drums, piano, banjolele, accordion, vibes,resonator bells, chimes, banjo, ukes, arps, moogs, 808's, wind sounds, painting, drawing, making boxes out of things, old dusty attics, forest floors, cabin in the woods, naples yellow, digging in the dirt, absinthe, marsupials, change, etc.
Music
wind, birds, rain, juana molina, css, paul simon, new order, thelonius monk, joy division, butthole surfers, devotchka, husker du, neil young, thelonious monk, max richter, yo la tengo, gillian welch, x, yann tiersen, rachel's, tom waits, washington phillips, carter family, nuetral milk hotel and on and on......and on.....and then.....
Movies
the big lebowski, dazed and confused, amelie, triplets of bellville, jan svankmajer's alice, and many others.
Television
flight of the conchords, x files, seinfeld, curb your enthusiasm, old monty python
Books
many....
Ephemera and Artifacts
aged old yellowing newspapers, aged old books with that old book smell, rocks and shells collected on the beach, old creepy dolls, dageurreotypes, tin toys, pez, ramshackle crumbling old barns solitary sitting in stretches of nothingness, the smell of new rain hitting earth, cigar boxes, sharpie robots, hawk sounds, distant train horns, your eyes, etc.
About me: i'll be out on the road drumming and what not with Mirah and Tara Jane O'Neil come April 1. Tender Forever is also opening a lot of the shows. Dates aer: Apr 1, 2009 - Anacortes, Washington
The Department of Safety - w/ Tara Jane O'Neil
Apr 2, 2009 - Seattle, Washington
The Vera Project - w/ Lovers
Apr 3, 2009 - Vancouver, British Columbia
Biltmore Cabaret - w/ Tara Jane O'Neil
Apr 4, 2009 - Portland, Oregon
Aladdin Theater - w/ Tara Jane O'Neil and Norfolk and Western
Apr 7, 2009 - San Francisco, California
Bimbo's 365 - w/ Tender Forever
Apr 8, 2009 - Santa Barbara, California
Soho - w/ Tender Forever
Apr 9, 2009 - Los Angeles, California
The Echo - w/ Tender Forever
Apr 10, 2009 - Phoenix, Arizona
Modified - w/ Tender Forever
Apr 11, 2009 - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Launchpad - w/ Tender Forever
Apr 12, 2009 - Denver, Colorado
Hi-Dive - w/ Tender Forever
Apr 14, 2009 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Kilby Court - w/ Tender Forever
Apr 15, 2009 - Boise, Idaho
Neurolux - w/ Tender Forever
hey rachel!! i saw you playing with your band and jenny in Bellingham! (that's where I live). It was such a fun surprise to see you there, I'm so glad you guys came to our little mountain town :)
thank you raquelita! i'd love to see you guys! i've been out of touch with everyone lately and i miss you guys terribly... isn't the snow beautiful!?! xoxoxoxox n.
Yeah it was great seeing you again too! I had so much fun. I had to be up just as early as you the next day but I didn't even have a hang over... did you?
How's being back home?
Do you have time to relax a little there, or will you be back on tour soon?
sweet pajarita...funny that i just got your message as i was reading the "muchas gracias" section of the last conor oberst album ...and there you are, rachel blumberg....love love love
