Video: ELLIOTT SMITH - LUCKY THREE

Today's your lucky day! Although Friday the 13th is known to be a day of unfortunate accidents, faux pas, and all around unhappy occurrences that we chalk up to "bad luck," as any gambler knows, luck can turn on a dime. Gathered here in this video roundup are songs that we hope will change your luck today. So have a happy day, everyone, and remember, 13th or otherwise, it's still Friday! Danzig - Thirteen Johnny Cash - Thirteen [...]

It's amazing how posthumous releases and "finds" capture the imagination of fans. I have to admit falling prey to this type of fascination. Yesterday, The Washington Post printed an on-line story about a lost track from Elliott Smith . It turns out that Smith was caught performing an unreleased track titled, Misery Let Me Down . It was a warm up for a performance on WMUC-the college radio station for the University of Maryland. While not earth shattering, it's worth checking out: Misery Let [...]

• Elliott Smith - Misery Let Me Down

This is a lovely short film that Jem Cohen made with Elliott Smith in 1996 and somehow I've never seen it unil now. It features some fantastic live takes of Between the Bars, Big Star's Thirteen, and Angeles. Posted in Video Tagged: between the bars, big star, Elliott Smith, Lucky Three

This enjoyable cover of "Between the Bars" by Metric led me to a wonderful short film called Lucky Three. I like it, it shows a light-hearted side of Elliott Smith that I'm not used to. Elliott Smith - Between the Bars That cover of "Thirteen" is simply gorgeous.

• Elliott Smith - Between the Bars

GLONO talks to Larry Crane, the official archivist for the Estate of Elliott Smith. He mixed the upcoming New Moon compilation, supervised the mastering, helped with the sequencing, and even wrote the liner notes.

New Moon, a new Elliott Smith compilation of recordings made for Kill Rock Stars between 1995 and 1997, is due May 8, according to Billboard. His albums for KRS, Elliott Smith and Either/Or, are two of the best albums of...

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