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On a side note there Adam I just noticed Emily is playing a show with Amy Milan (not as fond of Stars but whatever) at the ElMo I believe this weekend. Not that you could go but it would be a good chance to see and hear her up close and personal and I'd be curious what sort of material she plays.

I did in fact get down to the Wassabi and sort of semi apologized to Melissa (those eyes!) for being a sh!t disturber in the past. I was reeeeaaaallly high though.

I know you're just pushing my buttons and I'm not going to bite. You can keep your gabber pooh and Wassabi cultective and I'll stick with Ween and the Lips? Are we cool? Although I must say you have good taste in your future wife.

One could conjecture a bit too much on this. I think it's safe to say that punk girls lathering each other up with chocolate sauce would appeal to any number of subcultural groups.

-musicology

-let's go crazy

-i would die 4 u

-when doves cry

-baby i'm a star

-shhh

-d.m.s.r.(with "crazy in love" and "freaks on this side")

-sheila e. intro

-i feel 4 u

-controversy/housequqe

-rento solo joined by maceo to play "what a wonderful world"

ACOUSTIC SET

-little red corvette

-cream

-raspberry beret

-prince and the band

-alphabet st.

-black sweat

-12:01

-adore

-jailhouse rock (prince stoped after two lines and said "you got to be a prince b4 you're a king")

-i could never take the place of your man

-7(joined by the band)

sign o' the times

-the ? of u /the one /fallin'

-let's work (prince's bass solo)

-u got the look

-life of the party/uptown up/life of the party

-soul man (sung by chance)

-kiss

-take me with you /777-9311

ENCORE:

-the beautiful ones

-nothing compares to you

-purple rain

The really cool part is that they did The Time's 777-9311 out of take me with you. The Time as some know are an influential band associated with Prince's Minneapolis beginnings in particular because they were in Purple Rain- I want to say Morris Day is the lead singer. That song is also sort of a nod to New York city as the most notorious phone number ever. Apparently someone still has it.

Just did a search and it is Morris Day, here's some more info .

Yeah but those Pitchfork guys don't do nearly enough drugs.

I've been dying to listen to Zaireeka in the right context and state of mind. Seriously just that one album in terms of pushing the limits is a fine example of their lasting impact. Oh fu©k why am I bothering just because most music savvy individuals, musicians, fans and otherwise love them and a couple of jammers don't no bigs.

Seriously Del I can't believe I left out Fee and the megaphone would be the only way to go.

That's priceless Adam. I can certainly imagine a full wook revolution to rival the storming of the Bastille.

I didn't see the Leno appearance and don't know if he spoke to his predicament. I would think if the new Cheech and Chong is looking like it'll get greenlighted that this episode will be touched upon. Unfortunately I've heard that Rae Dawn Chong wrote the original screenplay.

Yeah yeah keep wanking out the jams nothing gimmicky about that.

I believe this and just had my first real twinge of sadness at not being able to go. Personally I would love for them to bust out all of the older stuff like Alumni Blues, Letter To Jimmy Page, Dog Log, Foam, Esther, Glide, It's Ice, some of the rarer Fish tunes like Bike (anyone heard a rumour of an all-fishman song set), some of the great acapella's like I Didn't Know and SHAGGY DOG!!! sh!t there are so many one off gems from over the years that would just slay like Time Loves A Hero or Amoreena in the way of covers. Okay now I am jealous.

There is very little that draws my ire as much as this sitting/ standing scenario. To my mind it's a medium is the message trip, unless you're at a soft seater ie. theatre bums on seats venue there is no place for people telling people to sit down. This is by no means limited to outdoor festivals in Ottawa and has notoriously creeped into the dynamics of arena shows with the norm being sitting down. Partly this is aging demographics coupled with higher ticket prices as a reflection of the increased commercialization of the live music industry. On the other hand it's just a culture clash i.e. participatory music as life young people versus music as mild diversion from mortgage payments old folks. I find the whole thing so insulting particularly in a scenario such as being at the back of a venue and dancing or standing as it were. This whole notion that you own x number of feet of space for an entire afternoon/evening of music is assinine.

It's basically a multimedia show featuring shots of Jay beating off in a field.

I wasn't there but Travelin' Light is definitely a Panic song off of Space Wrangler (2nd album? and the best imo). Not aware of J.J. Cale doing that one but it could've been a cover to begin with.

It's a mutually parasitic relationship. Said critic gets in for free, critic slags said band dissuading further paying patrons from attending in future.... wait that's not mutually anything. No wonder I take so much sh!t.

Fuckin' rock stars.

May have to check that out Jayman since it'll be my birthday at midnight. I'd love to run into Katie too and she'll be around I'd presume.

Here's the transcript of an interview Deaner did with the Village Idiot in Boone, NC (not available online):

Ween:Rock N' Roll's Best Kept Secret

By : Lisa Hill and Jason Talbott

With songs titles like, “Poop-ship destroyer”, “Puerto Rican Power”, and “Piss up a Rope” the guys in Ween may not seem like your ordinary artist. But, after 20 years together, the song writing team of Dean Ween (aka Mickey Melchiondo) and Gene Ween (aka Aaron Freeman), have massed a catalogue of music of which mainstream artist can only dream. Their secret is that friendship and a good time is all that really matters. While toying with commercial success, they are taking what's theirs on their own terms. Ween could be rock n' rolls best kept secret. The idiot was honored to speak with the man behind the music, Dean Ween.

Lisa: How did Ween get together?

Dean: Ween started in 1984. We met in Jr.High in New Hope,PA. It wasnt common to meet other 8th graders that were obsessed with music the way we were. We were into different music that wasn't on the radio, like Dead Kennedy's and Devo, so we made the connection through that and we were doing home recording on our own and the whole basis of our friendship started with music.

Lisa: Are you trying to stay out of the mainstream on purpose?

Dean: We've never made any decisions based on getting ahead or trying to advance the band into the mainstream or commercial level. We've just done what we want and if anything ever magically happened to Ween, then it would. I think one of the strengths of Ween is our honesty. I think it shapes what we do and that's why people like us.

Lisa: Things seem to be going your way with the Honda commercial and playing large festivals like Bonnaroo...

Dean: We've seen every part of it on a small level. We've been on MTV a million times; we've played Letterman, and played in front of hundreds of thousands of people through festivals. It has been there for the taking for us many times and we've shunned it away out of laziness. I think that if Ween toured for the next two years non-stop, we would be playing gigantic venues by the end of it. But, we like to keep it fun the whole time and enjoyable. If you're not enjoying it, it's not worth it. After 20 years, we know our limits; how much touring we can do before it starts to become counter productive. We're in a pretty comfortable place right now. We make records and tour on our own terms

Jason: Is Ween a democracy or an iron-fist, duke it out situation?

Dean: Either of those answers sort of applies to different levels of the organization. It doesnt do justice to just how lazy we can be. It's basically a friendship. If something's not comfortable to us, we just don't do it. It's very much a democracy in the way that it's the product of the two of us learning to play and write together and record ourselves.

Jason: When you write a song in the studio, do you think about how you're going to pull if off live?

Dean: No; we're really not even conscious of that. Unfortunately, most of our stuff we don't play live or can't play live because we get too into using the studio as a tool and we end up doing sh!t we can't reproduce. We like to experiment so much that it can be a problem.

Jason: Do you feel that as a song-writing team you are overlooked from a critical standpoint?

Dean: Yeah, I'd be lying if I said I never had moments of bitterness, but i can honestly say I dont give a fu©k. What bothers me is to see some bullshit or critics sucking somebodys dick that sucks. Do I think Ween's the best band? Yeah, I always have. I think we can play circles around any other band there is. But what does that mean? I'm extremely happy with what we're doing.Do i need to get a medal or a blue ribbon? No, as far as getting sold short, I play music and I know when its bullshit. If a guy's a contractor and he sees a poorly built house, he knows. The only thing that matters to us is the song, “Somewhere over the Rainbow” is a good song and there arent many song-writers left. The emphasis has gone away from song-writing. To be a musician, to be talented should be a prerequisite. Listen to Earth,Wind and Fire. The songs, singing, production, and on top of that they dance while they do it. They are so talented. Then look at Hoobastank or Limp Bizkit, it's not right.

Jason: Do you write lyrics together or individually?

Dean: We do it different. People would be amazed about how much guitar Aaron plays. I wrote a lot of words he sings. Who ever's closest to the instrument picks it up, when we're together. We write a lot of songs individually and we write a lot together.

Jason: As far as the other musicians go, do the two of you come up with everyone else's parts for the songs, like the bass lines, etc. or is their input from the other musicians that are in the band now?

Dean: We pretty much come up with everything through to completion. The way almost all Ween records are written and recorded was we would rent a place somewhere and we would move a whole bunch of equipment in there, like a vacation house on the shore for The Mollusk, White Pepper was written in Maine, and this last record was done where The Mollusk was. Aaron and I will go down there usually just alone for like a month. I play drums and we can both play bass, keyboards, and guitars. Then we'll have the band come in for a certain part of the time and we'll either work on the songs that we'll do or we'll wait to cut certain tunes that need to be cut live. Not to sound like a Nazi or anything, but the two of us do everything. I played all the drums on GodWeenSatan. Pure Guava is all drum machines, I played 75% of the drums on Chocolate and Cheese and Clause played a couple of tunes. I played almost all the drums on The Mollusk. Ween live and Ween in the studio are two very different things. We're not about chops on the record. Claude, our drummer, is the best drummer that I've seen play, hands down. But, when we record it's always just been Aaron and I sitting there.

Jason: Ween fans are one of a kind. What do you think?

Dean: I try to stay as far away from our fans as I possibly can because they're generally not the kind of people I like to hang out with. No, our fans are good. It's so varied I can't make a generalization. We had a NFL player tour with us in Europe. We've been around a really long time, so there are Ween fans everywhere; old people, hippies, and music lovers.

Jason: Who would your fans be surprised that you are listening to?

Dean: So much stuff. Biggie Smalls right now, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Thin Lizzy.

Jason: Any artist that you'd like to sit in with you guy's?

Dean: Stevie Wonder

Jason: What is one song by another artist that you wish that you written?

Dean: “Witchitaw Lineman” by Glenn Campell

He got out like literally yesterday. The movie talks are back on and being actively tossed about, seems more fitting now then ever. Unfortunately I have heard that Rae Dawn came up with the core premise and original screenplay which sounds just plain dodgy.

There's a movie .wav file up called

Uncovered: The Whole Truth about The Iraq War

I think it's about an hour I don't have time but have heard it's good.

Don't fret you're still my little crack buddy.

'Wherever I go he's gonna go crack buddy crack buddy Crack Buddy and me'

I'm presuming this is legit.

I seem to remember Leahy making the Senate have a moment of silence for Jerry as well.

I'm betting from the look on John's face that he was the one who offered up the mustache ride.