tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63575047468658938432024-02-18T23:06:34.237-06:00Your Happy Makes Me Go Oldiesteam ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00404553727721052439noreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-49570648083846734592012-03-02T11:21:00.003-06:002012-03-02T11:24:20.664-06:00Younger - New Message<div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w20YpK6JWZI/T1EBrdKmUSI/AAAAAAAAATc/B-PBMBKD7Y0/s1600/yoda.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w20YpK6JWZI/T1EBrdKmUSI/AAAAAAAAATc/B-PBMBKD7Y0/s400/yoda.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715351248184955170" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Younger </b>is Matt Joynt (Anathallo) and Ryan Daniel Hammer (Unwed Sailor, The Skull). The two began collaborating in 2007 after discovering a mutual interest in attempting forms of risk-taking that produce unhindered presence. Early performances with Lucky Dragons and High Places were about the naked terror and ecstasy of showing up without any songs. Whatever happened was an attempt to sonically mirror their internal experiences coming together. Over the past few years their sets have produced caverns of ricocheting sine waves and improvised mantra-like lyrical meditations. Other times they have been beat-heavy, dissonant, far out, and even embarrassing.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><i>New Message </i></b>is the culmination of a friendship spent entertaining the possibilities that unfold from a <i>donʼt just do something, stand there </i>approach to being. The record was written, recorded and mixed in an intensive week before Hammer relocated to San Francisco from Chicago in the summer of 2011. Each side of the LP contains an edited long-form improvisation born out of conversations about the elusive nature of meaning. The music - constructed mostly from analog synthesizers, a light-sensitive Theremin, and micro-edited vocal sampling - falls somewhere between the worlds of psychedelic drone and pop. Whereas “Iʼm Gonna Miss U So Bad” is a simple meditation that mourns and praises the inescapability of emotional attachment, the minimalistic beat of “New Message” lays the groundwork for heavily gated vocals to hover in the air, pulsing with easy-going levity.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><i>New Message </i>will be released 3.21.12 on Positive Beat Recordings.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F38375507&show_artwork=true"></iframe></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F38374163&show_artwork=true"></iframe></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><div><br /></div>...its not you, its your narrativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610784084724348322noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-23081268091381538532011-07-28T13:43:00.003-05:002011-07-28T13:46:06.708-05:00Doubles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://doubles.bandcamp.com"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 548px; height: 101px;" src="http://f.bandcamp.com/z/27/84/2784515690-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-25835382924790424812010-05-24T18:30:00.003-05:002010-05-24T18:33:01.088-05:00Danny Bracken - What You Can See From the Light<div style="float: left; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattressfactory/4624674068/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4624674068_93420540c7.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 1px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattressfactory/4624674068/">Danny Bracken - What You Can See From the Light</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mattressfactory/">Mattress Factory</a></span></div><br clear="all" />dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-48848448813372051622010-04-01T13:30:00.005-05:002010-04-01T13:36:05.083-05:00EIGHTEENFORTY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCM5rfW0RdoalTT0k7_va2b0g7NKdiWzPxekdt_xRFrMNvgSUXp3ZY1_kWXgQtr1C0XV5XMUNbWefR8kePzFthgHomRFak8wD7s54wOigST-Nc73_om-MoXNRQCpKYMvvHu4YuF9RQBFU6/s1600/bret+panda.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCM5rfW0RdoalTT0k7_va2b0g7NKdiWzPxekdt_xRFrMNvgSUXp3ZY1_kWXgQtr1C0XV5XMUNbWefR8kePzFthgHomRFak8wD7s54wOigST-Nc73_om-MoXNRQCpKYMvvHu4YuF9RQBFU6/s400/bret+panda.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455239486451316162" /></a><br />Hey everyone. Just thought I'd give the heads up, I think I'll be writing over at <a href="http://eighteenforty.com">eighteenforty</a> from now on. I know it's been forever since I've put a word down but figured it'd be fun to give it a try.<br /><br />Later!BWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07173770526304530634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-14737884931965683062010-03-08T12:39:00.004-06:002010-03-08T12:45:58.362-06:00Strange but true<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YMZb-9EKbbY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YMZb-9EKbbY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>
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<br />Geoffrey Canada is the man, I heard him speak last year, learn more about him and what he does<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Canada"> here.</a>
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Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas.dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-71505580472880359732009-08-26T22:33:00.005-05:002009-08-26T22:39:40.732-05:00Looking for some fun?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/89/l_c60e91739e1348cdb07fc8af5bd87f79.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 600px;" src="http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/89/l_c60e91739e1348cdb07fc8af5bd87f79.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />That fine fellow to the far left is none other than your old friend and mine, Andrew Dost. As previously mentioned, Andrew joined forces with Nate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ruess</span> (from The Format) and Jack <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Antonoff</span> (from Steel Train), formed this new project, and called it fun. They're new record, Aim and Ignite, came out Tuesday and they're currently zigzagging all over the country on tour (including a few Michigan dates). <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fun">Check it out!</a>dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-11517581557552287802009-08-03T22:22:00.007-05:002009-08-07T23:04:35.187-05:00Return to the West<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2PollyIj7GQrNwSxfCcZQQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JJSon0MG_eA/Sneq96l-wPI/AAAAAAAABYg/2RTNPcD73Uc/s800/CIMG3071.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We've returned from the Far East and what wonderful time we had! We traveled to many familiar places but a few new ones as well. Some of the first-time highlights were: Kinkakuji, The Kamakura Daibutsu, Hachimangu Temple, a Tokyo Giants game, playing with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/qurage">Qurage</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sistertail">Sistertail</a>. <br /><br />It was also great to see some old friends. We were able to play with <a href="http://www.buddhistson.com/">Buddhistson</a> the first night of the tour. Our goods friends, who play in the band <a href="http://www.aie-web.com/">aie</a>, were nice enough to pick us up at the airport and take us directly to our favorite ramen shop <a href="http://blog.goo.ne.jp/nikogoo/e/5e71be062851f606b84822f2ad23e732">角ふじ</a>. I recommend this place if you ever find yourself just east of Tokyo. We were able to visit <a href="http://www.stiffslack.com/">Stiff Slack</a> record store and Tak helped put on a memorable show at <a href="http://www2.odn.ne.jp/kdjapon/whatkd.html">KD Japon</a> in Nagoya.<br /><br />The trip couldn't have gone any better (unless it lasted for another month) and it's all thanks to <a href="http://moorworks.com/">Moor Works</a>. Wonderful people, running a wonderful label. We're indebted to them for giving Anathallo an experience we won't forget for the rest of our lives. Getting back won't happen soon enough!<br /><br />For some blogging about the tour by a few of our very close Japanese friends check out the links below.<br /><br /><a href="http://aieaieaieaie.jugem.jp/">aie blog</a><br /><a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/palmy/">ebi's blog</a><br /><a href="http://blog.gaudy.jp/">gori's blog</a><br /><br />This past tour was in support of a DVD documenting our December 2008 tour in Japan. If anyone thinks they would like to purchase a copy of the DVD I think we can get a few shipped over here. If you are interested please send an email to <a href="mailto:contact@anathallo.com">contact@anathallo.com</a>.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GSOnpuD1cAs&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=ja&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GSOnpuD1cAs&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=ja&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>holemolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12638048461288709149noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-81471776961822221172009-07-27T17:25:00.003-05:002009-07-27T17:31:27.317-05:00Merce Cunningham<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9LAY87spsus/Sm4qfq24YyI/AAAAAAAAAN0/KqR0TfH2zcU/s1600-h/mercecunningham_portrait_full.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9LAY87spsus/Sm4qfq24YyI/AAAAAAAAAN0/KqR0TfH2zcU/s400/mercecunningham_portrait_full.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363270929813627682" /></a><div>April 16, 1919 - July 26, 2009</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; ">“You have to love dancing to stick to it,” he once wrote. “It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.”</h3></span></div>...its not you, its your narrativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610784084724348322noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-62513366800449921442009-05-27T10:22:00.004-05:002009-05-28T02:55:00.355-05:00It's real<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://anticon.com/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 255px;" src="http://www.anticon.com/anthill/bike_anathallo_vinyl.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Get it <a href="https://store.anticon.com/item.php?code=abr0090">here</a> from anticon or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Canopy-Glow-Anathallo/dp/B0028SVPX8/ref=mb_oe_l">here</a> from amazon (although it's cheaper direct from anticon). <br />And in the UK <a href="http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release/6845">here</a>.dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-48244732967371816852009-05-18T02:10:00.001-05:002009-05-18T02:14:16.788-05:00Europe - Mountains of Swizterland<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IU1MDe8eauE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IU1MDe8eauE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />This "tour" is starting to feel a little too much like "vacation"...dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-75070644022561289192009-05-18T02:07:00.001-05:002009-05-18T02:10:10.859-05:00Europe - update 6<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SFHy26RrIeo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SFHy26RrIeo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-9369266578610012412009-05-12T12:31:00.001-05:002009-05-12T12:32:25.283-05:00Europe - Italia<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NmPEVLjLlyk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NmPEVLjLlyk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Two in one day! As you might be able to tell internet access has been scarce.dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-74009401245929049792009-05-12T11:41:00.000-05:002009-05-12T11:43:41.496-05:00Europe - Randomness from France<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jSfqzpXda3I&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jSfqzpXda3I&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-80791870993162064022009-05-07T08:35:00.001-05:002009-05-07T08:36:05.828-05:00Europe - locked out in Paris<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l_sJ_ZOITdI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l_sJ_ZOITdI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Internet has been scarce the last few days, sorry.dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-17577118817448556612009-05-04T11:45:00.000-05:002009-05-04T11:46:40.562-05:00Europe - day two - Ville de Lille<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YQqBvsZgFyM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YQqBvsZgFyM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-6572720317553594472009-05-03T14:53:00.007-05:002009-08-03T16:57:57.167-05:00Europe - day oneDay one included: Flying to Frankfurt, driving to Belgium, getting a flat tire (the first since the summer of 2004?), playing a festival, watching metal bands, eating meatballs, and wandering around Mons Belgium late at night looking for our place to stay.<br /><br />Happy birthday to this guy.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rj9sMupa_Tc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rj9sMupa_Tc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />(couldn't upload the video until now)dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-15150316686711986972009-04-21T13:53:00.003-05:002009-04-23T19:09:48.203-05:00Tuesday news<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61u45nKT2KL._SS500_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61u45nKT2KL._SS500_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />If you didn't know already, our old friends in Manchester Orchestra have made another record and today, April 21st 2009 you can find it in record stores across the globe. As you might be able to tell from the image above it's called, Mean Everything to Nothing, and it features Anathallo's very own superstar singer Erica Froman (pictured below at her recent photoshoot for the cover of Time Magazine).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2943039805_c310168b72.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2943039805_c310168b72.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />They are currently on tour coast to coast, catch them while you can. Dates <a href="http://myspace.com/manchesterorchestra">here</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SEsfdrWsL._SS500_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SEsfdrWsL._SS500_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I should also point out that the aforementioned Manchester Orchestra tour also includes one of the first chances for many of you to see <a href="http://www.myspace.com/andrewdost">Andrew's</a> new band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fun">Fun</a>. They'll have a record coming out in the future with a single (from the image above) finding its way into your ears early <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026EAWSI/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1240341320&sr=8-2">next month</a>. And just in case this slipped past your radar, Andrew released a collection of songs that started with his Columbus musical last December. <a href="http://www.audiblediversiongroup.com/PaperandPlastick/design/2258">Check it out</a>.dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-38705611212561200082009-04-17T20:32:00.004-05:002009-04-17T20:42:45.049-05:00Mammoth Caves National ParkHighlights from today's adventures:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1WWJY8c5xI9lldBur2aa95F6yq_pEQiWNcsWoTp1qvnhlgN5KHTKo-iK2dYI29Z1ThHG8F-5s4DSZFvoKlWHbG2Mgvo1IF8gP9yMPvHvyY2AGoJ5OzrVUhGS2gFLTVwk8ResG0Yb9OqR/s1600-h/caves1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1WWJY8c5xI9lldBur2aa95F6yq_pEQiWNcsWoTp1qvnhlgN5KHTKo-iK2dYI29Z1ThHG8F-5s4DSZFvoKlWHbG2Mgvo1IF8gP9yMPvHvyY2AGoJ5OzrVUhGS2gFLTVwk8ResG0Yb9OqR/s400/caves1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325838821116585010" border="0" /></a><br />This is what it looked like when Bobby Beams turned off the lights.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhKpGz5dc4zrrjzY_9ted7nk11qIVIxwD6kcx1AvFwDdWXJZZz7OU4hS9c298jAwAYNKow1mwLAyfjs6v1xpTuVnRgXzOsATdXUvwWA13f3YbHq_dwvHd4PGEhmdw1kY_OnDhpI7g96z_/s1600-h/caves2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhKpGz5dc4zrrjzY_9ted7nk11qIVIxwD6kcx1AvFwDdWXJZZz7OU4hS9c298jAwAYNKow1mwLAyfjs6v1xpTuVnRgXzOsATdXUvwWA13f3YbHq_dwvHd4PGEhmdw1kY_OnDhpI7g96z_/s400/caves2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325838823242269634" border="0" /></a><br />Matt climbing out of the cave back towards the light.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sOORHLkayP9DXWK5m6qnXKI87LfZg6RnFh-rZx8RUxQVIxuw75HRZmQ4A_3T2J_zQsgzOA0R4k2fSJeKxj0-k_gfbnRcYzoaqdVkSh8Av2h7tNjBU6f7M_Gt7ncAZbnkeKxpFlGTLNnH/s1600-h/caves3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sOORHLkayP9DXWK5m6qnXKI87LfZg6RnFh-rZx8RUxQVIxuw75HRZmQ4A_3T2J_zQsgzOA0R4k2fSJeKxj0-k_gfbnRcYzoaqdVkSh8Av2h7tNjBU6f7M_Gt7ncAZbnkeKxpFlGTLNnH/s400/caves3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325838824999418914" border="0" /></a><br />Erica and Seth take a view from the top of <del>Makeout</del> Sunset Point.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzq3jlZsAHt2CqCp3o1sww_xkhnuUxaHQwy89TjFeoq_opBhZWDqPVPGy2FZFk1SQhB82otrLwWmAtcg33__KFJapTTXK9kkGiimyx1i5_rYnfWY7pW5s0t4L69r4_LoaJQ0Z0p6sjn5O/s1600-h/caves4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzq3jlZsAHt2CqCp3o1sww_xkhnuUxaHQwy89TjFeoq_opBhZWDqPVPGy2FZFk1SQhB82otrLwWmAtcg33__KFJapTTXK9kkGiimyx1i5_rYnfWY7pW5s0t4L69r4_LoaJQ0Z0p6sjn5O/s400/caves4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325838823148116178" border="0" /></a><br />Ten second timed group shot.dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-40745663021987530022009-04-08T16:54:00.003-05:002009-04-08T16:59:23.793-05:00Bummer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-9pQLCM1dkTjjw-QBiNIPLezV_OS5nVTXjgKHMrj8uVfAPPYcpVczG2PQmQPeTpKYAkdlrUiFl_3SBkBcMkSPzgzG7pMnnnLgpA07EUFsa7sRHrmbgBFJaUfsO6JqPVrg2FCslR1vidP/s1600-h/icecream.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-9pQLCM1dkTjjw-QBiNIPLezV_OS5nVTXjgKHMrj8uVfAPPYcpVczG2PQmQPeTpKYAkdlrUiFl_3SBkBcMkSPzgzG7pMnnnLgpA07EUFsa7sRHrmbgBFJaUfsO6JqPVrg2FCslR1vidP/s400/icecream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322442832403782066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Due to circumstances beyond our control our upcoming shows in Bowling Green Kentucky and at Taylor University have been canceled. We were looking forward to returning to both of these places and apologize if you were planning on making it out. The good news? The other shows are still on and promise to be a really wonderful time. Here are a couple of fliers for these shows!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFj0lg8yg2XqF1Nswn6DQz_D3Yzjqjxdb-4mrqg3-RcLaR2U96-ycDOjqVPWb3VGmdhqBtJnB-MZc5TM-Cd9iwD8_-nO1hIDvMnryNdmeBVmS61iNujTJj3F5ZiOVtE5yVzZyN8HWLQUP/s1600-h/hazlett.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFj0lg8yg2XqF1Nswn6DQz_D3Yzjqjxdb-4mrqg3-RcLaR2U96-ycDOjqVPWb3VGmdhqBtJnB-MZc5TM-Cd9iwD8_-nO1hIDvMnryNdmeBVmS61iNujTJj3F5ZiOVtE5yVzZyN8HWLQUP/s400/hazlett.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322443384871588290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaQoInsm-a3qxJmwQChagxBEAQf6UttojlIwlOcnF3qSBBobE2muOPz7a2N7Ia-W1nvKHejhM-MWNtGWBVi8DtRe4qvvWgJFUPmDnQVD8zfon53xaq4pTaOtE-srqNi6KIR5Jz73KpIux/s1600-h/chicago.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaQoInsm-a3qxJmwQChagxBEAQf6UttojlIwlOcnF3qSBBobE2muOPz7a2N7Ia-W1nvKHejhM-MWNtGWBVi8DtRe4qvvWgJFUPmDnQVD8zfon53xaq4pTaOtE-srqNi6KIR5Jz73KpIux/s400/chicago.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322443388418806898" border="0" /></a>dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-74501163980910335222009-03-23T12:08:00.002-05:002009-03-23T12:19:27.774-05:00Anathallo on NPR 848<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9LAY87spsus/ScfCVIHwFwI/AAAAAAAAANs/E0XP30wN3A4/s1600-h/image_cna_gobears_wbez1.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9LAY87spsus/ScfCVIHwFwI/AAAAAAAAANs/E0XP30wN3A4/s400/image_cna_gobears_wbez1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316431553347196674" /></a>Hi! It has been a while. We've been busy doing all sorts of whatnot. Bret and I did a lengthy interview with the noble Althea from NPR's 848 a little while back. It's airing this Wednesday from 9 to 10 AM - check it if you want - 91.5 FM. It will be interesting to see what made the cut. If you miss the show, it will be posted online <a href="http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Program_848_Archive.aspx">here</a><div><br /></div><div>Just wanted to drop a little note before our show this Friday with friends <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sybris">Sybris</a> and <a href="http://www.cainsandabels.com">Cains and Abels</a> at the Bottom Lounge. Hope to see you there.</div>...its not you, its your narrativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610784084724348322noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-75262410975452392622009-03-23T00:17:00.005-05:002009-03-23T00:22:24.109-05:00At the beach<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9LzbDNYzPKaNQiogkSl_AkvKz_ihPXiyGqi1djuwwBzI6ye1NEvZEdTUDtwUGUfiNqICTAZx05cIoY0VD_3x2DIjEi_jAQCtbArO-CviS2eDeqUS_9SQ6jiyuzLLOO0ZpF0l2x5TV-9bF/s1600-h/van.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9LzbDNYzPKaNQiogkSl_AkvKz_ihPXiyGqi1djuwwBzI6ye1NEvZEdTUDtwUGUfiNqICTAZx05cIoY0VD_3x2DIjEi_jAQCtbArO-CviS2eDeqUS_9SQ6jiyuzLLOO0ZpF0l2x5TV-9bF/s400/van.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316248543286771794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sorry we've been so absent from yhmmgo, our van decided to spring break this year at South Padre Island (as seen from above). We had a hell of a time tracking it down but were able to rescue it from crazy college coeds before things got out of hand.dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-11172663629308967892009-02-25T23:38:00.006-06:002009-02-26T08:54:33.528-06:00Three years ago today...While the record wasn't officially released until June 6th 2006, we sold our first copies of Floating World at the Temple Club in Lansing Michigan three years ago today. The show was really something special, we were joined by Page France and Those Transatlantics, both of whom I really love. It was also one of the first times I felt like Anathallo had this enormous support from our community pushing us forward into new territory, there was such an amazing mass of friends there, I felt so lucky to be part of the band. Poster below from the four release shows we had designed by the amazingly talented <a href="http://www.tigerfile.com/">Eric Mortensen</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvM2L931imhhb1XSxyFmHzPjArbnwQMkPLtioQ5gYih_Ux_hnu3xt2hQNYYjScuCJJKDy7E2xOUycwCkQmKyBXE0mEohK6oTgyJD7LzCeBXW1WfadNT_EU7hNclEmlVWrnwxGCJzSWJPY/s1600-h/60341.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvM2L931imhhb1XSxyFmHzPjArbnwQMkPLtioQ5gYih_Ux_hnu3xt2hQNYYjScuCJJKDy7E2xOUycwCkQmKyBXE0mEohK6oTgyJD7LzCeBXW1WfadNT_EU7hNclEmlVWrnwxGCJzSWJPY/s400/60341.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307119466866940722" border="0" /></a>dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-73129727356428542192009-02-16T23:06:00.002-06:002009-02-16T23:09:03.236-06:00Image of the day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qRZWD-MB_nK2eJaaq6viBOdu8f5c9VJYQimtmMZYTRdkdimZs3NCLdRfdpfVOjIVA80AMnFQJM5d_3tfJKz1mQtSDxWRO80Ui2qWV9cQusRb3sPRzH7oyFPJ-tz6xpgMIEb-A1Li66AX/s1600-h/lamps.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qRZWD-MB_nK2eJaaq6viBOdu8f5c9VJYQimtmMZYTRdkdimZs3NCLdRfdpfVOjIVA80AMnFQJM5d_3tfJKz1mQtSDxWRO80Ui2qWV9cQusRb3sPRzH7oyFPJ-tz6xpgMIEb-A1Li66AX/s400/lamps.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303628704168987202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">From Rune Generiussen's "Singles" series.</span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica;font-size:85%;" ></span>dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6357504746865893843.post-27535970626652812002009-02-06T16:38:00.005-06:002009-02-06T17:19:38.860-06:00Black History Month - Harold Washington<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE0ADBIBFcybJDvmoPyE6cxhpPHAEB0RRKzSPn0oHanX3Uk7P14XWaVv5E-MqUp4FGdJzLG9zexPEA4wTkW4HOm76Gy69SMe0HMqsm7c4Q21OexDpBtWvleeJCUFKaNw9plzwZfzhy443/s1600-h/washington.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE0ADBIBFcybJDvmoPyE6cxhpPHAEB0RRKzSPn0oHanX3Uk7P14XWaVv5E-MqUp4FGdJzLG9zexPEA4wTkW4HOm76Gy69SMe0HMqsm7c4Q21OexDpBtWvleeJCUFKaNw9plzwZfzhy443/s400/washington.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299817665139906178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In case you forgot (I did), February is black history month and to help celebrate I wanted to share with you a little information about this guy Harold Washington. The first time I came across Mr. Washington was below ground, while walking out of a CTA stop. As I walked, I came across a mural of Chicago's past mayors. There were the obvious lot of old white dudes, the old Mayor Daley, a woman (!), and this African American guy. I said to myself, "What? When did Chicago have an African American mayor?" I later realized his name was Harold Washington, which this building is named after.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYx3Xf0hGFJ1sCajm8668Cz2aYBTW7yxKm3Vw_UQghr7wncVDukTNSWg9f7VHrDUmP33toc4Qne49vnnq8KoK0IJ9D-wLgZyFmsiKImbREadetecxhO8CRJy4PA60ySHvW-lStmQLeGEO/s1600-h/Harold+Washington+Library+Center.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYx3Xf0hGFJ1sCajm8668Cz2aYBTW7yxKm3Vw_UQghr7wncVDukTNSWg9f7VHrDUmP33toc4Qne49vnnq8KoK0IJ9D-wLgZyFmsiKImbREadetecxhO8CRJy4PA60ySHvW-lStmQLeGEO/s400/Harold+Washington+Library+Center.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299818980540199490" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I didn't really put it all together until I heard <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1214">this incredible story on</a> This American Life a while back during the run up to the 2008 elections. Fortunately for us they archive all of their episodes for FREE. Go <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1214">listen</a> to it when you have an hour, it will be one of the best hours you've spent in a long time (and if you have two hours, listen to any other episode you find, this show has the potential to change your life). Seeing Obama win came as somewhat of a surprise to me, but in many ways it makes sense after the past eight years. Washington on the other hand was a fireball, he was single (have you ever heard of a single politician?), was up against the mayoral incumbent as well as former mayor Richard J. Daley's son (and later to become mayor himself), and ran for office in a extremely racially divided 1984 Chicago. I cannot do him justice here, so go listen to the story <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1214">here</a> you'll believe in life so much more.dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17488495149792452433noreply@blogger.com7