HeyJaredBallad of a New Pornographer
A place where I – A.C. Newman bandleader of The New Pornographers – put new music not available anywhere else, try out new ideas, talk about process and how ideas transform over time.
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The New Pornographers Soldier On, Bloodied But Unbowed! (opens the original)
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This has been a crazy week. I cannot complain about things. These little disturbances of man, to quote Grace Paley, are just insignificant speed bumps. Nonetheless, allow me to vent…Canadians that live in Canada (relevant distinction there, however redundant it sounds) need a P2 visa if they want to play in the US. They are good for one year, you renew each year. Not the only way to do it but the most common and until recently it was a system that worked. Last year it only took 5 days to process
Exclusive pre-sale for New Ps lyrics tees, available only to paid subscribers! Reddit AMA today at 1 PM EST! That’s what time it is here in New York State! Tour starts next week! Buy tickets! (opens the original)
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I’ve been meaning to do the lyrics tees for awhile and here they are. Three of them. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="750" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jynG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%
The Good’s Gone (It’s a cover of the song by The Who) (opens the original)
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If you put a gun to my head and made me choose a religion, I guess I would choose Buddhist, and yes I know that means the person might pull the trigger. I try to be ‘zen’, I try not to cling to things, I try to appreciate ‘the path’ with all its twists and turns, suffering and joy, victory and defeat. That does not mean we shouldn't hold the things we love close to our chest. It just means that we should not fall apart, into despair, if we lose them. This song popped into my head last night. It
'Apocalypses Will Come And Go, You Will Always Be In My Heart' - A New Song (opens the original)
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Trying to make an album these days, I get hung up on the focus of the album, the overall vibe. It wasn’t always that way. I went along for the ride and I’d see what happened. Not anymore. Shit gets cut. This is a song that I always liked but it always got knocked from its spot on the album by another song. The song ‘Graceland’ was one of those. Written and recorded for Electric Version, it was basically mixed and ready to go on the record, but I suddenly became very sick of it. I thought it was
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