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New Jon Langford CDs
New Art show
John as dj
Touring*** Mekons *** See reviews and tour diary (Oct. 2007) UK and Spain2008 (Feb-March) USA (March 08)
*** Jon Langford*** Benefit auction at Yarddog Friday, July 11th at the Welles Park Folk and Roots Fest The Pine Valley Cosmonauts With Rosie Flores: Aug 1st (solo acoustic): Cafe Eleven on A1A in St. Augustine Florida Screen Arts Friday, July 4th at Fitzgerald's *** Wee Hairy Beasties*** Saturday, June 28th at Sauganash Park at 11am | ||
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***** STOP PRESS ***** Remix EP via www.myspace.com/striplight S T R I P L I G H T Mailing List ( For up-to-date info, demos, flyers etc, visit the web site): Striplight's first DIY single Still Beating is now available *** Sally Timms*** Indie Artists Perform Benefit for New Orleans Musicians Thursday, January 10 HOB Parish 9 pm On January 10, at the House of Blues Parish Room, Jon Langford & Sally Timms of The Mekons, Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket, Charles Bisell of the Wrens, Kimya Dawson (who recently contributed eight songs to the hit movie Juno), Timothy Bracy of Mendoza Line, Janet Bean of Freakwater and Craig Klein, Matt Perrine, Eric Bolivar & Bert Cotton of Bonerama come together to play a benefit show for musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Showtime is 9 pm. This performance is for the benefit of Sweet Home New Orleans (SHNO), an umbrella organization for 14 non-profit agencies serving New Orleans' music community. SHNO provides relocation, housing, and social services to musicians and tradition bearers in need. Thousands of New Orleans musicians have yet to find stable housing in their neighborhoods since the flood of 2005. SHNO's mission is to help these artists return to their communities, where they can revitalize the city and share their unique culture with future generations. Buy Tickets: http://www.hob.com/tickets/eventdetail.asp?eventid=50310 Find out about Sweet Home New Orleans: http://www.sweethomeneworleans.org/home.php
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NEW Releases: Waco Brothers: Waco Express - Live and Kickin' at Schubas Tavern Forthcoming: Reissue of 'Mekons Story' (April 8th) Jon Langford: Gold Brick - Roir Records, March 9th, 2006
BOOKS:There's a great book concering the Mekons. Titled "Hello Cruel World," it's a collection of their lyrics (around 120 songs), many of them hand-lettered and illustrated by the band, plus reproductions of handwritten lyric drafts (complete with crossings out, etc.), and great photos of the band by photographer/US tour manager Anne Lehman. NASHVILLE RADIO:Verse Chorus Press of Portland, Oregonhas published NASHVILLE RADIO, a collection of Jon Langford’s artwork and writings, in February 2006. Packed with hundreds of lavish full-color reproductions of Jon’s paintings and etchings, it also contains lyrics, excerpts from THE EXECUTIONER’S LAST SONGS spoken word performance and an exclusive acoustic CD of Langford performing the songs that relate most closely to his artwork. Forthcoming: There'll be an instrumental EP exclusively downloadable from RHAPSODY with songs from 'Natural'
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Little Sparta will be performing their own music to accompany the first feature-length animated film 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed' created in 1926 by Lotte Reineger. The film is based on tales from the Arabian nights and is lovingly crafted in Reineger's unique style of silhouette animation.
