Ascendancy: The Black Eyed Snakes’ Mysterious Mission

January 10, 2005

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the black-eyed snakes, the uptown bar, minneapolis 1 7 05

January 8, 2005

set list:
don’t go crying (if your daddy don’t treat you no good)
– attempted stage dive by chicken bone george –
chicken bone george
good woman blues
devil’s in the cornbread
i like candy / hey bo diddley
– super long bass-y jam –
rise up
– high pitched jam –
lordy
– quick high pitched transition –
rise up (finishing up)
ride that pony
song from “it’s [...]

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clarity

January 6, 2005

The fact that I used “it’s all good” in my last post – a phrase that should be used sparingly when sober – helped me realize that my post was muddled in general. And the post is muddled because I couldn’t clearly state my opinion on the review of Low’s album. And I couldn’t clearly [...]

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stop scratching out lines

January 6, 2005

There’s a review of Low’s new album, The Great Destroyer, in The Rake this month. I didn’t care for it all that much, but it’s all good. The reviewer, by the name of Chris Godsey, which sounds familiar, is from Duluth and for some reason I think he must know what he’s talking about. But [...]

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beautiful when serious

December 23, 2004

mysterious when happy.
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman, Ingrid BergmanLet’s go make a pictureOn the island of StromboliIngrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman, you’re so pertyYou’d make any mountain quiverYou’d make fire fly from the craterIngrid Bergman
This old mountain it’s been waitingAll its life for you to work itFor your hand to touch its hard rockIngrid BergmanIngrid Bergman
If you’ll walk across [...]

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shivers down my spine

December 23, 2004

I’m beginning to hear voices and there’s no one aroundWell, I’m all used up and the fields have turned brownI went to church on Sunday and she passed byMy love for her is taking such a long time to die~ bob dylan, cold irons bound, time out of mind
wow. trying to get a few things [...]

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