April 2010
11 posts
Bootlegs Are So 2009
Ever since January, Adam’s been harping on the fact I didn’t make it up to Chicago for the Don’t Mind Control Variety Show. (Seriously, he brings it up at least every couple weeks.)
But, as it turns out, I’m not completely out of luck because a soundboard recording was made of the show and we’re making it available for FREE download. So now everybody else who...
"Ikea-rumba" (¡Ay Carumba!)
As part of this year’s spring cleaning we got some brand new furniture in the office, which means I’ll finally have a real desk! But before that gets put together, Amanda and I had to assemble some new vinyl cubbyholes.
Things got off to a bad start when after a mere ten minutes of working we stood the unit up prematurely — causing all four shelf dividers to snap off because...
Aloha's All Around
Thursday’s Aloha show was a veritable Who’s Who of Polyvinyl musicians.
While waiting at the door for Matt to sort out the guest list situation, I glimpsed Mike Kinsella (Owen) sitting on a couch and then proceeded to be introduced to Mahmood Shaikh (The Ivory Coast; now a booking agent for Aloha and Headlights), Bob Nanna (Braid) and Bobby Burg (Joan of Arc, Love of Everything).
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Bandemonium
The boys in Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin crashed the office yesterday on their way to play a show in Bloomington-Normal.
We spent a good two hours talking about the band’s awesome fans, artistic friends, and plans surrounding their upcoming release.
The timing was especially perfect since Megan had just finished showing me how to order promos for SSLYBY’s new album when the...
Guitar Hero
On Wednesday we had a a mid-week PV family reunion of sorts when Love Is All and Japandroids invaded Champaign to play a show together at the Highdive.
With a room full of Polyvinyl staffers and interns past and present, everyone was in high spirits (for some, because they had spirits in them) — until Nicholaus broke a guitar string during Love Is All’s first song. Luckily, crisis...
Like Random Facts? Yeah Yeah Yeah(s) You Do
My girlfriend is a huge Yeah Yeah Yeahs fan. She’s got several of their CDs and is always randomly breaking into the chorus of “Zero” (hopefully she’s not directing it towards me).
Then, just last week, she asked me to snag her a copy of the new Love Is All record after she listened to the song I posted on this blog.
What’s the point of all this (besides getting a...
Training Wheel
Monday officially kicked off a whole cycle of training here at Polyvinyl:
- Megan’s prepping me to take over her production job when she leaves for grad school this summer
- I’m training our new hire, Cole, to fill in the mailorder slot I’ll be vacating
- And to complete the circle, Cole has promised to teach Megan how to play “Smoke on the Water” on...
