The Elbow Room

We've all written and expressed elsewhere our love for Andy and the Elbow Room. The liner notes of Grey Buried reference the joint. If we take the closing as a given, then it was a ridiculous joy to play the closing night. Here's a bit of the chaos. Stay tuned to the last frame for an image of our favorite whiskey purveyor that says it all.





The Elbow Room - Saturday, June 19, 2010


A Winter's Tale
The Last Desperate Stand of the Last Fair Man
Evelyn Wears a Tiara
Leaving Las Vegas, Reno, Laughlin
Asshole Brother
Ain't No Weather Fouler
The Train, The Cross
Promises End
Guilt
We Swimmers
No Love
The Real Tina Turner

Moonlit Forest - No Sleep From Brooklyn

We just played in the warm and embryonic Pennsylvania woods with a bunch of new and old friends and some rum punch we brought.  Long live the Iris & Shibley Fest and everyone that conceived of it and made it rule.

Photo by Steve Brun.  More photos here.

June 12, 2010 - Moonlit Forest, Fleetwood, PA
We Swimmers
A Winter's Tale
The Last Desperate Stand of the Last Fair Man
Evelyn Wears a Tiara
Fireworks (Never Tell)

TOUR PRACTICE, pt 1. (Sleepytown)

When I joined Drunken Barn Dance in 2008, I signed up for a lifestyle and don't think for one red second that it is not a lifestyle that I take seriously. I drink hard and I dance in barns even harder. With the upcoming release of the full-band debut, Grey Buried, and the impending tour to support it, I decided to step things up and challenge myself, so in February of this year, I found a couple to sublease my apartment and decided to start practicing the touring lifestyle without actually touring. The couple that took over my lease never actually changed the electric and gas bills over to their names, but I decided to ignore that fact because that's what I would do if I were on tour. TOUR PRACTICE!

Top Five TOUR PRACTICE! Sleeping Spaces:
5. Under the bushes in the park over by Third Street in Ann Arbor
4. Matt Jones's living room couch
3. In a house I lived in a couple of years ago, lovingly called the Franch, on a couch with cushions that remind me of over-cooked French toast
2. Under the stars in the parking lot of Ypsilanti's finest liquor store, The Keg
1. In my white Le Baron convertible (It has sexy red interior, which makes it the perfect place for tour practice because, as anyone who has toured before will tell you, touring is the sexiest time of all for anyone ever.)

I encourage comments and questions about the lifestyle I have chosen for the next episode of TOUR PRACTICE!. TOUR PRACTICE! CAPSLOCK.

lie awake the evening

Stray Films made a rather beautiful short using Seagulls as the soundtrack.  Check it out here.  Appears to be one two takes, appropriately.  We love this shit.  And the PBR can.

grey-buried

our new record is called grey-buried.  the street date is august 3rd, 2010 via quite scientific records.


1.   the last desperate stand of the last fair man
2.   tapo canyon drowning
3.   a winter's tale
4.   ain't no weather fouler
5.   no love
6.   time spent underground
7.   leaving las vegas, reno, laughlin
8.   evelyn wears a tiara
9.   the guest list
10. you left the wrong girl


our first full band effort.  we can't wait for you to check it out.

the last time

I met Andrew Oldham Thursday night after which my friend sent me this picture with the words "file under: every impresario's dream."

Snow, Salami, and Meganutz (the van)

I should probably edit this to be tighter. Maybe I will and re-post it tomorrow.

In other news, Keith Thompson explains why so much hair left town this week, including my own.

why we drive 10 hours

Zero My Hero

Keweenawesomefest Day Zero Pics from our friends at Mostly Midwest here!  

Drunken Barn Blog #1

So, I don't have a decent camcorder yet, but I'll be getting one soon, hopefully. This is from my crappy phone, so it'll have to do for now. Oddly, the beer shampoo helped the volume of my hair reach new heights (ahem...). It seems that booze helps for styling almost as much as it helps for making intensely gorgeous rock albums.