The Long Winters

WaveyBlue knows what's going on. I always buy from Grimey's when I'm in Nashville, which is the majority of the time. It really is a great store. When I'm stuck in southern Indiana suburbia (during the summer and on breaks), I either wait until i make my next trip to nashville, or I buy at Coconuts...

Well done with rolling out the red carpet, Lord Balfour. I'll help myself to some of your fine French brandy. Please make yourself at home, Slim Chance. It's pretty damn cool that The Long Winters have such a diverse fan base! I asked John who he thought was their "typical" fan and he said some thir...

Oh wow! YOu guys are awesome. I guess The Long Winters' fans have more than the Otters in common. We've got books too! I'm currently reading the God of Small Things and I got Eco's Baudolino on my night stand as the next up. Thanks for the tips about Hamilton's biography (yeah, he's the most brillia...

Time for SLR to clear the mystery! So, what's the real story behind the hundreds of pairs of glasses???

Am I the only one who thinks John looks great without glasses? I thought so too, during a quite lull when the camera panned in for a closeup of his profile. But the guitar playing was gorgeous! I startled the kids in the next class coz I let loose a scream worthy of a tween fan at a boy band show!!...

also, eric got a tattoo, from they guy who does my inking! (it's super rad !) and it was very nice to finally meet michael. and does he do a little banter about how "the chimbley sweep" is the life story of our beloved j.ro? too cute. You don't say about Eric's super rad tattoo?!! What does it look...

That's interesting that you say that, because when I saw them last saturday, I would almost venture to say the Decemberists outplayed TLW, which I know might be blasphemy on this board, but they really had me floored. I didn't show up until after the Places had already played. Oh, the heresy! Where...

Thanks, Russ! I think you got it all. I wrote out the setlist on my arm after the show but by the time I got home, it's all smudged. It was an awesome show. I'm still in a happy mood from it. Good to see the river otters of rock so sleek after almost 3 whole months of straight touring. Thank you thr...

Thanks for alerting us to the gorgeous pics, Merlin! I'm finally getting caught up with the tour. Feeling the irresistible pull of The River Otters of Rock's June 19 show in Nashville.

A friend, Klaas Jan Guchelaar, has published some very nice photos from the Assen show at http://www.kjguch.ht.st . Click Galleries | 2004 and you'll find a link to the Long Winters pictures. Enjoy. Janine, thanks for the write-up and sharing your photos! Thanks LTS! Those black and white photos lo...

Unremarkable wrote:on the record, it is most definitely a keyboard intro

Thanks, Un!

Liesbeth wrote:John, I sincerely apologize for bringing this up again!
(I could blame Sondre Lerche, but I won't)

Liesbeth, it was A_Kitty that restarted it!!! Those King Mang thongs are adorable.

Liesbeth, thanks kabillion for the write up and photos! I CAN'T believe there was a baby GRAND piano at the venue. I'm about to fall into a dead swoon! Thanks also for the tip regarding the new piano song. We'll see if John is up for playing it more on the rest of this tour. It was a stunning venue ...

anthropomorphizing_kitty wrote:Sorry to be a Johnny-Come-Lately but I'd never read this thread until someone turned me onto it and I couldn't resist myself:

A_K, you're a genius!!! John, you should rush this order for your next US tour. I'll buy 'em!

Hey mms . Is it really a guitar? It sounds like some kind of keyboard on record, but I may be wrong, of course. Maybe someone could set the record straight... Erm... you're probably right (because I'm practically tone deaf). It has always sounded like a bass guitar, but now that I've listened to it...

You guys are awesome! Thanks for the plug, Chelsea. I'll be going to 3rd & Lindsley to check out the cute little Norwegian boy tomorrow night. I don't like going to a concert "cold" (i.e., never listened to the performer's songs before) Any other Nashvillians up for that? Sunshine, Minnie, Wavey? An...

It's a brilliant video! Thanks for the write up, John and Merlin, thanks for posting it. I just wished it was larger (when Merlin can conjure up more bandwidth). Love the Ms. Bad character!!!

Sweeeeeeeeet... I never got to be Captain of MY softball team.... *Sigh* Football Captain '84-'85, tho'... PLEASE LOVE MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! [This nervous breakdown/identity crisis, has been edited by Harvey Winters 5/13/04] Rich, we* still love you! Just as long as you use your jock powers for good and...

but some of the finer arrangements of the songs were missed, like the intros in "Blue Diamonds" or "Scared Straight", wich I kind of didn't recognize at the start without the horns part. LLI, thanks for the mini review of the Huesca gig. Sorry to hear it was cold. But I'm confused, because isn't th...

oh, yeah, and me: <img src=http://img13.photobucket.com/albums/v37/iamyourcat/smaller.jpg> I recognize you from the Exit/In show!!! Now, you're no longer a disembodied voice. We must go to the June 19th show next time the Otters come back around. Come by early and we'll hang with the band after sou...