Video: built to spill "third uncle" brian eno cover 7/7/07

Built to Spill @ the 2009 Siren Music Festival ( more by Tim Griffin ) "Over the past 17 years of touring, Built to Spill have become as famous for their cover songs as for any of their own material, having paid homage live to acts as diverse as M.I.A. , David Bowie , the Talking Heads , Neil Young , Macy Gray , Modest Mouse , Ozzy Osbourne and on and on. The band is so fond of playing other people's songs that according [...]

This video is from a concert in July, 2007. The mighty Built To Spill covering Brian Eno's "Third Uncle". Apparently this song has become a fairly regular staple in their set lists. Oh, did I mention that I am going to see these legends on Thursday night at the Metro . I am seriously excited by this, as this band has for many years been my favourite of all time. Well, either them or Pavement or maybe Wolf Parade, given their pure genius. But it is between those three. Here is a set list from [...]

prepare for an epic story of unanticipated heartbreak and unforeseen kindness. the evening began with a bike trip down to and across the brooklyn bridge to catch a glimpse of the boredoms BOADRUM performance with 77 drummers. i was seriously unimpressed. i only stuck around until 7.30, but it seemed to me to be pretty lame. here's a picture of the boredoms proper through a gap in the steel of the bridge. then i biked as fast as i could up to mccarren pool to catch bob [...]