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I’m not really the type to pray, but I’m sending tons of positive thoughts to Mimi.
My mom and grandmother both had ovarian cancer (one was pre-cancerous and luckily they got to it very early, and it wasn’t fatal for either; mom is still alive and well), so I’m really pulling for Mimi. Not that I wouldn’t without the connection, but man. Oof. :(

Oh. Fuck.

And Gizz cancelled recently due to Stu being ill.

Secretly Canadian has unearthed a tape from their archive on Jason Molina: "The Lamb and Flag I", which seems to contain demos for an intended project with LOW, which sadly never materialized.
https://jasonmolina.bandcamp.com/alb...amb-and-flag-i

Low covers Sleater-Kinney's "Dance Song '97" on Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album, out October 21.

Of all the songs on Dig Me Out, I would have said that was the least likely to be covered by Low. Kinda twisted. In a good way. :)

Beak> cover LOW's "No Comprende":
https://youtu.be/LpfX9a-GeDw

LOW's VPRO radio session from May 12th, 1999. Nifty set-list, even including a song from the kinda obscure project, Hospital People.
https://www.vpro.nl/speel~WO_VPRO_41...s-sessie~.html

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

Low covers Sleater-Kinney's "Dance Song '97" on Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album, out October 21.

Of all the songs on Dig Me Out, I would have said that was the least likely to be covered by Low. Kinda twisted. In a good way. :)

Probably my favorite song on that album, and I was delighted to hear Low’s version. It’s tackled with more of an early-Low energy, while I was expecting a “Hey What” kind of vibe, but I totally fuck with it.

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Originally Posted by hipster_bebop_junkie

LOW's VPRO radio session from May 12th, 1999. Nifty set-list, even including a song from the kinda obscure project, Hospital People.
https://www.vpro.nl/speel~WO_VPRO_41...s-sessie~.html

what an awesome session that is! Not sure if I ever heard it possibly I did but then many years ago. I've forgotten how much I like the old Low play live.
Too bad it's such low bitrate., can't be shared on Dime. I might track it and upload it to Live Music Archive at some point.

There's a few more Low and related stuff on that site:
- Black Eyed Snakes:
https://www.vpro.nl/speel~POMS_VPRO_...-avonden~.html
- Alan Sparhawk, solo and interview in promotion for the Trust album:
https://www.vpro.nl/speel~POMS_VPRO_...-avonden~.html
Both start around the 90 minutes of the two hour broadcast.

Furthermore there's the You May Need A Murderer documentary:
https://www.vpro.nl/speel~AUTO_HOLLA...murderer~.html
which was made at the time of the Drums And Guns album

I shared on Dime a while back another Low live concert, but I didn't post here I think. You can stream it from from the site where I found it:
- https://www.concertzender.nl/program...der-live-2037/
- https://www.concertzender.nl/program...der-live-2065/
or from the Live Music Archive site:
- https://archive.org/details/low2009-...eindhoven.mp3f
This is from 2009 where they visited my hometown while I wasn't home, and they brought some special guests, like percussionists and a choir.

Wow, it is indeed amazing to dig deeper into VPRO's archives. Thanks, _tunic_, :)

Here is a live audience recording of their show in Vienna on May 11th, 2022:
https://youtu.be/fa7lxaN9FgU

LOW guitar repository, an unofficial resource of guitar transcriptions to many of LOW's songs:
https://www.lowguitarrepository.net/

Wholesome articles about the funeral service for Mimi Parker on Duluth News Tribune and The Star Tribune.

Mimi Parker's profiteroles recipe:

I must spread some Reputation around before giving it to hipster_bebop_junkie again.

Kind of a recent noise performance by Alan Sparhawk and Zak Sally.
https://archive.org/details/low2022-07-08

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Originally Posted by hipster_bebop_junkie

Kind of a recent noise performance by Alan Sparhawk and Zak Sally.
https://archive.org/details/low2022-07-08

Many thanks for the link.

Alan has a new(?) band named DERECHO, saw a poster for an upcoming gig on Low's instagram page.
Found a video on Facebook from a year or so ago, never seen a crowd so wild as on this clip :cool:
https://www.facebook.com/revilermpls...4172234062084/

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Originally Posted by _tunic_

Just in case anybody's wondering, "derecho" in this case most likely means "right", as in "the right to decent healthcare" or "the right to arm bears". (It also means "straight", as in "just drive three more miles straight ahead and you'll find the bears" ;):)).

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

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Originally Posted by Alan Sparhawk

How did you guys come up with the name of the band?
“My wife, Mim, came up with it. We had hit that phase where we played a couple times and had a potential show and had to decide on a name. Mim was looking up different weather phenomena, you know, obscure words from weather phenomena and she had a bunch of names, but the one she thought was best was Derecho, which is a ‘large wind storm.’”

source

^ First time in my life that I read of such a meaning for that word.
:o