June 29, 2011
From outside Jackson MS. Massively bummed they were sold out of volumes 1 & 2.
From outside Jackson MS. Massively bummed they were sold out of volumes 1 & 2.
Jackson Mississippi, beautiful.
Heading to the van after Atlanta shows
recording 3/13
I desperately would love to be at the cats cradle tonight watching our friend Chris Stamey and 20 + musicians in tow recreating Big Star’s Third.
New Sufjan record really starts to unfold if you dig in a bit to Royal Robertson’s artwork. Here is a photograph of his Louisiana house in 1991 (he died 1997)
got home from our show on friday at 2am. Thanks to all who came out. It was one of my favorite nights of music in a long time in Nashville,… Read More →
I think a requirement of the very best songs (and I think there are very many of these) is at some point during the song you catch yourself saying “Good… Read More →
Buying Wendy Cope’s “Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis†at a London bookstall was the single greatest 2.95 I’ve ever spent. She is easily one of the best living poets. This… Read More →
Listening live to superchunk on npr’s the state of things http://wunc.org/programs/tsot/ Our ‘drinks with’ Mac from Superchunk is here: http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/09/drinks-with-superchunk/
got John Keats’s Endymion on my mindÂ
Our three year old has recently discovered one of the better soundtracks for a pillow fight is the Prelude / Overture to Bizet’s Carmen. This little piece of music, which… Read More →
Thad Cockrell first played us Milton Nascimento back when we all lived in Chapel Hill and Thad was sleeping on Logan’s floor for a healthy 8 month stretch.
Drinks with the XX just posted on american songwriter: Oliver Sim on the band’s collaborative songwriting: “I don’t see what me and Romy do as singing to one another, so… Read More →
If I could be doing anything I pleased today, I would most likely be sitting in this Mark Rothko room in the Tate Modern in London. I would go upstairs… Read More →
Still listening to Lester Young today. Timshel and I used to have this photo up in our first apartment in Chapel Hill.
really enjoying the photo of Van Dyke Parks on his official home page. Hard to find somebody who can pull off jeans and half a tuxedo with a cane.
Chris Stamey told us a great Alex Chilton story about a time when he (Chris) was playing bass in the studio for Alex. A couple minutes into a song, Alex… Read More →
One of my favorite photos Timshel has ever taken of our kids. This is our three year old singing into a fan yesterday.
The drinks with Julian Casablancas is being featured on his website