the beast and dragon, adored
Nice profile of Spoon in today's Austin American-Statesman
In which: the band's backstory is related, in sordid detail, involving rotten major labels that have since been swallowed up by larger corporate entities, A&R reps who don't return phone calls, brilliant, jagged records that don't sell, heartbreak, genius, inspiration, redemption, and, of course, brisket tacos. Well done, Joe Gross. An aside: I didn't know Britt Daniel grew up in Temple, TX. Chances are that my acquaintances from that area didn't know that either. But maybe all it'll take is a performance at the O.C.'s Bait Shop, with or without any lesbian antics.
From what I heard at the band's sold-out concert at Emo's a few months ago and streams on the Merge Records website, "Gimme Fiction" promises to be pretty spectacular.
UNRELATED (READ: POINTLESS SELF-PROMOTION)
Also, there was nothing unforgivably wrong with the story I turned in last week. It ran on Tuesday, and can still be found online, un-archived, here. The headline is fairly bad, but you do what you can with the space that's available. Or, rather, the copy editors and page designers do what they can with the space. I didn't have a thing to do with it. Anyway, there haven't been any new issues since Tuesday, it being dead week and all, but finals start tomorrow, and I think that means a new edition of the Batt to be strewn about campus. So click while the clicking's good.
Back to, ahem, work.
In which: the band's backstory is related, in sordid detail, involving rotten major labels that have since been swallowed up by larger corporate entities, A&R reps who don't return phone calls, brilliant, jagged records that don't sell, heartbreak, genius, inspiration, redemption, and, of course, brisket tacos. Well done, Joe Gross. An aside: I didn't know Britt Daniel grew up in Temple, TX. Chances are that my acquaintances from that area didn't know that either. But maybe all it'll take is a performance at the O.C.'s Bait Shop, with or without any lesbian antics.
From what I heard at the band's sold-out concert at Emo's a few months ago and streams on the Merge Records website, "Gimme Fiction" promises to be pretty spectacular.
UNRELATED (READ: POINTLESS SELF-PROMOTION)
Also, there was nothing unforgivably wrong with the story I turned in last week. It ran on Tuesday, and can still be found online, un-archived, here. The headline is fairly bad, but you do what you can with the space that's available. Or, rather, the copy editors and page designers do what they can with the space. I didn't have a thing to do with it. Anyway, there haven't been any new issues since Tuesday, it being dead week and all, but finals start tomorrow, and I think that means a new edition of the Batt to be strewn about campus. So click while the clicking's good.
Back to, ahem, work.
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