deepseacatfish

Ah, Glenn and Jeff played there a couple of years ago. (Last year?) They played in the ballroom, though - I think this is in a different space.

Yup, last year in the ballroom, which is about a 1000 person venue.

The main lounge is 1600 according to the Universities website.

This is pretty exciting, I'll definitely be there.

man... this bums me out a bit... i was super stoked about this show when i was told it would be at First Avenue, but now i have no interest in seeing this tour at a big seated theater

 

there's clearly room for 2 nights here, why not just do 2 shows @ First Ave???

I would have loved to have seen them at 1st Ave, but given it's about the same distance to Minneapolis as it is to Lawrence I think I'd rather go for the smaller venue.

Truth heals. Hang in there.

Vibes to Mr. Basil

I worry about money and working too much while I'm in school, which really tips back and forth and stresses me out--money really gets to me sometimes. I worry about school...and now what I'm going to do afterwards. Things were rough about mid-way through last semester when my adviser seriously messed some things up and I was stressed out over school already so I started seeing a psychologist here, which was good, right now things are a-okay with that, but I know where to go if I need to.

11-13 Lawrence, KS - Granada

This is under serious consideration. Any one else going?

I've been meaning to see the Hold Steady for a while and haven't had the chance. I don't really like Art Brut much, but I still don't think I'd skip on this just because they're playing.

Some more happy birthday wishes, glad to hear you had a good one.

Why isn't this a poll?

Happy happening birthdays to both of you!

I don't have very many truly famous celebrity stories, but a few that are a little funny.

When I was 4 or 5 my parents lived in Boston for a year because my dad was doing research on a sabbatical, I was playing in the fountain on the Boston Commons and Julia Child was walking through and talked to my dad and I for a little while.

Bill Clinton nearly shook my hand when he was campaigning in the mid-90's, he skipped it for the better photo moment with my sister, who was about 2 or 3 at the time

When they came to Grinnell I drove the William Parker Quartet around in my station wagon and helped them buy beer and milano cookies at Hy-Vee.

That Julianne Moore story is pretty awesome.

I don't listen to leaks. I also work at a college radio station, so I do get to listen to promos (at least of some stuff) before the release date...just as part of my job.

Usually, if I don't have a copy at the station to listen to a bit, I'll just sort of sift around and see what the general opinion on an album is and then maybe read some reviews and buy it based on that. There's always misses, but I don't mind.

Heartbreaker is definitely the best Ryan Adams release.

I would recommend getting "Heartbreaker" and Whiskeytown's "Stranger's Almanac" for starters. Then I'd say either Gold, Cold Roses, or Easy Tiger, and then fill in the gaps. I really like a lot of "Demolition" which is a collection of songs from a bunch of sessions he recorded, that might also give you a sense of the different styles he likes to work in. He has a big catalog between his own stuff and Whiskeytown material...but a lot of it is definitely worth owning.

That Bjorn sure knows how to work it with the ladies.

I have, and if you like them I would look in to checking out a band called Happy Apple. They are from the twin cities and play what I call "alt-rock" jazz.

It kicks a lot of ass

Happy Apple is great, especially live.

Their drummer is also the drummer for the Bad Plus, in case anyone knows them better.

For anyone in the Twin Cities I also highly recommend the Phil Hey Quartet (they play regularly at the Artist's Quarter). I know the vibes player personally, so maybe that colors my opinion a little, but Phil was named the twin-cities jazz musician of the year last year, and is a phenomenal drummer. Check it out.

Yes.

Love late period Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Andrew Hill, Miles (now and again), Chicago Underground Duo, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Hancock, etc.

Lots of great stuff out there. I took a short class this year with the jazz critic Gary Giddens (he worked for the Village Voice for 30 years) and I would highly recommend his book "Visions of Jazz" to anyone with even the slightest interest in the genre, it's a great piece of work.

..............another who thinks like me and is a very well respected album reviewer

 

 

Adams' new laid-back approach pays off handsomely. These 13 mature, melancholy tunes add up to one of the most focused and consistent releases in his scattershot catalog.

 

If this is what comes from taking his time, we're only too happy to wait a little longer for his next albums.

 

 

Goodnight Rose 3:20

 

IfGram Parsons had written Only Love Can Break Your Heart, it might have sounded like this torchy country-rock waltz. Love the chiming, echoing guitar arpeggios and tinkly piano.

 

Two 2:38

 

A downbeat number in every sense of the word, this yearning ballad balances grand piano and guitar with harmonies from Adams and Sheryl Crow. Blue Rodeo should cover it.

 

Everybody Knows 2:25

 

An acoustic guitar + a lazy groove + a bittersweet melody and lyrics about love gone wrong = one plainspoken, understated roots gem.

 

Halloweenhead 3:23

 

From his bag of tricks, Adams pulls out some beefy, chugging chords, a dragging drumbeat and a tolling bell -- and dishes up the disc's heaviest cut.

 

Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. 2:31

 

We move to the twilit backporch for this folksy number flecked with banjo, pretty piano and a world-weary working-man vocal.

 

Tears of Gold 2:53

 

Another slow-burning waltz that channels the Nudie-suit spirit ofParsons and his Flying Burritos. "We'll sing you to heaven and back," says Adams -- and he does.

 

The Sun Also Sets 4:09

 

The ramshackle gait has faint echoes of The Band's The Weight -- but the big piano and wailing vocal ("We are only one argument from death") are closer to Rufus Wainwright. Stunning.

 

Off Broadway 2:31

 

Stephen King recently likened Adams to Neil Young. Tunes like this -- a folksy acoustic-guitar number with a plaintive falsetto vocal and atmospheric percussion -- are why.

 

Pearls on a String 2:23

 

The banjo returns -- along with a mandolin -- for this simple, sweet and authentically old-timey bluegrass number.

 

Rip Off 3:12

 

A rich piano line drives this sombre roots ballad -- but the piercing guitar licks, gorgeous pedal steel lines and dusty brushed drums complement it superbly.

 

Two Hearts 3:03

 

Things get slightly more upbeat musically with some jangly guitars. But Adams' sorrowful Roy Orbison vocal and mushy lyrics ("Three words is all it takes to break your heart in two") tell the real story.

 

These Girls 2:50

 

"God bless all the late-night girls," sighs Adams over a gentle acoustic guitar. "When they smile, God ... I get hypnotized." This song has a similar effect.

 

I Taught Myself How to Grow Old 3:21

 

A haunting harmonica, a melancholy melody, a mournful vocal and a lush string arrangement make for the best ballad that Neil Young forgot to write.

I'd reread that review, I don't think the guy really agrees with you, in fact I think he's more along the lines that Ryan Adams is channeling a lot of really great influences into a mature and interesting album.

Hurray!

Have a good one

I only own 500 cd's you guys, so I'm not going to even try commenting on this. Being a music major or musicians really doesn't count for much.

That said, I'll give this dude/dudette the credit that his posts are consistent across the board (like any "good" artists according to him/her)--and has a posting style that I just can't peg as being derivative of the standard posting style. That sure is interesting.

Oh, wait....

Meth scares me. Between having someone I knew--though not a close friend--die of it, and all the rest of what I've read/heard I am completely opposed to it.

On a lighter note, my hometown of Northfield, MN has a relatively hilarious debacle involving corrupt/crazy city government and heroin. Apparently the police chief made the announcement that about 250 high school students (out of a school of 1400) were using Heroin and Oxycontin, not only this but the users were mostly top athletes and honor roll students, and most of the users were $600-800 a week users. This was apparently paid for by stealing prescription drugs from local hospitals (including the Mayo Clinic) and petty theft. The chief was immediately put on a leave of absence (for medical reasons). Needless to say it then came out that the City Supervisor (his boss) was being investigated by the chief, for unknown reasons, that the mayor was maybe manipulating a deal to move a liquor store onto his sons (formerly his) property for their profit, that he also might have owed some money (hundreds of thousands of dollars) to the IRS, that one of the city councilmen was a pornographer by trade and had a Facebook page advertising this all over, and that the city was hoping to bring in the state auditor. Needless to say the heroin/oxycontin figures were grossly over anything that I would believe, or that anyone involved in drug treatment in the area believed (they said something more like 35-50 for those drugs, and normal numbers for pot/alcohol) but it's still unresolved and quite hilarious.

XTC-Skylarking

David Bowie-Low

David Bowie-Heroes

Hold Steady-Boys and Girls in America

Brian Eno-Before and After Science

I would start by getting Sonic Nurse and Daydream Nation. That will give you a good feel for their catalog. Daydream Nation is an essential album to have, but I'm also really partial to their recent albums (some people don't like them quite as much) I think Sonic Nurse and Murray Street are great, and Rather Ripped decent--though not as great as their other work.

O'Rourke's Drag City Albums (Bad Timing, Eureka, Halfway to a Threeway, and Insignificance) are all pretty awesome affairs with great musical casts, highly recommended to anyone who likes Wilco

Wow, I hadn't checked the news or anything until today. My mom drives over the bridge just east of there when she goes to and from work and I've got a ton of friends in the twin cities area. Vibes to anyone who has someone involved, I'm glad that I don't (as far as I know), but I'll be checking in with my MN friends/relatives, scary. I've driven across that bridge many times.

Have an awesome one

Definitely.

I've also been playing my hollowbody a lot more compared to the Jazzmaster.

Well...if you ever get tired of that Jazzmaster, I'm sure you wouldn't have trouble finding someone here who is interested