| The
Crossing - July 2008
Just when you thought it was safe to go
back in the water comes another edition of The Crossing...July style. Hot,
wet, humid, full of hot air and with a fin of danger...just the way we
like it.
Things slow down a bit for the start of
Summer, but there’s still alot being released. The Under a Blood Red
Sky document from U2 seems to be officially pushed back to August to
coincide with its DVD counterpart. The album is a 25th anniversary of the
infamous Red Rocks concert that took place in Colorado and pretty much
announced U2 to America in the year 1983. The show will be heard and seen
in its entirety for the first time officially on August 19th. In related
news, from all sources, the double disc reissues of U2’s first three albums
should arrive on the 22nd of this month. Certainly something to inspect,
if not buy. Another album of particular note is the new one from John Mellencamp
out on the 15th of July. He usually produces himself, so for him to step
out of the box a bit and get a producer as highly regarded as T Bone Burnett
is cause to make this new album worthy of closer inspection than usual.
I’ve heard one track already and it had a real groove to it with
an abundance of percussion to drive it along. Other albums of note are
new ones from Great Big Sea and Matthew Sweet. Also, The Stranger
box set by Billy Joel is a ‘whole enchilada’ kind of thing with rarities,
demos, videos and even concerts from the era.
Happy listening and viewing!
Recently released and not mentioned in
last edition:
* Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers - Turbo
Ocho
* The Saw Doctors - That Takes the Biscuit
(Rarities compilation.)
* The National - The Virginia EP
* The 77’s - Holy Ghost Building
* Jon Foreman - Spring and Summer EP’s
(singer of Switchfoot.)
* Neal Morse - Sola Scripture & Beyond
* Sam Roberts - Love at the End of the
World
* Cute is What We Aim for - Rotation
* G. Love - Superhero Brother
* James Hunter - The Hard Way
* Tilly and the Wall - S/T
* Heloise and the Savoir Faire - Trash,
Rats and the Microphones
* Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (Special
reissue; 2 CD’s/1 DVD.)
* Heart - Dreamboat Annie (Live.)
* Billy Idol - Very Best of
* Various Artists - In the Name of Love:
Africa celebrates U2
+ Rails and Ties
+ Just Add Water
+ Persepolis
+ Bonneville
7/1
* Alkaline Trio - Agony and Irony
* Relient K - The Bird and the Bee Sides
* Los Lonely Boys - Forgiven
* John Mayer - Where the Light is: Live
in Los Angeles (w/DVD.)
* Night Ranger - Hole in the Sun
* Kansas - Two for the Road (30th anniversary
2 CD set.)
* Van Morrison - a few reissues
+ Genesis - When in Rome: 2007 Reunion
Tour (Wal-mart exclusive; 3 DVD’s.)
+ Vantage Point
+ City of Men
War, Inc.
+ Drillbit Taylor
7/8
* Great Big Sea - Fortunes Favour
* Gaelic Storm - What’s the Rumpus?
* Beck - Modern Guilt
* Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
- Two Men with the Blues
* Billy Joel - The Stranger (30th anniversary
3 CD/1 DVD box set.)
* The Baseball Project - Frozen Ropes
and Dying Quails (Steve Wynn, Scott McCoughey, Peter Buck and Linda Pitmon.)
* Patti Smith - The Coral Sea (Live.)
* Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy of the
Soul
* Albert Hammond Jr. - Como Te Llama (singer
of The Strokes.)
* Donna the Buffalo - Silverlined
* Greg Laswell - Three Flights from Alto
Nido
* Sunny Day Sets Fire - Summer Palace
* Age of Rockets - Hannah
* Architecture in Helsinki - Like It or
Not EP
* Feral Children - Second to the Last
Frontier
* Street Dogs - State of Grace
* Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Medium Rare
* Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Have
Another Ball
* Brian Eno - a few reissues
* UFO - a few reissues
+ Joe Strummer - The Future is Unwritten
+ Stop-Loss
+ Flakes
+ Sleepwalking
7/15
* John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love and
Freedom (produced by T Bone Burnett.)
* Randy Travis - Around the Bend
* The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
* Rocky Votolato - S/T
* Foreigner - No End in Sight: Very Best
of
* Moody Blues - a few reissues
+ Penelope
+ The Bank Job
+ Meet Bill
7/22
* U2 - Boy/October/War (Each remastered
w/bonus discs.)
* Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
* Candlebox - Into the Sun
* Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
* Jeff Larson - Left of a Dream
* Bodies of Water - A Certain Feeling
* Broken Social Scene - Something for
All of Us
* Greg Howe - Sound Proof
7/29
* Matthew Sweet - Sunshine Lies
* Third Day - Revelation
* Sugarland - Love on the Inside
* Jack Curran - 924 Gilman Street
* Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider
* Janis Ian - Best of
+ Harold & Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo
Bay
8/5
* Randy Newman - Harps & Angels
* Santana - Multi-Dimensional Warrior
* Carrie Rodriguez - She Ain’t Me
* Conor Oberst - S/T
* Joseph Arthur - All You Need is Nothing
* Mike Gordon - Green Sparrow
* Hawthorne Heights - Fragile Future
* Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
+ Nim’s Island
+ Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
+ Where in the World is O.B.L.?
8/12
* Ben Weaver - The Axe and the Oak
* ZZ Top - Eliminator (25th anniversary
edition w/DVD.)
+ Smart People
+ Then She Found Me
8/19
* U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (25th anniversary
2 CD set; also available on DVD.)
* The Verve - Four
* Juliana Hatfield - How to Walk Away
* Starling Electric - Clouded Staircase
* Dandy Warhols - Earth to the Dandy Warhols
* Blue Mountain - Midnight in Mississippi
(all new) and Omnibus (re-recorded originals.)
* Fiery Furnaces - Remember (Live.)
* Goo Goo Dolls - Volume 2 (Rarities compilation
w/greatest hits DVD.)
+ Miss Pettigrew
+ Primo Levi’s Journey
9/9
* Calexico - Carried to Dust
* Joan Osborne - Little Wild One
* Brian ‘Head’ Welch - Save Me from Myself
(former Korn dude.)
9/16
* Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
- Rattlin’ Bones
* James - Hey Ma
9/30
* Anberlin - New Surrender
+ Taxi to the Dark Side
LYRICS of the MONTH:
I think all thinking grown-ups have probably
held the sentiment of the following song, especially in these modern times.
Amidst the blissful celebration ought to be some wondering where this country
is presently and where it’s going.
“The sky’s lightin’ up
Everybody’s so high
Come take my hand
It’s the 4th of July
God Bless America and all of that sh*t
Well I should probably feel better but
I feel I should quit
So raise the flag for the boys who have
paid their dues
So I could be free here and live with
these blues
You know it doesn’t seem right
Everybody’s so high
And I’m crying the blues on the 4th of
July
Take a walk downtown
It’s a beautiful day
Smoke a cigarette
Watch the parade
We’ll sing God Bless America and all of
that stuff
Yeah I should probably feel better but
I’ve had enough
So raise a flag for the boys who’ve paid
their dues
So I could live free here and live with
these blues
No it doesn’t seem right
Everybody’s so high
And I’m crying the blues on the 4th of
July
No it doesn’t seem right
Everybody’s so high
And I’m crying the blues on the 4th of
July.”
Jack Ingram, the song Red, White and Blues
off the Extra Volts EP released in 2003.
Never take our freedom for granted!!!
Do have a good time! Happy 4th everyone!!!
Be safe out there...
Chris Barlow
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