Oh yay! And I really don't have much of a life right now, so I'll be able to send them along to Kate fairly quickly.

Just checking in. I have no Buffista mixes right now. Once I get what Hec is sending my way, I will forward it along promptly.

Has Plei stopped reading this thread maybe? Should somebody e her to check if she has gotten the mixes DX has sent on?

Did you ever Levon's This Wheel's On Fire, Joe? It's a great read, though moreso for the wild rockabilly days than insights into The Band.

Haven't read it. Wanted to post more about Manuel (and Helm and Danko) today, but work was busy. Maybe tomorrow. Did want to mention that many many years ago I started working on a screenplay adaptation of Faulkner's short story "Wash," the seed from which grew Absalom! Absalom!, and there was no doubt in my mind that Levon Helm was the man to play Wash Jones. Magnificent story, really heartbreaking. My best friend told me that if I wrote it he would make sure Levon got a look at it. He actually had some session musician buddies who'd played with him, but he meant "You do your part and I'll find a way to get it to him." Of course I never finished it. Worked on it for a while then lost 90% of it in a truly idiotic fashion (this was long before I had a computer; all the work was done by hand & I had no back up -- layers of stupidity) and never restarted. Oh well. Read the story if you never have. It's in Collected Stories and The Portable Faulkner. If I can find an etext I'll link to it, but IIRC I looked hard about a year ago & couldn't find it. Still think Levon would be great in it.

BTW, the the site where I found the "Whispering Pines" page is a great resource if you like the Band. Very detailed info as far as who plays & sings what on all the albums.

Fuck. I've listened to Roxy's "Editions of You" five times in the last hour. My body is craving it like salt.

I've listened to Roxy's "Editions of You" five times in the last hour.

That's been one of my fave Roxy song for the last 19 years, I think. For Your Pleasure was their second album, when Eno was still in the band, right?

Found a new band- new to me, actually, they're big enough now to be touring with Coldplay- give them a listen. They're called Eisley.

I've been told to check them out, but haven't heard anything by them yet.

"Whispering Pines" is prominently featured on my In the Pines tape.

Have you heard the Dar Williams version? That's all I've heard.

Should I go see the Butchies on Tuesday? I really like "Trouble."

Box. Next to door. Ready to go. Have to be here when post-office open.

Been poked.

May just hand Paul wad of money and tell him to mail fucker.

Polter Cow, you should hear the Band version. "Whispering Pines" is fucking gorgeous no matter what, but those aching high notes kill me every time.

Should I go see the Butchies on Tuesday? I really like "Trouble."

Yes. I haven't seen them in a few years, but they were quite good then.

Did want to mention that many many years ago I started working on a screenplay adaptation of Faulkner's short story "Wash," the seed from which grew Absalom! Absalom!, and there was no doubt in my mind that Levon Helm was the man to play Wash Jones.

There's no part of this story that I don't love, Joe. You know that A!A! is part of my triumvirate of Greatest American Novels (with Moby-Dick and Gravity's Rainbow, natch).

I've been listening to Uncle Tupelo pretty much constantly lately, and now I'm craving all the alt-country goodness I can get my hands on. I just need to know where to start, as I am a neophyte in that world.

Can someone in the know recommend some good albums?

Edit: hayden, your love for Moby-Dick makes me incredibly happy. So many people hate that book, and it breaks my heart. Melville was the first Modernist, IMHO, and he's got a lyricism that even Virginia Woolf would envy.

Aren't Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt related?