Jon Langford 2005-04-15
Magnet Theater, New York, NY
Set 1
A Piece Of Serious Art
The Plans We Made
My Story Today
It's Not Enough
Wannabe Soccer Hooligan
Tom Jones Levitation
Letter To Sophie 1
The Old Salty Sea Biscuit In "the Wind"
Middlebrow Culture Is Our Enemy
Sputnik 57
With Pants Aflame
Never Been In A Riot 1
Primitive First Single
Never Been In A Riot 2
Lester Bangs
Never Been In A Riot 3
Letter To Sophie 2
Talking Shop
Memphis, Egypt 1
Checkpoint Charlie
Memphis, Egypt 2
Letter To Sophie 3
Charting Our Own Demoralized Capitulation
Letter From Bob Wills' Attorney
Too Lazy To Split Up
If Drinking Don't Kill Me, Your Memory Will
The Double-r Ranch
Long Black Veil
A Short Intermission
The Old Salty Sea Biscuit In "barbecue Pork"
Walking On Hell's Roof
Letter To Sophie 4
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
Hank Williams Signs His Contract*
Make Art, Whirr, Sell It
The Death Of Country Music 1
Gravestones
The Death Of Country Music 2
Letter To Sophie 5
The Punk-country Connection
Dreaming Cowboy
Bulls And Heifers
Dollar Dress
Letter To Sophie 6
Kinder, Gentler Stalinists
The Old Salty Sea Biscuit In "monkeys"
Lenin's Mummy
Nashville Radio
Letter To Sophie 7
Daddy, Who's That Cowboy?
To The Last Dead Cowboy
The Bloodletting
Folsom Prison Blues
A Language Of Dreams
Delilah
Pop-star Celebrity Activist Stuff
Gallows Pole
Letter To Sophie 8
The Perfect Marriage Of State And Corporate Interests
The Country Is Young
Over The Cliff
Broken Bottle
Sentimental Marching Song
Homburg
Half Past France
Are You An Entertainer?
Chris Mills Goes To The Lavatory
Drunk By Noon
Bourgeois Blues
Take This Hammer/goodnight Irene
Dark Sun
Buy It Now
Sally's Solo Ukelele Improvisation
Wild And Blue
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Leeds Neighbors
I Picked Up The Pieces
The Dark Queen Of Wales And The Virgin Pope
Tom Jones Levitation
Memphis, Egypt
The Plans We Made
My Story Today
It's Not Enough
Wannabe Soccer Hooligan
Tom Jones Levitation
Letter To Sophie 1
The Old Salty Sea Biscuit In "the Wind"
Middlebrow Culture Is Our Enemy
Sputnik 57
With Pants Aflame
Never Been In A Riot 1
Primitive First Single
Never Been In A Riot 2
Lester Bangs
Never Been In A Riot 3
Letter To Sophie 2
Talking Shop
Memphis, Egypt 1
Checkpoint Charlie
Memphis, Egypt 2
Letter To Sophie 3
Charting Our Own Demoralized Capitulation
Letter From Bob Wills' Attorney
Too Lazy To Split Up
If Drinking Don't Kill Me, Your Memory Will
The Double-r Ranch
Long Black Veil
A Short Intermission
The Old Salty Sea Biscuit In "barbecue Pork"
Walking On Hell's Roof
Letter To Sophie 4
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
Hank Williams Signs His Contract*
Make Art, Whirr, Sell It
The Death Of Country Music 1
Gravestones
The Death Of Country Music 2
Letter To Sophie 5
The Punk-country Connection
Dreaming Cowboy
Bulls And Heifers
Dollar Dress
Letter To Sophie 6
Kinder, Gentler Stalinists
The Old Salty Sea Biscuit In "monkeys"
Lenin's Mummy
Nashville Radio
Letter To Sophie 7
Daddy, Who's That Cowboy?
To The Last Dead Cowboy
The Bloodletting
Folsom Prison Blues
A Language Of Dreams
Delilah
Pop-star Celebrity Activist Stuff
Gallows Pole
Letter To Sophie 8
The Perfect Marriage Of State And Corporate Interests
The Country Is Young
Over The Cliff
Broken Bottle
Sentimental Marching Song
Homburg
Half Past France
Are You An Entertainer?
Chris Mills Goes To The Lavatory
Drunk By Noon
Bourgeois Blues
Take This Hammer/goodnight Irene
Dark Sun
Buy It Now
Sally's Solo Ukelele Improvisation
Wild And Blue
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Leeds Neighbors
I Picked Up The Pieces
The Dark Queen Of Wales And The Virgin Pope
Tom Jones Levitation
Memphis, Egypt
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
Preview performance of Jon Langford's multimedia performance piece "The Executioner's Last Songs," a week before its official debut the following week at Milwaukee's Alverno College. The full stage performance incorporated music and spoken-word pieces with a stream of video projections that included everything from images from Langford's paintings, to old home movies from Wales, to footage of Langford reciting poetry while dressed as a pirate in a kayak in a bathroom sink.
(Postcard for the show can be found, for the moment anyway, at: http://magnettheater.com/images/executionerssmall.jpg)
Third disc is a late "acoustic" show that followed, with Steve Goulding joining in on a drumkit consisting of a plastic bucket, a paint can, and a fire extinguisher.
Musicians: Jon Langford (guitar, ukelele, vocals, readings), Sally Timms, (ukelele, shruti box, vocals, readings), Jean Cook (violin, vocals, readings), Tony Maimone (bass), with Barry Mills on keyboard-controlled video. Steve Goulding (percussion) on Disc 3 only.
* Title of Disc 2, Track 5 is a guess, as it was apparently a new song written for this performance.
(Postcard for the show can be found, for the moment anyway, at: http://magnettheater.com/images/executionerssmall.jpg)
Third disc is a late "acoustic" show that followed, with Steve Goulding joining in on a drumkit consisting of a plastic bucket, a paint can, and a fire extinguisher.
Musicians: Jon Langford (guitar, ukelele, vocals, readings), Sally Timms, (ukelele, shruti box, vocals, readings), Jean Cook (violin, vocals, readings), Tony Maimone (bass), with Barry Mills on keyboard-controlled video. Steve Goulding (percussion) on Disc 3 only.
* Title of Disc 2, Track 5 is a guess, as it was apparently a new song written for this performance.
Sources
| SHNID | Date | Venue | City | State | Archive Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69227 | 2005-04-15 | Magnet Theater | New York | NY | |
| AUD > Core Sound Low-Cost Binaurals > Sony MZ-NH900 Hi-MD > M-Audio Audiophile 2496 sound card > Sound Studio for OS X > AIFF > SoundConverter > SHN | |||||
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Tue Jun 27 2006 11:27:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Updated At
Thu Mar 23 2006 05:36:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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