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11/12
2009

  • Southern Lights Tour!

    Akron/Family February ‘10 Tour Dates

    all shows with Warpaint

    Wed 2/17 Greensboro, NC- Artiska Club  on UNC Campus
    Thu 2/18 Athens, GA at 40 Watt  Club
    Fri 2/19 St. Orlando at Backbooth
    Sat 2/20 Tallahassee at  FSU Club Downunder
    Sun 2/21 New Orleans, LA at One Eyed Jacks
    Tue 2/23  Houston at Walters
    Wed 2/24 Austin at Parish Theater
    Thu 2/25 Dallas at Granada Theater
    Fri 2/26 Memphis at Hi Tone  
    Sat 2/27 Nashville at Exit/In
    Sun 2/28 Knoxville at Pilot Light  
    Wed 3/3  Brooklyn, NY at MHW

    Say hello. Sing along. See you there.

11/10
2009

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    • the Woody Project

      We have been asking friends to record versions of our song Woody Guthrie’s America. Inspiring, Surprising, and Beautiful versions are rolling in and we are trying to keep up with them by building a web home where they will stay dry and entertain you. But I could not wait. Here is the first one we got. It is from Charlyne Yi. Please enjoy. And, if you feel so inspired, send a version of your own to:

      akronfamilywoodyproject@gmail.com

      Once the site is up, we plan to open it up to everybody, and have a truly world-wide sing along. For now, plug in your boombox or ear plugs into your internet device and Enjoy!

    • Has been played 129 times.

10/27
2009

10/19
2009

  • through band friend Jesse Jarnow discovered this book. epic 1st volume of an American history in verse by former Fug Ed Sanders. great idea. book is readable fun, lucid learning experience. thought it sang praise to the same poetic america that our album cover was singing to and wanted to share introduction poem. enjoy.

    can find book here if interested: http://www.blacksparrowbooks.com/author.asp?first=Edward&last=Sanders

9/30
2009

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    • some slaraffenland as promised

    • Has been played 175 times.

9/28
2009

  • FALLING FORWARD

    Helloall,

    Been keeping up mainly by photos these days. as tours roll on, words roll away and images just pass by.But, as for catching up and content and all,

    We just had a most wonderful US tour with the Danish band Slaraffenland and the NYC troupe Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard. See one of Jeffrey’s songs below. Maybe we can post a Slaffenland tune tomorrow? tumblr only lets us post one a day.

    The tour was a true gradient caravan of joy that landed in many small and far off places. Hudson NY with Dan Bunny and Williamsport PA at Site B and then finishing in a contemporary art museum in Lousiville KY.  A great and wonderful few weeks. Slaraffenland even joined us on stage each night to play horns, sing, drum. Here is an audience video I scraped up from an Ithaca show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHDCdBybzRo

    That entire show can be downloaded off our new archive.org! page here: http://www.archive.org/details/akronfamily2009-09-16.aud.flac16

    In the midst of this amazing tour we stopped off on the Borscht Belt to participate in the Flaming Lips curated ATP. It was a great weekend with one of the most mind/body/soul altering performances we have ever seen by the Boredoms. We also got to participate in Oneida’s 10.5 hour performance on Sunday. We had the coveted early slot at noon. See more here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8RXkPdCKlY&feature=related

    Many good things are coming too. Europe in November and Australia/NZ in December. A new video project. Also taking submissions soon for the Woody Project we are doing. Stay tuned. Stay in touch.

    All our love, Seth. Akron/Family

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    • Bugs and Flowers

      Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard

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9/25
2009

  • The planet. Obviously.

  • The planet. Obviously.

  • Yes he was going to the charleston! Whoa bro, nice ground effects.

  • Yes he was going to the charleston! Whoa bro, nice ground effects.

9/17
2009

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