(photo by Smart Wife ) The Take from Offbeat Records, Durham NC, 4/19/08 Warpaint - The Black Crowes Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit Will the Circle Be Unbroken - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume Two - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Stronger - Carlene Carter Be Still Please - Portastatic Coast to Coast Carpet of Love/Standard Gargoyle Decisions - Robert Pollard Take a Good Look - Fleshtones The Sound of Sound - Luaka Bop sampler a gift CD for a friend, the title of which I cannot divulge here Merge 7" 45 of "Madame Butterflies" - Destroyer b/w "Prodigy" - Wye Oak 2 buttons with the peace symbol in black and white What a great day! Some stuff I know (NGDB, Spirit), some bands I know ('tones, Crowes), some labels I like (Merge, Yep Roc, Luaka Bop), a record I'm on (Portastatic) and two entire records by Pollard (whom I figure I should really be more familiar with, considering his prodigious output and impressive melodie
Peter Holsapple (dB's, Continental Drifters) infrequently posts about his solo career; he plans on being more disciplined about this place in the future.