is it THAT important Mister "Jaune" ??? mikus

Date: Sat Mar 20 14:44
J (Blane blade):
Go to the sandman series link on the main page, then artwork. Love your track by the way. Is that you on vocals?

Date: Sat Mar 20 14:08
Blaine (@home-finallysomesunshinehere ):
Maybe the info came up but I missed it -- anywhere to get the Fandango artwork? Playlist today - Joss Stone and Don Covay.

Date: Sat Mar 20 12:47
howe (home fry bread and taters):
um. ok ?

Date: Sat Mar 20 07:34
Lars (Oh....Howe):
Howe, I'd love to send a copy to you and Sofie, as I figured it might interest you a little bit. Where should I mail it to? Is it: OW OM RECORDINGS - PO BOX 2441 - TUCSON - AZ - 85702-2441 - U.S.A.? / Lars (larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk)

Date: Sat Mar 20 07:31
Lars (www.aarhus-nu.dk):
Any "sandie" around Aarhus, Denmark, on the 2nd of April will be so severely welcome to drop by LYNfabrikken at Vestergade 49B. The book 'århus:nu' (aarhus:now) which I've been the editor on for the last half a year or so is finally being released, so we're throwing a little party with wine, snacks, livemusic and djs. We start er 15.00 and finish around 22.00. The book is in Danish, but it has a cd in the back - and great photos through-out. Price is 99 Danish Kroner (about 15 bucks, I think). The website is at www.aarhus-nu.dk (only a temporary frontpage with info - but the full site will be up and running with special web-features and mp3s in a day or two). A bit info in English at www.larsdideriksen.com . Got some Under Byen in the book and on the cd of course. But also a lot of other great local artists. As said: drop by, if you're in town. Greets to everyone! / Lars

Date: Sat Mar 20 04:52
mikus (Fave) (Damien rice):
My fave of 2003-2004 is still the wonderfull debut album of Damien rice "o". Full of honesty and "introspected power". A singer-songwritter everyone here has to discover, NOW... perhaps in a few years, it will become a bit too much "Calexicomercial" (Hummmmm) Mikus

Date: Sat Mar 20 04:45
mikus (For Stephan the bavarian):
I'v got fandango. I thank you for that Mister Stefan.

Date: Fri Mar 19 20:48
glue sniffer (what a fool):
peolpe feed me and dance me make me beds and still i remove myself and still i feel oh so dead. (no credit expectid)

Date: Fri Mar 19 18:41
Lars (yeah!):
Yeah, that game is brilliant! Learned about it last year. Bliss!

Date: Fri Mar 19 18:03
magic (al):
http://www.trevorvanmeter.com/flyguy/

Date: Fri Mar 19 17:17
strange (world):
looking through my uncle's cds today (this includes a fine selection of yanni and john tesh) and i stumble upon a comp. featuring giant sand, the handsome family, lucinda, carter family...howe and tesh - the duets...mmm yes...sounds fine to me.

Date: Fri Mar 19 16:14
J (National dance of Espana):
Funny I should looky here just as I was reading about tribute/cover albums. Great Dan Stuart interview (Old) at weeklywire via KXCI link page (Sorry no link) Loving to hear Twin Peaks theme played by little j as I sleep a fevered sleep. Also loving to hear Frozen planets carrying on thr Twin Peaks vibe. The dance is (accordian to the quiz) Fandango. Scaramouche.

Date: Fri Mar 19 14:40
alberta al (Howe):
Howe I was looking at the liner notes to a cd from the early 90's "beat the retreat" featuring Richard Thompson songs done by other artists including,X, Bob Mould, Syd Straw, Evan Dando. I noticed your name in the thank you section. I didn't see you credited on any songs though, were you involved somehow?

Date: Fri Mar 19 14:10
SeanT (James S):
Here James check out some pics from the 2004 tour http://kraftwerk.technopop.com.br/ pictures_2004.php

Date: Fri Mar 19 13:47
SeanT (Phill):
Hey Phill , KRAFTWERK !

Date: Fri Mar 19 03:03
phill (ghog22077@msn.com surfin for hatchy machi):
Andrew Bird is playin in (HOWE Town) Tucson, Solar Culture March 25 The Philadelphia show at the Tin Angel was great how the two did what they did,and Hirsh. And Howe with Wilco--- SWEET

Date: Fri Mar 19 02:48
phill (kraftwerk) (ghog22077@msn.com):
TRUE STORY, My brother Will scared me with some S_it from Radio-activity, that made it so all he had to do was mention KRAFTWERK and it would send me screaming. I still think ROLPH and the other dude (FOREHEAD MAN) were sent to destroy us

Date: Thu Mar 18 20:23
james s (Kraftwerk):
Jeez, I had no idea that those guys were still at it. I'm jealous, SeanT.

Date: Thu Mar 18 20:02
chris (cbailey4beer@hotmail.com):
see here for my band the specialbrews: http://gwirionyn.tripod.com/the_specialbrews/index.htm just sayin thanks

Date: Thu Mar 18 19:19
SeanT (Kraftwerk):
So I saw Kraftwerk tonight and it was stunning , not my normal fare not a guitar in sight but video , robots and Tour De France . Plink Plonk....Wonderful

Date: Thu Mar 18 18:17
Lars (snicker...):
Watching people in trouble CAN be fun... If it's the right ones. Well, anyway, this one made med feel good and laugh: http://www.moveon.org/censure/caughtonvideo/ ...which then clearly indicates that I'm not a republican. :-D ### Still waiting for da Ogle + Chore from la Ow Om. Hope to see them around Århus soon. Greets! / Lars

Date: Thu Mar 18 17:02
Archivist (.....Master...ring.....):
I should not that we (Howe and I ) had a great experience mastering up in Phx the new Giant Sand album.. Roger at SAE is truly master, who in the few times I have met him, has given me plenty of inspiration to persue the art of mastering (and buying cool equipment).

Date: Thu Mar 18 15:20
J (some good, some bad, all of it too little loved):
Now that's what I call a quote. Like to see your photos, Dan O'sniff.

Date: Thu Mar 18 14:02
howe (home fry bread and):
tom sez: i am still very happy with the record but when your e labelled a musical oddity when you think your as traditional as they come is a wake up call. howe sez: i know. what gives with that ?...now give the giantarchivist a call....he may know what not to do to make it as fine as it should be. them dang phoenixtions !

Date: Thu Mar 18 13:38
Glue sniffer (The bands called Woo!):
Dam st patrick and his followers. Evil spirtis and angelic mixers that conspire to make me an unhappy man. Imagine this for a plan. In my strange experience with recording if things are too nice then theres some problems too much space and all the air escapes you need a little wall of hummble rummble to catch all those flys and quavers, crottects and pauses. I heard the fans of vic chesnutt cd the other day i imagine its alot like fandondnasddfgo in that it was a internet based idea some of that is good some poor all of it a little too loved. the songs loose some of their quaility by becoming presiocos lost children being anounced over the supermarket tanoy to a room full of expectant mother consoloinhg thamselves with washing instructions and crossword puzzels. in return i sent a cd to some us dollar collectors living indipentalntly eats and west. my thing was just real quick on a tiny microphone short and silly. in the words of other we best fit so to leave as i do back to this that and halfpeny chews that eclpise an goliath horizon. Finger snacks............ and yes the bands called Woo!

Date: Thu Mar 18 13:12
Archivist (Tom's Masters):
Perhaps you should have had someone 'local' give it a whirl before giving in to a 2 hour drive up the road. Oh well. Good luck with it anyway.

Date: Thu Mar 18 10:29
Blaine (Tom@the desk):
Tom - are you or the mastering person dealing w/digtal? If it's good ol' analog you can slam it to the red to some degree and it'll sound better (my exp at least). Zeros and ones leave a lot of hard corners, but that analog curve offers a lot of room to work, esp when that's yr first step. Engineers know a lot, but sometimes they tend to follow "rules". Rave on.

Date: Thu Mar 18 10:17
tommy gailer (scrolling for Lars):
Indeed, that`s too funny...

Date: Thu Mar 18 09:18
Lars (Ha-ha, I'm having fun....stupid me....):
http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p1/src/sing/default.asp?key=5QBYJDAL

Date: Thu Mar 18 07:56
conch (tom):
Blow off that steam, Tom. It's quite all right. Sometimes it feels hard enough just to create, and then the efforts get tested again and again by the base "fashion" and fevered egos of others. Just hang in there.

Date: Thu Mar 18 05:06
tom (frontal desk):
had a crazy day.went up to Tempe with my new bunch of recordings this mornings after working here all night.All the laws of nature screaming ,you should be in bed.Roll into the mastering facility only to be told...i cant do anything with this recording, its recorded too hot.He then showed me a lovely Kenny G type jazz cdas an example of how a record should sound.Personal,bed roomtype recording, eclectic.Sighhh sigh lo,fi.It took me a couple of hours befuddlement to realize what,sonically is acceptable in todays,not only blues world but the recording industry all over .If the the industry is in flux and you dont fit inside the box....Sorry ,just letting off steam. i am still very happy with the record but when your e labelled a musical oddity when you think your as traditional as they come is a wake up call. Ciao ,Tom cat

Date: Wed Mar 17 16:58
J (woodpile):
Re:Stefan - That's good then. My ancient Sand collection of vinyl is badly stored (Through circumstance) And would never fetch 'Top dollar' Should I seek it. Is Fandango trickling down anyone?

Date: Wed Mar 17 16:36
stefan ((j snippets)):
The snippets I heard are on a live recording from Liège from this January - close to the end of the show, Howe played some recordings from the sessions with the Canadian choir. One song is probably called "Love Knows No Borders" (at least that's the chorus), another "Paradise, Paradise" (not identical with "Muss of Paradise", he did that live, actually, with the audience taking the part of the choir), another "But I Did Not" (he also did that live with the audience). .......... And I bought two copies of "Ogle" to give one away, not to keep a mint one (I'm not that type of collector ...).

Date: Wed Mar 17 16:17
J (Plus):
My thanks OWOM is doubled having relistened to Duet for Guitars. Exhausted all the free downloads and had to have more. Kind of a dgbdgd Nick Drake from the backwoods thing going on there. I love it.

Date: Wed Mar 17 16:15
J (Stefan?):
So you've heard snippets? Do please tell more. Plus were the two 'Ogle's' One to play and one to keep mint?

Date: Wed Mar 17 12:33
stefan ((hey smucker)):
Not only that, but the next record is already in the pipeline, a winter record, with the Canadian gospel choir. The snippets I've heard are GREAT!!! Oh, I'm looking forward to that. ........... Received Ogle today (only one copy of two ordered), and haven't really had a chance to listen yet but I like the track titles. .......... For the German radio listeners: Arto Lindsay will be Karl Bruckmaier's studio guest next Monday in Bavarian radio (Nachtmix).

Date: Wed Mar 17 09:55
antonio (SoC):
just got the new shannon wright cd, over the sun. not bad, really. deeply sad, but not bad at all. ciao. a.

Date: Wed Mar 17 09:50
antonio (SoC):
just got the new shannon wright cd, over the sun. not bad, really. deeply sad, but not bad at all. ciao. a.

Date: Wed Mar 17 09:06
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for smucker):
True Dat. I would love to get surprised w/ the new GS-Album, and will take it as it comes, whoever will join Howe on that one.

Date: Wed Mar 17 09:03
james s (the things we learn):
that there is a movie with dylan (masked) and that it should be seen, and that there is a singer called dido (never heard her, or it) and that she, it, shouldn't be heard.

Date: Wed Mar 17 09:00
smucker (none@nomail.com):
I think it is irrelevant that j+j are not to appear on the new GS album. Convertino's drumming is exceptional, i agree but i am just excited about the prospect of a new GS album on the horizon. This is an album that i never thought would exist since i was only inducted into Sand Land at the the time of chore. How do we know that the new album wont blow 'chore' out of the water and the new musicians will become even greater than j+j. Howe could probably play every instrument himself and we would be happy. I appreciate the talents of j+j, but im not losing any sleep over their departure. All i know is that it is a new GS album and judging by the state of music these days, that is just what is required.

Date: Wed Mar 17 08:42
Paul L (it still happens):
Where I work the same thing happens, to this very morning nothing is still truly Dido's several times a day. Invicta FM (Kent UK), the worst type of local radio station with a play list of around 6 records and a lot of irritating adverts. In theory I have the power to turn the radio off, but not the inclination to cause uproar - dilemmas!

Date: Wed Mar 17 07:42
tHom (dido dodo dead as oh yes please):
I can remember a Dido song. Where I work democracy demands that a commercial radio station plays in the background throughout the day. Recently they were playing some Dido dirge on endless repeat, right through to the bitter end every time. A hundred times a day I would hear her whine about how nothing she had was truly hers, over and over. It will take a while to purge that from my memory ...

Date: Tue Mar 16 18:09
Todd (ogle some piano):
...appearing March 23rd at Thrill Jockey Records...Ogle Some Piano. www.thrilljockey.com

Date: Tue Mar 16 17:21
J (dido):
There is 1 song that steals it's best moments from the Doors/+ I forget who. She probably doesn't know that though.

Date: Tue Mar 16 17:03
james s, (not Kilgore Trout. Kilgore is in Ilium writing bad sci-fi novels.):
No problem, Greta. In other news, I'm sorry to have never seen the Clash.

Date: Tue Mar 16 16:33
greta (garbage):
thanks JAMES S for the aimless blades lead

Date: Tue Mar 16 13:42
SeanT (The Clash v Dido):
The Clash did 7 nights at The Lyceum in London on that same tour , I went to 4 of them . Still the best live band I've seen. Dido = Wine bar , dinner party background muzak . She sold something like 20 million LP's ??? A Mondeo Man favorite . 20 million people like an unchallanging listen I guess , I can't hum or name a single song of hers....

Date: Tue Mar 16 11:17
uh (oops):
i slipped

Date: Tue Mar 16 11:17
dflsjfla. (aslkfjal):
alkdfajl

Date: Tue Mar 16 06:34
glue (dido):
this woman is like a cancer growing on me. that voice warbling little germ. i could smash my own skull to bits. all of her songs are the fu+++ same. unlike graham coxon hes the man

Date: Mon Mar 15 21:49
Todd (Steel Guitar Rodeo):
...came across an ad for Jon Rauhouse's new record on Bloodshot records that features vocal turns by Howe, Kelly Hogan, Neko Case and Sally Timms. Available March 23rd.

Date: Mon Mar 15 19:26
Glue sniffer (No charity):
I noticed upon entry that it was too late to apoint the anoited. so instead i'll just say what a whale of a blubber day I've had (use me a soap) hope all the rest of the carpenters are www.ell trying to become virtuosoa instaed sleeping in the dog house

Date: Mon Mar 15 18:56
howe (home fry bread):
dave....masked is a movie you kind of wish had no ending...and it doesn't....but sadly it does not keep playing either.....like it should have its own channel on the tv....you can turn it on anytime ...and there it ....playing like it has no ending....and sean t.....i remember standing outside bonds in new york city back in 81...the clash inside...me too broke to get in, but the rumble sounded purty from the street....purty good

Date: Mon Mar 15 18:24
dave (thanks, thanks a lot):
I'm also looking forward to "Greendale" on DVD..I wonder if Bob got bored playing guitar or if he has carpel tunnel or arthritis or something. I don't understand why he's playing keyboards exclusively on tour...I'd recommend "Don't Look Back" if you've never seen it...

Date: Mon Mar 15 15:59
Blaine (on 39 (re - Masked)):
If a Dylan song could be a movie, this would be it. Some great hilariousness and some even better music. Most anyone on this board would appreciate it. Sublime and surreal, but still makes sense -- kinda.

Date: Mon Mar 15 14:58
SeanT (Playlist):
Todays playlist in Epping Forest Essex U.K - The Clash - Live Bonds 1981 bootleg - " They got Burton Suits , huh , you thinks it's Funny , Turning Rebbelion into Money "

Date: Mon Mar 15 14:53
J (Duet for 2 ):
Thanks OWOM

Date: Mon Mar 15 14:41
conch (masked and anon):
Dave, I think whether it's worth obtaining or not is gonna really depend on you. I know people who've seen it and thought it was terrible. Others I know thought it was just so bad it was brilliant. And others...well...thought it was brilliant. I fall into the so bad it was great category...plus, the music is soooooooooo tasty.

Date: Mon Mar 15 14:27
dave (speaking of Mr. Zimmerman, has anybody seen Masked and Anonymous?):
I wonder if the DVD is worth obtaining?

Date: Mon Mar 15 13:18
Kilgore Trout (The wind, the concrete, the dust, the sparrows.):
It is not cold.

Date: Mon Mar 15 10:41
treygoba (still lonesome...but not crying) (forgot to add):
Goodings website for their tour info.:...http://www.goodingband.com/index2.html

Date: Mon Mar 15 10:29
treygoba (lonesome isolation):
Two bands I've been lucky enough to see recently that must be seen to be believed. If you get the chance, you have to see these guys while they're still playing small venues: Those Legendary Shack Shakers have were one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Unreal. The lead singer is a cross between Hank Williams Sr., Don Knotts, and Wiley Coyote. Maybe the most fun I've ever had at a show (cept maybe Dread Zeppelin the first time...couldn't quit the hysterical fits of laughter on the dance floor...made my monkey dance look (even more) like a monkey-with-seizure-disorder-dance. Their website is http://www.cockadoodledont.com/main.html for tour info. etc. Word is that bigger bands don't want them to open because they suck so much wind from the sails. I saw them with BR-549. Poor guys didn't stand a chance after the shack was done shaked. The other band is a local crew called Gooding, although they mostly play outside of Wichita. I noticed a Tucson date on the calendar. Maybe the best guitar player I've ever seen...I was fortunate enough to see SRV right when Texas Flood was released in a dive that held ~100 people...this guy's like that, only it's more of a funk-jazz-blues-flamenco-cathedral music take on life. I like Calexico. New album is interesting...and Joey has found some serious pipes this go-around. I think John and Joey are incredible. I love GS and Howe. Don't know why it has to be either/or (regrets to E.S.).

Date: Mon Mar 15 09:52
Blaine on 39 (Tom - re: Reed):
... but you can keep the rack.

Date: Mon Mar 15 08:28
Tom (front desk):
SPOINK AND CRANKY ON THE OTHER HAND ARE TWO CUDDLYCARTOON JAVELINAS IN DISNEYS NEW FULL LENGTH ANIMATED MOVIE....HOWE GELB AND THE TEMPLE OF BEES.HOWE DOES THE VOICE OVER FOR HIS CHARACTER,WHO IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE REAL HOWE EXCEPT HE IS AN ARCHEOLOGIST WITH A FLOPPY HAT ,BULLWHIP AND A PHOBIA OF HUGE ROLLING BOULDERS AND INEBRIATED POLLEN SUCKERS.

Date: Mon Mar 15 08:19
tom (front desk):
Sorry,were not being too helpful.Robert Zimmerman is Bob Dylans real name.

Date: Mon Mar 15 07:36
stefan ((font lee roy zimmerman)):
Thanks. I had a vague feeling that this was a stupid question. But I'm really not very familiar with Mr. Z. ........ And about spoink & cranky: That was probably stupid as well. It's just that I sometimes thought these are Howe under a different name. Sorry. No offense meant. .......... The Handsome Family is coming to Europe in May!!!

Date: Mon Mar 15 06:52
tom (font desk):
hebe be Robert Zimmererman.Sorry,bad Jewish humour...cue Lenny Bruce turning in his grave.Hey Bobby ,Jimmy Reed called,wants his harmonica back.

Date: Mon Mar 15 05:30
Font Lee Roy (stefan):
He be Robert Zimmerman.

Date: Mon Mar 15 05:06
tom (front desk):
Pieta Brown used to live here in Tucson.She is a great one, track down her music on Trailer records.And buy Naim Amors new album on OW OM while youre at it,he is world class ,check him out.AND WASH BEHIND YOUR EARS, AND TAKE OFF THOSE MUDDY SHOES AND FINISH YOUR VEGETABLES OR THEYLL BE NO T.V.!!!!!

Date: Mon Mar 15 04:28
stefan ((???)):
Who's the "Jewish guy who changed his name"? The show description/review sounds very interesting. ..... And are spoink and cranky actually real persons (I sometimes wonder).

Date: Mon Mar 15 01:26
Blaine (@home):
Playlist -- No Mariachis here in Milwaukee this weekend, but I did see the "Jewish guy who changed his name" last night. Success was defined if you could get a positive I.D. on the song before the chorus came along. Didn't even bat .500- he's even rearranging stuff as new as tunes from Love and Death already, and get this -- he played piano all night long. Apparently he played completely diff tunes for half the set the night before at the same venue. Like one great roadhouse band chugging along like a train from the north country. Tonight I headed out to the sitcks and saw Greg Brown, whose daughter Pieta opened. Fans of Howe might dig Brown's low-key acoustic hoodoo. And his gtr player Bo Ramsey is amazing with that swampy vibe not far removed from Rainer's touch. Tomorrow is headed further north to the land of Native American Bingo to see the Tarbox Ramlers, who are another cup of chowder altogether.

Date: Sun Mar 14 22:44
cranky (cornered):
...listen up conch man, hair of the dog, ol feller...hair of the dang dog. you gots to ...you know you do. bu'lissen, if spoink calls, tell her i'm not here yet. no no no...better change that....tell her 'to be here yet '...ok thanks conch man thanks

Date: Sun Mar 14 19:44
conch (spoink):
Drats, Spoink, I haven't seen hide/hyde nor hair/hare of ol' Cranky around these parts. Has he gone missing? Prowling about? If he appears I'll throw him a bone and send him scurrying in a eastwardly direction.

Date: Sun Mar 14 19:11
This Week's Playlist (exlusively for giantsand.com) (March 14--Barrio edition):
Pepe & Irene (Los Lobos with Money Mark); Reves (Cafe Tacuba); Amores Perros (Control Machete); Matador (Los Fabulous Cadillacs); El Album (Aterciopelados); Mondo Bongo (Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros); Se Me Van Los Pies (Susana Baca); Siboney (Raul Malo with Los Super Seven); Stormy Night (Virginia Rodrigues); Tonada De Luna Llena (Caetano Veloso); Petit Pays (Cesara Evora); Pais Azul (Guadalupe Urbina); Failed Calexico Audition (Howe Gelb); De Cara A La Pared (Lhasa); La Sirena (David Hidalgo with Los Super Seven); Quante Stella Nel Cielo Con La Luna (Lucilla Galezzi); Nuestro Amor (Claudia Gomez); Como Siento Yo (Ruben Gonzalez); Latin Simone (Gorillaz with Ibrahim Ferrer).

Date: Sun Mar 14 16:25
james s (Greta):
I know the good people at www.milesofmusic.com have a couple of different Aimless Blades CDs for sale.

Date: Sun Mar 14 15:17
greta (hotel):
where can one get more aimless blades stuff??

Date: Sun Mar 14 06:11
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for Paul K & The Weathermen):
Big hugs from germany, Paul! Hi Guni! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To all south germans: Just read on the Glitterhouse site that M. Olson and Victoria Williams are joining Germany for some Concerts in May, for ex, Munich May the 8th, a Saturday!...how`s about to start a bigger, familiar meeting with those who love each other?

Date: Sun Mar 14 04:03
Greg (Chicken Scratch):
Waila Festival is at Bear Down field at the UofA on May 8th--Tohono O’odham music!!!!!! One more thing - if you get a chance to see the Pascua Yaqui's Easter Ceremony - you won't be disappointed.

Date: Sun Mar 14 03:52
Greg (info for (to two cents)):
It ain't much help but most if not all owner-occupied houses in the Barrio are eligible for 50% reductions in property taxes since the homes are historic. The shame is that more people don't know about this program.

Date: Sun Mar 14 03:49
Greg (gmhaldane@hotmail.com):
The Tucson Mariachi Festival (http://www.tucsonmariachi.org/) is a fantastic event - the costumes, music and food are amazing so if you are looking for a reason to visit Tucson April 20 to the 24th....

Date: Sun Mar 14 03:02
J (Hear ,hear,absorb):
PaulK Talking good sense...

Date: Sun Mar 14 02:42
spoink (well hung :over):
conch ????....you seen cranky thereabouts ?

Date: Sun Mar 14 01:39
conch (over hung over):
Well, hmmmmmmmmm...not sure that it matters, but a few days ago I saw a blind mariaichi walking down the street with a cane in East L.A., Boyle Heights to be exact. Looked like God to me.

Date: Sun Mar 14 01:30
----- (-----):
not sure what the point is--white guys from california playing mariachi music? Lord forbid. next thing you know whites from tupelo will want to sing like blacks. or british guys who've never been to the states will want to be like elvis. or other british guys will sit in their bedrooms and dream of being muddy waters. or jewish kids from minnesota will change their names in hopes of being an okie like woody guthrie. no good can ever come of it.

Date: Sun Mar 14 01:16
to to two cents (if race was about music we wouldn't have music):
http://journalism.arizona.edu/indy/2002/Oct/mariachis.html

Date: Sun Mar 14 01:05
treker (everything but the kitchen sync):
my goodness

Date: Sun Mar 14 00:46
to two cents (regarding calexico):
my goodness if you could only see what has happened to " barrio viejo" here in Tucson. There are but a few mexicans left that can afford the taxes to live here any more. Even the music of the people is being played by white guys who came from the richest parts of CALIFORNIA. They want what they will never have which is Latin blood. Period. They can recrute them...they can imitate them....but they will never be them, ever......its all too twisted to comprehend.

Date: Sat Mar 13 20:17
Lars (el radio):
My goodness, spend an entire Saturday evening listening online to American college radio. More precisely sandie Miss Gazelle's show down Turlock way - live and direct from the other side of the planet (the brave new world felt odd that way). Brilliant stuff there. Among that....Howe. "Square" from Blacky just hit the spot there. Thanks, Gazelle! Webradio did make me feel a bit nerdy somehow, but all the good music made me forget, ha-ha! Greets, all around! Off to bed, it's 2:16. / Lars

Date: Sat Mar 13 19:42
PaulK (CalexicoTx):
For what it's worth, Ive listened to Giant Sand since the late 80's. Spent a lot of time tracking down albums and trying to convert people. The band with John and Joey was another organic addition to the mix, I like all of the albums, with or without them. I also really like Calexico! Howe will persevere, Calexico will too. More power to them, more power to Howe and to all of his cohorts. Enjoy the music, dance, sing and do anything.I saw Calexico last year and they were tremendous, I'm seeing them again next month. Anticipation is foremost. if they hold to the mothership then,cool.If Howe has to dig up another set of honchos or,ala Todd, plays everything himself then I'll listen and probably dig it, Howe is Howe, Giant Sand are whoever they are at the time and Calexico are John and Joey and friends. Music is music and it was my first love.....................................................

Date: Sat Mar 13 17:38
dave (Thanks for the clarification Howe):
Makes perfect sense to me...Looking forward to a Chicago show this year...I'm addicted to the sound of that Gretsch...very Willie Nelsonesque in appearance...aged wood sure sparkles...Have a nice weekend

Date: Sat Mar 13 14:44
elkhart (dabuquee):
i hear mariachi static on the radio... and the tubes they glow in the dark......

Date: Sat Mar 13 12:36
two cents (regional music for the masses):
All the negations of Calexico aside, it should be pointed out that one very important contribution has been the melding of regional music and musicians (note to Lars: not cliches, okay?) with more modern sensibilities. Granted, mariachi bands might reek of B-movies and Mexican food to many, but in truth it is a vibrant sound that accurately reflects a good deal of culture and tradition in the Sonoran/Tucson area. If it falls flat elsewhere, that's a shame. Catholic passion? Fair enough. Lightweight? Only, I suppose, if what you think or say feels more lofty than what you hear. Felini said that art should be intelligent rather than intellectual. In that regard, Calexico has brought more to the table than most bands around. But keep on picking at the buffet, at least a few of you paid for it...right?

Date: Sat Mar 13 11:49
Lars (oh, by the way...):
Powersolo will perform at the South By Southwest festival in Austin on the 19th of March at the Agave Room on 6th Street. In case any of you are in the area. / Lars

Date: Sat Mar 13 11:47
Lars (the Calexico way...):
Ha-ha, I'm finished laughing now, he-he. This is apparently the way the mariachi stuff is done Aarhus style! Check it out: http://www.tegninger.com/powersolo/powersolo%20grade%20high.mov (from the website www.tegninger.com). Large fil. About 30 mb. Ever so slightly tongue-in-cheek thing from the Powersolo boys there. Would love to hear your comments on that one, ha-ha! Check out www.powersolo.dk for more. Greets! / Lars

Date: Sat Mar 13 07:01
Lars (ring-ring):
Well, the ring is gone. Yeah, I usually don't get the ring. I've had it on one ear for some days once. Got a little nervous. Too many "high pitch" sounds yesterday. The name of one of the artists playing is Ultimate Combat Noise....and is exactly that. You can see the madness here: http://www.noisejihad.dk/NOISE_AT_DJK.mov (from a previous show at the same place here in Aarhus). Yeah, he-he.... www.noisejihad.dk :-D Greets! / Lars

Date: Fri Mar 12 23:44
Will (Thanx Blaine Schultz) (w31162r@suscom.net):
Got Fandango. Well deserved praise to ALL involved. I can't believe my ears! Aimless Blades track is amazing. Thanks again. Will

Date: Fri Mar 12 23:32
Eddie (Lars):
Carefull Lars when you get to be my age the ringing sometimes hangs around for weeks until you wonder if it's ever going to go away.Howe singing Blue Marble Girl just does'nt sound as good with a ring. A train whistle yeah, but a ring no.

Date: Fri Mar 12 20:45
Lars (ouch!):
It's 02:42 and my ears are ringing. Anyone here ever been to a "noise"-gig? I mean the genre knows as "noise". My goodness! This gotta be the new punk (even though it's actually not a new genre). Cool stuff. And it's taking it's bite out of Aarhus at the moment, wehoo. But my ears are paying now. Beeeeeeep! Greets! / Lars

Date: Fri Mar 12 19:15
J-j_b (Bit like a):
bookmark

Date: Fri Mar 12 19:11
J (Too rough 2 rumble):
Do with some blanks or stuff.

Date: Fri Mar 12 19:07
howe (homey fried):
DAVE FROM CINCINATTI,NEW JERSEY WRITES IN: If I understand correctly, you aren't retiring the Giant Sand name (ala the Cover Magazine record and tour) and will release a Giant Sand record this fall? I noticed your tour with Wilco is as "Howe Gelb". Doesn't matter to me. In retrospect, I guess I applaud Tweedy for keeping the Wilco name after all the lineup changes...It seems to make each release very interesting, and whether or not you like it, they rarely repeat themselves...same as your situation. I don' think it's cynical to say that many bands who still have their "original lineups" are driven more by finance than inspiration.....ps - the opinions in this comment are not necessarily the opinions of any other living person on or off this board and may not even be my opinion two hours from now..Happy St. Patricks Day!!! LMD....LOGISTICAL MINIMUM DAMAGE, DAVE, IS THE ANSWER. BUT SOMETHING DID RETIRE NONE THE LESS. A DECADE DECAYED. IF THE J'S WERE OF THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP, THEN A QUESTION OF ACCURACY WOULD PERTAIN IN PERSISTENCE. INSTEAD, THE NAME GIANT SAND WAS A DERIVITIVE OF THE GROUP GIANT SANDWORMS THAT STARTED WITH RAINER AND I IN 1979/80. THEN REINVENTED INTSELF IN 1983 AS GIANT SAND. JOHN CONVERTINO WAS CONVERTED IN 1988/9...AND JOE BURNS ABRIDGED IT IN 1991/2. SO THE ORIGINAL LINE-UP CONSEQUENCE DOES NOT APPLY. WHAT CONSTITUTES ADMISSION IN GIANT SAND LAND IS AN AVAILABILITY OF SPONTANEITY, AND A HEALTHY PERCENTAGE OF HANG TIME. VOLUME USUALLY MATTERS TOO. IF A SHOW IS ADVERTISED AS HOWE GELB, THEN A BAND MAY NOT APPEAR ON THE HORIZON. IF GIANT SAND IS ON THE BILL, THEN THERE SHALL BE SWEAT. IN THE CASES OF MOST OTHER BANDS WITH ROTATING PERSONAL (WILCO, GUIDED BY VOICES, PINK FLOYD, THE PLATTERS, WHATEVER) I THINK IT BECOMES A LIFE'S WORK THAT YOU GAURD AGAINST THE INNER TOXINS THAT MAY SERVE TO DECOMPOSE....INSTEAD OF THE VITAMIN THAT CONTINUES TO COMPOSE. I TRIED TO START THE THING OVER BY INITIATEING OP8, BUT THAT ONLY LASTED AS LONG AS IT DID. SO I THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW IS THAT I WILL PASS THE GIANT SAND MONIKER ON DOWN TO MY CHILDREN AND THEY WILL TAKE OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS AT SOME POINT.

Date: Fri Mar 12 18:46
J (they sound like):
Nice shoulders Kilgore.

Date: Fri Mar 12 18:35
J (Kilgore Trout (I swear I'm keeping out of trouble.):):
huh?

Date: Fri Mar 12 17:30
conch (Todd...alone again or):
He was an original member of the great '60s band LOVE, and although Arthur Lee was the main singer and songwriter in that band, MacClean's songs often shined through--especially on "Forever Changes" which is in my top 10 list of greatest LPs of the 1960s (the original version of "Along Again Or..." is the lead off track on this record). He passed away not too long ago, from a heart attack I believe.

Date: Fri Mar 12 17:23
Todd (Alone Again or):
...anyone heard new Alone Again or 12" calexico vinyl which credits the song to Bryan MacClean...never heard of him...has anyone?

Date: Fri Mar 12 15:58
Kilgore Trout (I swear I'm keeping out of trouble.):
I've got a hard-ass pair of shoulders. I've got a love you can't imagine.

Date: Fri Mar 12 15:55
dave (Howe I have a question - I'll take band names for $200):
If I understand correctly, you aren't retiring the Giant Sand name (ala the Cover Magazine record and tour) and will release a Giant Sand record this fall? I noticed your tour with Wilco is as "Howe Gelb". Doesn't matter to me. In retrospect, I guess I applaud Tweedy for keeping the Wilco name after all the lineup changes...It seems to make each release very interesting, and whether or not you like it, they rarely repeat themselves...same as your situation. I don' think it's cynical to say that many bands who still have their "original lineups" are driven more by finance than inspiration.....ps - the opinions in this comment are not necessarily the opinions of any other living person on or off this board and may not even be my opinion two hours from now..Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

Date: Fri Mar 12 14:32
TOdd (Berkeley Boundry (Nuclear Free Zone)):
...hey thom/Alan yup the Starry Plough...I saw/heard Rico Bell there one night. Intense area around Oakland and Berkeley...that opened my eyes. I miss the Bay area...so far away from where I'm typing from...waiting for Ogle and Unsungglum...from edmonton, ab w/ light snow falling

Date: Fri Mar 12 13:58
Guni (is watching you, bavarian-scroller!):
And I still know what or whom I like or dislike.

Date: Fri Mar 12 13:54
Jörg (Giant Sand movie):
....just read the Bill Carter bio - so I guess that's the movie Peter mentioned earlier. Any other news on this?

Date: Fri Mar 12 11:56
james s (I do believe it is Friday. ):
4 for four (that didn't make it into the pixie's song)

Date: Fri Mar 12 11:54
james s (antonio):
well said.

Date: Fri Mar 12 10:53
stefan ((solo or not solo)):
Hi Antonio, I love Howe's solo shows, too, but Howe & John & Joey playing together in telepathic mode was something else, & I do in fact miss this & hope they will maybe play together again some day.

Date: Fri Mar 12 10:00
Blaine-on 39 (GlueBeat):
...would that be Bernard Purdie?

Date: Fri Mar 12 09:51
antonio (SoC):
I sincerely think that, as far as howe went in his personal research, drying his style to the bone, in year 2004 there's no better howe than solo-howe. everytime it's such a unique, intense experience. it's real american roots crossing everything in between, absorbing everything and then taking off to the space. it's some of the most incredibly beautiful songs I've heard without the urgence of the immediate-understanding. it's one of the purest art I've met in my research of the thing. everything else seems to me so far away. solo, solo, there's no match!!!

Date: Fri Mar 12 09:38
tHom (glue to you too):
Why 4? Wherefore 4? 4 what reason? None. That's the best number. The zero root of all things. And master of none. Therefore a better root must be the one that holds your molar to your jaw. Or the route that plots your passage to the door. Godspeed to you all.

Date: Fri Mar 12 09:31
tHom (actually):
Alan, we were both close because it may be Oakland but your prompting reminds that the proper name of the place is the Starry Plough, isn't it?

Date: Fri Mar 12 09:13
glue sniffer (off to work):
lets knock this silly tirade on the head and just say. Simple simon sailed a sausage full of fish singers through france on the back of a black beatle. and its 4. end message

Date: Fri Mar 12 08:52
Alan (tHom - Berkeley):
actually Oakland by about one block, The Ploughy Stars (Plough and Stars?) either way its a great venue, but as you note... tiny (just a little smaller than the best place in Chapel Hill (which, as I recall, is just outside of the "city" limits)

Date: Fri Mar 12 08:50
Alan (oops, meant tHom not tom):
really

Date: Fri Mar 12 08:50
Alan (Tom/Glue root):
Route 66, now THERE'S a route! By comparison, Route 22 in New Jersey and Pennsylvania... short and the pits.

Date: Fri Mar 12 08:19
tHom (on another thread):
Glue et al, you're all wrong - the best root is not a number at all but a mandrake. As for trees, there is no best - only difference. A good weekend to you all.

Date: Fri Mar 12 08:17
tHom (outside the divorce courts):
Howe, you may not be pop but you are the daddy (don't know if that makes Joey mom, though). I've never added to the general discussion about the split as I didn't really know anything about it, but now I shall take this opportunity to bore you all with my only Joey experience, which tale I have kept to myself until now. It was in April of 2000 when I flew to San Francisco for some R+R, deliberately planned to coincide with the west coast leg of the gs tour. On my first night they played the Great American in SF (sheer serendipidity placed my hotel on the same block, would you believe) and the show was fine and Howe was most gracious in the brief conversation I had with him afterwards. The next night was a much smaller venue - a small Irish pub type place over the bridge in Berkley - with no stage to speak of, just a bar along the wall by the entrance and an open floor area besides. Grandaddy played a short support set and Brokeback (McCombs solo instrumental) did too. Somewhere between all this and the start of the gs set I was sitting at the bar. Joey was at far end, engaged in conversation. The crowd around the bar was about a dozen people deep; the air was warm and close and oxygen was scarce. A girl fainted. She was too far away for me to reach through the crowd and I could see that a couple of her immediate neighbours/friends had caught her and were clearing a way to get her to the only exit and some fresh air. But the rest of the crowd seemed to be oblivious to what was happening. All except Joey, who got up from his seat at the end of the bar, halting his conversation and making his way towards the little knot around the girl. It was clear that his total concern at that moment was only to help someone who needed it. The girl's friends got her to the door, she was OK. Joey returned to his conversation at the bar and all ended well. That is all I know of Joey, aside from his music; I've never even spoken a word to the guy. But it was enough to form an impression. Not so much for the fact that he cared (any decent person would) nor even because his first instinct was to do something effective to help, but because he had the awareness to notice the problem in the first place. So many others didn't. Makes him one of the good guys in my book.

Date: Fri Mar 12 05:28
Jörg (...the cold rain and snow):
Yep, it may depend on your geographical setting if you like the Calexico sound or not - never thought about that! (Although that uptempo mariachi/mexicana-part of their repertoire is the part I don't care too much about. Don't own no sombrero... :-) ). But like TheMightyFlynn (Tom?) pointed out: Besides all that personal trouble and disappointment with the boys taking the backdoor, there's also a good side to the story (hope this is not only so for us GiantLovers, but also for you, Howe) - the split and uncertain situation resulted in one of the most creative periods in the GiantStory so far, tons of high-quality releases and shows, fine songs and, yes - the Danes! My two favourite GiantLive recordings are: the Blacky Revue recording from Vera Groningen 1986 and last year's HoweHome show in Hamburg. Both shows didn't feature the two J's. So surely there are more exciting things yet to come & a mighty fine, incomparable oevre to explore in the opposite direction....(One last thing I'd like to say about the debate below, as I feel partly misunderstood: beeing respectful doesn't mean total devotion and criticizing shouldn't mean bashing. In my book at least. Maybe I used the wrong words, beeing from one of the rainy mainlandeuropean areas.....brrrrrrr :-) ) And BTW: What's that Giant Sand movie Peter is talking about???

Date: Fri Mar 12 04:50
jason (......-----'''''''------.......):
having lived in the pueblo a while back, i have alotta fine musical memories. now i live in a plastic city with fairly vacuous music scene. man tucson has howe AND calexico. what are you kiddin me? we dont have molehills or bunko sqads. no splendidos or al fouls. man we dont have no pork torta or flem-chin. its like in black jack if you get two aces you split em.if it wasnt for calexico there wouldnt be no listner or new blacky. still lookin good to me is the tops.john and joey are great musicians, but i do think that giant sand was holding up the growth of all. i'd rather hear howe do what he does best, play his crazy songs with diverse and interesting musical cohorts. i must admit it is hard to find a drummer that doesn't tune the snare and bass drum way up there with no swing. but i gotta say is that i like it all.... i was lucky enough to see howe and gang on those tuesday nights at the black cats and the red room. giant sand with the amor belholm duel. calexico with interplanetary p.ot doin the psychedelic light show. as a fan we are lucky to have the best of both worlds. i like it as its.

Date: Fri Mar 12 04:26
SomeListener ((watch the parking meter - don't follow ...)):
Hi out there in still sandland. Last night I was lucky enough to attend my first Califone gig and it was an awesome one. Such a variety of sounds within one band. And if my amateurish ears may tell from first-hand experience: califone-sound, bluegrass, funk, country-esque, experimental asf. - whatever the "labelling". Mr. Rutili & Mr. Becker in one of the finest musical dialogues my ears ever had the grace to listen to. After the gig I had the opportunity to talk to Mr. Massarella. At one point he came to talk about the Japanese sessions with Mr. Howe Gelb whom he referred to as a genius. I'm still "feeding on" the Howe & Friends gig in Ebensee last May. So on with the rumble! A lovely day, a grand night out or in - whatever you're up to. cheers sub

Date: Fri Mar 12 01:15
This week's playlist (March 11, 2004):
Holiday for Audrey H. (Pizzicato Five); How We Used To Live (Saint Etienne); Quiet Village (Martin Denny); My Favorite Things (Mari); Celia Inside (The Cardigans); Comment Te Dire Adieu (Tokyo's Coolest Combo); You Used To Call Me Sadness (Stereolab); Flyin' High (Baja Marimba Band); Batucada (Towa Tei with Bebel Gilberto); Jazz A Go-Go (France Gall); 69 Erotic Year (Mick Harvey); Chick Habit (April March); Jaan Pehechaan Ho (Mohammed Rafi); Hot & Bothered (Combustible Edison); Beat Fuga Shake (Riz Ortolani); The Audrey Hepburn Complex (Pizzicato Five); Xtaybay (Yma Sumac); Dias (Aterciopelados); Moon River (Audrey Hepburn); Two For The Road (Henry Mancini).

Date: Thu Mar 11 23:57
quick time the mind (trapped between the brackets):
Not to suggest that Calexico is Wings and Howe is the Plastic Ono Band.

Date: Thu Mar 11 23:55
Quick...there went my mind... (brackets):
Paraphrasing John Lennon: "Rejoice in the breakup of The Beatles. Now you get four times the material from us."

Date: Thu Mar 11 21:01
Flynn (howe eloquent):
music is so personal. the sparring herein has reminded me of grade school bus arguments - like CMT song ranking shows - trying to justify and crucify taste. without the evolution of the collective, these ears would never have been thrilled by the Danes or Feasted on Wire. I'm along for the ride. what was was, what is is, what will be will be. Satchel Paige was right: 'don't look back, they may be gaining on you.' Thanks, Howe.

Date: Thu Mar 11 19:32
peter s. from austria (the movie):
and yes - one thing to add: i can hardly wait to see that giant sand movie. wow, that is really cool! congratulations, you oscar winning hollywood-star!!

Date: Thu Mar 11 19:23
peter s. from austria (the movie):
and yes - one thing to add: i can hardly wait to see that giant sand movie. wow, that is really cool! congratulations, you oscar winning hollywood-star!!

Date: Thu Mar 11 19:18
peter s. from austria ((drifters) ):
i have been following this board for quite a long time now and not left any message, at least not within the last year. but this time i sort of feel like i have to. very, very personal words here from howe stomach rumble. it is sad but true. it is awfully hard losing friends and perspectives. having seen my own band crumble - nothing worth to mention here, but 10 years of sharing and exploring common ideas, thoughts and emotions meant a lot to me - and decades-long dear friends drift away, carrying on to different paths sort of layed out with all my efforts i felt like johnny rotten saying his famous last words as a sex pistol on stage in san francisco: "have you ever been cheated?" well i realized that there is no sense in lying back, complaining how bad the world is (nice words from mr. joe strummer). it's all episodes, adding up to life. and it does make a lot more sense to look back in pride at what has been instead to moan what will not be. to face the challenge and the forthcoming adventures. now each time it bugs me 'cause i can clearly imagine how it might be with old buddies around i think so what? this is me now. not then and not when. giant sand, howe, and all the long- and short-time members i have known during the last 1.5 decades or so have meant a lot to me and it is sort of sad reading how howe writes about his long time friends. (not caring anymore, 10 hour flights like strangers, hijacking band members ...) i am more than ever thrilled of what the future will bring. maybe we will even see a reunion with the by now classic j&j lineup one day. que sera, sera - the future is not our's to see. go on!! good luck!!

Date: Thu Mar 11 16:16
Glue sniffer (well......):
.........soggy is atractive in some cultures.

Date: Thu Mar 11 15:28
J (Nowt wrong wi 'coustics):
I believe I went on record here a while back, stating my accordance with Howe and John duo stuff. This was followed with an outsiders view of Joe's joining. OP8 made me change my tune. Living in a (These days) Alternately hot and cold blue and grey climate, I would have to say that I mainly play my (Few) Calexico recordings on Hot days, when a blister might form on small folk. Check out http:www.buxfix.de/div for beatiful in keeping BBQ artwork. Agree on the Jim Thompson thing, "Pulp fiction" In the very essence

Date: Thu Mar 11 15:15
howe (acoustic instruments do get stanky):
and gloo ball....you wuz already too soggy

Date: Thu Mar 11 15:13
howe (home fried):
calexico are not anything more or less then whatever it is they need to be. these are people that i cared a great deal about. you will always know them as a collective....or a rhythm section ... but i will forever know them as individuals that happened along the path here. i am overtly aware of how they got their sound and what was collected (collection company ?..collection co. ??...collexi-co ???) along the way to achieve it .... and i am the only one really affected by the topple of such motly hoopla. its ok to love calexico. and its really ok not to too. they are only a band. we are only musicians. if this comments page needs to be a forum for such debate, well there is no better place for it. it will only stand as a kind of group therapy...which we can all use now again. ~ many of you are writing your thoughts here in a second language ...and feelings are hard enough to depict in any original tongue. it is a great value to see what matters with so much global input here. maybe every country has its own basic leanings. having the opportunity to travel and spend time in so many places, speak with so many people, share meals and cram the waking hours with as much energy and exchange as exhaustion will allow, you get an even greater flavor of why some things make more or less sense in any given land. so maybe in italy (antonio), the calexico vibe is not as stimulating as it is in places that are further north....just not as exotic..... almost as if the spaghetti western sound does sound more cliche there since they invented it...i have heard this similiar sentiment all around italy... or maybe the heat of the songs seems more important in colder climates (jorg), where that sound seems to conjure something more needed to fend off the endless grey rain and dismal cold....which so far has been the most popular climates for their audiences..... in japan, a feller mentioned he explained their sound as "catholic passion" (?) and there in kyoto just 55 people showed up at me and califone's show and only 35 turned up for calixico's 2 days earlier...[which if they tried to call us, i just wanted to hear someone say calexico-phone]...another funny thing is that we never crossed paths the whole time we were in japan at the exact same time....and that omen was more evident when john and i were actually on the same flight coming back home, but never saw each other during the whole 10 hour flight...like fate is providing the seperation for the sake of destiny ...is it sad or is it funny ?... ~ i am just tossing out nuggets of supposings. i originally brought up the discomforts between the camps here on the comments page to notify you all, or at least own up to the reality, of what was happening here ... joe is a much more ambitious feller then i ever was built to be. i try and live lazily....and joe was only just lazy enough to not go very far to assemble his own band. it made an imbalance to have 2/3's of the group go off with another agenda and attempt to still remain. the music's spontaniety took a beating. "chore" was a very difficult record to make because of it. look at the credits, as hard to read as they are, and discover what joe did not play on. neither of them were on some songs like "shiver". in the end, my disappointment with all that is more akin to developing an allergy. like having to give up chocolate because as much as you love it, you end up getting a rash from it. maybe that's darwinism too. ~ some say having a band is a lot like a marriage ...which would mean those chillin' here are fussin here over mom and pops divorce. (um...i would like to be the pop ...but sadly cannot be the pop music) ~ well listen up....everything is ok..... mostly. all our children (john's, rainer's, mine....[joe hasn't bred yet]) have become very very good old buddies. its a family. ups and downs. still, if you need more info, i am ready for questions if any of you comment-taters wanna ask about the whole muck-a-luck. now is the time. clear the table and get on with dinner....my stomach is a rumblin....so lets rumble.

Date: Thu Mar 11 15:01
stefan ((calling mr. wagner)):
No,no,no. Wrong Wagner. I do like you, Kurt. At least now. First time I saw you was with Calexico. I didn't like you so much back then. But later when I heard the recording it clicked. By the way, Lambchop in Munich next week is apparently sold out. And I don't have tickets.

Date: Thu Mar 11 14:54
Leo (rumble):
Does Jack White read this board?

Date: Thu Mar 11 14:33
Howard Yellow (fr. Bashville to Nayreuth):
Shut up both...that`s not the way we talk here...brave, nice people on board.

Date: Thu Mar 11 14:28
Richy Wagner (from Bayreuth to Nashville):
shut up you talentless hack of a wannabe musician...that campfire sounding grumble you call a voice makes me turn in my grave.

Date: Thu Mar 11 14:22
Kurt Wagner (from nashville to bayreuth):
Mr. Röhrich, if you like to badmouth my name over here, i would suggest that we meet in Munich next week, and there we can fight this out!

Date: Thu Mar 11 04:54
Lars (fun fact of the day):
"Amor" is the Danish name for Cupid (Mr. arrow-guy, if I'm not mistaken?)..... Greets! / Lars

Date: Thu Mar 11 01:00
stinky pinky (give it a day):
howe live is a fun listen. thanks to all the branches. the music is like a warm bath or a massage after a long day on the job. i'm falling asleep to it right now. there is room for calexico in this heart, but everyone wants a revival of their favorite musicians. it's like pavement or the pixies. there's excitement at reunions. (except for high school). i hope everyone is enjoying the fine weather. i am.

Date: Wed Mar 10 23:17
tom (by the way):
March 9th; two days ago, more than 10 years ago Charles Bukowski died. I urge all of you to read 'Post Office'. Hereby I rest my case.

Date: Wed Mar 10 23:13
tom (ramble):
Mr Woodpile, thanks for the fandango, it has reached belgium and we thank you (I speak for my fellow citizens). About all the rest of this comments ramble : a Howe is a Glue is a Monk is some jazz.

Date: Wed Mar 10 16:44
OWOM (Naim Amor's New CD):
Yes, we have it in the OWOM store ready for purchase! Check it out....

Date: Wed Mar 10 16:05
J (multiple posting thing):
Sorry to row with you Gloo, ya loon

Date: Wed Mar 10 16:04
J (Wagner):
Stefan, take another look at 'Apocalypse Now' Shheeesh, get with the valkyries

Date: Wed Mar 10 15:53
Dragon Mouth (Leo-Certs):
It's really a breath mint, but, you know, there's no law that says you can't chow down on it with candy-minded excitement. Call it as you see fit. A breath mind candy, perhaps?

Date: Wed Mar 10 14:51
Alan (Greg H.):
144, silly... anyway if 6 were 9, 144 would be 36 but really 81. Leafs? How about the Album Leaf? Too post-rock? 2 after stone? Igneous to you all... 8.

Date: Wed Mar 10 14:38
james lupa s (I don't like Cover Magazine.):
As it is well-known from CZE, high reproducibility of measurements requires control of the electoosmotic flow (EOF).

Date: Wed Mar 10 14:11
Leo (Certs):
Is Certs a breath mint or a candy mint?

Date: Wed Mar 10 13:40
Paul L (Pondering leaves):
Surely the best leaf has to be grass. I'm not talking about anything illegal, just the pointy leaves that form a natural carpet over many a playing field through out the land. A source of food for many animals and a natural padding. What other leaf can come close and we just walk all over it...

Date: Wed Mar 10 13:26
greg(conch(stefan)) (kurt@lamchop.com):
Good one Conch!

Date: Wed Mar 10 13:14
conch (stefan):
Hip hop I can understand, but whatcha got against Kurt Wagner? Hahahahahaha...oh oh oh...ha...uh...ha? Sorry.

Date: Wed Mar 10 12:57
Greg Haldane (gmhaldane@hotmail.com):
Glue you are a blithering idiot! Your favorite root is 4? How banal! Obviously 12 is vastly superior to 4. First of all, 12 is three times larger than 4, and 12 has the added benefit multiple digits. Furthermore, 12 has been recognized as the coolest root since ancient Babylonia. How many inches are in a foot - 12; how many months in a year - 12; how many hours in a day (2)*12! And Oak leaves, geesh don't even get me started!

Date: Wed Mar 10 12:49
Greg Haldane (aceface.com):
It seems like this board has been a forum for many topics with a focus on Howe’s extended musical family. I clearly recall discussions as diverse as literature, politics, life, death, art, glue, and “lung for the cosmopolitan Seoul” (thanks Kim that would make a terrific song/album title). Personally I don’t think it would be right to limit criticism of Calexico, Howe or Giant Sand as all are interesting and worthy of thought and shouldn’t be taken personally but rather for what they are. Hopefully, we’re adult enough that simple criticism shouldn’t cause a devolution into a mods and rockers schism. I think some of the responses to the Calexico criticisms have been valid in that Calexico certainly has grown as a band, Joey’s singing has improved, they have become more experimental, and they have great potential. Other responses I find less valid: you don’t appreciate Calexico because Howe tells you that you shouldn’t like them; you haven’t devoted enough of yourself to appreciating Calexico; you’re just parroting the critical press; and you are not sophisticated enough to appreciate Calexico. Rather than supporting your position these responses are actually just criticisms of the people that don’t share your view.

Date: Wed Mar 10 12:46
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for Stefan):
or like Alex ones said: "i hate prejudices........and chinese people"......apropos Calexico: where`s Guni? Lurking?

Date: Wed Mar 10 11:57
stefan ((likings)):
I really liked these phrases: ???I have nothing against CX except the fact that I don't like them.“ ???I have purchased the first three Calexico records and tried mightily to like them.“ and ???I have tried to like Calexico but simply cannot.“ Reminds me of the time when I tried to like jazz (I had a friend who played me lots of jazz, but I always fell asleep after a while). Liking jazz worked out many years later by itself. Thelonious was a big help. I still haven’t managed to like hip hop and Wagner, though.

Date: Wed Mar 10 11:48
glue sniffer (whilst typing i read......... your post):
Howe Critique - Why dont you go argghh on you one foot any more? Accoustic instruments smell. and another thing i havent had my drink yet you pig!

Date: Wed Mar 10 11:46
Glue sniff (welcome break return for the cow):
Well only by watching the dogs out of window can i envisge a new kind of chelsea bun. one where the currents and sugar all melt together in a mess of cogs. So i spent the day and it felt good to loose to the dealer i see you fell of track like that naughty riding hood of rouge. Jazz and musicals ? yes and known i think theres a real need for a new thread so ill sugest" favourite roots and leaves" I'll start with 4 (16) and oak.

Date: Wed Mar 10 11:44
james s (come on rumblers...):
Let's bash Friends of Dean Martinez! Just kidding. As I have said, I like Calexico, and I like FDM. It's all good. It's ok for Antonio to voice his opinion here though, isn't it? Do we need to establish a solid party line on this issue, and censor heritics? I know... we can have a vote... all in favor of officially proclaiming Calexico as ba ba ba BAD, say LUPA! All in favor of officially proclaiming Calexico as go go go goo goo GOOD, say KRONOS! Tongue is in cheek, by the way. I don't agree that those of us who play here on the comments board are obligated to "respect" anybody, not even Howe/Giant Sand. You don't usually see anybody bashing Howe on this board, but a little criticism might be refreshing once and awhile, if it's thoughtful and honest. I recall BD giving Howe hell over the Listener... even if he did take it back. I've got work to do. Later.

Date: Wed Mar 10 10:58
james s (Blaine):
I hear the old bass player and drummer are out doing some kind of mexican cowboys on acid thing. Woe. Infinite woe. I personally think the best Kronos stuff was done when that dude, Elm, bill, was in the line-up on pedaless steel, but then he had to take off on a side project, playing speghetti western meets bad sci-fi horror flick, and split for good. Wait a minute... Wrong band. That wasn't Kronos. Or was it?

Date: Wed Mar 10 10:45
Jörg (Oh no, the CX debate again!):
Antinio, your comment started the (renewed) Calexico debate, but it wasn't your comment which got me upset. The point I tried to make: If someone thinks the last album by Wilco sucks and tells it on this board - fine, but so what? With Calexico it's another situation, as John & Joey played no small role in creating the Giant Sand magic for a long time. So I think they deserve a little more respect for the inspired and hard work they do. Like you said comparison with Howe's output here is pointless. I think what one gets from Calexico's music is very different from what Howe's work is standing for. So the disrespectful attitude towards Calexico's music (and John and Joey as artists) which pops up on this board now and then just isn't fair. (I got the impression that ever since Howe used this place here to talk about his problems with the CX-situation, it became kinda en vogue here to pull shit over Calexico.)

Date: Wed Mar 10 09:59
Blaine ((Kronos)):
...maybe -- but remember how good they were with the old drummer and bassist?

Date: Wed Mar 10 08:35
antonio (SoC):
sorry to be evasive, but last thing I wanna be involved in, is a neverending discussion about personal taste. we're free to enjoy what we feel emphaty with, and that's all. it's the listener's freedom. ciao.

Date: Wed Mar 10 07:54
james s (and elsewhere):
saw the Kronos Quartet last night, and they closed the program with their version of "Flugugrelsarinn (the fly freer)" by Sigur Ros, and it was a real shiver down the spine in a sweet sweet way.

Date: Wed Mar 10 06:11
Tommy Gailer ((scrolling for Antonio)):
"their latest release and tour was a weak compilation of cliches" funny, that most people i asked about "Feast of wire", were thinking that ESPECIALLY the new album is a big step away from any mariachi-leone-chliches. I was pleasently surprised to listen to songs like Black Heart, Not even Stevie Nicks, Attack El Robot! or even the jazzy Crumble. Not to speak of the two bonus tracks Si Tur Disais and Fallin`Rain.########### To their concerts: i really apreciate the guys effort to mix their setlists with "not so calexico sounding" covers like: Alone again or, The who do you love, Fassbinder, Fourth time around, jesus and tequila, Pavements "Range Live", Big Star`s "Ballad of El Goodo", Bee Gee`s "I started a joke", Chanel Nr. 5 (American Music Club), This Train (Staples), One Wrong Turn (Raner). How does Convict Pool fit in any cliches? Why did they stop (2001) to tour with the mariachies? Show me a band who can play a song like "Lost in space" w/ verve like that...b.t.w. an OP8 track. I don`t know how much Calexico live you could join in the past, Antonio.

Date: Wed Mar 10 05:20
antonio (SoC):
I am sorry if I started this (reffering to the article), beacuse I have nothing against CX except the fact that I don't like them. which is human. but, hey, jorg, these are just opinions. we're in a forum, are we? take'em easy. I think the the best CX efforts are in a completely different place that howe's one. different aims, different levels. different skills. different gifts. I won't do a comparison, because there's simply no common ground to do it. I just said that IMO their latest release and tour was a weak compilation of cliches, just this. but they are still better than a lot of music around.

Date: Wed Mar 10 05:20
Tommy Gailer ((scrolling for Adam Green)):
another thread: i listened several times to Adam Green`s "Friends of mine" album, and really dig the simple songs and his voice, but i don`t get the lyrics. Some seem to be pretty provokativ. I am pretty picky with german lyrics, `cause i understand them in every nuance. With Green lyrics, i am not sure: are they just provocative w/out any sense or do they make sense and touch you?.....At last two highly recommended albums: ~~Augie March "Strange Bird" (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS70401220507231759&sql=Anbkzu3qaan7k) and Mark Kozelek`s (Red House Painters)new one Sun Kill Moon "Ghosts of the great highway" (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS70401220507231759&sql=A68220roal489)

Date: Wed Mar 10 05:15
tom (front desk):
Big shout out to Hyewon Kim over in Korea.Welcome.I thought your quote about music being a vitamin was wonderful.Its great to think good music is available to people all over the world.We are very lucky to have music so available ,its easy to take for granted.Welcome indeed.

Date: Wed Mar 10 03:12
Tommy Gailer ((scrolling for Jörg)):
~ Word, Jörg!~...........Quote: "...but don`t expect the people here to bash Calexico." well, errare humanum est.

Date: Wed Mar 10 02:37
Jörg (Elevator music?):
After reading the Calexico-comments below, I can't keep still & gotta say a few words myself (again). This topic has been discussed here a couple of times before - and so I'm surprised that CX get reduced to that cliché-stuff and the mariachi-connection even here on this board, where people could/should know better. (By the way: I wonder how you would view Calexico if Howe would really like them & say so and if they still would be a rather obscure Giant Sand sideproject. I'm pretty sure everybody would think they're great & that they deserve a larger audience...). Calexico work in a completely different musical field than Giant Sand and there they created something absolutely unique (which is more than most bands can dream to achieve), a blueprint which is even titled the "Calexico Sound" (at least here in Europe) when a new band uses trumpets, accordians etc.to create an eclectic mix of styles & maybe incl. something 'mexican'. If you go back & listen to their albums or their live shows you will see that the Mariachi/SpaghettiWestern - sound is only one part of their musical puzzle. And as for "thin songs": Black Heart, Crytal Frontier, Frontera, The Ride, Spokes....C'mon!!! These are damn fine songs and storys, few songwriters can come up with something like "Black Heart" in their whole 'career'... I don't care if Calexico get reduced to barbeque background music or mariachi clowns in the press, but it hurts if people here diss them that way and label them as "gifted drummer and good bass player, but ....". If you love music you know that there's MUCH more to CX's art than just the musicianship. If you don't like their sound, OK - that's up to you. But why talk bad about them here just because they were(?) Howe's rhythm-section. Did they leave YOUR band?

Date: Wed Mar 10 02:09
Blaine (@home watching High Noon):
There's all kindsa music that's enjoyable for everything from BBQ's to drag races. I think the point of the best of Giant Sand's music is the thickness/depth/soulful humidity that's just plain rare to stumble across. Anyone who has been listening thru the changes can connect the dots - some of the very best (Glum, Chore, etc) sprung verily from the core trio. For that we can be thankful. Human nature perhaps, hopes for more. Senors Convertino and Burns are grownups operating of free will. Who can blame them for wanting to see what they can do beyond the mothership? There those who still believe Howe's best songs came before the motorcycle accident.

Date: Wed Mar 10 00:57
Hyewon Kim (me2sonic@hotmail.com):
I'm now listening the album "Sellections Circa 1990~2000" By Giant Sand. Your music makes me just feel alive. I want it more popular in South Korea because it's WORTH it! In my opinion, this kind of music is a sort of vitamin for those who love music very much. The present situation of listening to music in Korea is really weird, I mean, there are loads of great listeners like me and popular listeners who like almost every kind of Korean pop and sort of Britney's music... There's no linking part between these two sorts of young generations... I'm now building a project to make a sort of lung for the cosmopolitan Seoul(the capital city),and I want you to regard my effort sooner or later,,, Thanks a lot for reading my note...!

Date: Tue Mar 9 23:29
shammy ((ogle some ivories)):
thanks howe

Date: Tue Mar 9 18:28
J (the night before the fall):
and I am drunk again, mistaking saholy 4 grace + checkhttp://mirrorproject.com/mirror/?id=21944

Date: Tue Mar 9 17:59
stefan ((califone and howe)):
I only just now realized that Howe played with Califone in Japan! That must have been exciting. I'd really like to hear a recording of that, hope one or more will turn up sooner or later. ............ Also, I listen a lot to the Handsome Family these days, and that made me think of that show Howe did with them a while back - has anyone witnessed that? Is there a recording?

Date: Tue Mar 9 17:11
Lars (hot (rail) subject? :-D):
Justin's too easy to diss. And the others. Besides it's mainstream. Why spend a second talking about that? :-) It's more troubling when the "indie" artist do not provide really deep content, as far as I'm concerned. Of course "background music" is okay whereever it's made. It's just that in this case we can compare so easily between the past and present. - Still, I might use el calexicanónes for a BBQ this summer. Sounds like a good idea. Ehm, a backyard....eh, BBQ....broadcast....hmmm.....I wish I had a backyard. Only got a front one and I'm not allowed to drink beer in it. Besides it's not that nice. Right, I'm rambling here.....outta! / Lars

Date: Tue Mar 9 17:01
dave (I think I spelled innocuous wrong (twice?)):
Good comments James S. I agree with a lot of that..

Date: Tue Mar 9 16:58
dave (what I mean):
I'm saying that if you like Giant Sand enough to take the time to post on this board, what's the point of dissing Calexico as opposed to something more deserving as say, Justin Timberlake? I agree with you that (so far) my favorite version of Giant Sand includes J & J. It's easy to pass Calexico off as background music in the vein of Dave Matthews or Norah Jones, but I think there is a little more adventure going on within. I once heard Matthews music described as "great music to fold laundry to". Amen. Why waste time complaining about something so innocuous? There are far worse things that became massively popular. Remember Garth Brooks?

Date: Tue Mar 9 16:52
james s (calexiluba):
I wish for another record from Howe, John, and Joe (plus guests) that is as amazing as Chore. It doesn't look like J and J are willing to hang up their Calexico hats long enough to let that happen, which means that making such an album would be a real chore (pain in the ass), and it doesn't look like Howe wants to endure another chore like Chore, even if the enchantment that comes out on the other end is all the more enchanting. Sigh. It's too bad, really, because, even if there didn't seem to be much magic in the making C of E, the end result, the record, is pure magic and shiver delivered. If I am inclined to not like Calexico, it's not because I don't like what they do (I do), it's because I hate it that some good music, fun music, is being made at the expense of some great music, and "great" is rare. Calexico operating fulltime means the end of Giant Sand as Howe, John, Joey, and that's a shame. There are lots of people who can play really well, who can take the place of J and J with Howe, and Howe will no doubt continue to shine, and Calexico will continue to put out their own vibe, which is good and fun, but the chemistry that the three of them had together was extra special.

Date: Tue Mar 9 15:51
Manny (()):
Dave, Not sure what you mean by making an effort to openly dislike Calexico. You see, I've listened to Giant Sand through all of their incarnations since 1987 and definitely like them best with J & J as the rythym section. I have purchased the first three Calexico records and tried mightily to like them. Try as I may, I'm not moved in the least bit. There is nothing I find memorable nor moving in their music. It just goes by. When Howe is in the mix (Giant Sand)... that "thing" , the sublime, the urgency and dare I say honesty... that you just can't put your finger on or define is present, and the music comes alive and becomes vital. Calexico are musicians. Howe is a musical artist. Manny

Date: Tue Mar 9 14:31
dave (amnesty for Calexico):
No reason to scorch you Greg. Opinions are a beautiful thing..I guess I would be surprised that someone who got to this page would really make the effort to openly dislike Calexico. Although some of their music is unremarkable (whose isn't?)I can't find them unlikeable. In this day and age in the music biz, how many people are doing exactly what they do? They are very unique. They've put out quite a bit of music in a short period of time. As far as I can tell, Joe Burns didn't really start singing with any kind of conviction until this latest record...I'm excited about what they can do and how they develop. Howe's a great songwriter. Despite being great musicians, J & J's songs are a little thin. But hey, when the weather gets hot and I'm grilling food on a Saturday evening, I reach for Hot Rail or the Black Light on many occasions...and I mean that as a compliment! Calexico is a fine, fine band.

Date: Tue Mar 9 14:26
james s (Hey writer guy, you know who you are...):
I tried to email you at the usual address, but it bounced. Fandango on its way to you, my friend.

Date: Tue Mar 9 14:19
Lars (c*l*x*c*... :-)):
Wow, Greg....You summed it up right there. I can totally relate to all that. The only Calexico album I can enjoy from start to finish is their tour-cd "Travelall", which is way more "adventurous" than they more widely available offerings. Not as cliché-ed. Check it out, if you haven't. It's much, much better than their "real" albums - in my humble opinion. Well, I must admit that I'm also a sucker for instrumentals, and it seemed they had a bit more fun with that one than their other "pop albums". Still.....much more depth in da Howe fella. Gotta love it! :-D Greeties, sandies! / Lars

Date: Tue Mar 9 13:11
Greg H (gmhaldane@hotmail.com):
I'm going to get scorched for this but....In the past it seems that this board has provided a venue for both Calexico fans and detractors and I believe that given the relationship between Giant Sand and Calexico that this is a valid venue for both points of view. I have tried to like Calexico but simply cannot. I too find their sound monotonous and also derivative. Some of the times that I’ve seen them live they’ve been dominated or overwhelmed by gimmickry (e.g., the Mariachis). I have to say that I do like individual Calexico songs but when they’re strung together they loose me. I think that John is a gifted drummer and that Joey is a good bassist. Calexico also has a good visual aesthetic, which helps their marketability. But to me Howe is poetry, jazz and punk and Calexico is not.

Date: Tue Mar 9 11:59
glue sniffer (Corectioon):
line one of that last message should have read. "Weve got meat" Your statutory right are not affected YOUR HOME IS AT RISK IF YOU DO NOY KEEP UP MORGAE REPAYMENTS YOU CAN NOT GO TO HEAVEN IN THOSE SHOOES. tihs rieth wonk ew

Date: Tue Mar 9 11:53
glue sniffer (no need for calecialcal(x) weve got me):
I agree lets leave the washing up and get back to the table dady wants a word and a drink

Date: Tue Mar 9 10:45
Tommy Gailer ((scrolling for Calexico)):
Antonio, here`s the place, where you can open your heart & your feelings about Calexico: http://casadecalexico.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=b4edc4b97c6c7a2b3cf211d2305373d5 ....................people there will get a good laugh (Tex-Mex!), but don`t expect the people here to bash Calexico.

Date: Tue Mar 9 09:45
tom (sea of fish and chips):
LETS GET READY TO RUMMMMBBBLE!!!!

Date: Tue Mar 9 09:29
antonio (sea of cortez):
I partially agree, Jorg. but I saw the article posted some comment ago, and I just expressed my personal view about it. being surprised of the tex-mex-rock in year 2004 means being out of time. just this.

Date: Tue Mar 9 09:25
antonio (sea of cortez):
I partially agree, Jorg. but I saw the article posted some comment ago, and I just expressed my personal view about it. being surprised of the tex-mex-rock in year 2004 means being out of time. just this.

Date: Tue Mar 9 09:17
Jörg (Sea Of Calexico):
What's even more boring and predictable is the now-and-then Calexico bashing on this GIANT SAND board. IMO they're far from beeing cold or boring in the studio or in concert, but this is not the place to discuss these matters, methinks.

Date: Tue Mar 9 08:58
antonio ((sea of cortez)):
I got only one word for the last calexico record: cold. and another one for the tour-attitude: predictable. and the last phrase for the whole thing: unluckily it's getting SO boring. it's normal, it's the thing that normally happens when any avant-garde sound decide to become a mass-affair. even if i totally respect them for everything they did, I didn't like the last things at all. expecially the live set was weak, except for JC drumming, which was overwhelming, the closest thing to the "jim keltner heaven" where my dreams of perfect drumming sleep. if that journalist discovers only now those sounds, when the time limit is obviously expired, it simply means that he's not so updated... ciao. a.

Date: Tue Mar 9 04:21
tom (front desk):
Rapido,Broughton st. Edinburgh Scotland ....my nomination for best chippy in the world.Lived on a steady diet of their chicken suppers for seven years.Hooray ! I am going to be an uncle again,Howe are you and my brother in a secret race to populate the world with your individual brands of munchkin?Oh, before you ask..food ...babies... completley unrelated.

Date: Mon Mar 8 19:03
Shaun H. (okay, this is for recent converts ONLY):
i just finished up a little compilation of radio session stuff for someone featuring "St.Conformity", "Always Horses Coming", "Picture Shows", "Blue Marble Girl", "Can't Help Falling In Love", "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33", "Steadfast", "Get To Leave" [KXCI], "Shiver", "Seldom Matters" [BBC London 94.9fm], "Cracklin' Water" [MTV], "Yer Ropes", "Searchlight", "Mope-A-Long", "Neon Filler" mostly w/ Rainer [BBC Radio 1], "Dusted" w/ Kylie & Robert Mitchum [XFM], "Paradise Without Mistakes" [BBC6 Music].....w/ your hosts Jim Blackwood, Robert Elms, Gideon Coe, Andy Kershaw and John Kennedy. most of you i'm sure will already have all of this, or can acquire it w/ a little trading, so please i wanna limit this to those just starting out, who are just ready to venture out beyond the official releases. mail me: vacilando68@hotmail.com, and i'll get a copy in the post to you as soon as time permits.

Date: Mon Mar 8 18:03
glue sniffer (sad awaken and alpen):
any sujestions? a cure for all

Date: Mon Mar 8 17:51
J (Sho nuff night night):
PS morning little j and b

Date: Mon Mar 8 17:44
glue sniffer (hope hope ):
is a joke joke

Date: Mon Mar 8 17:31
Jj (and she was right):
...

Date: Mon Mar 8 17:30
j (shoorly):
feck yoo|?

Date: Mon Mar 8 17:29
glue sniffer (wankler of gropies):
hohoho

Date: Mon Mar 8 17:22
J@OODPILED? (so deep I don't know what to do with it):
I'm going now. HOOPLA

Date: Mon Mar 8 17:20
J triple ps (Tom/Rene):
Check your mailboxes, Fandango hits Belgique. Denmark meets Hamburg.

Date: Mon Mar 8 17:18
J (not only but also):
Little j says that I am arrogant and up myself tonight

Date: Mon Mar 8 17:17
J (zeldaspeak):
OK so I think I was right. Any news on Dandango? Let's all have a look of Glue's photographs?

Date: Mon Mar 8 15:49
phill (calexico):
Event Description A perfect dustbowl collision of Latin and Americana. This eclectic band from Tuscon, Arizona plays sublime music that incorporates California surf, Tex-Mex, funked-up jazz, and spaghetti Western atmospherics, all infused with the flavour of the Arizona district 100 miles north of the Mexican border they call home. Their music is coloured by an awesome array of instrumentation: accordions, marimbas, banjos, mandolins, and guitars. We have been trying to bring them to Tampa for several years. A review of Calexico live: "You could tell by the vast array of instruments arranged on the stage that Calexico wasn't going to be performing a standard rock and roll set. With two trumpets, a xylophone, pedal steel, a slew of guitars, an upright bass, a drum kit and a vast array of items most aptly called do-hickeys and thingamabobs, the average guitar, bass and drums lineup seemed a 1000 miles away. Fortunately, for all who had the pleasure of attending the band's Saturday night performance, the stage setup only hinted at the enjoyable evening of musical genre-melding that lay ahead. The two men that are Calexico -- drummer John Convertino and guitarist/singer Joey Burns -- took to the stage with a crew of four musicians in tow to cover the numerous instrumental parts that define the duo's unique brand of Tex-Mex rock and roll. As Calexico's atmospheric tales of western desolation and cowboy loneliness emerged from the stage and spread about the room, the crowd members were entranced and started tapping their toes and nodding their heads in approval. The true magic began a couple songs into the set with the band's performance of "Sonic Wind," which appears in remixed form on an EP entitled Even My Sure Things Fall Through (Quarterstick, 2001). The syncopation that opens the song was padded by a muted trumpet and the lugubrious and rhythmic tale spiraled into a jazz combo-like state of ecstasy with a smoldering trumpet solo and a ringing xylophone part. Continuing further down the startling instrumental path, the band performed the opening track from 2000's Hot Rail (Quarterstick), "El Picador," which featured a two-trumpet Mariachi intro. Later, they offered up a country-infused rocker in the form of "The Battle of Cable Hogue." In the performance of this story, Burns used his dry, mysterious, Lou Reed-like delivery to recount the spaghetti western tale of a gold miner's betrayal at the hands of his French mistress. Throughout the 80-minute set, which included an encore performance of "All the Pretty Little Horses," the band's musicianship was startling and fantastic. Calexico's studio recordings have always been multi-instrumental affairs with layered and well-thought-out production. But in the live setting, by stripping away the studio and adding the immediacy of playing with a band, Convertino and Burns' quirky and multi-genre songwriting style and impressive instrumental ability were pushed to an entirely new level. If Saturday night's performance is any indication -- and I think it is -- it proves that Calexico is, far and away, the best country-inflected, Mariachi-influenced, jazz-infused, Lou Reed-loving rock and roll band around." A.K. GOLD

Date: Mon Mar 8 15:17
james s ((-=_=-)):
lupa.

Date: Mon Mar 8 14:49
Danie (mo_mcaren@yahoo.ca):
Sorry to interupt your ongoing conversation I just need a moment... I have seen Howe play in London UK twice and both times I sat in awe of the beauty that is his music (Howe if you remember a show in islington with Vic chestnut and a girl in the pew behind you wearing a blue vintage hat who smiled up at you - that was me, hope you are well). I ended up back in Canada shortly after and was lost in the snow in Ottawa for a couple years. I then moved back to Vancouver thinking I might have a better chance to see some great shows. The summer after I leave Howe shows up in Ottawa and plays two shows at the blues fest - so unfair. Then I find out I just missed Wilco in Vancouver - just to double the dissapointment. Now I see that Wilco and Howe are playing together all April and I am so sad that I can't get down to Arizona. So if anyone reading this has any influence on the situation Howe and Wilco are very very welcome to come and play together in Vancouver BC Canada. So please guys if you are listening come on up here I'll make you a cake I'll buy you a beer and I'll lend you an ear what ever it takes I miss those sweet poetic musings. Tweedy and Gelb in the same room - so humbling a thought I could almost cry... Danie.

Date: Mon Mar 8 13:27
Alan (Glue Hopper):
w/r/t your advocacy of all things green, the paper's to be presented at TechnoNatures II... put together by folks who take a kind of red green approach to analyzing our environmental crises... why do you think I proposed a pint? If you ask nicely I'll even tell you the (truly arcane) proposed title...

Date: Mon Mar 8 11:45
papanda (pro pru):
hey J?who is candy prune? i thought you recognized the little frenchsingin of a certain Grace in there. uhm--aanyway--ciaop!

Date: Mon Mar 8 11:08
glue sniffer (Oxford town of hoppers):
I recomend all things green including the girls. whats your paper on the relocation of the sublocatioin of devistation of a small rural railway station (keeping it to scale) for samll boys and dogs"

Date: Mon Mar 8 09:44
Alan (Oxford):
UK folks... there is a very strong possibility that I will be giving a paper at Oxford (it may sound more snooty and impressive than it is) on June 24th. Anyone likely to be nearby for a pint? Have suggestions of must-do's in town? It will be a fairly whirlwind trip but I may not fly back until Sunday morning.

Date: Mon Mar 8 09:40
Alan (Will):
Will, your organizer, Jeremy, has a new email... jmarusek@yahoo.com. I have no idea if he has Fandango or not but, in an email to me, he indicated that he's had difficulty keeping up with folks/branches whose emails have changed. (I tried your email in your post and my note was bounced back to me.)

Date: Sun Mar 7 19:58
will (w31162r@suscom.net):
Still need Fandango-ed...Can anyone help supply me with a copy? I'm a branch with a quite a few leaves and no response from my organiser. 3 blanks for one copy will be en-route if you can provide. Thanks. WILL

Date: Sun Mar 7 17:21
J (zelda):
What I meant was that I wondered if zelda panda was in fact candy prune and possibly howe. just asking is all

Date: Sun Mar 7 13:41
Mikus (Fandango) (Hummm):
Is comming in Belgium from Munchen (as everyone knows, 2 "houblon"'s land...)

Date: Sun Mar 7 12:56
panda ((Hey, J...do you mean a bothanical)):
prune? m?

Date: Sun Mar 7 09:28
Lars (Hey, Howe....isn't this your front door? :-D):
http://www.webwalk.dk/webwalk-categories/s_m_a_g_shopping/smag2_max_opefter/smag2_max_opefter18.html

Date: Sun Mar 7 08:08
buxfix (hover over the cover):
read that there are still covers for the bbq-sessions -hmmmm- made some myself as well (as you know i like to) but therefor i'm not having the whole set yet - i don't know all title-tracks but the covers are ready to be watched at! http://www.buxfix.de/div have a sunny funday

Date: Sun Mar 7 04:46
J (sorry I meant):
Tom mailto:woodpile99@y()hoo for a European Fandango. Spread the word. Dandango must surely happen as must my family trips to Aarhuus and Mike and Sarah who needs to post from their dream holiday home. We like walking holidays and hillage dream.

Date: Sun Mar 7 02:49
tom (no-spa-m-to-the-spa-maddress):
woodpile99@ya????????hooDOT Com. Fandango will be available here since you asked so nicely.

Date: Sun Mar 7 02:46
J (just got home again):
Dandango it is then? Ready to submit mine shortly

Date: Sat Mar 6 22:43
Greg Haldane (gmhaldane@hotmail.com):
Gazelle-are you sure that you can't delay your trip until the April 29th....Howe and Wilco - Tweedy and Howe?

Date: Sat Mar 6 19:02
james s (assuming that sniffer is Dan the photographer...):
I'm in, and we can call it the Dandango.

Date: Sat Mar 6 17:11
woops (i mean tom):
word.

Date: Sat Mar 6 17:11
gazelle (fandango for blaine):
i'll burn you a copy, brother, but you'll have to send me your info: gazelleiam@lycos.com

Date: Sat Mar 6 13:18
em (glue glue glue):
I will take that, Howe. I will take it and smile. in the mail. for free. And aww, gee Stefan thankyou for that:)

Date: Sat Mar 6 12:59
howe (home fry):
next up we do a cd of glue's postings set to mussings...any takers ? - howe

Date: Sat Mar 6 11:25
tom in belgium (please):
Still haven't got the Fandango, could someone out there provide me with it ? Blaine ? James S ? European sandies ? Please ??

Date: Sat Mar 6 08:52
aaron keech (aaronkeech@yahoo.com):
a blacky fan needs help! do any of you have an extra blacky shirt size large? i have been spending the last two years in malawi, africa doing environmental volunteer work and rarley get a chance to use electricity. when i can, i hit the site and email my mother to order for me... aren't mothers great? i have quite a lot to catch up on when i return in may. i seem to have missed the shirt though and am actually in desperate need of clothing to come back to anyway...ow/om, anyone, have you got any tucked away? - aaron keech

Date: Sat Mar 6 08:52
aaron keech (aaronkeech@yahoo.com):
a blacky fan needs help! do any of you have an extra blacky shirt size large? i have been spending the last two years in malawi, africa doing environmental volunteer work and rarley get a chance to use electricity. when i can, i hit the site and email my mother to order or me... aren't mothers great? i have quite a lot to catch up on when i return in may. i seem to have missed the shirt though and am actually in desperate need of clothing to come back to anyway...ow/om, anyone, have you got any tucked away?

Date: Sat Mar 6 04:59
stefan ((fan-dango)):
My favorite is "hatch" by heart mule. Somehow menacing. (Who is heart mule? Someone from around here?) Closely followed by jellybabies'/em's "dusted". Cheers to everyone. ............ By the way, there's also a good version of "hatch" by Nick Luca on the Little Town CD.

Date: Sat Mar 6 03:48
J (james, romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:)):
I was hoping the fabled "Track 19" would be Howe's. That would be because I hoped that the (BBC) recording of the freight train would swing the closing track thing (The internationally acclaimed "Track 18") Good and interesting listening, still to be reviewed elsewhere. This has been a last minute bedtime in the morning thing from Jason "2 tracks" woodpile. PS, Glue, your sleevenotes will live on in every copy I send or give. PPS, panda you are a prune then, si?

Date: Sat Mar 6 01:48
Blaine (@home):
Gazelle - when in Tucson, if you have any interest at all in funky musical gear, be sure to kill a few hrs at The Chicago Store. It covers all yr bases. Re: Fandango - I'll cop to being ringleader of The Aimless Blades, and our co-conspirator Fred Mills needs no introduction as one of the better music journalists of the last decade or thereabouts - not to mention a former Tucscon resident.

Date: Fri Mar 5 19:58
home (fry):
the fandingo ate me baby !!!

Date: Fri Mar 5 18:06
james sssssssssss (Gazellllllllllllllle):
Copy and paste this link for track listing... http://www.sa-wa-ro.com/Sandman/sandman-fandango.htm Em would be Jellybabies. I wonder who some of the other folks are in the various bands, anybody here? Who's in Frozen Planets? I know that Aimless Blade dude. Who's in Heart Mule, the Dowsing Rods, the High Score, ect...??? Anybody regular here? I'm guessing that track nineteen isn't in fact "?", but is mr sa-wa-ro-mikus himself.

Date: Fri Mar 5 17:24
Erik (erik@portland,oregon):
If anyone is looking for "Drunken Bees," I see someone is trying to get a rid of a sealed copy on ebay as a buy now item for only $5. got me thinking.... Howe, any chance of getting it released on DVD with extra's? I read somewhere that Marianne (sp?) has hours of extra footage and live footage to boot. Or how about compiling all the videos (yer ropes, wonder, searchlight and I believe there is a giant sandworms video too, eh?) sounds good to me....

Date: Fri Mar 5 17:09
gazelle (fandango track listing):
i got a copy of the fandango too, but i don't know the names of the artists or the songs. like which one did you do, em?

Date: Fri Mar 5 16:42
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Date: Fri Mar 5 15:53
em (quickly):
Okay so I finally have a second here to say that I have my hands on a version on the Fandango and I'm so proud of everybody here who contributed to it and am so proud to be part of it. I hope everybody's doing great & James and Lars, I have some emails to write to the two of yous when I get a chance. Love to all you especially glue. em.

Date: Fri Mar 5 07:43
james s (lupppa.):
It's all your fault. I, the until recently Sleep King, climb out of the sack after a sleepless night. Never underestimate the power of suggestion.... Lupa?

Date: Fri Mar 5 00:41
gazelle (gazelleiam@lycos.com):
howdy all! i just thought i'd drop a line and say that i am finally planning my long-awaited trip to tucson during my spring break: april 12-16. i know a buncha' you gave me some tips awhile back (thanks conch and greg), but what would be even cooler is to meet a coupla' you sand-junkies! drop me a line if you have the time to drink a beer. fish and chips are good, but he who sleeps, eats ;OP (good advice from grandaddy)

Date: Thu Mar 4 22:35
tom (insomnia, the sequel):
if you go to www.glue.com you will read : It is the goal of everyone at Glue to be honest and upfront in all our on-line and off-line business practices. For this reason, we adhere to a strict four point code of responsibility. Sorry to ramble, I saw Lambchop perform last monday. it was a small gig, i won the tickets by phoning to the national radiostation and answer correctly : "Nashville". 8 piece band, some old stuff ('The man who loved beer') but mostly songs from the new double album. 21st of march they will be back in Brussels at Ancienne Belgique, I bought that ticket four weeks ago. Peace to you and all of your loved ones.

Date: Thu Mar 4 21:25
Greg Haldane (gmhaldane@hotmail.com):
I think that I figured out that you can no longer mention the first name of the Soft Boys lead singer on this page and that is why my message was rejected.

Date: Thu Mar 4 21:24
Greg Haldane (gmhaldane@hotmail.com):
OK that was strange. My last comment was rejected and I was told that my information had been collected for potential future legal action ......I was mentioning that I think that the Tucson music scene appears to be on a bit of an upswing with Tom Walbank, Howe (of course), the funky Sugarbush kids, Knockout Pills, Nick Luka, Matt Ward, Galactic Federation of Love (Lemon Man), the Okmoniks are cute, Pork Torta rules. Or maybe it's just that I'm getting out more? We've also had some pretty good tours recently with X, Neko, R*byn Hitchcock, Richard Buckner, Camper/Cracker, Holly Golightly, Handsome Family. Wish that the Billys (Bragg/Childish) would grace us with a show! Speaking of Billys did Billy Zoom freak any one else out at the Recent Rialto Show?

Date: Thu Mar 4 21:00
Greg Haldane (gmhaldane@hotmail.com):
Dr. Walkbank, I've alway heard that it's the fall rains that cause the wildflowers; although, my backyard is looking quite nice right now and I don't remember much rain in the fall. Thanks for playing at the BICAS gig - hope that you got to see part of the Lemon Man show too, which was super.

Date: Thu Mar 4 19:40
PaulK (fish and chips):
Allegedly the best are to be found in Anstruther on the wonderful Neuk of Fife. Great country, lots of lovely little places. And yes BBQ artwork is up on the Calexico site, I've asked permission to pass this along. Re the H bombs, I've got a great album with John Evans and the really rather good Eugene Chadbourne, go search it out. Howe, When you come back to good old Glasgow town?

Date: Thu Mar 4 19:07
mark horosky (horosky@hotmail.com):
im sorry to disturb, but i wanted to-----stop. im late to discover the work of howe gelb. i find the music comforting, honest, at times darkly humorous. i will eventually collect the entire catalogue. right now i have about four titles. if this reaches mr. gelb, and if he has the time to spare, tell him thanks; tell him i would love to begin a correspondence with him. all the best, mark horosky

Date: Thu Mar 4 16:37
alan (lars, skye):
Perhaps the miracle of my trip of 1800 miles in N. England and a large chunk of Scotland was that it only rained on me on Skye, after spitting on me the day before on the Outer Hebrides... almost seven weeks and one day of real rain. I believe they call it drought. Skye's amazing, Iona's the most "spirit"ual place I've ever been, made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

Date: Thu Mar 4 15:21
panda (~):
yep grace, J .ci hii ha yo

Date: Thu Mar 4 14:26
Lars (travelling):
Never really got to Skye....but tumbled around in Mallaig for a few hours. Lovely spot. Only day of sunshine I ever experienced during my bit-over-a-week stay in Scotland. A trip that also included a holiday-closed Glasgow and cloud-covered Mt. Nevis. Did see The Braveheart Parkingl Lot, though! How about that?! Still wanna go back up there for some reason. :-D / Lars

Date: Thu Mar 4 10:46
james s (.......):
luba.

Date: Thu Mar 4 09:29
alan (fishy and chippy):
Best fish and chips I ever had was after a day of riding my bicycle from York to Scarborough in 1984 and, while searching for a bed and breakfast (the youth hostel was full, dammit), stopped at this 6'x6' hole in the wall and was given white, flaky, crusty and wonderful fish along with thick and crispy chips all a-wrapped in newsprint with a tart vinegar spashed across it all... helped my very sore bum feel much better (the previous two days I'd discovered that my leather seat wasn't as broken in as I thought... either that or it was but my butt wasn't.) Had some others, almost as good, a few weeks later in Ullapool... before my worst day of riding ever (new, too fat, tire that rubbed on my mudguard [squeek, squeek, squeek] bought in Stornoway -- on the Isle of Harris -- before riding directly into a spitting headwind all day en route to a closed hostel just south of Tarbert -- on Lewis. Ended up stopping half way down Harris, taking my rear mudguard off and throwing it down an embankment with great fury and little sound. A great day on Skye -- with fabulous rice pudding at the hostel in Uig -- and a week with a newfound "friend" from California in my family's ancestral town of Oban proved everything I could have ever wanted... Anybody been to the Isle of Iona?

Date: Thu Mar 4 04:16
tom (frontal desk):
MMMMMMMmmm.....Fish and chipsssss.Howdy Howe yes ,long time too long no see[thats japanese] .The house is great and full of music from past venerable occupants and occuskirts.I will be over to the big blue dojo to say hello tomorrow.Arizona question,will all this rain mean lots of beautiful desert flowers this spring or does last years precipitation affect that?

Date: Thu Mar 4 03:29
glue sniffer (well spotted your prize is in the post):
I am becoming a fish and chips master in my own tounge. I meant to imply in an impish slant on events - That i was becoming a skating master as i am now hip with ramps jumps and stair lifts both up and down.! i can hear the excitement frozen in the moprning air hopefully this will last untill i can revale more........

Date: Thu Mar 4 02:09
phill (PA):
Yo Howe,Andrew Bird is playing The Solar on march 25. yOU SHOWIN FER DA SHOW? AND HOW E

Date: Wed Mar 3 20:49
Flynn (BBQ art & tracklist):
The artwork and tracklists for the 4 CD BBQ radio re-broadcast set is available on the casdecalexico yahoo group photos page. Or I can email the jpgs by request (wmpgfarm@yahoo.com)

Date: Wed Mar 3 19:28
TDH (tdhdk@hotmail.com):
Lars & other leafs on me branch ... Fandango isn't here yet ... my new email adresse is tdhdk@hotmail.com drop me a line and I will get right back to ya' when I get it from Stefan

Date: Wed Mar 3 18:49
howe (home):
um....isn't skate a fried fish next to chips in your hood?

Date: Wed Mar 3 18:01
glue sniffer (skate board):
i am now an internatioanly renowend skate artist and hand gloves

Date: Wed Mar 3 17:54
J (woodstack):
Boopa

Date: Wed Mar 3 17:00
Lupa (Lupa lupa.):
L U P P A !!!!!

Date: Wed Mar 3 16:39
james s (lupa):
Lupa lupa. Lupa.

Date: Wed Mar 3 10:02
Blaine ((39)):
Howe-yes indeed, he is the HBomb. Fellow seekers - I have also have the coveted FANDANcefromlongaGO - anyone needing a copy holler - blaine117622@yahoo.com.

Date: Wed Mar 3 09:08
james s (sleepy):
While you guys were suffering and playing online, I was sawing logs, as they say. Climbed into the bed at nine, after some speghetti and vino and a viewing of the trails of henry kissenger. yes, i do have the fandango, as should be obvious from my previous posts. james@jamesscarbrough.com Any US organizers and branches need this, give a shout. I'll send out a few, would like especially to get it to the tree tops so's it can trickle down proper. Too poor and time-constrained to do more than a few.

Date: Wed Mar 3 05:28
glue sniffer (The Home for children abused through kippers):
Insomating over procrastinating verbalise the tution. no leaves left for the breeze to play with am dancing like a fairy.

Date: Wed Mar 3 04:44
Lars (scrolling for Fandango-J):
So J, you've got the full version of the Fandango with all the tracks? Neat. Could be nice to do a swap. Are you looking for anything in particular? Got a two-disc set of Howe and Vic at Voxhall which is superb (have a listen here: http://www.larsdideriksen.com/diverse/mp3s.htm). larsdideriksen@yahoo.dk --- Greets! / Lars

Date: Wed Mar 3 04:27
home (fry):
hey tom ....man...we miss you here on this side of the hood ...how is john's old haunt ? and hug the missus fo me too....and yo glue....sweet dreams eventually. - howe

Date: Wed Mar 3 04:07
tom (front desk):
alrighty kids off to bed,if youre not getting paid for insomnia its no fun,and then only slightly.

Date: Wed Mar 3 03:28
glue sniffer (ho hoho ):
insomnia is catching like a cold.

Date: Wed Mar 3 03:27
glue sniffer (ho hoho ):
insomnia is catching like a cold.

Date: Wed Mar 3 03:01
howe (home):
ok...so now i can't sleep. um....was that evan johns from evan johns and the h-bombs ??????.....i wonder

Date: Wed Mar 3 02:18
Blaine ((J)):
The great Evan Johns is woefully overlooked. "Moonlight" is a gem to cover, and his catalogue has dozens of tunes that surprise from all directions. He goes back to a stint with the late Danny Gatton. When I finally caught him about 10 years back he was in rough shape - having grown a long beard because he would cut himself shaving due to cataracts. Last I heard he was doing much better. Track down the oop Ryko stuff. Borderline undefinable genius.

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:14
zzzzzzz (zz z z z z):
night conch...

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:14
conch (too weird):
Type magic fingers type...all righty, I'm off to the Land of Zzzz myself.

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:12
owe (ome):
whoa....we both clocked that last one at the exact minute....good timing good time

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:10
conch (flurp):
adios, hoop. Sleep the sleep of the...tired.

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:10
ho (we):
...almost like instant messageing....party line style

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:09
ho (we):
welp....i gotta sputter some zzzzzz........zee u later conch

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:07
conch (sha-dang-a-doodle):
Yipes & yikes...in real time, almost!!!

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:06
h o w e (h o m e):
hey conch ....you torpedoed me ! ! ! h aha ha ha ha ha ....now let's rumble

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:05
conch (uh...):
howe?

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:05
we (me):
the map

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:04
ow (om):
is all over

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:04
conch (left):
Yep, Todd, same song...different versions...several years apart...I think the "Still Lookin'" version was recorded somewhere amidst Neko Case's Blacklisted sessions...but can't say for sure.

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:04
ho (ho):
giant sand

Date: Wed Mar 3 01:03
howe (home):
yessir left is the same song left again and again. cuz we do too cuz. get left again and again. and left isn't supposed to sound right. meanwhile, i am frosty toasted from the days toinkings at the mastering lab up the road. it is finally put to bed this new record. and fortuneately side A rocks. side B is a loll at the library, with one hand on the almanac....and the other holding up a novel written entirely on celaphane pages up to the light....so all the words get to fill your face at once maybe.

Date: Tue Mar 2 23:02
Todd (left and left again / Give a Slush away):
...just wondering if left on glum and left again on still lookin' good to me are the same song but different versions...? Picked up Center of the Universe this past weekend...I like it alot...have the 7" Solomon's Ride vinyl so I already heard four tracks from it. Anyways I'm also wondering when Thrill Jockey is releasing Ogle?...probally order it from OW OM. Also I recently found a used OP8 cd in Southern Alberta...I was amazed cause it cost about thirty dollars to import to Canada...so today I donated the second copy to the Alberta public radio broadcaster...ckua.com if your interested.

Date: Tue Mar 2 18:09
J (jukebox):
Woody Guthrie. I'm ashamed to have never knowingly heard him until tonight. Beefheart anthology made me stomp with headphones. Neko Case sounded too shmaltzy to my virgin ears. Evan Johns, 'Moonlight cryin' Any suggestions...

Date: Tue Mar 2 18:04
J (larsdider fandango):
If aarhus needs fandango then it shall have it. I think I waited for the same teutonic version, then cancelled and eventually got a version from P K who has helped me out loads... Howecheck. James s has it too. Speak up

Date: Tue Mar 2 12:23
dave (x-large):
I would recommend a significantly larger shirt than you would normally pick out for the Blacky shirt as the one I picked up at a show had some shrinkage..Lars, I don't have Fandango either, but I'll be glad to forward it to you if I receive it

Date: Tue Mar 2 00:48
geoff (blacky t shirt?):
the order form seems to default to small, does anybody know if you can get another size?

Date: Mon Mar 1 19:03
Lars (www.larsdideriksen.com):
Currently "rediscovering" Confluence...in particular 3 Sisters. Great track. ### El Zelda esta Italiano, compadre (or who-what-ever one should say it)....and a damn fine DJ down Berlino place, by the way. Haven't seen musical tastebuds quite like those anywhere else, I think. And scary knack for finding cool vinyl, that I myself have yet to develop. Neat drawings too.....Which brings me too: still no Fandango in Aarhus. The one I got offered from Germany was missing a track, I was told....so I waited.....am waiting.... Greeties! / Lars

Date: Mon Mar 1 18:23
dave (Wilco & Gelb):
Wow, how did that come about? Two of my favorite things...I found Giant Sand et al by digging into the whole Uncle Tupelo/Wilco,etc etc alt country thing to begin with...Hope you pick up some new fans! I love the experimental nature of Wilco but Summer Teeth and Yankee left me a little chilly...I dug that Loose Fur record though. Hope to find the OGLE record later this week..I'm sure Thrill Jockey has been placing it around Chicago...Maybe the vagabond tapers will catch some of the Gelb/Wilco shows????? hint

Date: Mon Mar 1 17:25
J (re:fandangoothangoo):
Nice work everyone. Particular thanks going out to those who made it all possible. Is Zelda in candy prune perchance? Seemed to detect a french recognisable vocal thing going on there. Look out for room 208 records, the new thangodingledango. {apologies for jumping the gun James)

Date: Mon Mar 1 17:08
jy (Yeah, i've been meaning to check out):
the most recent paul westerberg stuff (someone said I'd like the mono stereo discs as well). 2 recommendations legally means I have to acquire it. Off I go...

Date: Mon Mar 1 10:41
james s (aimless):
nice fandango track, blaine.

Date: Mon Mar 1 00:10
Blaine@home (Like Flies ...):
-- try Paul Westerberg's new Grandpaboy -- some stray sherbert in the grooves

Date: Sun Feb 29 23:46
Glue sniffer (insomnia):
arggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Date: Sun Feb 29 12:21
"like flies on sherbert" (by alex chilton):
is really good on sunday mornings.

Date: Sun Feb 29 06:26
James McAllister (jdmcallister@blueyonder.co.uk):
"Ogle some piano"-A gem

Date: Sat Feb 28 18:21
james s (fan-dango):
thank you, jason, for the fan-dango. it arrived today and i just gave it a spin. it's really very good, me thinks. thanks, mike, and great job. i've offered up a copy to my branch, so that should help it get into a few more hands. anybody else getting this?

Date: Sat Feb 28 13:04
Lars (oooogle):
Hopefully it's on its way! Alongside some delicious Chore-vinyl, yum-yum! Can't wait. ;-D / Lars

Date: Sat Feb 28 08:12
Jörg (Ogle some more...):
Forget to mention: very, very fine accompaniment by the usual suspects on all of the tracks! Especially grand: Joey on contrabasso. So don't hesitate and order this disc :-)!

Date: Sat Feb 28 07:46
Jörg (Ogle Some Piano...):
...is marvellous!!! I grew to like the meditative mood of "Lull Some Piano", but frankly I didn't play it very often. Now this set of tunes is everything I was hoping for in the first place! Playful, adventurous, smooth, jazzy, groovy, you-name-it. Puts a smile in my face. All you were hoping for after hearing Howe's pianings in concert. And the song titles are worth the money alone. By the way: I wonder why no one picked up the bass-line of that left hand part which is the basis of 25% of the tunes on "Ogle" & 85% of the piano-live-improvisations for a FANDANGO-contribution....Is anything more typical of Howe than this piano groove (at least in last couple of years). Wonder how it would sound if played by bass/guitar w/out piano.

Date: Sat Feb 28 00:21
J (Hi Howe):
Very quiet here in backshift. And as Joey Ramone said ''hey ho, let's go''

Date: Fri Feb 27 19:43
howe (hundled):
yeah....hehe heh he heh hehhhe heh gurgle sputter & choke....ok then. to quote one scout niblett "let's go let's go!!!"

Date: Fri Feb 27 19:01
Eddie (Wilco tour):
Looks like some hard driving.

Date: Fri Feb 27 16:16
howe (hunkered):
um.....i guess i just signed on to open a string of dates for those brave wilco boys. april 21 thru to 29. columbia, new orleans, austin twice, sante fe, flagstaff, and tucson ender. come and hum. -ho we

Date: Fri Feb 27 04:54
J (R hoose sounds like edinburgh dialect until you realise):
That welsh isn't the only author promoted here. Anyway, back in 66 before I was born,(Shortly). I had the luck to swim around imagining myself under the influence of glue,watching K.Carpenter argue with Mama Cass about who got the last bag of Doritos. Meanwhile, Grace slick looked on haughtily. European Fandangoers should hear it. See Sandtree for old active mail (Or track18 for domain) This has been an announcement by a long standing Gelb fan. Buy Ogle (Ithink)

Date: Thu Feb 26 21:45
Scooter (shucks):
T'ain't nuthing, James S. Back in '58 I caught the clap from Little Richard and snagged one of Buddy Holly's pubes while playing poker with Elvis Presley and an unborn Kurt Cobain. Dusty Springfield was hanging around, too--sitting on a barstool and tossing toothpicks at us whenever anyone said, "I fold!" Seems like only yesterday.

Date: Thu Feb 26 20:34
james s (important):
Back in 1964, I saw Giant Sand, Joy Division, DJ Spooky, J.S. Bach, and the Aimless Blades, all on the same bill, at the Kentucky Fried Chicken on Ashville Highway near Clinton, Tennessee. That was the best show I've ever seen. I'm very serious.

Date: Thu Feb 26 19:14
Lars (it all....):
Califone, Sea Of Cortez, Kristin Hersh, Rainer, Lambchop, Matt Ward, Marie Frank, Under Byen, Evan Dando....well, the Howester is a collaborator....all over the place....plenty of roads to travel...Remember what they say: All roads lead to Howe Home....I mean, Rome. But SO much news on the capital just now?...just keeping the place buzzin' a bit (we can all sniff glue). Hell, people even tell what they have in their cd-players now and "namedropping" gigs in 1972 (suddenly I don't feel so old anyway). Sorry, I'm a music idiot and a "recommender" (http://www.larsdideriksen.com/personal/music/recommendations.htm). My illness. Hep-diddley... / Lars

Date: Thu Feb 26 17:09
Archivist (....Show Announcement.....):
Saturday March 20, 2004 - 50 Foot Wave - featuring Kristen Hersh and Bernard Georges (both from Throwing Muses) with Howe Gelb opening the show (playing solo - the loud set) @ Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ - 9pm all ages

Date: Thu Feb 26 16:54
Glue cash sniffer (jes on comision):
if these so called groups are so good why have i never heard of them? every week i buy look in' smash hits and cosmo? no sign of any bands i agree for once lets get back to me. nobodys mentioned me for a month! frightninhg.

Date: Thu Feb 26 14:45
Eddie ( Best Live 2003):
Howe and friends/Marie Frank - November 29 Solar Culture, Tucson

Date: Thu Feb 26 14:37
simms (uh):
when did this become an under byen message board? a little more howe & giant sand would be nice. a little more tucson and a little less arhaus. not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's all a bit lost on me.

Date: Thu Feb 26 14:23
Lars (Live):
Wahoo, you Germans have got a treat coming! And the French....and... Check out the new dates for Under Byen's European tour: http://www.underbyen.dk/calender.htm --- Norway, Germany, Holland, France and Belgium. A few "Howe venues" there as far as I can see: Mousonturm in Frankfurt and Star Club in Dresden. Hm, curious about the Roter Salon in Berlin. Sounds "exotic". :-) Well, as ever: warmest recommendations on da Torque-chic and her croonies, ha-ha! ;-) Greets! / Lars

Date: Thu Feb 26 11:15
conch (well...):
Morning, Deidre. Just waking up myself.

Date: Thu Feb 26 09:13
TDH (tdhdk@hotmail.com):
Man was I amazed to see our library here in Haderslev has a copy of Howe's "Listener" on CD to lend out. Standing there between Gypsy Kings and a danish band called Gnags... Who would have thought that....tdh

Date: Thu Feb 26 09:11
Deirdre (deirdre.haugh@irl.xerox.com):
Just to let you know: I'm waking up. Is that the right thing to say? How(e) is everyone out there?

Date: Thu Feb 26 08:47
Lars (nippongig):
Wow, just checked some the Japanese venues in the gig list. That Shibuya Gabowl looks cool. Would have been neat seeing Howe there. / Lars

Date: Thu Feb 26 03:38
Lars (Scrolling for "This Week's Playlist"):
Be sure to check out Cornelius' first album "Fantasma" if you haven't. It's brilliant. Currently spinning some older Mus (who now releases on Acuarela), but also a helluva lotta Aarhus stuff, as I'm about to finish my book on the subject (with enclosed cd - yeah!). :-D But right now I'm just enjoying the morning silence....and yawning like helle, because I only had four hours of sleep. ### Thanks for the Under Byen EP-link. Yeah, I heard about it. Looking forward to the recording (it's both on cd and vinyl!). It'll probably be somewhat similar to what is streamed at VPRO: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/groups/index.jsp?groups=16057467 --- Goodie! They really manage to both fragile and kick some butt with noisy stuff. :-) / Lars

Date: Wed Feb 25 19:25
Flynn (favorite shows):
I was weened on live music at the incomparable Red Rocks outside of Denver. It is nearly impossible to see a bad show there. Standouts were U2 War tour in 84. Another 84 show had REM opening for Bow Wow Wow and the English Beat. The Clash put on a great show in 83, I think. Solo Neil Young was a real treat (90?). Other venues: Dead Kennedys in 82 opened new doors. Sun Ra and the Arkestra blew my mind around '89. Wilco last summer was fantastic in Boston (with surprise last-minute fill-ins for Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma. The year before, Califone opened for Wilco and stole the show in Portland, Maine. Calexico last year in Boston, too! Steve Earle shows have been great for years. Every Elvis Costello show I've seen is better than the last. Same for Los Lobos. So many, many more. I'd agree w/ Springsteen for large scale gigs.

Date: Wed Feb 25 18:01
Glue sniffer (charles):
well i dont know all this that way and this way its enough to cause the accidental birth of christ or other such iconicrical figures for non denominatial sanders and ther ewell biring it weill be divali soon i ko=now i have a spelling problem but thats cool. GOOD NEWS i have suddenly and thid IS REAL inherited aplied for / got the job of running a youth theatre in shrewsbury so i am a big wig now. I can come to this board and say " Well in mytheatre directoir shoes i think you all smell of almonds " see. So there i have finalyt probved my self and ect..... Also i have two fingers just incasei caused a serious pancake...i love all people and there ailments and tree hoppers ectpet for juila roberts and her pollock work staetmentr and aslo have you no hart let lars run free to the river keeping him kaptive holds no giand=s for any one

Date: Wed Feb 25 17:50
J'ss (Week's Playlist...):
Can't help listening to blood orange, just discovered what it is about matt ward

Date: Wed Feb 25 17:23
This Week's Playlist (Feb. 25, 2004):
The Town That I Live In Now (Grandaddy); There's Still Time (Lambchop); Bop Scotch (Stereolab); Dear Mr. Salesman (Fantastic Plastic Machine); Javanaise Remake (Serge Gainsbourg); Theme Part 1 (Lonesome Emperor); Le Temp De L'amour (Francoise Hardy); Preferisco Cosi (Gianmaria Testa); Redemption Song (Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer); Squirm Squirm (Pete Townshend); Love Of The Loveless (Eels); For Tomorrow (Blur); Hot White Cum (Liz Phair); Hey Ya (Outkast); Fantastic Cat (Takako Minekawa); Bang Bang (Nancy Sinatra); Run (Air); The Rhythm Thief (Sparks); Thank You For The Music (Cornerlius)

Date: Wed Feb 25 15:35
job (in the thawin north):
late 60's early 70's was my first concert expeience. Jefferson Airplane played the local armory--Grace Slick about as pregnant as you could get, Papa John Creech on the fiddle, a real high tech light show and me and Howe sitting on a concrete floor wondering just what that pecular pungent smell was that was wafting through the air.

Date: Wed Feb 25 14:02
SeanT (james s):
James , my list of gigs is huge , starts with T Rex in London 1972 and stops at Greg Dulli's Twilight Swingers the other week .I guess having an love of live music and living only 20 miles east of London helps . I've a huge bag of ticket stubs somewhere , I still keep them even now . Lars - I have seen countless other genres , Jazz , blues , soul , pop , folk and on , but my best ones nearly all seem to have that loud guitar thing going on ....

Date: Wed Feb 25 13:55
manny (ejcacc@verizon.net):
Are any fellow sandmates from or familiar with Louisville, KY? The family and I are going there tomorrow to check it out. Seems my wifes employer would like us there? Tell mewhat you know and think. Thanks, Manny ejcacc@verizon.net

Date: Wed Feb 25 13:47
finn (magic tour):
The Queen gig at Wembley was a gas... Fresh out of skool in '86 we had a great food fight at our gate, so went the packed lunch! One cheeky sod got hit upside the head W' an apple and he juiced it! Silver Lake on the spinner...

Date: Wed Feb 25 13:15
johnnybarcelona (johnnybarcelona@aol.com):
most of it depends on whom you were with and what was happening in your life? randomly...laibach at subterrania in 86 when there roadie chopped amplified wood...neubauten in a tent in rome in 84...plus loads at erics in 78...ATV Slits Wire Ubu Joy D. etc etc i suppose time isn't linear

Date: Wed Feb 25 13:13
james s (shows ):
SeanT, I'm jealous that you got to see some of that stuff in the late 70s. I did get to see some of my mid to late 70s heroes (Ramones, Patti Smith), but twenty years later than I would have liked. My stand out shows would include The Cure; Cocteau Twins (with full band); Ramones; Gun Club (w kid congo); Black Flag (so loud I thought my heart was going to stop); Kiss (yes, Kiss, and it was fun fun fun); King Crimson (in a tiny little club); Steve Earle (several times, but the best was on the "I feel Alright" tour); Lucinda Williams (several times, but the best was about six months before the release of "Car Wheels..."); Robin Hitchcock; Pixies; Stray Cats; Yo La Tengo; Lambchop ("Is a Woman" tour); Whiskeytown; and Howe Gelb (only because I had to fly to Chicago to see him, but it was an opening set, and there was no band, so I can imagine better ways to see him, though that was good in it's own way).... There have been so many, I am sure there are many others that were "special", but there's a few standouts.

Date: Wed Feb 25 12:32
buxfix (to the under byen fans):
don't know if you know, there's a special Lp coming out, from the haldern-festival-folks - under byen is the firts release. watch this: http://www.haldern-pop.de/en/label/index.php

Date: Wed Feb 25 09:32
Fluffer (Lars):
Scroll down, Lars, and read again. Lots of genres get explored here.

Date: Wed Feb 25 05:44
Lars (tickled...):
Are ya all into just "rock" or also other genres? Interested in semi-weird lo-fi eletronic music with bits os acoustic instruments? Then a little link: www.championrobot.dk --- and if you don't like the music you can just play the pacman-ish game with the white rabbit with the guitar! Ha-ha! And you have to make it to level 2 to get a taste of the mp3s. Why didn't the major labels think of this to limit all the mp3 stuff? Ha-ha! Just kiddin'. It's Aarhus-music by the way. Yep, Lars is tryin' to spread the word about Aarhus once again. Sorry folks! ;-) Greets! / Lars

Date: Wed Feb 25 05:05
tom walbank (front desk.):
First show I went to was in my hometown[Totnes Devon England] in the local hall, Jools Holland ,great boogie piano and lots of Holland like quips....and this song is called a blowjob I gave to a bumblebee on my way to Totnes.Next gig was Queen at Wembley Stadium on their Magic tour,incredible show,Freddie Mercury,the whole band were just cooking.Buddy Guy at the Edinburgh playhouse was also a classic,hes such a ham but his guitar playing was incredible,the fact he was enjoying himself so much after playing for so many years was nice to see.Welcome home Gelb san.

Date: Wed Feb 25 04:32
tHom ((big and small make it complete)):
So it looks like Springsteen takes the general vote for the bigger gigs. One more worthy of mention was Lou Reed in London in '96 (or '95? - the time of Magic & Loss anyway). One of those mixed bags with terrible support and flat bits in his own set but mostly he and the band would find a groove and the encore in particular (just several Velvets and solo 70s classics) was pure magic. Is there anyone here old enough to have seen CCR live? If I only had a time machine ... Fogerty doesn't seem to leave the US these days.

Date: Tue Feb 24 21:30
Alan (Derek):
welcome!

Date: Tue Feb 24 17:00
Derek DePrator (atomiccrash@netzero.net):
hey, wondering if anybody that went to the cleveland show in november posts here... got to meet howe and talk about rainer...and he signed my dobro (yay!) anyway, had a couple questions about rainer's use of loops that i can't remember totally how howe explained it to me....when i was doing that stuff i was using a boss loopstation but i have a band now so i don't really do that stuff very much at the moment...is there an email list too? because i keep trying to subscribe to it and i never get anything back...anyway, hi everyone, hi howe...wondered if you liked the cd i gave you at all...talk to you guys soon -derek in cleveland

Date: Tue Feb 24 15:59
J (continued theme + slight fandango info):
BIG gig: Elvis Costello, glastonbury, forget the year, Green on red cancelled. Wasn't expecting to like him that much but he blew me away with a solo acoustic set followed by a set w/the Attractions. Even 'Oliver's Army' Got an airing. small gig: Fruit child large, Mean Fiddler, Harlesden, London. Think the support act were called 'God's Eye' But anyway, they saw me having a poo in an abandoned tyre as they drove away. It was disturbing (I had no paper, soap, water or dignity left at that point) Friends with me with no real expectation were alternately blown away or unmoved. Fandango is starting to seep through, but not via the tree at this end. UK/Europe folks wanting a copy should mail me JatWoOdpILeDOtCODOtUk. (Not too many please) Mailed a copy to James s today if the US end need it

Date: Tue Feb 24 15:28
geoff (fandango):
hello all...i've been off the board mostly lately...but my branch of the tree seems to have fallen off...how does one get a copy of fandango now?

Date: Tue Feb 24 11:13
James McAllister (jdmcallister@blueyonder.co.uk):
I saw Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros support to the Who three years ago in Glasgow.Excellent gig! Favourite gigs are Neil Young Tonight's the Night tour (1973)and another classic was Television in Edinburgh 2002.

Date: Tue Feb 24 10:42
SeanT (best shows):
The Clash - London 1979 , The Screaming Blue Messiahs - London 1984 , Echo & The Bunnymen - Crystal Day 1984 , Krafwerk - London 1993 , The Fall - St Albans 1984 , REM - London 1983? , AC/DC - London 1978 , Radiohead - Florence 2001 , Superchunk Windsor 1992 , The Undertones - London 1979 , The Ramones - London 1978 , Guided By Voices - Amsterdam 2003 , Joy Division supported by the Buzzcocks - London 1979 (?) Motorhead - London 1979. The best big show I've seen was Springsteen - London 1985 . 3 + hours full on. The Clash I saw over 20 times and I guess some of those shows were better than some here but as time goes on and memory fades ,one stands out as I spent most of the after show talking to Joe Strummer . He put me in and paid for a cab to get me home . He was concerned as I was young and on my own , top man.

Date: Tue Feb 24 10:23
alan (tHom):
Well, OK, two shows: Springsteen in Philadelphia the night John Lennon was killed, though mostly due to Lennon and Peter Gabriel, in the same indoor arena in Philly, very early in the Security tour of the US (83) -- amazing/explosive opening in particular. Saw him later that year in California, at Berkeley's outdoor Greek Theater, and it just wasn't quite the same. Oh, blew it, make that three -- sort of a 'tweener arena/alt show... one Sunday morning in Santa Cruz, Neil Young announced a suprise show that night (w/ Booker T and the MGs) at a medium small community theater in town, we sprinted downtown, got tickets and watched him tear up the place for 2 1/2 hours over the smoothest groove I've ever heard... infintely better (due to the groove and the diversity of tone and tempo) than Rust Never Sleeps, an album I still listen to on occaision.

Date: Tue Feb 24 10:22
Mitch (big best):
There's the smaller venue bests, Thom. And then there's the big venue bests: like you, Springsteen is in there for me--once in 1984 right at the dawn of the Born in the USA hoopla, at Reunion Arena in Dallas...couldn't have been more than 10,000 people there, if that. I remember being amazed at how Springsteen could make it feel so club-sized and accessible. Over a year later the whole thing had blown into full-throng spectacle: 60,000 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, outside stadium, giant video screens. Ten years later it was at Jones Hall in Houston, just Springsteen and his guitar and the Ghost of Tom Joad, bathed in alternating shades of red and indigo, perhaps 2,000 people, the kind of "you can hear a pin drop" setting that at times was completely breathtaking.

Date: Tue Feb 24 10:08
tHom (only alternative?):
Has no-one seen a really big gig worth remembering? Lars mentioned radiohead (most people know the name at least) but otherwise it's been more indie/punk/alternative/whatever acts at relatively smaller venues. One of the most memorable gigs for me was a blistering hot day on July 4th 1985, packed into Wembley with 70,000 others while Springsteen at his most bombastic (Born in the USA tour) did a four and a half hour set - it's the only thing I've attended of its kind, the epitome of 80s stadium rock but still an unforgettable show. The Who were still amazing a couple of years ago too ... Of Howe/gs gigs I guess my favourite would be Beyond Nashville at the Barbican (horrible place to get to/around though). The Flaming Lips at the Electric Ballroom about five years ago is a highlight. Best recent show was the Mars Volta at the Astoria - from beginning to end an amazing live extrapolation of their Deloused at the Comatorium record, catch them if you get a chance.

Date: Tue Feb 24 04:08
Lars (Black Heart Procession --- best show):
BHP....I have enjoyed their first album "1" the most. Brilliant from start to end. Secondly I prefer their third "Three". Their second album "2" has some of their best songs, but overall there are a few too many fillers on it. I haven't even bought their fourth "Amore Del Tropico", because I heard it and thought it was everso slightly horrible. So number one and three would be my suggestions. In that order. On their second and third albums they used a bit of drum machine here and there - but in a good way. The first one is all the way ol' school, ha-ha. ### Hm, my best gig ever, I dunno. There are so many (http://www.larsdideriksen.com/personal/music/concertlist.htm)....but to name a few: Howe at Café Mozart in Århus, August of 2002 (it was just swinging from start to end - 100% good vibe - luckily I recorded it), Radiohead in Copenhagen 1997 on their OK Computer tour (two hours of goosebumps), Lamb at Roskilde Festival 1999, Tortoise in Copenhagen 2001 (in Christiania), The Magnetic Fields at Roskilde Festival 2001, Depeche Mode at the national stadium in Copenhagen 2001, Nina Nastasia in Kolding 2003, Lambchop at Voxhall in Århus in 2002 and three shows by Under Byen in Århus over the years. :-) Uh, and maybe I should add a recent show of freejazz madness with Swedish saxplayer Mats Gustaffson (with the backing band The Foreigners who also plays with David Thomas of Pere Ubu). Oh my goodness, there are many more. I don't know how many shows I have attended. Looks like hundreds. Must be at least 20 "best ever" or so (how to choose?). And to that I might add: Viva la Århus! Ha-ha! Greets! / Lars

Date: Tue Feb 24 01:19
Blaine ((Sean) + best gigs):
Vintage 'Mats were everything from amazing to horrid -sometimes in the same set, maybe even in the same song. X was great, w/John Doe kicking some guy who grabbed at Exene. Billy Zoom was the picture of cool. 'Mats played a bunch of not-yet-released Let It Be and Alice Cooper covers. One gig they had a giant tractor inner tube onstage?!?, another they wore too much mascara and cranked like the NYDolls, another good one they pulled out 6 Stones covers in a row. Other memorable nights - Dream Syndicate during Ghost Stories, Giant Sand in Austin at that big place & CHI w/Nick Luca, Pharoah Sanders, TV & Big Star comebacks, Eleventh Dream Day and opening for Continental Drifters. (FYI -- Tommy Stinson w/the Figgs recently was impressive, his new stuff sounds like Ronnie Lane.)

Date: Mon Feb 23 23:29
Alan (best ever):
had tickets, showed up, didn't happen: Giant Sand opening for Uncle Tupelo at Slim's in San Francisco, Nov. '93, always wondered why GS had to cancel. Is that when Pappy Allen passed? Otherwise, three shows stand out... Rachel Sweet opening for Ian Hunter in NYC's Central Park, 1982(?) (Mick Ronson's instrumental intro was a revelation), the Dream Syndicate at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ, in 1985 (I think some variant of the Feelies opened -- but that might have been another show), or the Fleshtones at Swarthmore College in 1982 -- the last two wore me out for two days, no more sweat left, during which time my ears did little but ring... Pere Ubu was great, also at Slims in SF, probably 1992, but the opening bands were terrible. The worst show I ever saw was The Fall in Boston in 1994 or 1995 -- I'd dreamed of seeing them for a decade and Mark E. Smith was a drunken prick and the band couldn't play to save their lives.

Date: Mon Feb 23 23:10
alberta al (black heart procession):
Is anyone familiar with black heart procession? If so could you recomend a cd?

Date: Mon Feb 23 21:44
conch (my best ever):
Giant Sand at Solar Culture in Tucson, a few years back...the tension was vaguely tangible, countered by the narrow gallery's gaggle of somewhere between 100 & 200 people...great set, and...well, suddenly P.J. Harvey climbs onstage for a few songs, including...full circle...X's "Johnny Hit & Run Pauline". Second place is The Kinks at the Albuquerque Fair Grounds, around 1987 or '88, drunken & oddly mixed set, Spinal-Tapish in the amount of people there to see them (the show performed in a crampt venue that is normally reserved for flower shows)--with the two Davies inevitably getting into a screaming match onstage...at one point Ray summoned a woman dressed like a maid out from the wings to mop the stage behind him as he sang a song called "It".

Date: Mon Feb 23 17:41
J (Btw):
Gun club at the Lyceum featured Jim dickinson and Jeffrey Lee hiding under the drum riser drinking heavily and groaning 'some M*****F***** tried to F*** ma wife' A lot.

Date: Mon Feb 23 17:38
J (best bill ever):
Lyceum, London. Flesh for Lulu, New model army, sisters of mercy, gun club OR steve earle and the dukes supporting green on red at the town and country, kentish town london. Latter featured an encore of jumping jack flash with the 12 string maestro from the dukes...

Date: Mon Feb 23 17:14
SeanT (Blaine):
Blaine - X and The Replacements on the same bill ! what was that like ? SeanT

Date: Mon Feb 23 13:41
alberta al (john doe):
sorry screwed up here is the link http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/caliente/10632.php

Date: Mon Feb 23 13:39
alberta al (x article):
This is from the arrizona star it was pre preformance. http://www.giantsand.com/comments/comments.cgi?COMMAND=ENTERCOMMENT

Date: Mon Feb 23 09:50
Blaine (42@39):
Nice review Howe. In the words of BDylan, "everybody must get stunned". Had the pleasures of seeing X a few times long ago with the pre-fame Replaecments opening. Once a blur always a blur.

Date: Mon Feb 23 08:08
James McAllister (jdmcallister@blueyonder.co.uk):
RE-Thin.A good interview !

Date: Mon Feb 23 07:28
thin (......):
maybeyallseen already but hey...www.adequacy.net/int/gelb/index.shtml

Date: Mon Feb 23 03:13
J (X):
The venue used to be in victoria and twas there that is was

Date: Sun Feb 22 18:38
SeanT (X):
J - Don't think it was Victoria , Town and Country Kentish Town and another smaller place . Isn't the Venue in New Cross ? it could have been . Don't think they played much in the uk .It may have been The Marquee ??

Date: Sun Feb 22 18:08
james s (fandangit):
J, yes, I do still need it. Thank you, o' my brother.

Date: Sun Feb 22 17:54
J (SeanT):
Were you @ the venue victoria?

Date: Sun Feb 22 17:53
J (speak to me):
blanked? Now listening to first Blacky disc, thanks to PK. Got Fandango, james.s do you still need it? If so in spinning t'wards tusca. Pleasantly surprised. Surely last track isn't Nowhere?

Date: Sun Feb 22 08:18
SeanT (X):
X Live , Howe you lucky man , when I found out they were playing again I considered getting on a plane from the UK to California to see them .Was lucky enough to see them way back when they did play in London and last summer saw John Doe play solo , asked him afterwards if X were coming over , he said it's hard enough to get Billy out of California let alone across the pond . So looks like I'm going to have to book that flight........ "I am The Hungry Wolf"

Date: Sun Feb 22 05:24
howe (way back when home):
222 today, which has always had its way with me. tonight x played here in town. man, it took us all back ....way back. 24 years ago we opened for them here in tucson....and they sounded the same tonight. sheer fun and powerful thrustings. you know, it was just an awsome x perience, especially taking patsy to see them and her saying los angeles was her fave song they did. trippy. wait till 24 years passes you by and you see who is still alive and still standing around and what music you thought was important then still mattering now more then ever. a stunning sensation. then a few drinks with john doe and exene and dj bonebreak and it blurred into a dream. it all reminded me why i even have a gretsch was because of seeing billy zoom way back then. stunnnnnnnnnnnning .....i am so happily stunned.-howe humming

Date: Sun Feb 22 03:30
Fred (drumstickkilla@hotmail.com):
Hello, Nice site, cool music!! Please check out www.clubsoda.be and have a taste of fine blended Belgian pop! Cheers, Fred.

Date: Fri Feb 20 18:17
paulK (Illegal art):
This is a great site, you can download a CD worth of music that in one way or another has flouted copywrite laws, the re is also the Grey Album, rap tunes sampling the beatles white album. A great site to spend time looking at, some really good articles on advertising, corporations, no Sand stuff (well none I've found) http://www.illegal-art.org/index.html

Date: Fri Feb 20 17:18
J (should be in bed):
Willem Dafoe. Can't say fairer than that. If you ain't got it in the hips, you better have it in the lips. Well I'd like to honey but I don't have time right now... Genius. Ogle cover same colour scheme as Fandango back? Mike are you on here? James, now going to archive yr newie...

Date: Fri Feb 20 14:56
finn (should be washing up):
ogle ordered, and some tee's! fishing w' john is fun, had the criterion dvd for couple of yrs now... particularly like the willem dafoe one... currently listening to walkabouts, friends of dean martinez cds due but mr customs man's prob'ly nailed 'em!

Date: Fri Feb 20 14:36
scootervespa (THANKS!):
You're great, Broken Ladder!!! Thanks for the link.

Date: Fri Feb 20 14:21
Broken Ladder (((**'\\//'**))):
Re: Todd Haynes below... http://illegal-art.org/video/popups/superstar.html

Date: Fri Feb 20 12:47
peter (talking documentaries):
ogling the bill carter link, reading the bio, learning that he's working on a documentary about howe that's progressed to editing phase. nowe howe where is these gigs to which you're not bringing the new disc?

Date: Fri Feb 20 12:43
scootervespa (talking movies):
Wings of Desire? Northfork? Anyone seen Todd Haynes' all-Barbie acted "Karen Carpenter Story"? What's everyone watching these days? Reviews and views and news from other Sandsters is most welcome. Oh, right, saw School of Rock, soooooooooo wanted to hate it but, well, I really liked it.

Date: Fri Feb 20 12:37
howe (home):
howdy. ogle should be available wherever thrill jockey makes themselves available. and the ow om store to i reckon. and i probably won't be bringing it on tour with me. to much jewel case for my size packability. thrill jockey dot com is probably a good idea. or amazon i think. but anyway...a promisingstorm is headed here. so have a good weekend and act yocal and listen lobel. -howe crinkling

Date: Fri Feb 20 10:45
Lars (space!!!):
He-he, the Ogle-cover looks a bit like it's a synthesizer-record from the early 80s in a way. Or something from "Tron". All that blue! :-D / Lars

Date: Fri Feb 20 09:09
james s (http://www.jamesscarbrough.com/sounds/index.html):
a new dose of mp3 wierdofication from yours truly at the usual place, url above. hope you enjoy.

Date: Fri Feb 20 04:04
Lars (http://www.larsdideriksen.com/personal/photos/photo-howe.htm):
He-he, now I ogled my VISA for 39 bucks. Can't wait. :-) I hope it makes it through customs... *insert "Theme from Psycho" here*. Notes on Ogle in the store looks promising. Lull was a bit of a surprise for me hearing it right after the 2002 gigs with all the jumpy, jazzy stuff. But of course I learned to love that disc too. :-) Greeties! / Lars

Date: Fri Feb 20 02:50
Mikus (Ogle some piano) (Manneken Pis's land):
Hey Howe... The new record "Ogle Some Piano" seems to be avaiable trough the OWOM only... Not this time via Thrill jokey record ??? Is it coming later. Have I to waite 'till the next time you come in Belgium, or what ?? Tell us, Sandies, a bit more about howe to get in touch with it... Love you

Date: Thu Feb 19 17:27
OWOM (...):
OWOM Store is now updated! See ya there!

Date: Thu Feb 19 11:00
james s (to live outside the law, you must be honest...):
i like your site, gazelle. thanks for the lambchip review link. BLAINE, thanks to netflix i'll get to see, finally, "fishing with john" this weekend. they also have a flick called "blank generation / dancing barefoot" which is a double feature shot on the scene of the cbgb mid to late seventies "punk" thing with richard hell, patti smith, blondie, ramones, heads, ect... sounds GREAT! anyone seen this thing? i'd never even heard of it.

Date: Thu Feb 19 04:39
howe (tumbler):
yeeyay gazelle, we got a rumble goin on. carter control (as he is affectionately known around this camp) is the godfather of my only son. he is a man who happened into town here amidst the crisis back in 96. and had one of his own to pronounce clearly herein. anyhow....most folks out there will get to know him from the book of his that just got published...overseas only so far. england and europe. doubleday. "fools rush in". mostly centered around his time spent during the shelling and snipering of sarejavo. about 93 or so. a very good read too. took me to tokyo it did. i left it there with a note for murakami.....just in case. -lagger howe

Date: Thu Feb 19 01:57
gazelle (it's a hard knock life):
like the purge and slouch dude on the front page. and who is bill carter? i know that might sound dumb, but i'm still kinda young. let's rumble...

Date: Thu Feb 19 01:53
J (Morning... Three mins to seven):
But it's bedtime for me. Backshift stevedore madness. A concurrent theme seems to be developing. Might be the title of the long awaited second album by me for me. Surely someone has something to say about this (Repost 1) Turn your speakers up and give a stamp of and clap of for... http://www.topeuro.co.uk/blagger/the_duel.html

Date: Thu Feb 19 00:09
Marviol (Sigmatropic) (marviol@aol.com):
Finally got the Sigmatropic record and can only say y'all run out and snag yourselves a copy as it is a little magical universe of goodness. Too many highlights to ennumerate. Cool that Howe is big in Japan (and Greece--Eitzel too, check out "The Ugly American"). But what's up with the USA? Can't all move to Arhus, but I'm ready. Looking forward to checking out the last two Califone records as I hear good things.

Date: Wed Feb 18 16:10
alberta al (owom):
will the store page be updated soon?

Date: Wed Feb 18 10:09
james s (hola):
Check it out, Howe; Jorg and I are going to rumble! I wonder if Yer Ropes is big in the karaoke circuit in Japan this week. I heard Chuck D, from Public Enemy, give a "lecture" last night at the University of Alabama. That dude is great. I learned many new terms, like "dumbassification." He rambled on and on and said good things about many different things... if he lands on a campus near you, check it out.

Date: Wed Feb 18 06:56
Lars (http://www.larsdideriksen.com/personal/music/recommendations.htm):
Man, lag or no lag, being a musician on the road all over the place, must be cool. Though, having no experience with such (and with Lost In Translation still in my head) it certainly has a overly positive glow, that would probably not have much to do with reality. :-) By the way, interviewing Aarhusian Sand-fans Powersolo ("donkeypunk band") tomorrow night. Bringing along that nice recording of Vic&Howe in Aarhus for the guys (they attended it). Did you ever get that one, Howe? I sent it to Vic. He liked it. :-D Looking forward some oooogle-sounds! Is it more up-tempo this time around or what can one expect? :-D Greetsaplenty! / Lars

Date: Wed Feb 18 06:39
howe (home):
hi. home. back from tomorrow. now the lag is an experiment gone horribly wrong. started in ottawa last month....then england, belgium ...mallolrca spain and italy ender.....rewind back to tucson for several days ....and then japan. where does that leave you ? scattered and splattered. but was sooooooo fine there everywhere. just too tired to be anywhere most of the time. califone was a sublime slice of tourdom there. and the folks over there in japan have redefined "sublime". you have to go. just go. ok.....up at 4 in the morning and needed to talk to someone. so thanks for being there -howe home

Date: Wed Feb 18 05:09
Lars (Ow Om question):
Hm, I had no "trouble" with Danish customs last time I ordered from the Ow Om Store, but I'd like to order that vinyl this time around. Any chance that Ow Om will not include a receipt as proof of purchase and instead write a low cost on the envelope? Or "gift" or "commercial sample" or whatever? That usually helps. If a shipment gets grabbed by customs around here first up it's a $10 fee for the trouble - then and extra 3% and THEN the horrible sales tax of 25%. It can very easily get quite expensive, as you can see - especially if the order is just one disc or two. Things like this usually decides whether I dare to order from the USA. / Lars

Date: Wed Feb 18 03:49
glue sniffer (senti mental):
hello gang. word

Date: Wed Feb 18 00:51
gazelle (fandango is fun):
thanks to stefan, i got a copy of the fandango, along with some other german rareities. that version of "thing like that" is so dang cute. reminds me of the night at a drunken barn party when friends got to covering grandaddy-era "pretty mess by this one band" and giant sand-era "center of the universe." a fun time. i reckon the proper thing to do would be to offer up more copies to others, so if y'wanna hear the fandango or howe doing the entire listener album "exactly" in germany, drop me a line at jkohlsson@hotmail.com, and here's my lambchop review: http://www.urgentculture.com/jaime/lambchop.html

Date: Tue Feb 17 19:08
J (order schmorder):
wow, isn't it hard to sign up to sell your youth on auction sites? One X album (12 inch black vinyl) Under a rather large black sun: slightly soiled, well played, available twinned w/pics from car/tube journey there to X at the Venue, Victoria,Londonengland. Ocelot stetson, silver Gretsch, I'll have to dig out the photos to tell what bass J.Doe had that night. John Howe Joe Vic Pappy T shirt, since dyed/died who'd like a peek?

Date: Tue Feb 17 18:27
OWOM (OGLE SOME PIANO):
Another set of links to purchase the new OGLE SOME PIANO release, the latest OWOM release from Howe Gelb! US orders: http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?owom2002_OGLE-US_www.giantsand.com/new-files/owom-store-us.htm - Canadian orders: http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?owom2002_OGLE-CAN_www.giantsand.com/new-files/owom-store-us.htm - Overseas orders (europe, etc): http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?owom2002_OGLE-OVER_www.giantsand.com/new-files/owom-store-us.htm !!

Date: Tue Feb 17 17:33
Lars (Scrolling for James / M. Ward / more):
I totally agree with James about M. Ward live. Saw him do a solo acoustic thing in Århus last year and that was truly amazing. Hey, James, if you want some new and neat acoustic stuff here's some Århusian stuff by Larsen & Furious Jane: http://www.morningsiderecords.dk/bandsdetail.asp?bandid=18 --- two very nice mp3s. Greets! / Lars

Date: Tue Feb 17 15:15
Jörg (trippy matt revisited):
James, didn't want to start a debate either. Of course you're right about Matt (and Howe) live/studio. Just felt I have to defend the production of Matt's albums which I love so much! Cheers, J.

Date: Tue Feb 17 14:43
james s (yours sincerely, wasting away):
Anybody know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall? Sorry. I'll go away now for a little while. Just hanging out. Maybe it's time to take a walk.

Date: Tue Feb 17 14:17
Blaine (39th floor):
Finally came to grips w/Blacky over the weekend. ...ahem... the Neko Case/Richard Buckner duet is one of the best songs I've heard in a while. The rest of the album is pretty darn fine to boot. I kind of agree w/Howe about calling each album a different band name. No matter how you slice it -- Giant Sand/Blacky/OP8/Howe -- you most certainly: a) know what you will get and b) can't know how you will get it. Me, I'm hoping he's about due to play real loud again. (Anyone else hear the R*b*n Hitchcock plays Dylan's Royal Albert Hall yet?)

Date: Tue Feb 17 13:38
james s (trippy m ward):
Jorg,you won't coax me into a debate. I aggree that the dreamy (is that better?) production fits beautifully with his voice and writing. Live, I saw a less sleepy side of him though, and I was surprised at how well he played, which I don't think is as evident on the records simply because it's not as crisp and outfront. I enjoyed hearing him with nothing to distract from basic song, intrument, voice. Like Howe, the recorded thing and the live thing are often two very different things (because Howe reinterprets a song almost every time he plays it, like them jazz dudes), but both are special (as in better than most everything else) in their respective ways.

Date: Tue Feb 17 11:45
tHom ((and the first shall be last)):
and the last shall be first ... ring any bells?

Date: Tue Feb 17 11:28
Jörg (trippy m ward):
The "trippy" production of the M.Ward - records makes them some of the best albums ever made! In my book at least....Live'n'solo he's very fine, too, of course.

Date: Tue Feb 17 11:19
james s (i was saying "let me out of here" before i was even born; it's such a gamble when you get a face... -RH):
Todd, see M Ward live if'n you get the chance. I saw him play an acoustic show, only him, and MAN that boy can play. i really like the records, all of them, but live and without the trippy production, he shines.

Date: Mon Feb 16 21:58
Todd (The Moons of Impulse):
is that M. Ward on back up vocals on track #11 on still lookin' good to me?... Really like his third album Transfiguration of Vincent.

Date: Mon Feb 16 21:10
LARGE MARGE (OW OM shirts):
Sure would like to see some larger sizes offered for those of us who shop the husky dept.

Date: Mon Feb 16 18:40
OWOM (...):
Yes, the Listener t-shirt is based on the artwork on the cd "The Listener" and is printed in red ink.. The Blacky shirt has the album artwork on the back and has "Still looking good to me" on the front (that shirt comes in only one color.. Black).

Date: Mon Feb 16 15:46
alberta al (owom):
Are the t shirts depictions of the respective cd covers? I went to the link but only size and colour choices are present, no pics. Just curious because I can only afford one or the other not both shirts.

Date: Mon Feb 16 15:09
J (via Loose...):
Shake? http://www.topeuro.co.uk/blagger/the_duel.html

Date: Mon Feb 16 14:55
FLYNN (califone/'chop):
New Califone is essential listening, methinks. HERON KING BLUES, based upon a series of dreams about the half-bird-half-man Heron King. I had the pleasure of hearing it for the first time on a darkened 767 crossing the north atlantic. It sounds just as good on terra firma. powerful good. headphones recommended. I can't get enough of the new lambchop, either. Back to back, I think they hold together quite well and can't wait to hear the tunes live.

Date: Mon Feb 16 09:21
wantin new stuff (in the mp3 section...):
Maybe the tracks that were left off the Ballad Of/Valley 2-on-1? Howzaboutit? It'd be real nice. The Demons will never find out.

Date: Mon Feb 16 09:08
OWOM (Yes..):
Yes, our mistake... 21 tracks total on the Chore Vinyl!

Date: Mon Feb 16 07:43
Lars (more):
Hm, Powersolo's debut from 2001 can be heard here: http://www.lytteposten.dk/default.asp?login=3&ID=1541 --- Old stuff by now, but "Mean Old Cat" is really cool, I think. Their do their sh*t with a heavy dose of irony, as far as I can tell - which is cool. :-) / Lars

Date: Mon Feb 16 07:41
Lars (Conch / more "Aarhuzona"...):
Yeah, I know about the first Chore on vinyl. But this time it sounded like a different version. "Limited" and "16 tracks", which then made me think that it was a different kind that the original longer LP. Eh, so I don't know what to think really. ### By the way, we've got some kind of desert rock in Aarhus too. The band Powersolo make what they call "donkeypunk" and it's quite cool and amusing in its own way. Check out www.powersolo.dk . Their new single "Juanito" is somehow severely "el mexicano", but not terribly "calexico", ha-ha. Well, their other stuff is more rocking. New album out soon, by the way. One of their songs have been covered by American blues-dude André Williams. I don't him that well. Do any of you? Greets! / Lars

Date: Mon Feb 16 06:08
conch (vinyl chore):
Lars, the vinyl version has 21 tracks, not 16. Side 4 (on the vinyl version): 1. Astonished (in Tucson); 2. Dusted (in Tucson); 3. Shiver (in Tucson); 4. Punishing Sun (in Tucson); 5. Bad.

Date: Mon Feb 16 05:00
Lars (http://www.larsdideriksen.com/diverse/mp3s.htm):
Nice pix from Mallorca. Cool outfit on da Howester! ### Hm, just thought I would buy the vinyl Chore, but ahem, 16 tracks?! That's just the cd version, so to speak. Too bad. Greets!!! / Lars

Date: Mon Feb 16 03:40
jesus ruiz (()):
ginat sand mallorca pics on: http://www.mallorcaweb.net/altraweb/foto.php?ideve=2004crack&foto=9

Date: Sun Feb 15 18:48
diamond geezer (japanese stuff):
The Califone boys spit some words about japan. http://www.pastrysharp.com/boards/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=86 "i think all the shows are being videod and recorded." cool.

Date: Sun Feb 15 17:49
james s (Califone & Howe together in Japan...):
Makes the mind spin... Wish I could've been there. Did a new serving of Califone just hit the stores in the States? If so, haven't heard. Must hear new Califone and new lambchop. Must. Why aren't all things free?

Date: Sun Feb 15 16:26
OWOM (last note..):
The shirts have limited size choices including girls shirt sizes. We will have the store page updated asap. Thanks!

Date: Sun Feb 15 16:18
OWOM (Look what we found.. Chore Vinyl):
Limited avaliability (only a small number of copies avaliable) of Chore of Enchantment - 16 Track Limited Double Album/LP Vinyl Release - with shipping to US and Canada - $17 - http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?owom2002_CHORE-LP-US_www.giantsand.com/new-files/owom-store-us.htm - with shipping to all other areas - $22 - http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?owom2002_CHORE-LP-EU_www.giantsand.com/new-files/owom-store-us.htm

Date: Sun Feb 15 15:47
J (not an avian):
Noticed (On paper not on screen) That 'Duel' Was on TV tonight. Little j announced that it was the first film she remembers sitting down to watch (On TV) ''Scary'' Most definitely. Has anyone anything to say 'bout Fandango? I heard mine james S's and Lars's parade. Paul will send me mine soon, and those promised shall catch it in the next post(mail). Mike, any chance of a train fadeout after 'Nowhere'? James, read and agreed with your librarian sentiment.

Date: Sun Feb 15 15:47
OWOM (OWOM Store T-Shirts):
Hey all.. Here are the links to buy the t-shirts from the OWOM store. The Listener (T-Shirt) w/ US + Canada Shipping - $18 - http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?owom2002_TS-LISTENER-US_www.giantsand.com/new-files/owom-store-us.htm - The Listener (T-Shirt) w/ Shipping to All Other Areas - $22 - http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?owom2002_TS-LISTENER-EU_www.giantsand.com/new-files/owom-store-us.htm - Blacky Ranchette (T-Shirt) w/ US + Canada Shipping - $17 - http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?owom2002_TS-BLACKY-US_www.giantsand.com/new-files/owom-store-us.htm - Blacky Ranchette (T-Shirt) w/ Shipping To All Other Areas - $20 - http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/cart.cgi?owom2002_TS-BLACKY-EU_www.giantsand.com/new-files/owom-store-us.htm

Date: Sun Feb 15 15:32
oh (yes):
love it JY. Shake some legal action y'all

Date: Sun Feb 15 14:28
someone (forgot):
black

Date: Sun Feb 15 14:28
jy (today i'm....):
wearing the robes of bible. they fit pretty good. better than last time. and i just found out love comes in spurts. crazy, man.

Date: Sat Feb 14 16:32
rich (info@perishablerecords.com):
hey Howe, we just got back to lovely, snowy & cold chicago. i'm already shedding the last vestiges of politeness and will be achieving full-on bridgeport rudeness in a moment (unfortunately). much fun was had by all us califone-types in the land of the rising sun. thanks again. arigato gozaimasu.

Date: Fri Feb 13 15:55
Todd (Nick Luca interview +):
...so here's an interesting interview...http://cwas.hinah.com/webexclusive/?id=196 not sure if it's been posted...I wonder about Howe's tour into Japan...Has anyone heard the John Convertino 7" vinyl 'Sack of Cement'? Big respect going out to the old fans...Howe's like #1 fer sure...one of the best it seems to me...not afraid to type that. I listened to those old Naked Prey records & cd I just got from the States and I guess I was a little let down by them but overall I like the playing on 1995's 'And Then I Shot Everyone'...ya get to hear Rainer Ptacek's guitar on a couple of tracks plus the cool drumming of Tom Larkins. The J's are even on a few...I'll select them for radio play but I always play Howe/Blacky/Giant Sand...I do these fill-in radio shows up here in Northern Alberta. Have a nice weekend...good grief

Date: Fri Feb 13 10:47
thin (james s):
yip, that it..sort of carver with acid twinge. when in tokyo, the dolphin hotel is always a good idea....had a twirl of lambchop latest...seemed to peak and trough...but hey, early days and all. still tryin to figure why jamc 'munki' sound so sweet and sorta fresh now....funni

Date: Fri Feb 13 08:03
conch (come on come on):
Actually, both discs hold up really well, Lars...so I'd stop listening to whoever said otherwise. Do yourself a favor and pick 'em up.

Date: Fri Feb 13 05:52
Lars (kurt's...):
Has anyone tasted the new lambchops yet? I've heard from people that it doesn't hold up all the way through - as for instance "Is A Woman" did. Haven't herad the discs yet. Wondering whether I should buy it. / Lars

Date: Thu Feb 12 20:40
james s (Nope, I haven't):
read Underground. I intend to. I haven't seen the Fandango yet, dang it! I do have Sonisk Postcordt. I can burn and send you a copy, Blaine. It's mighty nice.

Date: Thu Feb 12 18:54
PaulK (Legal Action (Baby)):
I'm taking the fifth.

Date: Thu Feb 12 18:51
Greg Haldane (gmhaldane@hotmail.com):
James, Have you read Underground, Murakami's account of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks? I just got it. It's supposed to be written in the vein of Studs Terkel's working.

Date: Thu Feb 12 17:49
Blaine (39th floor):
J - No sign of Fandango yet, but our place is likewise glacial. No Postskort either unfort. Legal - no cussword, nor aviarian blunders, only a ref to a certain hereknownst author and his impressive book "tydelande".

Date: Thu Feb 12 16:36
Fred W.T.B.H. (hey conch):
Well, unfortunately sometimes you've got to stoop to conquer. Hope it didn't bug too many people here.

Date: Thu Feb 12 14:53
J (Blaine):
I got one of those a while ago when I mentioned the name of a Psychographer named after a red breasted bird. Any sign of Fandango in the Blades' camp? I thought contributors were taking priority, but I am still bereft...

Date: Thu Feb 12 13:14
alberta al (legal action):
You get that warning if language deemed unappropriate is used. Glad to her Oggle and t shirts will be available soon!

Date: Thu Feb 12 12:35
conch (legal action):
It's happened to me too, but don't sweat it. I believe it's an added precaution as a result of you-know-who. By the way, not sure what kind of hammer it was that Fred was using, but it seemed to do the trick. Thanks, Fred, wherever you are.

Date: Thu Feb 12 11:52
James McAllister (jdmcallister@blueyonder.co.uk):
Re:Blane Yeah, I got the LEGAL ACTION warning last week,I was only making a comment about The Dixie Hummingbirds and Gospel music !!!

Date: Thu Feb 12 10:05
Alan (Blaine):
No, weird, yuck.

Date: Thu Feb 12 09:40
Blaine (?????):
Anyone ever get this when they try to post a mssg on this board?: Your details have been kept for possible legal action later.

Date: Thu Feb 12 09:09
james s (re:thin):
It's funny how some things keep popping up here again and again, like murakami. wind-up bird is fantastic. I hate that I've already read all of the murakami fiction translated into english, and know of nothing else like it, and so feel frustrated that i can't discover those murakami worlds again for the first time, or find anything else that takes me to worlds just as offbeat and interesting, told is such a believable straightforward way. it's the strangeness being told by such a "normal" voice that is the real hook...

Date: Thu Feb 12 08:59
thin (ster):
caaatchin hold of the tokyo vibe.... worth mentioning novelist haruki murakami, he splendid... goodreadin are 'wind up bird chronicle','dancedancedance'..

Date: Wed Feb 11 13:45
OWOM (...):
FYI - We will have new t-shirts and the Oogle Some Piano avaliable soon in the OWOM store...

Date: Wed Feb 11 11:50
Mikus (Fandango... A fan is waiting...) (hein ?):
Hi Folks, What's the matter with the FANDANGO STUFF...???? Can anyone helps me ??? It's a long time now that nothing is mentioned about it in this lines... Mikus

Date: Tue Feb 10 18:10
Todd (got the chance):
Looking forward to Oogle Some Piano...gonna go and get that one. Played some Lull yesterday afternoon on our campus radio...Change is Now just came up on the cassette/cd player. Still haven't heard the original. Now I just gotta get some cd blanks for Sonisk.

Date: Mon Feb 9 22:02
james s (mirror mirror meow):
Nice one, J. Did you see my new one on there about a week and a half ago? I have to let you all know, Marcia and I took in this feral cat, wild little beast, all black, yellow eyes... Well, as I type, Marcia is giving him, Bela, after Bela Legusi, his first bath. I'm worried. I hope they both come out of this alive.

Date: Mon Feb 9 15:57
J (Woodpile):
Backshift stevedore madness... http://mirrorproject.com/mirror/?id=21233

Date: Mon Feb 9 11:37
Dru Down (hat in the ring):
http://www.mundanesounds.com/record_review.php?id=661

Date: Mon Feb 9 09:15
Lars (Danish Howe-news):
I just read about this in a Danish music webzine: Howe's playing guitar and stuff on the solo album of Under Byen-composer Katrine Stochholm. I think it will still take a little time before it gets released, though. Aarhus-based Morningside Records will release it (www.morningsiderecords.dk). Morningside has some other cool artists until then, by the way (such as Figurines and Strumm). Just thought you'd like to now.....that yet again.....Howe's everywhere!!! :-D / Lars

Date: Mon Feb 9 04:18
Lars (too much sniffin'?):
Ahrrremmm....if I got the girl, I THINK I would have noticed! ;-) / Lars

Date: Sun Feb 8 23:37
tom (sir Glue):
I knew it ! promo Lars would get away with the girll and the drinks cabinet responasble would be sittin' here without Glue Cassady driving the tour bus. Such a shame. No pictures could be taken. No mayhem could be.

Date: Sun Feb 8 20:21
Jim McAllister (jdmcallister@blueyonder.co.uk):
(Paulk) thank you very much for the info.When I saw the title,I thought it was a medley of songs from"Rust Never Sleeps" Cheers ! I'll buy the CD one day !

Date: Sun Feb 8 19:05
james s (you know?):
That Mogwai "happy songs for happy people" is a really lovely record. Really lovely.

Date: Sun Feb 8 18:43
PaulK (Rusty tracks):
Jim, my copy lists Howe as the author, no mention of neil Young. I think that Mickey Newbury had an album called Rusty Tracks, wonder if there's a connection? The lyrics do mention Mirror Ball and Trout Mask Replica!The opening lines "Well you won't see me coming as I sneak up with my axe......" seem to me to be reminiscent of Revolution Blues. Perhaps Howe is having a little joke here.

Date: Sun Feb 8 17:48
Glue sniffer (BAD NEWS):
Its ALL OFF the company rang today and the deals off. No face painting no shows and no bus for me to drive. Basicaly the reason is that instead of sourcing the face paints and the venus lars ran off with the candy floss sales lady. well when i see him at our next STAR WARS ACTION FIGURE COLLECTORS GUILD i will be telling him off. but for now Lars how could you hurt me so bad with such a blunt tool?

Date: Sun Feb 8 16:15
Lars (google some piano?):
Oooh, and a Howe-interview as well: http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2003/0710/mus2.htm (but Under Byen a "jazz group"?!?!) :-D / Lars

Date: Sun Feb 8 15:55
Lars (a bit more):
Going in for "My Life Without Me" on Tuesday. :-) - Having googled about 30 pages of Under Byen stuff tonight I keep coming across Howe-stuff of course. Here's a review I haven't seen before: http://cwas.hinah.com/webexclusive/?id=204 ---- and incidently...if anyone wonders what the voice on Torque (Tango De La Tongue) looks like this would be a good link: http://www.modelhobby.cz/fold_foto_koncerty/under_byen.htm ---- Evening all! :-D / Lars

Date: Sun Feb 8 15:49
J (Just like honey):
Yes, lost in translation. Good film. Closing credits made me review my opinions of the mary chain. Anyone seen my life without me? Have a good one in the land of the rising sun Howe.

Date: Sun Feb 8 15:36
Jim McAllister (jdmcallister@blueyonder.co.uk):
(Re-Blacky review)Thank you Lars !

Date: Sun Feb 8 15:07
Lars (reading matter):
I can't remember if I've read this Rolling Stone article on the Blacky before, but here's a link nevertheless: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=18318 ---- Greets! / Lars

Date: Sun Feb 8 09:32
good stuff (i've been listening to):
Wipers box set: Is this real, Youth of America, Over the edge (1st 3 albums from 80s portland, OR punks. cool guitar sounds). Wire: Send (loud. guitars. looped punk?) Doug Sahm: Groovers Paradise (Doug w/ the CCR rhythm section. awesome) Jaylib: Champion Sound (does anyone here like hiphop? this one is weed powered)

Date: Sat Feb 7 23:28
james s (lars):
Saw Lost in Translation twice today. Pretty good. Made me wanna come home and blow the dust off my jesus and mary chain and my bloody valentine...

Date: Sat Feb 7 20:04
Jim McAllister (jdmcallister@blueyonder.co.uk):
Looking through the track list on The Band of Blacky Ranchette's "Still lookin' good to me ",I noticed a song credit to Neil Young,the track called "Rusty Tracks".Can anyone give me some info on this ?

Date: Sat Feb 7 15:27
Leo (Mushi ):
Bukake

Date: Sat Feb 7 10:01
tom (howe):
mushi mushi

Date: Sat Feb 7 10:00
tom (re lars : i wrote this comment some days back):
Date: Tue Feb 3 01:30 tom (re : James S): Great title indeed. This night I went to see " Lost in Translation " Great pic, with Bill Murray from my point of view deserving a price. And now Howe in JAPAN ? The tiny people can't possibly know what hit them..

Date: Sat Feb 7 05:15
Lars (speaking of Tokyo):
Just saw "Lost In Translation" the other day. What a brilliant flick! I feel like going to the cinema and seeing it again! So I kinda envy you, Howe, being overthere in Wowland. :-D Anyone else see the film? Greets! / Lars

Date: Sat Feb 7 01:53
stefan ((spreche deutsch)):
The triggerfish interview is nice, but the German translation is gruesome.

Date: Sat Feb 7 01:48
James McAllister (jdmcallister@blueyonder.co.uk):
Howe,enjoy the Japanese tour !!

Date: Sat Feb 7 00:40
Tio Queso (whoa....):
~ You are Howe, I am only Heaven ~

Date: Fri Feb 6 20:53
howe (not home at all):
howe here. in tokyo. mushi mushi. man o man. faces built to smile. got to remember to duck, especially after shoe removal. so far so sweet. this place delights. i can barely leave my hotel. vending machines make more sense then ever. i think i love it here. is this the new canada ??? will check into recording with buddist gospel choirs and let you know. -howe.....in wow land

Date: Fri Feb 6 17:34
peter (sprechen sie deutsch, baby?):
i've gotta run now, but this is an excellent interview with howe, haven't even finished reading it myself, there are at least two pages for those who can't lesen the deutsch: http://www.triggerfish.de/magazin/home_p4032.html

Date: Fri Feb 6 16:31
J (james/blaine/alberta al):
Oz: Don't go there james, he only invented that big head to be the wizard of Oz and there's Kalidahs everywhere. Blaine, thanks but I'll probably never find it. Alberta Al, any unreleased sndage for my hugeish collection. Buxfix, you got the right end of the stick and are about to have mail.

Date: Fri Feb 6 14:06
Lars (spanish watercolours):
Has any of your checked out some of the other releases than the compilation with Howe, M. Ward etc. on the Acuarela label? I quite like Aroah and Manta Ray. I still haven't gotten so much into Migala, but there are other cool stuff there. - www.acuareladiscos.com - Greets! / Lars

Date: Fri Feb 6 08:58
jame s (idiot wind):
Home (there's no place like...)

Date: Fri Feb 6 08:17
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for lyrics):
aciddently stumbled into that link: http://www.top-lyrics.com/G/6226.html................maybe you know it yet, maybe not.

Date: Fri Feb 6 07:37
al from U.K. (21.com):
2 years ago spring-summer period when GIANT SAND,played live at the OCEAN club in Hackney LON,HOWIE,when do you reckon you're gonna give us another performance over U.K.again????????It's funny how you blew'em all out,me included!!!!!!

Date: Fri Feb 6 06:22
thin ((ster)):
Guessin the piano cd stretches its legs in March(this march ??), one wonders how many pianos used,type/number of recording locations (studio or touring),is it variation on slant of 'lull' or jazzed up with scandinavian jibe, anyone throw any wisdom on the above...many thanks

Date: Fri Feb 6 05:53
buxfix (@mike):
hello mike! thanxs for puttin the old giant sand t-shirt-logo on the homepage. I love it - think it was a great idea you had last year at the fabrik - hamburg. re-releasing all the old tour-t-shirts at OWOM-shop. jippa jippa jippa

Date: Fri Feb 6 05:50
buxfix (@j):
Call me stupid, if I didn't understand it, J! If you are searching the adams suicide handbook - i can help you. originally it's a double cd but i put it on one - it's very nice. mail me - webmaster@buxfix.de and we'll see what trade is going to come.

Date: Fri Feb 6 03:50
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for Antonio):
Didn`t feel offended in any way...some folks on the wilco board (potkettleblack.tk) also didn`t like "Rock`n`Roll", but inbetween they like it better and better. Funny, that we european members all liked "R`n R`" and the us people ahd their problems with it. Same with "Gold"...yeah taste is a pretty personal "dilemma".

Date: Fri Feb 6 03:09
Ken Mott (Tunguska00@hotmail.com):
Please! Please! Can anyone give any info on where to buy Al Perry and the Cattle? He has played with Giant Sand and Calexico on many occasion and he is great. Thanks

Date: Fri Feb 6 03:04
Lars (Speaking of SXWS):
At least two bands from Aarhus (Aarhuzona?) are playing there in Texas in March: Howemates Under Byen and retro-rockers The Defectors. The latter is a band, that plays garagerock with a 60's flavour. Anyone curious should check out www.underbyen.dk and www.thedefectors.com - and as I have said many times before: I can't recommend Under Byen enough. Greets! / Lars

Date: Fri Feb 6 01:20
Blaine (@home):
J-no idea where it is now, but one year at SXSW way back got a freebie Dan Stuart solo 7" that began w/some radio chatter. Tune was about "a room as tall as wide"-worth tracking down. James-yr tornado beats our(another) six inches of snow, duck and cover my friend. FYI-cool history of reggae on Bravo. Great early ska footage.

Date: Thu Feb 5 23:39
Mitch (for James):
Nail your feet to the floor, son. Or just go outside, pop a cold one, and watch that sucker blow through. I owe you an email, James...still pondering the possibilites of your recordings.

Date: Thu Feb 5 20:19
james s (alan):
worry not, cataloging is not for me, but I'm afraid I do have to give it some study. I'm supposed to be in class right now as i type, but we just had a tornado warning (the siren was right on top of the bldg we were in and we were on the top floor... nearly knocked me out of my chair) and I've been herded into the emergency zone. Luckily, there are computers. Let's hope I don't end up in Oz. or, let's hope I do.

Date: Thu Feb 5 16:20
geoff (i really don't know why i actually put my email address in here):
i just haven't been on the board in a while. i forgot how things are done i guess.

Date: Thu Feb 5 16:18
geoff (geoff@swervepictures.com):
by the ways... on the double or single question...i say go for the triple. there is no downside to it, other than it would be difficult to use three different band names in one package...where would james file that one...er three...er whatever? although from the sounds of it a giant sand/howe gelb/grandaddy collab/gospel album/s deserves a few names eh?

Date: Thu Feb 5 16:14
geoff (geoff@swervepictures.com):
the absurdity of the same title different band plan is it's brilliance. for those of us still trying to alphabetize our cd rack, it would boggle...but then for the boggled in music store (like em), you could just go to any old letter and find what your looking fer. but if your keeping track, you already have 2 G's, a B, and O accounted for, and they misshelve you into H or R a fair amount too, so 21 more albums and you'll have the alphabet.

Date: Thu Feb 5 16:05
alberta al (J):
what sand are you looking for?

Date: Thu Feb 5 15:41
Leo (Anyway):
Boxset?

Date: Thu Feb 5 15:11
J (albummed):
I'd like the rage followed closely by the gospel. Gospel as in large handclapping choir? Not got my hands on the fandango yet. Maybe the postman will bring it tommorrow. Anyone here trade an Adams beginner Suicide Handbook for some Sandage? Also any obscure Dan Stuart stuff?

Date: Thu Feb 5 14:42
alan (james s - two things):
Solution: don't be a cataloguer (dark rooms w/o windows lit by the grey glow of computer screens in the basement, yuck! my wife's a UC Berkeley MLIS grad), focus on service/reference work. Copy edit: "cursing up a _warm_ storm.... eh?

Date: Thu Feb 5 14:19
em (on the merits of a double album):
A double album as opposed to two seperate albums is good because then you only have to purchase one product! that's always good for me because I get confused at the record store. Hi everybody.

Date: Thu Feb 5 12:44
alberta al (doulbe):
When you consider double albums of the vinyl days, each one actually held very few songs. Blonde on Blonde album 1 ran around 37 minutes. The vinyl medium held very little musical data per album. That would make pretty much any Gelb release a double album in the pre cd age.

Date: Thu Feb 5 11:49
james s (hmmmm):
As a grad student in library science, I'm thinking in bibliographic terms a lot these days, and I must say that your idea about releasing multiple records with the same title, but with different "author" names, is a lovely anarchistic bit of messin' with people's heads. However, if in the future I end up ever having to catalog your work for a library, I'll be cussing up a storm.

Date: Thu Feb 5 05:56
Adrian (underthesurface):
Howe, yeah I think it's time for a double. I mean 'Chore' was virtually a double (esp on the plush vinyl version) and god knows how many spins it got. Besides by the time it arrives, you'll probably have another three ready to go, so it would be a good way of catching-up.

Date: Thu Feb 5 04:57
antonio (SoC):
tommmy, didn't want to offend you, nor ryan. I appreciated both "love is hell" and on the same level I think "r'n'r" is the worst album in the last 2-3 years. just my opinion. I just thought the fact we're on this forum could mean that we all love adventures in music and sounds more than a rock-incons'-mix of assorted cliches. even if it's well done. but taste is always very personal. dear howe, the "antidote" thing is a great image. the idea of changin' the band name is good too, even if songs:ohia - jason molina and also will oldham - palace do pretty much the same. but they don't have the same title. I think if records are sold toghether the mixture comes out so different it could explode in the listener's ear. also in a positive way, I mean. hugs. antonio.

Date: Thu Feb 5 04:46
Lars (dabble at double or...):
He-he, man I feel so unqualified to respond to stuff like that. Other than: Gimme gimme!!! :-D Greeties! / Lars

Date: Thu Feb 5 03:23
Tommy Gailer (scrolling for release):
"title all the records the same, and just keep changing the band name. you can laugh, but eventually we would be in every slot in the alphabet bins. yup"...i extremely support this idea...it`s so funny, that i even would buy all these items, just for the different artwork.!!!!!!!!!!! To Ryan Adams: he may be a nut, but he`s a very talented nutty songwriter and i can`t see anything wrong in Love is Hell 1 & 2 and also not in Rock`n `Roll. Rock`n`Roll is finally that music i was waiting for, since a long time. I highly recommend the Live in Jamaica DVD.

Date: Wed Feb 4 20:08
howe ( home less more or less sooner then later):
well thanks for the swift current of reply. i suppose it all will depend on if it's raining on the deadline day. but i do think each record is an antidote to the other. anyhow... i gotta go. so thanks. maybe i should do what i want to do from the long ago get go. title all the records the same, and just keep changing the band name. you can laugh, but eventually we would be in every slot in the alphabet bins. yup. -howe

Date: Wed Feb 4 19:32
Conch (agreed glue...):
And most critics, really, are just failed artists: if you can't do it than I suppose one way of being involved is to critique it. Why anyone would aspire to such a lowly, pointless profession astounds me. Don't get me wrong, there some excellent journalists out there who strive to highlight exceptional works--but they're becoming harder to find these days, mostly it's the "damn with faint praise" type of writing, or the flatout uniformed or even "trash & burn" variety. Anyway, I digress...so...uh, anyone seen RETURN OF THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS? Roger Ebert's only attempt at filmmaking. Oh well...

Date: Wed Feb 4 18:39
Glue snifer (Doubble cD's):
well i dont often speak out of line but i am listening to metalica as played by a cello quartet this is the best thing I've evr heard. back to this problem. bad art is made by the critics.

Date: Wed Feb 4 17:25
alberta al (hmmm):
I think they should be seperate releases. If you do cram it on two cd's released together, better make sure and left off stuff is available at ow om! As an aside I just got down home and unsungglum in the mail today. It was super fast I only ordered late Jan. Thanks so much ow om.

Date: Wed Feb 4 16:46
Fioan (Orange Blossom):
Or release them both at the same time, with the same cover and same graphics, but each one has different tracklistings on it. Now that'd confuse them plenty, but it could be fun in a choose-your-own-adventure kind of way.

Date: Wed Feb 4 16:30
antonio (SoC):
if they come out together, I feel they must be together. if not, it's dangerous 'cause the first comer would be tempted to choose just one. consider brooooce's bad luck with human touch - lucky town, or the latest ryan adams extravaganza (r'n'r, love is hell, he's a nut) which was disappointing. I feel the best would be just a 2cd set, with some weird layout. one jewel box, one heavy paper? one heavy paper, one with a art-styled contemporary artwork? howe, you know better than us, you're the "cult artist"...

Date: Wed Feb 4 16:27
Jörg (gospel and/or rage):
I think Antonio, having actually heard both of the offerings, has said it all. Personally I think double-CDs are not as cool as double releases like 'Aw C'mon/No You C'mon" or "Alice/Blood Money" or the Blacky/Giant Sand coup back in '86. Such double releases always get big reviews from the music press and of course are open to a lot more conceptual ideas than a double-CD could be. A Giant Sand "rage" album and a HoweWhatever "gospel" album sound like a combination made in heaven! But does this include the Grandaddy-stuff? There seems to be so much mouth-watering material ready to hit our ears - so if Thrill Jockey or Loose won't release all of the stuff, maybe it's time for another Official Bootleg series? Well, whatever - it definitely won't get boring in the Sandie camp...:-)

Date: Wed Feb 4 15:25
Conch (two cents):
Well...huh...I say release 'em both at the same time...but as seperate entities. But then again, I love the thought of a double disc (like Blonde on Blonde was in vinyl form, or The White Album, or London Calling). Er...I don't know. Would one be a Howe solo, and the other as Giant Sand? If so, that's pretty cool too...especially if they come out at the same moment. In any case, I'm excited and look forward.

Date: Wed Feb 4 14:53
dave (2 CDS?):
You might be asking the wrong crowd Howe. We'd probably buy the individual instrument tracks and mix them ourselves if given the opportunity...ha-ha. I agree with Antonio to the extent that your solo records (from Confluence to The Listener) are kind of building an identity...If the gospel thing is just a knock-off though, maybe it would work good as a bonus disc, which is becoming the norm in the "industry". Please do whatever you feel like.

Date: Wed Feb 4 14:29
Blaine (@work on the Howe Poll):
I'm gonna cast my vote with Antonio, our delegate from the Sea of Cortez. 360 degrees of the artist works like a charmed snake. Not sure if 2 cds are really heavy though -- Let us know and we can send spinach.

Date: Wed Feb 4 14:25
Mikus (again) (There home):
So proud + Happy tonight... just find the chord part of "Borred little Devil". Life can be so simple somtimes, hey folks...

Date: Wed Feb 4 14:23
antonio (sea of cortez):
here we are, dear maestro. considering that I listened to both (lucky guy...) this is my opinion. good things: terryfing spectrum of sounds covered. rage and quiet, always close. heaven and hell. white and black. tradition and new directions in music (the gospel effects on howe's downhome singin' and pickin' is really surreal, very inspiring), always mixed. also good: the fact you're probably forced to keep them both a little bit shorter than you were thinkin' bout for single releases. also good: you make a 360 degree picture of this artistic period and you leave more room for new ideas as they come. if not, just in case you see the new light right now, you can have it released on record only in two years because you already have plans through the middle of 2005... bad thing: it's going to be more expensive for people. it's going to be freaky various. more heavy to carry. double cds have orrifying jewel boxes. most of all: it's going to increase misunderstandings and confusion between howe's solo career and (new?) giant sand's one. but this happens also now, so who cares? hugs. antonio

Date: Wed Feb 4 14:20
mikus ((also Home)):
Well, back again home, man... and thanxxx for the show in Lieges... I read a interview of Kurt yesterday about the next album, who will come out tomorrow in Belgium... He had the same "dilem" (you understand me ?? Is is correct ?) than you man... He just told about two different pieces, two "phisical" acts, separates... Who am I, but I agree with Kurt, making 2 separate CD, perhaps in a commun special pack... Thanks giving us the "primeur" of be able to hear this gospel stuff... really exited... Mikus

Date: Wed Feb 4 13:42
howe (home):
questions: should the next giant sand record be a double album...which then would include the gospel solo record ? what are the ups and downs of such do you reckon ??? -howe

Date: Wed Feb 4 08:49
tom (Blaine !):
Thanks !

Date: Tue Feb 3 16:03
dave (Clothes Line Saga):
Ahh, the Basement Tapes. Perfect music for winter and cabin fever..I noticed long lines at the liquor store last week..cold, cold, cold. I love Clothes Line Saga, Apple Suckling Tree and Bessie Smith. Thanks for the info Jorg, I've been casually looking for what's called "The Genuine Basement Tapes" for some time..It was for sale in an indie store in Chicago a few years back, but they wanted $75 + dollars, so I recoiled. James S, I also don't know if the bootleg sets are going to be any more interesting than what was officially released, but I'll check Bob's Boots all the same. Thanks.

Date: Tue Feb 3 15:28
Jörg (basement tapes):
it's the most famous bootleg of all time. a nearly complete collection has been "released" as a 5-Cd-set in the early 90s. in the meantime two improved 4CD-versions (a tree with roots)are in circulation. check out this link: http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-t13-R1.html and of course greil marcus' book "invisible republic" is essential reading on this topic.

Date: Tue Feb 3 15:05
alberta al (stefan, james):
Thanks for the info stfan. James I am not sure about the basemnet tapes. I thought I heard something about a re issue but could be wrong. I know the band did a re-issue of music from big pink. It includes nine outtakes including long distance operator, orange juice blues, katies been gone. I haven't heard it yet but if I can stop buying Howe's stuff for a bit I might pick it up.

Date: Tue Feb 3 14:18
stefan ((purge & slouch)):
Corridor was definitely played live, even as late as 2002. Bender was done live on Goods & Services. The only other song I know a live version of is Blue Lit Rope, one of my all-time favorites. Question: Are "Corridor" (as on Purge) and "World Stands Still" (as in "Corridor" on Juxtaposition) different songs with identical lyrics, or the same song done very differently? Never figured that out. (At least I know that Corduroy Door is Corridor with different lyrics.)

Date: Tue Feb 3 13:21
alberta al (ramp, centerof the universe, purge and slouch):
I just purchased these three cd's a while back. I notice on tahe liner notes of purge that Howe states these tracks will not be performed live. The cd was from 93, did Howe end up playing any of this stuff live over the years? I love all three cd's.

Date: Tue Feb 3 12:26
james s (Please, Mrs. Henry; Mrs. Henry please...):
I'm diggin' on the Basement Tapes, but I hear that there is something out there floating around that is much expanded, and better?, that the official factory released two-disker. Anybody got the extra goodies and willing to comment about the worth of scrounging for the fullness of document? There has to be at least one Dylan nut here... besides me.

Date: Tue Feb 3 10:43
antonio (sea of cortez):
ciao folks, anyone knows if there's a live take of "dirty from the rain" somewhere? ciao a tutti. antonio

Date: Tue Feb 3 10:14
Blaine (@work):
...word to Howe - as JC Fogerty once said "keep on chooglin'"

Date: Tue Feb 3 07:18
al (al66_9@hotmail.com):
After the release of Blacky Ranchette and the new solo Gelb coming up at some point this year. I wonder if Howie intends to form a new GIANT SAND line up,that'll be good though......who knows???????Maybe calling back Paula J.Brown and some others of the original members such as C.Cacavas!!!!!!!In my dreams ehi!!!!!!!

Date: Tue Feb 3 06:07
Jörg (future releases):
:-(....so it takes some more patience, too sad the new GiantOffering is put back. I thought that this very release & the "gospel" album are one and the same?!? Yes, Howe - maybe you can convince Thrill Jockey to make it a double- album! Would be great. Or maybe even a double release like Tom Waits or Lambchop! At least we can ogle away in March. Keep the great stuff coming...

Date: Tue Feb 3 02:07
howe (home):
aw.....giant sand record will probably not come out till august now. and the gospel record follow up will either come out in feb 2005...or maybe it should all just be a double record....or a triple record and i can release the stuff done with grandaddy at the same time too.....i dunno....but the piano record will be out by march....ogle some piano.....yep - howe

Date: Tue Feb 3 01:30
tom (re : James S):
Great title indeed. This night I went to see " Lost in Translation " Great pic, with Bill Murray from my point of view deserving a price. And now Howe in JAPAN ? The tiny people can't possibly know what hit them..

Date: Mon Feb 2 10:40
james s (Sonic injection through diamond orifices into a hypersonic flow / by Huaiguo Fan.):
That was the name of a thesis that just passed through my hands here at the library. Great title.

Date: Sun Feb 1 23:21
tom (drinks cabinet):
Dear Mr Glue, am looking forward to fill the vacature of drinks cabinet maintenace man, was once in forecalled tubestation, and i thought it smelled like something the cat spat out, still glad to read you on this weird double u double u adress, let's get Lars to do the Promo ;))

Date: Sun Feb 1 18:15
jame s (gazelle):
sorry for the delay, the link was http://www.jamesscarbrough.com . From there you can go to the "sounds" page or elsewhere. Found some cool live stream reggae dub at http://www.noescape.se

Date: Sun Feb 1 17:28
glue sniffer (good news):
no jesus isnt about to return and yes i have bben drinking. back to good news myself and howe gelb will be running a fun buss upo and down the lenght of englasnd and norway only tickets are availbel therough www.fundmydeathbydrink.com and should arive after i have spent the money . Howe will be strumming and singing from the passenger seat ala summer holiday (cliff richard) and i will be touring the driving bus ala (boris carlof) we will be aslo havoing an ice cream eating contest at all venus and hope fully whaen the ink is dry our good old freind lars will be in charge of the donkey rides as well as the apple bobbing. we are currentlky looking for a reasponsable adult to be i charge of face painting and the drinks cabinet so all good people plesae leave a short cv on this site. other news today i found out that not everybugger shares my strange creature growing off my face fantasy and also that noboybugger eles wants to hear abpout iyusing a bean sprout to use as an example of the paracite that may one day emerge from my said fasce. well to those that want the big bus of fun and drums tour will be leaving shrewsbury station at around 3.30 on the next jewish holiday and we will allbe there. remenber full moons do not givve an entry discount only real lords maybe permited entrance. all tickets include a samll 'you can call me al' (not on pot) fee and once perchased the owner maybe acused of crime he / her ha s no acces to. fareweel my opiates or should that be op8's i am afraid my jokes somtinme s miss the mark and people do not get the proper pleasure they desrever get it desreee yes thats right an oprgangerte

Date: Sun Feb 1 16:19
smucker (none@nomail.com):
yeah, i would love 2 know if giant sand our gonna play the u.k this year. I dont want 2 miss out on the bands new sound, especially if they are gonna be as loud as howe says they will be. cant wait for the new record, plus does anyone know how i can get hold of 'love songs' it seems 2 be impossible to get in the u.k?

Date: Sun Feb 1 14:45
stefan (((naked prey))):
I remember a Naked Prey show, Munich ca. 1989, in the "Nachtwerk", where I also saw my first Giant Sand show (w/ Victoria Williams and Pappy Allen). I remember very few people in the audience and Van Christian rolling around on the stage floor.

Date: Sun Feb 1 13:49
Todd (Naked Prey):
Hi...anyone witness a Naked Prey show?...I gather from sa-wa-ro they created records from 1984-1995. There started out with another drummer named Sam Blake...so it says on the Fourth Down There Record.

Date: Sun Feb 1 09:39
Lars (http://www.larsdideriksen.com/diverse/mp3s.htm):
...and that little cool festival in Denmark, that I wrote about here earlier? ;-) He-he! / Lars

Date: Sun Feb 1 09:19
stefan (((munich))):
Yes, and while we're at it: what about a German tour this year? I hope there will be one ...

Date: Sun Feb 1 05:38
Jim McAllister (jdmcallister@blueyonder.co.uk):
Howe, any plans for a U.K. tour this year ?

Date: Sat Jan 31 21:51
(T)odd Reggie (just got some Naked Prey lps ):
...super happy to get these and I hope I get a chance to hear their first album along with 'Under The Blue Marlin' album...Tom Larkins on drums. I really like '40 Miles from Nowhere' cassette.

Date: Sat Jan 31 18:22
Giantrust (BBQ):
Mikus - Your welcome,

Date: Sat Jan 31 16:13
gazelle (eek!):
i'm shakin in my boots! hey james, what's the link to your site again?

Date: Sat Jan 31 15:15
james s (Boo!):
Did I scare you?

Date: Sat Jan 31 14:53
finn (magic child!):
posting in the gloaming...whats on the cd? immersed in mr Bird's oeuvre at the mo'...'that's what i call sweet music'

Date: Sat Jan 31 13:09
Mikus (4 Giantrust) BBQ (Simon Templar):
Hey Mister Trust... I'v got them now, thanks to you and your emability... 4 more to discover a bit more the wonderfull world of Howe and the other guys... And it also helps me a lot for the "structure" or "un-structure" of the guitar structure. As I engaged, you will catch a "special-pack" from brussels.

Date: Sat Jan 31 05:15
Andrea (barbudos1@virgilio.it):
Non ho parole...siete troppo bravi...ho visto Howe in Ancona giorni fa, e' bravissimo...mi auguro che riusciate sempre a rendervi conto delle grandi emozioni che date a chi vi ascolta ...grazie e dateci ancora buona musica. Andrea

Date: Sat Jan 31 04:39
Lars (echo.....echo.....cho....ho.....o.....o.... ;-D):
Sorry J, a bit busy. :-) Writing a book on local Aarhus music at the moment. A lot more work than I had imagined. But it's cool. ### Hope ya' like da Sonisk, Todd! :-D Greets! / Lars

Date: Fri Jan 30 15:51
Todd (Thanks Alan in MI):
...good news I believe I'll get a copy of Sonisk Postkort. Then I can distribute a few into Manitoba.

Date: Fri Jan 30 14:59
J (Ain't nobody here today):
but me?

Date: Fri Jan 30 03:39
J (Al):
Re: gaps in tracks Use the setting named DAO (Disc at once)

Date: Thu Jan 29 23:08
Alberta Al (sandman):
I guess the few weeks I have been waiting to hear since joining sandman isn't long then. I tried to sign up as a leaf.I also tried contacting the alberta branch but no luck,If there is a shortage of branches I think I could handle the task with up to five leafs. I just wasn't sure about the no space in between tracks part. How do you accomplish that? My burner at home is not reliable but I could track one down.

Date: Thu Jan 29 18:31
dave (sandman):
Cool. Like everybody else, we get a ton of email.. It may have gotten swept up in one our massive "delete" sweeps...I'll check tonight and send you a note.

Date: Thu Jan 29 17:49
alan (dave, my leaf):
Dave, I tried to get in touch a short while ago when I got Sandman #7 Sonisk Postkort, but the message must've gotten lost in the ether. Just sent another note as well. Drop a line (alan.rudy@ssc.msu.edu) and we'll hook up.

Date: Thu Jan 29 15:58
dave (alan's branch):
Alan, I was a leaf on your branch and it worked great for Pedalless. I haven't bugged you about the newest one because the whole tree seems to be in disarray according to this board. Even though I joined the 21st century last year and got a new computer with a burner, I'm probably only able to be a leaf at this point due to time constraints...If you have any questions, let me know. Thanks for the effort to keep Sandman on people's minds.

Date: Thu Jan 29 15:55
todd (more grief):
...I'm pretty sure the Canadian's are not getting any (new) Sandman Series...Do I wait for Mike to revamp or do I ask anyone out there to send me one...? sorry to be so weird...I'm also pretty sure I can burn and distribute the fan-dango to a few Canadian Branches and Leaves. If I could only get it. One Canadian hasn't heard from anyone in 3 years.

Date: Thu Jan 29 15:24
Todd (good grief):
...I'm giving up on the Canadian organizer...I very much want to hear the fan-dango so I'm willing to try something to get ahold of the recent Sandman Series.

Date: Thu Jan 29 14:13
Blaine (...where the sea used to be...):
Title of a Green on Red tune as well.

Date: Thu Jan 29 12:59
Buster (musenotes@hotmail.com):
by strange coincidence, another "Sea of Cortez" opened for Giant Sand at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC in (I think) Jan of '99! Another countryesque, edgy, rockish kinda thing. A violin player, too. I'm not sure that they still exist, though.

Date: Thu Jan 29 12:31
conch (please):
Abuse this board as much as you want, Antonio. It's always good to hear from new people near and afar.

Date: Thu Jan 29 11:35
antonio (SoC):
about the website: we're working on it. soon it will be on line, with pics and sound and (hopefully) with live downloads. our sets are really different, and songs can drastically change lenght and smell and colour. sometimes it's more bluesy, sometimes ambient, sometimes very powerful and noisy. depends on how our girlfriends treated us the afternoon before, on how good the food and the wine were, on how much we're thrilled. with howe, of course, we were forced to play short opening sets, but we normally give our best in expanding... jonh parish said he "liked a lot" the demos we're working on. howe spent some good words too. i'll keep you informed on this site, even if I don't want to abuse it... anyway, thanks a lot for the interest.

Date: Thu Jan 29 10:12
Lars (darkish whiteness...):
Wow! Snow is falling thick and slowly upon Århus right now. And the sky grows slowly darker. Listening to Under Byen's song "In The Winter" right now. Perfect! (http://www.larsdideriksen.com/diverse/UB-OmVinteren-Voxhall-Dec2003.MP3) Next up is probably the Mark Hollis-album. Also very good for snowy moods. ##### Has the Sea of Cortez a website with sound, so we can satisfy our curiousity? Greets! / Lars

Date: Thu Jan 29 10:03
Alan (Antonio, Holy, and Mike):
Antonio: "postatomic folk-blues with a noise and a power edge"... sounds like heaven. Holy: I say give it a pass... Mike: have a good trip to Mars, any thoughts/info on Sandman restructuring -- may, soon, send a broadspectrum email to other branches and leaves on Ginger Hatten's old trunk and see if we can't re-organize ourselves...

Date: Thu Jan 29 08:12
Holy Crapola ($57 for Down Home 2000):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2586768767&category=1572

Date: Thu Jan 29 06:30
antonio (SoC):
I don't know why my post showed up two times... sorry. I only wrote it once. thanks everybody for the interest. unluckily I didn't record no show, and I am am keeping on putting hot oil in my ears (an old torture) for this. But, hey, it's not going to be the last time, so I'm gonna do it next... hopefully. and I wanna say this here in this Forum: we're HONORED we played a Rainer song. I only got musical memories of him, but they're enough to get the deepness of the man! let's keep in touch, guys.

Date: Thu Jan 29 05:30
antonio (sea of cortez):
Hello you all! It's antonio from the "Sea of Cortez" band. Howe just sent me a mail in which he told me somebody mentioned us in this forum. Here we are. Wooow: I've found good words on us... thanks. Well, jamming with mr.Gelb, the artist who always inspire me the greatest emphaty, was THE experience. spending some days with him was wonderful, too. he's the most relaxed and friendly guy in the businness. musically, it seems he appreciated our stuff. he just wrote me good words, with a "i loved what you were trying to do" in between which I am not sure is a compliment but which is very funny... anyway, we're working on ideas. we're putting together a record, I don't know when and how it's going to be released, but I'll keep you posted here. basically it's a postatomic folk-blues with a noise and a power edge, sometimes. we're trying to keep it original and personal as we can. we have no bass, so sometimes it's pretty liquid... Anyway, music is about vibes, so jammin'with mr. Howe again is an overall priority. whenerver you come solo, howe, we're here! thanks for the wonderful experience.

Date: Thu Jan 29 05:13
conch (p.s.):
Your record-in-the-works sounds very interesting. Keep us updated.

Date: Thu Jan 29 05:12
stefan ((alex)):
I met a grey parrot yesterday who apparently likes to listen to giant sand, at least he sat in front of the speakers and whistled along. Then I looked up Dr. Pepperberg's famous grey parrot "Alex" on the web, and found out that he lives in Tucson! Strange. ...... Hi Antonio, I hope you recorded all the shows with Mr. Gelb! I'm sorry to have missed them.

Date: Thu Jan 29 05:11
conch (The Mighty Sea of Cortez):
Hi, Antonio, thank you for posting. And thanks, too, for sharing your thoughts about playing with Mr. Gelb. It sounds like it was a great for everyone involved.

Date: Thu Jan 29 05:01
antonio (sea of cortez):
Hello you all! It's antonio from the "Sea of Cortez" band. Howe just sent me a mail in which he told me somebody mentioned us in this forum. Here we are. Wooow: I've found good words on us... thanks. Well, jamming with mr.Gelb, the artist who always inspire me the greatest emphaty, was THE experience. spending some days with him was wonderful, too. he's the most relaxed and friendly guy in the businness. musically, it seems he appreciated our stuff. he just wrote me good words, with a "i loved what you were trying to do" in between which I am not sure is a compliment but which is very funny... anyway, we're working on ide