I keep muttering 'horse feathers' under my breath. At night I see
tattoos of good and evil run across my dream hands. All the while, The
Good, The Bad and the Ugly plays on a constant loop in the back of my
mind.
The good. I don't know how the world spins, but I'm just about to go
on tour with The Wooden Birds -- playing rhythm guitar with one of my
favorite songwriters of all time, Andrew Kenny. (yep. I said 'of all
time'). This is one of those moments I feel insanely fortunate... If
anyone feels like coming out to the shows, they're posted below. (I'll
be giving away some Threeeps to those people that may have an interest)
More good. Last week, we finished mixing our album in Austin with
Louie Lino. His newly built studio is pretty near perfect..It all
almost seemed too easy. I cannot think of anyone better than Mr. Lino
to record, mix or produce. Nope. (Except for Chris Hansen)
Even more good. Chris and I have just about finished up with a
soundtrack to the film, Lebanon. Working with Chris on this (and our
album, and everything) has been the ultimate in a life of combining
notes with other notes (and more notes)
The thing is -- though it sounds like I'm overloading this page with
compliments, I mean them from the bottom to the top of heart. Yes and
yes.
...Right about here is where the Bad and the Ugly take a bow. For this, I apologize.
Last year we thought we'd clean out the cobwebs of all this
internetting claptrap and put out a free EP for the faithful. I
wouldn't have even minded the unfaithful taking a listen. I try to keep
an open mind about the other minds beyond these cabin walls.
On the one hand, the EP that once was free is now for sale on iTunes
-- which I knew about. On the other, it's been disabled on our site --
which I didn't know about. Again, apologies.
I'm not certain where I stand on the case of matt pond PA vs.
file-sharing. Sometimes people need to know what they want to hear
before they go all in. And sometimes it seems that people think it's
fine to willfully steal. But in the case of our The Freeep (or Auri
Sacra Fames) -- I'm not concerned one bit how it's procured. In fact,
if there's any financial strain or even a stitch of trouble in your
life -- I'm all about being free.
Wooden Birds shows:
Thu, Sep 24 - Higher Ground - S. Burlington, VT *
Fri, Sep 25 - The Middle East - Cambridge, MA *
Sun, Sep 27 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY *
Tue, Sep 29 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA *
Thu, Oct 1 - Black Cat - Washington, DC *
Fri, Oct 2 - The Artscenter - Carrboro, NC *
Sat, Oct 3 - The Southern - Charlottesville, VA *
Mon, Oct 5 - The Square Room - Knoxville, TN *
Tue, Oct 6 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
Wed, Oct 7 - WorkPlay Theater - Birmingham, AL *
Thu, Oct 8 - Hi Tone Cafe - Memphis, TN
Fri, Oct 9 - Union Court @ OU - Norman, OK *
Sun, Oct 11 - Bar Pink - San Diego, CA
Mon, Oct 12 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *
Wed, Oct 14 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA *
Fri, Oct 16 - Crocodile Cafe - Seattle, WA *
Sat, Oct 17 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR *
Sun, Oct 18 - Empyrean Coffee House - Spokane WA
Tue, Oct 20 - The State Room - Salt Lake City, UT *
Wed, Oct 21 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO *
Fri, Oct 23 - Memorial Union @ UW - Madison, WI *
Sat, Oct 24 - Courtyard Cafe - Urbana, IL *
Sun, Oct 25 - Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN *
Thu, Oct 29 - SubKirk - South Bend, IN *
Fri, Oct 30 - Calvin College - Grand Rapids, MI *
* w/ Great Lake Swimmers