Ghost of Electricity

Los Gasolineros based in Krakow, Poland. I could try to get the boys as far away as Prague or Berlin. (Wish me luck in finding any takers here )

Poor Michael's Boat was also on Olson's Salvation Blues.

you can't give us that kind of info, not tell us who says it, and then give us a link that doesn't work! That's just cruel!

It's happened to me, and was the final clue to the puzzle: some bridges are worth burning. Incidentally another band I play with went back to play that venue and that band had problems with the a-holes as well. It's a shame in more than one ways too, because the venue was one of a very few places in town that serve a tasty local brew which is about three cuts above the usual poisonous piss-water most places serve.

The songs "Genocide Eyes" and "Comfort Food" seem to get a lot of positive response, and as up-tempo 3 and a half minute songs they seem to fit within the parameters of a "single," but if there's something else you'd prefer to put up, use your own better judgement. Thanks

anything by Galaxie 500 The Feelies- The Good Earth Velvet Underground Velvet Underground

well, the record is done, i'm just waiting on the master for one more song to come through. Due to lineup changes we went through the ordeal of a name-change:Gasoline became Los Gasolineros. Earth shattering, I know. If this close resemblance is in breach of the rules, could you include something from the new one rather than the old one, please Todd? I'm sure you know what it's like to be excited about new material and wanting to promote it. And so, withough further adieu, may I present you with Los Gasolineros

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGZRWq1-g6w&feature=related Her name is Abe "M"Aria and I think it's fascinating.

Is Tommy Stintson still involved?

hey, wait wouldn't tyler be considered a state worker? And why wouldn't he be allowed to spend his pay the way he likes? and since when are drugs not considered a necessary expense for a rock and roll star? and what is my point anyway?

I was always aware of Rush but never got into them. Then, last week on a transatlantic Air Canada (go figure) flight one of the in-flight movie options was a Rush documentary. They seemed like nice guys and a good degree less boneheaded than some of the people that were interviewed, such as Gene Simmons or Sebastian Bach, and I was surprised at some of the other people who were interviewed, like Billy Corgan. So I figured what the hell, and gave 2112 a listen. And sure, I would listen to it again. Aerosmith, on the other hand, is just farcical.

Styx? I didn't know that they were still around. Boggles the mind.

So I caught an NPR interview with the artist formerly known as Cougar yesterday, which was actually a rebroadcast of an old interview, and the interview was decent. I used to listen to him in the early eighties when I was about twelve and he was the closest thing to earnest roots music being played on FM radio. So having a bit of a nostalgic soft spot for him, but not having thought about him in 20 years, I checked out the NPR stream of the new record and was pleasantly surprised. And as an added bonus, it's mono

I would like to see one of several scenarios: 1)Jeff cuts the leash on Nels' and Glenn's experimental side and they go for something nuttyweird. 2)They go for a super stripped down sound: Glenn only gets a snare, bass and high hat, Jeff and Nels one guitart apiece, Pat an upright piano, Mike an hammond, John an upright bass. If their other efforts have been approaching the instrumentation like a fox, let them approach this one like a hedgehog. 3) Daniel Lanois comes into the loft and gets bossy. However, I don't think that any of these will actually happen, in particular number 3, whic

I like Edie Brickell and New Bohemians' version of "Hard rain's a-gonna fall." At least I think i do because it's been about a milllion years since i heard it. Also, when I was a d.j. at the radio station in college and had the graveyard shift i used to spin a replacement's b-side "like a rolling pin," which, while not a masterpiece, did have a certain 'mats booze-soaked charm.

I don't listen to it myself everyday either, but everytime I do listen to it I'm glad I did. An almost related anectdote: About two years ago I started playing in a band; the singer/frontman is as much a Beck fanatic as I am a Wilco fanatic. One of the songs in the repetoirehe would always announce as a Beck cover, but when I learned it bells were ringing that weren't Becl bells, so I went into my collection of old time music ans sure enough, it was an old Carter Family song. (though actually not one of the Carter Family songs on the Anthology). When you start looking, you can find

Your loss. The origins of everything are in there. I'm particularly fond of the notes, which give Harry Smith the opportunity to write sentences like "Zoologic Miscegeny Achieved."

sure wish i had a recorded version of this. Loose Fur once played this live. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VMWACzDI0o

you could do about a hundred mix tapes of this... Vetiver- Know No Pardon Nick Cave and/or Johnny Cash- the Mercy Seat Merle Haggard and/or Flying Burritto Brothers (and probably others)- Sing Me back Home Johnny Cash- Don't take your guns to town Neil Young -Down By the River Wilco-Bull Black Nova this in just 30 seconds off the top of my head- if i started thinking of Greatful Dead and Tom Waits and The Harry Smith Anthology there would be dozens more

If I could afford it I would buy a Gretsch Chet Atkins. And technically speaking, anyone who owns a Les Paul...

Has anyone ever heard any of this stuff? My fear is that Neil originally blocked its release because the records were sub-par. I hope that isn't the case, though.

I guess I have to get involved the pedantic argument as to what flawless means as I think this is the weakest of the four real VU records. according to that flawless reference source, the free online dictionary: I'm a huge VU fan, but "Sister Ray" is the worst thing they ever recorded, most definitely a flaw. In fact, I would say that this record is a flaw in their discogagraphy. The two VU records I would nominate are the first and third.

On a practical level, I've always found it much easier for a band to fill a room than to do it with an accoustic guitar. Also, there's noone else to diffuse the stage fright. There's no doubt about where all the eyes are. And as far as the mistakes/talent thing goes, I find I have to "dumb the songs down" a bit, which detracts from them. On the other hand, complete artistic control is nice (but that isn't necessarily always a good thing). So, my vote is for band.

I'd rather see them being musically restless than restless in a business sense, but hopefully the two can and will go hand in hand.

I hope i can find the time in the next two days to do this.