Thursday, October 23, 2014

Post, Interrupted

I'd planned to post our annual Tribe Hoops preview today, but I got a call from my boss at 10:30* asking for some changes to a presentation, so my prolix plans were postponed. Instead, far fewer words about music.

(* EST. Worse for him than for me, as I'm in Minnesota.)

Zman alerted us to the brilliance of Birmingham's St. Paul & The Broken Bones a few days ago in the comments section, and we had a group moment. Then, in Williamsburg, Marls and I had a conversation with FOG:TB Dave Fairbank, a fellow-traveler music fan, in which I tipped the veteran Daily Press scribe to the band's brilliance. Or so I thought.

He gave me a half-smile, reached into his laptop case, and pulled out...a copy of Half the City, the band's debut album. It was a cosmic convergence like we haven't seen since Gheorghefest, at least.

And a sign that we need to fill some space with SP&TBB videos. My mind remains blown. These guys are phenomenal.

This post also doubles as a heads up for our Charlottesville readers, as the band plays tonight at The Jefferson, which in its own right is a pretty cool little joint. Get some.





And as a little lagniappe for our viewing audience, when I semi-drunkenly tweeted another FOGTB, Mike Litos, about the band, he gave me this gift in return:



38 comments:

Dave said...

i just listened to this "thunderstruck" version last week and had it stuck in my head for days. makes me want to get another banjo . . .

Dave said...

st paul and the broken bones = too much singing for me.

i much prefer the new aphex twin.

Danimal said...

That's good stuff. first thought was Van Morrison, which is a good thing.

Danimal said...

is anyone else being asked to prove they are not a robot when leaving a comment here?

Clarence said...

Danimal, that should tell you something about the exciting nature of your comments...

Danimal said...

Clarence funny. Hahaha.

Greg said...

the aphex twin album art is weird and gross

Dave said...

aphex twin is a robot.

Dave said...

i'm not a robot! i was beginning to worry . . .

rootsminer said...

Went to the grocery store at lunch and encountered a truly horrifying site: XXL white woman with dreadlocks, dressed head to toe in Hokie maroon (two kids dressed the same).

I'm usually a pretty easy going guy, but I had to fight off some pretty sick impulses there.

Greg said...

check out windowlicker

mr kq said...

I'm known for doing the robot after a few beers, among other things.

zman said...

I eagerly anticipate Bill Barnwells upcoming 1000 word diatribe on the Titans' QB carousel.

zman said...

I've been known to do the robot when drunk, if the robot is a euphemism for something unmentionable in a fambly blog.

T.J. said...

"Mays...yes Barnwell. Let me tell you, Mays, about this TN QB situation. OK Barnwell."

TR said...

I wonder what Garth Butcher thinks of Cal Clutterbuck.

rob said...

steve nash done for the year. any reason he tries to come back next year? no, right?

Mark said...

Sad to see Nash go out like this though when you remember that Dallas didn't re-sign in large part because they never thought his back would hold up he had an amazing second half of his career.

I saw a brother sister tandem of Junior high white kids with mid-back length dreads when picking up the kid from school today. Even if this 'weed friendly' town (read: town full of stoner surfers) that's not one I'd seen before.

I taught my kid to do the robot. She's more into making the robot noises.

Mark said...

Titans deciding to go with Zach Mettenberger means they're officially done with the Jake Locker experiment, I guess. Wasted 5 years on a guy who wasn't even very good in college.

And you're a rich man if you got odds on Mettenberger starting and NFL game before Manziel.

zman said...

If you've been to west Africa recently, please do everyone a favor and quarantine yourself for two or three weeks. God knows why local and state governments have been doing this.

zman said...

Have NOT been doing this, I mean.

zman said...

More needs to be said about Von Miller's facial hair.

mr kq said...

WXPN streaming top 885 songs of all time. Currently on 144 - Genesis Supper's Ready. Track length 22:49. Anyone else old enough to have shroomed to that? Just me?

rob said...

the current went back to back with elvis presley and mos def last night. there's still some cool in radio.

Geoff said...

Website ranked the "hotness" of the girls at 730 colleges. Wanna guess how the Tribe ladies fared?

https://colleges.niche.com/college-of-william--and--mary/rankings/?highlight=hottest-girls

Danimal said...

JMU only has 'em beat by 600 or so spots.

Danimal said...

I think all of you are beautiful though. You're a beautiful people.

Mark said...

Pit Bull in the gym this morning. Not PIt Bull. An actual Pit Bull. As in a dog. With a collar. WUT.

Mark said...

Rob- The Current should've gone back to back with Elvis & Public Enemy.

mayhugh said...

And W&M scored a B+ in party scene?

zman said...

I think Pitbull would be more surprising than an actual Pit Bull.

Clarence said...

W&M party scene is D-, right? Just above the Baptist college?

Squeaky said...

Nothing like your house getting hit by lightning and the only real damage is to the TV in the family room, of course the newest one, and all the verizon fios equipment. All of which were fried.

All the verizon equipment inside and outside our house except for one of four cable boxes was bricked. Only difference between the dead ones and the surviving one? No surge protector. WUT

Clarence said...

Squeaker, sorry to hear about that, but very glad the damage wasn't worse. My dad's house got hit a few years back and burned to ashes. Very happy that wasn't the case.

zman said...

Probably because he used surge protectors.

Squeaky said...

Thanks, Clarence. Heard a big boom in the middle of the night and went back to sleep. Lucky there wasn't a fire.

And for those you are tech minded. I have a couple if invites to the new Google Inbox app if you are into that sort of thing.

zman said...

I love being Inbox.

Squeaky said...

Zman, you'll love this then. It helps you sort your box, well your inbox.