Alienation and Despair - Faves
Alienation and Despair - Faves| Volume 1 , Number 11 | Yo La Digest | Jul 22, 1994 |
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it's kinda like mother theresa, someday she'll be an angel, and a damned good one ...jad fair
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sunday night i dropped in on the jad fair show at the thirsty swede. i've never seen daniel johnston, but jad is a lot like i'd imagine daniel johnston to be like, only more so. jad was squeecky, nerdy, and pathetically in love. the band played tight road flick soundtrack music that suited jad well. the expression on the female drummer's face was a 6.5 on scale of porno loop to pentecostal exorcism, wierd. i particularly enjoyed the songs 'angel with brown eyes', 'postcard from austin' and 'bashful bob'. see jad when he comes to your town. tim tim@vestek.com
from: STUART WHAT? <stux@utopia1.com> oh, and I did have one thing that you missed on yer discog... Chemical Imbalance Magazine Vol. 1 Issue #5's 7" had a YLT song on it... the back issue (a xeroxed copy w/ the 7") is $19.95... Chemical Imbalance P.O. Box 1656 Cooper Station NY, NY 10276 Ok, two things: David Greenberger's _Duplex Planet Illustrated_ Issue #1 has a flexi-disc wid YLT on 'er... $3.00. Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 7563 Lake City Way NE Seattle, WA 98116
from: Marc Odo <desslok@u.washington.edu> Yo La at Yoyo I went to the night set of the Yoyo-a-Gogo in Olympia last night, and it was awesome. Let's see, Bloodthirsty Butchers, a Japanese punk band, opened, and they were mediocre. They were followed by the one and only Jad Fair, and he really kicked out the jams. Ira jammed with him for his set. It was great. Kicking Giant followed, and I hate Kicking Giant. I think they're really, really bad. I didn't enjoy it at all. In fact, I fell asleep. Then Georgia and Ira took the stage. Without James, they played a simple accoustical set. It was sweet. Just Ira on guitar and the two of them singing- no bass, no drums. There were a few technical problems at the begining, but other than that, it was great. Let's see, I'm trying to remember what songs they did off the top of my head.....They opened with Hank William's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," and also did "Satellite", "Upside-Down", "The Cone of Silence", "Big Day Coming", a Great Plains song...damn, that's all that I can remember now (I didn't get home until 3:30 that morning). I taped the show, and was pleasantly surprised with the results. That's the first time I've done something like that, and it turned out all right. So if anyone wants a copy of this show, give me holler, and we can work something out. The show, by the way, was only about 40 minutes long. Codeine ended the night, and they blew me away. I've seen these guys before, and whenever I hear them I get chills up and down my spine. It's great. I taped them, too, but I don't think it turned out as well. So there you have it. I'd like to thank you, Tim, for all your helpful advice. bye -Marc desslok@u.washington.edu
The following excepts are from Renee Crist's article entitle "Holidays and Strings" published in The San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 20, 1994. Holidays and Strings Yo La Tengo's Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan take a working vacation in San Francisco. - according to Kaplan this major label jump has made no perceptible difference in sales or audience reception. "each record does slightly better than the one before," - "record label support is at best a misnomer, it's all advanced against the royalties." he notes that they have taken advantage of label support for larger shows, such as their opening dates for the breeders, but that cushy accommodations are still an exception for ther band. - the show H & K are doing in SF is an offshoot of the couple's non-tour througgh the northwest. K sheepishly admit's they're offsetting travel expenses while on vacation. He hopes that the show will be billed as himself and H rather than as yo la tengo, a change in pratice reflecting McNew's true membership in the band. "Up until this very moment," K says,"we always figured if it was Georgia and me it was yo la tengo." - the band has been writing songs, but K is characteristically reluctant to say when a new album might be out. He's also stopped explaining which Spanish speaking baseball player used to yell "yo la tengo!" in the outfield. "it appealed to us taking it out of context before we had to keep putting it back into context," he complains. ira kaplan and geogia hubley perform a free show with the softies and patrick winningham, sun/24 at 5:30 p.m., bottom of the hill, 1233 17th street, sf (415)-625-4455
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Brief Discography 1985 7" The River of Water 1986 Album Ride The Tiger 1986 Comp Luxory Condos Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon 1987 7" Asparagus Song 1987 Album New Wave Hot Dogs 1989 Album President Yo La Tengo 1989 Comp Human Music 1990 Album Fakebook 1990 7" Speeding Motorcycle 1990 EP Here Comes My Baby 1991 Album That is Yo La Tengo 1991 7" Walking Away From You 1991 Soundtrack Matter of Degrees 1992 Album May I Sing With Me 199X Comp Slanged 199X Comp Love Is Like A Poke In The Eye With A Stick 199X Comp Mountain Stage Vol 3 199X Comp Ruta 66 1992 EP Upside-Down 1992 Comp Freedom of Choice 1992 Comp Delicacy and Nourishment Ernest Noyes Brookings Vol 3 1992 Flexi *Artifical Heart(?) (Duplex Planet Illustrated Issue #1) 199X 7" *Dreams (Chemical Imbalance Magazine Vol. 1) 1993 Soundtrack True Fiction Pictures 1993 EP Shaker 1993 7" Shaker (diff version) 1993 Album Painful 1993 7" Big Day Coming 1994 CD Single From A Motel 6 1994 Double 7" This is Art Videography 19XX Mouthful of Sweat 19XX The Summer 1/28/94 Conan O'Brien NYC 1992 Upside Down 1993 Big Day Coming 1993 From a Motel 6
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