Line Out - Comments on Avetts! http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts Wu-Tang, Lupe, Devendra, Gogol Bordello--the Bumbershoot lineup looks pretty sweet so far. But I'm totally geeking out about the Avett Brothers. With a huge summer tour that includes appearances at Coachella and now Bumbershoot, the North Carolina trio is... Copyright 2008 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:56:13 -0800 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:49:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Whatevs Wow, I dig that. Thanks for the tip.

JZ, please tell me you've seen "Be Here to Love Me." I have it on good authority that I have seen it more times than the director himself.

]]> Whatevs http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c688804 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c688804 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:39:55 -0800 Comment by jz i havent, actually, though i was just talking about the movie w chris mccann, who freelances for the stranger. im reading a biography of TVZ right now called "to lives to fly," which is good but not great. sounds like documentary is the way to go.

the avetts, man. i cant get enough. i have an advance copy of the new album and its tremendous.

if you liked that clip, check out this one:

http://theavettbrothers.com/videos/november_blue.mov

thats the song that sold me on the band back in january 2005.

theres a great story behind these guys that will be told in these pages.

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c688814 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c688814 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:54:07 -0800 Comment by Whatevs JZ, you are missing out. Go get the documentary. It's one of the best music docs I've seen, next to "The Ramones: End of the Century."

Townes is a fascinating story. The rich parents, poverty, alcoholism, jumping from 5th story windows ... The footage they used from an earlier doc "Heartworn Highways" will chill your bones.

]]> Whatevs http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c688836 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c688836 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:16:37 -0800 Comment by HSS Is it just me, or is today's Bumbershoot boosterism totally off pace with The Stranger/Slog's Bumbershoot reviews of past years' festivals? Didn't y'all just rip the Shins' show to shreds a few months ago? And bitch about waiting all day for 40 minutes of Mike Daisey and Jeremy Enigk in 2006? Who are you PR flaks? Bring back The Stranger.

]]> HSS http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c689125 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c689125 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:37:15 -0800 Comment by jz the last time i was at bumbershoot was 1995.

even then there were huge lines, shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, hard-to-get-to shows, blah blah blah. it was super frustrating--and hardly a revelation to anyone whos been in the past few years. hating is so predictable.

which is why i will not be dissuaded in my enthusiasm for the avett brothers.

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c689149 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c689149 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:52:30 -0800 Comment by mansion town If only the Avett Bros could play in Everett. I like the sound of Avetts in Everett. That is all.

]]> mansion town http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c689170 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c689170 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:10:08 -0800 Comment by Kathy Fennessy "Be Here to Love Me" is great. Just wanted to mention that the director isn't male. It was Margaret Brown's first film, after a documentary co-directed with her songwriter father Milton about singing cowboys. As far as I can tell, "Mi Amigo" (2002) remains unreleased. I'd like to see it.

]]> Kathy Fennessy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c689202 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/04/avetts#c689202 Love Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:49:46 -0800