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Europe 2019: Mannheim
In Mannheim, we play our first festival of the trip, Maifeld Derby. It turns out to be a racetrack and the surrounding grounds. The green...
Ethan Bassford
Jun 18, 201915 min read
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Treefort, part 2
Our next stop is the Knitting Factory to see Yamantaka // Sonic Titan. Where is there not a Knitting Factory these days? Back in my day...
Ethan Bassford
Mar 25, 201912 min read
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Treefort, part 1
The flight to Boise leaves at 7 AM, which means waking up around 6. I always pack in two stages, attempting a complete pack and allowing...
Ethan Bassford
Mar 24, 20199 min read
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Moon 2r: Part 7
Mahall’s is a bowling alley with food and a bar as well as shows, and it is huge. Upon arrival we are greeted with the most attractively...
Ethan Bassford
Sep 30, 201811 min read
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Moon 2r: Part 6
The Chicago show is at the Hideout, where I am told we played seven or eight years ago. It feels cozy and lived in, like a neighborhood...
Ethan Bassford
Sep 20, 201811 min read
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Moon 2r: Part 5
We stay at Chris’s place in Knoxville. It is a nice big place and he owns it, which is nuts to me. We’re the same age! I wonder if I will...
Ethan Bassford
Sep 18, 201815 min read
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Moon 2r: Part 4
In Atlanta, we sleep late and I am drafted to make breakfast. The house has a beautiful giant kitchen with every possible knife and...
Ethan Bassford
Sep 15, 201810 min read
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Moon 2r: Part 3
The show in Richmond is at Gallery5, a favorite stop of ours. Openers Haybaby and Dazeases are fantastic. Haybaby we know from New York,...
Ethan Bassford
Sep 13, 20189 min read
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Moon 2r: Part 2
In Boston, we wake up to bagels and coffee. We eat quickly and without relish even though the bagels are quite good. I don’t think anyone...
Ethan Bassford
Sep 12, 201810 min read
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Moon 2r: Part 1
I fully intend to sleep in on the first day of tour, but I’m wide awake by 9:30. I finish packing and have a leisurely breakfast, a bacon...
Ethan Bassford
Sep 10, 20186 min read
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On Bending
I had been working on a post on and off about different types of bass strings I like, and some extra-geeky minutiae about work I’ve done...
Ethan Bassford
Jan 28, 20173 min read
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A recipe of sorts
There’s a lot of loose talk out there about how long it takes to caramelize onions. It takes an inconvenient amount of time, during which...
Ethan Bassford
Sep 15, 20169 min read
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A Brush with History
I am at peace in Richmond. We have just finished playing a show with our friends and colleagues Manatree and Lucy Dacus, and now we’re on...
Ethan Bassford
Nov 17, 20157 min read
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Spring 2015 Tour: More Bad Stuff
We leave Weimar in the afternoon. I make a quick stop at Brenner’s to get some barbecue. I have now eaten at all three non-chain...
Ethan Bassford
Jun 1, 201512 min read
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Spring 2015 Tour: Not Schiller’s Weimar, The Other One
Carlos and I wake up at the crack of dawn to go to the mechanic, which opens at 7:30. It is a mile or so of walking along I-10. We are...
Ethan Bassford
May 24, 20158 min read
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Spring 2015 Tour: Good New Orleans and Bad New Orleans
New Orleans is consistently one of my favorite places to visit, and as always I feel a sense of peace descend on my mind as we roll...
Ethan Bassford
May 14, 201513 min read
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Spring 2015 Tour: Misadventures in Savannah
I remember Savannah from a few years ago, when we did not play but stopped to eat. We went to Wall’s Barbecue, a tiny shack-like building...
Ethan Bassford
May 12, 201510 min read
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Spring 2015 Tour: Wildlife
Our show in Richmond is at an art gallery. It is the senior show for an art school, which means we are surrounded by interesting fashion...
Ethan Bassford
May 11, 201510 min read
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Spring 2015 Tour: In Which I Discover Sardines
Our show in Philly is at the Pharmacy, a coffee shop with a tiny and oddly-shaped stage. I order an espresso, which hits the spot. We are...
Ethan Bassford
May 5, 201510 min read
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Spring 2015 Tour: In Which I Purchase Another Unnecessary Pedal
As usual, getting out of the city takes longer than expected. I have to retrieve my laundry, which entails waiting for the B54 bus for an...
Ethan Bassford
May 1, 201513 min read
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