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Luna EP
Luna EP
No. 6 Records
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LETTER FROM DEAN
Dear Diary,
Did you know that the Elektra Entertainment Group,
after much deliberation and changing of minds decided not to release the new
Luna album, The Days of Our Nights? Am I upset? In the short term it was
definitely annoying, messed up all our summer plans etc. The record has made its
way into the States from Europe and Australia, but we are very close to a deal
to get in out domestically in late October, with extra special new artwork.
Lawyers are talking to business affairs people. The truth is that I am glad to
be gone from Elektra, to escape from our mountain of phony record company debt.
I also view it as a small miracle that we lasted at Elektra for four whole
albums without ever having a hit. But enough about that...
Did you know that
Sean and I did a promo trip of Europe in April? Well we did. We did lots of
interviews and even a few little semi-acoustic shows. I played acoustic guitar
and the omnichord, and Sean played electric. In Hamburg we played at a little
bar called the Blue Peter, over by the Reeperbahn. In Bourges, France we opened
for Elliott Smith at a smallish indoor rock festival. By this point the
Omnichord was broken, since I don't have a case for it -- I was carrying it
around in a plastic bag. The chords stopped working but the little drum machine
still functioned. Then we had a day of press in Paris, and on our night off we
went to see our friend Dogbowl open for Elliott Smith. That night I became
violently ill after having a ham sandwich in Dogbowl's dressing room, which
spoiled my first night in Madrid, but I was okay by the second night -- Sean and
I played another short acoustic set, at El Sol. We got about three hours sleep
before flying to Milan, where we were greeted by many German shepherds at the
airport. Somehow we managed to get through another day of interviews, then flew
the next morning to Oslo. Did you know that Norway is a very puritanical
country? Well it is. Still we had a pretty nice time there, played another
acoustic set that night and went to a very nice bar (Teddy's?) where they had
lots of old rockabilly on the jukebox.
We finished our trip by participating in
the Bowlie Weekender festival (organized by Belle and Sebastian) in the south of
England, in a cheap little English holiday resort, complete with go-karts -- it
was really a bit surreal. When the bands finished playing there was a disco.
Supposedly Jarvis Cocker was the DJ, but I never saw him. Lots of our friends
were there: the Pastels, Mercury Rev, other friends. My favorite show of the
festival was the Flaming Lips, who have completely re-invented themselves and
were incredibly entertaining -- handpuppets, a big gong, confetti, lots of good
video footage. Godspeed You Black Emperor, a 12 piece experimental band from
Canada, were also noteworthy.
Some CDs I have enjoyed this summer:
Beautiful Stranger by Madonna,
The Soft Bulletin by the Flaming Lips,
The Tennessee Fire by My Morning Jacket,
Places to Visit EP by Saint Etienne (much better than their last one),
Stereo Type A by Cibo Matto,
Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada E.P. by Godspeed
You Black Emperor,
and The Capitol Years by Glen Campbell.
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I have to go now. I have to fix my omnichord.
Dean August 12, 1999
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