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i may have found my favorite album of 2009... this is WAY diff from their past stuff, but damn

yeah, 2500 vs. almost 6000 they'd have to play 2 shows at the Orpheum, which would be fine by me, but then that usually limits bands to just the major markets and they'd skip a place like Iowa City

gotcha. my friend who turned me onto David around '98-99 was working for RCA at the time and sent me a bunch of his stuff all at once, so i think i'd just heard a handful of the songs that made up Lost Songs prior to it coming out.

re: Analogman hmmmm... could have swore i had Lost Songs before WL. maybe just the songs from various sources i suppose. ok, so he's sucked since The EP's in 2001

totally is true. this venue is definitely along the lines of Eagles & the Aragon. it's one of the worst mid sized venues i've been to in the midwest. even the lame Myth nightclub in Maplewood (which is a former shoe-store) and seats 4000+ has really good sound at least

WL was great, but not his best. his best release is actually Lost Songs by a country mile. but yeah, he's sucked pretty much since WL

sadly, yes. it's insanely echo-y Stan will have his work cut out for him, but it can be done.

8.1 from Pitchfork not too bad i'd argue it should be higher + Best New Music, but it is Pfork afterall.

my assumption/hunch/fear was correct. Roy Wilkins is one of the worst sounding venues i've ever attended a concert at (yes, worse than Eagles Ballroom) That said, a good sound person can make it sound tolerable/good if they know what they're doing (see: Arcade Fire) i'm glad they're coming back, but it's fairly bittersweet. edit: I already have tickets for Tortoise @ The Cedar that night... *sigh*

yeah it's a bit high... i'm expecting $25-35 here in Mpls

10/13: Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum 10/14: Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 10/15: Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre 10/17: Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater 10/18: Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre 10/20: San Diego, CA @ Spreckels Theatre 10/21: Phoenix, AZ @ Orpheum Theater 10/22: Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl 10/28: Omaha, NE @ Holland Center 10/29: Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre 10/30: Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre 10/31: Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace Theatre 11/02: Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall 11/03: Boston, MA @ The Orpheum 11/06: New York, NY @ United Palace 11/08: New Yor

One of my favorite records of the year so far came out yesterday. It's pretty stunning (esp. The Longest Day & Guns). The album definitely has some elements that remind me of YHF at times. Megafaun are made up of 3 ex-members of DeYarmond Edison, a band which featured a certain Justin Vernon , and have also toured as Akron/Family's backing band anywho, here's what Justin had to say about the record: their first record 'Bury The Square' is really good too, but this new one is something else. they're also really REALLY fucking great live too (just saw 'em again last night). i

a Minneapolis/St. Paul show in October will be announced in the next week

hmm... can't say for the webcast, but they sounded ok live in person. i enjoyed their set. Thermals were a blast as always. i'd already seen them cover the Nirvana & Breeders songs back in April, so wasn't too taken back by those, but 100% & Basket Case were pretty hilarious/awesome too. The Lips were just OK honestly. not one of the better times i've seen them musically whatsoever, but still had a great time (impossible not to at their shows)

true, but still

shoot sorry... that was the fix for the ampersand deal was to turn off the ALL CAPS TITLE option :/ annoying trade off. i'll enable that again and keep looking for fixes for the ampersand in the title issue

The Fixer is pretty cool. not overly great, but def a very solid first single. Not very big on the effects on Ed's vocals on a lot of the track, and the "yeaah yeaah yeaaah" bit gets tiring, but besides that it's a pretty solid first single. just hopefully as per previous PJ records post Vitalogy, the first single isn't even close to the best song on the record. also, fuck Brendan O'Brien and his 15 second fade outs

so with the 3.0.1 upgrade this should be closer to how it worked in 2.3.x

yeah, i read that... some decent logic, but it's definitely way more than 100 million, no question about that when you consider the artists who have soundscanned over 200 million.

over 100 million albums? try 750+ million (and that's pre-Soundscan estimates, it very well could be higher) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists#500_million_to_999_million_records

yeah, looks like not all are w/ JLM, but most: Nov 5, 2009 Newport Music Hall w/ Dan Auerbach & Justin Townes Earle Columbus, OH Nov 6, 2009 The Majestic Theatre w/ Dan Auerbach, Justin Townes Earle Detroit, MI Nov 7, 2009 Phoenix Concert Theatre w/ Dan Auerbach, Justin Townes Earle Toronto, ON, Canada Nov 8, 2009 Le National w/ Dan Auerbach, Justin Townes Earle Montreal, QC, Canada Nov 9, 2009 Paradise Rock Club w/ Dan Auerbach Boston, MA Nov 11, 2009 Webster Hall w/ Dan Auerbach New York, NY Nov 12, 2009 Theatre of the Living Arts w/ Dan Auerbach Philadelphia, PA Nov 13,

Winter Tour w/ Justin Townes Earle! Nov 5 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall Nov 6 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre Nov 7 - Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Concert Theatre Nov 8 - Montreal, QUE @ Le National Nov 13 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar Nov 16 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel Nov 17 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse Nov 18 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues Nov 20 - Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall Dec 3 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom Dec 4 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue Dec 5 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre Dec 6 - Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird Nightclub Dec 8 - Newport, KY @ Southgate Hou

he has some of the worst artwork around lately, yeesh

happy now?

it's the ampersand that causes it to break, only fix is to rename it to and, which just needs to be done on a thread by thread basis. i'll fix it.