Who likes Michael Hurley?

The OP in this thread makes me really wanna go back to 2003 and go to that show.

yeah Jacob they are all good to great (xxp)

arthur feature on hurley is amazing. funny that he nixed both the doc about him and the tribute album. guess he's not quite as laid back as his on-record persona suggests.

― tylerw, Friday, August 30, 2013 2:44 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wait what? is that why that documentary never happened?

TBF i'm totally sick of "obscure musician documentaries" and could do with a moritorium on them for the next 25 years

to anyone following his career and music it's obvious that hurley is pretty willful and wily and not just kind of folksy naïf wandering around pacific NW in a cloud of pot smoke. which is as it should be

hope he's made good money off of all the covers of "werewolf"

From the article (by Byron Coley):

... It was around 2007 as well that Lisa Foti-Straus' ill-fated documentary, Elwood Snock & the Land of Lo-Fi, was in the works. Much footage was shot, many folks were interviewed, and Lisa had just about a final cut of the thing. Hurley didn't like the way it came out, though, so he nixed its release. Too bad. I thought it was pretty cool. There's even some boss animation of Boone & Jocko. But Hurley is picky about this stuff. “Yeah, I told them to go back to the drawing board,” he says. I mention that he did the same thing with the Snockument compilation that was being assembled by Non Sequitor in the early '90s. He objected to the versions of songs that Jad Fair and Loren Connors had recorded. ...

so good

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2:20 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my partner ordered that issue of arthur weeks ago and it hasn't showed up, do you hear me arthur folks??

wait that documentary was in the works in 2007? i think I only happened across their website a few years ago, i wonder if it already was defunct by then. the website still promised the film was "forthcoming" and even had a way to "sponsor a song" (i.e. contribute to the project).

loren connors doing michael hurley is a really weird proposition

(Flesh - Yeah we got overwhelmed with orders but are almost caught up.)

whoa, you answered my internet call. nicely done. will look for it in the mail.

(Flesh - I'm here often!)

HURLEY, MICHAEL
Title: Land of Lo-Fi
Label: MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
Format: LP
Price: $13.00
Catalog #: MRP 052LP
"You could be sitting there wondering why Mississippi releases such a huge amount of records by Michael Hurley (this is our eighth). To put it as mildly as we can - Hurley is by and large one of the greatest song writers of all time and we consider it an important part of our mission to get the world aware of his awesome talent. Here we have Hurley's latest batch of home recordings and believe me when I say they are some of his best songs ever. It's unusual for a man 50 years into his recording career to come up with some of his greatest songs yet, but here 'tis. Hurley plays heart breakers solo with guitar and/or organ accompaniment, along with three tracks where he is joined by the beautiful voice of Jolie Holland. Some incredible new songs such as the eerie 'Alligator in the Water,' the poignant and all too true 'Disaster at the Wheel,' the utterly cosmic 'Corridor,' the near avant garde 'Doin' the Opossum,' the stone cold intense 'You Got to Die' and on and on. True geniuses are hard to come by, so wake on up and give this record a long hard listen. If it doesn't move you, then I don't know what will."

i want

yeah. jolieee, too.
i really like the first side of the last new record he made & then the second i kinda like but mainly just cause the electric piano sounds so nice. ian you are at the front lines of this hurley dispatch, report back when you hear it.

I Still need a real copy of Blue Hills. And this new one, now, too.

was looking for this in my store yesterday, not there yet.

anyone have a link where I can order that one? is it on forced exposure?

ok, found it, nevermind!

i kinda wanted one of the black friday RSD things this year --
michael hurley 78rpm covering E.C. Ball's "Early Bird Always Gets The Worm."

― ian, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 02:01 (1 hour ago) Permalink

oh, i guess that cover is not on the 78... just on the new tribute comp.
still want the 78.

― ian, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 02:02 (1 hour ago)

FE has these, not sure if they are still in stock

my copy of Land Of Lofi has a pressing flaw on the first side, I need to return it :( the dreaded "rhythmic swish".

been listening to Long Journey a bunch. "In The Garden" is unnnnnnbelievable.

Are his new records that campfire cowboy folk like some of his older ones?

yep, there is not a whole lot of stylistic variation which is a plus imo

unless you mean First Songs - this sounds more like Armchair Journey and Hi Fi Snock Uptown.

I need all his records.

everyone needs all his records...!

i don't even have that many, but it makes me happy that there are so many more left for me to hear...

and they're all good to great!

I mean, I finally tracked down Bellmeade Sessions this past summer after looking for years (it was on CD Baby, duh!) and there were several unheard-by-me tracks on it that just totally blew my mind, and I have been listening to the dude for a while.

how come 10 years passed and no one mentioned this relatively famous masterpiece:

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

plenty of Armchair Boogie love on this thread

I am going to see him on Friday!!!

sweedeedee might be my fave hurley song

is he touring around the USA or just playing around the pacific NW?

i don't even have that many, but it makes me happy that there are so many more left for me to hear...

This is one of those discographies that I'm happy to take my time with.

xp

he's just doing one of his regular Portland gigs

Land of Lo Fi came today, and the MR reish of Hi Fi cuz I needed it too.
Blue Hills was in the online catalog, too, but was discovered to be out of stock.
shoot.

some old news, and a new free download of his anti-Monsanto compilation

http://www.snockonews.net/

http://www.coastweekend.com/cw/music/20150730/five-minutes-with-michael-hurley

What are you working on now?

I’m working on three albums at the same time. One is we are releasing a tape from 1976. Another is my new Mississippi Records release, which is a current events kind of thing. And then I’m going to do what you call a vanity publishing — put out my own CD. It’s on my own label, you might say, but I really don’t have a label. Mostly I will handle the distribution myself, but if it starts to sell rapidly I might hook up with a distributor. It’s my own merch table project.

wonder if that '76 tape is the live 'Redbirds' prev. released as cassette/CDR

Yeah that Redbirds tape (if I'm thinking of the right one) is probably my fave Hurley thing ever

I haven't seen the redbirds cdr, but there's a full version of that 1976 folk city show floating around with more tracks than what discogs lists on the cassette. Hopefully that's what they're preparing for release.

yeah the CDR is the same as the cassette, just part of that great great show

oh ok, i'm thinking of a different show (though the folk city gig is amazing too!). think it's the same era, though -- with "oh carol," "i can't help it if I'm still in love w/ you" etc...
some live stuff here: http://www.ousterhout.net/mp3/mhurley.html

whoah that link has some shows I don't have, thanks

flac too if that's what you're into: http://www.ousterhout.net/lossless/mhurley.html

fuck yeah

nice video footage & a cover of "Pastures Of Plenty"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnxQ1uh354Q

and another one... there's also some videos from PDX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6-mLGuOvEY

for any interested people in nz: free michael hurley performance in aotea square this month! also playing queenstown & port chalmers!

http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/10631/Michael-Hurley-To-Perform-Three-New-Zealand-Shows-Next-Week.utr

^^^o man, that was magic! getting to see hurley play live (to use a cliche) was a dream come true... amazing!

long set but he really was mesmerising. short opening set from david kilgour was like icing on the cake!

I'll actually be in town for the Aotea Square show, which should be great (the Chills were surprisingly suited to a balmy afternoon). Wish I could have made it to the Chicks show with it closing soon ... last time I was there was Lines of Flight yeeears ago.

l.o.f. is always a good time! last night's crowd was like playing spot the flying nun recording artist. & yeah, chicks closing is a major bummer :-/