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August
28, 1998
Got
a title for the upcoming JAD FAIR and YO LA TENGO
album, Strange But True.
A track listing is up on the bio page and we'll have more soon.
Also have some stuff from the FUCK
boys up. You can't really tell from the photo on the website
but the cover of the CD is INTERACTIVE... and a track listing
and tastefully designed LP cover are up for the JON SPENCER
BLUES EXPLOSION's Acme.
ARAB
STRAP will have a new single (CD, 12" and 7"), "(Afternoon)
Soaps" out on Chemikal
Underground on September 28th. "(Afternoon) Soaps" is
a reworking of the track on Philophobia,
with strings and  beats,
not unlike their remixes for David Holmes and Mogwai. The
7" is backed by "Phone Me Tomorrow." The CD and 12" have two
more songs, "Toy Fights" and "Forest Hills." "Toy Fights"
sees Aidan reunited with Adele Bethel for a "tender duet."
For the back-to-school crowd: CAREER
INTERN DAVID RAPPAPORT TELLS ALL!!!! The inside scoop
on WHAT IT'S LIKE to spend your summer working at Matador
and RUB SHOULDERS with LYLE HYSEN, CHRIS SCULLY, etc.
August
21, 1998
WFMU
has released a double live CD Live Music from a Dead Campus
featuring 2 FOOT FLAME ("Peacock Coal"), LYNNFIELD
PIONEERS ("Latoya"), MARK EITZEL ("Mission Rock Resort"),
THE FROGS ("I Only Play For Money"), plus non-Matador
types Quintron, Momus, Spaceheads, Danielson Family, Harvey
Sid Fischer and Mekons. Can't buy it in stores, though; it's
only for people who pledge $100 to the station. See the WFMU
website for details.
We incorrectly posted that vinyl for the upcoming JON SPENCER
BLUES EXPLOSION Acme was a double LP. Wrong! It
is a single record, with the same tracks as the CD.
Mailorder news: BETTIE SERVEERT's Plays Venus In
Furs and Other Velvet Underground Songs: Live At The Paradiso
is now available (this was released by Brinkman, not Matador)
for $10 postage-paid in the US via mailorder...cash, US check,
or Visa/Mastercard to Matador Maleodor, 625 Broadway, 12th
fl NYC 10012. We've also got some exciting LIZ PHAIR
and CAT POWER stickers, free to people who buy mailorder
items. (Just ask Ken when placing an order and he'll give
you one.)
Several new links, some here, some there:
Chan
Marshall paintings - The genius behind Cat Power made
these WONDERFUL paintings over the last year or so...
Who knew??
Boards
of Canada interview from the
e.h.x site
Liz
Phair / Kim Gordon interview
- from this month's Tower Pulse.
Too
Pure home to stuff by Laika,
Moonshake, Mouse On Mars, Seefeel, etc.
Toiling
Midgets Website
August
14, 1998
A
loyal reader asks:
Um, why is that Moon Pix
bio written in the past tense as if Chan Marshall is dead?
I know she's not dead because CAT POWER had a show
on August 1st, right?
Whoops,
Chan's not dead. She accidentally gave us the bio of some crime
novelist. Sorry for any confusion, but speaking of... her song
"In this Hole" will be included in a new Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant)
movie, New Rose Hotel. Lyle says to mention that it stars
Willem Defoe (Lori's Yoga Class, Walking Up and Down
Broadway, He is Really Short).
Lots of our people will be recording Peel sessions in the
next month or so. FUCK's is August 11, which means
it'll air about three or four weeks after that. Also coming
up: CORNELIUS, YO LA TENGO, WHITE HASSLE,
SLEATER-KINNEY.
LYNNFIELD
PIONEERS have added some unreleased songs and whatnot
to their website.
I'd say take a look except that it means you might have to
look at a picture of unfunny no-talent Craig Kilbourn. (J.P.
looks hot, though).
Geffen has reissued TOMMY KEENE's Songs from the
Film LP and the Run Now EP, and four bonus tracks
on one budget-priced CD, Songs from the Film. Check
it out.
A Belle and Sebastian
bio is now here, with a track listing and all that... Russel
Simins reviews some records, courtesy of MUSIC...
and lots of new sound clips. (Note: we switched our "RealAudio
alternative" to .qt from .au files, which means your browser
needs to be a little more able. Let me know if you have a
preference either way, i.e. if you prefer .au or .qt 's.)
Cat
Power
(from Moon Pix)
"Cross Bones Style" (featuring a special guest vocalist) RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"American
Flag" RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"Say"
RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"Moonshiner"
RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
Boards
of Canada (from Music
Has the Right to Children)
"Roygbiv"
RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"Telephasic
Workshop" RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"Aquarius"
RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
Bob
Pollard (from Waved
Out)
"Subspace
Biographies" RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"Wrinkled
Ghost" RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"The
Thing" RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"Straddle"
RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"Laundry
Shop" RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
"Never
Comin' Back" RealAudio
3 version | .qt
version
August
7, 1998
I
cleaned up a bit this week so it's mail time. Maybe we'll
do this more often until our bulletin board is back in effect
(and as long as my hard-drive is loaded).
Remember the JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION Controversial
Negro giveaway? Well, deep from the letters archives comes
this jewel: An
Understandable Error
....
and in other JSBX email news:
hey, i was just curious and just thought that it wouldnt hurt
to ask if JSBX is taking suggestions on their new album's
name. i wouldnt think so because it is kind of a personal/inside
type of thing (at least fromm my experiences with bands) but
if they are, how about:
"What's
wrong with it?" or
"Gettin'
comfortable with the Blues Explosion" or
"Burrito
time"
the only reason i am writing these is because there are
things my friends and i remember from a show in March of
1997 in Champaign, Illinois. the first 2 are in reference
to what Jon Spencer said during the show. afterwards, we
met and chatted with Judah while he was eating a burrito.
well anyway, you probably think i am stupid so i will drink
some nitro glycerin and jump onto a firenow.
the 400lb gorilla
Thanks
but you're a little too late. The BLUES EXPLOSION album
already has a title, Acme, and it's got a release date
now, too. Mark your calendars: October 20 is the day.
Recorded and mixed by the Automator, Steve Albini, Calvin Johnson,
and Alec Empire, guests include legendary 90-year-old Delta
fifesman Othar Turner, Boss Hog vocalist Cristina Martinez,
Dr. Octagon mixer/scratcher the Automator and Luscious Jackson
vocalist Jill Cunniff. Expect a U.S. tour in November-December
and then again February-March.
Hi, I just heard about the "Name Liz
Phair's Record" contest, and I think the grand prize of
a year's worth of Arista releases sounds great. I hope you're
sitting down for these, I was up all night!!
Almond Joyous
Baby Truth
Betterfingers!!
Mmmmmm and Mmmmmm's
'Ho Henry's
Milky Waif
Mounds (my personal favorite!)
Reese's Pieces
Snickers
Tootsie Roll
Okay, so I started getting less creative as the evening
wore on. You can just send my prize out whenever.
///////WB
This
person is confused. There was no "Name Liz Phair's Record" contest.
(Liz thought of that one all by herself.)
Ok, ok, I love many of the bands on your
label but can you tell me why most of the bands are New York
bands? Maybe you've picked the best bands from each "indie
rock genre" that live in New York City? Although if that were
right, you would've signed Speedking by now.
tim BAIER
Clearly
this gentleman was not reading our website last week when we
reported on Matador's forthcoming go go series.
If I ever was to kill myself, I would play Tobin Sprout's
'Small Parade' in the background as I ate my own concoction
of Tom and Jerry's Chocolate Chip Crack Dough Ice Cream. -kelly.
Have a good weekend kids...and stay out of the freezer!
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