doomandgloomfromthetomb: “Tonight’s The Night” - Neil Young & The Santa Monica Flyers, Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL, November 20, 1973 Head over to Aquarium Drunkard for a bracing shot of Neil Young on his legendary 1973 Tonight’s The Night tour! One of my favorites. Not incredibly rare, but if you haven’t heard it, you’re in for a treat. Over here on Doom & Gloom, I’ve got a bonus track — the single longest version of “Tonight’s The Night” … ever? Clocking in at just under 35 minutes, it’s the longest one I know of anyway. And it’s a motherfucker, maybe one of the most unhinged things Neil ever did. Kudos to the Chicago crowd for following the whole thing, they seem to be hanging on every note, even singing along to a tune they’d never heard before that night. Were they each given a bottle of Jose Cuervo at the door?

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“Tonight’s The Night” - Neil Young & The Santa Monica Flyers, Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL, November 20, 1973

Head over to Aquarium Drunkard for a bracing shot of Neil Young on his legendary 1973 Tonight’s The Night tour! One of my favorites. Not incredibly rare, but if you haven’t heard it, you’re in for a treat. Over here on Doom & Gloom, I’ve got a bonus track — the single longest version of “Tonight’s The Night” … ever? Clocking in at just under 35 minutes, it’s the longest one I know of anyway. And it’s a motherfucker, maybe one of the most unhinged things Neil ever did. Kudos to the Chicago crowd for following the whole thing, they seem to be hanging on every note, even singing along to a tune they’d never heard before that night. Were they each given a bottle of Jose Cuervo at the door?

doomandgloomfromthetomb: The Legacy of the Tower Recordings The enormous Matt Valentine interview (conducted by the venerable Byron Coley) in the latest Arthur magazine sent me back to Tower Recordings, the pioneering psych folk collective that Valentine was a part of back in the late 90s/early 00s. The group has since splintered into many, many other projects, several of which are featured in this handy mix via the Free Music Archive. MV & EE, PG Six, Samara Lubelski, Hall Of Fame … all good stuff, all worth checking out.

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The Legacy of the Tower Recordings

The enormous Matt Valentine interview (conducted by the venerable Byron Coley) in the latest Arthur magazine sent me back to Tower Recordings, the pioneering psych folk collective that Valentine was a part of back in the late 90s/early 00s. The group has since splintered into many, many other projects, several of which are featured in this handy mix via the Free Music Archive. MV & EE, PG Six, Samara Lubelski, Hall Of Fame … all good stuff, all worth checking out.

In the mixing field of a dream, the child becomes its own parent, and the harvest of meaning reaps itself without labor. -from “Blazing Dew of Stars’ (Fulgur Press, 2013) Drawing: “Secret Gestation of the Gnosime” (2012) by David Chaim Smith, the ‘ecstatic cartographer’/scholar/urban recluse who’s interviewed at length about his life and practice in Arthur No. 34, available now… http://arthurmag.com/2013/03/05/now-shipping-arthur-no-34/

In the mixing field of a dream,

the child becomes its own parent,
and the harvest of meaning reaps itself without labor.
-from “Blazing Dew of Stars’ (Fulgur Press, 2013)

Drawing: “Secret Gestation of the Gnosime” (2012) by David Chaim Smith, the ‘ecstatic cartographer’/scholar/urban recluse who’s interviewed at length about his life and practice in Arthur No. 34, available now… http://arthurmag.com/2013/03/05/now-shipping-arthur-no-34/

“Now What?” by Michael Brownstein

Now that I’ve figured out my life is a dream
Now what?
Now that I know I’ll be gone soon
My time on this planet drawing to a close
Now what?
What really matters to me?
Cause I don’t give a fuck about the Tribeca Film Festival
While so many plants and animals are disappearing
And I don’t give a fuck about Obama vs. Whomever
While the world’s third largest dam is being built in Brazil
Obliterating tribal cultures like a tsunami
Making the world safe for soybeans
And I don’t give a fuck about the new iPad
Or the hundreds of millions of people
Posting snapshots of themselves on Facebook
While the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Turns a collection of plastic junk the size of Texas
Into tiny pellets ingested by the smaller fish out there
Which then are eaten by the larger fish
Caught in the nets of endless floating factories
Looking to satisfy the worldwide hunger for sushi
I turn my face away from this dumbshow and ask myself
Now what?
Now that I’ve figured out this life is a dream
The world as we know it a flash in the pan
Fool’s gold
Now that I understand
Now what?

More on Michael Brownstein: mustnotsleep.com

“Living Utopia: The Anarchists & the Spanish Revolution

Considered a jewel amongst historians and rebel hearts, this documentary made in 1997 about the 1936 Spanish Revolution blends historical accounts of the development of the anarchist movement with first-hand testimonies…”
(Via Dorian Cope)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE (Arthur No. 34 shipping blues)

We had a shipping hiccup but it’s been righted, and the new issue of Arthur is now seeping into stores and mailboxes across Earth. Apologies, and thank you for your patience. We hope you dig what we’ve put together this time out.

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