Ghost Republic on YouTube Now!

Take a wander over to the YouTube showing of Ghost Republic:

http://smarturl.it/ghostrepublic

The version we show onstage will have a more human element but we hope you enjoy this small screen version!

I phone photos Lancaster blvd and Valley Vista dr

Win Cash Give Diplomacy A Chance

September 11, 2013

BuzzFeed put this clip of John Stewart's opening for the Daily Show on the first day back on the air after 9/11up today. It is an instant reminder of how fragile people were in those days immediately following:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/jon-stewarts-touching-monologue-after-911-is-what-you-should

Reviews for "Ghost Republic"

We are grateful that these fine purveyors of the craft of criticism have been weaving words together that express their feelings about our newest release!

Here are a few recent reviews!

Americana UK

http://www.americana-uk.com/cd-reviews/item/willard-grant-conspiracy-ghost-republic-loose-2013

Bearded Magazine

http://www.beardedmagazine.com/albums/article/willard-grant-conspiracy-ghost-republic-loose-music

FlyinShoes Review

http://flyinshoes.ning.com/profiles/blogs/willard-grant-conspiracy-ghost-republic?xg_source=activity

The Rock Club

http://www.therockclubuk.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1446:willard-grant-conspiracy-

Vanguard

http://www.vanguard-online.co.uk/1309AWG.htm

Written In Music (NL)

http://www.writteninmusic.com/roots/willard-grant-conspiracy-ghost-republic/lang/nl/

The Virginia Pilot Front Page

Farmers market Saturday

Photo set

Handbill for the Parlour

Wheat paste

Head over to the blog for the site specific work of Levalet. 

http://levalet.overblog.com/l-assomoir

There are close up photos on the blog  but we like the photos with the surroundings in the frame!

New Addition to June 1!

The new Purple Ivy Shadows related band 'Mericans has joined the bill for the first of June. PIS was a favorite of ours and we hope you join us to listen to the'Mericans!

 http://themericans.com/

June 1, 2013 Willard Grant Conspiracy at The Parlour in Providence with Barn Burning

The Parlour is the old Penalty Box Lounge in Providence, RI. It has been quite a while since we played this room and we have heard very good things about the resurrection of this fine old school venue. Come and join us with our friends in Barn Burning for a night of music and visuals. We'll be playing in front of the film that will be a part of the release of "Ghost Republic". The Parlour is located at 119 north main st., Providence, RI and there is a Facebook page for the venue at https://www.facebook.com/ParlourRI.

Today's Quote

“This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.”



-John Cleese

John Frame's one minute preview

One Minute Preview of Three Fragments from John Frame on Vimeo.

Last year at the Huntington Museum, I stumbled across a show by this remarkable sculptor and film maker. It has stuck with me since. The longer version of the unfinished film can be bought with a hand painted cover from the artist website and all proceeds will help finish the film.

"Oh We Wait" Film Clip from "Ghost Republic"

Available in June on Loose Records

In Consideration of Early Exits

No matter what you touch and you wish to know about, you end up in a sea of mystery. You see there’s no beginning or end, you can go back as far as you want, forward as far as you want, but you never got to it, it’s like the essence, it’s that right, it remains. This is the greatest damn thing about the universe. That we can know so much, recognize so much, dissect, do everything, and we can’t grasp it. And it’s meant to be that way, do y’know. And there’s where our reverence should come in. Before everything, the littlest thing as well as the greatest. The tiniest, the horseshit, as well as the angels, do y’know what I mean. It’s all mystery. All impenetrable, as it were, right?

- Henry Miller

Special guest

Practiced with Jonah Sacks today on cello and he will be joining us tomorrow. We are all in for a treat!

File under: Why do they have to be THAT dark?

There is a preview of tomorrow's show on Jim Sullivan's home on the digital range that includes some rambling from years ago as well as some muttering about what we are up to now. For some prime miserableness:

http://www.jimsullivanink.com/

More Chinese Food

This Boston trip seems to be all about Chinese food, perhaps as a reaction to not having anything remotely good at home in the desert to represent this masterful cuisine! Last night was soup dumplings at midnight from the well considered Gourmet Dumpling and tonight the slightly more common steamed fennel and pork dumpling at Wang's in Somerville. The rockstar of the meal was the Garlic Spinach though!

Dave announced that he is not extreme but only has "on and off", as a by product of our meal.

There is a cartoon plastic frog in a window behind the cash register, with it's back to the kitchen.

Now, the only cure for the creeping post meal nap urge is espresso! That and practice!

Pictures are included!

Thalia Zedek Band and Drew O'Doherty, Monday 4 2013

A lovely night in TT's in Central Square, Cambridge, NA with our friends. Both bands sounded as good as I have heard them and it is a great start the series! We hope to up the fun next Monday the 11th with a WGC set!

China King, Boston

A terrific small capacity diner in Boston's Chinatown. Two meals in four days on this trip and a few times last May have this fresh and articulately flavored kitchen continues to surprise with the latest being squid with pickled mustard greens. But the menu has plenty of hidden gems to explore.

Saturday at TL Gurley

One of our favorite haunts.

The Thalia Zedek Band March Residency at TT The Bear's Place

This is the complete schedule of the Thalia Zedek Band March Residency at TT the Bear's Place in Cambridge , MA. Each night will see two albums performed in their entirety by the performers on the night. No two nights will be the same!

Mon March 4th- "STARTS" (2006) starring Drew O'Doherty
"Been Here and Gone" (2001) starring the TZ Band


Mon March 11th - "Paper Covers Stone" (2009) starring Willard Grant Conspiracy
"Trust Not Those in Whom Without Some Touch of Madness" (2004) starring the TZ Band

Mon March 18th- Incredible Love (2005) starring Chris Brokaw
"Liars and Prayers" (2008) starring the TZ Band

Mon March 25th - Brokeback and the Black Rock (2013) starring Brokeback
"Via" (2013) starring the TZ Band PLUS special guests Poof Pony from Brooklyn

Set times are 9:45 and 10:45 for the first three shows.

We have great love for all of the people playing on each of these nights and would encourage you to go early and often!

 

Advance tix for these shows are available at http://www.ttthebears.com/public/hot_tickets.php

Thalia Zedek Band and WGC at TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA March 11

We are very pleased to have been invited to play with the Thalia Zedek Band in celebration of their new release "Via" on Thrill Jockey Records.

We've been asked to play the record Paper Covers Stone. This will be the first time it has been played live in the US. The record came out a few years ago and was recorded by Pete Weiss in Vermont during a two day day session that included Sean O'Brien, David Michael Curry, Robert Fisher and Steve Wynn. Come help us celebrate with Thalia and the band!

Info for TT the Bears Place: http://www.ttthebears.com/

Mama Europe

Mama Europa Trailer from PETRA PAN FILM PRODUCTION on Vimeo.

Our friends at Petra Pan Film Productions have just released this charming trailer for  the new film Mama Europe. Please visit them on Vimeo and enjoy the rest of the trailers...and check out a few films!

The Chicken Ranch and the Trash Lady

Nicelle Davis, the artist, writer and editor of the coming Ghost Republic book of photographs recently created a 15 foot tall trash lady in one of the silos at an abandoned Chicken Ranch here is the high desert. Nicelle and a coterie of like mind creative folks spent an afternoon making the sculpture out of plastic bags and newspaper on Dec. 20, 2012. On New Years Day, we visited the lady to see if she was still presiding over the silo. Visit Nicelle's world at http://nicelledavis.wordpress.com/!