The WELL: inkwell.vue.215: Jesse Sublett: Never the Same Again: A Rock 'N' Roll Gothic

#115: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Tue 20 Jul 04 15:38

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:38:00 PDT

So many books, so little time! [Read entire topic]

#114: Jesse Sublett (jessesublett) Fri 16 Jul 04 13:37

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:37:00 PDT

Nick has a new CD coming out and will tour in the fall. Fortunately he'll play Austin at the Parish, formerly the Mercury, one of the better sites on 6th street. He's looking good, has a steady girl, and seems quite happy.

Another friend of Jake's we met at White Swan was Neil Purvis, who wrote the last couple of James Bond films, and the upcoming one as well. That was a thrill, meeting a James Bond connection. I'm not being facetious, either.

We were at Musee Picasso when Ed called to say he didn't think he'd be able to make it for dinner. Regrets!

Didn't have a lot of money left over to throw around on purchases, but I did manage to find my number one item, a copy of the French translation of James Ellroy's The Cold Six Thousand, which is retitled American Death Trip. Pretty neat. The French always change the titles -- well, almost always, it seems -- and some of their choices do seem odd, though I do like ADT. Mike Connelly's Chasing the DIme was changed to Darling Lili, but my favorite is one of Pelecanos' recent book, published as THE FUNKY GUNS. !!! Shoulda got that one. [Read entire topic]

#113: Cynthia Dyer-Bennet (cdb) Tue 13 Jul 04 12:19

Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:19:00 PDT

Sheesh, Jesse, you took in a LOT in a short time. No wonder you're speechless! [Read entire topic]

#112: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Sun 11 Jul 04 14:42

Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:42:00 PDT

Sounds like a great trip. What's Nick Lowe up to? [Read entire topic]

#111: Jesse Sublett (jessesublett) Sun 11 Jul 04 13:07

Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:07:00 PDT

We're back. The trip was super-fine. Actually, Lois lived in London for some months in 1977, but it was the first time across the pond for Dashiell and I. Edinburgh was unreal. I kept thinking Avalon, as in Bryan Ferry... It didn't hurt that I'd watched Quest for Arthur on History Channel a couple of weeks ago. I could've spent another couple of hours in Edinburgh Castle, but Lois & Dashiell have a much lower tolerance for historical immersion than I do. We climbed Arthur's Seat, the vocanic outcropping in the shape of a resting lion that is visible from most of the city, as is the castle itself. And we walked and walked, for 2 and half days, around the city, taking it in. They have some nice coffee shops there, and some good pubs. London was swell. We hit some of the main highlights, including Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Hampton Court Palace, Tower of London, and two Indian restaurants in tiny Twickenham (out of 13) that served us the best Indian food by far we've ever had. We had a pint of Guiness in the White Swan with Nick Lowe, and drove down to Portsmouth to crawl around the historic ships HMS Victory & Warrior, and saw the preserved hulk of Mary Rose, then drove out to Petworth to the Bryan Ferry concert only to learn at the gate that he had cancelled due to laryngitis! Bummer. Paris was grand. We tried to balance Lois' need for shopping with an attempt to hit some of the big historical sites -- Eiffel Tower, a boat trip down the Seine, Notre Dame, Arc de Triomphe, and Musee Picasso -- which was almost worth the trip by itself.

I'm speechless, really. Maybe it'll all filter out and make sense in a few weeks. Now we're back in SUV-land and it's hot and we're jet-lagged. The cats missed us. Class of 78 is rehearsing for a gig at Hole in the Wall on July 16, prior to my signing at Barnes & Noble Arboretum on July 18.

While we were gone, there was an NPR show called Day to Day that ran a pretty good story on me & the book by Steven Cuevas. You can download the audiofile at

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3160007

cheers, jesse [Read entire topic]

#110: Berliner (captward) Sun 27 Jun 04 10:57

Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:57:00 PDT

Yup, but I believe Jesse, Lois, and Dashiell are on their way to London for the first times in their lives. Bon voyage, y'all! [Read entire topic]

#109: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Sun 27 Jun 04 08:55

Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:55:00 PDT

Didn't know that. Is she still in Austin? [Read entire topic]

#108: Jesse Sublett (jessesublett) Tue 22 Jun 04 21:09

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:09:00 PDT

I take that back. I may have plenty of serious answers tomorrow. Tonight, however, I'm probably done for.

You knew, I assume, that Mark Andes plays with Barbara K, the female 1/2 of Timbuk3? [Read entire topic]

#107: Jesse Sublett (jessesublett) Tue 22 Jun 04 20:59

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:59:00 PDT

Yes I liked the Water Brothers a lot, though I can't remember a thing about them. Hip name for the time.

Never played with Ike Ritter, but I did see him in all those bands, except for Lucinda & Calvin.

I wouldn't mind directing, but they gotta let me write the script, too. I think I'm outta serious answers, too. [Read entire topic]

#106: Jon Lebkowsky (jonl) Tue 22 Jun 04 17:41

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:41:00 PDT

Wow, I had no idea that Mark Andes had been in those other bands. I figured Spirit was it - and though it was one of my favorite bands recordingwise, I never saw Spirit play.

Jesse, I'm wondering if you remember a band called The Water Brothers from the Vulcan daze? They were a favorite of mine, had a lead singer with a large head and massive TEETH.

I'm also wondering if you have had a chance to play with Ike Ritter. I met Ike through my buddy Sam Garrett; they had both played with the Bizarros, and later played some gigs together as The Papaloti Brothers. Ike was in dang near every Austin band back then... Shiva's, Hub City Movers, Ramon Ramon and the Four Daddyos, El Molino, the Bizarros... and later he played with Lucinda when she was here, and with Calvin Russell. He was also incredibly funny.

Otherwise, I'm all out of serious questions. What I really want to do is direct... [Read entire topic]