8/11/08 quick breather
UPDATE (8/13): If you're in Brooklyn tonight, don't miss our friends Ghosty playing at Death By Audio, 49 S 2nd Street (between Wythe and Kent). They were also featured on Daytrotter a few days ago - check it HERE.
Homepage: photo of Dri in San Francsico by Jeanne and Taina.
More photos of Dri in San Francisco HERE and some YouTube footage of Dri and Conor waltzing in L.A. HERE.
A quick breather and then Dri's back on the road, hitting Fargo, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago later this week, opening for Handsome Furs. Details HERE.
Fourth Of July has a cool show coming up this weekend, opening for folk legend Michael Hurley on the patio at the Replay this Saturday evening, 6 PM.
Lot's of people asking about White Flight, so here's the truth: he's currently living in Peru, with plans to be back in October to play shows and/or record again. The record he's left us with, "White Ark", with beat production by Ratatat is terrific and we'll share it as soon as we can. The more meditative envisioning done, the better!
Anyone want to fund a music video in Peru?
Vida de la Gama
8/6/08 +++++++++
Homepage: Zaguar.
Alright. Dri's West Coast dates with Conor Oberst are over. Thanks to everyone who made it out. She'll be back on the road next week opening for Handsome Furs. Check the dates HERE.
The Pitch Music Showcase takes place in Westport on Thursday. $5 gets you access to 35 bands worth of shows. Our very own Fourth Of July - nominated, along with Dri, for "Best New Act" - play at 11 PM at McCoy's, 4057 Pennsylvania.
This Friday night, 8/8/08, our friends at Chomp Womp are throwing a D.I.Y. carnival at the Bottleneck, featuring performances by Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk and Waterfowl Habitat. Details HERE. Keep an eye out for the Range Life stall where we'll either be taking polaroids with a life-sized Shaq or throwing the i Ching with Slash's Autobiography.
On the political front, it's heading towards VP time for Obama. Of the options, General Wesley Clark has the goods: progressive policies and untouchable experience. Read more and sign the petition to pick Clark HERE.
And, thanks Paris!
Range Life
8/5/08 Dri in L.A.
Homepage: Zaguar.
Tonight is the last night of Dri's tour opening for Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. They're rocking the Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood. Thanks to Conor and his band for taking Dri on this tour and thanks to everyone for being so supportive at these shows. I've heard nothing but good things.
For more on Dri, check her MySpace, her Splash page, her Virb, the video for "Two Are One", the Web Store and her upcoming tour dates supporting Handsome Furs.
If you're out at the Pitch Music Showcase on Thursday - which you should be - it's 35 bands for $5, all over Westport! - don't miss Fourth Of July playing at McCoy's at 11 PM.
Was enjoying THIS. Though they didn't play...
Range Life
8/3/08 Dri in Santa Cruz
Homepage: Zaguar.
Our girl Dri brings that good feeling to Santa Cruz tonight, opening for Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band at the Rio Theatre, after an afternoon of sailing.
Any photos or video from the shows out there? Send 'em on!
Range Life
8/2/08 Dri in San Francisco #2
Homepage: Zaguar.
Dri plays again tonight, opening for Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band at a sold-out Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. HERE'S some footage of Conor from last night.
Don't miss Josh Powers dj'ing tonight at the Taproom. We've pushed his solo record back to 2018, so update your calendars.
Plenty of News out there but who cares? It's Saturday --
let's Sweat!
Zaguar
8/1/08 Dri in San Francisco
Homepage: Zaguar.
Dri is kicking off August on a high, playing the first of two sold-out nights in San Francisco at the Bottom of the Hill, supporting Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. I remember standing outside the Bottom of the Hill for ten hours one Winter day in 1997 because Pavement was playing a rare club-date that night and there was no fucking way I was missing it. About a half hour before showtime, some Matador Records rep came out and told the thirty of us standing out there he had to catch a plane but had five tickets. I pounced, man. Got in for an indie-rocking $65.
Don't miss the hardest-working man in Lawrence show-business, DJ Josh Powers, spinning heads tomorrow night at the 8th Street Taproom. Range Life is going to be releasing Josh's solo record, which he's hard at work on, in 2017 - so watch for that!
I'm sure everyone's anxious for Headline News, so let's get to it: Wal-Mart is warning their employees not to vote for Democrats this Fall, which seems like pretty sound advice; the Feds have new powers to seize - and share the contents of - our digital devices, including laptops, when crossing American borders - Awesome!; and the Army scientist who was suspected in the post-9/11 anthrax scares has committed suicide, just as he was about to be indicted - a mere 6 1/2 years after the crimes. Glenn Greenwald, as usual, tears it apart.
And the good things: Times New Viking... Suzannah Johannes... Obama/Clark...
It's all yin and yang.
Zaguar
7/31/08 Dri in Bend, Oregon
Homepage: uhhhhh, Zaguar.
Dri is finishing off July (?!) with some audio fireworks tonight at the Midtown Ballroom in Bend, Oregon. Put your dancing shoes on! So far, so good on this West Coast tour supporting Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, though I haven't yet seen any show reviews or any CELL PHONE VIDEO. How is that possible since it seems like every show I go to these days everyone's taking cell phone video? What are you waiting for, kids? Celebrate your technology!
After Bend, the tour hits San Francisco, Santa Cruz and L.A. Dates HERE. And if you haven't seen it, you can watch Neil Krug's video for Dri's "Two Are One" on YouTube HERE or on Range Life HERE.
What else? I know yesterday we talked about the news. Of today's headlines, two of my favorites are "Exxon Mobil has biggest profit ever at $11.68B", which is exciting, and "Conyers wins: Federal Judge say Miers/Bolton must testify", which means that the former Bush Administration officials who were blowing off Congressional subponeas have no lawful basis to do so. So they're gonna testify now? Hell No!!! Sounds like another "Constitutional Crisis"...
But why get all serious? Just in time, JustJared.com has up pictures of Rihanna where you can see her nipple ring!
Everything's cool...
Zaguar
7/30/08 Dri in Seattle
Homepage: Zaguar.
Dri plays tonight at Neumos in Seattle, opening for Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. Haven't heard yet how the show went in Vancouver last night but hopefully we'll get some feedback and some pictures - maybe even some cell-phone video?? - from the shows this week and turn them around for some quick reporting.
White Flight is up, up and away... Anyone that's got any hot tips or secret codes or treasure maps for Peru, you should get in touch!
Just a quick scan of the news this morning: it looks like China is censoring the internet - despite promises not to do so - for the Olympics. Are the Olympics even gonna happen? Doesn't it seem like it's getting a little late in the Summer for the "Summer Olympics"? Where's the hype machine? Whatever happened to Dan and Dave? C'mon, Corporate America - work it! Anyway, of all people, Kansas Senator Sam Brownback is outraged that China is forcing internet-spying software on it's tourist hotels. Glenn Greenwald turns the magnifying glass on him. Keep fighting the good fight, Senator! And I hate to have to tell you, if you don't already know - but Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong have split up. After three really terrific months of sharing themselves with each other, inspiring each other, wondering to themselves "Is this it?", they are seperating amicably and, I hope, remaining friends.
Score another one for the history books...
Range Life
7/29/08 ready, steady, go
Homepage: Zaguar.
Dri kicks off her West Coast tour supporting Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band tonight at Richard's on Richards in Vancouver, B.C. These should be great shows! Dri's rocking the band, with Alex deLanda on bass and Ghosty's Josh Adams on drums and Jake Blanton on guitar. And then headliner Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes) has a new record out and seems to be really burning with it. Dates HERE.
Also burning with it is Hanz Bronze, who has some new songs up at His Space. Download "Memorial Day Song" and "Blair" and see if your world is still on it's axis.
White Flight departs us again today, for a respite in South America. He's been working hard on his next record, "White Ark", while he's been here and we'll hopefully have details on the plans for it sometime soon. He always brings some lightning to our bottle here and I wish we could contain him but what can you do? Safe travels and splendors, White Flight!
Strange day with all these cyclical starts and finishes - Dri starting her tour, White Flight departing, Brendan getting back from New York, Josh Powers finishing his Dri remix... Whatever it is, let's make it happen.
Zaguar
7/24/08 Plein Air
UPDATE (7/25): A bunch of bands, including Suzannah Johannes, 1,000,000 Light Years, Hunters & Gatherers, Bomstad and Hanz Bronze are playing tonight at the Pool Room, 925 Iowa, as part of a benefit for Food For Life. $5 suggested donation. Music starts at 9 PM.
Homepage: Zaguar, all up on Eliasson.
New York, New York.
Back here in Lawrence, we're gearing up for Quincy Quartz's "Plein Air Lawrence" opening at the Wonder Fair Gallery on Friday night, 6 PM, 803 Massachusetts. Read the Lawrence.com story and check the slideshow, including portraits of White Flight and Kelly and Patrick from Fourth Of July HERE.
Speaking of Quincy and Patrick, tonight marks the return of Free All Beats, bringing their hot-horn-drums-bass-and-keys collage to the Taproom, 10 PM.
The Dactyls and Bandit Teeth are on the road together, rocking the Midwest; same with Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk. All are worth catching - and don't be shy, they're down! Lawrence, represent.
And Dri heads out this weekend, taking the slowride to Vancouver to kick off her string of dates opening for Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. Dates HERE. Lawrence, represent.
Busy days. Long nights. Summer '08...
Range Life
7/15/08 To the Moon!
Homepage: Zaguar.
theFADER.com has premiered Neil Krug's video for Dri's song "Two Are One"! You can also check it HERE.
In addition to shows coming up on the West Coast with Conor Oberst, Dri is playing a few Midwest dates in August with Handsome Furs. Dates HERE.
Don't miss Suzannah Johannes this Wednesday night, the 16th, at the 8th Street Taproom, headlining a show with recent tourmates the lonelyhearts, 10 PM.
And then Friday night, the 18th, the Taproom gets rocked again, this time by Fourth Of July and the Good Life guitarist Ryan Fox's new band Our Fox. 10 PM.
Two new videos on the Range Life YouTube Channel: a collage summary from earlier this year called "Range Life Spring" and the third, and final, chapter in Fourth Of July's "Fall Tour '07" documentary, with CMJ performances by Dri and Fourth Of July, HERE.
Hey - whatever happened with all that FISA fuss? Oh, oh that? Oh, you know - it got passed by the Senate and signed into law. Even Obama voted for it. Wow, the American public must have really been chomping at the bit to give Bush more spying powers and to immunize the lawbreaking Telecom companies, right? Definitely. Thanks, Congress! Thanks, Corporate America! Thanks, Obama!
Range Life
7/9/08 /////////
Homepage: Zaguar.
Hope everyone had fun on the 4th - I know Fourth Of July did! Our friend Neil Krug, director of upcoming videos for Dri and White Flight, did a cool little photo composite from the late show at the Replay HERE.
Next up: Suzannah Johannes is playing a few Midwestern dates, starting with a Daytrotter-sponsored show at Huckleberry's Pizza in Rock Island, Illinois, with the lonelyhearts and The Dodos on Thursday, July 10th. She then continues with the lonelyhearts to Iowa City to play Public Space ONE on Friday the 11th and to Springfield, Missouri to rock the Belmonte with her band on Monday, the 14th. More info HERE.
More shows: The Dactyls are hosting a pot-luck at the Taproom this Friday night, the 11th, playing covers and unearthing forgtotten gems with musical guests Dri, Bandit Teeth, Brendan from Fourth Of July and members of Boo and Boo Too and The Armory. And then, if you haven't yet, mark your calenders for Dri's West Coast dates, opening for Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. Details...
While we work on getting footage for "Range Life Summer", the iMovie gods have smiled upon "Range Life Spring". Check it in all it's pixelated glory, with performances by Fourth Of July, Dri, Suzannah Johannes, 1,000,000 Light Years, The Danny Pound Band and DJ Josh Powers - plus so-close-you-could-high-five-'em footage of the Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball Victory parade - HERE.
Remember?
Range Life
7/3/08 ***
Homepage: Zaguar.
Don't miss Fourth Of July this 4th of July at the Replay in Lawrence. They're playing an ALL AGES early show at 7PM on the back patio with Jordan Geiger from Minus Story's solo project Hospital Ships and then barbequeing and lighting off some fireworks and then returning to rock a 10PM show, inside, with Archetype!
Nice article on Fourth Of July HERE and HERE is a review of Fourth Of July's show in Omaha last week.
If you're feeling festive, HERE is a link to join the Barack Obama supporter group urging him to vote against telecom immunity and this FISA bill. It's the single biggest group on his website and it's almost doubled over the last two days. Let's do this!
Along with Kargo X at Daily Kos and Glenn Greenwald at Salon, I've really been enjoying a writer named Ian Welsh at firedoglake. He's a little more economics-based but it's refreshingly candid and insightful. Check THIS and THIS.
Digging this Sea Of Zombies song "Marijuana Cops", which you can download HERE. It's short and sweet, I just wish it would go on all Summer...
Zaguar
6/24/08 Summer '08
Homepage: Zaguar.
Here's where we're at...
Dri: plays Friday night, June 27th at the Bottleneck in Lawrence with The Dactyls; Monday, June 30th at the Waiting Room in Omaha; and Tuesday, July 1st at The Pageant in St. Louis with Modest Mouse. Also, if you haven't heard it, check HERE for Dri's "Daytrotter Session".
Fourth Of July: play Friday, June 27th at the Slowdown in Omaha with Suzannah Johannes and Our Fox and then two shows on Friday, July 4th - yeah, Fourth Of July on the 4th Of July - at the Replay in Lawrence (the first, on the patio at 7pm, is ALL AGES; the second, inside at 10pm, is with Archetype). The boys, otherwise, are demo-ing a bunch of new songs for a new record.
Suzannah Johannes: plays in Omaha on Friday with Fourth Of July and has a wonderful 4-song EP coming out later this Summer. Details soon.
White Flight: is finishing up "White Ark" for an early Fall release and probably/hopefully/quite possibly some live dates.
Anything else? The Senate takes up FISA. Range Life kickball team is 2-1. Still feeling this Dactyls track. Off to Cali for the week.
Just tryin' to S.C.T.S....
Range Life
6/18/08 Blazin'
UPDATE III: Fourth Of July play tonight (Saturday) at the Gaslight with Old Canes. Boom! And more FISA thoughts HERE and HERE.
UPDATE II: Congress passed the FISA compromise today 293 -129. Here's your CNN. Or, if you prefer, Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Congressman Moore? Voted for it, of course. Now it's off to the Senate where Barack Obama could stop it in it's tracks. MIght as well ask him to: (202) 224-2854. Will our generation take the money the way those currently in power have? Or has even "taking the money" been played-out? These... are the Days of our Lives. On a brighter note, Hunters & Gatherers plays tonight outside at the Gaslight with Drakkar Sauna. Wave your celly's in the air!
UPDATE: Yo, indie rockers - have you ever called your Congressman? I know politics can seem like an endless soap opera and it makes life easier to tune it out but occasionally issues come up that are so unjust, so deeply corrupt, that only the actions and participation of the caring public can stop our elected leaders from shamelessly selling out our rights and ideals. This FISA deal sucks. It grants President Bush increased spying powers. It guarantees AT&T and Comcast "retroactive immunity" for their role in letting the Governement data-mine from their data centers with no permission from their customers and no lawful oversight. It's a bill written and stewarded by lobbyists from the telecom companies. And it's about to get signed in to fucking law! So, if you ever did feel like letting your "Representatives" in Congress know how you felt, now would be a pretty choice time. To find a contact for your Congressman, check HERE. For those in Lawrence, Congressman Moore's office number is (202) 225-2865. If you think our future President should be weighing in on this, you can call Senator Obama's office at (202) 224-2854. Anyone who answers the phone will be nice and hear you out - it's their job. Just tell them to vote "No" on the FISA bill - and whatever else is on your mind. And then, the next time you're reading the newspaper or watching CNN and this issue comes up - whether we've succeeded or failed - you'll see how that soap opera is actually our lives, and only we can make it better. More HERE. /Zaguar
Homepage: Zaguar.
Dri's Daytrotter Session has been posted! Check it HERE. We're also super-excited to announce a week of West Coast dates with Dri opening for Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. She'll be out July 29th through August 5th, from Vancouver down to L.A. Full dates and details HERE.
Some fun shows coming up this weekend. First on Friday night, the 20th, Kelly Hangauer's band Hunters & Gatherers will be opening for Drakkar Sauna at the Gaslight, just across that glorious bridge into the wilds of North Lawrence. And bring a tent - cause the next night, Saturday the 21st, Kelly will be back at it, playing keys and trumpet with Fourth Of July on a shared bill at the Gaslight with Old Canes! Details HERE.
Some new things up at Range Life Flickr. A few live shots from the White Flight show last month can be found HERE. And, if you missed the "Autographs" series we did last year, you can gaze in awe at the collection HERE.
For those following FISA, the fight is on! Glenn Greenwald lays it out HERE. If you feel like contributing to the cause, you can do so HERE.
Pony up!
Range Life
6/11/08 The Grind
Homepage: Zaguar.
The FADER has photos and video up from Dri's show with Josh Powers in Brooklyn last week. Photos HERE. Video HERE.
There's also photos from the show up at Prefix. Check them HERE. Pretttty Pimp...
Miss Fourth Of July's hour-long jam at Wakarusa? You can read about it HERE and HERE.
TONIGHT at Louise's Upstairs: "The Boys are back in town". Hanz Bronze, Bomstad and Quincy Quartz will be getting together and doing their thing-thing. Spread the word!
And then on Saturday don't miss the Double Trouble dance party at the Taproom. Some Extremely important details about that HERE.
Getting that stomach-turning feeling about FISA again. A few ding-dongs in the Government are floating a compromise. Senators Dodd and Feingold are pushing back. The New York Times isn't helping. Where's Our Man? And you think the Daily Show is cutting? Better wear some armor around Kargo X!
Range Life
6/5/08 O-ba-ma!
Homepage: Zaguar.
Fixing to be a pretty classic year with the Jayhawks winning the NCAA Championship, White Flight playing live, new records from White Flight, Fourth Of July and Suzannah Johannes, Dri touring and Barack Obama for President!
What's up, '08?
Newsflash from Wakarusa: In addition to Fourth Of July playing the Sun Up Stage on Sunday from 3:30 - 4:30, we're hearing that White Flight will be joining his friends in the band Apollo Sunshine to play percussion and to play a new track from the upcoming "White Ark" at their shows today from 4:30 - 5:30 on the Sun Up Stage and tomorrow (Friday) from 1:15 - 2:00 PM on the Sundown Stage. Someone rock the cellphone camera!!!
More soon.
Range Life
6/2/08 gold rims
Homepage: Zaguar.
Thanks to everyone who made it out for the Addison Whitenight benefit. Some serious cash got raised for the cause. Thanks again to Josh Powers for leading the way.
Josh and Dri will be out in Brooklyn on Wednesday to play the FADER Issue #54 Party at Shangri La (100 Sutton Street @Nassau) in Greenpoint, 8 PM. This issue of FADER is a celebration of Aaliyah, with testimonials from tons of musicians, including our girl Dri. Download the issue (as a PDF, on the right, just under the cover) HERE. !!!
If you're heading to the Wakarusa Festival this weekend in Lawrence, mark your calendars for Sunday at 3:30 PM, Sun Up Stage, to catch Fourth Of July. They'll be jamming until nightfall.
You down with Kargo X? Pity the fool who isn't. You never know when he's gonna strike but he was on a rampage the last week and a half. THIS and THIS were highlights.
Check you on the fringes...
Range Life
5/30/08
Homepage: Zaguar.
Tonight at the Replay: "A Benefit for Addison Whitenight", with performances by Fourth Of July, Dri and DJ Josh Powers. Addison Whitenight is an 18 month old Lawrence girl with a rare disease for which she'll need a liver transplant. Josh Powers set up and curated this show and we all admire him for doing so. All proceeds go to Addison's family. Details HERE.
Dri has two other shows coming up: Saturday night, May 31st at the Jackpot, opening for local hip-hop legend Approach; and then Wednesday, June 4th in Brooklyn, though I don't know if I can tell you the details yet. It's pretty exciting, though. Dri's shows this weekend and next week will all be performed by her and DJ Josh Powers - back to the roots, no live band. HOT!!!
More soon.
Range Life
5/21/08
Homepage: Zaguar.
Don't miss Dri's reminicence of Aaliyah in the latest edition of FADER magazine. On newsstands now or you can download it HERE.
More Dri, if you haven't seen: "Two Are One" was written about by Andrew Morgan on Daytrotter.com. Check it HERE. And Dri is opening for Modest Mouse on July 1st at The Pageant in St. Louis! Road trip, anyone...?
How bout camping? Local boys Fourth Of July are playing this year's Wakarusa Festival on Sunday, June 8th, at 3:30 on the Sun Up Stage. Our friends Tilly and the Wall play a little later on Sunday and then we're all convening for Zappa plays Zappa plays Zappa!
Next up as far as shows go is a "Benefit for Addison Whitenight", Friday May 30th at the Replay, featuring Dri, DJ Josh Powers and Fourth Of July. Event details HERE. As Powers says, "Come for the cause, stay for the soul."
If you haven't heard it, THIS new single from The Dactyls is on fire. 7 inch available at Love Garden in Lawrence.
And, for any of the kids out there, one of the truly great American Artists passed away last week. Who was it? If you don't know, now you know.
Range Life
5/13/08 White Lightning
Homepage: Corey Roelofs.
Well, that happened...
Thanks to everyone who made it to the first-ever White Flight show! For those who weren't there, White Flight split the show in to two sets. For the first one, he was seated, playing the acoustic guitar with a few other guitarists/percussionists and Quincy Quartz on drums. They played "Song for Augustine", "Pastora Divine", "Solarsphere", "Obsidian" and "Panther" kind of medley-style. Then a set change and firing up some white LED lights and incense. The second set played off pre-recorded tracks from the upcoming Fall '08 release of "White Ark". "Panther" again, "Princess Pentagon", "Black Hole", the Superargo remix of "Deathhands", "Great Gold". Onstage was a dreamscape of animal-masked figures, pulsing lights and a prowling, pink tank-topped White Flight. Offstage was Dance Party U.S.A!
Lot's of questions about everything - upcoming plans, tours, all of that. For now it's all written in water - I'll let you know as soon as we're carving in stone.
Range Life
5/10/08 White Flight
Homepage: Pre Sense Form.
Tonight's the night! White Flight plays his debut live show at the Jackpot, $7/ 8PM. There'll be dj'ing throughout and performances by Suzannah Johannes collaborator Hanz Bronze, Brooklyn's Quincy Quartz and Kelly from Fourth Of July's side project Hunters and Gatherers. White Flight plays around midnight. Details...
Along with gracing the stage tonight, White Flight will be gracing the walls. In the last month he's done a series of Sacred Geometry paintings, some big, some small, that will be on display at the Jackpot and will be for sale. So anyone working on their apartment's - or their mind's - Feng Shui -- one of these White Flight paintings should be just the thing!
Such a thrill to have White Flight back in town, doing what he does best. We're incredibly lucky here in Lawrence to be around so many extraordinary music makers, most of whom play downtown - for cheap - on a regular basis. The return of White Flight shakes me with how ephemeral it all is, how we take so much of what's around us for granted. To Justin - and to all the musicians who give our local culture it's Life and it's YAWP! - the music you make means the world to us, so Don't... Fucking... Hold... Back...!
Range Life
5/8/08 Get There!
Homepage: Zaguar.
Fourth Of July rocks it tonight at the Jackpot in Lawrence with Boo and Boo Too, L.A.'s The Little Ones, and NYC's Ra Ra Riot. 9PM/ $10.
Friday night don't miss The Dactyls release show for their terrific new 7" at Love Garden. 7PM/ Free. Details (and mp3's of the new tracks) HERE.
And then Saturday night it's the long-awaited debut performance by brother White Flight! Here's what I know: Hanz Bronze, Quincy Quartz and Hunters and Gatherers will all be playing opening sets. White Flight's performance will be in two parts - songs from "White Flight" on the guitar and then songs from the upcoming "White Ark" not on the guitar - the better to dance! Some DJ'ing in-between and after by Josh Powers, Candlepants and 1,000,000 Light Years.
More soon.
Range Life
5/7/08 There Will Be Dancing
Homepage: Zaguar.
Fourth Of July plays tonight in Omaha at Slowdown, opening for Ra Ra Riot and The Little Ones. $10/ 9PM. And then again tomorrow night in Lawrence at The Jackpot, with the addition of Boo and Boo Too. Details HERE.
Dri's back from tour. Thanks to everyone who made it out for the shows! There will be more dates soon, including a very exciting opening slot for Modest Mouse at The Pageant in St. Louis on July 1st!
Some photos and video from Dri's tour soon. And more on White Flight's show this weekend.
Gotta seize the day while it's still "day".
Range Life
5/3/08 ^^^
Homepage: Zaguar.
Dri makes her last stop of the tour with Northern State tonight at Kilby Court in Salt Lake City. For everyone who got to catch her on this tour, we hope you dug it. She'll be out again this Summer for sure. Plus a new video and at least three new remixes from "Smoke Rings" that we're anxiously awaiting...
Also tonight - and speak of the devil - DJ Josh Powers rocks his Saturday Soul Clap at the Eighth Street Taproom. 10 PM/ $2. Stay late, maybe he'll drop a remix!
[UPDATE: Suzannah Johannes is playing tonight at the Jackpot, opening for William Elliot Whitmore. Details HERE.]
And then tomorrow afternoon, outside the towering splendor of Oliver Hall, the boys in Fourth Of July and Archetype let loose for the Oliver Hall Block Party, noon - 4PM, 1815 Naismith. This show is FREE.
And a week from tonight: White Flight at the Jackpot!
Cha-ching!
Range Life
5/2/08 >>>
Homepage: Zaguar.
Great to see Dri in Lawrence last night! Man, that full band version of "Two Are One"... the old reverby wash on her voice... those white boots... You don't want to miss these shows if you're in Denver or Salt Lake Citow! Remaining dates with NYC's Northern State are HERE.
Speaking of "Two Are One", there's a wonderful track review up at Daytrotter.com done by pop-maestro Andrew Morgan. Check it HERE.
What up, suburban Kansas City? Fourth Of July plays tonight at the Mission Theatre, at 5909 Johnson Drive, with The New Amsterdams and Dead Girls Ruin Everything as part of the JayRock "Free Clinic" Benefit for KU Med. Fourth Of July plays at 9:45. More info HERE.
And then don't miss Fourth Of July and Archetype playing this sunny Sunday outdoors at the Oliver Hall Block Party, 12 - 4. Info HERE.
Range Life
5/1/08 May Day
Homepage: Zaguar...
Our girl Dri comes home tonight to rock the Taproom! Just talked to her - she's in Des Moines getting a Subway sandwich. Still two more dates on the Northern State tour, in Denver and in Salt Lake Citow. But it'll be a treat to catch her home-towning it tonight. She's dj'ing after 10 and then show around midnight.
The day's flying by and there's too much to do. Fourth Of July show info for this weekend below.
Range Life
4/30/08 ///
Homepage: Varz on the image, Zaguar on the Helvetica Neue.
Here she comes, Minneapolis: Dri and her Dap Kings, playing all your favorite tracks from "Smoke Rings" at the 7th Street Entry. $10/9PM. For the rest of Dri's tour dates, check HERE. And don't miss her tomorrow night in Lawrence at the Taproom!
Two Fourth Of July shows this weekend: K.C. and Campus.
Speaking of Campus, saw that Supereme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is speaking at the Lied Center tonight. Anyone going? Nothing more fascinating than spending two hours basking in the blah, blah, blah of the Conservative Mind!
Couldn't they invite Kargo X?
Range Life
4/29/08 ***
Homepage: Sara McManus, rocking Chicago from New York.
Dri gets back in the groove with Northern State tonight, playing Schuba's in Chicago. $12/10PM. For the rest of her tour dates, check HERE.
If you're in Lawrence, don't miss Dri this Thursday night at the Eighth Street Taproom. $3/10PM. She'll be DJ'ing early and then lighting it up with her band, probably 11:30ish.
Still waiting on some hot new Dri remixes but in the meantime, has there been anything hotter than 1,000,000 Light Year's strobe-lit version of "Meet Me Out"?
Range Life
4/27/08 ***
Homepage: Zaguar. For past homepages check HERE.
Dri in Cleveland tonight, bringing it hard to the Grog Shop. $10/9PM. Get there, Cleveland!
For those in Lawrence - I guess word is out - Dri and her band will be playing this Thursday night, May 1st, at the Eighth Street Taproom. Details soon.
Other shows coming up this week: Fourth Of July plays the JayRock Benefit Show at the Mission Theatre in Kansas City on Friday, May 2nd with The New Amsterdams and Dead Girls Ruin Everything. And then on Sunday, May 4th, Fourth Of July rocks the Oliver Hall block party at 1815 Naismith with Archetype.
Your concert calendar,
Range Life
4/26/08 Viaggi Dri
Homepage: Sara McManus, Team Rudy's, Outfield, #4.
Dri and her band rocking it tonight in Toronto at The Mod Club, opening for NYC's Northern State. They head back in to the States tomorrow, hitting Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver and Salt Lake Citow. Plus a secret show in Lawrence on Thursday, May 1st that I'm not supposed to be telling you about. So don't pass it on!
In Lawrence tonight, don't miss the grand opening of the Wonder Fair art gallery, downtown in the basement of the Casbah. This opening show is by the Fresh Produce artists. Details HERE. And Candlepants deejaying!
Range Life
4/25/08 Friday Night Fever
Homepage: Zaguar. Anyone else who'd like to contribute, you're always welcome. Send images sized 535 X 445.
Man, what a killer show last night at the Taproom. Blood On The Wall is kicking off a tour - dates HERE - and if you have a pulse, you won't want to miss them.
Same with Dri, who plays tonight at Les Saints in Montreal, opening for Northern State.
Also tonight, don't miss The Roseline/ Fourth Of July/ and Arthur Dodge at the Jackpot. Check below for links. Gotta fly to work...
Zaguar
4/24/08 Shows
Homepage: Zaguar.
Dri on tour tonight, opening for Northern State at Pearl Street in Northampton, Massachusetts. The tour goes in to Canada tomorrow and then back down through the Midwest. Itinierary HERE. (And nice to see "You Know I Tried" getting bumped up the Hot List at the sixty one! "Smoke Rings": soundtrack to the Summer!)
Some serious Rock N' Roll tonight at the Taproom with Blood On The Wall, The Dactyls and Bandit Teeth. Details HERE.
And then Friday night, it's The Roseline's CD release Party, for their new record "Lust for Luster", at the Jackpot with sets by Fourth Of July and Arthur Dodge. Lusty!
Range Life
4/23/08 Dri on Tour!
Homepage: Zaguar.
Dri kicks off her tour opening for NYC's Northern State tonight in Boston, Massachusetts at Great Scott. $10/ 10 PM. If you've been digging "Smoke Rings", don't miss Dri on this tour, bringing it all to life with a live band. For upcoming dates, check HERE.
We're hoping to have some Dri exclusives coming your way in the next two weeks - cough cough, Powers - and perhaps even a surprise show en route, so heads up. For now, if you missed it, HERE is Coke Weed X's terrific Suzannah Johannes-laced remix of "Goodnight, Baby" to keep you warm - or, now that it's warm - to keep you cool...
Tons of shows coming up: White Flight, Suzannah Johannes, a few with Fourth Of July. Next thing we know Wilco and M.I.A. will be playing on the same day...
Range Life
4/17/08 ***
Tonight: Don't miss 1,000,000 Light Years and Suzannah Johannes opening for Bitch at the Jackpot, 10 PM. The boys in Fourth Of July met Bitch at a show they played together last Fall in Charlottesville, VA and say she's ace - lot's of call-and-response, taking-it-to-the-Man, rapture. Show details HERE.
Have you heard??? Brother White Flight is making his debut live appearance in Lawrence at the Jackpot, Saturday May 10th. He'll be performing songs from "White Flight" as well as from the forthcoming "White Ark". He'll be decking the walls with his recent artwork - beautiful, kaleidoscopic paintings based on sacred geometry. He'll be DJ'ing, maybe a kissing booth, the works... Mark your calenders, everybody, for "A Night with White Flight"!
For those of you in Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver and Salt Lake City, our girl Dri will be breezing through your town with her pimped-out van and her band, opening for NYC's Northern State. Tour starts April 23rd. Dri's been killing it with the band, going all organic - no samples - so expect the "Live Soul" versions of the songs on "Smoke Rings". More soon...
Anyone else been anxiously awaiting Glenn Greenwald's new book "Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics"? Man, I have. Why? "The deceitful electoral tactics and manipulative personality-based myths the Right has perfected and continuously deploys to win elections, and the ways in which our slothful, vapid and complicit establishment press propagates those myths is the principal subject of this book. And understanding and exposing that right wing/ media partnership is a necessary precondition for weakening it." Float like a butterfly,
Sting like a bee!
Range Life
4/9/08 April Madness
All right, Hawks fans.
Spent the night editing home video from the Big Win on Monday. A bunch of us watched the game over at the Bull House, including members of Fourth Of July and White Flight, old friend Kilo Fontanello and, front and center, Range Life Graphic Designer Pre Sense Form. Check the video HERE.
And then after the game it was basically Mardi Gras downtown. If you need your memory re-charged or just want to scope the scene, check it HERE!
For those in Lawrence, save at least a little room to party this Saturday night, April 12th, at the Taproom, as Ms. Gloria Vanderbilt from Double Trouble celebrates her birthday with a dance party themed "Sweet 16". 10 PM.
And then Sunday night, the 13th, Suzannah Johannes opens at the Jackpot for friends Minus Story. Details HERE.
On the horizon: Dri on tour with Northern State. And a White Flight show????
April Madness, shaking us from our slumber!
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4/7/08 Goooooooo Hawks!
Jayhawks mania here in Lawrence as we get ready for tonight's Big Game. If you missed the Celebration after Saturday's win, you can live it vicariously HERE. Can you "Woo, Woo, Woo?"
More soon.
Range Life
4/2/08 Goooooooo Hawks!
Leaving the same news title - not to be superstitious or anything. Missed the party downtown after the Hawks won on Sunday? Check it HERE and HERE.
Fourth Of July plays tonight at the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City, at The Yacht Club, 9 PM.
HearYa has posted the "Live Indie Session" they recorded with Fourth Of July back in January in Chicago. They did "Purple Heart", "Surfer Dude" and then two new songs and an interview. Permalink is HERE. Pretty rockin.
Thangs coming up: Blood On The Wall play at the Solidarity Bookstore Friday night, 4/4. Whoa. Details HERE. And then DJ Josh Powers brings his game-winning combination to the Taproom Saturday night, the 5th. If the Jayhawks win on Saturday, expect to find the Taproom crowd-surfing down Mass, along with all the other buildings downtown...
And then there's THIS...
Uh, Range Life
3/27/08 Goooooooo Hawks!
Friday night should be hot: the Hawks take on Villanova in the Sweet 16 and then Josh Powers drains soulful three's and deep-funk alley-oops at the Eighth Street Taproom, right after the game.
Fourth Of July has a show coming up on Wednesday, April 2nd, kicking off the first night of the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City. They're playing at The Yacht Club, $5, 9 PM.
If anyone in Lawrence has a lead or a lease on some practice space, I know some pretttty cool musicians who are looking. Seriously. Rock the CONTACT.
And our pal Glenn Greenwald is encouraging everyone to watch Charlie Rose's interview with Iraqi journalist Ali Fadhil and professor Sinan Antoon for a strong dose of different perspective on our invasion and occupation of Iraq. Definitely worth watching. You can do so HERE.
Range Life
3/18/08 Spring Break
Homepage: Zaguar.
The FADER posted some live footage from Dri's show at SXSW. Check it HERE.
And don't miss the free downloads from Fourth Of July's "Daytrotter Session" HERE.
Two hot Hot HOT Fourth Of July shows this week: Wednesday night, the 19th, opening for Langhorne Slim at the Jackpot (show is 10 bucks) and then Saturday night, the 22nd, making their Jazzhaus debut, alongside the boyz in Archetype! Details HERE.
Nerd time: been on a kick reading about the shake-ups in American Economics, sparked by THIS.
And Obama went deep in THIS speech today. Seriously. It's 37 minutes long but it's worth every second.
As I'm sure has been said at the Jazzhaus: One Love.
Range Life
3/13/08 Don't mess with...
UPDATE: Check out the Fourth Of July "Daytrotter Session" up now at Daytrotter.com!
UPDATE 2: Congratulations to the House Of Representatives today, passing a clean FISA bill devoid of "retroactive immunity" for the telecoms, and to Kansas Reps Nancy Boyda and Dennis Moore for doing the right thing. More HERE and HERE.
Our girl Dri is in Austin, ready to rock South by Southwest. She plays tonight, outside the festival, at Chain Drive, 504 Willow Street, in Downtown Austin. And then she kicks off the FADER/Levi's Fort party on Saturday, the 15th at 1:30 PM. The Fort is at 204 E. 4th Street (between Brazos and San Jacinto). If anyone's down there and wants on the Guest List for the Fort show (which also features Spank Rock, Santogold and 2 Live Crew), rock the CONTACT form!!!
Some new things up on our YouTube channel - Pre Sense Form put together a still shot/ live shot video for Dri's "Hot As Hades" and Patrick Hangauer put up Part 2 of the Fourth Of July Fall Tour documentary.
Don't miss the "Spring Fling" on Saturday night, the 15th, at the Taproom, DJ'd by Double Trouble. 10 PM.
Other news: two Fourth Of July shows next week - on the 19th at the Jackpot and on Saturday, the 22nd at the Jazzhaus with Archetype. Also next week, the return to Lawrence of brother White Flight.
On the up and up and up.
Range Life
3/10/08 Jackpot!
Late notice - but Dri will be filling in for Save The Whales tonight at the Jackpot, 10 PM. A little last warm-up before heading to Austin for SXSW. More on that soon. But get to that show tonight! Show details HERE.
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3/3/08 ***
UPDATE: Word is the Congress is going to split the FISA vote in two - one to update the law, the other to grant the telecom companies who spied illegally "retroactive immunity". For those in Kansas, Rep. Boyda has come out strongly against granting telecom immunity. See HERE. Our Lawrence Rep, Congressman Dennis Moore is so far undetermined. Call Congressman Moore's office and tell them you'd like to urge Congressman Moore to vote AGAINST any telecom immunity. It's quick, it's easy. They'll take your name and address so they can send a follow-up letter (well, that and tap your phone, right?). But this is one of those fundamental power struggles where the Corporate and Political elite are trampling rights the rest of us take for granted: the right to privacy, the right to oversight, the right to sue. If it doesn't piss you off, don't bother. If it does, call your Congressman. Dennis Moore's office number is 202-225-2865, by the way. (/Z)
Homepage: Zaguar.
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Taproom show on Saturday! Suzannah, Dri and Fourth Of July all killed it. I'll try to put some video up soon.
Fourth Of July is back at it tonight, opening for Athens, Georgia's the Whigs at the Granada. More show info HERE.
If you missed our post of Fourth Of July's "Heart Attack", from the Fourth Of July On The Plains sessions, featuring Dri and Orenda Fink from Art In Manila, Music For Robots has it up HERE.
Other shows this week: 1,000,000 Light Years will be continuing his sound-exploration Wednesday night at the Taproom and Suzannah Johannes will be rocking the full band at the Jackpot, opening up for the excellent Phosphorescent on Friday, the 7th. And then DJ Josh Powers brings the Saturday Soul Clap dance-a-thon to the Taproom on the 8th. Nice new track, Powers!
On the political front, the majority Democrats are set to cave to the minority Republicans on granting "retroactive immunity" to the Telecom companies. Why? I'm not sure anyone knows. It makes no sense. Glenn Greenwald's flummoxed. Kargo X is shaking his head. Our government is about to wave the magic wand over definitive lawbreaking by the Bush Administration, middle-fingering the Bill Of Rights, all for what? Some cookies from the First Lady? A fruit basket? What's Indie Rock gonna do about it?
Besides rock...
Range Life
2/27/08 ***
Our favorite bar in Lawrence, the Eighth Street Taproom, is in the thick of celebrating their 15 Year Anniversary with shows every night this week. Tonight it's 1,000,000 Light Years, breaking from the braids of digital/analog and going Free Jazz. As I understand it, everyone is enouraged to bring any instrument they'd like - hand-drum, windchimes, skin-flute - and is asked to participate at will. Or you can just sit back and dig the musicians at work. This will be the first in a Wednesday-nights-in-March residency for 1MLY at the Taproom.
Other highlights of the Taproom's 15 Year Anniversary celebration are: Boo and Boo Too rocking it Thursday, the 28th; The Danny Pound Band rocking it Friday, the 29th; and, kicking off March Madness, a Range Life showcase with Fourth Of July, D*R*I, and Suzannah Johannes on Saturday, March 1st!
Lot's of questions about our SXSW plans and this year we'll be represented by Dri, playing a FADER/Levi's even on Saturday, March 15th. More details soon.
And, we're thrilled to announce some tour dates upcoming for Dri, opening for the bad girl's of Northern State! Details HERE.
Range Life
2/21/08 Questionnaire
Snowing hard out your window and feeling like you're never going to get over this Seasonal Affective Disorder? Then get yourself to the Taproom tonight for the warm sounds of Reggae and Trenchtown Rock, dj'd by our very own Dri.
Sick of the bar scene and/or had your fake I.D. confiscated at Jenkin's Liquor? Well, Fourth Of July and Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk take it off the map and into North Lawrence on Saturday for a House Party at "The Duke", 336 Elm Street (Elm is the first right after crossing the bridge into North Lawrence). Saturday, the 23rd, 10 PM.
Bored by the blather of politics and MSM news coverage and open to some satire and diamond-cutting clarity? Thank the Gods for Kargo X and Glenn Greenwald.
Looking for a new band to love? There's some magic in the internatinal grapevine.
Are you all about imeem? Check us HERE.
Did you miss Dri and Suzannah Johannes' Live Chat and shows for Daytrotter in Rock Island, Illinois? Catch back up HERE.
Other things on the horizon: 1,000,000 Light Years going Free Jazz, Wednesday the 27th at the Taproom; Fourth Of July/ Dri/ Suzannah Johannes at the Taproom Saturday, March 1st; Fourth Of July opening for the Whigs at the Granada, March 3rd; Suzannah Johannes opening for Phosphorescent at the Jackpot, March 7th; and Dri at SXSW, March 15th.
Range Life
2/13/08 Action
Dri and Suzannah Johannes head up to Rock Island, Illinois today to A) record sessions at the famed Daytrotter studio, B) host a webcast Live Chat taking any and all questions and C) play live at Huckleberry's Pizza, just below the Daytrotter studio, at 7PM.
It's all gonna be pimp, but don't miss the Live Chat, which will start at 5:30 PM, Central and which you can watch on Daytrotter.com and/or participate in HERE.
This Friday night, Feb 15th, it's our post-Valentine's dance party at the Eighth Street Taproom, featuring DJ's Powers and Candlepants. More info HERE, including a promise of some Miami Bass, ladies!
And then FISA, FISA, FISA. The Democrat-led United States Senate decided it wasn't a half-bad idea to give the law-flaunting Bush Administration everything it wanted as far as increased spying power on it's citizens - including, for no justifiable reason, "retroactive immunity" to the telecom companies that agreed to break the law in the first place. When Bush/Cheney say "Jump!" and the public paying attention say "Hell No!", the Senate must think they're saying "How High?".
So now it's wrangling between the House and Senate bills - the House bill with no "retroactive immunity" (since granting that would be insane and would stop the American people from ever finding out the extent to which they've been spied on illegally, much less hold anyone accountable for anything) and tighter restrictions on the spying - versus the Senate bill which is shite. For those in Lawrence, you can reach your favorite U.S. Representative, Dennnniiiissss Moore's office at 785-842-9313 and encourage him to vote "No" on any FISA bill which includes "retroactive immunity" for the telecoms.
If none of this pisses you off, consider: the New York Times had the story on the Bush Administration using the telecom companies to illegally spy on Americans all ready to roll a few months prior to the 2004 Presidential Election - but the Bush Administration strong-armed them into holding the story until after the election. Which the Times, of course, did. And thanks!
What else? - I've been digging this song "I Just Wanna Live" by the international grapevine.
C'mon, Spring!
Zaguar
2/8/08 Blazed-Out
Homepage: Varz. Past homepages at Range Life Flickr.
L.A. was a trip - caught Drug Rug at Spaceland, did some serious dining, took a hike up in Griffith Park. Caught some sun, which was crucial. Thanks to everyone who took me out, took me in: Tim and Selena, B*rock and Julie, Cory, Keith, Soren, Cliff and Cathy. I got back to Lawrence and it snowed...
Next week will be special, with both Dri and Suzannah Johannes doing Daytrotter Sessions on Wednesday and then playing a live show together at Huckleberry's Pizza, right below the Daytrotter studio in Rock Island Is For Lovers, Illinois.
And our old friend Kristopher has a new site Pianist Errant to document his mission of freeing classical piano from the concert halls and bringing it to the motherfucking People.
That's 2008 - Suzie, Dri, Chopin on the beach, Obama at the polls!
Range Life
1/29/08 The boyz
are back in town. Zaguar off to L.A., missing Blood On The Wall tonight at the Replay. So far, so good (?) on FISA. Dri will be at SXSW! Suzannah Johannes, Quincy Quartz and Hanz Bronz bring some chaotic splendor up to Bloomington on Sunday, the 2nd, to play at the Poison Oak house. THIS was interesting, if you're in the mood for it. Same with THIS.
Wild world...
Range Life
1/26/08 ***
Homepage: Zaguar.
Last stop of the Fun-in-the-Sun tour for Fourth Of July and Coyote Bones tonight at Opolis in Norman, Oklahoma. Thanks so much to everyone who made it out to shows, however densely or lightly attended. We plan to make 2008 a pretty amazing year for Fourth Of July, so definitely stay tuned!
Don't miss Suzannah Johannes this Sunday night, the 29th, at the Taproom with visiting troubador Hanz Bronz and our friend Quincy Quartz. 10 PM.
And if you haven't seen it, Range Life is featured in the latest FADER magazine, which you can download HERE.
Zzzzzzaguar
1/25/08 ***
Homepage: late-night Zaguar.
Fourth Of July and Coyote Bones take Apollo's chariot over southern Missouri and into balmy northwest Oklahoma to play just outside of Tulsa, at King Of Clubs in Claremore.
We have a special treat today - a remix of Dri's hit "Goodnight Baby", done by Fourth Of July drummer Brian Costello, aka Bronco, aka Coke Weed X. With the help of Terrordactyls bassist John Bergwell and guitarist Brendan Costello, and Suzannah Johannes - who's playing Sunday at the Taproom - ol' Coke Weed X put together quite the cocktail. Check it HERE.
And, just for fun HERE'S what happened with FISA yesterday. (And HERE'S some more good commentary.)
Zaguar
1/24/08 St. Louis
Homepage: Z.
Fourth Of July and Coyote Bones get in to their convertibles and head down to sunny St. Louis today to Folk-Rock the Creepy Crawl. Tomorrow night in Tulsa and Saturday night in Norman and that's the tour. Hope everyone who's made it to shows so far has had a blast! Any show reviews, let me know - I can link to them or post them.
This Sunday night at the Taproom, three of our favorite performers play: Suzannah Johannes, who's EP of Hanz Bronz songs will be our next release, Hanz Bronz himself, and Quincy Quartz, on keys, pocket trumpet, drums, Life.
And if you're following political dorkscape at all, Congress is back in session and the Senate is debating the FISA bill where one side (guess which?) wants to pass a version that grants "retroactive immunity" to the telecom companies (AT&T, Verizon) that illegally spied on Americans, via wiretaps, for years - at the behest of Bush/Cheney and without court approval. The other side, being led right now by Senators Dodd from Connecticut and Feingold from Wisconsin plan to filibuster any bill that tries to get passed with the immunity grant, on the basis that it is a fucking outrage to make the unconstitutionally criminal behavior of those in power disappear with the wave of a fairy-wand. So, anyway - something to think about. To read more, check out Glenn Greenwald, Firedoglake and Open Left.
Zaguar
1/23/08 Bloomington
Homepage: Z.
Fourth Of July and Coyote Bones roll through the green meadows of Bloomington, Indiana tonight to rock Uncle Fester's. Finally!
If you haven't, get yourself the new Blood On The Wall record "Liferz" and turn it up so loud that icicles shake from the trees.
And then light a little fire, get cozy and zone out with THIS unreleased track from "Fourth Of July On The Plains", featuring Adrianne Verhoeven and Orenda Fink.
We're gonna make it...
Range Life
1/22/08 ***
Homepage: Zaguar.
Fourth Of July and Coyote Bones bring their flip-flops and Zinka to the Canopy Club tonight in Champaign, Illinois.
Announcing: Suzannah Johannes, Hanz Bronz, and Quincy Quartz at the Taproom this Sunday night.
mp3 for Fourth Of July On The Plains unreleased-track "Heart Attack" tomorrow.
In the meantime, here's Andy Warhol on The Love Boat.
Range Life
1/21/08 ***
Homepage: Zaguar.
Fourth Of July and Coyote Bones tonight at The Note in heat-wave Chicago. Lather up!
Omahype has pictures from the show at Box Awesome in Lincoln HERE.
Happy Martin Luther King Day!
Range Life
1/20/08 ***
Homepage: Zaguar, owning the "Bragadoccio".
Fourth Of July and Coyote Bones tonight at Big V's in sunny St. Paul. NOTE: This show was originally scheduled at Triple Rock and has been moved. Big V's is the spot!
Happy Birthday to our sister Dana - chef, transporter, and light of our lives!
Loving some Glenn Greenwald and, always, some Kargo X.
Also, some hot RZA production-tips at Remix Mag. (the video is in the right-hand column, halfway down the page). (I'm looking at you, SayMyName.)
Zaguar
1/19/08 ***
Homepage: Zaguar.
Fourth Of July tonight at Bemis Underground in Omaha playing with tour-mates Coyote Bones and friend's Flowers Forever at the reception for an art show featuring Todd and Orenda Fink, Gillian Welch and Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeah's.
Saw my boy Josh Powers last night and he says he's done with his Range Life mixtape, which may or may not give a taste of some of the new White Flight. Hoping to share it soon!
YouTube fever!: this and this and this.
Zaguar
1/18/08 Shows
Homepage: Zaguar.
The boys are off. If you can, catch Fourth Of July as they tour with Omaha's Coyote Bones the next nine days in Lincoln, Omaha, Minneapolis, Chicago, Champaign, Bloomington, St. Louis, Tulsa and Norman - you know, all the warm places...
One note: the show in Minneapolis on Sunday has moved from Triple Rock to Big V's to make room for the man, the myth, the legend - White Williams. Whatever!
Ghosty CD release show in Lawrence tonight at the Bottleneck. With Ad Astra Per Aspera and Suzannah Johannes. After-party at the Taproom with MC Candlepants.
Got turned on to these guitar shredding videos recently. Pretty tight.
Unreleased Fourth Of July mp3 and tour updates soon.
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1/10/08 Now
Homepage: Zaguar. Past homepages can be found at Range Life Flickr.
Hope everyone had a great New Year. We did it Double Trouble-style at the Taproom and then stayed up late dancing to Hanz Bronz songs. Spent New Year's Day in the reading chair finishing off the new "Slash" Autogiography - a total auspice for me. For whatever reason Slash has become a symbol of transition in my life, from first seeing him plug in his Les Paul in the "Sweet Child O' Mine" video and thinking I finally understood what "cool" was to watching his solo in the "November Rain" video a few years later and thinking I finally understood "un-cool" - for real - to moving to Los Angeles and the very first night I was there, walking down Sunset and seeing this dude in the distance wearing a leather jacket and a top hat and thinking "Oh, god... who does this guy think he is?" - and then, getting closer and forgiving him cause Oh, it was Slash. So, it feels good to kick off 2008 with my man. And read the book! It.Is.A.Trip.
If you haven't seen it, we were pretty thrilled to part of the latest issue of FADER magazine - the "Now" issue. You can download it HERE. It's got everyone asking again about the newWhite Flight. All I can say is it's upcoming. Summer '08?
In the meantime, there's plenty of "Now": Dri's record is lighting it up, Suzannah Johannes is finishing an EP and the bad boys in Fourth Of July will be on the road, with Omaha's Coyote Bones, in a buggy pulled by Clydesdales, all over the Midwest. Fourth Of July Midwest Tour dates HERE.
Fourth Of July will also be playing this Saturday, January 12th at the Record Bar in Kansas City with Miles Bonny and the Terrordactyls as part of the CD release party for "Answers" - the wonderful new record by Ghosty. Congratulations to them!
If you're in New York and think you've got plans this Saturday night, think again. After over a year in New York, Priest Fontaine is finally bringing it to the Glasslands in Brooklyn the way he brought it so many times to the Taproom here in Lawrence - pretty sweaty, totally skewed, and as on-the-pulse and full of life as anything any of us had ever experienced. So make it happen! If you can Beleive, you can Milk Believe!
And finally, we've got a new Weekly Movie up on the Range Life YouTube Channel, a collage of recent live and random footage. Check it HERE.
Back to the reading chair...
Range Life
12/28/07 200Great
New Year's Round-up: Pre-party in the city of fountains, KC, MO, on Sunday night, the 30th with motherfucking Fourth Of July and the motherfucking Roseline. They're playing in Westport at McCoy's, 9 PM.
And then New Year's Eve, Dj's Candlepants and Gloria Vanderbilt, aka Double Trouble steer the Taproom ship into the New Year with their autographed Bobby Brown sail billowing. Fuck champagne, Let's Dance!
Bad Boy Brendan Costello is on it with this week's Weekly Movie, turning a late-night infomercial into a music video for Dri's song "Free Tonight". Check it HERE.
More YouTube: some video of Fourth Of July rocking a rooftop party in Brooklyn back in October. Check it HERE.
Suzannah Johannes just finished recording her first EP. Watch for it soon.
Nice review of Dri's "Smoke Rings" from Pensatos. Check it HERE.
And Fourth Of July shows all over the Midwest in January, with Omaha's Coyote Bones. Dates HERE.
Happy New Year, everybody! Warm thoughts, warm wishes.
Range Life
12/21/07 OK!
Jingle-Bell Rock tonight at the Eighth Street Taproom with The Roseline doing their Thang and then Fourth Of July doing Theirs.
Fourth Of July has also booked a bunch of Midwest shows towards the end of January. Check them HERE.
Damn, Fourth Of July FEVER. This week's Weekly Movie is Part 1 of 3 in the Fourth Of July Fall Tour documentary, edited down by Patrick Hangauer. Check that shit