Nashville Dead

Yo La Tengo Does Left Banke

2009-05-09T09:21:00.004-05:00

Howdy,

This Is from The Last Hanukkah show at maxwells, I'm not sure of the exact night this is from. However I love the Lefte Bank and they played two of their songs that night. Hope you enjoy.

Yo La Tengo - She May Call You Up Tonight (Lefte Bank)

Yo La Tengo - Walk Away Renee(Lefte Bank) feat. Willie Alexander

I'm back, updates to come

2009-04-26T20:30:00.001-05:00

I took a hiatus sabbatical, whatever you like. However now I feel like I have something to write about again. However not right now so soon, probably. Anyway cheers and good tidings.

4 20 dud

2008-04-20T22:56:00.003-05:00

So you know how life has its little coincidences? It does.

Now that I've laid down some truth. Wanted to share a little kismet. As you know today is/was 4:20 the day everyone is supposed to get super stoned or something. However its also Hitler's birthday. Adolf Hitler you know the guy right?

Now rewind to 2001... we were gearing up for war. War on terror you know the one. Anyway some peace minded folk decided to start a protest record label and put up free songs for download all types of underground musicians. All protest songs you see. One of those songs has always stuck with me.
Pictures of adolf by Jim O'Rourke

or so I thought I just realized today that the song is a cover as I found Okkervil River play the same song live and credit it to bill fay.
Okkervil's version

And to complete the circle.
Here is Bill Fay's version.

And just to run it into the ground Here is a video someone has made using Charlie Chaplin's portrayal of Hitler.

Jim O'Rourke　pictures of adolf again
Uploaded by De_Lorean

I'm not going to make commentary on the meaning of the song to me personally but its pretty hard not to draw the lines.

Peace of mind

2008-03-23T01:41:00.002-05:00

Been mia for awhile. So in my my lame way of making up for that I have decided to upload a bunch of mp3s and not talk much about anything. These are the best songs in my opinion from these bands.

silkworm

silkworm couldnt you wait.mp3

guided by voices

Dusted.mp3

pavement

08-give it a day.mp3

okay take that, run with it.

2008-02-11T13:19:00.000-06:00

I'm kind of sick this week so I'm just going to post this old phone prank and get some rest.Funeral home prank

the corndawg in nashville

2008-02-04T16:25:00.000-06:00

The corndawg is a traveling troubadour in the true sense. His form of touring is more like that of a hobo setting up camp in a a town for more then one night. He called his home Nashville for a a summer in 2004. Soon enough though he picked up his stakes and moved on.

on July 7th 2005 He came back to Nashville and played two shows on a real tour. The first a rawkus show at the springwater the second a low key show at the basement. I happened to record that second show and here for you are three of my favorite songs from that show.

the corndawg - blood from your side

the corndawg - ruby(kenny rogers cover)

the corndawg - tyrone

Yo La Tengo continued...

2008-01-27T00:06:00.000-06:00

Looks like I have a job now, so expect weekly posts now instead of every other day. Trust me I feel just as bad about it as you do.

Well a little update for you on the ylt tip. The nashville concert will be broadcast on comcast channel 9. link. It will air some time in march, there is a free clip on the page as well of ylt performing the first song from that show. Looks and sounds great, so if you missed the sold out show...good news??? eh.

Also looking over their myspace about us section the channel 9 arts network plans to do more local original programing including something with stone jack jones and famous art body "Harry." They suggest writing to them and have included their address. Its good to see some television types besides the bat poet has taken a notice to the Nashville music scene. Much love to the poet.

On that note here is a track of stone jack jones on the stage back in the day. This, as I'm told was their first live performance as the band "stone jack jones" and the first live version of the pitchfork media loved blue folk material, link to review. Also we liked it quite a bit too.

Stone Jack Jones - Evermore (on the stage)

yo I like yo la tengo

2008-01-18T16:55:00.000-06:00

Last night yo la tengo played in nashville at the belcourt, a lovely theatre. The show was amazing and a joy to behold. I recommend going to see them when ever there is a chance. Also I recommend when in nashville you go to prince's hot chicken shack, as ylt do.

I was not able to record the show, sorry. However there was a film crew there and it looks like a dvd will get put out at some point, but who really knows. I do have a consolation for you reader.

Every April WFMU has a pledge drive for their station and every year ylt performs songs on request. You can request any song seriously, they'll play it. They'll attempt it and it'll only cost you 100 dollars. It goes to a great cause though upkeep for the greatest radio station in the world WFMU. I happened to be listening and I recorded the whole show.

This is the finale of their on-air performance where they usually do a medley to round down all the requests. As a bonus I've thrown my 2 other favorite songs from this years requests.

yo la tengo - ice cream (modern lovers)

yo la tengo - outdoor miner(wire)

Keep in mind this last one is 10 minutes long. Using love will tear us apart by Joy Division ylt go through I don't know how many songs... to name a few: Frank Sinatra - That’s Life; Bee Gees - Night Fever; Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night; Joey Scarbury - Believe It Or Not I’m Walking on Air (“The Greatest American Hero” theme song); Van Morrison – Madame George; Queen - Another One Bites The Dust; David Bowie – Starman; White Stripes – For The Love of Ivy. So yeah, enjoy.

Yo La Tengo - Love Will Tear Us Apart Medley

If you haven't yet go check out WFMU's amazing blog and tune in to the station. The best show on WFMU comes highly recommended. Cheers.

More Seth? NO... Give him the finger "The Ghostfinger.

2008-01-14T17:08:00.000-06:00

Seth Moore is a local singer/song writer with a unique and interesting style. His sound is entirely his own and though his influences are clear... upon first listen a special sort of something occurs you feel sad and happy. Though you can't explain why...

Richie Kirkpatrick lead singer of ghostfinger is similar in his ability to illicit a response of sadness and joy. Its a more direct approach RK takes to convey this. Normally you find Richie backed by his gf but on this show he plays acoustic.

I'm glad I can share some of these sessions with you now from the first semester of the stage. Its clear both these men are trying to wake up the listener to an experience that is completely their own and immediate.

Richie Kirkpatrick - Shine a Light

Seth Moore - In The Intrest of Keeping the Peace

enjoy

R kelly loves bread

2008-01-13T18:13:00.001-06:00

There was a great and wonderful show on right before the stage, The Best of Bread. The host Chris Crofton (later joined by his brother Greg) discussed culture with a dry wit unheard on Nashville radio. Best of Bread is still on the air as well and if given the chance you should tune in.

Every once in a while I would accidentally record a little bit of their show. In this reoccurring segment Chris breaks down "skeptically" the finer points of a popular song/artist.

Chris Crofton - R kelly (Best of Bread)

Yr cut of the trust

2008-01-08T13:03:00.000-06:00

Marty Linville is the perfect example of someone who plays music for the love of it. A transplant from Memphis, Marty has continued to make amazing music since his arrival here. First playing with szechuan chocolate and Richard James primarily known for his drumming prowess, marty soon became Dave Cloud's drummer of choice, joining his gospel of power.

These days Marty has focused intently on perfecting his own songs and has put a series of home recordings on his myspace page. Occasionally playing drums with the indescribable Father Figure and pool hall mainstays Bad Friend, he still plays for the sheer thrill of it.

Catch his band Yr Cut of the trust any given night, at springwater or other fine music venues of Nashville. This early track should give you a taste of what your in for.

Yr Cut of the Trust - Your boyfriend

Scream

2008-01-08T12:32:00.000-06:00

I'm sure like me you all love anything Will Oldham does. Well maybe thats a bad assumption, irregardless. I loved the collaboration he did with tortoise, I especially love his work with Marky Nevers. I think that may be his finest moment.

The first and only time I have seen him play was May of 2006 which seems like yesterday but was actually a long time ago now. The show for me never lived up to the bar the first song placed, "four screams." This I found was a b-side from the superwolf single for "I gave you." I went to the "merch" table and picked it up, unfortunately the arrangement was lacking the intensity of the live version.

So sad was I... until

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - 2006-05-02 - nashville, tn - four screams

Speaking of Dave Cloud...

2008-01-04T16:36:00.000-06:00

This show featured the legendary Dave Cloud with the sadly departed Red Lion. Dave started the show with a rockin set of hits on his brand new guitar and amp set. The rock was bad ass to say the least. This show was co-hosted by red lion and on this particular track Candice gave it her all backing Dave on his salute to Molly Ringwald.

Dave Cloud - hitchhiker to hell(w red lion)

Lone Official of nashville

2008-01-03T12:31:00.000-06:00

Hey ya'll,
I wanted to post something today from the very first radio show we did, this is from 2005. I was not present on the show but did book the band to play, the band was lone official. I really think this show set the bar pretty high for preceding shows.

The song at the time had no title, and now we know it as pretty waters. The instrumentation is striped down to guitar and banjo, with pots and pans for drums. The players are Matt Button, Brian Nichols and Ben Martin.

Lone Official - Tribute to Dave Cloud

gone fishin'

2008-01-01T19:11:00.000-06:00

I'm on vacation today. I'll be back tomorrow, i hope to keep up my stride. I really want to share my piles of Nashville related recordings with you. I hope to post more cherry blossoms, lone official, altered stateman, ghostfinger, seth moore, miss ms ruby, patty le may w/ justin earl, and the corndawg. I have so much more really from the radio show and from shows around town. Oh how could I forget dave cloud, expect dave cloud tomorrow. Have a good hangover all.

Nashville's best kept secret

2007-12-30T16:04:00.000-06:00

The cherry blossoms (as well as chris davis) have been getting alot of mention lately in the nashville online community so I thought now would be a good time to get off my ass and post something about them. First off I have to say that the cherry blossoms are an amazing band. The first time I can remember seeing them was back in 2003 though I'm sure I had seen them before that. This show however has stayed in my memory because of how impressed I was by them. The band was in full effect with I'm sure at least ten plus members on stage they were opening for deerhoof and seven year rabbit.

Years later in 2005 I was given the chance to have them on the short lived radio show "the stage" here is one of my favorite tracks from that radio appearance.

01-02 _ rocks and stones.mp3

I suggest picking up their record somehow, which has newly been pressed on vinyl. Go to their site here there quite a few mp3 links as well.

Blog intentions

2007-09-27T20:54:00.000-05:00

I have started this blog to talk about Nashville pop and un-pop culture, so thats what I will do at some point. Also I'll be posting songs and stuff from my old radio show and maybe something else. I'm not sure.

As you can see Vincent Van Gogh once painted Nashville, so that just shows you how cultured it is here. Also apparently there is some type of bat man like structure on the horizon.