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June 09, 2005

Good News for People Who Like Good News

Okay, I'm going to cover a lot of ground here, so try to keep up, okay?

First of all, with the release of Discover a Lovelier You, The Pernice Brothers' fourth long-player, just five days away (if you didn't pre-order it, that's just something you're going to have to live with), the band has announced a veritable slew of summer tour dates. They look just... like... this:

07/15/05 Northampton / MA Iron Horse Music Hall
07/17/05 Ottawa / ON Cisco Systems Bluesfest
07/18/05 Toronto / ON Lees Palace
07/19/05 Buffalo / NY Mohawk Place w/ Mark Norris, Royal Gun
07/20/05 Cleveland / OH Beachland Ballroom w/ Royal Gun
07/22/05 Chicago / IL The Empty Bottle w/ Royal Gun
07/23/05 Minneapolis / MN 400 Bar w/Royal Gun, Dressy Bessy
07/26/05 Seattle / WA Neumos w/ Royal Gun
07/27/05 Bellingham / WA The Nightlife w/ Royal Gun
07/28/05 Portland / OR Doug Fir Lounge w/ Royal Gun
07/30/05 San Francisco / CA Great American Music Hall w/Jim White, Royal Gun
07/31/05 Hollywood / CA Knitting Factory w/ Royal Gun
08/01/05 San Diego / CA The Casbah w/ Royal Gun
08/07/05 Louisville / KY Uncle Pleasants w/ Second Story Man, Royal Gun
08/12/05 Philadelphia / PA North Star Bar w/ Royal Gun
08/13/05 New York / NY Bowery Ballroom w/ Royal Gun
08/14/05 Middle East Down, Cambridge / MA w/ Royal Gun

I'm not thrilled about them only having one NYC date so far, since I think I've seen them at least twice every summer that I've been here, but I remain optimistic.

Okay. Are you still with me? Good. Now let's talk about baseball. Specifically, let's talk about how the Sox actually managed to not get swept by St. Louis. Could it be that David Wells has a yen to dispel the assertion that hiring him was an unmitigated disaster? If he keeps it together long enough to make it a slightly mitigated disaster, he'll have exceeded my hopes that had been heretofore thoroughly dashed (and what better incentive could anybody have for doing anything?).

The bad news is that the Spankees also managed not to get swept by the Brewers. Also, I think I heard that A-Slap did something that was praiseworthy in some way. Maybe that means he can skip therapy this week. At any rate, last night's win was only the second out of the last eleven games, so I'm pretty convinced that their brief turnaround last month was the fluke and not the rule for this season.

Lastly, I got my harmonium yesterday. I'm pretty sure it's the best instrument ever. If you pull out a couple of the stops and just keep pumping the bellows, you can make this awesome drone without even pressing any keys. I was very close to calling in sick today just to stay home and play with it all day. At any rate, I'm sure I'll record something with it in the not too distant future. Also, it might end up on some future Mendoza Line or Slow Dazzle project, so that'd be pretty hot.

Speaking of Slow Dazzle, their debut album hit stores on Tuesday and it demands to be consumed.

Posted by matt at June 9, 2005 09:09 AM

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