RAW impressions with Lou Barlow and Adelle Barlow

For this ultra rare, alone in the house, evening (!) podcast sesh, Lou plays Adelle songs from the debut Dinosaur Jr LP (1985) -and- the debut Sebadoh LP (1988). First, a somewhat raucous version of J Mascis' Does It Float, then his own Bolder. Blown away by the lyrics, Adelle has questions about Does It Float. Lou theorizes that J was inspired by the David Letterman Show segment "Will It Float". Join our Substack because extra stuff!https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/WATCH on LouTubehttps://youtu.be/uk0FaMsHQvo

Lou 'procures' a stack of children's records from a local antique store and plays some selections for Adelle and 4-Track Man. While Adelle is reminded of prison and being bullied on the playground, 4-Track Man spirals into despair. Join our Substack because that would be a nice thing to do, even nicer if you become a paid subscriber. https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/WATCH on LouTube https://youtu.be/Pcy7kTwrf8I

Lou plays 2 songs (Healthy Sick and Soulmate) from the first Sebadoh D.I.Y. cassette (not the Homestead version) and attempts to explain, unsuccessfully, the first Sebadoh cassette.Become a paid subscriber to our Substack and stream a censored, abridged, version of duh original cassette. https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/Watch this sh*t on LouTube!https://youtu.be/fzt-LE8WHUQ

Lou shares an acoustic version of his song Privatize while pondering his primal fear of domestic anarchy. Adelle’s got 2 tipping conundrums. Lou’s cold-wave Sixt commercial gets a re-airing.   Join our Substack for all the juicy content we’ve accumulated over the years plus hot fresh writing by Adelle and Lou! https://substack.com/@barlowfamilygeneralwatch it on LouTube:https://youtu.be/QgzzpmXEMI4Have you heard Lou's Reason to Live L.P.? f-in ay, you should!https://loubarlow.bandcamp.com/album/reason-to-live

Lou plays Adelle an acoustic version of a song he co-wrote, remotely, with Mike Watt, Alan Licht and Vish Khanna for Vish's Kreative Kontrol podcast. The concept of the song, hope, was a request from a KK listener. Lou consults his favorite mailing list for lyric inspiration: The Marginalian. -watch- on LouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c3aF4rvfEE-listen- to Kreative Kontrol! http://vishkhanna.com/-read- The Marginalian piece: https://mailchi.mp/themarginalian/optimism-despair?e=79dbb45454-subscribe- to our Substack for podcast related stuff + !!! https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/

It's Valentines Day and Adelle leaving for a trip to L.A. in an hour, The Final Countdown blaring in her head. Lou ponders life without cannabis after a recent bout of atrial fibrillation. Have you seen our 2021 Valentines Day special? You should! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnI2rW687uI&t=266sand, why not join our Substack? https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/

Lou's first, 'proper', solo LP turned 20 last week and he and Adelle are here to chat about it. Lou plays Legendary and Monkey Begun from the LP and Adelle admires his Outlander-esque appearance.WATCH it on LouTubehttps://youtu.be/Sv1vbW9Ooj4join our substack because we are asking you to join our substack because it's a meaningful way to support our podcasting efforts! https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/

Next in the 'distractisode' series, Adelle and Lou discover an archive of human flatulence and share it with 4-Track Man. Hilarity ensues. Join our Substack because we are asking you to join our Substack!! Paid subscriptions help support our podcasting efforts. https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/WATCH it on LouTube!https://youtu.be/hzJzXOWC0SE

RAW Impressions podcast ep. 109: the distractisode  Adelle and Lou, along with 4-Track Man, attempt to distract listeners from certain orange-y events of the day with a domestic ‘tail’ of an outrageous cat-tree purchase. Izzy’s vocal improvisations and the great-office-clean-out of 2025 are also discussed.WATCH it on LouTubehttps://youtu.be/HJJuxBkgcow join our Substack! tons of music and stuff https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/get some handwritten lyrics from the Barlow Family General Store!https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/products/handwritten-personalized-lyrics