Re: Tortoise/The Ex and Hattifatteners
The first answer is reallly short: All I know about the Hattifatteners is what I read in ICE magazine, which says only what I said. Tortoise and the Ex: now this is an extremely cool record! This Dutch outfit called Koncurrent makes these records when bands are passing through. They put Tortoise and the Ex in a studio to improvise for two days and these are the songs they came up with. I like them better together than I like the Ex alone for listenability, and the Ex just sparks the hell out of Tortoise. It's fascinating. Music food for the brain as well as the spirit. It's being distributed here by Touch and Go I;m pretty sure. I feel really lucky it came on a day I wasn't just piling things up to listen to "sometime." Linda RELS: The Ex and Tortoise,... You mean together? RELS: Hattifatteners (Syd Straw and Cat Power's Chan Marshall) I thought the Hattifatteners were a God Is My Co-Pilot sideproject? carl w.
Calendar Update: The Wrights
Sorry I missed this one: May 8: John and Ellen Wright at Borders, 8 p.m. You've heard me rave about them before--bluegrass pickin', Ralph Stanley stories and all 'round fun. Linda
Early Bird Calendar
Did you buy Alejandro's Bourbonitis Blues Yesterday? Hope so. I forgot to put the release date on the calendar last week, though. Do go get you one and definitely pick up the Backsliders' Southern Lines. The calendar will be on Wednesday this week and next, so you'll just have to comb through all the Reader ads your own selves. There are some new things here, and plenty to keep you busy this weekend. HAVE FUN! *= new or revised since last time 4/29: The Honky Tonk Living Room takes a field trip to the Chicago Cultural Center in the Loop for a show featuring the Texas Rubies, Cole Rain and features from Heather McAdams' soundies collection. 4/29: The Figgs, Milligrams, Shiney Staircase (w/Deanna Varagona) at Lounge Ax 4/30: Lonnie Brooks ACOUSTIC!!! at Budy Guy's. Devil in a woodpile opens. 4/30: Robbie Fulks, Chris Mills at Double Door 4/30: Willie Nelson's birthday (full moon) 4/30: Citizen King at Rosemont Theater 5/1-2: John Fahey at Schubas, 8 p.m. 5/1: Jon Langford and Kelly Hogan at probably the only place that still celebrates May 1, the Heartland Cafe 5/1: P2 Band The Barkers with the Webb Brothers at Lounge Ax 5/1: Sonny James' birthday; Elvis Priscilla's wedding 5/1: Postcard Annie's wedding! (Me'n Postcard Annie spent almost 9 hrs heel to toe on the chainlink fence in front of the stage at Wavefest '97 in Charleston. That's what it takes to get your life events on my calendar. . .on the off chance you were wondering.) 5/3: Retsin at Empty Bottle 5/4: RELS- The Blue Rags, Shaver; RE-ISH- Aretha's Amazing Grace 5/4: Wayne "The Train" Hancock at Schubas 5/5: The BOTTLEROCKETS acoustic at Schubas, TWO shows 5/5: Casolando at the Double Door's Cinco de Mayo celebration 5/5: Tammy Wynette's birthday 5/6: BIG STAR AT METRO! (Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow, Jon Auer) *5/6: Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout w/ Lone Star State and Old #8 5/6: Birthday of Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Willie Mays *5/7: Baxter at the Hideout w/ Jane Baxter Miller, Ken VanderMark and Kent Kessler 5/7: Wilco at the Riviera, Joe Henry opens SOLD OUT 5/7: The Derailers at Schubas 5/7: The Mary Janes at Double Door opening for Willy Porter 5/7: Terry Allen's birthday 5/7: Los Straightjackets at the Empty Bottle 5/8: The Ex-Husbands at Schubas 5/8: Seam, the Eternals, The Baltimores at Double Door 5/8: Robert Johnson's birthday 5/8: Chris Smither and Steve Forbert at the Old Town School, two shows 5/8: Seam, the Baltimores at Double Door 5/8: Los Straitjackets w/Crown Royals at FitzGeralds 5/9: Hank Snow's birthday 5/10: Mother Maybelle Carter's birthday 5/10: Built to Spill at Metro 5/11-12: Al Green at House of Blues 5/11: RELS - Flaming Lips, Snoop Dogg; RE-ISH - Bill Monroe, The Flamin' Groovies (haha) ***5/12: LeRoy Bach and Jay Bennet at the Hideout (KEWL!) 5/12: Vigilantes of Love at Schubas *5/13 Dag Juhlin at the Hideout 5/13: Ladybug Transistor, Of Montreal at Schubas *5/14: Mount Pilot at the Hideout 5/14-15: John Wesley Harding and Ellis Paul at Schubas; two shows each night 5/14: On this date, Heather has randomly noted that Queen Kahena of Algeria had a harem of 400 men! Some girls have all the luck! 5/15: Say ZuZu at the Hideout 5/15: Mike Ireland, Tommy Womack The Geniuses, Scott McClatchy at the Sutler in Nashville 5/14-16: Annual Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music at the Empty Bottle 5/15: Kevin Gordon at Wilbert's in Cleveland *5/16: Cat Power at Lounge Ax *5/18: RELS - Tortoise and The Ex, Michael Krassner, Doc Watson Chet Atkins, Hal Tethcum, Andre Williams/Sadies, Hangdogs, Bloque, Ron Sexsmith; RE-ISH - Captain Beefheart, Lydia Lunch, Graham Parker, Roy Rogers, Dwight Yoakum 5/18: Kevin Gordon at the Exit Inn in Nashville 5/18: Mike Ness, Deke Dickerson at Park West *5/20: Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout 5/20: Bill Miller, Michael Fracasso at Schubas *5/21: The Honeydogs at Lounge Ax. Opening is Love Kit, the band that used to have its practice space on my corner in the auto body shop. Glad to see them moving up in the world! 5/21: Graham Parker w/Jon Langford and John Rice at the Double Door 5/21: Corey Harris w/ Devil in a Woodpile at Chicago Folk Center (Old Town School) 5/21: The Blacks, Casolando, Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel at Metro 5/21: The Mary Janes at Elbo Room 5/22: Dave Schramm and Kate Jacobs at the Hideout 5/22: Anniversary of the Treaty at Appomattox; also Mary Cassatt's birhday 5/24: Jim O'Rourke at Empty Bottle 5/24: Bob Dylan's birthday 5/25: Here Be Monsters at Schubas 5/25: RE-ISH - Steve Goodman 5/25: Birthdays of Bonnie Guitar, Tom T. Hall and Miles Davis 5/27: The Silos, Tim Easton, Jim Roll at Schubas *5/28: Carter Lee Tribute night at the Hideout 5/28: Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd, Bucky Pizzarelli and the Milt Jacson Quartet at Symphony Center 5/28: Jack Logan and the Possibilities at Schubas. The Handsome Family opens 5/28: Sleepy LaBeef at FitzGeralds
Re: Chicago Calender - message from Stacey Earle
Sorry. I should have clarified in the first place. This is Stacey Earle of Chicago, who is a founder and regular at Here Be Monsters, and has occasionally sung harmony with Jon Langford in Skull Orchard. I talked to her last night. Her arm is a wreck with metal things sticking out of it. She was riding her bike home from the last Here be Monsters and was sideswiped by a car. The car stopped long enough for the people in it to yell at her, but not long enough, of course, to provide any info that might get an insurance company to pay for her injuries. Stacey, the Chicago Stacey, has no insurance. She said last night there may be another benefit later at Lounge Ax, but this Tuesday lineup looks great, and I'm thrilled to say that a number of people at the Alejandro show last night, who haven't attended Monsters shows before, are excited enough about this one to plan to attend and bring friends. Hope you'll do likewise. Stacey was one of the founders of Here Be Monsters when it began at the Chopin Theater in Wicker park two or three years ago. That was, as I recall, one of the first public settings in which Ms. Kelly Kessler returned to the stage after the breakup of the Texas Rubies and, I suspect, a seed of the current Honky Tonk Living Room. Monsters has long been a Mekons side project of sorts, providing audiences for individual members' various solo inspirations. It's practically home to Chris Mills, and its stage is frequently visited by the likes of Kelly Hogan, Deanna Varagona, Dave Trumfio of King Size studios and the Pulsars, Brett and Rennie Sparks and all manner of musicians/performance artists, filmmakers, etc., known and unheard of. Stacey was part of the vision to make each Monsters event a benefit for some worthy, obscure, often windmill tilting not-for-profit venture. She's a great gal and I hope people turn out for this thing for her. Linda
Chicago Calendar Errata
one of those frequent inexplicable gaps twixt brain and fingers: 5/14-15: 5/14-15: John Wesley Harding and Ellis Paul at SCHUBAS TAVERN! Two shows each night. Thought you'd want to know so you could try out the link. A HREF="http://www.schubas.com/schome.html"Schubas Tavern/A
Re: Southern Rock Lives
this is the second post to the thread and no one's brought up the Backsliders? Linda
Re: Mandy B
Nice write up on Mandy Burnett in Peter Margasak's column in the Reader this week. It's at www.chireader.com. The section is "Post No Bills." enjoy! Linda
Chicago Calendar
Did you know you can order tickets directly from Schubas? Yep. Here's the link for AOL folks: A HREF="http://www.schubas.com/schome.html"Schubas Tavern/A . For everyone else it's http://www.schubas.com/schome.html HAVE FUN! *= new or revised since last time 4/23: Alejandro Escovedo at Schubas 4/23: Latin Playboys, Lisa Germano at Park West 4/23: Shaver at FitzGeralds 4/23: Diane Izzo at Lounge Ax 4/23: Roy Orbison's birthday *4/24: Benefit at North Center Bowl (where Rob Gjerso taught Jimmie Dale Gilmore how to bowl for his walk on in, o what the hell was the name of that movie, and also where the interiors were shot for Color of Money) to establish the Kathy Orr Memorial Fund for scholarships at NIU's student newspaper. Reader art director and empress of the scene Sheila Sachs is among organizers. $25 buys bowling, pizza and tunes from a jukebox that is the indie rock equivalent of the Lakeside Lounge's. S'wunderful! Details at http://www.dennisspaeth.com. 4/24: Webb Wilder at FitzGeralds 4/24: Dolly Varden at Double Door 4/24: Anna Fermin Trigger Gospel at the Heartland Cafe 4/25: Big Hello, 1-4 p.m. at Navy Pier Beer Garden 4/25: Shannon Wright CD release party at Schubas 4/25: Cubanismo! from Havana to FitzGeralds 4/26: Jimmy LaFave at the Hideout 4/26: Fellow Arizonan Duane Eddy's birthday. Also the birthday of J.B. Hutto 4/27: Here Be Monsters at Schubas. Benefit to help Stacey Earle pay medical bills, featuring Kelly Hogan, Deanna Varagona, Charles Kim, Chris Mills, Nora O'Connor (of The Blacks), Andy Hopkins *4/27: RELS: Backsliders, Ben Folds Five, Old 97s, Tom Waits, Tar Hut tribute to Ray Mason "It's Hearbreak That Sells"; RE-ISH - Meat Puppets, Frank Zappa, The Kinks, Willie Nelson, Pure Prairie League, Strawbs 4/28, 4/30, 5/1: Neil Young at Rosemont Theater. $75 or something like that. 4/29: The Honky Tonk Living Room takes a field trip to the Chicago Cultural Center in the Loop for a show featuring the Texas Rubies, Cole Rain and features from Heather McAdams' soundies collection. *4/29: The Figgs, Milligrams, Shiney Staircase (w/Deanna Varagona) at Lounge Ax *4/30: Lonnie Brooks ACOUSTIC!!! at Budy Guy's. Devil in a woodpile opens. 4/30: Robbie Fulks, Chris Mills at Double Door 4/30: Willie Nelson's birthday (full moon) 4/30: Citizen King at Rosemont Theater 5/1-2: John Fahey at Schubas, 8 p.m. 5/1: Jon Langford and Kelly Hogan at probably the only place that still celebrates May 1, the Heartland Cafe *5/1: P2 Band The Barkers with the Webb Brothers at Lounge Ax 5/1: Sonny James' birthday; Elvis Priscilla's wedding 5/1: Postcard Annie's wedding! (Me'n Postcard Annie spent almost 9 hrs heel to toe on the chainlink fence in front of the stage at Wavefest '97 in Charleston. That's what it takes to get your life events on my calendar. . .on the off chance you were wondering.) 5/3: Retsin at Empty Bottle 5/4: RELS- The Blue Rags, Shaver; RE-ISH- Aretha's Amazing Grace *5/4: Wayne "The Train" Hancock at Schubas *5/5: The BOTTLEROCKETS acoustic at Schubas, TWO shows 5/5: Casolando at the Double Door's Cinco de Mayo celebration 5/5: Tammy Wynette's birthday 5/6: BIG STAR AT METRO! (Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow, Jon Auer) 5/6: Birthday of Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Willie Mays 5/7: Wilco at the Riviera, Joe Henry opens SOLD OUT 5/7: The Derailers at Schubas 5/7: The Mary Janes at Double Door opening for Willy Porter 5/7: Terry Allen's birthday 5/7: Los Straightjackets at the Empty Bottle 5/8: The Ex-Husbands at Schubas 5/8: Seam, the Eternals, The Baltimores at Double Door 5/8: Robert Johnson's birthday 5/8: Chris Smither and Steve Forbert at the Old Town School, two shows 5/8: Seam, the Baltimores at Double Door 5/8: Los Straitjackets w/Crown Royals at FitzGeralds 5/9: Hank Snow's birthday 5/10: Mother Maybelle Carter's birthday 5/10: Built to Spill at Metro 5/11-12: Al Green at House of Blues 5/11: RELS - Flaming Lips, Snoop Dogg; RE-ISH - Bill Monroe, The Flamin' Groovies (haha) 5/12: Vigilantes of Love at Schubas 5/13: Ladybug Transistor, Of Montreal at Schubas 5/14-15: John Wesley Harding and Ellis Paul at Metro 5/14: On this date, Heather has randomly noted that Queen Kahena of Algeria had a harem of 400 men! Some girls have all the luck! *5/15: Say ZuZu at the Hideout *5/15: Mike Ireland, Tommy Womack The Geniuses, Scott McClatchy at the Sutler in Nashville 5/14-16: Annual Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music at the Empty Bottle *5/15: Kevin Gordon at Wilbert's in Cleveland *5/18: RELS - Andre Williams/Sadies, Hangdogs, Bloque, Ron Sexsmith; RE-ISH - Captain Beefheart, Lydia Lunch, Graham Parker, Roy Rogers, Dwight Yoakum *5/18: Kevin Gordon at the Exit Inn in Nashville 5/18: Mike Ness, Deke Dickerson at Park West *5/20: Bill Miller, Michael Fracasso at Schubas *5/21: Graham Parker w/Jon Langford and John Rice at the Double Door 5/21: Corey Harris w/ Devil in a
Re: Clip: the Mary Janes on salon.com
THANK you! Linda, no longer feeling like twisting in the wind on this band
Here Be Monsters
Christopher Mills wrote: Please forward to all appropriate parties. Begin Communication: Greetings! Here Be Monsters April 27 9pm @ Schuba's For the benefit of Miss Stacey Early Pt. 1. The evening's menu will include: Kelly Hogan-Performing her tribute to the late, great Dusty Springfield. Andy Hopkins-Fresh faced Atlanta transplant giving it to you solo style. Charles Kim-Avant guarde luminary and Pinetop Seven founder playing compositions for peddle steel and sampler. Nora O'Connor- The best thing about the Blacks will sing her heart out and charm your socks off. Deanna Varagona Trio- From the heart of the hill country, Lambchop lady and songwriter extrordinare performing for your enjoyment. You must check out her rhythm section! Chris Mills-Yet another obligatory and self -indulgent set by your Monsters mainstay and defacto host for the evening! Yes, that is his hand on your knee. All proceeds from this performance will go to benefit our good friend Stacey Early in her fight to pay some rather unfortunate medical bills incurred while riding home from the last Here Be Monster.
Who are these people
So the earnest, intrepid, but clueless cub reporter has stepped in to cover for the main man at the George Strait hoo ha at Soldier Field on Sunday, and is hoping you can lift her veil of ignorance (I blush) concerning the following: 1 pm: Mark Wills 3: Kenny Chesney 6: Tim McGraw I have always relied on the kindness of strangers. Very much obliged Linda
Ghost Riders
You knew that was what I meant, right? g It was "Don't take your guns" that U2 didn't do much for. Linda, who probably wouldn't make these kinds of mistakes if she waited 24 hours to push the send button. . .but probably would make other kinds of mistakes instead.
Re: Man in Black show...
In a message dated 4/19/99 7:44:06 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thoiught Marty Stuart came off surprisingly well. Especially on Behshazarr, etc. Contrariwise, I think he completely trashed what would have been a sterling performance by the Fairfield Four that I would have loved to have seen instead. I also found Brooks' n' Dunn's inability to coordinate at all with the backing band on "Don't Take Your Guns" annoying as hell. Amazingly, I loved Sheryl Crowe and even more so,Chris Isaak. He did the best job I thought of putting that fragging orchestra behind him and delivering the song like it meant something. Well, Willy Nelson is, of course, just wonderful. I didn't think U2 did much to improve their choice, in fact I've forgotten it. Inevitably, the man himself walked off with his show, although June Carter and Emmylou came close to doing it themselves, I thought. Linda
Re: Margaret Ann Rich song
Chris, was it any of these? I don't think so. . . It was a song Mike Ireland said he'd learned from a 45 that included some dumb interview in which the DJ credits the song to Charlie Rich. Anybody know of it? Anyway, it was that song and none of these ring a bell, but when I try to think of it I can only remember that Hazel Dickens song that Deanna Varagona and Kelly Hogan sang. Linda In a message dated 4/18/99 10:21:54 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That'd be margaret ann rich, who wrote quite a few of Rich's better songs: Go Ahead And Cry (from Pictures and Paintings), Have A Heart (from Boss Man), That's The Day You Said You Stopped Loving Me (from Set me Free), plus Pass On By and great Smash cuts like Down And Out, A Field Of Yellow Daisies, Everything I Do is Wrong and Party Girl. The best M.A. Rich song, though, was Life Has It's Little Ups And Downs, from the Fabulous Charlie Rich. --david cantwell
Re: Margaret Ann Rich song
thanks, Dave! That's the one. I remember the last part. Linda In a message dated 4/18/99 11:17:43 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If that's the story he told, the I'd say it's definately Life Has It's Little Ups And Downs (as in "...like ponies on a merry-go-round, but no one grabs the brass ring everytime, but she don't mind. She's got a gold ring on her finger, and I'm so glad that's it's mine") --dc
Re: Hazel Dickens song
Jon Weisberger asks "Which one?" and of course, he has to tell me -- if it isn't called "My Better Years" at least that's the way I remember it. Linda
Re: Clip: review of Alejandro Escovedo's new one
In a message dated 4/18/99 12:57:10 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Established fans are guarding the secret, HA! Established fans are proselytisig like all get out! Linda
Re: wilco and vic
That was gorgeous, Carl. man, what the hell am I doing in this business. . . Linda
Re: Era of Perfect Singles ETC.
don't know how this got me started thinking about literally life-changing hooks. Probably that in spring cleaning I found my paperback deep blues which I must've started reading a year ago and then lost track of so although I have missed the entire thread, I'd like everyone to ponder a minute Muddy Waters' stop time (Willie Dixon gives credit to the whole band for this one) Hootchie Cootchie Man and Elmore James' Dust My Broom. By the way, Miss Deanna Varagonna has some kinda stunning blues feel I must say. Great show the other night with Mike Ireland, whom NO ONE should miss on this li'l tour with just Dan Mesh. Who needs a band? Linda, who thinks the opening of Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend stands up right nicely, if that has anything to do with anything
Re: Era of Perfect Singles
actually, Mazor, I thought your subject line might indicate promising news for the new millenium. Linda
Re: Era of Perfect Singles
In a message dated 4/17/99 11:04:58 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ...the first splash of "Like A Rolling Stone" comes on the radio and I crank it up to speaker-cone shred volume, jam the car a gear lower, stomp it up to 85 and hold it way up there close to the redline and it feels like musical sex. This is what music is supposed to do to you. Joe Gracey not so much about sex as driving but this puts me in mind of a time I was driving a rental convertible across the bridge to Coronado Island and "Summertime" came on the radio. Can't remember who did it, but you know the one, summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime. One of life's perfect driving music moments. Ha! My daughter always used to whine, "how come you always turn the radio UP when it's a song YOU like?" Linda, happy to be the mother of a perfect woman
Re: Mike Ireland tour dates east/midwest/south/UK
In a message dated 4/17/99 11:17:39 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Coming in July: Songwriter-in-the-round Eastern/Midwestern US tour w/ Mike Ireland, Joe Pernice Tommy Womack cannot WAIT for this one! Linda
Re: Era of Perfect Singles
In a message dated 4/17/99 11:22:52 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I distinctly recall hearing "Honky Tonk Women" for the first time on a radio in a dorm room and going nuts And immediately putting down everything and driving to a *wholesale* record distribution warehouse to find it because none of the record stores in town had it yet. That drum lead-in is still amazing. Got it with that cool picture cover g. jeez. are we old farts or what! I remember dragging myself to the car to go take my GMATs in the District. I was living in Reston and the damned test started at 7:30 fragging a.m. I had nearly an hour's drive on a Satuday morning with Leesburg Pike and the GW parkway all to myself and remember the whole trip to this day for the fact that some godsend DJ chose that time period to debut "Some Girls." Linda
Re: Era of Perfect Singles
In a message dated 4/17/99 12:40:20 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But for great endings that END, you can't hardly beat James Brown's "I Feel Good." the little girls know. . .heh heh YEEOOOWWW! Linda
More on Ray Mason tribute
NRBQ is on this thing? well. . .kinda. I did not know that! Anyway, here's more info from the Tar Hut website via the ND Board. Sounds like a local hero of sorts. I think he used to/does hold down some Sundays at NYC's storied Lakeside Lounge. Speaking of Angry Johnny and the Killbillies, you'll find them on Tar Hut's most recent release: "It's Heartbreak That Sells - A Tribute To Ray Mason". Ray Mason. Mr. Nice Guy. Mr. Ray Mason. We're extremely proud to announce this collection of songs in tribute to the legendary godfather of the New England music scene. The album, which will be available in all worthy stores on April 20, boasts heavy-hitter names such as the Ass Ponys (Cincinnati's press and radio are going wild!), Cheri Knight, Eric Ambel, and Steve Westfield The Slow Band. In addition to our very own Angry Johnny The Killbillies (you KNOW Ray must be a nice guy if Angry Johnny does a tribute song!), King Radio makes a Cure-ish pop appearance also! Countless numbers of local musicians who consider Ray Mason a mentor and a special friend also make appearances: The Incredible Casuals (featuring members of NRBQ), The Gutterbirds (including Ray's Lonesome Brothers bandmate Jim Armenti), Tom Shea (Scud Mountain Boys), Jim Weeks, The Bamboo Steamers, and Pete Weiss The Rock Band all pay tribute. We're truly honored to be a part of this, and we hope that you'll enjoy the album. If you're interested in hearing any of Ray Mason's music, you can check out Wormco Records or just check out our listening station and click on any Lonesome Brothers clip.
blues
I tried to warn you about hanging out at Chicago blues clubs, Bob Soron. ;-) Linda, way over the tourist circuit
blues revisited
I think I forgot this part g but it's probably way to late to avoid an acid retort. Linda
Confirming Kelly at 1 p.m.
jeesh. Kelly Hogan will honor Dusty Springfield's birthday tomorrow, Friday, April 16 at 1 p.m. at the Chicago Cultural Center. Spellchecker, phooey! When ever will they make these things with a fragging fact checker. Linda
Re: Attn Derek!! Bay Area shows
you left out. . . 4/18 Chip Robinson of the Backsliders solo acoustic at Paradise Lounge in S.F. lr
Re: Angry Johnny and the Killbillies
just go. They've added a whole lot of other stuff to humor and homicide, like savage introspection and hopelessly mangled and misunderstood relationships. Linda
Chicago Calendar, etc.
Chicagoans: I'm adding "Sound Opinions" to the weekly to-do's. It's the Sun Times' Jim DeRogatis and the Tribune's Greg Kot talking about music each Tuesday night from 10 to midnight on 'XRT. Usually, there's a guest artist, too, either in the studio or on the phone. Last Tuesday, Wilco; next Tuesday, Columbian rock monsters, Bloque. HAVE FUN! Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $10 from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose *= new or revised since last time *4/15: Kelly Hogan performs a birthday tribute to Dusty Springfield at the Chicago Cultural Center at noon 4/15: Birthday of A.P. Carter and Roy Clark; Titanic sinks 4/15: Mike Ireland and Deanna Varagona in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout *4/15: Big Hello at 9 p.m. Morseland in amazing home neighborhood Rogers Park 4/15: Peter Case, Gwil Owen, Duane Jarvis, Joy Lynn White and others I'm sure I should know, too, at the Sutler in Nashville 4/15: Chip Robinson at Impulse in Redding, CA *4/16: Honeyboy Edwards at The Boulevard Cafe, 3137 W. Logan Blvd. 4/16: Songs:Ohia at Lounge Ax 4/16: Baxter at the Heartland Cafe 4/17: Bloque instore at Tower on Clark; House of Blues that evening 4/17: Kate Anna McGarrigle w/ Loudon Wainwright III at Chicago Folk Center (The Old Town School) 4/17: Edith Frost at Lounge Ax 4/17: Anna Fermin Trigger Gospel at the Hideout 4/17: Honeydogs, Marlee Macleod at Rock Island in Des Moines, IA *4/17: Eric "Roscoe" Ambel with The Yahoos at the new Lakeside Lounge in Raleigh 4/17: Paul Burch, Tom House, Tomi Lunsford, Tommy Womack, Todd Snider at the Sutler in Nashville *4/18: Hal Ketchum, acoustic at Schubas (4/16 17 are sold out) 4/18: Chip Robinson at Paradise Lounge in San Francisco 4/19: Anniversary of the first broadcast of the National Barn Dance, 1924 *4/19: Waco Brothers at the Hideout *4/20: RELS: Spade Cooley (Bloodshot Revival), "It's Heartbreak That Sells" a tribute to Ray Mason; Alejandro Escovedo, Bill Kirchen, Man or Astroman?, Poi Dog Pondering, Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza; RE-ISH- Woodie Guthrie, Mekons 4/20: Gomez, Mojave 3 at Double Door 4/20: Joe Pernice, Mike Ireland Dan Mesh, Bob Egan at Mercury Lounge in NYC *4/20: I am not making this up. Marilyn Manson and Nashville Pussy at the Rosemont Horizon 4/21: Chip Robinson at Jack's Sugar Shack in Los Angeles 4/21: Ira Louvin's birthday *4/22: Postcard band Cedar Case at Beat Kitchen 4/22: Alejandro Escovedo at FitzGerald's; Sally Timms opens 4/22: Fastball w/Gigolo Aunts at House of Blues 4/22: Casolando, Million Yen, Frisbie at Park West, benefit for Franklin Fine Arts Public School 4/23: Alejandro Escovedo at Schubas 4/23: Latin Playboys, Lisa Germano at Park West 4/23: Shaver at FitzGeralds *4/23: Diane Izzo at Lounge Ax 4/23: Roy Orbison's birthday 4/24: Webb Wilder at FitzGeralds 4/24: Dolly Varden at Double Door 4/24: Anna Fermin Trigger Gospel at the Heartland Cafe 4/25: Big Hello, 1-4 p.m. at Navy Pier Beer Garden 4/25: Shannon Wright CD release party at Schubas 4/25: Cubanismo! from Havana to FitzGeralds 4/26: Jimmy LaFave at the Hideout 4/26: Fellow Arizonan Duane Eddy's birthday. Also the birthday of J.B. Hutto 4/27: Here Be Monsters at Schubas 4/27: RELS: Backsliders, Ben Folds Five, Old 97s, Tom Waits; RE-ISH - Meat Puppets, Frank Zappa 4/28, 4/30, 5/1: Neil Young at Rosemont Theater. $75 or something like that. 4/29: The Honky Tonk Living Room takes a field trip to the Chicago Cultural Center in the Loop for a show featuring the Texas Rubies, Cole Rain and features from Heather McAdams' soundies collection. *4/30: Lonnie Brooks ACOUSTIC!!! at Budy Guy's. Devil in a woodpile opens. 4/30: Robbie Fulks, Chris Mills at Double Door 4/30: Willie Nelson's birthday (full moon) 4/30: Citizen King at Rosemont Theater 5/1-2: John Fahey at Schubas, 8 p.m. 5/1: Jon Langford and Kelly Hogan at probably the only place that still celebrates May 1, the Heartland Cafe 5/1: Sonny James' birthday; Elvis Priscilla's wedding 5/1: Postcard Annie's wedding! (Me'n Postcard Annie spent almost 9 hrs heel to toe on the chainlink fence in front of the stage at Wavefest '97 in Charleston. That's what it takes to get your life events on my calendar. . .on the off chance you were wondering.) 5/3: Retsin at Empty Bottle 5/4: RELS- The Blue Rags, Shaver 5/5: The BOTTLEROCKETS acoustic at Schubas 5/5: Casolando at the Double Door's Cinco de Mayo celebration 5/5: Tammy Wynette's birthday 5/6: BIG STAR AT METRO! 5/6: Birthday of Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Willie Mays *5/7: Wilco at the Riviera, Joe Henry opens 5/7: The Derailers at Schubas 5/7: The Mary Janes at Double Door opening for Willy Porter 5/7: Terry Allen's birthday 5/7: Los Straightjackets at the Empty Bottle 5/8: The Ex-Husbands at Schubas 5/8: Seam, the Eternals, The Baltimores at Double Door 5/8: Robert Johnson's birthday 5/8: Chris Smither and Steve Forbert
Ray Mason Tribute
I confess I've never heard the man myself, but the covers are GREAT! Eric "Roscoe" Ambel Cheri Knight Ass Ponys Ware River Club Angry Johnny and the Killbillies Anyway, I've enjoyed the heck out of it. . . Linda
Re: Mike and Dan in Chicago
In a message dated 4/14/99 11:56:19 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Appearing at Chicago's best damn little bar (the Hideout), Mike Ireland and Dan Mesh will be at the Honky Tonk Living Room tomorrow (Thursday) with Deanna Varagona doing openers, 9:00 start, $6 cover, 1354 W. Wabansia, yowsah! I'm there! Linda
Re: Cereal Wars
have you tried the all berry Captain Crunch? yum! Linda, wondering if y'all are pulling my leg about there being a fluff list
Re: Chicago Calendar returns with a vengeance!
ps as for the 17th, Heather notes only Linda McCartney's passing. . .also the one year anniversary of me being a vegetarian. Linda
Chicago Calendar returns with a vengeance!
Whew! What a lot to catch up on. Just got back from SXSW and then took a ten day vacation. Haven't done that in ten years; now I remember why! Okay, just cuz it's SPRING and I felt like it, I've included some shows that looked interesting in a couple other cities. Can't say I can keep it up, but will try from time to time to post some shows you might not otherwise hear much about but might want to try to get to if you're not too far to drive. We'll see how it goes. HAVE FUN! Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $10 from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose *= new or revised since last time *4/12: Gary Heffern and Chip Robinson at Tractor Tavern in Seattle *4/14: Peter Case and Robbie Fulks at FitzGeralds *4/14: Ana Egge at 7:30; Casolando at 9:30. In celebration of Schubas 10th anniversary, both shows are FREE *4/14: Sebadoh, Verbena at Metro *4/14: Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt at Lounge Ax *4/15 and 4/18: Hal Ketchum, acoustic at Schubas (4/16 17 are sold out) 4/15: Birthday of A.P. Carter and Roy Clark; Titanic sinks *4/15: Mike Ireland and Deanna Varagona in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout *4/15: Peter Case, Gwil Owen, Duane Jarvis, Joy Lynn White and others I'm sure I should know, too, at the Sutler in Nashville *4/15: Chip Robinson at Impulse in Redding, CA *4/16: Songs:Ohia at Lounge Ax *4/16: Baxter at the Heartland Cafe *4/17: Bloque instore at Tower on Clark; House of Blues that evening *4/17: Kate Anna McGarrigle w/ Loudon Wainwright III at Chicago Folk Center (The Old Town School) *4/17: Edith Frost at Lounge Ax *4/17: Anna Fermin Trigger Gospel at the Hideout *4/17: Honeydogs, Marlee Macleod at Rock Island in Des Moines, IA *4/17: The Yahoos at the new Lakeside Lounge in Raleigh *4/17: Paul Burch, Tom House, Tomi Lunsford, Tommy Womack, Todd Snider at the Sutler in Nashville *4/18: Chip Robinson at Paradise Lounge in San Francisco 4/19: Anniversary of the first broadcast of the National Barn Dance, 1924 4/20: RELS: Alejandro Escovedo, Bill Kirchen, Man or Astroman?, Poi Dog Pondering, Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza; RE-ISH- Woodie Guthrie, Mekons *4/20: Gomez, Mojave 3 at Double Door *4/20: Joe Pernice, Mike Ireland Dan Mesh, Bob Egan at Mercury Lounge in NYC *4/21: Chip Robinson at Jack's Sugar Shack in Los Angeles 4/21: Ira Louvin's birthday *4/22: Alejandro Escovedo at FitzGerald's; Sally Timms opens *4/22: Fastball w/Gigolo Aunts at House of Blues *4/22: Casolando, Million Yen, Frisbie at Park West, benefit for Franklin Fine Arts Public School *4/23: Dave Schramm and Kate Jacobs at the Hideout 4/23: Alejandro Escovedo at Schubas *4/23: Latin Playboys, Lisa Germano at Park West 4/23: Shaver at FitzGeralds 4/23: Roy Orbison's birthday *4/24: Webb Wilder at FitzGeralds *4/24: Dolly Varden at Double Door *4/24: Anna Fermin Trigger Gospel at the Heartland Cafe *4/25: Big Hello, 1-4 p.m. at Navy Pier Beer Garden *4/25: Shannon Wright CD release party at Schubas *4/25: Cubanismo! from Havana to FitzGeralds *4/26: Jimmy LaFave at the Hideout 4/26: Fellow Arizonan Duane Eddy's birthday. Also the birthday of J.B. Hutto *4/27: Here Be Monsters at Schubas 4/27: RELS: Backsliders, Ben Folds Five, Old 97s, Tom Waits; RE-ISH - Meat Puppets, Frank Zappa 4/28, 4/30, 5/1: Neil Young at Rosemont Theater. $75 or something like that. 4/29: The Honky Tonk Living Room takes a field trip to the Chicago Cultural Center in the Loop for a show featuring the Texas Rubies, Cole Rain and features from Heather McAdams' soundies collection. *4/30: Robbie Fulks, Chris Mills at Double Door 4/30: Willie Nelson's birthday (full moon) 4/30: Citizen King at Rosemont Theater *5/1-2: John Fahey at Schubas, 8 p.m. *5/1: Jon Langford and Kelly Hogan at probably the only place that still celebrates May 1, the Heartland Cafe 5/1: Sonny James' birthday; Elvis Priscilla's wedding 5/1: Postcard Annie's wedding! (Me'n Postcard Annie spent almost 9 hrs heel to toe on the chainlink fence in front of the stage at Wavefest '97 in Charleston. That's what it takes to get your life events on my calendar. . .on the off chance you were wondering.) *5/3: Retsin at Empty Bottle *5/4: RELS- The Blue Rags, Shaver *5/5: The BOTTLEROCKETS acoustic at Schubas *5/5: Casolando at the Double Door's Cinco de Mayo celebration 5/5: Tammy Wynette's birthday *5/6: BIG STAR AT METRO! 5/6: Birthday of Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Willie Mays 5/7: Wilco at the Riviera *5/7: The Derailers at Schubas *5/7: The Mary Janes at Double Door opening for Willy Porter 5/7: Terry Allen's birthday 5/7: Los Straightjackets at the Empty Bottle *5/8: The Ex-Husbands at Schubas *5/8: Seam, the Eternals, The Baltimores at Double Door 5/8: Robert Johnson's birthday 5/8: Chris Smither and Steve Forbert at the Old Town School *5/8: Los Straitjackets w/Crown Royals at FitzGeralds 5/9: Hank Snow's birthday 5/9: Kelly Kessler and
Badge needed!
Hey why worry about the penny-ante wristband stuff anyway. go for the big one! Seriously, if anyone can let me use their badge from about 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. Thursday, I'd be much obliged. I can pick it up and return it to the P2 party. Thanks, Linda
Re: SXSW update: final
It has been determined that yours truly will have a room at the Days Inn University-Downtown. What good it will do anyone to know that remains to be seen. In my experience, there's never been live music in my hotel room so I've generally been where there is. Still. . .there's a first time for everything! See you at the P2 party! Linda
Re: Clip: Another interview with Jeff Tweedy
I LOVE that! Thank you so much for posting it. . . np. Southern Line, different but equal
16 Horsepower
Anybody know how to contact this band these days? A friend of a friend wants to interview them on a radio show and asked me how to reach them, but all I have is an empty number at AM Thanks as always for your indulgence. BTW, the V-Roys rocked to beat all last night. What a fraggin' show! Eat- your-heart out moment: Kelly Hogan/Scot Miller duet on "Lie I believe"--a two kleenex song under the rockin'est of conditions, which that show pretty much was. Also noted, V-Roys currently leading the "Classiest-looking dewy-eyed groupies" category. Later, Linda, trying to figure out how to be less secure in what she thinks she knows, cuz it's wrong too often
Chicago Calendar
You're on your own next week, kids. I'll be in Austin. Tix go on sale at noon Saturday for Wilco at the Riv 5/7. HAVE FUN! Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $10 from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose ***(ATTN Postcarders: If you don't know who these people are, trust me, you will enjoy finding out.)*** *= new or revised since last time *3/11: Pine Valley Cosmonauts salute Bob Wills at the Hideout 3/11: The Big Hello at Gunther Murphy's 3/11: Fred Eaglesmith at FitzGeralds 3/11: NDTV (repeat): Vic Chesnutt and Lambchop on Conan 3/11: Darden Smith with Greg Trooper at Schubas 3/11: Wilco instore at Tower Records on Clark, 8 p.m. 3/11: Salt n Pepa at House of Blues 3/12: Jack Kerouac's birthday 3/12: The V-Roys and the Texas Rubies at the Hideout 3/12: Brave Combo (the Aristotillian ideal wedding band) at FitzGeralds *3/12: Blind Boys of Alabama at the Old Town School; The Campbell Brothers Sacred Steel Guitars open 3/12: Dan Bern at 8; Split Lip Rayfield and Slobberbone at 10 at Schubas 3/13: V-Roys at FitzGeralds 3/13/1975: George and Tammy divorce 3/13: Gladys Knight w/The Temptations at Arie Crown (sold out) 3/14: Liz Phair at Lounge Ax 3/14-15: Joe Henry at Schubas; Josh Rouse opens *3/16: Devil in a Woodpile at the Chicago Cultural Center (noon birthday salute to mandolinist Yank Rachel) 3/16: RELS- Terry Allen, Jeff Beck, Mojo Nixon, Chris Smither; RE-ISH Meat Puppets, Graham Parker, Television 3/18: Birthday of Charley Pride and Wilson Pickett 3/19: NDTV: Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band on Conan *3/19: Songs Ohia at the Empty Bottle 3/19: Smog at Lounge Ax 3/20: Lyle Lovett at Rialto Square Theater in Joliet, IL, birthplace of my mother 3/20: Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, with Danny Barnes (Bad Livers) opening, at the Old Town School *3/20: Baxter at the Heartland Cafe 3/22: Birthday of Charlie Poole 3/23: RELS: Olivia Tremor Control, Terry Allen, the Mary Janes, Mary Lee's Corvette, John Dee Graham, Bill Lloyd, Iggy Pop, Steve Wynn, Friends of Dean Martinez; RE-ISH Dave Edmunds, John Fahey, Sam Phillips 3/24-25: Freedy Johnson at Schubas; Chris Mills opens on the 25th 3/25: *XRT Benefit Concert - for The Neon Street Program For Homeless Youth * 1st WALTZ: LINE UP: Lonnie Brooks, Sugar Blue, The BoDeans' Sammy Llanas, Bob Griffin, Blondie Chaplin, Rick Danko, Alejandro Escovedo, Jon Langford, Ivan Neville, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Cemak Rice, Sonis Dada, Mavis Staples and Gary Yerkins 3/25: Freakwater at the Chicago Cultural Center, 6:30 p.m. 3/25: Birthday of Marlee MacLeod, Robbie Fulks, Hoyt Axton and Aretha Franklin 3/25-26: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band at the VIC 3/26: Tennessee Williams' birthday 3/26: Freakwater at Schubas 3/26: Olivia Tremor Control at Lounge Ax 3/26: Gladys Knight w/ The Temptations at Arie Crown 3/26: Devil in a Woodpile w/ Honeyboy Edwards ! at Metro 3/26: Dr. Demento plays Oshkosh, WI if yer lookin' for a road trip 3/27: Sleater Kinney at Metro 3/27: Tentative: Sadies at Lounge Ax 3/27: Jimmy LaFave at FitzGeralds 3/27: Rufus Wainright at Park West 3/28: Sons of the Never Wrong at Schubas *3/29: Texas Ruby Jane Baxter Miller and bassist Kent Kessler in a Chicago Cultural Center birthday salute to Reba McIntyre 3/29: Here Be Monsters at Schubas 3/30: RE-ISH Meat Puppets 3/31: Bob Egan at Schubas; birdog opens 3/31: Lefty Frizzell's birthday 4/1: NDTV - Wilco on Letterman 4/1: Anndrena Belcher (singer/storyteller/dressmaker from the Smokey Mountains) in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout 4/1-2: Kelly Willis band with Bruce Robinson at Schubas *4/2: Birthday of Emmylou Harris and Marvin Gaye *4/3: Johnny Horton's birthday *4/4: Muddy Waters' birtday; Spring Forward 4/4: Dick Dale at House of Blues *4/6: Merle Haggard's birthday 4/6: RELS: Tom Petty, Paul K; RE-ISH--Marvin Gaye, Meat Puppets *4/7: Birthday of Billie Holiday and Bobby Bare 4/8 Chris Mills and, from S.F,. Red Meat at the Hideout 4/8: Elliott Smith at Metro, Internet-only TixMonster *4/8: Buckwheat Zyedeco at House of Blues *4/9: Carl Perkins' birthday 4/9 Sparklehorse w/Varnaline at Double Door 4/9-10: Vic Chesnutt at Schubas *4/10: Koko Taylor at FitzGeralds 4/10: Old 97s at Double Door *4/12: Birthday of Vince Gill and David Letterman 4/13: RELS: Mandy Barnett, Tom Petty; RE-ISH-- Bruce Springsteen *4/14: Peter Case w/Robbie Fulks at FitzGeralds *4/14: Loretta Lynn's birthday 4/14: FREE 10th Anniversary show at Schubas--Anna Egge 7:30, Casolando 9:30 4/14: Sebadoh w/Verbena at Metro *4/15: Birthday of A.P. Carter and Roy Clark; Titanic sinks 4/15: Deanna Varagona in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout 4/17: Kate Anna McGarrigle at The Old Town School *4/19: Anniversary of the first broadcast of the National Barn Dance, 1924 4/20: RELS: Alejandro Escovedo; RE-ISH--Mekons *4/20 Gomez at Double Door *4/21: Ira Louvin's birthday *4/22: Alejandro Escovedo
Re: Guacamole
The best is the simplest. Avocado has a really delicate flavor and light piquance all its own, too often masqued by way to much salsa-like stuff. Not to boast, but people rave, so try this. . .it's a bit different. . . Leave avocados on a south-facing windowsill until they're pretty mushy Mash them with a fork For each avocado, add 1/4 tsp lemon juice, an extra 1/4 tsp to the whole thing for the heckuvit 1/8 tsp Lawry's season salt per avocado 1/2 to 1 tsp minced onion Then cut up a firm, fresh tomato into the whole thing. Cut it up small that's it I like blue corn chips with it. Linda
Re: Guacamole
I second the cilantro. I use it if I have it. Personally, I think the piquante sauce just messes with a good avocado. lre
Re: twanglife after 50, 60, 70 ...
There's the whole Lubbock/Austin establishment and friends: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Carole Pierce, Guy Clark, Joe Ely, etc. lr
Re: SXSW update II
In a message dated 3/10/99 10:56:52 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At the request of Barry Mazor, who's leaving shortly for his all-expenses-paid, staying-at-the-swanky-Omni trip to Austin, must be some kinda well-known workin' weasel! Linda
Re: Let's Active cover on Friends
tell me about Let's Active, if you would be so kind. she of boundless ignorance, lr
Re: mathcountry
oh, now. . .the whole point is the heart, you know. Linda
Re: Tweedy quote /generations
In a message dated 3/6/99 9:18:32 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The older folks, the ones with jobs and largely without .EDU at the end of the e-mail account, are more into the music. and less into the bands? wait. . .I'm confused. This often happens at the brink of a cosmic insight. Please keep going with this train of thought until I can catch up. Seriously. Linda
Re: A Question [Extremely LONG]
Cheryl -- just please please don't ever find better things to do with your time. thank you, Linda
Re: Tweedy quote/alt.country (LONG and IRRITATED)
In a message dated 3/5/99 9:14:18 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: /colorBig deal, indeed. I agree completely with Terry, though -- it does get awfully fucking tiresome to read the tripe about UT starting some big movement, especially when one reads the oft-repeated claims that they somehow awakened a type of music that had been dormant since Gram Parsons died. Yah. Actually, all UT started was P2. Well, and Postcard, of course. Well okay and No Depression Magazine, but, hey. Linda "it's not about the music it's about the internet" Ray
Here you go. . .
Hank Williams III wants to be characterized as alternative country. . .for whoever's keeping score. BTW his show at Lounge Ax tomorrow night was cancelled today. Linda
Re: Townes Van Zandt birthday and my show birthday ! Invitation for all !!!
Happy Birthday Alex! Please play The Handsome Family, "Drunk by Noon" Sparklehorse, "Sunshine" Freakwater, "Jesus Year" (It's the only birthday song I can think of off the top of my head) Have fun! Linda
Chicago Calendar
HAVE FUN! Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $10 from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose *= new or revised since last time *3/5: Baxter at the Hideout 3/5: Jeff Tweedy solo at Harper College 3/5: Rebecca Gates at Lounge Ax 3/5/1963: We lose Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins 3/5: Afghan Whigs at Metro (sold out) 3/6: Hank Williams III at Lounge Ax *3/6: Jon Langford celebrates Bob Wills' birthday at Chris and Heather's Record Roundup. Bob Wills will make a guest appearance via soundies! 3/6: Bluegrass BBQ with the Reno Brothers and Special Consensus at FitzGeralds 3/6: Don Walser The Pure Texas Band at the Old Town School; Hot Club of Cowtown opens 3/6: Bloodshot CD release party: The Riptones, at Schubas; Devil in a Woodpile opens 3/7: Townes Van Zandt's birthday **3/8: Superchunk at Lounge Ax 3/9: RELS: WILCO, Big Star, Citizen King, Joe Henry, Van Morrison, Beth Orton; RE-ISH Afghan Whigs, Roky Erickson, Kinky Friedman, Elvis Presley 3/10: Brian Wilson at the Rosemont Theater *3/11: The Big Hello at Gunther Murphy's 3/11: Fred Eaglesmith at FitzGeralds 3/11: NDTV (repeat): Vic Chesnutt and Lambchop on Conan 3/11: Darden Smith with Greg Trooper at Schubas *3/11: Wilco instore at Tower Records on Clark, 8 p.m. 3/11: Salt n Pepa at House of Blues 3/12: Jack Kerouac's birthday 3/12: The V-Roys and the Texas Rubies at the Hideout 3/12: Brave Combo (the Aristotillian ideal wedding band) at FitzGeralds 3/12: Blind Boys of Alabama at the Old Town School 3/12: Dan Bern at 8; Split Lip Rayfield and Slobberbone at 10 at Schubas 3/13: V-Roys at FitzGeralds 3/13/1975: George and Tammy divorce 3/13: Gladys Knight w/The Temptations at Arie Crown (sold out) 3/14: Liz Phair at Lounge Ax 3/14-15: Joe Henry at Schubas; Josh Rouse opens 3/16: RELS- Terry Allen, Jeff Beck, Mojo Nixon, Chris Smither; RE-ISH Meat Puppets, Graham Parker, Television 3/18: Birthday of Charley Pride and Wilson Pickett 3/19: NDTV: Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band on Conan *3/19: Smog at Lounge Ax 3/20: Lyle Lovett at Rialto Square Theater in Joliet, IL, birthplace of my mother 3/20: Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, with Danny Barnes (Bad Livers) opening, at the Old Town School 3/22: Birthday of Charlie Poole 3/23: RELS: Olivia Tremor Control, Terry Allen, the Mary Janes, Mary Lee's Corvette, John Dee Graham, Bill Lloyd, Iggy Pop, Steve Wynn, Friends of Dean Martinez; RE-ISH Dave Edmunds, John Fahey, Sam Phillips 3/24-25: Freedy Johnson at Schubas; Chris Mills opens on the 25th 3/25: Freakwater at the Chicago Cultural Center 3/25: Birthday of Marlee MacLeod, Robbie Fulks, Hoyt Axton and Aretha Franklin 3/25-26: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band at the VIC 3/26: Tennessee Williams' birthday *3/26: Freakwater at Schubas 3/26: Olivia Tremor Control at Lounge Ax 3/26: Gladys Knight w/ The Temptations at Arie Crown 3/26: Devil in a Woodpile w/ Honeyboy Edwards ! at Metro 3/26: Dr. Demento plays Oshkosh, WI if yer lookin' for a road trip 3/27: Sleater Kinney at Metro 3/27: Tentative: Sadies at Lounge Ax 3/27: Jimmy LaFave at FitzGeralds 3/27: Rufus Wainright at Park West 3/28: Sons of the Never Wrong at Schubas 3/29: Here Be Monsters at Schubas 3/30: RE-ISH Meat Puppets 3/31: Bob Egan at Schubas; birdog opens 3/31: Lefty Frizzell's birthday 4/1: NDTV - Wilco on Letterman 4/1-2: Kelly Willis band with Bruce Robinson at Schubas 4/1: Anndrena Belcher (singer/storyteller/dressmaker from the Smokey Mountains) in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout 4/4: Dick Dale at House of Blues 4/6: RELS: Tom Petty, Paul K; RE-ISH--Marvin Gaye, Meat Puppets 4/8 Chris Mills and, from S.F,. Red Meat at the Hideout 4/8: Elliott Smith at Metro, Internet-only TixMonster 4/9 Sparklehorse w/Varnaline at Double Door 4/9-10: Vic Chesnutt at Schubas 4/10: Old 97s at Double Door 4/13: RELS: Mandy Barnett, Tom Petty; RE-ISH-- Bruce Springsteen 4/14: FREE 10th Anniversary show at Schubas--Anna Egge 7:30, Casolando 9:30 4/14: Sebadoh w/Verbena at Metro 4/15: Deanna Varagona in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout 4/17: Kate Anna McGarrigle at The Old Town School 4/20: RELS: Alejandro Escovedo; RE-ISH--Mekons *4/23: Shaver at FitzGeralds 4/27: RELS: Backsliders, Old 97s? *4/28, 4/30, 5/1: Neil Young at Rosemont Theater. $75 or something like that. 4/29: The Honky Tonk Living Room takes a field trip to the Chicago Cultural Center in the Loop for a show featuring the Texas Rubies, Cole Rain and features from Heather McAdams' soundies collection. 4/30: Citizen King at Rosemont Theater 5/1: Postcard Annie's wedding! (Me'n Postcard Annie spent almost 9 hrs heel to toe on the chainlink fence in front of the stage at Wavefest '97 in Charleston. That's what it takes to get your life events on my calendar. . .on the off chance you were wondering. g) *5/7: Wilco at the Riv 5/8: Chris Smither and Steve Forbert at the Old Town School 5/9: Kelly
Hank Williams III
Anybody seen a show lately? I'm going to see him Saturday. . . Linda
Re: Robbie Fulks and covers
Wait. . .I've never heard Robbie do this particular cover. Are you referring to that cheesy rock song Suffragette by the Beatles? curious, Linda In a message dated 3/1/99 9:04:26 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jennifer, who is going to scream for "Jet" at the top of her lungs when Mr. Fulks hits town next month... OK, OK, finally I just have to ask "WHY?!!!" I just don't get it. Why do people love for country or alt.country bands or so-called alt.country bands to do covers of godawful cheesy rock songs? Why do people respond to these more than they do to the, OK, I'm going to say it, "real" songs? Dina
Re: Robbie Fulks and covers
In a message dated 3/1/99 10:10:38 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's Jet all right, Linda--but it was by Wings. I knew that. lr, sleep deprived from the Tweedy show. he covered some Uncle Tupelo. I don't think the Woody Guthrie stuff counts as covers.
Re: Robbie Fulks and covers
Have I ever mentioned that I like the Stones better? lr
Re: Damn This Old LA Town
In a message dated 2/28/99 8:36:31 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If nothing else, why someone would want to be that close to a singer-songwriter as talented as Buckner while she's tearing his way through "22" and be laughing and carrying on about some irrelevant bullsh*t is just mind-blowing to me. Take it to the back of the room. I hope you told that to the talkers. You're preaching to the converted, here, with that. Linda "Shut the Fuck Up" Ray, who does not mind embarrassing herself to embarrass people who talk within four rows of the stage, and does so consistently
Re: Fulks and the Hollies
I'm waiting for him to cover a Lyle Lovett song. lr
Re: Bingo , Alvin, Fulks and the Hollies (was:TheCountrypolitans)
In a message dated 2/28/99 5:15:37 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have now heard Robbie Fulks perform Dancing Queen and the Hollie's ol' "On a Carousel" electric. In dead earnest. I knew you'd all want to know. not to mention "Ballad of the Green Berets" lr
Re: Arbitrary Stars (Was: Re: Repost: 50/90)
In a message dated 2/27/99 3:29:26 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I cannot give much credibility to Mr. Kott for example, who seems to attach a "neutralized barb" to his wiriting and then happily wanders back into mainstream appeal. It just gives me the impression that he doesn't want to make any enemies and at the same time he cloaks his true feelings. I'm pretty sure Kot is not one to cloak his true feelings. He puts his reputation on the line for some offbeat choices. I respect that. Also, he's been good about covering "stuff we like" as long as it's been around. Seems to like it, although he did tell me once that he does make a point to include at least one negative thing in every review in order to insure his credibility. That stuck with me as a question mark. It was in the context of a sort of off-hand coaching session in front of a loud stage and behind a couple cold ones, so probably would benefit from elaboration on his part. Disclosure: I don't talk to him much, and only at shows, but he has been super supportive and helpful to li'l me, with no particular need to be. I like that in a person. Linda
Re: Arbitrary Stars (Was: Re: Repost: 50/90)
In a message dated 2/27/99 3:29:26 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A critic in my honest opinion is writing for the public, not for the recording industry or the artists. Sometimes I think the best criticism is the stuff you write for yourself, trying to figure out why you feel what you feel and think what you think. The rest is consumer advice, not a bad thing in and of itself, in fact useful. I see a parallel there with music, kind of. Linda, still learning
Re: 1998 P2 SURVEY
I missed something here. If it matters, I don't mind standing up to be counted as a Libra. out of it, Linda
Re: New Game: Hermetically Sealed
In a message dated 2/26/99 7:16:31 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I submit my first band for hermetic sealing: the Rolling Stones. To quote Mr. Simkins, please, please, PLEASE. Please seal me up with the pre-1977 ones. Linda
Re: The Eradication Game
In a message dated 2/26/99 7:22:21 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Abba no. and DEF initely not Jim Morrison. It would be tempting to push Celine off the Titanic, but that's too easy. Everybody else is not that hard to ignore lr, lovin' the world ever since the clock radio went off this morning with Golden Smog's "Until You Came Along." I find that some of my best days start with some kind of Jayhawk variation on the radio
Re: Grammyszzzzzzzzz....
In a message dated 2/25/99 11:48:53 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I bet she dang sure would. me, too. Another "me too" post brought to you by, Linda Ray
Re: Arbitrary Stars (Was: Re: Repost: 50/90)
For the one publication I write for that uses the star system, you can give as many stars as you want, but the editor reserves the right to change that. Editors pretty much get to do whatever they want with your stuff, it seems. I even had one change my point of view. . .once. But it wasn't on a review. And it's true the writer has absolutely nothing to do with the headline. BTW, speaking of absolutely perfectly ideal editors, I just got the new ish of No Depression. How could we not love an aesthetic that puts Hazel Dickens and Paul Westerberg in the same magazine. . .let alone Steve Earle and Del McCoury in the same band! Linda
Chicago Calendar
Y'all were gonna laugh at me weren't you if I showed up at the Vic tonight and found out that the Steve Earle/Del McCoury band wasn't until next month, hunh? HAVE FUN! Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $12 from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose *= new or revised since last time *2/25: Peterbilts at Schubas (don't know how I missed this before. hurry!) 2/25: Birthday of Faron Young and Ralph Stanley 2/25: Mudhoney at Lounge Ax 2/26: Johnny Cash's birthday 2/26: Alvin Youngblood Hart 8 p.m. at Schubas; Brady and Deanna Varagona at 10:30 2/26-27: Marcia Ball at FitzGeralds; 2/27 is with Bill Kirchen! 2/27: Devil in a Woodpile, The Blacks and Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire at Double Door. Wotta bill! *2/27: Trigger Gospel at Gunther Murphy's 2/27: Tommy Womack at Lakeside Lounge in NYC 2/27: John Steinbeck's birthday 2/27: Marlee MacLeod, 8 p.m. at Borders Books Music, Evanston 2/27: Tito Puente at House of Blues 2/27: David Grubbs at the Empty Bottle *2/27 28: Waco Brothers "Waco World" release party at Schubas; Texas Rubies open 2/27!!! *2/27: NDTV: Lucinda Williams/Billy Bragg -- Austin City Limits *2/27: NDTV: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band --Sessions at West 54th *2/28 Jeff Tweedy at Lounge Ax, Cowlily opens 3/1: Anniversary of Johnny and June Carter Cash *3/2: Jeff Tweedy at Lounge Ax, Mike Nikolai opens 3/2: Birthday of Doc Watson and Dr. Seuss 3/2: RELS--Rosie Floris, The Latin Playboys; RE-ISH-Marvin Gaye, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson 3/4: Cash Money at the Empty Bottle 3/4: John Duffey's birthday 3/4: Sir George Martin presents a multi-media show on the making of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band *3/4: Diane Izzo and others at Double Door 3/5: Jeff Tweedy solo at Harper College *3/5: Rebecca Gates at Lounge Ax 3/5/1963: We lose Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins *3/5: Afghan Whigs at Metro (sold out) *3/6: Hank Williams III at Lounge Ax 3/6: Bob Wills' birthday 3/6: Bluegrass BBQ with the Reno Brothers and Special Consensus at FitzGeralds 3/6: Don Walser The Pure Texas Band at the Old Town School; Hot Club of Cowtown opens 3/6: Bloodshot CD release party: The Riptones, at Schubas; Devil in a Woodpile opens 3/7: Townes Van Zandt's birthday 3/9: RELS: WILCO, Citizen King, Joe Henry, Van Morrison, Beth Orton; RE-ISH Afghan Whigs, Roky Erickson, Kinky Friedman, Elvis Presley 3/10: Brian Wilson at the Rosemont Theater 3/11: Fred Eaglesmith at FitzGeralds *3/11: NDTV (repeat): Vic Chesnutt and Lambchop on Conan *3/11: Darden Smith with Greg Trooper at Schubas 3/11: Salt n Pepa at House of Blues 3/12: Jack Kerouac's birthday 3/12: The V-Roys and the Texas Rubies at the Hideout 3/12: Brave Combo (the Aristotillian ideal wedding band) at FitzGeralds 3/12: Blind Boys of Alabama at the Old Town School 3/12: Dan Bern at 8; Split Lip Rayfield and Slobberbone at 10 at Schubas 3/13: V-Roys at Lounge Ax 3/13/1975: George and Tammy divorce 3/13: Gladys Knight w/The Temptations at Arie Crown (sold out) 3/14: Liz Phair at Lounge Ax *3/14-15: Joe Henry at Schubas; Josh Rouse opens 3/16: RELS- Terry Allen, Jeff Beck, Mojo Nixon, Chris Smither; RE-ISH Meat Puppets, Graham Parker, Television 3/18: Birthday of Charley Pride and Wilson Pickett 3/19: NDTV: Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band on Conan *3/19: Smog at Lounge Ax 3/20: Lyle Lovett at Rialto Square Theater (where IS that place? Some suburb or other I reckon maybe) 3/20: Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, with Danny Barnes (Bad Livers) opening, at the Old Town School 3/22: Birthday of Charlie Poole *3/23: RELS: Olivia Tremor Control, Terry Allen, the Mary Janes, Mary Lee's Corvette, John Dee Graham, Bill Lloyd, Iggy Pop, Steve Wynn, Friends of Dean Martinez; RE-ISH Dave Edmunds, John Fahey, Sam Phillips *3/24-25: Freedy Johnson at Schubas; Chris Mills opens on the 25th 3/25: Freakwater at the Chicago Cultural Center 3/25: Birthday of Marlee MacLeod, Robbie Fulks, Hoyt Axton and Aretha Franklin 3/25-26: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band at the VIC 3/26: Tennessee Williams' birthday *3/26: Freakwater at Schubas *3/26: Olivia Tremor Control at Lounge Ax 3/26: Gladys Knight w/ The Temptations at Arie Crown *3/26: Devil in a Woodpile at Metro 3/26: Dr. Demento plays Oshkosh, WI if yer lookin' for a road trip 3/27: Sleater Kinney at Metro; all ages show which TixMonster is selling only from its website *3/27: Tentative: Sadies at Lounge Ax 3/27: Jimmy LaFave at FitzGeralds 3/27: Rufus Wainright at Park West *3/28: Sons of the Never Wrong at Schubas *3/29: Here Be Monsters at Schubas 3/30: RE-ISH Meat Puppets *3/31: Bob Egan at Schubas; birdog opens 3/31: Lefty Frizzell's birthday 4/1: NDTV - Wilco on Letterman 4/1-2: Kelly Willis band with Bruce Robinson at Schubas 4/1: Anndrena Belcher (singer/storyteller/dressmaker from the Smokey Mountains) in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout 4/4: Dick Dale at House of Blues 4/6:
Re: Village Voice Pazz Jop
Hey Carl, if you sank that far you probably noticed that six critics voted for 5 Chinese Brothers' 1996 release "Let's Kill Saturday Night." um. I don't think so. Linda
Re: Lulubelle Dies
This makes me sad. . . Linda
Re: Did you see Lucinda on SNL???
In Chicago at Park West she had Jim Lauderdale on guitar and vocals and the amazing Kenny Vaughn on guitar. I couldn't watch cuze I was doing my taxes. Missed the Silos show, too. Only having to go to work today preventing my spending all day in bed in a fit of depression. Linda np. Straightaways
Re: Texas music
How about Lone Star Swing?
Re: gig pay answer, (LONG)
In a message dated 2/19/99 2:35:54 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Borders is a similar thing, but I get $150 cash, and $50 certificate. We also get free food. These gigs are from 7:30 to 9:30 or 10, Fri and Sat nights. The place is out of the way from most places I would play, so another gig the same night is tough. They also sell cds they buy at wholesale. Sometimes you can work it so the store will let you sell your own CDs. The Evanston Borders does that all the time. Very, very smart to bring your own PA. The store will have one rig they use for lectures, readings and solo accoustic performers. If you're really lucky they might have all of two fuzzy vocal mikes, but probably one of the mike stands is missing. Do not ever play a corp. bookstore or record store for free, just on general principles. Linda
Re: Chicago Reader
In a message dated 2/19/99 1:22:55 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Linda Ray also has a Bad Livers review, but I dont think thats on their web site. Yah, the Rock, etc. articles don't get to the web, but e-mail me if you want to read it and I'll send it to you in text. It's about Dust on the Bible. It was truly a P2 project and I thank all of you who helped, which were a lot of you, with sources, references and ideas about Christian music and religious music by secular artists. Particularly, I owe Shiners, at least to Steve Gardner for Sugar Hill dirt (relax, I didn't use any of it!), whoever it was who put me onto that great Dime Store Prophets interview, Jon Weisberger for being so nice about me not owning the Neil Rosenberg bluegrass bible, where the answer was staring me in the face, and finally Bill Friskics-Warren for referring me to Paul Tillich's Theology of Culture. I've known for over a year the point I wanted to make, but it ya know, you can't just say stuff yourself in the newspaper like you can here. Well like I do here, anyway. Thanks all. Linda
Re: Chicago Reader
By the way, I already owe a Shiner to Caliguri because Jon Weisberger said he didn't like The Damnations. Jon, it was The Mary Janes I gave you leave not to like. Back to the CD player. g Linda
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
ALEX FOR PRESIDENT OF YUGOSLAVIA!!! Rock the vote! You rule, man. Made my year. Linda np. The Mary Janes. All of you must get this record. Must. Except for Jon who can sell his back if he wants. I can't remember ever being so bowled over by a first record. I must say the first time I saw the band, maybe 3 years ago, now, at Schubas, they were a mess. But I'd have stuck with them through thick and thin just cuz of the Vulgar Boatmen bloodlines. Making a record this spectacularly good is far more that what would have been necessary to keep my interest. Can't wait to see them again!
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
Bob Soron! You and Tracy saw TWO SONGS! And you were getting beer through half of one. Sorry to bust ya, buddy, but. . . let's be fair. The second song you saw, which was the last in their set, was an a' capella ballad--which doesn't work for Ryan Adams, either. It was a bad idea. I loved their entire show, but the record is much much better. Give it a chance. Linda
Re: Top 10 Music Critics Organization
Garbage is the only surprise on there. . . to me anyway. Linda
Re: I'll Fly Away
Anybody know *for sure* who wrote this song? Thanks, Linda
Re: wristbands
well, hey! I need one also. Linda
Chicago Calendar
RIP Andy's Chicago Shows list. It was, in a word, comprehensive. I always was able to pick up a show or two from it, and it was my most reliable source for amazing band names. Andy was faithful to his labor of love for three years, and when he lost the passion for it, he was smart enough to quit. So. . .I'll just salute the happy marriage in which he just seems to have found better things to do with his time, and soldier on huddled against the wind in the rockin' business of our beloved metropolis' nightlife diary-keepin' business. Speakin' of which, hat's off to our mare today. HAVE FUN! Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $12 from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose *= new or revised since last time *2/12: 6-9 p.m. Charles Kim (Pinetop Seven) and Jeff Parker (Tortoise) invent music together at Hot House 2/12: House of Large Sizes at Lounge Ax 2/12: Chris Heather's Record Roundup at the Hideout, featuring Chris Ligon and The Heatersons (Chris' kid brother's killer band) 2/12: Semisonic at the Vic 2/12: Big Hello at Gunther Murphy's *2/13: Robbie Fulks at Martyrs 2/13: Orquesta Nabori, maybe Chicago's best salsa dance band, plays the annual Valentine's benefit for the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee at the most trenchantly progressive establishment in Chicago since it was founded by a hippie commune, the Heartland Cafe in Rogers Park (six blocks from my house). 2/13: Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire at the Hideout 2/13: NRBQ w/ Steve Ferguson at FitzGeralds *2/13: Edith Frost/Lullaby for the Working Class at the Empty Bottle, Chris Mills opens 2/13: Scrawl at Lounge Ax 2/13: Casolando Valentine's Eve show at Schubas 2/13: The Cardigans at Metro 2/14: The Black Crowes at the Aragon 2/15: Matt Groening's birthday 2/15-16: Mardi Gras with Terrance Simien at FitzGerald's (2/15 there's a Jambalaya cookoff with celebrity judges!) 2/15: Boys Choir of Harlem at Symphony Center 2/16: George Jones 'n' Tammy Wynette's anniversary 2/16: RELS: The Damnations TX (YAY!!); Re-ish: Flaco Jimenez 2/17: Robbie Fulks at Goose Island Brewery 2/17: Lloyd Maines, Terri Hendrix, Cole Rain at Schubas 2/18: Nick Drake's birthday 2/18: Devil in a Woodpile at Martyr's 2/18: LeRoy Bach (sez here he recorded and toured with Wilco and Liz Phair), Gina Forsyth (fiddler/songwriter from New Orleans), Cow Lily in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout NDTV: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band on Conan 2/19: Number One Cup at Lounge Ax *2/19: Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines and Trigger Gospel at the Hideout 2/19/1878: Record player invented 2/19: Ellis Paul at Schubas 2/19: Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel at the Hideout *2/20: 8 p.m., Jeff Tweedy and Leroy Bach play at the Hot House to benefit Community Outreach Intervention Projects (COIP), a street based HIV prevention program for disenfrachised substance users in Chicago. I just heard a rumor Diane Izzo may also be on this bill. 2/20: Robert Altman's birthday 2/20: Volo Bogtrotters at the Hideout 2/20: The Silos, Susan Voelz, The Mary Janes at Double Door 2/20: Dave Alvin The Guilty Men w/Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines at FitzGerald's 2/20: Iris DeMent at the Old Town School 2/20: June of '44 at Lounge Ax 2/21/1965: Malcolm X killed 2/20 21: Lauryn Hill at the Chicago Theater (sold out) 2/21: Benefit for School of the Americas Watch, a movement to close the U.S. funded training ground for the national guards of dictatorships, 2 p.m. at St. Scholastica Auditorium, 7416 N. Ridge Ave. SOAW founder Fr. Roy Bourgeois will speak; the music program will feature Chicago activist band Voices. 2/22: Spade Cooley's birthday 2/23/1972: Elvis and Priscilla divorce 2/23: RELS: Steve Earle and the Del McDoury Band, Waco Brothers, Sebadoh, Paul Westerberg, Kelly Willis, Farmer Tan; Re-ish--Dave Edmunds, Merle Haggard, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny Cash, The Meat Puppets, Ricky Nelson, Willie Nelson 2/23: James McMurtry at FitzGeralds 2/23: Citizen King at Metro (disclosure: My nephew road manages them) 2/24: Robbie Fulks at Goose Island Brewery 2/24/1991: Webb Pierce dies 2/24: Waco World listening party at Delilah's 2/24: Hoot Night at Schubas: Songs about Boys' Names 2/25: Robbie Fulks at Chicago Cultural Center 2/25: Birthday of Faron Young and Ralph Stanley *2/25: Mudhoney at Lounge Ax 2/25-26: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band at the VIC 2/26: Johnny Cash's birthday *2/26: Alvin Youngblood Hart at Schubas; Deanna Varagona opens 2/26-27: Marcia Ball at FitzGeralds; 2/27 is with Bill Kirchen! *2/27: Devil in a Woodpile, The Blacks and Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire at Double Door. Wotta bill! 2/27: Tommy Womack at Lakeside Lounge in NYC 2/27: John Steinbeck's birthday 2/27: Marlee MacLeod, 8 p.m. at Borders Books Music, Evanston 2/27: Tito Puente at House of Blues 2/27: David Grubbs at the Empty Bottle 2/27 28: Waco Brothers "Waco World" release party at Schubas *2/28 Jeff Tweedy at Lounge Ax
Re: Cowboy Poets
And where was NPR's glorious cowboy poet and former large animal veterinarian Baxter Black? lr
Re: First posting ! Greetings from Yugoslavia !!!
well, we all know THAT won't work! sorry. lr
Re: Damnations TX (was Re: best so far
In a message dated 2/6/99 2:01:10 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and I'll recommend that everyone--well, maybe not Jon W. g--pick it up when it's released in a week or so. Actually, I think Jon W. might actually LIKE it. I hate to talk about him while he's off list and can't defend himself. Has he commented on this record before, here? I think he'd have to go to some lengths to fault their musicianship, and their harmonies are heaven sent. That said, I don't think I've ever heard him take off on somebody just because they had different ideas, especially intelligent ones. But, truth be told, I don't always get all the way through all his posts. Linda
Re: I called Dylan Judas and created rock 'n' roll history
At least there are several witnesses to the fact that it was Alex Millar who yelled "No Tupelo" at a Jeff Tweedy solo show at Lounge Ax, prompting the first performance of "That Year" anyone could remember since, um, Wilco formed. I mention this only to bring you up to speed a bit with Postcard, where such milestones already have been internalized. Linda, hoping she got it right. Anyway, it WAS Millar.
Re: best so far
Thanks for that "Real" review. I can't believe it, but I don't think I mentioned Summer Teeth. O wait, I know why. The person asked for indies. np. A Shot in the Arm for the hundred billionth time in a row
Re: Steve Earle
In a message dated 2/4/99 11:30:00 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Prickly mandolins? I bet this was meant as a compliment. Really. As for five, well I can count that high on the back cover, but, you know, if writers could count they'd be musicians. xo, Linda
Re: best so far
In a message dated 2/4/99 1:33:27 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band's The Mountain. I'm seconding this bigtime. My favorite of the year so far. Linda
Re: best so far
Actually, so far "Real" is a contender for me, too. lr
Chicago Calendar
WH! Lookit all the new *s this week! Note that the Calendar has a contributing editor this week: P2er Tom Mohr. Keep filling in the blanks, thanks! HAVE FUN! Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $12 from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose *= new or revised since last time *2/5: Baxter at the Hideout (Baxter is Texas Ruby and Pine Valley Cosmonaut Jane Baxter Miller doing music having nothing to do with either of those things, accompanied by primo avant-garde saxophonist Ken Vandermark and ultra bassist Kent Kessler, who it seems was pretty well known on P2 even before sister Kelly turned up on the list.) *2/5: Sally Timms sings Black Sabbath at the Chicago Cultural Center, 7 p.m., followed by Skull Orchard 2/5: Flat Earth Records Showcase at Schubas featuring: John P. Strohm (formerly of Blake Babies, Antenna), United States Three and Lola (featuring members of Mary Janes and Mysteries of Life) 2/5: Cash Money at the Empty Bottle 2/5: Number One Cup at the Milk Bar in Jacksonville 2/6: Babe Ruth's birthday 2/6: Pulsars at Lounge Ax 2/6: The Blacks at Schubas *2/6: Sara Hickman and Tish Hinojosa at the Old Town School, with Texas Ruby Kelly Kessler 2/6: Number One Cup at the Covered Dish in Gainesville *2/7/64: Beatles arrive in the U.S. 2/7: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters at the Old Town School 2/7: Number One Cup at The Rubb in Tampa 2/8: Number One Cup at the Go Lounge in Orlando *2/9: Ernest Tubb's birthday 2/9: RELS: Built to Spill, Sparklehorse, John Wesley Harding, Sam Prekop, Trio II (Dolly, Emmylou Linda), Martin's Folly, also what could be an interesting soundtrack, Jawbreaker, with The Donnas, Letters to Cleo, Shampoo, etc.; Re-ish -- Gene Autry, The Bad Livers (Dust on the Bible!), The Byrds, Roky Erickson, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Lou Reed, Duane Eddy, Jimmy LaFave, Elvis, Doc Watson David Grisman. Also, Anarchy, Angst and Bollocks: The U.K. Punk Anthology 2/9: Number One Cup at Cowhaus in Tallahassee *2/10: Robbie Fulks at Goose Island Brewery 2/10: Number One Cup at the Bayou in Baton Rouge 2/10: Alex Chilton the Box Tops at House of Blues *2/11: Thomas Edison's birthday 2/11: Number One Cup at Rudyard's in Houston 2/11: Webb Wilder, Wayne Hancock at House of Blues 2/11: BR5-49 at FitzGeralds *2/12: House of Large Sizes at Lounge Ax *2/12: Chris Heather's Record Roundup at the Hideout, featuring Chris Ligon and The Heatersons (Chris' kid brother's x-lint and very fun band) *2/12: Charles Kim (Pinetop Seven) and Jeff Parker (Tortoise) invent music together at Hot House 2/12: Semisonic at the Vic 2/12: Big Hello at Gunther Murphy's *2/13: Orquesta Nabori, maybe Chicago's best salsa dance band, plays the annual Valentine's benefit for the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee at the most trenchantly progressive establishment in Chicago since it was founded by a hippie commune, the Heartland Cafe in Rogers Park (six blocks from my house). Wonder why this dance has moved from the building across from Double Door. The space is probably overrun by art galleries, now. 2/13: Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire at the Hideout 2/13: NRBQ w/ Steve Ferguson at FitzGeralds 2/13: Edith Frost/Lullaby for the Working Class at the Empty Bottle 2/13: Scrawl at Lounge Ax 2/13: Casolando Valentine's Eve show at Schubas 2/13: The Cardigans at Metro 2/14: The Black Crowes at the Aragon *2/15: Matt Groening's birthday 2/15-16: Mardi Gras with Terrance Simien at FitzGerald's (2/15 there's a Jambalaya cookoff with celebrity judges!) 2/15: Boys Choir of Harlem at Symphony Center *2/16: George Jones 'n' Tammy Wynette's anniversary 2/16: RELS: The Damnations TX (YAY!!); Re-ish: Flaco Jimenez *2/17: Robbie Fulks at Goose Island Brewery *2/17: Lloyd Maines, Terri Hendrix, Cole Rain at Schubas *2/18: Nick Drake's birthday *2/18: Devil in a Woodpile at Martyr's *2/18: LeRoy Bach (sez here he recorded and toured with Wilco and Liz Phair), Gina Forsyth (fiddler/songwriter from New Orleans), Cow Lily in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout *2/19: Number One Cup at Lounge Ax *Feb. 19 Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines and Trigger Gospel at the Hideout *2/19/1878: Record player invented 2/19: Ellis Paul at Schubas 2/19: Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel at the Hideout *2/20: Robert Altman's birthday *2/20: Volo Bogtrotters at the Hideout 2/20: The Silos, Susan Voelz, The Mary Janes at Double Door 2/20: Dave Alvin The Guilty Men w/Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines at FitzGerald's 2/20: Iris DeMent at the Old Town School 2/20: June of '44 at Lounge Ax *2/21/1965: Malcolm X killed 2/20 21: Lauryn Hill at the Chicago Theater (sold out) *2/21: Benefit for School of the Americas Watch, a movement to close the U.S. funded training ground for the national guards of Latin American dictatorships, 2 p.m. at St. Scholastica Auditorium, 7416 N. Ridge Ave. SOAW founder Fr. Roy Bourgeois will speak; the music program will feature Chicago
Re: Wilco (ST)
In a message dated 2/2/99 8:23:46 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or maybe Neutral Milk Hotel? good call! hadn't thought of that. lr
Re: Now Enrolling
I vote you do a class outing at the Double Door in Chicago on Feb 27, when Devil in a Woodpile opens for Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire. You want eclecticism? Eclecticize this! Linda In a message dated 2/3/99 3:29:04 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now Enrolling Students for the Jerry Curry School of Aggressive Electicism. You'll love both prog-rock and ragtime, soul bagpipes, scat electronica. That's right, you'll lose all traces of your formerly discriminating tastes. Come open your mind (and your pocketbook) at Jerry Curry's School of Aggressive Eclecticism.
Re: wilco
In a message dated 2/2/99 12:45:46 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You're probably right, though, about the reason why it'd get called that--pianos instead of guitars, so of course it MUST be mellow. Oh brother... --dc It's not just the pianos. There's a whole LOT of production stuff it seems to me after a cursory pass with my mind dagnabbitly on too many other things right now. On the whole, it's noisier I think, and that doesn't strike me as mellow. It's sort of deconstructed symphonic 70s pop overlaid on some songs which, as has often struck me about Tweedy songs, you could instrumentate (oh, you know what I mean) just about any way you want. Actually, that's one of the fun things about hearing him sing them solo. Linda
Re: Robbie/Tim Carroll
I remembered that "Girl That's Hip" song the minute I hit the send key. 'Tis another goodie. I thought Sire was definite about April, now, but I guess nothing's really definite in the record business right now. Linda, hoping all this hoo ha isn't upsetting Miles O Music's business
Hey Kelly K
Who was that guy who sang "Ramblin' Man" at the Heather's Country Calendar shindig? I've tossed the program (a girl just cannot save all this paper but always throws out the wrong thing), but that song is still hangin' and hauntin'. I mean, the song itself will do that to me but the guy who sang it did an amazing job with it. Solo acoustic, sang it like he meant it, and he had the voice. He's since turned up in Diane Izzo's band I think? And this guy Eric who used to work with me at Borders and now teaches banjo at the Old Town School was telling me at Metro that he is or was in a band that does country covers. Please don't tell me he's the one who's also in that awful Country Melvin's band. If so, not that anyone asked, I wish he'd get his light out from under all that claptrap. Linda, who did indeed intend to post this to the list np. Ramblin Man in the jukebox o' the mind. Might as well just let it play
Re: Hey Kelly K
This was an amazing interpretation of this song. Anna sang it as a heartaching, borderline bitter ballad. It was indeed pretty wonderful. I think it's the Paulina Hollers that my friend Eric plays in. Those are all good credits for Lenny Dietsch. I'll keep watching for him. (I wonder if the Paulina Hollers are named for Paulina street here. My street ends in it, but since it's a block off Ashland it must also run right through Bucktown/Wicker Park.) Tonights cabdriving lesson was brought to you by, Linda Ray In a message dated 2/1/99 9:51:26 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought Anna Fermin turned in a similarly strong, understated wonderfully sung torch version of "Oh, Lonesome Me". Those were two of the highlights for me.
Re: HNC
Not knowing exactly where this started, I probably shouldn't jump in, but hey it's never stopped me before. Richard Buckner did take Eric Heywood on tour for a while. (he plays lap and pedal steel) Thank you, In a message dated 1/31/99 7:27:31 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brad says: Interesting you should say this, Jon, as it seems to me that some alt.country acts exist within this description precisely because they have the fiddle and/or steel that makes them "country rock". For example Richard Buckner wouldn't sound quite so alt.country if he didn't have Lloyd Maines on steel all over his recordings. Well, shoot, anyone can *record* with a steel player; I'm talking about carrying one in the band g.
Re: Soul
um, it also has the advantage that everyone can sing it. Linda, still sodden with with populism in the wake of Friday night's concert for the People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle featuring Pete Seeger In a message dated 1/31/99 7:28:23 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Er, ah, that's your basic bluegrass harmony. Not Stanley mountain music, bluegrass. Via Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Doug Dillard, Bernie Leadon, Jim Dickson (producer), et.al. Check out the newly-reissued Scottsville Squirrel Barkers, the Hillsmen reissue (Sugar Hill), the Dillards comp (There Was A Time, Vanguard), etc. Where's that dang Budrocket when you need him, anyhow? He's got a pretty good grasp of the details. based on the esteemed Ms. T.X. Rubies post: Speaking of which, has P2 ever talked about the whole California country rock style of harmony where it's always in unrelentingly sweet thirds-no tension, no dissonance, no variation? Obviously, the Bakersfield thang was another kettle of fish, but I find this particular style I'm talking about cloying whether it's the Byrds, the Eagles, Desert Rose...whoever.
Re: Whiskeytown FYI
Whoa, I must've missed the part about how you concluded that Ryan is not a considerate thoughtful human being. Linda In a message dated 1/31/99 5:08:45 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: See, I don't think it is a contradiction. It is completely unreasonable to think (hope?) that impassioned, creative geniuses might also beconsiderate, thoughtful human beings?
Empty Calendar?
I got a couple of reports that this post showed up empty. If you can do biorhythms, e-mail me. I want to know what went so haywire late last week in general, and how I can know next time just to stay home in bed! Anyway, here 'tis: Regarding release dates, ICE points out that just about all release dates are tentative until the dust settles in the wake of this Universal/Polygram merger. This includes smaller and indie labels reliant on major label distribution. HAVE FUN! Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose *= new or revised since last time *1/29: Robbie Fulks w/ Tim Carroll at FitzGeralds 1/29: Pete Seeger at People's Church, 915 W. Lawrence (sold out) 1/29: Menthol at Metro *1/30: Sam Prekop, Town Country at the Empty Bottle 1/30: Dolly Varden at Schubas 1/30: Number One Cup at Bug Jar in Rochester 1/30: Lonnie Brooks at FitzGeralds 1/30: Sloan at Metro 1/30: Sinead Lohan at Double Door 1/30: Koko Taylor at House of Blues 1/31: Johnny Rotten's birthday (also a full moon) 2/1: Number One Cup at Black in D.C. *2/2: Robbie Hunsinger, Jim Baker, Gerald Dowd and Harrison Bankhead at Hot House 2/2: RELS: Built to Spill, Cesar Rosas; Re-ish--ABBA, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Roy Orbison, Sugarhill Gang/Grandmaster Flash, Sex Pistols 2/2: Number One Cup at Local 506 in Chapel Hill 2/3: Number One Cup at New Brookland in Columbia SC 2/4: The Riptones in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout 2/4: Number One Cup at the 40 Watt in Athens *2/5: Sally Timms sings Black Sabbath at the Chicago Cultural Center, 7 p.m. 2/5: Flat Earth Records Showcaseat Schubas featuring: John P. Strohm (formerly of Blake Babies, Antenna), United States Three and Lola (featuring members of Mary Janes and Mysteries of Life) 2/5: Cash Money at the Empty Bottle 2/5: Number One Cup atthe Milk Bar in Jacksonville *2/6: Pulsars at Lounge Ax 2/6: The Blacks at Schubas 2/6: Number One Cup at the Covred Dish in Gainesville 2/7: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters at the Old Town School 2/7: Number One Cup at The Rubb in Tampa 2/8: Number One Cup at the Go Lounge in Orlando *2/9: RELS: Built to Spill, Sparklehorse, John Wesley Harding, Sam Prekop, Trio II (Dolly, Emmylou Linda), also what could be an interesting soundtrack, Jawbreaker, with The Donnas, Letters to Cleo, Shampoo, etc.; Re- ish -- Gene Autry, The Bad Livers (Dust on the Bible!), The Byrds, Roky Erickson, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Lou Reed, Duane Eddy, Jimmy LaFave, Elvis, Doc Watson David Grisman. Also, Anarchy, Angst and Bollocks: The U.K. Punk Anthology 2/9: Number One Cup at Cowhaus in Tallahassee 2/10: Number One Cup at the Bayou in Baton Rouge 2/10: Alex Chilton the Box Tops at House of Blues 2/11: Number One Cup at Rudyard's in Houston 2/11: Webb Wilder, Wayne Hancock at House of Blues 2/11: BR5-49 at FitzGeralds 2/12: Semisonic at the Vic *2/12: Big Hello at Gunther Murphy's *2/13: The Heatersons, Chris Ligon at the Hideout 2/13: NRBQ w/ Steve Ferguson at FitzGeralds 2/13: Edith Frost/Lullaby for the Working Class at the Empty Bottle 2/13: Scrawl at Lounge Ax 2/13: Casolando Valentine's Eve show at Schubas 2/13: The Cardigans at Metro 2/14: The Black Crowes at the Aragon 2/15-16: Mardi Gras with Terrence Simien at FitzGerald's *2/15: Boys Choir of Harlem at Symphony Center 2/16: RELS: The Damnations TX (YAY!!); Re-ish: Flaco Jimenez 2/18: Cow Lily in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout 2/19: Ellis Paul at Schubas *2/19: Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel at the Hideout *2/20: The Silos, Susan Voelz, The Mary Janes at Double Door 2/20: Dave Alvin The Guilty Men w/Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines at FitzGerald's 2/20: Iris DeMent at the Old Town School 2/20: June of '44 at Lounge Ax *2/20 21: Lauryn Hill at the Chicago Theater (sold out) 2/23: RELS: Steve Earle and the Del McDoury Band, Waco Brothers, Sebadoh, Paul Westerberg, Kelly Willis; Re-ish--Dave Edmunds, Merle Haggard, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny Cash, The Meat Puppets, Ricky Nelson, Willie Nelson *2/23: Citizen King at Metro (disclosure: My nephew road manages them) 2/24: Hoot Night at Schubas: Songs about Boys' Names 2/26: Alvin Youngblood Hart at Schubas *2/26-27: Marcia Ball at FitzGeralds; 2/27 is with Bill Kirchen! *2/27: Andrew Bird with Devil in a Woodpile at Double Door (I love the idea of this bill!) *2/27: Marlee MacLeod, 8 p.m. at Borders Books Music, Evanston 2/27: Tito Puente at House of Blues *2/27: David Grubbs at the Empty Bottle 2/27 28: Waco Brothers "Waco World" release party at Schubas 3/2: RE-ISH-Marvin Gaye, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson *3/4: Sir George Martin presents a multi-media show on the making of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band *3/5: Afghan Whigs at Metro 3/6: Don Walser The Pure Texas Band at the Old Town School 3/6: Bloodshot CD release party: The Riptones, at Schubas *3/9: RELS: WILCO, Citizen King, Joe Henry, Van
