"We won't confess what we've done", begins Will Oldham, and suddenly my room is staring at me. The unmade bed, the spoiled food, the mess on the floor are all eyes on me like they know my secrets. Between us, one of those secrets is an answer to the question - what would you give for some profoundness in life?In the summer before I turned eighteen, I told my folks a huge lie. I said I was being...
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To fall asleep, I read of wars: young and bleeding boys in German trenches, soul-deep mud in the Falais Gap. These troubles that so far exceed my own, I could blush. I worry about being broke, I flail to protect my stakes from those who would violently unearth them. Some days, feeding myself as a writer seems as likely as becoming an acrobat. That one can churn for hours on end. But on no upcom...
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been listening to mr will oldham and his many monikers quite a bit lately. one thing i have come to realize about his music that i didnt when i started listening to him, many moons ago, is that while most of his songs sound absolutely dreadful and solemn they are actually quite uplifting, in a [...]
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It’s been a few years since I’ve listened regularly to the music of Will Oldham. I haven’t purchased an album of his since ‘05, but until last year or the one prior I would return to Ease On Down The Road and I See A Darkness if the occasion felt right. I have — with [...]
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Now that's sarcasm! Umm, anyway, yes it's true. Just as you were getting a bit tired of that Bonnie "Prince" Billy record from this past summer, yet another bearded man with yet another loosely titled, Appalachian-inspired spiritual folk outfit is hitting the road this fall to keep up the nationwide enthusiasm for the gospel of, well, for vibing-out on ghostly folk tunes and drinking colorful wine
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The power went out at 2pm PST today, keeping us from posting a bunch of cool stories, but these bits are gonna be stale by tomorrow, so feast away… Will Oldham gave The Onion's A.V. Club one of his best interviews to date (if you haven't seen Ian...
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Pre-text: I've gotten a lot of angry emails from you wondering why this blog has been so dormant, and frankly I'm flattered. You've inspired me to not be such a slacker, I promise I will resume regular content. That being said I'd like to shamelessly defend myself and say that I promise I've been busy with good and worthwhile things.Something happened sometime around the end of last year - peop...
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