If you'd have asked me at 8:00 pm last night if the planned Backstage Session with John Vanderslice was going to go down, I'd have told you without a doubt, "No." John didn't realize how early he was playing, and he's too kind to monopolize the backstage area, so to avoid inconveniencing Malkmus & The Jicks we set up shop in the back billiard room/secondary bar of the Mercy Lounge / Cannery Ballroom. As if that wasn't enough, it seemed a few select members of the staff (specifically a cranky & rude doorman) didn't want things to go down as planned, but John would not be stopped. With the clock ticking down until his set time, John chose to forgo eating dinner to play some songs for us in a pool hall with his absurdly talented violin player/backup vocalist Daniel Hart. He really is the nicest guy in Indie Rock.
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Peace on Earth: A Charity Holiday Album 100 percent of proceeds to benefit Toys for Tots
1. Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers - Shepherd's Song 2. Quiet Company - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 3. Great Lake Swimmers - Gonna Make it Through This Year 4. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / Sweetwater Abilene - The Wheels Are Off 5. Chris Walla - Coventry Carol 6. David Karsten Daniels - In The Bleak Midwinter 7. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 8. The Winston Jazz Routine - Through the Snow 9. Via Audio - My Boo 10. The Long Winters - Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes) 11. TW Walsh - Drop the Bomb 12. Ohtis - American Christians 13. Aaron Robinson - End of the Year 14. The Cotton Jones Basket Ride (Michael Nau of Page France) - White Christmas 15. American Music Club - Please Please 16. Johnny Bertram - Merry Christmas (You Won't Get What You Want) 17. Rosie Thomas - Christmas Time is Here 18. Sleeptalker - This is Christmas
Total Tracks : 18 Total running time : 58.6 minutes Cost: $7.50 Format : High-Quality VBR Mp3's
This album is downloaded as a .zip file. In order to use it you will need a zip utility. Upon purchasing, you will receive a download link, as well as an email with the same link, to download the album as a zip file. The file contains all of the songs in high-quality mp3 files, as well as album artwork, credits, and liner notes.
You can also listen to an archived stream of me and Nathan from TWJR on Out the Other last month. Nathan performs the song live. I talk and make myself look stupid. Listen here.
Thanks goes to Mr. Nathan Phillips from TWJR for contributing the song to our little record. It was an honour to have released it. Totals coming this week for Peace on Earth! I donated the first batch of money today! Check back the day after Christmas to see exactly how much we raised for Toys for Tots.
Peace on Earth : A Charity Holiday Album Vol. II Click here to buy. Feat. Exclusive Holiday music from: American Analog Set, Oxford Collapse, Bodies of Water, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Anathallo, Jason Collett, Jennifer O'Connor, Marla Hansen, Laura Gibson, Chris Garneau & More!
Also Available: Peace on Earth Vol. I, featuring exclusive tracks from: Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie), The Long Winters, Rosie Thomas, Great Lake Swimmers, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, & More! More info...
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