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The song titles in my first post are links to mp3s, by the way.

I was not yet on the Mule train in 1998. I never got a chance to see the trio.

Dug up an SBD I don't think I had ever listened to...maybe once.

Govt Mule

3/10/98

Toronto, ON Canada

The Opera House

Smack in the middle of the Mule trio's glory years, this whole show is kicking my ass, but I had to share the beginning:

02 Pygmy Twylyte > Blind Man In The Dark >

03 Mother Earth

Jesus.

The meat of the txt file, should you find yourself interested in details:

Govt Mule

3/10/98

Toronto, ON Canada

The Opera House

Source: SBD>DAT>CDR

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Re-edited by Muletaper

Set:

Disc One

01 Grinnin' In Your Face >

02 Pygmy Twylyte > Blind Man In The Dark >

03 Mother Earth

04 Game Face >

05 Temporary Saint >

06 Thorazine Shuffle

07 Birth Of The Mule

08 No Need To Suffer >

09 Thelonius Beck

10 Larger Than Life

Disc Two

01 Towering Fool >

02 She Said, She Said > Tomorrow Never Knows jam

03 Left Coast Groovies > Drums > Gov't jam >

04 Mule > Who Do You Love? > Mule

Encore:

05 Sad And Deep As You

06 I Believe

07 Georgia intro

08 Gonna Send You Back To Georgia

If so, I can't wait to hear The Dolphins Cry, it's my favourite.

Fuck me, when those dolphins cry, how can you fucking IGNORE it, man? Dolphins fucking CRYING.

Fuck yes, I will join in the with hypification!

As a fan of instrumental, progressive and improvisational rock musics and all intersections between, may I say that this event is not to be taken lightly. My goodness.

Now, to get myself to Ottawa.

"Discovered by Casey Casem" probably means, he probably 'Discovered' them sleeping under his car or something and brought them inside for a cup of coffee, while he called the police.

With all due respect, Dr. J, I believe THIS to be the line of the day.

Discovered by Casey Casem? Did I miss something here? Is Casey Casem known for having his finger on the pulse of youth rock tastes?

Didn't he fucking voice Scooby Doo?

I should mention, though, that the gig is enticing to the sell-out in me. They list the Crowes in their influences...maybe there's hope for them yet.

Classic-style roots-rock with the cheese that is so easy to fall into.

NB. I of course meant "without the cheese".

Didn't see any, sadly.

I did see a couple heads, or heady-looking folk.

Holy shit.

So I found some dough, made it to the show. Walked in after the opener was done, walked right up front and watched the whole thing.

Jaimoe I may have even seen you, but didn't see the thing about the Jays jersey until now. I recall seeing an old Jays jersey on my way out though.

Anyway. I first saw this band in March. They were unfuckingbelievable. Maybe it's just me and my undying love for Crazy Horsified Neil Young. That's exactly what they are; Crazy Horse with new songs, often more melodic and slightly less grungy, and Jason Molina (the frontman) has a more pleasing and melodic voice than Neil.

Last night was no different. The only material I know of theirs is the Magnolia Electric Co. album (their first, or Songs: Ohia's last) and the odd single-tune download and what's on their MySpace. They have since released two (or three?) more full-lengths, and at least two or three Molina solo albums. The man is a machine. Didn't matter, though, that I only recognized a handful of tunes. Every single song is a fucking winner, front to back. Classic-style roots-rock without the cheese that is so easy to fall into. My only (minor) complaint is that the lead guitarist was a little too plain, he could have fancied it up a bit without hitting the cheese factor.

But shit, I wish I had hyped this show a little more than I did...a lot of my friends would have loved it. Molina mentioned that most of the tunes they were playing were new and wouldn't be heard on record for another year and a half or two (even though they just released a new one in August). Given that, I was happy to note that they encourage taping, and are on the Archive, though you can't stream the shows, they have to be downloaded.

Magnolia Electric Co.'s ridiculously huge discography, for your reference

Magnolia Electric Co. on the Live Music Archive

Magnolia Electric Co. on MySpace

The Surly Young Bucks

WARNING: Access to this site has been blocked

Congratulations! You guys must be making a name for yourselves somewhere.

It's working for me. That's actually just a domain that we registered that forwards to our MySpace for now. Maybe MySpace is blocked because of your office filter or something, ollie?

Try http://www.myspace.com/thesurlyyoungbucks

Happy to announce that The Surly Young Bucks will be opening the Hamilton gig. Woo hoo!!

Fuck I really wanted to go to this, Mag Elec Co were awesome last time I saw them in Toronto, but The Rev is currently without coin...still waaaaaaitin on the OSAP traing. Bummer. Have fun Jaimoe.

Thanks Greg, that's all I needed! Grabbed the 30-second clip from Amazon and looped it...I have a feeling it might be the makings of a new CFMU promo.

That's strange, earlier today I had the random inclination to look up the Unsolved Mysteries theme song and figured I'd find some clips on YouTube. Found a couple, but nothing of great quality. Can't find it on this site either, though, bummer.

That was hilarious, I can't believe they managed to keep it funny for 9+ minutes. Thanks Scottie.

"Ah, she was, I think, the greatest kisser I've ever kissed in my life, and I make my wife the exception now...but in those days, I had never kissed anybody like that. There was such committment, such warth, such juice, frankly. Quickest way to get a women into bed is to first get her clothes off and get her to take a bath."

"Yes sir."

"Whether she needs it or not. That's romantic enough, bubbles in your bathtub."

Here he is arriving at the premier last night.

Not a spoiler but minor plot details

"There are also some sequences that will defy censors, including one extended bit in which Borat and Azamat (sounds like HAZMAT), his sidekick - a thick eyebrowed sort of Sancho Panza with breasts larger than Pamela Anderson's - wrestle nude in their hotel room. The wildly explicit, freaky mayhem spills out in the hotel elevator and then down onto the stage of a conference of insurance underwriters."

A mix CD? That, my friend, is jumbo/LARGE!

I know these fine young ladies and they have been notified as to the existence of this thread. That is all.

Is that a burn?

Er, no.

I've also got this notion, so I'll second that emotion!

I know these fine young ladies and they have been notified as to the existence of this thread. That is all.

http://www.crowmedicine.com/

Sunday, November 12 at the Mod Club

Oh, I am, Aimsy!

Apparently they'll be in Toronto in November at the Mod Club.

Right on. I've just been turned onto them. Great little group, old-school whiney harmonies and such.

Has anybody heard of this quintet? Their first record was 2004, and they just released another last week. Allmusic says of their first record:

Old Crow Medicine Show is an all-acoustic quintet from four states whose members met in New York City and currently reside in Nash Vegas. Their storied beginnings include a North American cross-continent ramble while they learned their instruments and how to play together, eventually ending up playing on the street in front of the Grand Ole Opry before being asked to the stage some weeks later. Their self-titled debut album is equal parts Woody Guthrie's dust bowl weariness and Cisco Houston's rambling code of the road, Phil Ochs' view of a passing America, the Kingston Trio's wide-eyed enthusiastic earnestness, the New Christy Minstrels' sense of community, Doc and Merle Watson's home-grown blues as informed by Bill Monroe, Beat Generation lamentations, forlorn 1960s idealism, and the musical mindset that fueled America's original folk revival from the 1950s as it moved toward rockabilly. In other words, this record is informed by ghosts but executed in flesh, blood, sweat, and laughter... There is so much enthusiasm here, so much willingness and fire, that it would be hard to do anything but want to sing along. Thoroughly enjoyable, wonderfully raw and sinewy, Old Crow Medicine Show may be evoking the sounds of the old string bands, but they do it with a crackling rock & roll energy.

Check out their MySpace and listen to Wagon Wheel from their first record, the song was written by Bob Dylan. I swear I recognize the tune but according to Allmusic, Dylan himself hasn't recorded a version of the tune.

It's Welcome Week here at Mac, so CFMU is broadcasting live round-the-clock from a tent in the Student Centre. They needed a fill in for the 6 to 9am slot this morning, so here I am, live and di-rect. Tune in to the special Thursday morning version of The Reverend's Attic at 93.3 FM in Hamilton or http://cfmu.mcmaster.ca online!