It’s a warm spring day in Asheville, North Carolina, and Charlie Parr is sitting on the back stairwell of Eulogy, a trendy music venue in the South Slope neighborhood. Later that evening, the singer-songwriter will play to a packed crowd. But, for now, Parr is soaking in every last ray of sunshine before he has to return to his native Minnesota, where winter has yet to fully let go.
“For a while, I think I was feeling intimidated by a lot of stuff,” Parr tells Rolling Stone. “Aging is intimidating.
“For a while, I think I was feeling intimidated by a lot of stuff,” Parr tells Rolling Stone. “Aging is intimidating.
- 4/30/2024
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Not long ago, Lizzie No had an out-of-body experience while listening to Gillian Welch. The singer-songwriter had spent the past few years trying to make sense of the fractured, frighteningly personal songs she’d been writing, songs that spoke to a pain whose source she couldn’t always name. Many of them ended up on Halfsies, the stunning new record that the songwriter says is, in large part, about the “sensation of living in the scar without having any understanding of the initial wound.”
Which brings No (real name Lizzie Quinlan) to Gillian Welch.
Which brings No (real name Lizzie Quinlan) to Gillian Welch.
- 3/21/2024
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Tl;Dr:
Andy Partridge was asked if The Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon” influenced Xtc’s “Dear God.” He discussed how a book inspired “Dear God.” The Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon” was covered by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.
Xtc’s “Dear God” may have been inspired by The Beatles‘ “Rocky Raccoon.” A member of Xtc explained why people identified him with “Rocky Raccoon” during his time in college. In addition, “Rocky Raccoon” was covered by Micky Dolenz of The Monkees.
Xtc’s Andy Partridge could only play The Beatles’ ‘Rocky Raccoon’ in college
Andy Partridge is a singer and songwriter from the band Xtc. In the 2013 book The Art of Noise: Conversations with Great Songwriters, Partridge was asked if Paul McCartney’s guitar picking on “Rocky Raccoon” influenced Xtc’s “Dear God.” “Not totally, no,” he replied. “My nickname at Swindon Art College was Rocky because ‘Rocky Raccoon’ was the only song...
Andy Partridge was asked if The Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon” influenced Xtc’s “Dear God.” He discussed how a book inspired “Dear God.” The Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon” was covered by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.
Xtc’s “Dear God” may have been inspired by The Beatles‘ “Rocky Raccoon.” A member of Xtc explained why people identified him with “Rocky Raccoon” during his time in college. In addition, “Rocky Raccoon” was covered by Micky Dolenz of The Monkees.
Xtc’s Andy Partridge could only play The Beatles’ ‘Rocky Raccoon’ in college
Andy Partridge is a singer and songwriter from the band Xtc. In the 2013 book The Art of Noise: Conversations with Great Songwriters, Partridge was asked if Paul McCartney’s guitar picking on “Rocky Raccoon” influenced Xtc’s “Dear God.” “Not totally, no,” he replied. “My nickname at Swindon Art College was Rocky because ‘Rocky Raccoon’ was the only song...
- 8/25/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Bon Iver, Low’s Alan Sparhawk, and Mumu Fresh are among the artists set to play the one-day Water Is Life: Stop Line 3 festival, which will benefit efforts to fight the construction of the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline.
Water Is Life will take place on August 18th at Bayfront Park in Duluth, Minnesota. The lineup will feature a mix of artists, poets, and indigenous leaders, with all proceeds going to the indigenous woman-led non-profit, Honor the Earth. The Line 3 pipeline, which is being built by Enbridge, cuts through over 200 bodies of water,...
Water Is Life will take place on August 18th at Bayfront Park in Duluth, Minnesota. The lineup will feature a mix of artists, poets, and indigenous leaders, with all proceeds going to the indigenous woman-led non-profit, Honor the Earth. The Line 3 pipeline, which is being built by Enbridge, cuts through over 200 bodies of water,...
- 7/28/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Streaming Live from Paste Today: Charlie Parr, Evanescence (Updated)...
- 10/3/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
PARK CITY -- Who Killed Cock Robin? is an American Dogme film without the certificate. Amateur acting, all improvisation, no lights, no tripod, the use of whatever camera writer-director-editor-cinematographer Travis Wilkerson gets his hands on -- it's as bad as it sounds. The music, however, is a different story. A potent mix of folk and old union songs with a Midwestern flavor, the music has the authenticity and dramatic kick the film so desperately lacks.
The movie's only likely theatrical exposure will come in alternative cinema venues and festival showings.
Wilkerson recruited three musicians to play the three main characters, all of whom live in the decaying mining town of Butte, Mont., where Wilkerson partially grew up. Barrett Miller plays a young man in a dead-end job who loves music but suffers from his father's abandonment years before. The only memento he has is a treasured guitar he believes to be his dad's. Charlie Parr plays Barrett's landlord, who tries to help and guide the aimless youth. Dylan Wilkerson, the filmmaker's brother, plays Barrett's childhood buddy.
When Barrett gets off from his dishwashing job in a restaurant, he mostly sits around with Charlie and Dylan, throwing back beers and occasionally chewing over leftist union politics with historical references going back to the Depression and World War II eras.
Then, for some unexplored reason, Barrett steals a beer from a convenience store, gets thrown into jail and -- presumably, since the film isn't clear -- loses his job. He can't pay his rent, so Charlie throws him out. Barrett gets angry and drunk, unsuccessfully attacks Charlie and is last seen mooching a drink from Dylan.
The most rudimentary elements of storytelling get ignored. Wilkerson never bothers to establish motives. The camerawork is deliberately awful, and, of course, lighting is nonexistent. To be blunt, this movie makes your eyes sore.
WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?
An Extremely Low Frequency production
Credits:
Director-writer-director of photography: Travis Wilkerson
Producer: Susan Fink
Additional photography: Alice Lovejoy, Daniel Brantley
Music: Charlie Parr, If Thousands, Alan Sparhawk
Editors: Travis Wilkerson, Tara Young, Daniel Brantley
Cast:
Barrett: Barrett Murphy
Charlie: Charlie Parr
Dylan: Dylan Wilkerson
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 86 minutes...
The movie's only likely theatrical exposure will come in alternative cinema venues and festival showings.
Wilkerson recruited three musicians to play the three main characters, all of whom live in the decaying mining town of Butte, Mont., where Wilkerson partially grew up. Barrett Miller plays a young man in a dead-end job who loves music but suffers from his father's abandonment years before. The only memento he has is a treasured guitar he believes to be his dad's. Charlie Parr plays Barrett's landlord, who tries to help and guide the aimless youth. Dylan Wilkerson, the filmmaker's brother, plays Barrett's childhood buddy.
When Barrett gets off from his dishwashing job in a restaurant, he mostly sits around with Charlie and Dylan, throwing back beers and occasionally chewing over leftist union politics with historical references going back to the Depression and World War II eras.
Then, for some unexplored reason, Barrett steals a beer from a convenience store, gets thrown into jail and -- presumably, since the film isn't clear -- loses his job. He can't pay his rent, so Charlie throws him out. Barrett gets angry and drunk, unsuccessfully attacks Charlie and is last seen mooching a drink from Dylan.
The most rudimentary elements of storytelling get ignored. Wilkerson never bothers to establish motives. The camerawork is deliberately awful, and, of course, lighting is nonexistent. To be blunt, this movie makes your eyes sore.
WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?
An Extremely Low Frequency production
Credits:
Director-writer-director of photography: Travis Wilkerson
Producer: Susan Fink
Additional photography: Alice Lovejoy, Daniel Brantley
Music: Charlie Parr, If Thousands, Alan Sparhawk
Editors: Travis Wilkerson, Tara Young, Daniel Brantley
Cast:
Barrett: Barrett Murphy
Charlie: Charlie Parr
Dylan: Dylan Wilkerson
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 86 minutes...
- 1/25/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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