His recent Merle Haggard homage, Best Troubador has been getting quite a lot of replays. Odd how i find it far more rewarding to hear Billy than i do the original material.
― bodacious ignoramus, Saturday, 21 April 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
Arise Therefore, Joya and I See A Darkness have all appeared on Spotify, sometime in the last couple of weeks.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 12:53 (five years ago) link
favorite album: Viva Last Blues (More Brother Rides, New Partner)
favorite song: "For the Mekons et al” from the Hey Drag City comp.
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJf2iY2Kbx0
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.416230857.5464/flat,550x550,075,f.u1.jpg
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
wat
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
Gotta say - whatever its "deal" may be, this song grabs me more than his stuff usually does (I've played it 3 or 4 times now).
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
heh
https://i.imgur.com/7WfC0br.png
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2006096/bonnie-prince-billy-blueberry-jam-video/video/"Per a press release, the song came about after Oldham and his wife ate THC-laced chocolate-covered blueberries soon after the false missile alert that was sent in Hawaii at the beginning of the year. Oldham wrote the song during that experience, and then repurposed it a few weeks later to help out his friend that was opening a weed shop in California."
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
lmao this is GOLD. thanks bill, you are the light of my life.
― meaulnes, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 03:22 (five years ago) link
Nice
It’s prime time to pick blueberries n sell them at the local farmers market tbh
― Ross, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 03:26 (five years ago) link
I smell a hit.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 11:40 (five years ago) link
It’s his “Margaritaville,” not in a bad way.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 12:36 (five years ago) link
I think it is terrific… I am not a scholar, but I can't think of a song of his that's even remotely uptempo, other than "work hard Play hard." Incidentally, the only thing that recommends the new right wing american character that Sasha Baron Cohen debuted on the new show (somehow he can't do an american accent for shit) is that its eerily reminiscent of Will.
― veronica moser, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
song of the summer
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
i love this and indeed blueberries
― ogmor, Thursday, 19 July 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
I'm fantasising over this coming out 20 years ago and Chris Evans hammering it on the breakfast show, turning him into a one-hit wonder
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
i know it's Oldham and I'd forgive him pretty much anything but this has got my 'shit whimsy' Geiger clicking like mad.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
oldham is one of favorite artists but i ignore probably 70% of the shit he's created
― marcos, Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
(Side note: hadn't noticed that Superwolf has made it onto Spotify.)
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 19 July 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
He's been adding a year's worth of output to Spotify every Monday.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 20 July 2018 00:06 (five years ago) link
I see a darkness is all time
― Legalize dreams (Ross), Friday, 20 July 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
this new song would be cornily endearing if BPB was a dad, but I'm pretty sure he isn't a dad
― ilxor-com-dog-meat-drawer-7-840-x-600.jpg (unregistered), Friday, 20 July 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link
"Whipped" has climbed into my BPBPOV
― rip van wanko, Friday, 20 July 2018 01:23 (five years ago) link
He seems like a person who is v. much enjoying life these days.
― circa1916, Friday, 20 July 2018 02:26 (five years ago) link
The chorus of this song reminds me of the beginning of "Katamari On The Rocks"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 26 July 2018 02:55 (five years ago) link
#noizeboardnostalgia
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 26 July 2018 02:56 (five years ago) link
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 26 July 2018 03:26 (five years ago) link
The pics in the 2nd post were in a big NYT feature, so you could relax re: your stalker paranoia!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
i never tire of looking at photos of artists' homes
― marcos, Thursday, 26 July 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
i never want to look at photos of artists' homes! it feels so invasive and gross to me. every time i have looked i wish i hadn't.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 26 July 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/kPPdDYM.jpg
TFW your very first show is opening for Big Star's big reunion in STL and you hire the best backing band you know.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
Who are those guys?
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
https://grantland.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/slint-1-hp.gif?w=2048
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
IT US
Haha, didn't recognize them with dry hair
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
i barely recognized Oldham with hair
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
I thought he was Beck at first glance.
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
good grief that guy really did get all the breaks didn't he?! does anyone know/care to share how it happened that he was opening for big star as his first show? i am curious
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
No Pajo, I think that's Grant Barger on banjo.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/94g42Uv.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
i love seeing photos of young bill! what a gem.
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 19:59 (four years ago) link
thank you for the response! From what I can tell, the answer is "there was somehow an offer"? i am not satisfied! from whom? why?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
It was at University of Missouri... maybe some of the guys had connections to the student bookers? (I'm totally just guessing)
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
Maybe. There is definitely something more factual behind "there was somehow an offer". Still curious.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
I remembered that my wife works with a guy who was one of the two college DJs who organized that Big Star reunion show... I asked her to pick his brain and see if he knows/recalls anything about the Palace booking.
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
hey that's awesome! i just want to know how something like that actually happens, not how it is reflected in the lore or whatever. it probably does boil down to "friends"
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
I'm interested too!
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
Got an amazingly great anecdote / reminiscence back from the guy. Don't think I can post it verbatim (and won't use his name), so figuring out how to whittle it down...
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
Wish I had DM capability and/or your trust!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link