[tom_in_chicago]

"andyfest " wrote:

Nice interview. Thanks for posting it. I can’t believe J was drinking Ginger Ale, is he not a "drinker?"

I’m pretty sure that J is either a teetotaler or drinks very little/rarely. I saw him 4 or 5 times last year and I don’t recall ever seeing him w/ a drink.

[tom_in_chicago]

yeah, Dinosaur is brutal on the ears. The shows in Chicago broke 120dB I made the mistake of taking them out for part of one of the shows and had this "whooshing" noise in my head for about a day.

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I have a very mild ringing after the last 18-20 yrs of shows (I’m 36). I can only really hear it if I’m lying in bed w/ no other noise. The "hearos"/"earlove" style things work OK but I’ve also found that Leights foam earplugs do well and don’t actually muffle everything. They are the ones Lou uses. I generally wear them all the time but sometimes won’t if it’s not seriously loud or the type of sound would be seriously degraded.

Kids, do yourself a favor and get earplugs.

[tom_in_chicago]

a quick update that I posted on loobiecore.com re: recording progress ….

Things are going well. I’m told there have been "breakthroughs" but I don’t know how many songs have been completed and/or if they are going to play them on the Far East tour.

There was also a dinner party at Thurston Moore & Kim Gordon’s house w/ Lou, Kath, J & Louisa. Dunno if Murph was there. The food was divine

After dinner they hit a (who else) Magik Markers show.

[tom_in_chicago]

"vbs" wrote:

Yea they played that festival in the summer with DInosaur and The Cure. Some place in Spain.

No .. it was the ATP "Don’t Look Back" series in London around Labor Day. The lineup was:

AUGUST 2005
THE STOOGES
DINOSAUR JR.

SEPTEMBER 2005
LEMONHEADS
MUDHONEY
MÚM & CAT POWER
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
GANG OF FOUR
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN

OCTOBER 2005
MELVINS
DIRTY THREE & SOPHIA

[tom_in_chicago]

"dazedcola " wrote:

man, im so bowled over that dinosaur jr is recording a new album wiht the original line-up. Im really curious to see if there will be any collaborations between J and Lou on the new record.It’d be great to see some songs with imput from the both of them (and murph of course) or just some lou and j songs filtered thru dino’s unique sound.

I’d posit that any new Lou song would have to be radically different than pretty much all of his stuff of the last 3-4 years in order for it to not sound out of place on a Dinosaur record. It’s not like he can do "The Ballad of Day Kitty" with a screaming guitar solo in the middle … "where’d the kitty come from … where’d the kitty go to … <KRRRAAANNNNGGGGG>"

And I for one think this’ll be freaking great.

[tom_in_chicago]

"Cpt Nemo " wrote:

Seemed no guarantee it’d be this year, judging by J’s comment. But here’s hoping, right. Roll on Northern Summer…and whatever-the-new-album-might-be-called!

well, it has only only like 2 weeks since Lou made it out east.

[tom_in_chicago]

Murph ? Is that you ?

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and how does one wake up covered in soot ? Was he sucking on the freaking tailpipe ?

This calls for investigation.

[tom_in_chicago]

Quote:

when you get older remember the winters are very cold up there and Southern Men (the ones whose parents send them to school)are very charming!

But I live in LA ! No cold winters here.

But I may follow mom’s footsteps and go to Smith.

[tom_in_chicago]

yup, they are holed up in WMass pretty much until they leave for the Australasia tour. "pre production" was what I was originally told but perhaps they’ll actually be recording some songs.

Perhaps those Down Under will get to hear some new stuff.

[tom_in_chicago]

here’s one to ponder:

J & Lou battle famously
J marries woman named Louisa
J & Lou reconcile

hmmmmmm …..

[tom_in_chicago]

hey kracked .. was that you screaming (1-2-3) "THE LEPER !" at the Chicago Metro shows ??

I was backstage at the Irving Plaza and tried to ask J to play it while he was writing out the setlist but he just kinda shrugged his shoulders in typical J fashion and said something about not really playing/rehearsing it. Or at least that’s what I thought he said.

[tom_in_chicago]

An astute attendee may have been able to chat up Lou & Kath

[tom_in_chicago]

and a Sebadoh fan, too

THE ALBUM THAT’S HOPELESS, BUT IN A GOOD WAY
Sebadoh
Harmacy

[tom_in_chicago]

The Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro

[tom_in_chicago]

Queens of the Stone Age ?? Ugh. They completely suck. Seriously. They SUCK. They "rock" about has hard as a 90 year-old’s limp dick.

I shudder to think that they’d even remotely entertain being associated with them.

And even in the heyday of Green Mind, Dino opened for MBV. I’d love to see a tour w/ SY, however. Watt would be a more logical choice as an opener.

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