The Good Life’s Album Of The Year “Sweet 16″ Tour!!
Holy crap, Album Of The Year is 16! It’s getting it’s driver’s license and hitting the road, playing everything on the record alongside all them hits from the last 20 years of The Good Life ~
6/5 Philadelphia – Johnny Brenda’s^
6/6 NY – Rough Trade^
6/7 Boston – ONCE^
6/12 Seattle – Tractor Tavern
6/13 Portland – Mississippi Studios
6/26 San Diego – The Casbah*
6/27 LA – Bootleg*
6/28 San Francisco – The Chapel*
7/3 Omaha – Waiting Room
7/4 Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow
7/5 Chicago – Sleeping Village
^ w/ Big Nothing
* w/ The New Trust
Tickets on sale Friday 3/6 noon local time
photo: Shervin Lainez
LPs & CDs & t-shirts & cetera
Heya, our friends at Ink Tank Merch have posted a TGL web store with a bunch of different shirt designs from over the years, and a few other odds and ends. Pick up a classic “Saloon” shirt, a “Balloon” hoodie, or that Lovers Need Lawyers 10″ that was out of print until Saddle Creek found a box stashed away in the warehouse!
Check check check it out:
Are You Afraid of Dying?
Hey ya – here’s another song from the Everybody’s Coming Down session. It tends to be difficult, having to choose which songs do or don’t make the album cut, so it’s nice to still get the runner ups out into the world-
Are You Afraid of Dying?
I thought you’d never ask-
I’m afraid of the pain
But I can’t comprehend death
What does it mean, simply not being?
It makes no sense;
I can’t make sense of it
To be, then not to be
The lumberyard is still a bunch of trees
My thoughts can live on
In each of these songs
But for how long – for how long?
And it’s still not even me!
A replica of, a loose proximity
And still I keep singing
I never stop singing
Yes, I fear death,
I’m so fucking scared –
I don’t want to go…
All my life I assumed I’d never die
I mean, sure, I knew I’d die –
But what’s that even mean?
No one thinks they’re really gonna die
Head East, The Good Life!
We are heading East for a final round of shows before shutting down the machinery for a while – come out and say hi, as who knows when we may be back around again!!
We are bringing one of our best buds, Jake Bellows, out for these shows. Always poignant, always a blast.
And our friends Field Mouse will be out on some dates, playing hits off their new record!
But that’s not all, folks: Roger’s band, Oquoa, and Ryan’s band, Our Fox, will be playing a select batch of shows as well!!
Wed, Nov 09 St. Paul, MN Turf Club Jake Bellows, Oquoa, Our Fox
Thu, Nov 10 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club Jake Bellows, Our Fox, Oquoa
Fri, Nov 11 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen Jake Bellows, Oquoa, Our Fox
Sat, Nov 12 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop Jake Bellows, Our Fox, Oquoa
Sun, Nov 13 Ferndale, MI The Loving Touch Jake Bellows, Oquoa
Mon, Nov 14 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Field Mouse, Jake Bellows
Wed, Nov 16 Boston, MA Great Scott Jake Bellows
Thu, Nov 17 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House Jake Bellows
Fri, Nov 18 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle Jake Bellows
Sat, Nov 19 Washington, DC Songbyrd Jake Bellows
Sun, Nov 20 Richmond, VA Strange Matter Field Mouse, Jake Bellows
Mon, Nov 21 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle Jake Bellows
Tue, Nov 22 Orlando, FL The Social Jake Bellows
Wed, Nov 23 Atlanta, GA The Earl Jake Bellows
Fri, Nov 25 Nashville, TN The High Watt Field Mouse, Jake Bellows
Sat, Nov 26 St. Louis, MO Blueberry Hill’s
Duck Room Field Mouse, Jake Bellows
Sun, Nov 27 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck Field Mouse, Jake Bellows
Mon, Nov 28 Omaha, Ne O’Leaver’s Jake Bellows
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