Minimum Energy - Maximum Disorder

Ad hoc Decembrist post

2008-12-11T19:31:50Z

Bill has this photo on his Facebook album. It is labeled thusly: The Decembrists ca. 1985. Littleton Town Hall Basement. In this photo: Bill Anthes, Brian Murphy, Steve Evans, Aims McGuinness He also sent me this photo that documents the hist...

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Tune #28, Different Here's and Nows

2008-12-09T03:35:38Z

Hop'd. This was one of a couple of tunes written by Patrick lyrics by me. I wish he would have written more. I also wish I could figure out the chords to some of these things. Oh well- I'll just have to wait for the reunion tour.

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Tune # 27, Earth Spins

2008-12-09T03:27:30Z

Hop'd. Recorded at Kyle's house studio. Bill wrote the music and 2 of the 3 verses. Some really nice turns of the phrase on the Bill parts. I was pretty happy with the way my verse fit into the feel of the tune. This was always a big hit wit...

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Tune #26, Leonard

2008-12-09T03:22:25Z

Minus Bill. This was recorded, in part in my living room when I lived with B Mitchell in the Concord on the east side of campus in Boulder. I can't remember the street name it was on. The rest was recorded in Mark's dorm room. We released thi...

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Tune # 25, Nothing is a Relief

2008-12-09T03:04:07Z

Another Fletcher tune from the second recording session, whenever that was. This was alwasy referred to as the ska song on song lists. Whatever. THe solo is Giant Steps by John Coltrane. Hah.

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Tune #24, Writing to Villtus

2008-11-14T23:24:56Z

When we were recording the Nerves like eels stuff in 1989 it seemed like we needed to do an instrumental. I suppose because we could. I don't recall playing this live very often, but it was fun to record. I think Viltus was an exhcange student...

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Tune #23, You'd Think That

2008-11-14T23:21:14Z

Ahh, the comment I made about the nice and spare-ness of Notice was actually about this Fletcher tune. I should listen to these things before I post them. Also recorded at the same time, etc.

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Tune #22, Notice

2008-11-11T23:19:33Z

Fletcher tune recorded at the same time as Bees vs Men and Iowa. This is nice and spare. I think I have the low e tunded down to a D for dirgeyness. Here is the guitar I played for the latter portion of the Fletcher years. I can't recall the ...

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Tune #21, Pretty One

2008-11-11T23:10:53Z

I can't remember if there is a "The" in this title or not. Hmmm. This was one of the tunes recorded in 1989 in the living room of the house around 19th and Arapahoe. The annoying guitar sound is me. I've grown accustomed to it over the years. ...

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Tune #20, My Friends, My Car

2008-10-23T01:48:00Z

More Nerves Like Eels from 1989; this time Bill sings. I had forgotten how much we switched around on vocals at the very beginning. No one wanted to sing anyone else's lyrics, or no one wanted anyone else to sing their lyrics. I'm not sure whi...

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