Jon is making a solo visit to the Southeastern USA this week in three cities:
10/1/09 @ Little Kings – Athens, GA (with Linda and Ruthie from Magnapop!)
10/2/09 @ Bottletree Café – Birmingham, AL (early show @8pm – free!)
10/3/09 @ Eddie’s Attic – Atlanta, GA (w/ Matt Brown, early show @ 8pm (all ages) ))
Jon has played solo in Atlanta before (back in 2006 w/ Mark Burgess of Chameleons UK fame – YouTube video here), but Athens and Birmingham are a first.
New appearances not included in the last post:
SEPT 23: NASHVILLE TN
8PM WRVU
Jon & Ken on-air performance
http://wrvu.org/
SEPT 24: ATHENS GA
7PM WUOG
Jon & Ken on-air performance
http://www.wuog.org/
SEPT 26: WASHINGTON DC
5PM Revolution Records
Ken & Jon in-store performance
4215 Connecticut Avenue, NW
http://www.revolutionrecords.net/index.html
SEPTEMBER 17, 2005
6PM KLSU
Ken & Jon acoustic performance/interview with DJ Vlad The Assailer
B-39 Hodges Hall, Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
SEPTEMBER 18, 2005
4:30PM SHANGRI LA – http://www.shangri.com/
Jon & Ken in-store appearance
1916 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
6PM CRIMINAL RECORDS – http://www.criminal.com/
Ken & Jon in-store appearance
466 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, 30307
SEPTEMBER 23, 2005
6:30PM GRIMEYS NEW & PRELOVED MUSIC – http://www.grimeys.com/
Ken & Jon in-store appearance
1604 8th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37203
SEPTEMBER 24, 2005
5PM SCHOOL KIDS RECORDS – http://www.schoolkidsrecords.com/athens.html
Ken & Jon in-store performance
264 East Clayton St.
Athens, GA 30601
WUOG – http://www.wuog.org/
Jon & Ken on-air performance
153 Tate Center Athens, GA 30602
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
AKA MUSIC
Ken & Jon in-store performance
27 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, 19106
SEPTEMBER 28, 2005
2:30PM WFMU – http://www.wfmu.org/
Jon & Ken on-air performance
Jersey City, NJ 07303
TBD TUNES
Ken & Jon in-store performance
225 Washington Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
TBD NYCD
Ken & Jon in-store performance
173 West 81st Street (between Amsterdam & Columbus)
New York, NY 10024
http://www.nycd-online.com/
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
5PM B-SIDE RECORDS
Ken & Jon in-store performance
273 Main Street Northampton, MA
FP: In between “Soft Commands” and working with R.E.M., what else were you up to last year?
KS: I recorded in Memphis with Big Star and Seattle with the Posies both of which will be released on Rykodisc. The Posies material is 90 percent done and the Big Star material is done – it will be their first release in 27 years, the Posies’ first release in 6 years.
FP: What were those recording experiences like?
KS: Jon and I have been playing with Alex and Stephen since 1993 and we’re like regular members. Alex has moved on to another place musically and he basically set us in a room together and let it ripÉ I think it’s a cool record that only occasionally brushes up against a Big Star of the past. The Posies’ new material is just different enough and just related enough to be fresh and not trying too hard to disown their past – there are many twist and turns.
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