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Okay, so there was some mixed reactions to that first Avett Brothers song I posted. Thought maybe they deserved a second go-round. This one’s for all you anti-purists who don’t give a damn if this counts as real bluegrass or not. It’s just bloody good music.

And this is their latest music video:

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  3. 3.

    E.D. Kain

    @Yutsano: Hey wait now, this isn’t an apology. I almost dedicated it to all the haters who were putting the Avetts down last time. But I wanted to keep this a thread for lovers. To hell with the haters.

  5. 5.

    Yutsano

    @E.D. Kain:

    Okay, so there was some mixed reactions to that first Avett Brothers song I posted.

    Perhaps more of an equivocation than an apology. You know I’m just busting your chops, right?

    To hell with the haters.

    Now you’re getting it. :)

    @Tattoosydney: Nothing will EVER be as bad as the ice cream song. And don’t you DARE.

  7. 7.

    asiangrrlMN

    I really liked their song I and Love and You despite the horribly grammatically-incorrect title.

    @Tattoosydney: You’re just doing this because I won’t tell you who my new favorite music obsession is, right?

  9. 9.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Or he’s on the good weed again. Or the bad weed. Or Pedro is tonguing his feet mercilessly and he’s on an endorphin-fueled binge that might as well be THC intoxication. It would be irresponsible not to speculate.

    @E.D. Kain: You do realize you’re officially a night-owler now. I have no idea if the youngest one is responsible for this condition, but welcome to the group. It gets more interesting now anyway. Just ask Anne Laurie. We’ve kept her entertained for hours.

  12. 12.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN:

    And, if you and FH#1 want to be alone with the new guy, just let me know.

    He’s too fresh to get that scarred just yet. Plus, will no one think of the children?

  17. 17.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: I WILL NOT YIELD! I WILL NOT YIELD MY TIME! THE GOOD LADY FROM MINNESOTA WILL OBSERVE ORDER!!

    (Gee this is fun. I may send Weiner a challah in thanks for this!)

  18. 18.

    asiangrrlMN

    @JGabriel: I like Yo La Tango. Someone posted another song by them on this here blog many moons ago–it might even have been you.

    @Yutsano: THE GENTLEMAN FROM WASHINGTON IS CORRECT IN SITTING DOWN! SIT DOWN AND ZIP IT! I could do this all day long. Except, I am the gentlewoman from MN, not the good lady from MN.

  19. 19.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: If you notice, there is an undercurrent of sexism in the terminology they use in the Congress. I’ve heard them say “good lady” before. I agree with you that it should be “gentlewoman”. I can only imagine how Madame Speaker must stick in their crops. NANCY SMASH!!

  24. 24.

    Yutsano

    @JGabriel: I can’t think Andalusia any more without thinking gazpacho and crostini for sopping up the juices. In fact one of these days I’m gonna research what gazpacho was before Europe got tomatoes. Just to say I made it once. Yeah I’m weird like that.

  29. 29.

    Something Fabulous

    Cleanup in aisle 7– Steepljack collapsed in carpet/champagne puddle downstairs!

    …and crept upstairs before I could post! Sneaky.

  30. 30.

    Yutsano

    @JGabriel: And bread, but yeah, it was a very basic mash. I think there may have been veggies in there too. IANACA, so take that information with whatever weight you decide. And bonus points if you figure out the acronym!

  34. 34.

    Yutsano

    @Something Fabulous: Think where chefs are trained that will give you the C. The A is Temperance Brennan. You should be able to grok the rest from there. And if I were ten years younger I’d be studying to be one right now.

  37. 37.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Gotta say I love that whole third-person thing of “The honorable gentleman will fuck off! Yes, he will!” If only all Balloon Juice business could be conducted in that manner.

  39. 39.

    Something Fabulous

    All right, y’all, think this is where I pack it in. Bedtime drink with book: Jack on rocks, or last of the wine? (You seem like the right crowd to ask…)

  42. 42.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Steeplejack: “The honorable O-bot from Tennessee will DIAF!” “The gentlefirebagger from California will bite me in the ass!” That would be awesome. Man, you are cracking me up with your shag carpeting.

    @Something Fabulous: Jack–hands down. No contest. That’s all she wrote.

    @JGabriel: YOU LIE! The gentleman from New York is correct in sitting down!

  44. 44.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    “The honorable O-bot from Tennessee will DIAF!” “The gentlefirebagger from California will bite me in the ass!” That would be awesome.

    LOLOLOLOL! You are en fuego tonight.

  45. 45.

    Steeplejack

    @Yutsano:

    In fact one of these days I’m gonna research what gazpacho was before Europe got tomatoes.

    I think it was onions and dirt. Pretty sure. I think Alton Brown did an episode on this.

  49. 49.

    JGabriel

    @asiangrrlMN: Did everyone miss Something Fabulous’s description: … last of the wine?

    Obviously, it should be drunk NOW. The Jack will keep; the wine might not.

    .

  52. 52.

    Yutsano

    @Steeplejack: Heh. You said shag.

    And now for something completely different before I crash: There are bad days, and then there are bad days. Considering how very little these guys ever screw up, especially in public, this was a big oof.

    And on that note, I go sleep now.

    BTW cuz y’all won’t let me rest before I tell you, it’s culinary anthropologist. Steep you shoulda known that one man. I’ll blame the booze.

  54. 54.

    Something Fabulous

    @asiangrrlMN: Clearly you are psychic! Was just a tiny little sip of wine left– came back to pout. {trots obediently back to kitchen to rinse glass and start over…}

  55. 55.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Um…how about a time count? I guess I’ll just have to watch the whole thing. Night! I gotta say, the lead guy was fondling the rifle awfully sexily. Saw it. That was one big cock-up.

    @Steeplejack: Mr. Chairman, the Steepman is incorrect in passing out on the Senate floor! He is incorrect! He is not to touch the go-go dancers or the Rahm doll! The gentleman form NoVA needs to sober the fuck up!

  57. 57.

    Steeplejack

    @Steeplejack:

    The representative from Steepleton-supra-Mare would like it entered into the record that in the previously cited video the two chicks on the tower to the right are awesome, particularly the lefter-most of those two. The two on the left don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.

    That is all. I yield the floor, Mr. Chairman.

  58. 58.

    JGabriel

    @Steeplejack:

    the two chicks on the tower to the right are awesome

    As is the bass player who apparently said to himself, “Fuck the coat and tie, I’m wearin’ this bitchin’ plaid shirt Mom picked up at Sears!”

    .

  59. 59.

    asiangrrlMN

    @JGabriel: I always get point and pr0n mixed up!

    @Steeplejack: Mr. Chairman, the gentlewoman from Minnesota would like to posit that the Steepman be removed from the floor (literally) and that gentleman Alan Rickman bearing chocolates and pizza should take his place henceforth. I yield the floor, Mr. Chairman.

  60. 60.

    Something Fabulous

    Jack it is!

    …Hello? Did NancySMASH? Where did the quorum go?…

    ETA: aha, a comment pile-up, I see. Wait! THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MINNESOTA WILL YIELD ALAN RICKMAN!! SHE IS CORRECT IN YIELDING ALAN RICKMAN!!

  62. 62.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Something Fabulous: Wait, huh? I thought you were following JGabriel’s fine pr0n point and finishing the wine? And, no quorum. Everyone went to go play with their two dildoes and a wetsuit.

    @Something Fabulous: You will have to pry Alan Rickman from my cold, dead fingers if I ever get my hands on him. No way in hell am I yielding him for anything!

  63. 63.

    Steeplejack

    @JGabriel:

    “Fuck the coat and tie, I’m wearin’ this bitchin’ plaid Madras shirt Mom picked up at Sears!”

    Apparently you are unaware of the Madras pattern traditions and how far they could take you in the mid-’60s.

    Don’t even get me started about paisley.

    ETA: And dude can play. Bass eruption at 0:45 is teh awesome.

  65. 65.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    If Rickman shows up the gentlewoman from MN will be yielding more than the floor, wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

    Point of order! Point of order!

  66. 66.

    JGabriel

    Steeplejack:

    Apparently you are unaware of the Madras pattern traditions and how far they could take you in the mid-’60s.

    You are right: madras is funnier. It didn’t occur to me ’cause I usually associate madras with late ’70s / early ’80s preppy shorts.

    .

  67. 67.

    Something Fabulous

    all right then gentlepersons, I am off as well. Jack (Daniels, not Steeple) and I wish you a hearty good morning!

  68. 68.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Steeplejack: I’ll take Alan Rickman’s point of order any time! The gentlewoman from MN will not refrain from laying hands on Mr. Rickman! The gentlewoman from MN is correct in seducing him on the Senate floor!

    @Something Fabulous: Night/morning! And you made your self-imposed deadline by twenty minutes.

    @Steeplejack: You are killing me, Steepman! You would be an awesome congressperson!

  71. 71.

    Steeplejack

    @JGabriel:

    Ooh, that is nice. The representative from Steeplevania yields the floor to the shag carpeting clogging his nasal passages.

  73. 73.

    MikeJ

    Ok, back inside to grab a sweater, and probably to wait another half hour before shooting again.

    I’ve seen a few good meteors, but only have faint traces of lesser ones in the camera. Doesn’t matter where you point it, the good ones are somewhere else. Which is much like my dating life, but I digress.

    I do have a pic that looks like a super impressive meteor if you didn’t know a de Havilland Dash 8 flew over.

    Anyway, I’ll shoot more in a bit. Still 3 hours til sunrise.

  74. 74.

    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: YES! I’m loving it. I love storms. There’s something cleansing about a hard rain.

    @MikeJ: Wait, you’re actually seeing them? I may have to run out and check again before going to bed. #looks around for a shirt#.

    On that note, I’m retiring for the night/morning. I’m going to try to be intertoobz free tomor–uh, later today, so y’all try not to have too much fun without me. Now watch, Cole will post a bajillion pics of Tunchie.

  75. 75.

    MikeJ

    On that castaways video some youtube commenter talks about the Gretsch guitar when he is clearly playing a Ric. Grrr.

    Ok MikeJ, don’t pay attention to youtube comments…

  76. 76.

    Steeplejack

    @MikeJ:

    Amen, bro’. Why is it that YouTube commenters as a group seem remarkably retarded out of it? I can’t remember one case where a comment added anything to the video.

    Okay, they’re wheeling up the gurney to take me to the emergency room to have this shag carpet removed from my bronchial system, but someone above did mention ? and the Mysterians. A song for the ages. And, for the hat trick, here’s Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. (If only someone at DOD had studied this video in depth before we invaded Iraq. Just sayin’.)

    ETA: I mean, triangular inlays on the fretboard? It screams Rickenbacker.

  77. 77.

    Steeplejack

    @Steeplejack:

    Can’t believe I stayed up until sun-up. What’s that all about? But this one EMT is kind of cute. Maybe I can get her to give me mouth-to-mouth on the way to the emergency room. Over and out.

    The gentleman from Steeptonia yields the floor, and everything else.

  82. 82.

    JGabriel

    @roshan: Yeah, Horrigan screwed up. Not that I disagree with him, but if you’re a politician in the public eye, even if that public is only local, then you prolly shouldn’t post on your Facebook page as if you were a Balloon Juice commenter.

    I mean, just bring it here and use a fucking pseudonym, dude.

    .

  84. 84.

    roshan

    @JGabriel:
    Ha, the worst part is that all her crimes towards humanity would be overlooked, now that she has been explicitly wished in public to be knocked off by a DEMOCRAT.
    Never mind the now normal random hit the likeness of the messiah fair-games popping up at regular frequency.

  86. 86.

    matoko_chan

    hmmm…..based on your music tastes, you are a MUCH better fit for this blog than i am.
    Bluegrass male McMegan fits right in.

  92. 92.

    worn

    Erik:

    This one’s for all you anti-purists who don’t give a damn if this counts as real bluegrass or not.

    There are not any more boring, tenditious individuals as the sort of people who get hung up on this kind of notion. Out here in Portland I (among others) am fond of calling them genre Nazis. As in, for example: the ‘old time’ players who will give you the stink eye if a minor third makes an appearance, even if fleeting, within a major chord tonality. Hell, I once had some bluegrassers actually stop playing and inquire what I thought I was doing when throwing in a little closed position ‘sock chord’ rhthym instead of sticking to the big ringing open G* that so predominates their chosen genre.

    Song’s in A? Capo 2!

    *some folks will know the beast I’m speaking of: the one that has a D on the B string, making the chord essentially a big layer cake of stacked 5ths, the harmonic equivalent of cotton candy…

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