Anita and I are performing this Saturday as guests of the Country Underground. Doors @ 8, music at 9 – maybe we’ll see you there.

GET TICKETS HERE.

Get out yr dancing boots, it’s gonna be fun.
See you there!

We’ve got about a week left then are back out with them in Dec. Make no bones, this is a really fun job to have. Alright, I have to round up everyone’s passports and get ready for the border crossing, which is exponentially harder thanks to some assholes in Yemen shipping bad things through UPS. It’s hard enough to look innocent with a blossoming ZZ Top beard.

See yall soon!

ON THE PLAYER IN THE VAN:

1. John Cale – Vintage Violence
2. Pink Floyd – Animals
3. Radiohead – Kid A
4. Bob Dylan – Desire
5. Paul McCartney – II

Hey everyone, sorry for the lag of updates. You have no idea how insanely hard it is to update a website on the road. Sorry.

So the shows have been epic thusfar. The pic above is from MFNW in Portland where we were a 13 piece for a brief moment. Thanks to all our musical compatriots who helped us rock out in the most ‘Allman Brothers’ fashion possible!

We just got another leg with The Dandy Warhols for December & some headline shows in Boise, Portland and more, so standby for show updates!

Thanks again for comin out to the shows…. see ya’ll again soon!

A) New Face.
Dave Depper has bowed out of his duties on bass guitar & on this tour we’ve been breaking in the new blood W.C.Beck. We did a ’soft announce’ that he’d be with us on tour, but now since we’ve discovered he’s no bed wetter, felt safe in announcing atop the mountain summit that he is, in fact, our guy. We’re happy to have him aboard & aside from being a dear friend and smoking musician, are glad to share the stage each night with the finest silky strands of moustache you’ll ever see.

B) New Place.
Our tunes are showing up on new radio stations across America. Please call yer local station and request “Blue Sunshine”. Especially in Minneapolis, KCMP has the tune as the song of the day today!

C) New Space.
We’ve been reading some crazy stuff on this tour. I bought David Icke’s new book “Human Race”, and it’s been a daily topic in the van. Entertaining and horrifying, I’d recommend checking it out. Okay, so this isn’t really new space – but we were braced for a space encounter in Marfa, but all we got was a free stay in an 1800’s whorehouse and an all night rager with the locals singing Charlie Walker til the sun came up. Probably as close to an alien encounter as I’ll ever get.

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ON THE PLAYER IN THE VAN:

1) Damien Jurado – Saint Bartlett (I just can’t get enough of this record! It is amazing)
2) Duover – 1st untitled cd burned record
3) The Cure – Disintegration
4) Ages & Ages (final mixes of yet unreleased debut)
5) Built To Spill – There is No Enemy

I’m going to make a pact to get better at updating the ol’ blogger from the road, so stay tuned.

We’ll be eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin’ this entire year on tour – so maybe if you’ve got yr ears on we could meet up at a Flying J, Texaco, or Loves for a quick chat over some day old coffee, beef jerky & hot fries.

Today we fly out for Denver, Colorado to perform at a radio conference. Hit the vast expanse in a few days. We’ll be seeing ya’ll real soon!

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ON THE PLAYER:

1. The Electric Prunes – Release of an Oath
2. Duover – The First Duover Record
3. Beau Brummels – Bradley’s Barn
4. The Monkees – Head
5. T.Rex – Unicorn

Getting ready to leave your house for a full month (& change) begs a few questions that are seldom asked. Is this really enough socks? How necessary is shampoo? Do goth bands all wear black because it shows sweat the least? How many guitar picks can I plan on loosing in a 4 week window?

Gearing up for tour is a lot like combining music with Y2K survivalists techniques.
Which is what we’re knee deep in right now! We’re headed out for tour and the dates look a lot like this!

The album has been out for a full week now & the response has been overwhelming! Thanks to everyone who’s written, emailed, listened, and otherwise supported Blue Giant. Your karma tank should be just about full.
The only natural thing to do now is to take this show on the road.
Check the tour dates link and come see us when we carpool through yer town!

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ON THE PLAYER:

1. Damien Jurado – St. Bartlett
2. Archie Bronson Outfit – Coconut
3. Bill Monroe – Bluegrass Ramble
4. Townes Van Zandt – Live at the Old Quarter
5. CCR – Cosmos Factory

People of the world – today is the day that our 1st record comes out! Blue Giant (the self titled record by said band) is now out there in the wild. Running free. You can catch it now…

RIGHT HERE

…or where ever you dig on music. The wax version is a particularly rewarding listen.

Seattle, Portland & Eugene – we’re playing this entire week deep in your steeze, please check THIS PAGE for where we’re gonna be & make it a plan. The shows are free and the times are good, so where’s the snag?

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Tuesday Birds:

a) Early birds in Portland – this Tuesday morning at 9am – tune into KATU channel 2. We’re live on the spirit box!

b) Afternoon birds in Portland (and around the world) – tune into KINK.fm at 3:30pm to hear us making racket.

c) Evening birds in Portland – see you at Music Millennium at 7pm for Side A!

Wednesday Peeps:

a) My peeps that sleep in late in Portland, tune into KNRK 94.7fm at 3pm to hear us making sounds.

b) Evening Portland Peeps – see you at Jackpot Records at 6pm for Side B!

Thursday Folks:

a) Seattle radio folk, if you listen – tune into KNDD, we might, just might, be making a mighty noise live on air at 3pm!!

b) Dusk loving Seattle folk – come to Sonic Boom on Melrose Ave at 7pm for Side A!

Friday Love:

a) If you love Friday in Seattle, come to the Queen Anne location of Silver Platters Records at 7pm for Side B!

Saturday Friends:

a) Be our friends Eugene! We playing our full record (that would be sides A & B), at 3pm at CD World!

Aside from the fact that our album is out in about 2 weeks (!!!!), the big news around here is MFNW. We just got confirmed we’ll be playing alongside our good friends Laura Veirs & The Decemberists on the outside Levi’s stage – downtown Portland – at Pioneer Square. We couldn’t be more stoked.
Here are the vitals:

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What: Blue Giant performing at MFNW

When: Saturday, September 11, 2010 @ 5:00pm  (we’re not playing at the same time as ANYone at MFNW, so there’s really no excuse is there?)

Where: Levi’s Stage @ Pioneer Square – Downtown Portland at SW Broadway & SW Yamhill

More info & ticket links are at THIS LINK HERE.

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ON THE PLAYER THIS WEEK:

01. CCR “Green River”
02. Bob Dylan “Desire”
03. Gram Nash “Songs For Beginners”
04. Ciccone Youth “Ciccone Youth”
05. The Black Keys “Brothers”