No show November?

unless we actually go to The Color Fred and the Pink Spiders.

Anyway, last night was The Never, Annuals, Manchester Orchestra show. It was fucking killer. I love going to shows where each band is as good as the last. I seriously suggest checking all those bands out, if you haven't yet. I think that Apple has pictures and maybe video. When she gets them up, you'll see them.


So, today, whilst browsing myspace, I saw a bulletin from Kevin Devine. And I usually look at those. This time it was about checking out an interview that he just did.

And here is a very lovely and hilarious sample.

Obvious: You're good friends with Jesse Lacey of Brand New, he even sang on a few songs on Split The Country/Split The Street. How did that friendship come about?

Devine: We were both in an amateur archery program, Silver Tips, in rural Connecticut summers growing up. I think his parents sent him there as discipline; I was voluntary as there's not much occasion for archery in the asphalt jungles of Bay Ridge. You'd get jumped carrying a bustling quiver around!

I wouldn't say we were rivals; more that we kind of ran in different circles. Jesse was more of a maverick stylistically (we called him 'Coltrane' because his improvisational, feel-oriented approach evoked the fluid unpredictability of jazz) and I definitely played it close, was more a proponent of the Octobad school - the famous 'aim, don't shoot!' philosophy (my nickname was 'Wonder' as in reliable whitebread).

It was a magnetized marriage of opposites; I think we learned a lot from each other; I learned to hang looser, and he learned the merits of team play. Obviously just one of many solid relationships formed at Silver Tips. There's an annual reunion we always go to together. It's well-catered.



ch-ch-check it out, yo.
http://www.thankscaptainobvious.net/2007/10/interview-kevin-devine.html

Spinning: silverchair: Young Modern. Annuals/Manchester Orchestra tour split.
Reading: On the Road still. It's tough reading three big books in a couple days.


-Orange.

PS. Happy Halloween! Rot your teef out kiddies.

God, I really needed to hear that song.

That song is "Confessions of a Futon Revolutionist [live]" by the Weakerthans. If you've only heard the original, you might be shocked by the live version. It's totally country. It happens to be the song that got me into the Weakerthans back in ol' 2001. <333333


Also, I found a random cd sampler that I got back in 01 or 02 that has some fucking OLD Hidden in Plain View songs on it. They were pretty damn terrible back then, I must say. I remember the day I saw them back then, [it had to be 01] they were pretty good live for how terrible they actually were. Then Matt got arrested. Woo.


Anyway, I'm done.

Listen to the Get Up Kids, and be just like me. :D

Spinning: The Get Up Kids: Red Letter Day EP and the rest of my random usual crap.
Reading: Dr. Seuss Goes to War, Mysteries in History and On the Road.

-Orange. [I swear, half the time, I forget to sign this. Usually, I remember to correct it though.]

speaking of professional careers...

...i want to be a professional concert-goer.

the hold steady were phenominal last night. everything i could have hoped for and a little bit more. if you have the oppertunity to check them out, please do yourself this favor and do it.

and art brut were something to see, indeed. they totally lost me with their first song, but then they won me back with every single song they played after that. at one point the lead singer (who we decided looks like a cross between jim adkins and charlie manson) was dancing around in the crowd. he didnt just jump in and then get back out, he was almost to the back of the tla. it was fun to see. then he said that the crowd was full of professional wrestlers.


tonight we are going to see stars. i have no idea what to expect.

have you purchased (fork and knife) yet? definitely my single favorite song of the year. its available on itunes, amazon, and a few other online music retailers...im sure orange can also assist you in finding it...


peace out, cubscouts.
~apple.

Professional streaming audio ripper sounds like a sweet job.

Yesterday, Kevin Devine and Andy Hull (of Manchester Orchestra, for those who aren't sure, or have no idea.) went and did a little radio gig. I ripped it. and here is it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?cytmdw7ndzf

there are some interviews and Kevin played It's Only Your Life and Tomorrow's Just Too Late, and Andy played some new songs. One of them is being called Being Alone and the other, I couldn't find a title for, so I just left it as "Untitled".

It's all split up, in case that description made it seem like it wasn't.



-Orange

Anyone wish they had seen Iron and Wine on this tour?

Or just want to sort of relive it? Well, I ripped the DC show off NPR.org. And I'm giving it away.


http://www.mediafire.com/?2ofxxox42bo

Here's the setlist, y'all.
1. Lovesong of the Buzzard
2. Peace Beneath the City
3. Innocent Bones
4. On Your Wings
5. Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car
6. White Tooth Man
7. House by the Sea
8. The Devil Never Sleeps
9. Banter
10. Boy With a Coin
11. Sodom, South Georgia
12. Banter #2
13. Carousel
14. Upward Over the Mountain
15. Jezebel
16. Wolves [Song of the Shepherd's Dog]
17. The Sea and Rhythm
18. Resurrection Fern
19. Banter #3
20. Flightless Bird, American Mouth

Encore
21. Naked As We Came


Love,
Orange.

weather and music

i dont believe in much anymore, but i do believe that some music just goes with some weather. i can only listen to shades apart in the summer time, and at the first sign of sweater weather, i break out the alkaline trio.

it is still in the eighties most days around here, but the calendar says autumn, so today i broke out my alkaline trio records. i feel like im ushering in the season, and having the trio to listen to helps me somehow to deal with the loss of summer and everything that summer means.

its time now to put away "your favorite weapon" and spend some more time with "deja entendu" and "the devil and God are raging inside me."

its time to cut back on the kenny and spend more time with dierks.

its time for heavier sounds and darker lyrics.

its time for alkaline trio.

~apple