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August 3, 2005

Jeff Mangum Plays With Olivia Tremor Control

I had tickets to last night's Olivia Tremor Control show at Bowery, but I was too tired to go (I know, lame -- but you know you've done it too). Apparently Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum joined the band for "I Have Been Floated" and was in tears at the song's end. Sounds like a great show. Maybe I'll go tonight! Here are three minutes of jangly psychedelia from OTC's epic Black Foliage. Animation Music Vol 1. I used to put it on mixtapes in college:

The Olivia Tremor Control - "A Peculiar Noise Called 'Train Director'" (MP3 link expired)

Also: The Olivia Tremor Control - "Hideway" (MP3 link expired)

You really have to own the album, though.

UPDATE: "Medium-quality" video of Jeff & OTC at spin.com. (Thanks Caryn!)

Posted at 12:11 PM




18 Comments

following the pixies lead...?

Posted by: Joe at 08/03/05 12:35 PM | Reply
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one of my favorite albums ever, that black foliage.

Posted by: steve at 08/03/05 12:57 PM | Reply
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the badmintonstamps.com boys posted another track from black foliage album "california demise".

Posted by: arocke at 08/03/05 1:00 PM | Reply
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the mangum appearance made my hair stand on end. he was indeed in tears, mostly because of the crazy waves of love flowing from the audience. it was like dylan had walked on stage! can't wait to go again tonight.

Posted by: jedwardkeyes at 08/03/05 1:02 PM | Reply
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Pretty weak story, there. I remember not going to a Yeah Yeah Yeahs show once. Wow, the lack of memories is overpowering.

Posted by: Eric at 08/03/05 1:04 PM | Reply
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california demise and hideway are two of my favorite songs. i haven't listened to them in so long. thanks.

Posted by: jeely at 08/03/05 1:10 PM | Reply
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not sure what the big deal is considering a couple of years ago mangum was a touring member of the circulatory system which is basically OTC minus bill doss.

Posted by: steve at 08/03/05 1:16 PM | Reply
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any Mangum appearance is news, says i. But gosh, "train director" is quite the Beatles song, am i right?

Posted by: Mender at 08/03/05 1:36 PM | Reply
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man.... who *was* at this show? not a single photo shows up on flickr when you search for "mangum" or "jeffmangum"... lame! i *know* hipsters have cameras!!

Posted by: jen at 08/03/05 3:05 PM | Reply
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i'm going tonight i will def take pix, jeff or no jeff! there's some pixx here http://prefixmag.typepad.com/prefixmag_blog/2005/08/lets_just_say_o.html#trackback

Posted by: rachel at 08/03/05 3:20 PM | Reply
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hey, i was about to post that!

Posted by: arne at 08/03/05 3:24 PM | Reply
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what are the chances of getting an mp3 of "I have been floated"?

Posted by: jeff mangum at 08/03/05 4:21 PM | Reply
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funny! i acutally have that u p now for a post i'm doing. http://www.littlepants.com/floated.mp3

Posted by: rachel at 08/03/05 4:26 PM | Reply
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thank you!

Posted by: jeff mangum at 08/03/05 4:30 PM | Reply
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I was there, I told ppl to come man, ppl wouldn't listen though. I'm not going tonight though, and he'll probably come out and do King of Carrot Flowers or something.. Maybe I should go...

Posted by: Aziz at 08/03/05 5:14 PM | Reply
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BadmintonStamps posted a review of the Wednesday night show. I'm not sure about the term "sloppy" in this context, but it sounds like it was a good show.

http://www.badmintonstamps.com

Posted by: interper at 08/04/05 3:36 PM | Reply
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Wow, the second one sounds like a cross between Badfinger and Todd Rundgren, in a good way. They really fucking capture that production/fidelity/vintage perfectly. Very impressive, but they've always been the acme technicians of the Elephant 6 crowd.

Mangum lives in my neighborhood. I see him around now and then and want to say something, but I don't know what. He seems like kind of a harmless but strange child. He dresses like a professional wood chopper.

Posted by: jed2 at 08/04/05 4:22 PM | Reply
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but when's he gonna play w/ the Star Room Boys,yo??

Posted by: Satisfied '75 at 08/04/05 7:42 PM | Reply
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