Doom & Gloom From The Tomb: A Blog

More more more. Yo La Tengo in London, circa xmas 1999. Also a re-up of the previous YLT radio show I posted a couple months ago ...

is this the show with the peel intro, and trouble with ira's guitar? i was at this show, and have cherishbed a boot of it for years... 'night falls on hoboken' is so wonderful here.

yeah, i believe so -- Ira sorta struggles throughout the night, but there's still some great stuff. the date I have written down is Dec. 4 1999. John Cale cover here is worth the download!

Huh, I'm interested to hear this. I saw YLT around that time, the tour with Susie Ibarra where she played gong on "Night Falls On Hoboken". They opened with it that night too, and it was pretty stunning: maybe 40 minutes? Longer? I loved it but then I was already blissed out from Lambchop's opening set, still the best set I've ever seen by any band. But YLT was fun too, despite Ira only letting one solo rip all night (on "Cherry Chapstick"). It wasn't what I'd hoped to see, but I've loved "Night Falls On Hoboken" since. It's a perfect late (American) summer song, for the end of the day when the heat dissipates and the crickets start chirping.

yeah, seeing that song live really made it the standout from that album for me, and i usually prefer ira in full-on gonzo mode.

wow, 40 minutes? crazy. would've loved to see that, esp. w/ Susie Ibarra. Was that the tour where David Kilgour and Mac from Superchunk were playing with them as well? this version of "Night Falls" isn't 40 minutes, I don't even think it's quite as long as the album version. But it is lovely. Even though it's maybe a strange thing to open a show with, I'm not sure where else you could play it in a set.

It looks like that was March 4, 2000, so a little after the 1999 show you posted. I don't really know how long it was, but it was very very long and great. They could end the main set with that song, but maybe it would kill momentum. As it was, it was captivating. I don't think that was the Mac/Kilgour tour; I saw that one too, but I think it was a few years later.

the few times i saw them play this, they opened with it, and it was a perfect opener...

do any of y'allz have favorite YLT bootlegs/live recordings? The QEH and KCRW things are by far teh best ones I have, though the nyctaper.com hannukah things are good. I've got a few that are really BAD. Not that the performance itself is bad, but something about the sound on a lot of them just doesn't translate. Vocals too loud, or not loud enough, or the guitars don't sound powerful or something ... It's funny -- I love seeing them live, but can't find that perfect bootleg.

There's a "Balck Sessions" french radio session from 1997 that is pretty great. I also have a boot from Pustervik’s Bar, Göteborg, Sweden (11/15/97) that has a pretty good mix.

I know what you mean about the balance seems off on most YLT bootlegs. That's why I only have a few.

For some reason, I have a boot (11/15/07, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) from that "Freewhelin' Yo La Tengo" tour a few years back. Sound is fine, but the show is kinda blah. My understanding is that most people felt theat whole tour was kind of blah.

heyo, because it's been almost three months since I've posted any Neil Young (crazy, I know), I've put up another installment of my Neil Young Bad News series of rarities/live/etc. This time around -- the 90s! omg. the promo single of ARC is included, don't worry!

Hey Tyler do you happen to know of any live Verlaine recordings from the shows he did in 2006?

hey! yeah, there are definitely some live recordings from that tour. I think I have one from NYC? band was the same from the 80s except for Jay Dee Daugherty I think?

Yeah I saw him two nights at Bowery Ballroom-- it was so goddamn incandescent. The drummer was the only new face-- young dude named Lou somebody, a hard hitter but he had swing.

I thought the album from that year was an excellent display of songwriting, but once I'd heard the new songs live I couldn't enjoy the album versions anymore. I keep hoping I'll come across a good live recording from that tour.

i think that might be the show i have -- i'll get it up on the site soon. amazingly, i still have never seen Verlaine live. Another great boot I have is at the Bowery in 1998 or so -- mostly instrumental stuff w/ Jimmy Ripp and a guest spot from Patti Smith. Gorgeous stuff.

Was that him and Ripp doing their live movie accompaniment thing maybe? I never caught that.

yeah, i think so? i know they do that, but I'm not sure if there were actually movies played at this show. Anyway, there's this 15-minute long version of "Spiritual" from Warm & Cool that is sooooo beautiful ...

That sounds amazing. The rapport between those two is interesting to hear & watch, so different to the Lloyd/Verlaine dynamic.

Congratulations, Tyler.

"Bring me little water, sylvie" playing right now.

Congrats to you and yours Tyler. Beautiful girl!

thanks dudes! overwhelmed, underprepared, but mostly very, very happy! my wife and I hadn't heard the song "Sylvie" before, but we were searching around to see what cultural connections the name had, and discovered it. amazing song!

Congratulations, Tyler! It'll be brutal, but hopefully not too brutal. Rock out to "New Mama". For some crazy reason, with kid #1 in the very early days we listened to Magical Mystery Tour a lot.

congrats tyler! if you father as well as you blog your little one is in good hands! : )

yeah more congrats from over here, love the picture on the blog.

Congratulations! That's wonderful! Hurrah for lucky Sylvie, tylerw, and mom!

thanks again for all the congrats, ILM-ers. And we're back, sorta! Sylvie is resting peacefully and I've posted a very very cool Big Star Sister Lovers-era radio show. It's loose!

annnnd now a recording of the Go-Betweens' last show of the 1980s! it's a good one.

new post: Bob Dylan & the Hawks, late 1965, recorded by Allen Ginsberg (?)!

Hey, amazing work on the blog. I'm a big fan.

I was wondering if you'd be able to re-up some stuff when you get chance? All the Television links are down :(

yeah at some point I'll reup some stuff -- is there a better service than sendspace where files last longer? that's the only one i've used.

Drop.io keeps files up for one year after their last download. No ads, either.

hmm i'll check that out ... it's free?

yeah

cool -- well, if anyone's reading, feel free to make re-up requests here or in the comments ... Dunno when I'll get around to it, but I'll take note!

Chrome Dreams too please!

oh man, Chrome Dreams is incredible!

Might have missed it -- will the comprehensive Feelies covers thing be posted on the blog?

It will -- still in the process of putting it together. Should be a doozy.

Too kind and thanks!

speaking of that Feelies covers comp ... I'm only missing one song! "King's Lead Hat," an Eno cover they did a couple times back in the early 80s. Anyone got it? I'll ask on the Feelies threads too. Looks like the covers comp will be two volumes, with some Yung Wu stuff thrown in as well.

That'll be hard to track down (well it's already proven it is..).

In this pretty exhaustive Feelies bootleg database (I'm sure you know the site), I find only two mentions of it being performed/recorded:

1) Gig on March 1, 1983: Peanut Gallery, Haledon, NJ (44 min.)
2) King's Lead Hat (Brian Eno) from May 29 1983, unknown venue

yeah that site is where I've drawn from mainly. Maybe I'll just email the dude who runs it ...

Send this guy an e-mail, who knows...
http://mytradinglist.blog.ca/2005/08/17/audio_list/

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Cool, yeah, I'll shoot him an email. This is IMPORTANT!!!

there was some guy on DIME who uploaded approximately 200 Feelies shows as well...

as far as upload services I use and endorse Mediafire.

tyler, at the risk of going overbored thanking you for your blog work- that last neil post - bad news in the 90's is COMPLETELY sublime, dude. thanks.

thanks, man, glad you like it. there is a lot of really great stuff on that comp -- "Interstate," "Separate Ways," "Ambulance Blues" w/ REM ... So good.

amazingly, i've just been sent an mp3 of the feelies playing "King's Lead Hat" -- by Stanley Demeski's wife! The internet is crazy. So the Feelies covers comp should be finished soon!

that's fantastic!

:-D Wow that's nuts. Can't wait!