I mean, the friend who told me about it is a reliable guy, but Jon Wurster probably still talks to a few of those dudes all the time.
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
jon wurster is a bonafide joker fwiw
― balls, Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's true
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
Superchunk keeps posting updates from this show on their Twitter.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
Okay yeah, it's all over twitter now
http://twitter.com/#search?q=archers%20of%20loaf
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
nuts! i live like 5 minutes from the cat's cradle. wish i'd heard about this!
― Young Guns aside, the western is not my favorite genre. (latebloomer), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
I would be crying right now.
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
i literally slept through this, too
― Young Guns aside, the western is not my favorite genre. (latebloomer), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ha I posted itt 5 yrs ago!
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
r u the Milkmaid?
― some hills are never seen (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yup
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
so crooked fingers is playing a few dates in the next month
i wonder . . .
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 January 2011 06:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
can't imagine bachmann would want to offend whatever strange souls actually prefer crooked fingers to archers
― da croupier, Sunday, 16 January 2011 13:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh man!
When I saw Crooked Fingers about 5 years ago Matt came out on stage towards the end and they played a couple AoL songs. It was pretty sweet.
― ENBB, Sunday, 16 January 2011 14:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
yo latebloomer, we should chill sometime when i'm in chillsboro (my highly-efficient new name for c-hill/carrboro metropolitan area)
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 16 January 2011 14:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
and yeah i am pretty bummed that i did not know about this, archers are like my favorite nc band, maybe favorite indie-rock band?, of all time
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 16 January 2011 14:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/results?uploaded=d&search_query=archers+of+loaf&search_type=videos&suggested_categories=10&uni=3
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Sunday, 16 January 2011 14:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
nice xyc shirt on the drummer :D
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 16 January 2011 15:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
so this was at/before a Love Language show? never rly fucked w/ them but props for this!
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 16 January 2011 15:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
holy shit i would kill to see them live again!
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 January 2011 17:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Man I used to love Archers of Loaf so much. I need to replace my old cassettes, not sure I even know where they are anymore. I used to get made fun of relentlessly in my design studio class because I had an Archers of Loaf sticker on my parallel bar and people wrongly assumed I was a big America On Line supporter because of the 'AOL' logo.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 17 January 2011 17:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, January 17, 2011 12:23 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ugh me too
Last time I saw the full line-up was like late 90's NYC and it was completely amazing. I think that At the Drive-In opened that show but I could be making that up because it seems sort of odd.
― ENBB, Monday, 17 January 2011 17:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
nah that would actually make total sense to me, at the drive in started on flipside, def a lot of peeps that loved archers liked the early ATDI stuff
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 January 2011 17:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
OK then maybe I'm not making that up. Iirc the other band that night was Knapsack which is a name I haven't thought of in a very long time until just now. wow.
― ENBB, Monday, 17 January 2011 17:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, they toured a bit with ATDI. I specifically showed up late to one show to avoid them.
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 17 January 2011 17:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
I saw them with Helium in Columbus and it was SO RAD. I have seen Crooked Fingers a bunch of times through the years too.
Just curious -- has anyone heard the film score he did for Ball of Wax? (full disclosure: i am involved with this, so i am just curious if anyone knows it exists -- also it is really good even if it does have a very early 00s feeling to it)
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
never heard of it, but loved his barry black project that he had when archers were still going, that was very film music sounding stuff
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah, that's partially what inspired getting the sdtk together. i can probably upload it somewhere if no one can find it. it was released under EB's name, so i think it may have fallen through the cracks for a lot of ppl
barry black, crooked fingers, blablabla
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
here is one of the songs -- the record was called SHORT CAREERS
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
i have a rip of that soundtrack, yeah. he also did a record called 'to the races' under his own name
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 January 2011 21:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
i saw them as the opening act for weezer (blue album era) and i HATED weezer at the time (they've grown on me a teeny bit) so we all peaced out after AOL was done.
they sound great, esp bachmann's voice. iirc his voice got worse and worse as the band went on (i tuned out after vee-vee)
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Monday, 17 January 2011 21:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
song sounds totally different, but his voice does interesting things toward the end and you totally forget that it's just him and a guitar. great post-show noise at the end of the clip too.
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
12/09 btw
until this thread was revised, i had completely forgotten that i saw AOL in Leeds in the 90s (at the Pub With No Name aka Duchess of York, of course)the reason i went was actually for the support act, small 23, who i was vibed up on at the time (need to see if that album still hold up), but i seem to recall enjoying the AOL set as well.
― mark e, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow that acoustic web in front is great
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
EB has been being great for a looooong time. i really love crooked fingers and other stuff he's done over the years. even when he's kinda off ("call to love" is corny) he's great. sure, there were some mawkish lyrics here and there, but dude can write a song, and he always performs with heart. that's not easy to maintain for this long. he also tries out a lot of different directions and never gets too comfortable there. really every album has its own character.
dude is great
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
also great coversi saw crooked fingers play "age of consent" at some show, and then there's this
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 17:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
and when you were mine by prince!
Only seen crooked fingers once but EB coming out to the audience and singing that on his own was pretty much the highlight for me.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
his version of "the river" is not something i can listen to in public because i cryevery singletime
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's okay to cry
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's totally embarrassing for me and everyone present, i assure you
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
A recording of the gig has gone up on d1m3ad0z3n if anyone is interested
― philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Thursday, 20 January 2011 23:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
also http://webinfront.net/?p=4741
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 January 2011 00:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
HOLEE SHIIIIIIT
http://www.babystew.com/?p=9325
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 April 2011 21:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
omg
I am so happy.
― ENBB, Monday, 11 April 2011 22:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
hopefully getting my chicago road trip planned by time tix go onsale on friday
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 April 2011 23:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
hmmm would i go to nyc for the archers....
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Well, that's settled then. NYC road trip, archers and possible FAP come July. :D
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
surprised mookieproof has not weighed in yet on this issue
― dmr, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
Why doesn't it surprise me that the people at Alias would lose something important like COVER ART? Joke ass label.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
apparently the original artwork for everything except icky mettle was lost, so they tried to make lemonade
haha, okay, I hadn't heard that
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Can't wait to see how they ruin All the Nation's Airports then.
Track listing:1. Strangled by the Stereo Wire2. All the Nations Airports3. Scenic Pastures4. Worst Defense5. Attack of the Killer Bees6. Rental Sting7. Assassination on X-mas Eve8. Chumming the Ocean9. Vocal Shrapnel10. Bones of Her Hands11. Bumpo12. Form and File13. Acromegaly14. Distance Comes in Droves15. Bombs Away
Bonus Disc:1. Density2. Little Jets3. Strangled by the Stereo Wire (4-Track Demo)4. All the Nations Airports (4-Track Demo)5. Scenic Pastures (4-Track Demo)6. Trilogy (4-Track Demo)7. Assassination on X-Mas Eve (4-Track Demo)8. Chumming the Ocean (4-Track Demo)9. Vocal Shrapnel (4-Track Demo)10. Bones of Her Hands (4-Track Demo)11. Bumpo (4-Track Demo)12. Form and File (4-Track Demo)13. Acromegaly (4-Track Demo)14. Distance Comes in Droves (4-Track Demo)15. Bombs Away (4-Track Demo)16. Density (4-Track Demo)17. Little Jets (4-Track Demo)18. There Has To Be Something (4-Track Demo)19. Total Failure (4-Track Demo)
Track listing:1. Fashion Bleeds2. Dead Red Eyes3. I.N.S.4. Perfect Time5. Slick Tricks and Bright Lights6. One Slight Wrong Move7. Banging on a Dead Drum8. Smokers in Love9. After the Last Laugh10. White Trash Heroes
Bonus Disc:1. Jive Kata2. Fashion Bleeds (4-Track Demo)3. Dead Red Eyes (4-Track Demo)4. Slick Tricks and Bright Lights (4-Track Demo)5. One Slight Wrong Move (4-Track Demo)6. Banging on a Dead Drum (4-Track Demo)7. Smokers in Love (4-Track Demo)8. After the Last Laugh (4-Track Demo)9. White Trash Heroes (4-Track Demo)10. Untitled and Forgotten (4-Track Demo)11. Walk of Shame12. Untitled13. Whooh!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
YES! After nearly 15 years, I'll finally have a digital copy of "Jive Kata" at my disposal without the pops and hiss of the 7" recording.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm about 5% disappointed they didn't play Fashion Bleeds or anything else off WTH at the reunion gig I saw.
― the fey monster (ledge), Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
Wow, they didn't even do "White Trash Heroes"? Sucks.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
I caught two of their farewell 1998 shows and it was played at one and not the other, so I guess I should consider myself lucky.
i think they played dead red eyes last year? not certain
― mookieproof, Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
i saw 2 gigs in chicago, first night they played dead red eyes, next night nothing off of white trash heroes, really wanted to hear "fashion bleeds"
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
They were basically going for all the fast punchy stuff so it would have fitted right in.
― the fey monster (ledge), Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
All The Nations Airports...that's one of the big momentum killing records. Coming after Vee Vee it sounded so flat
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 1 June 2012 03:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
In 1996, yeah. Now I really love it.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 June 2012 04:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
always loved killer bees > rental sting
but yeah it's a wholly different thing really
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 June 2012 04:27 (11 months ago) Permalink
was at the show in toronto last night. in addition to the age group that would have been in college or thereabouts during aol's heyday, there were a ton of young people (like, many looked like teenagers), and they were singing along to the songs! what's the deal! just the effect of the internet or...?
eric bachman seemed amused by the moshing and crowdsurfing and related antics.
― poindexter q. dorkington (obster lob), Sunday, 17 June 2012 18:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
go on at the free So Street Seaport fest Sat night @ 6:30:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/07/free_4knots_mus.html
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 16:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
oh nice. might have to try to do that. and black lips / jonathan toubin at the afterparty (not free).
― dmr, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 16:21 (10 months ago) Permalink
I saw the Black Lips at a street fest in Chicago last Saturday.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 16:33 (10 months ago) Permalink
How was it? The last time I saw them live was a while ago. Probably like 2008.
― dmr, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 16:48 (10 months ago) Permalink
they were fine, I never paid em much heed before. Preferred them to Man or Atro-Man, who went on just before. (but was most relieved it wasn't 103 degrees anymore)
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
haha wow Man or Astro-Man are still around. now them I probably haven't seen play since 1996.
― dmr, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:10 (10 months ago) Permalink
Archers were ok, but some of the "here's something from album 3" moments were weak, and the "here's something from album 4" moments even more so. They had to stop by 8, and when they went into "White Trash Heroes" with 4 minutes to go...well, it was a chance for the true fans to beat the crowds going home. Waved hi to morbz (who I believe also bailed during "WTH"). Dudes should have played "What Did You Expect?" or "Traffic"
― da croupier, Sunday, 15 July 2012 14:20 (10 months ago) Permalink
Finally seeing them tonight (couldn't sort it out last year). FUCKIN STOKED
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 11 August 2012 18:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
They were loose and jovial tonight, and played just about every song I wanted to or thought I might hear. Except Wrong! How you gonna make me wait 14 years since I last saw you and then not play Wrong?
I'm kidding. I'll get over it. Just slightly bummed.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 12 August 2012 04:46 (9 months ago) Permalink