the tower recordings

I had been wondering why nobody snagged it in the 3 weeks since I first spotted it. When I finally decided to go ahead and buy it today, they reached around back and grabbed one of several copies and then returned the one with the $4.99 price tag back to the display shelf.

You were the guy who used to go by the name of Helios Creed, right? I recognize the dr.carl.sagan email from searching the archives for Helios Creed. Now that I see you're still around, I will have to go check and see if you contributed to my Helios Creed thread I made yesterday.

for londoners: PG Six + Samara Lubelski @ underbelly, hoxton square, monday 14th Nov 2005

Noted, noted...

folk scene is still so fucking good. i want an atrocity jukebox in my kitchen

how is metal mountains? they're playing in brooklyn next friday.

I love Metal Mountains! I haven't heard the record yet but seen them live three times, and I am really into it.

Got the record today--as good as I'd hoped. Do seek it out.

just got a promo link for the new pg six record -- sounds really good! more guitar heavy than usual, very much of a richard and linda thompson "pour down like silver" vibe.

ooo sounds good. i loved The Well of Memory; never clicked w/ Slightly Sorry though.

yeah, this one improves on the sound of slightly sorry, i think. i liked that record, but it was lacking in something...new record seems to be a lot more muscular. great full band sound, more confident singing.

awesome. i think there's a PG Six/Metal Mountains split LP in the works too..

dunno who the lead guitarist is here, but he's killing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrsGV7QqbmM

wow, nice. when's that from?

has anyone seen mv&ee touring with their special sound system and live visuals? great show in london last night, that sound system really brings out the best in the gnarly neil young guitar solos, and after a slowish start i really got a ~thing~ going on with the visuals. perhaps it goes without saying but throughout i was thinking how amazing it would've been if i had been stoned.

that is some very early tower, circa first album so like 1995 maybe?

p.g. six solo show at 9pm tonight at hank's saloon on atlantic avenue.

(in brooklyn.)

This is about 10 minutes from my place. More than 56 minutes heads up would be appreciated next time.

But thank you all the same.

didn't hear too many people talking about it, but that last pg six record was pretty happening.

oh i guess i was talking about it upthread a little bit.

maybe MFB and I are neighbors. sorry for the lack of heads up, i forgot to post it until later. pat is not great at promoting his shows.
i also really like the last pg six record.

http://wettuna.bandcamp.com
this new pg six/matt valentine collab is very happening (the electric set at least, haven't gotten to the acoustic yet)

you have to see pg play with pigeons. pigeons were already great but two guitar lineup is just.....oof!

only heard bits and pieces of pigeons, will have to check 'em out more.

i'm really spotty on my '77 dead, couldn't vote.

but. the copy on the link you posted is fucking golden:

WHAT DEAD HEADS HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT...

NEW HAVEN 5/5/77
"Here is a prime example of the saying ‘the whole is greater than the sum of the parts’ … It’s called synergy and the Dead wrote the book on it.”

BOSTON 5/7/77
“The music they laid down brought me places I had not been before.”

CORNELL 5/8/77
“...the single best rock performance anywhere, anytime, by anyone.”

“There was just some kind of magical connection this night between the band members and the band and the audience - some texture, or some type of cosmic or celestial force is in the room.”

"This show is, was, and always will be Mecca.”

BUFFALO 5/9/77
"...an awesome display of the Dead’s captivating power"

oh ffs, wrong thread

matt valentine/j.mascis duo tomorrow night at the bar. looking forward to that.

there's a couple of new PG Six albums that have been in the cutout bin of my local store forever I should get them

budo i don't think matt valentine would mind you posting about the dead itt

Haha yeah, Dead 77 talk works here tbh
As I've said in this thread before PG Six solo joints are good!

also, matt and j are going on first which is wonderful for oldboys like me. dad rockers know how to go home early.

mv + ee + pg soooooo good tonight. i need a tape of this set.

https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20992741_10156184412482137_1852251262760470617_n.jpg?oh=c56067821d48e05fe3c91e71fb563d4f&oe=5A2C78B4

https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21034475_10156184354787137_7030018150482257588_n.jpg?oh=5724a6ed8eb44834cf7d621695ceb21f&oe=5A239B2D

https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20994225_10156184353687137_106975248715893488_n.jpg?oh=517ce0c2b05b8faba7579be6ae069d89&oe=5A1D1AB9

https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20992908_10156184352887137_6138392829600979782_n.jpg?oh=8484aeb3ba3223283ae3102aa00c7da2&oe=5A28D58D

(huge rack joke here.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFeHblShKeE

sweet wet tuna audience tape from last week over here: https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/168503696877/wet-tuna-ceremony-brooklyn-new-york-december

These two Eau'd to a Fake Bookie releases from Wet Tuna are so killer, just got the 2xCD in the mail the other day. Volume 2 features some pretty killer dub diversions and a great Dead cover.

oh wow

The next PG six record on drag city is beautiful and sad, beware listeners if you’re feeling fragile. It’s got more harp than any of his other solo records I think; does not rock like starry mind did. It’s truly beautiful and I can’t wait for y’all to hear it.

What's it called? I can't find anything on Drag City about a new album. I just keep coming up on the Amish Records reissue of the debut.

Called murmurs and whispers. Dunno when release will be, hoping this year? He played it for us (wife and I) when he visited a couple weekends ago.

Oh, got it! Thought maybe I missed something, definitely stoked to keep an eye out for this one. Thanks for the heads up!

Sorry, but trying to get anyone psyched before it’s time. I just played it again and so I thought to comment. It’s super. A lot of the songs he has been playing live for a long time but with different arrangements in most cases. I haven’t been this stoked about a new record in a while so pardon my gushing enthusiasm.

<3

I def appreciated your post - I went off to pre-order it right away (which is what prompted my post lol).

Very nice to read this advance notice. Good work always being done.

for londoners: PG Six + Samara Lubelski @ underbelly, hoxton square, monday 14th Nov 2005

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:01 PM (seventeen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

I was at this show and remember it fondly!

Sat close to the front, and when he asked if anyone had any requests, I said Quiet Fan For SK, and he replied awkwardly that it was improvised, which I knew, but thought it might be possible to play around with. Anyway, curious to see now that that track has over 1 million(!) plays on Spotify. About ten thousand for the other tracks. Curious if it was used in a tv show or something, or else just another one of those odd algorithm boosts?

The first two albums mean a lot to me, and are some of my favorites from this century. I like Starry Mind very much too.

"Quiet Fan For SK" is on the Dead Man's Shoes soundtrack. that could explain its relative Spotify popularity.

no, wait. that was "The Fallen Leaves That Jewel the Ground." yeah, maybe an algorithm thing.

There’s a new pg six record this year and it rules.

So I have Fraternity of Moonwalkers and Folk Scene, and one of the Memphis Luxure 45s, but had never heard of the Werefrogs. Is this really MV and PG on 120 Minutes???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDni6nQDZU8

https://www.discogs.com/artist/441328-The-Werefrogs

holy shit, don't know how it took me until 2026 to hear The Galaxies' Incredibly Sensual..., but damn!