Ah, October 2009: when the hearts of young boys and girls turns to that of making lists of the “best albums of the decade”. However, if your list doesn’t include Kirsty MacColl’s Tropical Brainstorm or Casper & The Cookie’s Modern Silence, I simply can’t take it seriously. No offense. (I’m looking at you, Pitchfork).
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It had been such an incredibly long time since I’d given away an “Official Bootleg”, so I plundered the proverbial vaults to find a tasty morsel for you. Check this one out!
12/2006 Holiday Show, Austin!
One of the only recorded shows with both Chris Zabriskie and Ryan Price taking turns on the drum stool. Due to faulty wires, it took quite a bit to repair this show for you. Which is why it’s a bootleg, and not an official release, of course. Some songs were totally beyond restoration, but you’ve got twenty songs out of a two hour performance here. Not to mention all of the songs that rarely get performed nowadays…
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On December 27th, 2008 at Stardust in Orlando, FL, I performed the fifth annual Marc With a C holiday show. It was a marathon show that lasted over two hours with a very unpredictable all-request format.
Sadly, most of the tapes proved unusable for release. This wasn’t due to anything all that cryptic: the stage power at Stardust would surge occasionally. Sometimes this meant that the tape machine would shut off altogether, sometimes just one of the stage mikes wouldn’t work, and sometimes… we’d just end up with dimmer lights than we’d started with. In any case, the most listenable portions are really these eleven songs, the first forty minutes of the performance.
This is what remains in a listenable format. Please enjoy it. This will be available for download until January 17th, 2009.
01. San Diego Doorways
02. I’m In Love With Everyone I know
03. Freezing In Florida
04. Drunk Classic Rock Fans
05. Farley’s Song
06. In My Own Way
07. Every Single Friend
08. Jessica, I Heard You Like The Who
09. Good Enough For Now
10. Amy, It’s Kevin
11. A Very Special Episode
See the real live show on January 4th, 2009 at Wills Pub, Orlando, Fl, 7:00 PM SHARP!
It’s the Christmas season again, and around this time I’ll usually start dishing out gifts to you, the listener. I’ve decided to give this following show away for numerous reasons:
1. I feel really awful about having to cancel my radio appearance on 12/1.
2. I haven’t put out an Official Bootleg in awhile.
3. There’s no better way to get us all excited about the holiday show on 12/27 than to give away a previous holiday show. Don’t you think?
So here it is!
Official Bootleg Series #10: Marc With a C’s Holiday Bash, 12/30/05:
1. Stairway To Rudolph
2. Nerdy Girls
3. Freezing In Florida
4. We’re All Gonna Die
5. I Need A Hug
6. ‘Till You Come Home To Me
7. I Am Going To Fuck Your Life Up
8. Stuck With Me
9. No London In Brazil
10. A Very Special Episode
11. Why Don’t Girls Like Me?
12. Bounce Bounce Bounce
13. Hot Topic Kids
14. Laura, I Need Medicine
15. Terror Song (with Bhren and Bucket of Nails!)
Download it in full by clicking on this sentence!
It’ll be available until the holiday show on 12/27 at Stardust. Enjoy!
On August 21st, 2008, I was very lucky to be on the Phoning It In radio show in Boston. This highly inventive and influential show has had one hell of a guestlist: The Mountain Goats, The Capstan Shafts, Daniel Johnston, Poison Control Center, Lou Barlow, The Dream Bitches… all playing a live show over the telephone! I was super excited and nervous to be on the show, and I think it shows. The host Nadav took my fanaticism in stride, and I’m proud to let you all hear the show as the newest installment of the Official Bootleg Series!
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