He was an absolute piece of shit to tell the truth But he never told the truth to me He never told the truth to you don’t think he ever set out to He was indifferent to honesty His positions were pre-ordained to help conceal his vast disdain for anything that lessened his appeal His integrity was p...

Totally possible they don't do an in-store. RSD is getting huge, like to the point where stores only let in a certain number of people at a time. The logistics like floor space might not lend themselves well to it. I still hope, but don't bet on it.

blackwll wrote:I think Elf Power was the band with Vic on that one

Nope, that was a much later record (Dark Developments, 2008). West of Rome was Vic's second album, when Stipe was producing. Still Athens as fuck.

uncle rickey wrote:^^Ha, I saw that Vic re-issue and thought of you.

Man, if my rep is that I love Vic Chesnutt, I'm doing something right in life. But really, DBT in-store, right? Right?!

So with 4/22 being Record Store Day and DBT having a release, what are the odds that one of our fine local record shops in D.C. gets an in-store? (Also Vic Chesnutt's masterpiece West of Rome is getting its first vinyl pressing!) DBT: http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/9461 Vic: http://records...

From Facebook (I wasn't even at the show, why do I have to do everything around here?) Surrender Under Protest Darkened Flags Once They Banned Imagine Living Bubba Gravitys Gone Sinkhole Ramon Casiano Company I Keep Filthy & Fried Righteous Path Kinky Hypocrite Southern Thing Feb 14 Marry Me Lookou...

I'm prepared to call this the best show I've ever seen.

Flea wrote:Auspicious start to the weekend: rental car upgraded to a cadillac!

Join the club! Flea and I will be selling Cadillac rides.

If you say/write it and some folks understand roughly what you meant, it's a word.

Whether you want to use it is up to you!

Clams wrote:stupidest (is that a word?)

Yes.

I'm in for all three. Unsure at this point whether I'll have my dog this time, but I'll be staying again in this cool Victorian right off downtown. If you are hard up for housing and you are extremely nice, I might be able to help.

jimmyjack wrote:There is also definitely a Phil Ochs song with a melody that is a little similar to the verses of SUP, but I can't place it

This is going to haunt me.

Southern Efficiency, as I remember it, the clear channel list was a pretty effective ban for a short time. After 9/11 this country was as united as it had been in a long, long time. We were focused on getting the bad guys, protecting ourselves and saw ourselves, mostly correctly, as being on the si...

The posts about "Once They Banned Imagine" have lured me out of my cave. It's been discussed elsewhere here, but I'll rehash, with some backing sources and personal flourishes: The title line is about our reaction to 9/11. In the aftermath of the attack, Clear Channel sent out a list of songs that s...

I think Rubio benefits most from Bush dropping out. "Establishment" Republicans aren't going to turn into evangelical Tea Partiers over night. The only extra votes Cruz will get are Carson's when he finally gives up. If Carson and Kasich both drop before Super Tuesday, it will get really interestin...

I just arrived in Athens with the dog you see at right. We rented a spot two blocks from the venue, so let me know if you'd like a canine-oriented pre- or after-party.

Does this event require an RSVP?

For whatever reason, that Facebook link doesn't work for me, so I can't see any further info.

And I'm in for all three nights! I am thrilled to finally make the pilgrimmage.

The line about barricading doors, in addition to the veteran status of the protagonist, called to mind this guy, one of the good-news stories from the Umpqua shooting: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/army-vet-shot-times-stop-oregon-shooter-article-1.2382674 I haven't heard the song, but it ...

I'm in for night 3.

FIngers crossed, I'll be in for nights 1 and 2 tomorrow morning. This will be my first Homecoming, so please be gentle.

-down in Istanbul -in a swimming pool -before it was cool (hipster version) -to a vengeful ghoul -as an April fool Lost three fingers In a corgi duel Lost three fingers but they were minuscule Lost three fingers playing "pocket pool" Lost three fingers breaking whorehouse rules Lost three fingers d...

Yes I noticed that too, I mentioned it the other day in the listening thread. I was so happy when I heard it. Great catch. I don't know the Clash well enough to have caught it. But now that you have pointed it out and I've listened to MS, I'm using it as a selling point to some of my Clash fan frie...

Anyone else catch Matt break into the bassline from the Clash's "Magnificent Seven" toward the end of "Used to Be a Cop"? Thanks, Mr. Patton!

About those lost fingers, I said "implausible," not "impossible," meaning this has happened to very few people, but I fear I distracted from my point anyway. My point was that it sounded at first listen like a jarringly outlandish detail to toss into the second verse. "Lost a finger to a faulty tool...

I'll gladly throw in for this song. It's one of my favorites on the album, and I love the album. I was thrown off at first by the implausibility of the narrator losing three fingers*, but I've learned to just go along for the ride this song takes you on. (You should try that, too. Its catchiness hel...

Bearee wrote:And what's with the background mumbling on Grand Canyon?

Has anyone answered that? I just listened to the new Mountain Stage podcast, and I swear that something like that sound from the album was there (in the right speaker) in the same places toward the end of the song.

Lyrically: I am really excited to see Cooley add to this band's Historical Assholes canon of songs, and this guy's life is one whale of a story.
Musically: Sounds to me like "Drinking Coke and Eating Ice" became this song.

Bumping because DBT just pulled this one out at Homecoming and it's been one of my favorites since the first time I heard it. Up until Friday, I'd been wondering if I'd ever see this one live. Looking at beantown's reply from a mere four years ago, I've always had a different take on the last two l...

Seriously, we take ourselves seriously and if we're singing along it's because a song signifies, it has meaning, we identify with it because it's real, it's damn near poetry man. When those guys sing it's because they're drunk or because it's the only way they can express their repressed homoerotic...