Silkworm: C/D?

hah i like that

bentelec is that description autobiographical?

man i am really mad i missed out on that distressed shirt

No one really spoke up so I picked two songs, the second of which, "Ice Station Zebra" they apparently hadn't played since the Developer era. But since the show had kind of already taken on a sort of what-the-hell-let's-wing-it vibe, they agreed to play.

Comes to show time they start to play the song and right away completely botch it. They were laughing and I kind of got the sense that maybe Tim and Michael felt like skipping it, but Andy sort of shook his head, then they restart the song and just flat out destroy it.

Best band.

also i love this story, i don't think it's fair to pick only one skwm song because you need a tim song and an andy song but ice station zebra would most likely be my andy song, it's got the text and the subtext like his best stuff does. it lacks a killer guitar solo but musically it's still pretty out there, so tightly wound and choppy but it just works.

From Michael's tour entry 6/22/2002

I can always write about the rock shows, though. We played two shows in Minneapolis, one in the afternoon for the kids, one in the evening for the grownups. The all-ages show wasn't our idea; and while we'd love for the kids to love us, our music usually seems to be appreciated by - I'm not sure if it's grownups, or drunks. Still, the all-ages show was homespun & fun: the soundman forgot to play music before the show, so we spent many minutes setting up, getting our shit together, putting together a set list w/much audience input, all on full display in front of a small but attentive crowd. I liked it.

And

We skipped the obscure requests for the second show,

Dama/Libra, the new Joel R.L. Phelps project with a dude from Sunn 0)), sounds interesting and different: http://www.avclub.com/article/former-silkworm-sunn-o-members-make-sacred-noise-d-206205

yeah just listened very cool

ooh i like that a lot

that "dude from Sunn O)))" is Michael Dahlquist's brother btw

Reading my own posts up there from last yr got me thinking about something I love about this band that maybe doesn't always come across on the records is just how much ATTACK their sound had live. Esp in a room like the 7th St Entry, Tim & Andy had (and have) their sound dialed in and when Michael would come down so hard of the drums it was as if he was physically throwing the sound out into the room. He was so loud, to the point where it isn't even what you heard, it's what you felt from the music.

It wasn't aggressive exactly, but it was bracing and jarring and such a fucking joy to experience.

Dama/Libra album is interesting. It's cool but I don't think I'm going to listen to it very often.

Fuck, this band is so great. Finally filled in the last gap in my collection with the Even a Blind Chicken... comp. "Scruffy" is such a jam.

http://www.comedyminusone.com/007.php

http://www.comedyminusone.com/images/cmo007x500.jpg

Silkworm
"Chokes!"
lp + digital download - $15

01 Bar Ice
02 Low Blow
03 Int'l Harbour Of Grace
04 Lily White & Cherry Red
05 Wrote A Song For Everyone
06 Spanish Harlem Incident

The basic instrumental tracks for what would become Silkworm's final record "Chokes!" were recorded in 2005 at Electrical Audio, a few weeks before the death of drummer Michael Dahlquist. The songs were finished later that year and issued on compact disc via 12XU at the close of 2006.

Comedy Minus One helped distribute this release digitally two years later but "Chokes!" has been both physically out of print and never pressed on vinyl until now.

Cut by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering Service and manufactured by Quality Record Pressings, this edition of "Chokes!" is limited to 800 copies and can be ordered here.

The record is housed in a full color jacket and a black/white/grey sleeve.

"Chokes!" comes with a digital download of the record plus a folder of 30+ bootleg SKWM recordings that capture the band live in April of 2001 and March of 2005.

Can't be the only one in here because they thought it was going to be about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u33sSMvsx4c

Any excitement?

I'm going to order mine I think, along with a copy of the Libertine reissue.

AND YOU RUN INTO THE NIGHT
AINT YOU EVER BEEN ALONE IN YOUR LIFE
MOTORHEAD COMING FOR YOU
YOU GOTTA TREAT THE NEW GUY RIGHT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jeKiNzV-h4

miss being able to see him play drums, he was so joyful

:)

He didn't actually sign on that track at all did he? I feel like all three of them had the same exact voice. I was surprised when I saw that the two of them trade off singing in Bottomless Pit.

sing...

andy was lead on that i think

yup

Tim and Andy do have pretty similar voices though I can usually figure out who's singing what. Michael is credited with "drums, vocals" on Lifestyle but I'm guessing he mainly chipped in on the gang back-up vocals like the chorus to "Treat the New Guy Right."

Andy lyrics are so much more cryptic in general, stuff like "alone like a wandering Jew" is very Andy too

Silkworm vox guide: On Lifestyle, Michael sings Around The Outline. Andy sings Contempt and Tim sings Raging Bull.

i used to not be able to hear the different voices but once i finally got it i could never figure out why they used to sound the same to me

For me it's more just that I didn't notice it wasn't one person singing the entire time until I saw some footage. Now admittedly I haven't kept track of which song is whose but I can tell they're different. Yet despite that, I still maintain that their voices/delivery are weirdly very very similar.

He and Tim both sing Bourbon Beard

Lifestyle is a damn good record. They also did a thing with Stephen Malkmus once under the name of Marquee Mark, a live performance of mostly covers I believe.

you mean Crust Brothers?

i also heard comedy minus one is gonna be putting out the last albums on vinyl again

Developer is the one that really kills me

ah yes The Crust Brothers yup yes. It's worth seeking out, pretty good imo.

https://www.facebook.com/mintmilemusic/posts/955138131173461:0

https://youtu.be/ibikuBQMsMI

https://youtu.be/xOQKjYPsE58

Hadn't heard of this. Same dudes new rhythm section?

The Mint Mile stuff is Tim, sometimes with Andy, sometimes not, plus the drummer from Magnolia Electric Co, and sometimes Tim solo.

Andy has done some recording with Light Coma as his band, Light Coma being Brian O from BP's other band (and who are completely awesome btw)

The PRFBBQ lineup is "Tim, Andy, Jeff, Howard Draper and Matthew Barnhart (of Tre Orsi), and probably Greg Norman" per Facebook

Mint Mile Big Band

Here's the other YouTube from that show btw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd5yJblFYsk

The Mint Mile Big Band PRFBBQ set: https://soundcloud.com/mintmile/liveprfbbq#t=0:00

Mint Mile EP is out.

good looking out!

A dude from Popmatters appears to be writing a detailed blog post about every track from "Lifestyle" http://www.popmatters.com/archive/tag/silkworm/

There doesn't seem to be a way to link to those specific blog posts but the Silkworm tag gets you there.

Tried to reach you
Every hour

Only joined this unit
To impress the girls
But the last thing on
His mind was chasing skirts
Going crazy from a radar ping
I bet the russians are thinking
The same thing

We're in a race for ice station zebra

It's mentioned upthread but I didn't know this:

While there’s no denying the looser, Crustier vibe on Lifestyle, the influence of Cohen’s other side gig – as a temporary replacement for injured Bush guitarist Nigel Pulsford – thankfully had no effect on the album’s recording. Though Silkworm themselves are still scratching their heads about the absurdity of it all, the circumstances surrounding Cohen’s brief tenure as an alterna-rock scab are not as bizarre as they first seemed – Bush’s 1996 release, Razorblade Suitcase, was produced by longtime 'Worm cohort Steve Albini, who turned on Gavin and Co. to Cohen’s raggedly glorious guitar mastery. And the fact that Cohen, like Pulsford, is, shall we say, follicularly challenged only sealed the deal.

“Andy actually looks like that guy,” Dahlquist agrees. “I don’t think any of their fans knew the difference, because all they do is just stare at Gavin. But I have seen no musical effect on Silkworm – the Bush thing, as I’m sure you’re aware, was considered very funny by all of us.

"But, oh man, was Andy corrupted – he was so into it, this remarkable lifestyle. I went and saw him in D.C. playing with Bush at RFK Stadium in front of 60,000 people, and I was corrupted myself. I couldn’t believe it. When Andy came back, he was like, 'Let’s sell out now!’”

i guess it's in the movie too. i should watch that movie.

It's hot, summer is finally here & I just want to open the windows, drink an ice cold beer and listen to Silkworm at ear frying volume

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN5MjSBX-1c