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W.H. Auden Wrote All Your Favorite Stanzas

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She’s your gray-haired granny from Gadsden, Alabama/You never see her cause she’s always in the slammer – She’s your hard-hearted mama from Apalachicola/Your daddy’s dead or at least that’s what she told ya’ – He’s your long lost daddy from Union, Mississippi/He’s been nelly since 1960 – She’s your morally challenged sister from Albany, Georgia/You never liked her but then you never porked her – You’re a reader of poems from Slidell, Louisiana/W.H. Auden wrote all your favorite stanzas - Vic Chesnutt

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Desolation, Nebraska

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There is a reason Nebraska is cited as the Springsteen record for non Bruce fans. Unlike the slick sheen that covers much of his other studio output, Nebraska is . . .

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Centro-matic :: Live From Austin City Limits

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So, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Will Johnson and company will be making an appearance at SXSW this year; not under the guise of Centro-matic, or South San Gabriel, that is. If I am wrong about this, by all means, let me know. (Secret show?)

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Site Updates :: News, etc, etc

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Alright, as I am sure some of you have noticed, the past week was rife with instances of the site being down, dead links, etc. We just switched over to a new host and (with a little luck) hope that will be the end of the downtimes, broken links, etc. If you do notice anything broken, or out of the ordinary, on the Drunkard, please hit us up via email so everything can get back to normal. Many thanks to Sean at Absolute Design for his technical prowess, response time . . .

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Jonny Greenwood Is The Controller

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Mixtapes and compilations, curated by artists I admire, have always appealed to me in a voyeuristic/curio type of way. For the music junkie, it's a little bit akin to peering into a sliver of ones soul. Jonny Greenwood, of Radiohead acclaim, sees his

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Mews Too :: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation

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Last summer I spent the better part of two and half months traveling around the country with my wife and a healthy music collection. Two of the most listened to albums were The Sound And The Hare Heard Kill Rock Stars compilation, and the Asthmatic Kitty Mews Too compilation. Both, similarly, are rooted in . . .

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SC/Jagjaguwar/Dead Oceans/Frida Hyvî¶nen

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Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, (and now with the recent addition of Dean Oceans), have label wise, seen a huge increase in my listening habits the past couple of years. As brief overview, the increasingly eclectic Indiana based label collective have released albums by the likes of: Pink Mountaintops, Catfish Haven, Jens Lekman, Magnolia Electric Co., Songs: Ohia, David Vandervelde, Damien Jurado, and the Danielson Famile -- and that's just to name a handful. An . . .

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Steve Martin :: Let’s Get Small

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Back in my Athens days, while attending the University of Georgia, I worked at a little record store in the middle of downtown on Clayton street. Of the many artists/albums I was turned onto via the staff and customers, the one that stands out most in my mind is the classic 1978 Steve Martin stand-up album Let's Get Small . . .

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Galaxie 500 :: On Fire

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I’ll use just about any occasion as an excuse to post some old Galaxie 500 tracks, and the release of Dean & Britta’s second full length album, Back Numbers, this past . . .

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Now Read These :: Around The Blogs

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.: Gorilla vs Bear is hosting a chill-inducing, acoustic live Grizzly Bear video set
.: Diddywah explores the music of the films of David Lynch
.: Fluxblog has part one of . . .

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Slaraffenland :: Private Cinema (May 15th)

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I initially raved about Denmark's Slaraffenland a little over a year ago when the group first released their excellent Jinkatawa ep on the Honningmand label. Comprised of only four songs, Jinkatawa was a clear and concise statement of controlled improvisation and experimentalist art rock.

Earlier this week I opened my mailbox, and to my . . .

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Charlie Louvin :: Tompkins Square Duets

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The pairing up of music legends with contemporary popular musicians is nothing new, but rarely has it been done so well, and with as much class as the new self-titled Charlie Louvin album. Almost three months into 2007, the Tompkins Square label has quite possibly unleashed the most interesting duets album of the year.

The Louvin Brothers legacy, and the canon they . . .

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Howard Tate :: An American Soul Singer

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For crate diggers, hunting down Howard Tate vinyl can be seen as an adventure, a lovable undertaking. For the those looking for the rare, mostly import, Tate compact discs, the process is more akin to an exercise in frustration.

While many of Tate's recordings from the late sixties and seventies have yet to see wide distribution in CD format, a few are available, most notablybecome a member or log in.

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