Yahowa 13 March 2009 Tour Dates

Here are the confirmed Yahowa 13 shows, should be an awesome time. Of course.


March 25 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brendas - w/Kohoutek + Dark Sea Dream

March 26 - Baltimore, MD - Talking Head Club - w/Kohoutek + Mopar Mountain Daredevils (ex Acid Mothers Temple)

March 27 - Washington, DC - Velvet Lounge - w/Kohoutek +more

March 28 - NYC –The Old Knitting Factory Main Space - w/Kohoutek and others TBA (venue wide event)

March 29 - New Haven, CT - BAR - w/Kohoutek and Gringo Star - Free Show

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Ron Asheton RIP

Oh man... what a massive fucking bummer to start 2009. Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead.

One of the greatest joys in my life was getting to meet Ron in April 2007. Meeting someone who truly, honest to god, changed my life with music was amazing and incredible. He couldn't find his phone and I made a joke about "No Fun" should be "No Phone." Yep. He kinda laughed, but was super nice, very cool and tolerated me like a true righteous dude. Goddamn, this makes me so sad.

Here is a pic of Ron from April 2007 at the Electric Factory in Philly. More here.

RIP, brother.

Acid Mothers Sunday vol 9: Mainliner Live 1997

I have been going through a bit of a Mainliner phase since Jasso from the Antarcticans mentioned this awesome video on the AMT message board. The first time I actually encountered AMT was through seeing Mainliner at the Knitting Factory in Manhattan on Feb 2 1997. I was so beyond stoked to see them as Mellow Out was one of my absolute faves of the previous year or so.

The line up was Mainliner, John Zorn and the Ruins if I am not mistaken. The Knitting Factory was kind of a drag that night, as they had chairs filling up the main room and had already banned smoking in that room (luckily the downstairs bar still allowed such things). Anyways Mainliner were pretty damn hot, leveling us, though I do remember thinking they weren't loud enough, alas! We were totally freaked out by the super tall wild haired guitarist who was just wailing away as on the album, but actually flailing and rocking the fuck out. Anyways, after the show, I bought a tape by the guitarist's other band, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. and the rest is history.

I think this recording was from a La Musica box set, but I am not entirely sure. I traded for it in the 2000s and it is a pretty decent (soundboard?) recording of the Knitting Factory set from 1997. There is some digital noise in spots, but for the most part a clear recording. Wish there was more guitar, of course, and I do wish they had played longer. To the best of my recollection it was Yoshida Tatsuya from the Ruins on drums with Kawabata Makoto on guitar and Asahito Nanjo on bass and vocals.


Mainliner - Live Feb 2 1997 Knitting Factory NYC

Track List:
1. tuning
2. Tsukisasaru
3. Black Sky part 1
4. Black Sky part 2
5. M
6. Last Day

Billy Corgan joins Yahowa 13 on stage in LA

Ok, the dude has a hate on for Billy, but neat to see that this was documented and such.

From the Swan Fungus blog...

New Boris stuff

A live version of the Smile album.

and...

A new collab with Kurihara called Cloud Chamber

Some pics from their 2005 show at the Church, more here:

Yahowa 13 Dec 2008 West Coast Tour and more...

Just reposting the tour info here:

Yahowa 13 2008 West Coast Tour:

Dec 15:
Nectar Lounge
412 N. 36th St. (Fremont)
Seattle, WA 9810

Dec 16:
Doug Fir Lounge
830 Burnside Street
Portland, OR 97214
503-231-WOOD

Dec 17:
Humboldt Brews
856 10th Street
Arcata, CA 95521
707-826-2739

Dec 18
Slim’s
333 Eleventh Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-255-0333

Dec 19
Spaceland
1717 Silver Lake Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
323-662-7728

Also here are some news items on the Brothers...

And an older piece from NPR.

As Above, So Below!