Luna: S&D

I like all their albums a lot, though Bewitched is probably my least favorite except maybe Live. (A very relative judgment, that.)

Pup Tent's great, and unfairly maligned.

But I have to agree with the majority here and cast a vote for Penthouse.

It's my favourite since the first, Lunapark (which no one has mentioned and is quite wonderful and v.immediate) , though I haven't heard all of the ones in between. Is Penthouse the one with Chinatown on it?

Destroy - the one with the 'Sweet Child Of Mine' cover on it. That's the only good track on it as far as I recall.

"I Love Everything"

Do you mean 'I Want Everything'..?

and I prefer Galaxie 500 totally.

I do love Luna .. But I suppose they had run the course..

Maybe this means more Dean and Britta now, which wouldn't be such a bad thing.

"Ihop" but little else from Pup Tent.

I got the live album but I didn't listen to it that much because I was put off by the liner notes of all things.

And search: their cover of "Season of the Witch." (Is that on Bewitched?)

This doesn't make sense. I love Galaxie 500 and Luna, but I couldn't compare them if I hadn't listened to one for 14 years.

1. Penthouse
2. Luna2
3. Bewitched
4. Pup Tent
5. The Days of Our Nights
6. Luna EP

but hands-down best ever song is the b-side, "Roll in the Sand".

"Indian Summer" (Beat Happening)
"Ride into the Sun (VU)
"That's what they always say" (Dream Syndicate)

Dean Wareham always had great music taste, as well as superior taste in shirts and women.

there's a new best-of coming on Rhino that Dean programmed. I wish I liked it a lot more than I do.

I am annoyed that a bunch of my favorite Luna songs are not available digitally, anywhere, apparently. I can't carry my record player on the bus, now can I

what's not available? The early stuff?

specifically:

Sucking Ice Cubes
7/11
Roll in the Sand
Dance With Me (Jonathan Richman cover)

I mean sure these are all b-sides but I rank them higher than a lot of album cuts

can't find an MP3 of the original flex-disc single version of Indian Summer either (which is def. better than the full-band version)

the full of wishes site has a bunch of these unavailable things converted to mp3 ... http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/mp3/

"Math Wiz" and "Superfreaky Memories" kinda strike me as miniature Noah Baumbach movies (apologies if y'all hate him)

(and obviously wareham and baumbach have worked together at various points)

I love Slash Your Tires. I also love Freakin' And Peakin and think it's very underrated.

Baumbach and Wareham are a perfect fit imo

ok off the top of my head

California All The Way
Bobby Peru
Friendly Advice
Bewitched
Freakin' And Peakin
Speedbumps
Astronaut
Superfreaky memories
Lovedust
Tiger Lily

x-post - Yes.

"Astronaut" is definitely a late-period classic. That whole Close Cover Before Striking EP is killer.

Yes! It's very good.

Dean Wareham has been in a few movies!

And "Neon Lights" from that EP, a classic cover (I'll admit to liking it more than Kraftwerk's).

Just out of interest, I
sort of consider Luna to be a New Zealand band given Dean Wareham's ancestry and with past line ups containing members of the Clean and the Chills - am I alone in this?

Yes.

Clean members in Luna?

Hamish Kilgour played on some of Wareham's post-G500 demos, but I don't think he was ever really in the band ... https://luna.bandcamp.com/album/luna-demos-1991

Justin is from NZ too, right? That said, NY band in my mind. No question.

Taking sides: Luna as a NZ band vs. The Lemonheads as an Australian band.

vs ac/dc as a scottish band

Anyone have any thoughts on how might see Tell Me Do You Miss Me, the documentary, without spending a fortune? Ludicrous prices are listed online these days. Heck, shipping alone is terrifying enough on most secondhand DVD copies.

"...how ONE might see..."

That's actually next in my Netflix DVD queue. Assuming it shows up I can rip and send you a file if you want.

Are you in the U.S.? There's a good condition one on Ebay right now for $24.99/free shipping.

BTW, new record from from Dean and the guy from Cheval Sombre next month, a "western dream pop" covers album.

I'm not in the US, sadly. I shall have a closer look at ebay...

Holy shit did I really never post about the best present in the world that I got for my last birthday?

http://i64.tinypic.com/28b9sog.jpg

!!!

Right?! It is the best gift I’ve ever received by a long shot.

What a great gift! Bewitched rules.

Hey N!N!N!, my Netflix DVD should be arriving this weekend. If you want a rip let me know what file format works for you. I usually use .mp4 for bringing into iTunes but can do whatever works for you.

It's a generous offer ER! I'd happily deal with .mp4 or pretty much anything you might find convenient!

Pretty uninspired performance of Penthouse last night (imo) until they redeemed it all w/ a gorgeous version of "Indian Summer" during the encore.

The Bewitched shoe was perfectly okay, nothing more, nothing less. Encores included Hey Sister, their Donovan cover, their Deam Syndicate cover, and a couple of later era Luna songs. Oh, and Blue Thunder.

still have never been to one of those "play a whole album in sequence" shows — seems like it'd take a little bit of the pleasure out of a gig (for band and audience!). but what do i know ...
here's a good recent digital EP of recent Luna odds n sods: https://luna.bandcamp.com/album/postscripts

If you think about it, it's a lot stranger that acts spend so much time figuring out a track order on an album, but then when they play live they just shuffle everything up.

> here's a good recent digital EP of recent Luna odds n sods

Now that I re-think it, they closed the set with "Indian Summer" at which point I turned to my friend and said "I think I should leave now." Then they came back out and played "Lonesome Cowboy Bill", which made me wish I had trusted my instinct.

'the days of our nights' is a much stronger album than i had recalled! all the songs are kind of the same, but it's a good song

some bad titles tho

So, will be seeing them tonight (at the Fillmore) for the first time since 1993. Also apparently they're doing a Lou Reed set after midnight. Will be interesting to see how this shakes down!

Oof I think that is something that would get me out of the house for NYE — have fun! Saw they were covering “new sensations” lately, which is an inspired choice.

Many thanks to early rejecter for the assistance hinted at upthread. I've actually watched Tell Me Do You Miss Me quite a few times over the ensusing years! That sweetly tragic vibe is not really undermined by subsequent reformation lol.

Oh man. More on this tomorrow but that was a special show. The straigjht up Luna set was excellent and the Lou Reed set was a real treat. Had to leave befoe the end — otherwise I’d have been real fucked in terms of delayed NYE buses home — but here’s what I did catch:

“Waiting For The Man” (w/ guest violinist)
“New Sensations”
“Ocean”
“Femme Fatale” (Britta on vocals)
“Lonesome Cowboy Bill”
“Ride Into the Sun”
“Satellite of Love”
“Walk On The Wild Side” (w/guest violinist)
“I’m Sticking With You”

Felt like the last number after that was about to happen when I left, I’m sure it killed. Anyway none of this describes the actual staging, but photos will explain it better! More on that when I’m awake and coherent!

whoa I didn't see you there (or see this thread before today); we were at the right of the stage right in front all night.

Excellent show, have a good video of Chinatown I'll post later. I too first saw Luna in 93 opening for someone I can't even remember, then again in 99, then again a few years back; throw in some Dean and Britta shows (and the last Galaxie 500 tour opening for Cocteau Twins) I feel pretty well versed in seeing Dean Wareham live. I actually don't love everything Luna has put out; I skip probably more songs than I listen to, in fact; but they are reliably amazing live.

If you didn't stay to the end you missed a final encore of Marquee Moon.

Violinist was Sivan Lioncub from Everyone is Dirty.

it was a somewhat chaotic night in some respects as Nato Green, local political SF comic who mc'ed the night, really pissed some people off by speaking out against Israel. An enraged guy behind me was screaming "fuck you!"

Ah “Marquee Moon” would have been nice but hell that means I caught the Lou songs at least. Yeah Green’s sets were a thing (I didn’t mind so much, but was mostly on my phone.) I arrived when the openers were finishing, I was about halfway back.

They were great too (Sugar Candy Mountain). As I very slowly re-emerge into the local music scene I'm glad to stumble on bands I like that I somehow missed.

Yeah they seemed good! Certainly suited the bill.

Okay, a set of ten photos up! Go nuts!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1kf0amvesB/

Hey Nag!, happy to have been able to help! Seeing your post reminded me that I never actually watched the doc! I’ll need to set aside some time for it.

These days I find I most often listen to the Dean/Cheval Sombre album, the Quarantine Tapes, and 13 Most Beautiful.

Slightly delayed Patreon thoughts on that and NYE shows/experiences:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/some-weekly-98-95930433

sounds like a great time!

in the meantime, these new live LPs are fantastic (they had previously been digital only releases) ... https://bandboxrocks.com/collections/luna-bandbox-exclusive-colored-vinyl