so tell me .. does bill play around NYC a lot .. is he a good live act .. or does no-one but me care anymore ..
― mark e (mark e), Monday, 25 July 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 13:52 (twenty years ago)
― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)
the new stuff is by far the best stuff he has done IMHO of course .. relaxed and easy but very classic sounding.
― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)
and not only that but there is to be a fucking great concert/party thing in NYC.
http://www.newyorknighttrain.com/recordings/gmrecrel.html
lucky bastards.
― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 21:17 (twenty years ago)
― mark e, Monday, 26 February 2007 21:49 (nineteen years ago)
9 years on and still listening ..
not sure if that makes me the ultra sad f*ck, or, the ultimate dedicated listener who needs to move on.
or .. the world has yet to catch up.
― mark e, Thursday, 21 April 2016 22:02 (nine years ago)
ha, i had some friends in high school who loved st johnny -- they even tracked down whitten's phone number and called him up, which i'm sure was a funny experience for him. i liked a few things, but never dug in too deep.
― tylerw, Thursday, 21 April 2016 22:35 (nine years ago)
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/william-carlos-whitten-burn-my-letters
bill is still making albums that mean more to me than anyone else, however, clearly someone else has succumbed as this is available on cassette.
― mark e, Thursday, 9 August 2018 23:15 (seven years ago)
Hi Mark:
That's us/our label!
How it came about - I talked to Bill on Twitter for years without realizing who he is. Somewhere down the line he said he's looking to release a solo album.
And that's how I learned about St. Johnny and Grand Mal and The Silent League.
We tried contacting Geffen about reissuing St Johnny material, but it was a no-go, so here we are :)
BML is a great album - could've been a radio hit in Geffen's hands.
― iheartnoise, Friday, 10 August 2018 11:04 (seven years ago)
bill was involved with the silent league ?did not realise that.maybe I should dig the cds out and look at the credits more closely.shame re st johnny reissues, but to be fair, suspect there would not be much demand, and the original albums are relatively easy to pick up.
― mark e, Friday, 10 August 2018 11:11 (seven years ago)
nearly 20 years on from when i started this non-thread, bill is about to release the strangest album of his career so far.lo-fi drum machines/guitars/synths vs girl-vox.
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/ihn012-william-carlos-whitten-diana-crash-telepaths
― mark e, Wednesday, 16 July 2025 21:00 (seven months ago)