Called simply “J Mascis, Black Angels, Dandy Warhols,” the track, described by Dandys’ frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor as a “prog-rock school fight song,” is a dark, driving piece, anchored by Dandys’ drummer Brent DeBoer and the tom-heavy beat, and Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, who forgoes his usual guitar for a high-fretted bass.

Vocals — provided by Zia McCabe, Brent, and Brian Coates — though sparse, are powerful and effective. The single syllables, the distant shouts, become part of the swirling landscape. Indeed, the music conveys both the individual contribution of the players and the integrity of the whole piece, a 5-minute long depiction of grunge-fueled psychedelia.

The sessions with J Mascis and the Black Angels, recorded on different days at the Dandy Warhols’ Odditorium, were filmed and compiled into an episode, which helps to trace and explain the progress of the first track, and is now playing on the Breathe Easy MySpace site.

100% of profits will go to the Three Rivers Land Conservancy, a non-profit organization that works to conserve and preserve land by the Clackamas, Tualatin, and lower Willamette Rivers against urbanization. Through the purchases of these songs, along with and corporate contributions, the initial goal is to save 10,000 acres of Oregon’s natural habitat. All songs will be available for purchase on the Breathe Easy MySpace site.

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www.myspace.com/breatheeasybenefit

This Is All I Came To Do

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Speaking of iTunes, Without a Sound and Hand It Over are now available for the first time in digital format.
One note of confusion with iTunes that I have had a few emails about is that some people can’t see all the listings when they pull up Dinosaur Jr in there. The problem is that they have 2 listings in there… One is listed as Dinosaur Jr (no .) and the other is Dinosaur Jr.. To add to the confusion Warner has 2 versions of Where You Been up there (one for each) with the one associated with the Dinosaur Jr listing being compiled by Warner Uk includes Keeblin’ and the other one does not. Now that that is clear as tar…..

Upcoming Performances – On the Idiot Box -
Dinosaur Jr will be performing on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Wednesday, May 9!

The band will also be performing FUEL TV’s “The Daily Habit (which my DVR has flagged as ‘non-recordable channel’ so if anyone catches it please record!!!!…..) including two songs from their new album, Beyond. It’s yet to be determined when the performance will air. For program times and other information, visit www.fuel.tv.
“The Daily Habit” is FUEL TV’s first original daily series, telecast weeknights at 9:00 pm ET (6:00 pm PT) while re-airing later in the evening at 12:00 am ET (9:00 pm PT), and the following Monday at 3:00pm ET (12:00pm PT) and 6:00 pm ET (3:00 pm PT). “The Daily Habit” encompasses the world of the action sports enthusiast, mixing the best
in pop culture with today’s top action sports personalities, cutting-edge music, product reviews, and comedy.

Dinosaur Recorded a Session for SIRIUS which is set to air on the May 23rd
- Dinosaur Jr. (plus older sessions from Artic Monkeys and Guillemots)
** Note that on that page, there is a link for FREE ONLINE TRIAL (top right of page). I don’t have SIRIUS but I have a feeling I will be signing up for a free trial on 5/22.

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Tourdates are available at DinosaurJr.com and thanks to Andyfest, you can also subscribe the Dinosaur Jr Google Calendar which provides xml and ical feeds too.

Want to win tickets to a show??
Are you the biggest Dinosaur Jr. fan in Chicago? Love them more than anyone in Toronto? Prove it! Compete to WIN TICKETS to see them in your town. Visit the Dinosaur Jr MySpace page for more information. While you are there why won’t you be our friend?

COVERS PROJECT!!!!!!!!!!
Do you or your band do any Dinosaur covers? We are trying to put together a virtual album of covers and we are taking in contributions. We have already had a few amazing entries and we are looking for more. Even if you don’t want to participate, you may want to check it out.

If you want to participate and for more info, suggestions or questions check out the topic on FreakScene.net

Other Links…..
Some excellent new footage of Dinosaur Live from a gig at Maxwells in Hoboken 1988 has popped up on youtube.

• Kracked
• Does it Float

For those of you that have still not seen the guys tearing up Letterman, it is up on YouTube, the CBS | Live on Letterman and a higher quality version is available on FreeSoFree.net.

Anyway, I’ve taken enough of your inbox
Jeremiah