family tradition
posted by "joe" @ 6:25 AM
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
this guy's name is too hard to spell right now, but he was cool.
this guy's name is too hard to spell right now, but he was cool.
Originally uploaded by dirty on purpose.
posted by "joe" @ 5:28 AM
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In a big sky country
One of the dirty little secrets of the indie touring circuit is that there is not really anywhere to play between Minneapolis and Seattle -- more than half the country. (I've got nothing against Fargo; it's a lovely old frontier town and everyone was friendly, but there's not a lot of there there. It's not a prime market for what we do. The audience for live music is so small that the local weekly paper recommended that folks getting out of the Rob Zombie/Anthrax show at the Fargo Civic Auditorium head over to see us and Say Hi for a nightcap. You'd never see that kind of recommendation in the Voice.) But so you've got make a bunch of money on the east coast and midwest shows because you've got 1500 miles of gas, food and hotels in front of you. That most of the drive happens to be jaw-droppingly gorgeous, with epic landscapes in every direction, kind of cushions the blow. We're staying in the Lewis and Clark motel in the heart of downtown Bozeman, Montana. We all got kinda shitfaced at a hippy slash country bar, except DJ who hung back in the room and watched One Crazy Summer. I'm not sure who had the better evening: we got wasted and played some pool with the locals, but you can't deny the OCS.
posted by dug @ 4:32 AM
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Sunday, July 23, 2006
Mrs. Marvin brought Aunt Barb and family to chicago, along with a big bag of amazing food.
Mrs. Marvin brought Aunt Barb and family to chicago, along with a big bag of amazing food.
Originally uploaded by dirty on purpose.
posted by "joe" @ 4:13 AM
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
The roads don't love you
We got a brief respite from the interstates today, crossing Indiana diagonally on small state roads, "blue highways" as William Least Heat Moon put it. It's slow-going, but there's a lot more to look at and when you drive under 55 the roar of the van's engine is not completely deafening, so we can listen to music without giving ourselves migraines. Right now it's Magnetic Fields 'The Charm of the Highway Strip' which is the perfect soundtrack for the morning drive. I picked it up yesterday at Shake It Records in Cincinnati, which is one of greatest record stores I've ever been in. It's a huge space, completely crammed with booksrecordsmagazinesvinylmovies, with lots of inviting nooks and crannies to get lost in. I could have spent a month in there. We all bought a bunch of new tunes.
Of course, we ended up there on the recommendation of our good friends at WOXY, where we did a live session yesterday. It was great to be back there. Anyone reading this probably already knows about woxy.com, the best internet radio station going. You can download a podcast with our performance from their site, and please make a donation while you're there. We want them to be around for a long time so we can keep coming back.
posted by dug @ 4:26 PM
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- Official Band Site
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- Inland Empire Touring
- On the Moon Music
- south by all over again
- "Is he dead?"
- checking email at tito's house.Tito and co. came o...
- BEAT DOOK
- leaving soon, last day of work, printing merch, etc.
- indiana
- blizzard
- listening to jazz
- long weekend
- March 2006
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- November 2006
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- January 2007
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2007 Tour Dates
Fri Mar 2
Relative Theory Records
Norfolk, VA
Sat Mar 3
Local 506 (w/
Grizzly Bear, Papercuts)
Carrboro, NC
Mon Mar 5
Earl
Atlanta,
GA
Tue Mar 6
Village Tavern
Mt Pleasant, SC
Wed Mar 7
The Social
Orlando,
FL
Thu Mar 8
Respectable Street
West Palm Beach, FL
Fri Mar 9
New World Brewery
Tampa, FL
Sat Mar 10
Common Grounds
Gainesville, FL
Sun Mar 11
Cafe Eleven (w/ The Thermals, The Big Sleep)
St Augustine,
FL
Mon Mar 12
Beta Bar
Tallahassee, FL
Wed Mar 14
Beauty Bar (Gen Art party, 3:30pm set)
Austin, TX
Mon Mar 19
The Paper Heart
Phoenix, AZ
Tue Mar 20
Echo
Los Angeles, CA
Thu Mar 22
Detroit Bar
Costa Mesa, CA
Fri Mar 23
Rickshaw Stop
San Francisco, CA
Sun Mar 25
Kilby Court
Salt Lake City, UT
Mon Mar 26
High Dive
Denver, CO
Tue Mar 27
Jackpot
Lawrence, KS
Wed Mar 28
The Waiting Room
Omaha, NE
Thu Mar 29
Schuba's
Chicago, IL
Fri Mar 30
Nite Owl
Dayton, OH
Mon April 2
The Docksider
Erie, PA
Sat April 7
DC9
Washington, DC
Sat April 14
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY
If you have some time to hang up some posters to promote our show in your town and would like to possibly get some cool stuff and maybe get into the show free (limited availablility for obvious reasons), then please email SKY at NORTHSTREETRECORDS dot NET. He'll send you posters and stickers and other assorted stuff. Thank you!
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