My pal, Adam:
In the winter of 2011, we invited John Roderick of The Long Winters over for a potluck dinner. He played a few songs, told some stories and ate all of the food.
A few of those moments have been put together into a video collection called “More Than Shapes,” named for a song and a story from that evening.
Can’t wait to see the rest of these.
[cf: my previous meditations on John and “Carparts”—plus the aforementioned 1998 Western State Hurricanes version]
Source: vimeo.com
“Before my heart overflowed”
Never tell John Roderick, but nobody is a bigger Long Winters fan than I am.
Source: merlin
Ken Stringfellow - It’ll Be A Breeze / THEY SHOOT MUSIC - YouTube
Speaking of which.
Here’s Ken Stringfellow (The Posies) covering “It’ll be a Breeze” (The Long Winters).
It’s absolutely one of my favorite John Roderick songs, beautifully interrupted here by a crazy-gifted singer.
Standing on a park bench. Naturally.
Here’s John’s original, from the glorious When I Pretend to Fall.
“Global Inter Net Consideration of The Long Winters,” v1.0 (June, 2003)
Still, one of my favorite sites I’ve ever done. And, so fun to make.
I miss the old-timey trend.
Source: web.archive.org
“Roderick on the Line”
Let’s call it a pilot program.
Steak, Babies, Hitler, Molecules, Hearing Loss, and the Best of the Liberal Arts. Pretty much what you’d expect.
I definitely want to make this a thing.
Update 2011-09-09_10-26-37
Working on making this a thing. Not done yet, but, hey, web page.
Source: i-0.us
Western State Hurricanes “Car Parts” (Oct. 2, 1998)
Original incarnation of the aforementioned “Carparts,” performed by John Roderick’s almost-on-Sub-Pop quartet, The Western State Hurricanes.
I do prefer The Long Winters’s version, but must note in passing that John’s subsequent sidepersons have included way fewer empirically adorable lady guitar players.
In other news: nice video effects!
Source: youtube.com
“Before my heart overflowed”
Never tell John Roderick, but nobody is a bigger Long Winters fan than I am.
