oopsie...

I forgot to post these Sebadoh dates:

02/26 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
02/27 - Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
02/28 - San Francisco, CA - GAMH/Noisepop
03/02 - Portland, OR - Berbatis Pan
03/03 - Vancouver, BC - Richards
03/04 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
03/06 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
03/08 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Attic
03/09 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
03/10 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
03/15 - Phoenix, AZ - Clubhouse
03/16 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
03/17 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theater
03/19 - Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
03/20 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
03/21 - Chicago, IL - Metro
03/22 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
03/23 - Toronto - Lees Palace
03/24 - Montreal - La Sala Rossa
03/29 - Northampton, MA - Pearl St
03/30 - Boston, MA - Paradise
03/31 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
04/03 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club
04/04 - Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle
04/06 - Louisville, KY - Headliners
04/07 - Nashville, TN - Exit In
04/08 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
04/09 - Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar
04/10 - Orlando, FL - The Social
04/12 - New Orleans, LA - TBA
04/13 - Houston, TX - Walters On Washington
04/14 - Austin, TX - Emos
04/16 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress

And might I say... March 2007 is shaping up quite nicely indeed:

03/02 Cold War Kids
03/06 Snow Patrol/OK Go/Silversun Pickups
03/10 Midlake
03/17 Sebadoh
03/18 Badly Drawn Boy
03/19 Viva Voce
03/20 TV On The Radio OR Dr. Dog***
03/30 Subtle

***I still need someone to explain that TVOTR album to me. Seriously. Maybe seeing them live will help, but I've heard great things about Dr. Dog too... decisions, decisions, what to do?

In other news... yes, I may be off The Decemberists for the time being... but on to Okkervil River. I have to say, my obsessive nature has been really taking hold this week. Very rarely do I get so caught up on one artist that I listen to them exclusively. Oh well, I made a decision long ago to always listen to what I feel like listening to at any given moment, burnout be damned.



A Stone

Hot breath, rough skin, warm laughs and smiling
The loveliest words whispered and meant
You like all these things

But though you like all these things
You love a stone
You love a stone
Because it’s smooth and it’s cold
And you’d love most to be told that it’s all your own

You love white veins, you love hard grey
The heaviest weight, the clumsiest shape
The earthiest smell, the hollowest tone
You love a stone

And I’m found too fast, called too fond of flames
And then I’m phoning my friends, and I’m shouldering the blame
While you’re picking pebbles out of the drain
Miles ago....

You’re out singing songs, and I’m down shouting names
At the flickerless screen, going fucking insane
Am I losing my cool, overstating my case?
Well, baby, what can I say?
You know I never claimed that I was a stone
And you love a stone

You love white veins, you love hard grey
The heaviest weight, the clumsiest shape
The earthiest smell, the hollowest tone
You love a stone

You love a stone
Because it’s dark, and it’s old
And if it could start being alive you’d stop living alone

And I think I believe that, if stones could dream
They’d dream of being laid side-by-side, piece-by-piece
And turned into a castle for some towering queen
They’re unable to know

And when that queen’s daughter came of age
I think she’d be lovely and stubborn and brave
And suitors would journey from kingdoms away
Just to make themselves known

And I think that I know the bitter dismay
Of a lover who brought fresh bouquets every day
When she turned him away to remember some knave
Who once gave just one rose
One day
Years ago...