Dance of Days talk at Politics and Prose

Hey everyone-

It has been a while since I have posted, as I have been busy beyond all reason.

However, I wanted to let everyone know that Mark Jenkins and Mark Anderson, who collaborated on "Dance of Days - 2 Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital", are speaking at Politics and Prose in NW DC Saturday afternoon at 3pm. It's free, but it never hurts to buy the book from the store as they are one of the last indie books stores standing. You can find the event here.

If you have not read the book, pick it up. I found it a very interesting read, and you get two slightly different perspectives on the history of the punk scene in our home territory.

No retelling of history is perfect, and I have heard a few gripes here or there, but overall, I think the intent and execution were very good. I have read the book, and asked a few of the people chronicled in the book, and none of them had any complaints.

Take that for what it's worth.

Maybe I'll see you there.

pete The List......

well, lookie here. the inner nets was wrong..

Chuck Biscuits is indeed alive. His death announcement was a hoax. Good thing I am not a journalist, or I would look stupid. Well, more than usual.

ah well...sorry folks. The List......

A few nuggets....

Hey everyone-

UPDATE: Chuck Bicuits is alive. Repeat - he has not gone to the great drum kit in the sky. me feel not smert.

On a more positive note, Dischord has announced the release of several remastered albums on vinyl. These include Fugazi's "Margin Walker" and "Furniture", and Gray Matter's "Take it Back" and "Food for Thought". Also from the previous posting, the re release of Jawbox's "For Your Own Special Sweetheart" is now available for pre-order.

later,
pete The List......

Ok, last Jawbox post for a while....

Just an update for those who were hoping for a full Jawbox tour; Ain't gonna happen. Not right now anyway. The reality of the situation is that Zac lives in NYC, Kim and Bill are married with a kid, and Bill started a successful business that taps all his time, and J is also married with a child who needs extra attention (you have heard about Cal by now), and makes his living recording/producing other bands. All of this leads you to understand that it is just not in the cards right now.

Don't believe me? Well here is J himself in an interview he gave to Buzz Grinder:

It seems like if we were ever going to do it — now would be the time. We all put our heads together, and it just seemed like — with all of us in different cities and leading complicated and over-committed lives as we do — that it would be very, very difficult for us to to dedicate the time it would take for us to live up to the standards that we want to live up to.

If we were going to do shows, we would not want it to be half-assed. There were good and bad things about Jawbox, but we always held ourselves to a pretty high standard as far as playing shows. We would want to make sure we did it right, and we felt like we couldn’t take the time to do that. So that was pretty much the beginning and the end of the reunion discussion.

Does that mean the the Jimmy Fallon appearance will be the only one ever? Who knows, but I would not hold my breath for an extended tour. So don't miss Fallon on December 8th.

BTW - the re-release of "For Your Own Special Sweetheart" is now available for pre order at Dischord. And it is streaming here. The List......

J.Robbins and Chris Walla go to Washington

Hey All-

Those who are not aware, Bob Boilen, a former producer at NPR's "All Things Considered" now has runs "All Songs Considered" which has a pretty wonderful series of podcasts available on iTunes. Some full concerts, interviews and "Tiny Desk Concerts" (small performances given at Bob's desk at NPR.

Well another of the arms is a show called "Project Song" where Bob brings a few folks together to create an original song and document the song writing process. John Davis and Laura Burhenn of Georgie James did this a while back. You can find that here.

Well the latest installment brought Chris Walla from "Death Cab For Cutie" with DC's own J. Robbins (Gov't Issue, Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels etc.) and to no small extent Darren Zentek (Kerosene 454, Oswego, Channels). You can read about it here, and there are links on the page to watch the video.

photo credit: Tom Chambers.

UPDATE: The piece ran today on "All Things considered" and the interview is now linked off the same page. The List......

OK, it's official.....

I was keeping mum on the subject until I got the word from the band itself, but it is officially out:

Set your DVRs - 90's DC stalwarts Jawbox are reuniting for a performance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on December 8th. This is part of the re-release of "For Your Own Special Sweetheart" on Desoto Records.

You can find more stories here, here and here.

Will there be any local shows? Don't know right now, but it sure would be nice. Maybe a warm up show or two. If I get word of anything, I'll be sure to let you know.

I am also working on a tie into this. I'll keep you posted on that as well.

Savory Video
Cornflake Girl
Mirrorful

Till next time,
pete The List......

All Title Tracks all the time....

Hey-

just a quick note to let you know that the Washington City Paper ran a little article on Title Tracks, mentioning the show tonight. Check it out here.

see you there tonight.

pete The List......