the quotes mean jokes...how about "if ray davies loved trumans water and lo-fi funk"

9/10/2008 2:18:36 PM

2008.11.03 - Murs - Cat's Cradle

9/10/2008 8:49:13 PM

BENEVENTO/RUSSO DUO TONITE @ THE POURHOUSE!!!!

9/10/2008 8:58:19 PM

My concert itinerary as of now:

Mates of State friday
Why? saturday (Possibly)
Common and NERD in october
OF MONTREAL AND THE FIERY FURNACES IN DECEMBER, FUCK YEAH

9/10/2008 9:41:29 PM

benevento russo duo was great

9/11/2008 2:32:54 AM

11/12 - Cat's Cradle - Calexico w/ Bowerbirds

9/11/2008 1:36:41 PM

HORSE The Band w/ HeavyHeavyLowLow @ Tremont Sunday

[Edited on September 13, 2008 at 5:43 AM. Reason : i just saw HHLL on the bill so i went ahead and got my ticket]

9/13/2008 5:38:19 AM

Quote :

"Elephant Six Holiday Surprise THU, OCT 9 Featuring Julian Koster, William Cullen Hart, Scott Spillane, Laura Carter, Eric Harris and more performing the music of The Music Tapes, Circulatory System, Scott Spillane, The Gerbils, Elf Power, Olivia Tremor Control, Nesey Gallons and more. Including the world premiere of the movie "Major Organ and the Adding Machine."

FUCKING YES PLS. (At Local 506).

9/14/2008 3:59:48 PM

w00t!

since it's the day after my birthday, i'm going to cross my fingers for a super-secret jeff mangum appearance

9/14/2008 6:13:46 PM

ACDC - December 18 Charlotte TWC Arena

9/17/2008 8:36:01 AM

PELICAN

BRODSKY

BREWERY

NOV 8

9/18/2008 8:24:38 AM

should i go see mogwai, stars, or horse the band tomorrow

im leaning towards mogwai

9/18/2008 8:28:10 AM

never seen the first two but Horse the band is pretty ridiculous live


Dude who plays the keyboard really gets into it.

9/18/2008 9:44:38 AM

clutch @ the pit - sunday night

9/18/2008 6:23:01 PM

so i've decided i'm going to go see the wedding present in october.. anyone else going?

9/22/2008 4:52:50 PM

anyone going to black kids or ratatat this thursday/friday?

9/22/2008 6:47:39 PM

mates of state are about to be on yo gabba gabba, the amazing kids show on nickelodeon

9/23/2008 11:43:11 AM

i'm going to black kids on thurs

9/23/2008 2:22:37 PM

On TV:
09/26 - TV On The Radio - Letterman (They were supposed to be on last night but I guess they got bumped or just moved it.)
10/02 - Ben Folds - Conan


Live:
Here's an interview with Girl Talk by Popcandy to get everyone ready for the upcoming concert.

Quote :

"Me: Your shows are getting pretty popular. Do you feel the need to take them to an even bigger level? Gillis: Yeah, to a small degree. For Lollapalooza, I had a couple people onstage in policemen uniforms doing live visuals with toilet paper and confetti. They're going to be coming on tour with me. ... Last time I did a full U.S. tour, I had a guy helping out with visuals -- like actual overhead projections -- so he'll be there as well. For most of the year when I do the weekend (shows), I'm usually alone. I think a lot of people can get into it because of how simplistic and raw the setup is. It's just a guy playing a few computers. So I don't feel any pressure to have a million dollar light show or anything like that, but I'm doing my best to step it up when the shows are getting a little bigger. How much time do you spend worrying about possible legal action? Because, frankly, I worry about it for you. You sound like my mom. (Laughs) I mean, it's not something I wake up and think about. I talk to people about my work and my music just about every day, and it's something where leading up to releasing an album, it's on my mind. I believe it should be legal, and I don't think we're technically violating anything because of the fair use doctrine. As the days roll by, you stop stressing about it as much. How much do you think Feed the Animals is worth to a consumer? I don't know, I guess that depends on what you make. I really enjoy buying albums, and I come from the world where CDs are worth $10 or $15 typically, so that's what I think it would be worth for a physical product. ... But that's completely different for different people, and I understand that. I think a lot of young kids grow up having no money and are used to having access to the Internet and getting music for free. That's their world, and I don't really think there's a problem with that. CovergirltalkSo are there any samples that you really wanted to use but couldn't, or do you always find a place for everything? I'd say the majority of samples I want to use I do not find a place for. I always just sample songs without knowing what I'm going to do with them. On this album there are 300 samples, but going into it I probably sampled 2,000-3,000 songs. So yeah, most of the time I'm working is just failure after failure. ... I really wanted to use samples from the Cars song Drive, which is one of my favorite jams. I've used that in my live show a lot, it just happened to not work with the energy that I wanted in that particular point in the album. Are you always keeping up with new music, or do you tend to go back and listen to older stuff? I'd say maybe 75% of my time is spent listening to older music these days. Right now I have a boombox in my bathroom, and every day I wake up and turn on the oldies station and jump in the shower. What new stuff are you into right now? The rapper Killer Mike has a new album out right now that I really like. He also has a song with Trina called Look Back at Me that I think is really amazing. Everything I've heard off the new Busta Rhymes album has been great. Of course, the new Lil Wayne album has been exhausted this summer in a great way. It's like, every day I hear something new that I'm really into. I think it's interesting that a lot of your fans probably don't listen to a lot of pop music. What is it about hearing it in this context that makes it OK? I think all music is the way you frame it, but this isn't a new idea. It goes back to people who listened to the Rolling Stones in the '60s and '70s and maybe didn't really listen to the traditional blues guitarists they were influenced by or borrowing their style from. Hip-hop has always done it, just sampling from different styles of music and flipping those songs in ways their fanbase didn't typically listen to them. I'm a big fan of everything I sample, but if my fans aren't, I'm definitely not offended by it, because I'm not trying to play these songs. I'm trying to make something new out of them. I know you're a full-time musician now. Do you miss anything about your day job? No. (Laughs) I mean, the day job was fine, but I like getting up late, I like going out when I want to go out. Being able to wake up when I want and work on music all day and stay out as late as I want is kind of perfect for me. Sometimes I get in a mode where I feel like I should be reading something a bit more on the academic end, just because I feel like my mind is turning into mush right now. Are you surprised at how big this has become? Has your success exceeded your expectations? It's really insane to me. It's hard to put into words, but if you could document my first six years of doing this and traveling around playing to nobody ... there was no precedent. There's definitely people before me who have pioneered this sort of music and (there are) definitely related artists, but as far as someone just getting up there and doing strictly live remix and collage work on a computer, there is no one really before me who took it to this level that the shows are at right now. So yeah, it's absolutely a huge surprise. So what happens now? How big do you want it to get? I feel very accomplished by what's happened, and I'm going to continue to ride the wave and see what happens. But rather than see how big it can get, I would rather create music or do a style of performance that creates discussion (or) makes people think about music and performance in a different light. I'm in this position now where a lot of people are listening to what I do, so I can make something pretty far out and maybe change the way people think about music. Have you ever gotten injured at a show? Yeah, two Thanksgivings ago, I played a show in Pittsburgh, and my parents came out. My sister was in town for her high school 10-year reunion, and she came out with a bunch of her high school friends. The show was getting kind of crazy, and cords were getting unplugged, and near the end I jumped off the front of the stage. My dad was in the front row, so I actually went over my dad's head and hit my face off of my sister's best friend from high school. I fell to the ground and got up, and my front left tooth was knocked out. My mom was just like, "Agghh! Stop the show!" (Laughs) It seems like maybe part of your goal is to create the best party of all time. Yeah, I think part of the inspiration for the shows was, in the early days I was playing shows to very stiff crowds in art galleries, and I always wanted to make it a party. I started to play more house parties while I was in college -- like, there would be a party and there would be a CD on, and I would just play a 20-minute set in the middle of the floor, and it would be nuts. And in my mind, I was like, "Why can't we do this in a show space?" I think that's always something I've wanted to bring to a venue, is just having an insane house party sort of feel. "

9/23/2008 2:30:19 PM

^fuck yes, i'll be seeing him at the orange peel next month

9/23/2008 3:05:49 PM

bttt, TV on the Raido on Letterman tonight. should play around 100ish because of the debate and high football delays.

9/26/2008 11:46:10 PM

Here's the TV on the Radio performance on Letterman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puqnxPGwpo4

The Okkervil River concert is this Friday. federal, screentest, and I are heading down early to hang out. Make sure you get your tickets.

9/29/2008 10:21:19 PM

Ticket in hand

9/30/2008 12:06:19 AM

FYI, Before the Elephant Six Holiday Surprise show at 506 on Thursday, there is a an in-store at CD Alley in Chapel Hill at 6 PM.

10/6/2008 10:48:38 AM

i have decided: i am going to the of montreal show on tuesday

the CD Alley thing is kewl... pretty small store though, i wonder how they'll fit everyone.

10/6/2008 12:28:45 PM

CD Alley used to have shows all the time...they're insane and awesome.

10/6/2008 2:00:59 PM

sweet

i secretly hope jeff mangum will make a secret appearance

10/6/2008 3:09:06 PM

Anyone going to Jonathan Richman on Friday besides me and StillFuchsia?

10/6/2008 3:39:54 PM

i want to go to opeth on the 24th, but i doubt it will happen

10/7/2008 11:57:34 AM

Saw State Radio last night.

I don't really listen to them but HOLY SHIT, SUCH A GOOD SHOW.

10/10/2008 2:23:18 AM

Did anybody go to the Elephant 6 show?

I got sick and missed it.

10/10/2008 7:08:30 AM

It was fucking AWESOME.

Bill Doss showed up, which was totally unexpected. They played a good handful of OTC songs. Off the top of my head:
I Have Been Floated
Love Athena
The Opera House
A Sunshine Fix
No Growing

10/10/2008 9:26:28 AM

just remembered that Antibalas is playing at Cat's Cradle tonight... i saw them last time they were here and they put on a great show

10/10/2008 3:51:09 PM

^ dance party time.

10/10/2008 5:08:45 PM

Jonathan Richman was pretty good

except that he totally made Local 506 turn off their air conditioners 'cause he thought we wouldn't be able to hear him over them

so everyone was sweating to death

10/11/2008 12:10:46 AM

^ geez. i feel like i sweat to death in there when the AC is on.

antibalas was amazing. so overpolitical / didn't even really make sense. it was awesome.

10/11/2008 2:48:04 AM

Seriously, the E6 show in there on Thursday was killing me, and that was at "normal" temperatures.

Anybody else going to Ra Ra Riot tonight?

10/11/2008 1:41:53 PM

My next show will be the Magnetic Fields next weekend.

Anyone else going?

10/11/2008 4:12:50 PM

anyone going to the wedding present tonight?

10/12/2008 1:32:17 PM

w00t for girl talk at the orange peel on tuesday

10/12/2008 2:16:06 PM

more like girl talk tomorrow night at cat's cradle

gonna be off the fuckin' chaaiins

10/12/2008 5:18:40 PM

can't wait for that shit tomorrow night

only downside is having to get drunk in chapel hill and find a way home

10/12/2008 5:36:50 PM

orange peel > cats cradle

10/12/2008 7:09:49 PM

not even close

10/12/2008 8:05:49 PM

cradle is way better than orange peel

10/12/2008 8:17:01 PM

very rarely does the OP even have a show I want to see

10/12/2008 8:26:59 PM

i was talking about venue only, not quality of shows

10/12/2008 8:32:29 PM

broken social scene/do make say think at orange peel was better than any show i've ever been to at cat's cradle

10/12/2008 10:32:59 PM

^ that was amazing

but cats cradle does have arcade fire in 05(i think, maybe 04?) going for it

10/12/2008 10:38:12 PM

Jeff Mangum did in fact show up and play at the Elephant 6 show in NYC.

10/13/2008 12:27:48 PM