Ryan features in the Random Notes section

Ground Control covered the final show at UCLA's Royce Hall and posted a handful of photos.

http://groundcontrolmag.com/detail/2/862/

The source for the Whiskeytown content update is: http://www.nodepression.net/blogs/news/index.html

January 18, 2008

Deluxe reissue of Whiskeytown album due in March

Longtime subscriber Dean Dauphinais asked, and we thought the rest of you might be interested as well, so here are some details about the Deluxe Edition reissue of Whiskeytown's 1997 album Strangers Alamanac, due out March 4 via Universal.

Disc One of the two-disc set will feature the original album plus five tracks recorded live on Los Angeles radio station KCRW on September 10, 1997. Three of those tracks are album cuts ("Houses On The Hill", "Turn Around", "Somebody Remembers The Rose") and two were not on the album ("Nurse With The Pills", "I Don't Care What You Think About Me").

The 20 tracks on disc two include outtakes and alternate tracks from the Strangers Almanac recording sessions and demo sessions. A few of them were issued separate from Strangers Almanac at the time: "Theme For A Trucker", "My Heart Is Broken", and alternate versions of "The Strip" (a.k.a. "Dancing With The Women At The Bar") and "Houses On The Hill" comprised a double 7-inch gatefold release by Bloodshot Records in early 1997, and "Ticket Time" and Alejandro Escovedo's "The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over" were on a limited-edition bonus EP packaged with initial pressings of the Strangers Almanac CD.

Aside from "The Rain Won't Help You", other cover songs on Disc Two include Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams", Gram Parsons' "Luxury Liner", and a Ryan Adams solo version of Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone".

Previously unreleased outtakes from the Strangers sessions featured on Disc Two include "Kiss & Make-Up", "Indiana Gown", "Barn's On Fire", "Whispers" (a.k.a. "Streets Of Sirens"), "Breathe", and "10 Seconds Till The End Of The World".

Disc Two also includes alternate studio versions of Strangers tracks "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight", "16 Days", "Somebody Remembers The Rose", "Avenues", and "Turn Around".

ryan adams will release an ep this year.

05/18/07 Day 1 - .Orgapalooza
Debby Clinkenbeard
Leah Lax
Christopher Fairman
Adam Swiderski
Steve Mahoney
Sean Carey
Mike Pfeiffer & The Associates
Albuquerque
Paul Isaac & The Stone Hearts

05/19/07 Day 2 - .Orgapalooza
Christopher Fairman
Birdwire
Leah Lax
Lisa Redford
Ryan Cover Contest
Mike Pfeiffer & The Associates
Sad Bastard Brothers
The Unusual Suspects

Ryan Adams Didn’t Die. Now the Work Begins.
By ANTHONY DeCURTIS

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The .orgapalooza cover contest performances are now available for download. After listening, please vote for your favorite cover here!

Now also available in MP3 format here.

You'll need a FLAC player to play these files. If you'd prefer, a codec for Windows Media Player is also available.

If you notice slow download speeds, please be patient; this may tax my internet connection. I've removed the intros & other miscellaneous segments from this list, but if you'd like the entire performance, it's available here.

- Debby Clinkenbeard (debz) - Life is Beautiful (04:34 / 19.2 MB)
- Steve Mahoney (bumfleece) - Angelina (03:27 / 17.1 MB)
- Brian Mundy (Birdwire) - Harder Now That It's Over (04:17 / 19.4 MB)
- Russell Brooks & Shawn Coots (sadbastardbrothers) - To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) (03:08 / 16.7 MB)
- Lisa Redford - When The Stars Go Blue (04:02 / 17.6 MB)
- Leah Lax (spider_woman) - Rescue Blues (02:57 / 13.9 MB)
- Christopher Fairman - Desire (02:45 / 15.2 MB)

Please do not sell this recording. And a big thanks to Jacob for recording and preparing the show for download!

The air date of Ryan Adams's interview has been pushed back. Again. See story for details.