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Feb 19th

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Feb 15th

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Feb 10th

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A Note from the Artist

by Bill Callahan (from the Lincoln Center program) To start off with I should mention that I invented the sun. And also that it’s a pleasure to be here tonight. They say life is short, but I’m not so sure. I’ve been putting off writing these notes for what feels like a century. And I know most of you quickly checked the length of this piece before you started reading it and hoped it was...

Feb 7th

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Feb 7th

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Feb 5th

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Anonymous asked: Only Bill can make a floral pattern look manly. Hot damn.

Feb 4th

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Feb 4th

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Bill Callahan / Mickey Newbury Split Release!

Bill Callahan is set to tackle a classic Mickey Newbury track on an upcoming split release. Mickey Newbury never quite got his due. An undoubtedly talented songwriter, his output was the subject of last year’s superb re-issue ‘An American Trilogy’. An expansive, exhaustive look at his career ‘An American Trilogy’ led to a resurgence of interest in Mickey Newbury....

Feb 2nd

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Feb 1st

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Jan 30th

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Jan 29th

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Jan 27th

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Jan 25th

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Jan 23rd

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Anonymous asked: MORE! More, please! I need more :( all the time.

Jan 23rd

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Bill Callahan Documentary In The Works

Support this Bill Callahan concert film/tour documentary at Kickstarter! What this is all about: Dear friends, Here is a concert film/tour documentary/psychedelic thingamajig with musician Bill Callahan and his band. It is a collection of performances and a cross-section of scenes from the road on the U.S. leg of the apocalypse tour. More than that, it is a rare glimpse into the tour...

Jan 20th

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Jan 18th

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Jan 17th

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Jan 16th

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Jan 9th

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Jan 5th

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Amongst a strong batch of dark songs sat the cumbersome ballad “Prince Alone in the Studio,” a song apparently written about Sir Squiggly himself. Callahan playfully pokes fun at Prince, painting the picture of an anal-retentive artist who passes up sex with groupies to nail a guitar track he’s been working on for hours. The song’s lyrics, which actually refer to Prince...

Jan 4th

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Jan 2nd

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Anonymous asked: Happy Holidays Homie! Hope you have a good one and end the year grand :D

Jan 2nd

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“Bill Callahan — the guy is such a genius, you know? He’s so peculiar in...”

– John Congleton, producer of Apocalypse & Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle.

Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 16th

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Dec 15th

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Dec 15th

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Anonymous asked: i fell into the rabbit hole of the link with that old smog article posted a few weeks back that is no longer here and forget the name of that blog/tumblr page but really loved it and would like to return to said rabbit hole if you can help

Dec 15th

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