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Elliott with his sister Ashley and Lou Barlow at his birthday party, August 2003.

Lou Barlow & J Mascis contribute tracks to SAY YES! A TRIBUTE TO ELLIOTT SMITH

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Elliot Smith - Say Yes

Elliot Smith – Say Yes

American Laundromat Records is releasing what looks to be an amazing Elliott Smith tribute album titled Say Yes.  J Mascis, Lou Barlow, Juliana Hatfield, Yuck, Tana Donelly, Amanda Palmer and others are contributing covers.  The album will be released on October 14, 2016 but there are multiple pre-order bundles available now at American Laundromat Records.

Say Yes Tracklist

  • Angeles – Waxahatchee
  • Ballad of Big Nothing – Julien Baker
  • Between the Bars – Tanya Donelly
  • Bled White – Yuck
  • Condor Ave – Jesu/Sun Kil Moon
  • Division Day – Lou Barlow
  • Easy Way Out – Wild Sun
  • Miss Misery – Tomo nakayama
  • Needle In the Hay – Juliana Hatfield
  • No Name #3 – Caroline Says
  • Oh Well, Okay – Adam Franklin
  • Pictures of Me – Amanda Palmer
  • Say Yes – William Fitzsimmons
  • Waltz #1 – Escondido
  • Waltz #2 – J Mascis

Source: SAY YES! A TRIBUTE TO ELLIOTT SMITH – AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT RECORDS

Dinosaur 30 by DC Shoes

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The brilliant collection of videos from the Dinosaur Jr 30th Anniversary shows that DC Shoes shared with us.

  1. Forget The Swan and intro by Henry Rollins
  2. Feel the Pain with Fred Armisen + intro by Fred
  3. Tarpit with Jeff Tweedy + intro by Jeff
  4. Freak Scene with Bob Mould + intro by Bob
  5. The Wagon with Don Fleming + intro by Don
  6. Pointless with intro by Murph
  7. Quest with intro by Henry Rollins

Dinosaur Jr 30 – Nights 1-3

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Talk about a whirlwind of amazing evening. Just at the halfway point of the week long Dinosaur Jr 30 shows the special guests have included Frank Black, Henry Rollins, Fred Armisen, Charles Bradley, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Kurt Vile, Steve Gunn, Eleanor Friedberger, Scott Helland, Jeff Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, Jesse Malin & Valarie June. Each night the band has kicked off the show by playing the debut album followed by a set of other favorites and covers. So far there has not been a ton of videos from the sets posted but I’ll keep updating these with more as they become available.

Dinosaur Jr 30 – Night 1 – Dec 3, 2015

Dinosaur Jr 30 – Night 2 – Dec 4, 2015

Dinosaur Jr 30 – Night 3 – Dec 5, 2015

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Limited Edition Dinosaur Jr “Abduction” Skateboard

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DInosaur Jr. "Abduction" Board

DInosaur Jr. “Abduction” Board

This week Dinosaur Jr will be playing seven consecutive SOLD OUT shows at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City to commemorate 30 years of being a band. It’s going to be a massive party. To coincide with this event TANK, a sister company of 1939 skate, is releasing a Dinosaur Jr skateboard, featuring Arik Roper artwork. For those lucky enough to to have gotten tickets to the sold out shows, there will be 70 band signed boards available at the merch table. For the unlucky ones, they are offering a limited number of the boards up through their website right now for pre-order. The official release of the board will be in January but we will have a small amount to ship out on December 15th. THESE WILL GO FAST!!!!  They also have a Witch Board and Shirt for sale on the site too.

Dinosaur Jr is no stranger to skateboarding for sure!  SkateVideoSite.com and Slappy Blast have listings of Dinosaur tracks that have appeared in skate films over the years.

Related – even though the the entire series of shows at the Bowery are sold out, StubHub has some tickets to shows at The Bowery Ballroom.  Also, for cyber monday they have a 10% off deal with code CYBER10. (today only)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDBPr1BQsCs