Godspeed You, North Star Deserter

VIC CHESNUTT 1964 - 2009

For donations to his family, click HERE

Phoning It In

This very nice guy calls you up on the phone from California to sing and talk for some half hour; then it's aired on KDVS 90.3FM Davis and kdvs.org

Ain't that cool?

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Un tío muy majo te llama por teléfono desde California para cantar y tocar durante una media hora; después se emite en KDVS 90.3FM Davis y en kdvs.org

¿Mola, eh?

PLAY SHOW

Entremeses

Como decíamos ayer... A la manera de Cervantes, dios mediante, Roy Harper de aperitivo. Estas miniaturas versificadas son las que me ha estado ayudando a conciliar el sueño (mejor, la calma) en las últimas semanas.

Hors D'Oeuvres - Roy Harper

The judge sits on his great assize
Twelve men wise with swollen thighs
Who never ever told no lies
Whose minds were ever such a size
Whose lives were ever such a prize
Whose brains bred answers just like flies
Whose answers stalked their thoughts like spies
Whose lead ball through the courtroom flies
To rip a hole clean between two eyes
That never ever wore disguise
And never ever saw blue skies
Who quickly lived now slowly dies
Who closed unopened otherwise

Well you can lead a horse to water
But you're never gonna make him drink
And you can lead a man to slaughter
But you're never gonna make him think

The critic rubs his tired arse
Scrapes his poor brains, strains and farts
And wields a pen that stops and starts
And thinks in terms of booze and tarts
And sits there playing with his parts
He says I'm much too crude and far too course
And he says this singer's just a farce
He's got no healing formulas
He's got no cure-all for our scars
He's got no bra-strap for our bras
And our sagging tits no longer hold a full house of hearts
And you know what? I don't think this little song's gonna make the charts

Well you can lead a horse to water
But you're never gonna make him drink
And you can lead a man to slaughter
But you're never gonna make him think

Vídeo en directo / Live video

The Singer Not The Song - Devil Town (Live @ Das Hotel)
by franciscorojot

The Singer Not The Song tocando Devil Town, del gran Daniel Johnston, en Das Hotel, Berlin, acompañado por Andrea Burgueño en la flauta travesera. Grabado por Alex Onegin y editado por J. "Kampa" Galán.

The Singer Not The Song playing Devil Town, by the great Daniel Johnston, live in Das Hotel, Berlin, supported by Andrea Burgueño on flute. Recorded by Alex Onegin and edited by J. "Kampa" Galán.

Shows pasados / Past Shows

* solo shows

¢ with band

2011

*

 22/12 Madrid, EL JUGLAR + Nutria

¢ 16/07 Zaragoza, LE PASTIS

* 8/07 Aínsa (Huesca), Cata-concierto "I'm the Mocker" @FESTIVAL CASTILLO DE AÍNSA

Spring shows with Moomaw

* 16/04 Barcelona, FANTÁSTICO BAR

* 16/04 Barcelona, DISCOS PARADISO (MusicWise sessions)

* 12/04 Basel, House show

* 11/04 Leipzig, Living Room show

* 10/04 Leipzig, ANALOGSOUL SHOP

* 9/04 Berlin, F12

* 8/04 Berlin, DIE FRÜHPERLE

* 5/04 Berlin, MADAME CLAUDE

* 4/04 Hamburg, MOBILE BLUES CLUB

* 22/03 Madrid, Martes Experimentales de PIOVRA@ PEPA TENCHA

2010

* 10/10 Madrid,

Tres Tristes Trastes @ PICNIC

* 22/09 Madrid, CLAMORES + Marcus Doo & The Secret Family

¢ 04/08 Madrid, ESCALERA ACÚSTICA + Charles LaVaigne

* 23/07 Zaragoza, LE PASTIS + Tulsa

¢ 18/07 Madrid, PICNIC + Le Porc-Épic + Diego Montón + OK Asno + Medelia

¢ 06/07 Madrid, Presentación de la colección GET-WED! @ GALILEO GALILEI

¢ 01/05 Madrid - WEST OF ROME: Una celebración de las canciones de Vic Chesnutt @ CARACOL

* 18/04 Madrid - SUNDAY EVENING MUSIC SHOW @ PICNIC
* 26/03 Madrid - ROCK ’N’ ROLL RADIO + Moongardening Inc.
* 24/03 Madrid - FUN HOUSE + Alquitrán no es poco
* 19/03 Madrid - EISBÄR SOUNDCLUB + Moomaw + That Blasted Hound
¢ 29/01 Madrid - CONTRACLUB (Semifinales ContraIndiCanciones)
¢ 21/01 Madrid - Fiesta ARTO! "Castizo pero moderrrno" @ Sala Ra! Ra! Ra!

2009
¢ 03/12 Madrid - WURLITZER BALLROOM + Grita Goldstein + Norton
¢ 14/11 Madrid - CONTRACLUB
* 02/11 Madrid - Homenaje a Nick Drake @ GALILEO GALILEI
* 20/10 Madrid - WURLITZER BALLROOM + Marcus Doo & the Secret Family
* 17/10 Alicante- Fiesta Presentación ROKY MOUNTAINS @ Söda Bar
* 01/10 Madrid - FREEWAY + La Castafiore
* 26/09 Madrid - 1er Aniversario PICNIC
¢ 24/09 Madrid - CAFÉ LA PALMA + Le Traste
* 08/08 Madrid - Semana Ferrara @ COSTELLO + Persons
* 05/07 Madrid - PICNIC + César Jiménez + Shining Ship Lights + Tim Ten Yen
02/07 Madrid - COSTELLO + Moomaw + West of Utopia [family show]

* 21/06 Berlin - FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE, Frühperlen ins Karmanoia (auf der Strasse Bühne)
* 19/06 Berlin - DIE FRÜHPERLE

* 11/06 Madrid - PICNIC + Le Traste
¢ 29/05 Madrid - Fiesta RockIsRoll @ CONTRACLUB + His Majesty The King
* 17/05 Madrid - TRES TRISTES TRASTES Open Mic Night @ PICNIC
¢ 18/04 Madrid - FOTOMATÓN + Moongardening Inc.

¢ 04/04 Barcelona - LA COVA DE LES CULTURES + Moomaw + The Not Knowing

22/03 AMANECER EN TEQUILA (Radio Utopía)

¢ 13/03 Madrid - TOP OF THE POPS + The Not Knowing
¢ 12/03 Madrid - FOTOMATÓN + The Not Knowing
¢ 21/02 Majadahonda - LA CASA AZUL

minigira Barcelona Singin':
* 07/02/2009 Barcelona - TRIBBIANI + The Not Knowing
* 06/02/2009 Barcelona - HELIOGÀBAL + The Not Knowing
* 05/02/2009 Barcelona - ALFA EN VIU + The Not Knowing

¢ 16/01/2009 Fuenlabrada (Madrid) - Las Noches Árticas @ EL GRITO

2008 ¢ 18/12 Madrid - ART BRUT (+ Persons + SKEjBY)
¢ 10/12 Majadahonda - AUDITORIO ALFREDO KRAUSS
* 13/11 Madrid - EL JUGLAR (+ SKEjBY)
* 20/07 Berlin - DAS HOTEL
* 27/06 Madrid - SILICONA (+ SKEjBY)

OUT NOW!

The new EP "Not I", by The Singer Not The Song, has been finished mixing and is out now!. Recorded during two itensive half-improvised sessions in March 2008 by the wonderful countryside of Villena, Spain, the recording was assisted by Rafael de Juan, a cult local musician. These four songs are the first release of what is to come. Please visit The Singer Not The Song's myspace page (myspace.com/thesingernotthesong) and take a listen.

If you want a copy of "Not I" on CD (3 euros + shipping costs), please write to itsthesingernotthesong@gmail.com

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Ya está terminado el EP "Not I", por The Singer Not The Song. Grabado durante dos intensas sesiones medio improvisadas en Marzo de 2008, en el fantástico campo de Villena, España, la grabación fue asistida por Rafael de Juan, músico local de culto. Estas cuatro canciones son el primer adelanto de lo que vendrá. Por favor, visita el myspace de The Singer Not The Song (myspace.com/thesingernotthesong) y escúchalo.

Si quieres una copia de "Not I" en CD (3 euros + gastos de envío), escribe a itsthesingernotthesong@gmail.com .

My body is a cage that keeps me from dancing with the one I love

...but my mind holds the key.

I Can't Get No

La Rapsodia, el Niño y el Lenguado

Las palabras bastan (¿o sobran?)

(también tenemos un link a la derecha, y dos puertas a cada lado del pasillo para evacuar...)

La Metamorfosis de la Liturgia

Indicaciones de posicionamiento para recibir un bluend sermón melódico y un descuento para la lobotomía, existe y se elentronifica así una vez un Hiper-Violúnculo evueltito en cinta roja a la derecha de aquí, es decir, ese es el problema, decir, y ese ser es también un buen cachazo de idea, de pierna suelta, que de lo claro que está, vivifica, y muchos de los buenos también lo creen así... ¿Cómo?

Zanja (a=0

"La música de Wagner es anti-goethiana. En realidad, Goethe falta en la música alemana así como en la política alemana"

F. Nietzsche, Fragmentos póstumos

(primavera 1888).

Hang on to each other

Any fuckin' thing you love