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by DJ El Toro Belt-tightening in is full effect avec Chez Toro. I’ve started stocking up on dried beans and pasta, thinking of creative ways to prepare cabbage, and keep prodding my partner to plant a victory garden. Even the smallest luxuries must be weighed against the household budget. (Hooray, Imagination Christmas!) The once-glossy magazines on [...]
In the Half Japanese documentary The Band That Would Be King, David Fair explains, “it’s pretty easy to play a guitar…once you know the science of it. The high notes - the little skinny ones - make high sounds; the big fat ones make low sounds. And then, if you go on the part of [...]
Cineplexx ’s (Sebastian Litmanovich) new album with contributions from Duglas Stewart (BMX Bandits), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Jad Fair (Half Japanese), Federico Aubele & more... The press release goes on to add: Cineplexx presents Picnic, a gorgeous Spanish-language record of beautiful harmonies and lush instrumentation similar to Belle & Sebastian a la The Boy with the Arab Strap, the swaying...
Photo from Flickr by kaotage. I was aware that two special shows were to take place in Whelans and were to feature Daniel Johnston, Mark Linous of Sparklehorse, Scout Niblett, James McNew of Yo La Tengo, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub and Jad Fair and Bob Sluggett of Half Japanese. When Daniel played Vicar Street [...]
Coming soon: an online digital library of music that will allow music fans, webcasters and podcasters to listen, download, and stream for free, with no restrictions, registration or fees. And it will all be legal. The Free Music Archive is being directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America, and is funded by a grant from the New York State Music Fund. We take inspiration for...
The prolific Jad Fair whipped out an mp3 for the Free Music Archive that I thought I should share with you all. The song mentions listening to WFMU. I imagine it is a tribute to the effects of prolonged listening....
If you’re in London on July 25th and you’re interested in seeing a heartfelt, raw, outsider musical performance then you should go watch Daniel Johnston perform at the indigO2 (although being “supported & backed by Sparklehorse, Scout Niblett, James McNew of Yo La Tengo, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair of Half [...]
DOWNLOAD: Daniel Johnston - Honey I Sure Miss You (MP3) Once upon a time, way back 1993, Daniel Johnston painted a large mural of a frog known as Jeremiah the Innocent (which is a Three Dog Night song) on the...
The package tour. Besides the over-sugared NME affairs and 80s specials, you don't get many packages any more. Daniel Johnston is doing his best to revive the concept, though, with a UK and European jaunt featuring short sets from Scout Niblett, Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, James McNew of Yo La Tengo, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub and Jad Fair of Half Japanese. The friends will also provide backing...
So do Scout Niblett, Jad Fair, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub Photo by Paparazzi by Appointment If you had a band comprised of James McNew of Yo La Tengo, Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, Scout Niblett, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub, and Jad Fair of Half Japanese, that would really be something, huh? And if that band were led by Daniel Johnston ? All the better. Indeed, that fairly unbelievable lineup...
Happy Happy Joy Joy Half Japanese at SXSW 2008 How to Play Guitar by David Fair I taught myself to play guitar. It's incredibly easy when you understand the science of it. The skinny strings play the high sounds, and the fat strings play the low sounds. If you put your finger on the string farther out by the tuning end it makes a lower sound. If you want to play fast, move your hand fast and if you...
Half Japanese are playing five shows at SXSW this year, with one of its early lineups of Jad Fair, David Fair, Mark Jickling, Rick Dreyfuss, John Dreyfuss, and John Moremen. A couple of the shows will exhibit art by both Jad and David (worth checking out because Jad's art is AWESOME, and I'm sure David's is too), while the WFMU Showcase will feature Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan on saxophone. Meanwhile,...
Image from MySpace Half Japanese formed in the mid-seventies, and the band, which initially consisted of just brothers Jad and David Fair, would go on to have an musical impact on par with fellow primitive rock and roll ideologues Beat Happening and forebears The Shaggs . Kurt Cobain and Penn Jillette both championed their qualities to a larger audience, and their early history is even chronicled...
McCaig-Welles 129 Roebling Street, Suite B, 718-384-8729 Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick December 1, 2007 - January 2, 2008 Opening: Saturday, December 1, 7 - 10PM Web Site Jad Fair Jad Fair is best known as the co-founder and front man for the legendary punk rock band Half Japanese. His recording credits include collaborations with MoeTucker, Daniel Johnston, Yo La Tengo and Teenage Fanclub....
