I was just talking about this to a friend of mine, the ghost who lives in my apartment, and she was all “when’s that Anton remix of Autumn Carnival comin’ out, I gots things to do??” I said I didn’t know, I only work here, and please, please put some clothes on, ghost.
Here it is, though! I bought it, and I work here!
GOTHMAN
How could the notorious Anton Alfred Newcombe (he of Brian Jonestown Massacre fame) have never remixed a song by your The Dandy Warhols? This is a question that was asked, and then immediately rectified. Voilà! Anton’s remix of ‘The Autumn Carnival,’ here in this SPIN article, which also mentions DIG a lot.
GOTHMAN
One of our favorite moments this month in Australia included a visit to Phillips Shirts’ Archive a Shop by Phillips in Melbourne. We had a blast! Thanks for the threads, you guys.
GOTHMAN
A whole lotta youse guys failed miserably my test to take the day off and have done your best imitation of a clamor monster (muppet??) for FREE Christmas songs – even though, honestly, you should have these already, what’d ya just delete the files every year, what’s wrong with you??
The popular tune “Little Drummer Boy” (about state-run drum circles, which is a thing I’m sure they will do some sketch about on “Portlandia”, now that I gave ’em the idea) is from 1994, and this “Silent Night” tune (a song about murdering Santas and naked ladies, if Google image search is to be believed) we did from all the way back in 2011, before weed was legal in Washington state. Download these tunes for zero dollars as xmas.dandywarhols.com. Send so to your friends! SO EASY TO GIVE!
As you were.
GOTHMAN
Just a quick note to remind you that tickets for this Saturday’s show at Melkweg in Amsterdam are now on sale. Tell your friends, if you know what’s good for ya.
NO SHOWS WHAT?
GOTHMAN
With great sadness we must report that our show with Nina Hagen in Berlin on the 24th has broken up. Our sincere apologies to our dear friends in Germany who now continue to wait. We promise we’ll try our best to get back to you in 2013.
With the open date now for the 24th we have added Amsterdam’s Melkweg to our itinerary. Tickets go on sale this Monday, 19th November at 10:00 HERE.
NO SHOWS WHAT?
GOTHMAN
Spinner is premiering the latest video from The Dandy Warhols, the Thomas Rhazi directed “The Autumn Carnival.” This video is the third released by the band in promotion of their latest album, This Machine, and was written by Dandy frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Bauhaus/Love & Rockets’ David J.
“The song came from David J and I discussing Something Wicked This Way Comes,” Courtney says. “The theme here is how, as we age, our view of youth and our feelings regarding what it means become paper thin and almost totally unrealistic.”
GOTHMAN
Alrighty.
Here’s another photo of my lovely wine in action. (Buy it HERE for a limited time.) This is at the tasting for the Christmas dinner/show show December 15 at the Mission.
Here’s the first draft of the menu. Its gonna change a bit between now and then and a couple wines have changed already but you get the jist:
1st. Basic roasted beet stack on little arugula w chive/spinach goddess.
Schoenfeldt NV cremant d’alsace
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2nd. Smoked pepper Manhatten clam chowder.
Chateau Taylor-Taylor Boca D’Avolo 2010
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3rd. Chili-maple grilled carrots on celeryroot/new potato puree
Chateau Taylor-Taylor Boca D’Avolo 2010
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4th. Braised pork shoulder w molasses/mustard glaze on broccoli cornbread.
Teselli Nero D’Avola 2009
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5th. Bourbon pumpkin bread pudding
Amontillado Sherry 2002
When we finalize it we’ll flesh it out so that ALL of the herbs, oils and whatnot are listed. Again, this is just the big ideas.
Yum.
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
NO SHOWS WHAT?
I just figured it was about time.
It’s a quick read at 174 pages so a chunk of afternoon spent on the sofa has yielded quite a lot of brain stimulation.
What an amazing clarity this translation has, too.
What with all the dark associations and the centuries and languages between then and now I think it is still safe to say this Machiavelli guy was really really bright.
For some reason I was always under the impression that he was royalty but turns out he wasn’t. He was a rather fortunate young man but it turned ugly of course, and naturally this work of genius wasn’t appreciated in its time.
It’s also not about being underhanded and sneaky but rather about how you must know what the nature of your troubles are and/or how to hopefully circumvent them. Failing that, recognizing and choosing the lesser of evils when dealing with them is probably the part where he got such a bum rap.
Anyhoo its a fun read. Get it. Actually mine is inscribed to me by my friend Patrick and I must say a good, compact hardbound copy of this book inscribed is a pretty badass gift idea for a certain type of person. Probably the type of person who is reading this right now.
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
