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Oh on and on, and on and on.

Pardon the silence, people -- life is interfering with proper musical dorkery. Things'll get done, promise. In the meantime, enjoy this interview with Freedy from SXSW.

 

DOODZ.

Behind on tour dates, gotta upload a couple of tabs a kind reader sent when I get near software that won't fuck up the formatting, etc., BUT: Freedy, Kate Jacobs, Dave Schramm, Laura Cantrell, and others are taking part in the Radio Free Song Club, a club whose (perhaps, perhaps unwitting) theme is "Crap Adair likes." All they gotta do is pull Shannon McArdle into their vortex and they will shake my disbelief in the supernatural.

 

SIREN DOT GIF Y'ALL*

Freedy will be the guest blogger at WXPN's All about the Music blog. Will we learn the mysteries behind ambiguous lyrics? Will Freedy capitalize a preposition and, in so doing, break my heart? Stay tuned!

* Swiped from Maura.

  

Here Comes the Rain

Go buy it. Now on iTunes as well as the fine merchants below. Lyrics TK. Lot of positive reviews as well; in addition to below, there's Ann Powers in the L.A. Times, Pitchfork, AP (look for that link to evaporate), USA Today, and Christian Science Monitor. Also, some coverage about the closing of Madison's Smart Studios.

I said buy it!

Freedy Johnston - Rain On the City

 

More on the new album.

More press in The New Yorker, The Lawrence Journal. Tour dates continue. And to pre-order, you can try:
Bar/None
BN.com
Amazon
J&R
iTunes TK.

Almost time.

Rain on the City is coming out January 12, Freedy is playing shows (I will get the tour dates updated, honest), and bits of publicity are trickling in. Purchase links TK.

 

Scratch that.

By November, I meant January. January 12, to be precise. Bits of press are starting to crop up.

 

Wouldn't time be out to charm you?

Scratch the below. It will be November rain on Bar/None, per the official site.

 

The Rain Is Coming!

The album should hit in July! Article mentioning (and thus giving greater sense of reality to) the proceedings here.

 

And So It Goes

1. Freedy is not dead.
2. I am not dead.
3. This page is not dead.

Things've been slow, but the board is ticking along, and alert readers will have seen Bill of Love's heads-up that Freedy's MySpace now features an additional song from RotC, bringing the count to 3. I'm behind on tour dates, but will get that going.

 

Swimming Along

An interview with a Madison paper updates us on general progress; the Hoboken Can You Fly show was full of Schrammy goodness (and Salem, Pitmon, Bezozi, Maby, and another-bass-player-whose-name-I've-forgotten goodness as well); and the road stretches on to Austin. Check the tour page for details.

 

We've Been Waiting: My Favorite Waste of Time Available for Pre-Order at Official Site

Order now, order often, the covers CD is now available for pre-order directly from FreedyJohnston.com. and will ship December 1. The disc won't hit stores and iTunes until '08, so ordering directly from the site means: a. timely holiday gifting; and b. more money to Freedy. 'Tis the season to keep one's favorite musicians from getting jobbed at check time.

And heeeere's a glowing Village Voice review for those who need some help to trust, to try, to risk the hurt of a CD bought without istening to sound samples.

 

Peg and Awl

Song of America, to which Freedy contributed a cover of "Peg and Awl", is now available. Purchase at any of the fine vendors below:

 

 

The Live at McCabe's album is out. Buy it at any of the retailers below:

 

 

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