does anyone else know anything about this? I'm gonna browse around but if you've got info hand it over plz. thanks!
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 29 December 2005 10:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 29 December 2005 10:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― deadair (deadair), Thursday, 29 December 2005 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link
PS here = Seattle
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 29 December 2005 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.the-ms.com/shows.html
Looks like someone at Ticketweb made a wishful typo.
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 29 December 2005 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 29 December 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 29 December 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 29 December 2005 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link
the show is Archer Prewitt w/ The M's
http://billions.com/artists/archerp/index.html
Date City Venue detailsFri 2/10/06 Kansas City, MO Record Bar *Sat 2/11/06 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge *Mon 2/13/06 Tucson, AZ Plush *Tue 2/14/06 San Diego, CA Casbah *Wed 2/15/06 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland *Thu 2/16/06 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill *Sat 2/18/06 Seattle, WA Crocodile Café *Sun 2/19/06 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *Mon 2/20/06 Vancouver, BC The Media Club Thu 2/23/06 Minneapolis, MN 400 Bar *Fri 2/24/06 Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle ^
* The M's support^ co-headline with The M's
― solace (solace), Thursday, 29 December 2005 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
I will keep hope alive; but not much of it.
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 29 December 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Thursday, 29 December 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 29 December 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.ticketweb.com/user/?region=mn&query=schedule&venue=400bar&next=642902
Ticketweb has errors fairly often (they fail to remove cancelled shows often times)
― solace (solace), Thursday, 29 December 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 29 December 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 30 December 2005 02:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 30 December 2005 02:59 (eighteen years ago) link
Now all I get to do is curse a typo, and that just doesn't offer the same oomph!
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 30 December 2005 02:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― dali madison's nut (donut), Friday, 30 December 2005 03:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 30 December 2005 03:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 30 December 2005 09:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― dali madison's nut (donut), Friday, 30 December 2005 09:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Apparently there's a surprise reunion show going on at Cat's Cradle RIGHT FUCKING NOW!
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
awes
― some hills are never seen (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Luckily, it'll be all over youtube in about 2 hours if it's true.
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:08 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahttp://twitter.com/#!/jonwurster/status/26444558216724480
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Now I don't know what to believe.
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:16 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
jon wurster is a bonafide joker fwiw
― balls, Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link
that's true
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:38 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ePwDySjVdyo/TTJ5bEOBkVI/AAAAAAAAASY/_bpHciDcRDE/whtxy.jpg
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 04:52 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
I would be crying right now.
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i literally slept through this, too
― Young Guns aside, the western is not my favorite genre. (latebloomer), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha I posted itt 5 yrs ago!
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:51 (thirteen years ago) link
r u the Milkmaid?
― some hills are never seen (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Yup
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Sunday, 16 January 2011 05:57 (thirteen years ago) link
so crooked fingers is playing a few dates in the next month
i wonder . . .
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 January 2011 06:05 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
nice xyc shirt on the drummer :D
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 16 January 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
here is one of the songs -- the record was called SHORT CAREERShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoaBf0NPTeE
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKwfHNFGAXs&feature=related
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
wow that acoustic web in front is great
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
also great coversi saw crooked fingers play "age of consent" at some show, and then there's this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe3jFbnJUY0
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
it's okay to cry
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
also http://webinfront.net/?p=4741
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 January 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
HOLEE SHIIIIIIT
http://www.babystew.com/?p=9325
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 April 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
omg
I am so happy.
― ENBB, Monday, 11 April 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
hmmm would i go to nyc for the archers....
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
Well, that's settled then. NYC road trip, archers and possible FAP come July. :D
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
surprised mookieproof has not weighed in yet on this issue
― dmr, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
I just scheduled a vacation during the NYC dates :[
― dmr, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
wooo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
― ENBB, Monday, April 11, 2011 8:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i am strongly in favor of this
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
Any other Chicago folks going to hit up the Bottom Lounge shows?
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
girl pleaseyou know i'll be there even though it's the night before i leave on a very long trip
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Monday, April 11, 2011 9:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
OK this isn't even a question then. Let's do it. I was wrong about July though the shows are June 25th and June 26th. The 25th is a Saturday show in Williamsburg. Let's do that one. Tickets on sale this Friday. This is happening. I'm gonna email you later today to coordinate.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
*beckons from the UK*
― and the hint of parp (ledge), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
I liked em and I guess I would go if I hadnt seen em in the '90s, but this doesn't seem necessary.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
^necessary post
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
I saw them at Tramps in like 1997 or so and prob at least one other time but I'm still going to drive 5 hours for this. I guess I just like them that much.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
but this doesn't seem necessary
For you or for them? Because they'd probably like to have the money.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
I saw them 3 times in the 90s, which is why it won't break my heart if I miss seeing the reunion show (though I'd very much like to see it). tbh, I'd be far more interested in a new song or ten.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
what's necessary about rock? it's just gonna be fun to see a band i like again!
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
I guess a messy Sebadoh show about 4 years ago ruined this sorta shit for me
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
they're coming over to the uk to play ATP in december
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
I distinctly remember EB saying that he wasn't interested in reunion tours, that he has been making music all these years and fuiud but I guess lots of u d and now he might as well help ppl relive their 20s.
I saw Archers in 95 or so and CF/EB a bunch of times since then, but I feel like he's family* at this point and I got no problem seeing the old band again. I'm not delirious about it but glad they're finally getting a slice of 90s pie.
*slight exaggeration, but more true of EB than, say, Lou Barlow.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:21 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah but c'mon dogg, sebadoh was never exactly hot shit live (at least the one time i saw them)....archers kicked out the jams live
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Agreed that it's a crap comparison but I gotta say that Sebadoh were great when I saw them at about that time.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
Q w/r/t original post: what is the state of dude's voice? I seem to remember even on the Vee-Vee tour it was shredded and he was taking creative steps to protect it in the more aggressive songs.
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
I saw crooked fingers maybe five years ago (matt came out and they played 3 AoL songs btw) and it seemed fine iirc.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
Y'all who are ignoring the 10+ years of Crooked Fingers stuff based on a snap judgment you may have made 10+ years ago re: the state of Bachmann's voice are just missing out. It's not like he has a Pollard-like back catalogue to sift through. The covers EPs are great, Bring On the Snakes and Red Devil Dawn are great, Dignity and Shame...has its moments (some of which are great) and it's all worth a listen or six. The s/t CF is kind of unusual w/r/t the voice thing, but the songs themselves are beautiful. "Broken Man" is devastating. Also Barry Black and BOW score? Great!
Better than fine imo! Anyway, before you poop your pants about the reunion, give the rest a try. You can blame me if you find absolutely NOTHING to like in there.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
There are some great Crooked Fingers songs but the "Neil Diamond sings Tom Waits" vibe is a bit much
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
i saw crooked fingers open for neko case and they were p amazing, really won over a crowd that had no idea who bachman was.
some yuppie lady yelled out "YOU'RE AWESOME WHO ARE YOU?" and bachman said "M'am, I'm a grown man" and went into the next song
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU8JYZ522Uoalso features attractive and enthusiastic female fiddler
Just give it a chance if you wrote it off 10 years ago is all I'm saying. If nothing else, attempt to appreciate his instrumental work, which is amazing imo.
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
"hot shit" is overrated
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
LL, I'm pretty sure VeeVee came out 16 years ago... :-P
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
I was referring mostly to the CF years. Anyway, you guys should give those records a chance. They're good. i mean bacdafucup if you don't like this -- so prettyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoaBf0NPTeE
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
It's so on.
Your Order Is CompleteArchers of LoafSat Jun 25, 2011 08:00 PMMusic Hall of WilliamsburgBrooklyn, NY
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
ditto
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
same show? :D
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit should i do this
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
sean I sent you a message on FB asking if you wanted me to get you a ticket but then I panicked so bought anyway - go buy one - we'll drive down together!!!
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
oh you did? i'm in the building that gets no 3g reception today. let me check my sched. and buy one!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
:D
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
damn, tickets for saturday already gone
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
ahhh - I might have one for you. I will figure it out and let you know!
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
ok thx! i will be watching stubhub, they will definitely end up there
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
I figured it out. I have an extra ticket - yours if you want it.
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
cool, i'm in!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for figuring it out so fast!
hahaha np
YAY!
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
i will prob still watch for a ticket for L--she was indifferent to maybe/kinda/sorta interested--she may also come down to visit friends in brooklyn.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
sounds good - I'll be the same - just wanted to make sure the ppl who really wanted to go got the tix for sure :)
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
cad - if you see a couple reasonably priced tickets then get me one too and we will divide the cost of all 4 between us. i will prob come down to hang either way. i am in the indifferent bracket wrt to this band.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 15 April 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
ok i will do that!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
Um, see you all there! Though I wouldn't know if I did.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 15 April 2011 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
I feel like this is definitely going to require a FAP afterwards for all who are interested. We can plan nearer the date but I feel like that would be a good idea.
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Oh wait, I'm going Sunday to the Webster show. :/
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 15 April 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
:(
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
tbh only song title I remember is "Web in Front."
wd meet you guys for drinks b4 show, tho. xxp
Afterwards? oh, Sat nite sure I guess
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 April 2011 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
before, aft, 'sall good
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 April 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
yeah!
― ENBB, Friday, 15 April 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
got tickets to both chicago shows! very psyched!
― the zing cheese incident (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 15 April 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
haha i thought about getting tix to both ny shows but as it is i think the one show is the most expensive ticket i've bought since seeing prince
― mookieproof, Saturday, 16 April 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
got tix for first chicago show btw
― housedress? maxidress! (La Lechera), Monday, 18 April 2011 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
holding out for the small (23) reunion now
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 May 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
using it as an excuse to go home to dc
― fauxmarc, Monday, 2 May 2011 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
Small 23 reunion? Ha, won't draw much of a crowd.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Monday, 2 May 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
c'mon true zero hook rocks
chopsocky?
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 May 2011 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
Strapping Fieldhands are great too but I went to their show at Cake Shop and the crowd was practically me and the opening acts.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Monday, 2 May 2011 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
Ok Chicago better give me some ELBOW ROOM because I forgot how ridiculous fun it is to dance to "Harnessed in Slums"It's not the 90s anymore and I am not too cool to dance
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
got my chicago tix, very excited
― coo coo khal (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
oops i already said that but i am still excited!
― coo coo khal (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
preshow chicago fap? who else is going to chicago show? webmail me and we can arrange things!
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
that might be cool but i am hitching a ride w/someone so i'm now sure what his itenerary is and stuff
― coo coo khal (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
you don't have to hang out with me the whole time or anything -- don't worry ;)no pressure, lemme know
i can see how you might be apprehensive about having anything to do with the person who just finished saying get outta my way this (making a square) is dance space haha
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=215423935154835&id=187124247984804
Big announcement tonight coming from our friends at Merge Records. Very excited. Also tickets for several more shows are going on sale this Saturday at 10am:July 24th @ The Earl in Atlanta, GAAug 20th @ Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NCSept 9th @ Neumo's in Seattle, WADig it.
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So, reissue campaign or...NEW ALBUM?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 June 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
Washington DC show sold out quick (I never got a ticket)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 June 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
reissues!
http://www.mergerecords.com/blog/2011/06/archers-of-loaf-to-reissue-icky-mettle-on-merge-in-august/
'icky mettle' on blue vinyl. remastered by bob weston, liners by christgau.
other studio albums to come
― obster lob, Friday, 3 June 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
So excited for these reissues! I still only have some of this stuff on cassette!
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 4 June 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/about/band-bench/
NYC people and those nearby can try to get in and see them play Jimmy Fallon on 6/24. I'll have to settle for watching at home.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 16 June 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
sweet
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 16 June 2011 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
Oh that's this Friday night
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
so is there a LES/Brooklyn FAP related to this show?
― already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
no?
― already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 June 2011 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
i am going to the saturday wburg show; dunno about fappin
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 June 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
CAD and I no longer going to show ;_;. You can damn well were would have planned a FAP where that not the case. Hope it's great.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 24 June 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
You can damn well were would have planned a FAP where that not the case.
I am apparently suffering from a broken brain.
I meant to say that you can be certain we would have organized something if we were still going.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 24 June 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
bah i never did get tickets for any of these
― brazenly alive (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 24 June 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
what a bunch of bummers! i am still going to the chicago show and am still excited about it.
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Friday, 24 June 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
Guessing no one here got in for the Fallon taping. Wondering what song they'll do.
Harnessed in Slums would be my guess (Web in Front is only two minutes long). Mind would be blown if they bust out something rare.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 June 2011 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i was not invited alas
― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 June 2011 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
Wow they did "Wrong!"
Also, while everyone else looks about 13 years older than the last time I saw them, Matt Gentling has been preserved in amber and remains perpetually 20-something.
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 June 2011 05:52 (twelve years ago) link
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/990/qluv.jpg
― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 June 2011 05:57 (twelve years ago) link
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 June 2011 06:05 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha so cute
he's the best
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Saturday, 25 June 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
They did a bonus performance of Harnessed...and it fucking smokes.
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/Archers-of-Loaf-%286/24/11%29/1337104
― Alpaca Lips (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 June 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, you're not kidding. That's pretty amazing on all levels.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 25 June 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
tonight's songs (not in this order):
web in frontwrongyou and memightplumb lineslow wormaudiowhorelowest part is free!freezing pointrevengewhat did you expect?bacteriaharnessed in slumsgreatest of all time1985/fabricohnostalgiasmokin' pot in the hot cityscenic pasturesworst defense/attack of the killer beesform and filedead red eyes
opened with audiowhore/harnessed; bacteria was the last encore
some dude tried to get up on stage and dance during bacteria, but he had really poor timing and basically just got there after the first loud part ended; it was lol
matt gentling looks exactly the same and may have been wearing the same jeans from 13 years ago
eb is a v. large man, especially next to those guys
it was grebt and i am happy
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 June 2011 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
fuck that fallon clip SMOKES!!!
so fucking excited for the chicago shows!!!
― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
btw if any ilxors are at the archers of loaf show, look for me I'll be the mid-30s tall skinny bald guy with close cropped hair, dark glasses frames, wearing jeans and a plaid short sleeved collar shirt!
― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
see you there! look for a small brunette in her mid 30s who is unable to control her enthusiasm.
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
aww
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
williamsburg set
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
tomorrow night in chicago y'allsee u there homies
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 July 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
All They Ever Wanted Was to Be Your Spine
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 July 2011 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
I'm in the house
― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 9 July 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
man this was so much fun, both shows were great
― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 July 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to the Icky Mettle reissue: I guess it's been remastered? I can't tell tbh. It doesn't sound any clearer or fuller, maybe just louder. And the 2nd disc just has the AOLvsGOAT ep and a few other things that were already on The Speed of Cattle. So yeah, unless you've been hunting a copy of Icky Mettle on vinyl for a few years w/o any success, this whole thing seems kind of superfluous.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 July 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
oh right. black cat next friday. lol i've had these tickets for a while.
― fauxmarc, Friday, 29 July 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
After like a million years, I've finally come around (mostly) to White Trash Heroes.
I don't really see any great need for reissues, unless there's some weird trove of unreleased tracks that they're sitting on. Their live (on CD/LP/bootleg) stuff never seemed like any huge improvement over the original recordings, seems like the b-sides mostly got out already, and the quality of their CDs was never a problem.
― dlp9001, Friday, 29 July 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
I never posted about the show, but I have time now to say this: it was good. It was. I had fun and bounced around a lot. I saw a lot of men in their 30s. But honestly I missed the CF songs.
― Fa la la (La Lechera), Friday, 29 July 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
Outside of The Speed of Cattle, there are only four tracks (iirc) that are scattered:
Mark Price, P.I. - from the Lounge Ax compilation on Touch & GoBig Joe and Phantom 309 - from the Step Right Up covers compilation of Tom Waits songsJive Kata - from a stand-alone 7"Telepathic Traffic (acoustic) - from a split 7" with Monsterland
There may be some previously unreleased stuff the band is sitting on for later reissues, but if you're got all the albums and The Speed of Cattle, you have almost everything.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 July 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
Coming to London!
― ledge, Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
Vee Vee reissue traxlist
CD1:01 – Step Into The Light02 – Harnessed In Slums03 – Nevermind The Enemy04 – Greatest Of All Time05 – Underdogs Of Nipomo06 – Floating Friends07 – 198508 – Fabricoh09 – Nostalgia10 – Let The Loser Melt11 – Death In The Park12 – The Worst Has Yet To Come13 – Underachievers March And Fight Song
CD2:01 – Harness In Slums (Bob Weston Radio Mix, 1995)02 – Telepathic Traffic (Alias Single, 1995)03 – Don’t Believe The Good News (Alias Single, 1995)04 – Smoking Pot In The Hot City (Esther Single, 1995)05 – Mutes In The Steeple (Esther Single, 1995)06 – Mark Price P.I. (Out of Print)07 – Bacteria (The Speed of Cattle, 1995)08 – Equinox (Unreleased John Coltrane Cover)09 – (Big Joe and) Phantom 309 [Out of Print Red Sovine Cover]10 – 1985 (Marathon Boombox Demo)11 – Fabricoh Worksong (Marathon Boombox Demo)12 – Nostalgia (Marathon Boombox Demo)13 – Let The Loser Melt (Vee Vee 4-Track Demo)14 – Underdogs Of Nipomo (Vee Vee 4-Track Demo)15 – Nevermind the Enemy (Vee Vee 4-Track Demo)16 – Don’t Believe The Good News (Vee Vee 4-Track Demo)
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 19 February 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
This is awesome -- EB goes to Taiwan for 6 mo., teaches EFL to some kids, hates it, finds renewed zeal for music. Love this guy!! http://www.dirtylaundry.tv/video/dirty-laundry-eric-bachmann
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
(He credits the EFL failure with the AoL reunion in the interview, among other things)
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
cool will watch that
kinda bummed they ruined the cover art on Vee Vee for the reissue
― konybrony (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I was a little disappointed in that too. I like the new one too, but it should have been like the cover for the inside booklet instead, imho.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
apparently the original artwork for everything except icky mettle was lost, so they tried to make lemonade
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
haha, okay, I hadn't heard that
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
Can't wait to see how they ruin All the Nation's Airports then.
http://www.mergerecords.com/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/store/images/catalog/MRG435.jpg
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)
http://www.mergerecords.com/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/store/images/catalog/MRG445.jpg
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, they didn't even do "White Trash Heroes"? Sucks.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
In 1996, yeah. Now I really love it.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 June 2012 04:21 (eleven years ago) link
always loved killer bees > rental sting
but yeah it's a wholly different thing really
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 June 2012 04:27 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
How was it? The last time I saw them live was a while ago. Probably like 2008.
― dmr, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Finally seeing them tonight (couldn't sort it out last year). FUCKIN STOKED
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 11 August 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Eric Bachmann moistened a few eyes with "Man o' War" last night. New record so so good.
― del griffith, Monday, 6 June 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link
So this happened...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNrgGN4CEic
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 February 2020 13:00 (four years ago) link
They're playing live tonight here in Atlanta, but I just don't see live music anymore really. I know it will be fun.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 22 February 2020 13:01 (four years ago) link
I can't seem to find any video online of the band's "Harnessed" performance on Jimmy Fallon referenced above by Johnny Fever, 6/25/11
anyone out there a better internet detective than me?
― alpine static, Sunday, 23 February 2020 11:12 (four years ago) link
got my ticket!new song I like though it feels more like Crooked Fingers arranged for Archers
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 23 February 2020 14:30 (four years ago) link
Late night tv musical performances get scrubbed pretty fast just as a rule. Most things that happened four months ago are gone already.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 23 February 2020 22:22 (four years ago) link
Questlove said on twitter at one point that just about all musical performances are just uploaded for, like, a 2 week window, and then they disappear never to be seen again. Kinda sucks.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 23 February 2020 22:25 (four years ago) link
yeah, i knew better than to rely on the NBC site, but was hoping maybe it would be on YouTube.
one time i found Nirvana on SNL but the uploader had rotated the video like 45 degrees so as not to be caught by ... uh ... whatever technology they use to monitor stuff like that.
thought maybe we could work together to find Archers on Fallon under the name "How to poach the perfect egg" or something. :)
― alpine static, Monday, 24 February 2020 02:00 (four years ago) link
anyway, this is a rare band that was cool back in the day but, imo, sounds even better now. stoked to have 'em back.
― alpine static, Monday, 24 February 2020 02:01 (four years ago) link
New song is fucking amazing. Does this mean a new album is in the works?
― Darin, Monday, 24 February 2020 03:14 (four years ago) link
I like Raleigh Days, a lot even, but I realized what's throwing me off is that Eric Johnson's guitar is tuned.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 24 February 2020 04:28 (four years ago) link
for Alpinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LLzRfJ8Xac
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 24 February 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link
:O
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 24 February 2020 04:40 (four years ago) link
Cool, I downloaded them in case they ever disappear again.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 24 February 2020 04:52 (four years ago) link
"them" = Harnessed and Wrong both.
good find MatthewK! thanks. obviously i didn't search hard/well enough. :)
― alpine static, Monday, 24 February 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
Didn't expect the next new thing we hear would be a Stones cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvgUghTWGWE
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 3 May 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
Isn't it absurdly costly to cover a Stones song, btw?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 3 May 2020 03:49 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L521N7oWDGg
― adam, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:14 (one year ago) link
Unwound touring, Archers of Loaf back, turning out to be a big week for reunions.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:26 (one year ago) link
reason in decline coming in october
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
Not feeling this as much as I'd hoped tbh, don't feel like it gets interesting until the back half and even then it kinda makes me want to listen to the old stuff.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 November 2022 23:03 (one year ago) link