RAW impressions with Lou Barlow and Adelle Barlow
Influential indie-rock musician Lou Barlow brings his lo-fi aesthetic to podcast form. He shares the mic with his wife, charismatic fiber-artist Adelle Barlow. Together they discuss day-to-day life as creators and interview friends and family. Hosted on Acast.
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EMERGENCY episode: was the fair unfair to artisans? (opens the original)
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Adelle urgently needs to share her RAW impressions of the arts’n’crafts’n’vegetables exhibit inside the round house at the Franklin County Fair. Lou responds by playing slapdash fragments of Tom Petty songs. Both of them ponder what to do with all the left over beer from Lou’s August 8th birthday party. The real-life Barlow Family General Store is open this Saturday 11-4:30! Free beer! The online Barlow Family General Store is open all-the-time!! Get some hand-crafted lyrics before Lou disappear
Earache My Eye: the full re-creation (opens the original)
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On his Western Canada tour earlier this year, Lou realized he had to cover both sides of Alice Bowie’s (Cheech and Chong) 1974 single Earache My Eye/Turn That Thing Down. In this episode Lou follows through and tries to explain it all to Adelle. Listen to the Cheech Marin’s Moth episode that set Lou on his mission : https://www.themoth.org/stories/75-pools The Barlow Family General Store is open this Saturday, September 12! 11:30-4:30! Lou will be playing with Dinosaur Jr in Virginia Beach. The
MUSIC MONDAY: Frausdots, There Near, and the secret of Pitchfork's L.P. ratings. (opens the original)
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Lou plays Dead Wrong by Frausdots (a song he takes personally) and his own Blowin' Up (from the new DInosaur Jr LP 'There Near') for Adelle. Sad times in L.A. and Pitchfork's likeable employees (and bitchy reviews) are discussed. check out the Frausdots 2004 album Couture, Couture , Couture for the original version of Dead Wrong. https://www.subpop.com/artists/frausdots New Dinosaur Jr LP THERE NEAR out now! https://www.dinosaurjr.com/ Be the first to order personalized, illustrated lyrics for B
Stephanie Says there's too much 4-Track Man in this episode (opens the original)
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Awake after weeks of being unplugged, 4-Track Man interrupts Lou and Adelle constantly as they try (and fail) to recap Lou's 60th birthday SHOW/PARTY. Hear a podcast fan's version of Lou's birthday song (for Lou!), niece Aleksa Atkinson's stunning version of Velvet Underground's Stephanie Says, and Adelle and Lou delivering HBD wishes (plus song) for a 15 year old in Texas. Check out the Barlow Family General Store for sweet gifts and music-related items! Lou's got some time in September do some
RAW OF FAME: novelty trinity (opens the original)
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From the RAW archives, 4-Track Man consolidates 3 classic RAW shows for one glorious hour devoted to Lou's slavish re-creations of his 3 most-favorite novelty songs of the 1970's. The Streak, Convoy and Kung Fu Fighting! Lou non-ironically considers these among his greatest achievements. This put him in a great mood for these 3 shows and he and Adelle's conversations before and after are simply delightful. A wonderful introduction to the RAW Impressions podcast if 4-Track Man says so himself. Th
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