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New Pornographers   02/19/2001

Brownies, New York, NY
Source FM SBD > DAT
Media
Tech Notes The New Pornographers
KFMU
East Orange, NJ
recorded February 19, 2001

DAT Master (44.1kHz) > DAT clone > FLAC

01 intro chatter
02 The Slow Descent into Alcoholism
03 The Body Says No
04 There She Goes (brief La's cover)
05 To Wild Homes
06 Throw Her Away and Get a New One (Sparks cover)
07 Jackie
08 Walk a Thin Line (Fleetwood Mac cover)
09 Mystery Hours
10 Execution Day

In honor of their just-released fourth album (and dare I say they have gone 4 for 4), I pulled out the earliest recording I have by the New Pornographers.

Back before torrents were invented but the internet was, the venerable DAT Heads listserve (show of hands?) was where I did a lot of trading, including for this show from a great guy (the name, sadly, escapes me) who recorded at lot of NY-area broadcasts of emerging artists. Here, on the heels of the release of their debut masterpiece, Mass Romantic, The NewPorns drop by WFMU and run through much of the record plus a few treats.

The Fleetwood Mac cover is especially pertinent as the song "Showstoppers" on the New Pornographers' latest, Challengers, pays homage "Walk a Thin Line" in its ?oo la oo la oo la?s.

Also rare here is a brief stab at the La's classic "There She Goes Again."

There are a few edits to keep the performances continuous. If you like the band, this is a very cool slice of their early performance history. Samples provided.

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