The Long Winters

Well done, Grant. Is there a Pulitzer for visual metaphor? Seattle Channel has video of the whole show: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?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.

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

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

It's a departure.

All hands and thighs.

The wood is still there.

[And...wait for it...]

The Long(ish) Winter.

[Thank you and good night, Seattle!]

I am a tree. Build a nest in my pants.

The chimbley, swept.

When one of the raiders comes.

After the bus mall.

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"

Perhaps the oft-discussed "feud" was a ruse:

http://flickr.com/photos/iheartfixedgear/627261232/

John Roderick: 17th military wife.

The scoop:

http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/05/070530_nsurf/

John wrote:Do you really think either of us are inhibited by "waiting to talk"?

That interview is fraught w/ inhibition. It's clear you grew the 'stache to mask your stiff upper lip.

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

NatureBoy wrote:

chelsea wrote:i prefer the five spot, myself.

I love me the Reuben sandwich. Have you had theirs? I'm on a quest for the best one in town...

Best reuben = Other Coast Cafe:

http://www.othercoastcafe.com/Menu.htm

Sweet and sour pork at Sea Garden in the International District.

"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

To clarify:

Hashbrowns = Awesome

"Commander" w/ Tim Rice-Oxley > Hashbrowns

From November 16, 2006. The video goes out of sync, but musically, it's better than hashbrowns:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XCNUtybY6yY

And this is pretty cool:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/merlin/362 ... ngwinters/

A Moveable Feast
the Avenue Q soundtrack
Sinatra's '57 in Concert
homemade lasagna
fresh blueberries

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...

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...

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...