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RAW of FAME: red light fever..Izzy's CVS jingle
Continuing to adjust to the loss of Adelle's mom with a massive rearrangement of stuff, Lou and Adelle simply can't find time to record their conversations!
Please to enjoy this nugget from the past, the wee baby RAW that was episode 3! HEAR: our first Unsponsored Local Ad (CVS!!) featuring 6 year old Izzy! HEAR: Adelle recite some racy Liz Phair lyrics! This episode twists and turns through random topics in classic RAW Impressions fashion -before- it was classic! Listen and be compelled to binge -all- our early crazy shows! Back before 4-Track Man was even born!
And, while waiting for the next NEW show, why not visit the Barlow Family General Store?
https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/
B.F.G.S. sells a curated selection of home goods, gift items for adults and children, handmade small batch clothing and accessories, music, books, and a variety of art/fiber/craft supplies and kits. Hear me when I say: people go crazy for this cute and practical stuff, Adelle has figured it out guys, let her help you become a not-bad gift giver! Re: music stuff, Lou does large personalized handwritten lyrics that he slaves over with an array of sharpies and inkpads for weeks at at a time!
Did you know we actually have a real-live brick and mortar store now too? We do! Open a few days every other month for meet and shop opportunities we also take appointments! In town? Drop us an e-mail come see the store!
https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/
And our Substack! Join our Substack, we've barely touched it in last couple months but it's deep well of personal and podcast related CONTENT. There's lots of good stuff including Adelle's emotional essays and the bottomless bucket that is Lou's barely released niche music! We'll be back to posting fascinating things soon! In the meantime become a paid subscriber because you'd just like to support our podcasting efforts and don't really care if we post a lot!
Thanks, we'll be back soon!
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169. EMERGENCY episode: was the fair unfair to artisans?
33:02||Season 4, Ep. 169Adelle urgently needs to share her RAW impressions of the arts’n’crafts’n’vegetables exhibit inside the round house at the Franklin County Fair. Lou responds by playing slapdash fragments of Tom Petty songs. Both of them ponder what to do with all the left over beer from Lou’s August 8th birthday party. The real-life Barlow Family General Store is open this Saturday 11-4:30! Free beer! The online Barlow Family General Store is open all-the-time!! Get some hand-crafted lyrics before Lou disappears on tour again in October. Get some cute gifts! https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/
168. Earache My Eye: the full re-creation
31:55||Season 4, Ep. 168On his Western Canada tour earlier this year, Lou realized he had to cover both sides of Alice Bowie’s (Cheech and Chong) 1974 single Earache My Eye/Turn That Thing Down. In this episode Lou follows through and tries to explain it all to Adelle. Listen to the Cheech Marin’s Moth episode that set Lou on his mission :https://www.themoth.org/stories/75-pools The Barlow Family General Store is open this Saturday, September 12! 11:30-4:30! Lou will be playing with Dinosaur Jr in Virginia Beach.The Barlow Family General Store online offers personalized handwritten lyrics among many other things. https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/
167. MUSIC MONDAY: Frausdots, There Near, and the secret of Pitchfork's L.P. ratings.
24:26||Season 4, Ep. 167Lou plays Dead Wrong by Frausdots (a song he takes personally) and his own Blowin' Up (from the new DInosaur Jr LP 'There Near') for Adelle. Sad times in L.A. and Pitchfork's likeable employees (and bitchy reviews) are discussed. check out the Frausdots 2004 album Couture, Couture , Couture for the original version of Dead Wrong. https://www.subpop.com/artists/frausdotsNew Dinosaur Jr LP THERE NEAR out now!https://www.dinosaurjr.com/Be the first to order personalized, illustrated lyrics for Blowin' Up from the Barlow Family General Store! https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/
166. Stephanie Says there's too much 4-Track Man in this episode
30:22||Season 4, Ep. 166Awake after weeks of being unplugged, 4-Track Man interrupts Lou and Adelle constantly as they try (and fail) to recap Lou's 60th birthday SHOW/PARTY. Hear a podcast fan's version of Lou's birthday song (for Lou!), niece Aleksa Atkinson's stunning version of Velvet Underground's Stephanie Says, and Adelle and Lou delivering HBD wishes (plus song) for a 15 year old in Texas.Check out the Barlow Family General Store for sweet gifts and music-related items! Lou's got some time in September do some personalized lyrics so why not get the perfect gift for someone who likes his music (before the holiday rush!)!https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/Subscribe to our Substack 'cause we were early adapters and we have a pantload of content there.https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/Check out Aleksa's music here: https://www.instagram.com/music.by.aleksa/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
165. RAW OF FAME: novelty trinity
57:46||Season 4, Ep. 165From the RAW archives, 4-Track Man consolidates 3 classic RAW shows for one glorious hour devoted to Lou's slavish re-creations of his 3 most-favorite novelty songs of the 1970's. The Streak, Convoy and Kung Fu Fighting! Lou non-ironically considers these among his greatest achievements. This put him in a great mood for these 3 shows and he and Adelle's conversations before and after are simply delightful. A wonderful introduction to the RAW Impressions podcast if 4-Track Man says so himself.The best way to support the ongoing podcasting, live event, retail store juggernaut that is Barlow Family General is to shop our store. Lou does bespoke lyric art, sells hard-to-find vinyl from his bands and Adelle has curated a super cute/functional selection of home goods, gifts and a dwindling selection of her own knitwear (get it before it's all gone)! Everything we sell that's not us is from indie DIY creators like ourselves.https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/online shopping 24/7.. OR open by appointment in Greenfield MA, meet and greet style, for shoppers and fans alike! Good times!hello@barlowfamilygeneralstore.net164. family on tour, band of horses, and Blowin' Up
26:55||Season 4, Ep. 164Lou and Adelle recap their time on tour with Band Of Horses and DInosaur Jr.The second single from DInosaur Jr's new LP There Near is 'out' now https://youtu.be/zS-yOS2HEGk?si=KsBiL7LudMnR6er7the Barlow Family General Store is happening now 24/7, handwritten lyrics, fun gifts etc etc https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/
163. colorblind, phantasm, hail mary
27:35||Season 4, Ep. 163Lou plays an old song about current issues. Adelle and Lou review an old movie (Phantasm) and a new movie (Hail Mary). 4-Track Man abides. There's still a few tickets left for Lou's 60th Birthday Variety Show Bash, August 7th at the Shea Theater in Turners Falls, MA https://sheatheater.org/d/23306/Shea-Presents-Lou-Barlow's-60th-Birthday-and-Variety-ShowAs always, and, possibly, forever, The Barlow Family General Store offers practical, tasteful gift items, Lou's music ephemera (handwritten lyrics anyone?), and Adelle's knitwear.online:https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/and in person, by appointment:hello@barlowfamilygeneralstore.net
162. every t-shirt tells a story
40:35||Season 4, Ep. 162Lou and Adelle are back and discussing a mere fraction of all the stuff that's happened to them in the last two weeks. Topics include the influence of Pete Holmes, festival fashion, the bosom of Wilco and Lou's upcoming 60th birthday bash variety show! Get your tickets!!https://events.leapevents.com/event/-lou-barlow-s-60th-birthday-bash-variety-showThe Barlow Family General Store is open all the time on-line:https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/And by appointment:hello@barlowfamilygeneralstore.net
161. RAW of FAME: the Sconnisodes
37:28||Season 4, Ep. 161While Lou and Adelle are in Wisconsin and -not- able to do a new episode, please enjoy these two episodes recorded in Wisconsin in July 2023! First, a mini-music-monday featuring 3 covers of Wisconsin bands: The Frogs, Mecht Mensch, and Killdozer. Then a talk with Adelle's parents, Valerie and Dave, about the shows they saw in the 1960s: Woodstock!! Led Zeppelin!!! New episodes resume next week...hopefully! ALSO....The BARLOW FAMILY GENERAL STORE POP UP WEEKEND is happening -THIS WEEKEND- June 20-21st!!---------------------------------come hang out with us while the Green River Festival rages (Kurt Vile. Geese, J Mascis etc etc)11-4 Saturday June 2011-4 Sunday June 21vinyl, crafts, craft supplies, vintage clothing.. us!.. it's always fun meetin' and greetin' .. gawkin' and talkin'44 Chapman St.Greenfield MA 01301