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Monday, May 5th, 2008Tomorrow evening I will be interviewed on a wonderful radio show called “Sprout and the Bean” on WLFM in Wisconsin. The show starts at 8:30pm Central Time. Some wonderful verbatim information straight from the host of the show about the station:
“The radio-station’s main claim to fame is hosting the “Great Midwestern Trivia Contest” which is a 50 hour non-stop trivia contest that happens every January where people keep themselves up with caffeine or other aids and participate in this contest that has been around since the 60’s. Since the internet the questions have become a lot harder since people can easily use the internet to find the answer to traditional questions. At the end there are “super” questions that are really intense like: In Washington D.C. what is graffitied onto the dumpster next to the Starbucks on Grant and Berring. This kind of question could only be successfully answered if someone knew a person in Washington D.C. who could go to that intersection and see exactly what is graffitied onto the dumpster within the time-limit. So it’s a crazy trivia contest and people make teams all over the world. It is the longest running trivia contest anywhere!”
Pretty groovy stuff. In a similar radio vein, I had a blast guest DJing at KUSF this past Friday. Upon review of the tracks I played, I realized anyone tuning in would most likely have thought they were listening to a new classic rock radio station, but alas, I had fun.
In other radio related news, I am happy to say that “26″ is getting some decent airtime and is charting in the CMJ top 200 albums right now! It comes out in a mere week.
Far out new videos, live recordings and other things
Friday, April 25th, 2008Just getting settled back to life after being on the road for a bit. It really was a great time and I can only pretend that this computer is a steering wheel, driving about this country in a hungover haze with Miwa, James and Howard, trying our hand at local radio stations or blasting the “Southern Rock” CD that Howard bought due to his disenchantment with radio jams.
When I got home I got to be part of a wonderful show called Phoning It In. They basically call up artists around the country and have they play live over the phone, broadcasting the result live on the radio (BSR 88.1FM Providence [bsrlive.com] and 88.1FM Cambridge [wmbr.org]). It was a whole lot of fun, awkward talk from me and all! Please take a listen to the show here:
Also, in a similar “radio show” vein, Miwa and I played on KPSU’s Irregular Frequencies show in Portland. Vincent Caldoni was kind enough to take video of our sets and posted them on Youtube. Below is one song embedded and there are links to the other songs as well. Check out the giant orange foamy mic!
Moomaw - July
Moomaw - Pirate of this Bottled Ship
Moomaw - January
And, as always, we have a great show in the works for you at next month’s Outta Sight:
Outta Sight
Wed May 21 - 9pm @ The Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary St, San Francisco)
The Aerosols
Joseph Childress
The Clouds
Homeward Bound
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Tour has been fantastic thus far. We’ve played some amazing places and met so many fantastic people. We’ve stayed up ’til 5 in the morning listening to music and sipping fine elixirs. We were shown Kurt Cobain’s house in Olympia. We saw the motel where Gram Parsons passed in Joshua Tree. We saw Pioneertown, fabricated home of all the old westerns of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
Please join us for the homecoming show tonight @ Outta Sight in San Francisco:
Outta Sight
9pm - Wed April 16 @ The Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary St, SF)
Chinatown Bakeries
Miwa Gemini
Moomaw
And be sure to catch my live performance tomorrow on BSF 88.1 FM bsrlive.com / wmbr.org (7:30pm EST, 4:30pm PT). I’ll be playing some tunes over the telephone as part of an event called Phoning it In!
Outta Sight: Whispering Birds and Clarking Cream
Monday, March 17th, 2008In but two days it will be that magical time of the month again. Outta Sight is waiting for you to come and enjoy yourself, mingling with friends, drinking enchanted elixirs and absorbing sweet sounds through your ears:
Outta Sight
9pm - Wed March 19 @ The Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary St, SF)
Big Cream
Beatbeat Whisper
White Hawk and the Magic Mistress
Clark
In other news, please prepare for the formal release of my record “26″ on May 13. I will be touring the West coast this April with Miwa Gemini in support of my record so stay tuned for tour dates in the soonness.
Outta Sight to Outta Town
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008The next Outta Sight is bound to be a fantastic one. We have Mountainhood from San Jose, Helene Renaut from the East Bay, Dream Bitches from NYC and Dusty DiMercurio and myself Moomaw are playing as well.
Outta Sight @ The Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary St, SF)
Wednesday February 20, 9pm
Following that be sure to catch Dusty and I play a few out of town shows:
Fri Feb 22 - 7pm - Placerville, CA - The Upstairs Art Gallery (420 Main St)
Sat Feb 23 - 8pm - San Luis Obispo, CA - Linnaea’s Café (1110 Garden St)
Sun Feb 24 - 8pm - Santa Monica, CA - Air Conditioned Lounge (2819 Pico Blvd)
Lovely,
nathan.