Well done, Grant. Is there a Pulitzer for visual metaphor?
Seattle Channel has video of the whole show:
http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/vi ... ID=6010726
John comes on at 2 hrs. 32 min +. The heretofore unmentioned second song: a cover of Hendrix's "Spanish Castle Magic" w/ Mike McCready.
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- Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:41 pm
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: "Acres of Clams"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7306
"Acres of Clams"
Goddamnit, Roderick, sometimes you make it too easy.
John performed the aforementioned folk song nee onetime jingle for Seattle's legendary seafood chain at the centennial celebration for Pike Place Market:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/32821 ... al20q.html
John performed the aforementioned folk song nee onetime jingle for Seattle's legendary seafood chain at the centennial celebration for Pike Place Market:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/32821 ... al20q.html
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:38 am
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: Roderick, Vanderslice, and Squidita in my Esquire feature
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3772
Roderick, Vanderslice, and Squidita in my Esquire feature
In my newest piece for Esquire, I interviewed 20 people re what gives them hope. JR was serious and JV was funny, thereby shattering the space time continuum. Squid, as usual, brought her elegant and insightful wit:
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/opinion/hope071907
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/opinion/hope071907
- Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:01 pm
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: First annual Long Winters caption contest
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7290
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:02 pm
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: First annual Long Winters caption contest
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7290
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:28 pm
- Forum: Give Me a Moment
- Topic: Top 5 most played?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12866
Top 5 most played?
What are the top 5 most played LW/JR songs on your Ipod?
Mine:
"Hindsight"
"King of Carrot Flowers/Solitary Man" (live, All Things to All People show, 12/30/05)
"The Commander Thinks Aloud" (Ultimatum version)
"Delicate Hands"
"Carparts"
Mine:
"Hindsight"
"King of Carrot Flowers/Solitary Man" (live, All Things to All People show, 12/30/05)
"The Commander Thinks Aloud" (Ultimatum version)
"Delicate Hands"
"Carparts"
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:58 pm
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: First annual Long Winters caption contest
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7290
First annual Long Winters caption contest
Perhaps the oft-discussed "feud" was a ruse:
http://flickr.com/photos/iheartfixedgear/627261232/
John Roderick: 17th military wife.
http://flickr.com/photos/iheartfixedgear/627261232/
John Roderick: 17th military wife.
- Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:36 pm
- Forum: Give Me a Moment
- Topic: long winters/nada surf?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19056
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:43 pm
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: The Merlin Show
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11801
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:23 am
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: The Merlin Show
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11801
The perfect illustration of the Fran Lebowitz line, "The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting."
Part 3:
http://www.themerlinshow.com/ep/017-int ... ick-part-3
Part 3:
http://www.themerlinshow.com/ep/017-int ... ick-part-3
- Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:19 am
- Forum: Give Me a Moment
- Topic: Seattle-ites
- Replies: 31
- Views: 21923
Best reuben = Other Coast Cafe:NatureBoy wrote:I love me the Reuben sandwich. Have you had theirs? I'm on a quest for the best one in town...chelsea wrote:i prefer the five spot, myself.
http://www.othercoastcafe.com/Menu.htm
- Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:21 am
- Forum: Give Me a Moment
- Topic: Seattle-ites
- Replies: 31
- Views: 21923
- Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:56 am
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: The Merlin Show
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11801
"It's woven from the pubic hair of Vietnamese mothers."
Part 2 of Merlin's interview w/ John:
http://www.themerlinshow.com/ep/016-int ... ick-part-2
Part 2 of Merlin's interview w/ John:
http://www.themerlinshow.com/ep/016-int ... ick-part-2
- Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:32 pm
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: "Commander" w/ Tim Rice-Oxley, Offenbach, Germany
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3292
- Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:58 pm
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: "Commander" w/ Tim Rice-Oxley, Offenbach, Germany
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3292
"Commander" w/ Tim Rice-Oxley, Offenbach, Germany
From November 16, 2006. The video goes out of sync, but musically, it's better than hashbrowns:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XCNUtybY6yY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XCNUtybY6yY
- Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:20 pm
- Forum: Give Me a Moment
- Topic: SF show 10 March 2007
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7496
- Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:23 am
- Forum: Cattywampus
- Topic: Reasons to live.
- Replies: 143
- Views: 93366
- Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:59 pm
- Forum: Swoon
- Topic: Rolling Stone and Stranger reviews:
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2607
Rolling Stone and Stranger reviews:
Rolling Stone (July 13-27, 2006), p. 105, print only: ***1/2 "The third album from this Seattle outfit sounds like R.E.M. with a modest roots influence and gently cracked tunes. Mastermind John Roderick packs an endearing, nuanced indie-boy voice and a bucketload of bittersweet pop-rock melodies: 'P...
- Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:49 am
- Forum: Cattywampus
- Topic: On Trading, Formats, and Community
- Replies: 101
- Views: 57732
Well, a certain unnamed member of the Barsuk musical roster warned me that there was a history of missing Barsuk mail *wags finger*. John assurred me that there would be no problems whatsoever, however it seems that even his wisdom and foresight has limitations we have hitherto remained ignorant of...
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:48 pm
- Forum: Give Me a Moment
- Topic: Your Suggestions on Interview Questions?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9522
Squid, you are the tallest pine in the forest, the breading on the chicken, the cutest cat in the box. Thank you. Joe, immerse yourself in all four discs. Listen to the LW/JR sessions archived on KEXP.org. Read JR's tour diaries archived on this site and his other pieces archived on Barsuk's. Then c...