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2.25.10

DorsiaFilms — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:45:12 +0000

I’m moving soon, and that means I’ve been cleaning out my closet lately. In there I found this shirt.

It’s from a benefit show for the University of Washington’s Comparative History of Ideas department – John’s old stomping grounds – and the lineup at the (old) Croc that night was TLW, Poseur, and Light Heavyweight.

The artwork is by Shawn Wolfe.

It’s a “Port and Company” 100% cotton t-shirt in very light gray. I don’t know how I ended up with an XL size, but here it is. It is way too big for me and as a result has rarely if ever been worn. Smells fresh, like it just came out of your mom’s laundry.

The first person that replies to this thread with the date and year this concert was played gets it for free.

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12.21.09

DorsiaFilms — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:57:43 +0000

If you’re looking for something to do in Seattle on Wednesday that involves music and lap-sitting, you should check out the Imaginary Winter Holiday Spectacular, hosted by Three Imaginary Girls.

They have a great night planned with some local bands, door prizes and even photographs with Santa Roderick taken by the great Laura Musselman.

Just look at the smile on jolly ol’ Saint ‘Rick. You’re never too old to believe in Santa.

This one was taken a few years ago. What did I want for Christmas? Another rock show, of course.

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12.8.09

DorsiaFilms — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:16:50 +0000

We just wrapped up a project for Seattle musician Aaron Mannino. The footage was shot by Justin Dylan Renney and edited here over the course of a few months in between other projects.

The first piece is a sort of introduction to Aaron and his music, shot at locations around Seattle.

The other piece is a music video for a song called, “House of Bells”.

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11.9.09

DorsiaFilms — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:34:57 +0000

We’ve moved to this shiny new site and are still getting used to it.

All of the furniture is here, just in a different place. And the water pressure is WAY better.

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8.3.09

DorsiaFilms — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:47:00 +0000

One of the real gems of this summer will be Doe Bay Fest, a concert weekend August 14-16 on Orcas Island, Washington headlined by The Long Winters and featuring The Maldives, Hey Marseilles, Friday Mile, David Bazan, Weinland, The Moon Doggies, Slender Means, Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives, Spanish for 100, The Lonely Forest, Goldfinch, Tito Ramsey and more.

Word is the El Dubs might play some of the new material they’ve been working on since Putting the Days to Bed. What is certain is that they will unveil a new drummer – if only a temporary one until the position is shored up more permanently for touring purposes. The rest of the bill rounds out pretty well. I’m excited to see Slender Means – a band I saw many times a few years ago, but not a lot of since, and Friday Mile, who always put on a great show. Also not to be missed is a solo set from Phil O’Sullivan from Friday Mile, playing in the Cafe.

I attended this event last year and Doe Bay resort is really something else – it’s a beautiful piece of forest and pasture dotted with little shelters and gardens, surrounding the cold and tranquil waters of Doe Bay. Unlike camping at The Gorge, there is little chance you’ll wake up to some guy blasting Dave Matthews Band music out of the back of his 4-Runner at 7am. No, here the premium is placed on relaxation. It is a bucolic and wonderful place and it makes me wonder how the compound will deal with double the expected turnout this year, but I am confident they are up to the task.

The tickets are $30, which is a steal for a weekend’s worth of music in such a great setting. Be sure to camp and enjoy all that the grounds have to offer. They have trails, a rocky beach from which to swim in the bay, some (clothing optional) jacuzzi tubs and saunas, and some of the best views in the Puget Sound area.

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4.24.09

DorsiaFilms — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:36:00 +0000

Hard core editing sessions lately.

Taking it down in 4 hour increments when I get home from work. If I had to guess, I’d say the initial, rough cut is around 70% complete.

There’s just so much footage; it’s like a whale beached itself, and I have to carve out the nicest piece of whale-steak from the carcass, acting quickly before the meat spoils, acting quickly before I starve. You don’t want to know what it’s like.

Follow DorsiaFilms on Twitter! We’re hip to it only a few weeks after your mother. Will there be more frequent status updates than there are on the Production Blog? At only 140 characters, it’s a certainty.

Finally, the Live at the Showbox DVD is the 100,628 most popular in the Movies & TV category on Amazon.com! Why not buy two? One to open, and the other to keep in the display case with the action figures.

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3.19.09

DorsiaFilms — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:52:00 +0000

Just read that former Long Winter Sean Nelson will be hosting the morning radio show “The Morning End” on Seattle radio station 107.7 The End next week, March 23-27.

Say what you will about The End and their merry-go-round of host and format changes over the years, but I think bringing in a local musician to host the show is a good idea. From listening to his Audioasis appearances on KEXP and his guest appearances on The End through the years, I think it’s a good “get” for them. Sean’s good at the radio thing, and he brings a singular wit that assumes intelligence in the listener so often lacking from the morning drive radio shift.

Eddie Spaghetti from the Super Suckers hosted this week, and there’s no indication yet of who will host the week after Sean. Seems like the station is trying to guage response, so if you like the show and you want to hear more of it with Sean at the helm, a call or an e-mail is a good idea.

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3.9.09

DorsiaFilms — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:54:00 +0000

In what will likely be the last review the Live at the Showbox DVD gets, we have one from Blurt Magazine.

Many reviews have come in the form of backhanded compliment, along the lines of, “well, live show DVDs are generally garbage, but this one is pretty good!” In that way, it’s nice to at least be near the top of the pig pile.

Snow is falling, the whirring engines of the Mac Pro are heating my room, and with that the work continues on the first cut of the documentary.

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3.5.09

DorsiaFilms — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:43:00 +0000

Just updated the dorsiafilms.com site with a few housekeeping changes. A few things you might notice:

In an effort to transition away from auto-playing Flash videos, we’re switching to the more user friendly Vimeo embedded videos. This should make it easier to both post more clips and for other people to embed them in their own personal sites for sharing, which is encouraged. And it kicks YouTube’s ass.
Added some animated banner ads. These were going to be for the new www.thelongwinters.com website relaunch, but we like them too much to wait. Feel free to take and share those too on your social media platform of choice. They’re so cool, it won’t even feel like you’re advertising for us. Promise.

The Live at the Showbox DVD has almost sold out. If you haven’t purchased it yet, now is the time because we’re not sure yet if there will be another pressing. That decision should be made within the month.

Do you miss the banter of TLW shows? If you aren’t following John Roderick via Twitter, you really should. Regularly updated, you’ll learn things you never knew about the day to day life of JRod. It’s rock star demystification in 140 characters or less.

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1.30.09

DorsiaFilms — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:32:00 +0000

I was cleaning the lense of my camera before going to John Roderick’s house this week and thinking about how long it had been since our last on-camera interview. Too long, and the dates written on my archived tapes proved it. I had become sidetracked with the production and release of the Live at the Showbox DVD, a process that took me away from my initial ambition. I had been editing all along, but not shooting, and the story doesn’t just stop when you turn your camera off.

What began as an exploration many years ago of a band recording a CD and the people behind the music has become something more. The documentary is not about Putting the Days to Bed, and the more I think about it the more I realize it never was.

So in the unseasonably bright afternoon sunlight, I woke John with a knock on his door. Robed and bleary eyed he let me in so I could set up. Lately he’s been keeping banker’s hours.

If your bank is in Amsterdam.

I shot 3 hours of interview footage with John, picking up where we left off last time. I think editing has made me a better interviewer, because as I sift through the footage I already have I see spots where I could have narrowed the focus sooner and made my job easier.

Thing is, I’m not sure that my interviews with John could ever be called that. He’s like a Rube Goldberg Project of conversation; I’ll ask one question and get the answer, rolling the egg down the ramp into the bunsen burner that burns the string above it that leads to answers to another 10 questions I haven’t even asked yet. It’s a great experience and a challenge to edit, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Some of the topics we covered included the process of recording the newest record, choosing to live and work in Seattle, how and were the music and the lyrics are constructed (including tools used for their construction), addiction and sobriety, and his father.

We also discussed some roster changes. As has been reported elsewhere, Nabil Ayers has accepted a job as a label manager in New York for 4AD. I’m positive success and happiness will follow, because that’s how it goes for Nabil. More than being a great drummer, he’s also a great person and while I’m sad his new responsibilities keep him from the band I’ll be pulling for his success in this other endeavor.

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