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What a difference a day used to make! In one 24 hour period in 1970, Larry Jon Wilson purchased his first guitar, received the news of his father’s death, and found out that his wife was pregnant with his son. As somebody surely once said, life takes you down different highways, and at the age of thirty, Larry Jon Wilson was about to be detoured due to construction. Something new was building up - he started teaching himself on his new Martin twelve-string guitar and... (read more)

On Tuesday, January 19th the Louisville Film Society, 21c, and Twos & Fews present:

New Films of the African Musical Diaspora "Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa" + "The Other Side of the Water"

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
at 21c
700 W. Main St.
Louisville, Kentucky

These two new films explore two very different iterations of the ritual and social music of the African diaspora. One in Morocco, among the descendants of sub-Saharan slaves, synthesizing West African animist traditions with classical Sufi Islam in... (read more)

The noose...um, draws closer.

Everyone must come! We want to get inside you!
Take a look at this year's models:
All our music is 100% Guaranteed.

Guaranteed to be Aussome! [Australian Joke Silo officially depleted]

1/16/10 - Tivoli Theatre - Brisbane, Australia
1/18/10 - Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
1/20/10 - Forum Theatre - Melbourne, Australia
1/21/10 - The Playhouse Theatre - Canberra, Australia
1/23/10 - Anita's Theatre - Wollongong, Australia
1/30/10 - The Harbourlight - Christchurch, New Zealand
1/31/10 - The Paramount - Wellington, New Zealand
2/2/10 - The Dorothy Winstone Centre - Aukland, New Zealand

Bonnie"Prince" Billy is one buff film buff, in case you didn't know. On Thursday, January 7th at the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles, the 'Prince' will present a hand-picked double feature of films that explore the wonder and the mystery of the sexier sex: A Woman's Secret and Alice in the Cities. Bonny won't be playing songs, but he'll be talking the talk of films for your very own wonderment.

In the last few years, Neil Hamburger, America's Funnyman was promoted to... (read more)

Are you a young, strapping chap or bird looking to get your knickers dirty? We need you once or twice a week to handle all our grade zed promotional work (like stuffing envelopes with CDs, posters and other things that may help the hard-product industry rebound from these troubled times), assistance with stock handling and minor lifting (for those looking to add some muscle mass) and general errand running. You may never meet AZITA, but you'll get a face-full of music industry grit that will... (read more)

The Howling Hex bring you the world debut of their 12-minute film "Sights From A Steeple".

Customers of the world, Drag City is closed, but it's just for a week. We know your pockets are swollen with Christmas cash (and we still want to take it) so keep those orders coming. Please keep in mind, though, that any orders placed after 12/21 are not going to leave DCHQ until the week of January 4th.

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Hey, hello again and welcome back for the very last time to the Drag City Newsletter. The last time for 2009, that is – unless you expect us to squeeze another couple of releases into this last half month here. We wouldn’t put it past ourselves, actually – the new Drag City (and Sea Note) releases that come out today mark the fourteenth release date this calendar year. That’s right, we stayed busy during The Year the Music Died a Little More... (read more)