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nostalgia

Here’s another song from silver, the limited run ep that sold out years ago. This is one of my favourites, and co-written with one of my favourite people that i’ve never met. Ove Karlson is a great swedish musician and writer, and I unwittingly stole this music from him. I heard it on an album of folk music, i didn’t read the liner notes and assumed it was traditional, and wrote words for it. When i was putting silver together i went back to the folk album and realized that in fact the music was written in the 1980s. I promptly contacted Ove to explain myself, and lucky for me he is one of the warmest people on earth. We have since become close friends over the email and the snail mail, and I hope very much to visit him on his island in sweden one day. I imagine him as a large and friendly cello playing bear.

As this post appears we are landing in Berlin! Continue reading nostalgia

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touring life


Here is a picture of P. Kleinenstein trying to get cell phone reception in a shack in the woods. The FitsHille attack on the islands last weekend went marvellously well. Our gig on Lasqueti deserves special mention, as it included outdoor showers, an excellent mexican meal, a fine old piano, a woodstove shaped like a dragon, and late night whiskey+brut fitta+queen. Thanks, off-the-grid folks!

And now I am fully engaged in preparing for the european/uk onslaught. As mentioned on the tour page, Barry is off gigging with Neko, Ida, and Fellows (busy boy), so we’ve lured vancouver drummer Skye Brooks into the band. He and Martin and I have been spending a bunch of time in the garage getting ready, and I have to say it’s pretty exciting. Nothing like new blood to get the old blood heated up. I think we’re actually going to rock. Are you ready, deutschland? Continue reading touring life