{"id":237,"date":"2010-04-27T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=237"},"modified":"2011-02-12T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T19:34:21","slug":"bits-shel-silverstein-songs-alan-moore-opera-no-depression-fest-save-924-gilman-produce-a-juniper-tar-doc-rsd-is-crafty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2010\/04\/27\/bits-shel-silverstein-songs-alan-moore-opera-no-depression-fest-save-924-gilman-produce-a-juniper-tar-doc-rsd-is-crafty\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits: Shel Silverstein songs, Alan Moore opera, No Depression fest, save 924 Gilman, produce a Juniper Tar doc, RSD is crafty"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><\/p>\n<li>Did you know that besides the poems that were so dear to many of us in our youth, Shel Silverstein was also responsible for songs like &#8220;A Boy Named Sue&#8221; and &#8220;The Cover of the Rolling Stone&#8221;?  A cadre of folky and country artists have contributed to an album of Silverstein&#8217;s songs, called <i>Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein<\/i>, that will be released on June 8.  <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/38613-listen-my-morning-jacket-and-andrew-bird-cover-shel-silverstein-songs\/\" target=\"blank\">Pitchfork has a couple of songs<\/a> from contributors My Morning Jacket and Andrew Bird for you to listen to.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>A favorite of NTSIB, writer Alan Moore is working with Damon Albarn and Gorillaz to produce an opera about magician\/mathematician John Dee (if you are familiar with Moore, you know this is completely unsurprising), and  <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/38614-damon-albarn-offers-more-info-on-gorillazalan-moore-opera\/\" target=\"blank\">Pitchfork has some info on that<\/a>, too.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Another favorite of NTSIB is the venerable magazine-now-community-website <i>No Depression<\/i>, and they have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nodepression.com\/profiles\/blogs\/2010-no-depression-festival\" target=\"blank\">announced the line-up for their always impressive festival<\/a>.  This year&#8217;s festival will include Swell Season, Lucinda Williams, Cave Singers, Punch Brothers, Alejandro Escovedo, Chuck Prophet and Sera Cahoone.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Respected punk venue 924 Gilman is in danger of closing down due to a ridiculous rent increase.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crawdaddy.com\/index.php\/2010\/04\/23\/924-gilman-st-needs-help\/\" target=\"blank\">Here&#8217;s what you can do to help keep it going<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>High Frequency Media is planning a Juniper Tar tour documentary, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/milwaukee\/articles\/high-frequency-media-wants-you-to-produce-its-juni,40425\/\" target=\"blank\">you can become a producer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>There&#8217;s a nice write-up of the Record Store Day activities in Cleveland&#8217;s Collinwood neighborhood from a crafter&#8217;s perspective at <a href=\"http:\/\/joannfabricandcraftstores.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/let-record-store-day-inspire-you.html\" target=\"blank\">the Jo-Ann Fabrics blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourstru.ly\" target=\"blank\">Yours Truly<\/a> shares this video from SXSW of Nathaniel Rateliff playing &#8220;Boil &#038; Fight&#8221;, but we&#8217;re particularly enamored of his rendition of Roger Miller&#8217;s &#8220;Oo-De-Lally&#8221; at the beginning.<br \/>http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11039579&#038;server=vimeo.com&#038;show_title=0&#038;show_byline=1&#038;show_portrait=0&#038;color=b32bed&#038;fullscreen=1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11039579\">Nathaniel Rateliff &#8220;Boil &#038; Fight&#8221;<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/yourstruly\">Yours Truly<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that besides the poems that were so dear to many of us in our youth, Shel Silverstein was also responsible for songs like &#8220;A Boy Named Sue&#8221; and &#8220;The Cover of the Rolling Stone&#8221;? 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