oh art.

bad boy. white trash rawk star. california king. got to love him.

When I was a sophmore in college my little brother - who I might add was 14 at the time - decided that I needed to come to one of his soccer games to meet the older sister of one of his teammates. I should add that I really love my brother.

So I went to this game and met the sister, the cutest little thing you have ever seen.


we spent lots of time driving around and listening to everclear's so much for the afterglow record. that was the avenue - but one of my friends in college was a total everclear addict, and I mean ADDICT. He had every single - even the japanese ones, and promo radio stuff. That's when you know someones hardcore - when they've got the pre-ebay, god-knows-how-he-got-a-copy-of-that-single, collection of 30 cds for a band who's put out 3 records. hell, he evan had the pre-everclear Art stuff. yes, even Colorfinger - the original tape bought off of one of art's numerous ex-wives.

yea - he had everything, and he got me into it.

So, after Afterglow came ...American Movie 1 and 2. Not as good, but 1 was definitely excellent and 2 had some gems too. A couple of years later Slow Motion Daydream dropped. Since then.... not a whole lot.

Art did a couple of small solo tours, and stopped by H Town in late 2003. I taped the set and he was nice enough to sign the master. after the show I walke up the stage an handed him the master tape (from the soundboard) and asked him to sign it. he laughed took it, and said - is this the show? I replied that it was, and he said - well shit, i should just keep it! and moved to put it into his pocket. I protested and he laughed, signed it and handed it back



heres the mp3s for you.
01 Intro
02 Wonderful
03 Heroin Girl
04 Brown Eyed Girl
05 Heartspark Dollarsign
06 Everything to Everyone
07 Volvo Driving Soccer Mom
08 Rock n' Roll Girl
09 Strawberry
10 Loser Makes Good
11 Father of Mine
12 Santa Monica
13 Pink Cadillac (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
14 Fire Maple Song
15 Annabella's Song
16 The Gay Bar Song
17 I Will Buy You a New Life