Here’s one we hadn’t seen in thirteen years. The Dandy Warhols perform ‘Get Off’ on French music show Nulle Part Ailleurs, 11 September 2000. According to our Gigography, the Dandys would play the next night at Le Trabendo in Paris, and then fly home, which is a weird little trip, if you ask me.
The Jean-Francois Rivard-directed video for the This Machine track “Rest Your Head” made it’s debut today on Spinner.com. Go over there and watch and ‘Like’ and Tweet that mother out there, if you wouldn’t mind, bubeleh.
We’ve ransacked our closets to find some rare, never-before heard gems from the Thirteen Tales recording sessions. Combining these outtakes, alternate mixes, and early four-track demos with newly remastered Thirteen Tales album tracks, we are proud to announce the release of the expanded Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia 13th Anniversary Edition June 11th on Capitol Records.
The formats include 2CD and digital audio packages via Capitol, with newly remixed Pop-Art packaging by original album designer Steven Birch, plus a big bad limited edition deluxe vinyl box set – with all new-t-shirt packages – available exclusively from dandywarhols.com. (A remastered original Thirteen Tales will also be released by Capitol on 180-gram vinyl with replicated original artwork.)
CD 1: ORIGINAL ALBUM, REMASTERED
1. Godless
2. Mohammed
3. Nietzsche
4. Country Leaver
5. Solid
6. Horse Pills
7. Get Off
8. Sleep
9. Cool Scene
10. Bohemian Like You
11. Shakin’
12. Big Indian
13. The Gospel
CD 2: 13TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION BONUS TRACKS
1. Later The Show
2. Ras Tafar and I
3. Godless (Alt Vox Melody)
4. Cool Scene (Early Mix)
5. Country Leaver (Early Mix)
6. Bohemian Like You (Courtney Home Demo)
7. Mohammed (Courtney Home Demo)
8. Big Indian (Courtney Cassette 4-Track)
9. Big Indian (Courtney Home Demo)
10. Unknown
11. Godless (Courtney Home Demo)
12. Cool Scene (Courtney Home Demo)
13. Dub Song (Courtney Home Demo)
The limited edition deluxe vinyl box set will be available ONLY from dandywarhols.com. More information is sure to follow in the coming weeks. For now, take a gander at these shirts we’ve made up as add-ons to the box set:
On this date thirteen years ago The Dandy Warhols filmed the video for “Godless.” It was my first official day working for these jokers, and it set precedent of “sitting around all day, glaring” equals working. The most difficult part came when I had to stand for the six hour bathroom scene. So tough, acting.
Joining The Dandy Warhols in the video was Travis Grassman, as the bartender, Spike Keating and Michele Loew, as the couple, and Cameron the hula hoop boy as himself. The girl with the big eyes I don’t know and never saw again.
The video, directed by Chris Anthony, was filmed in the then newly-christened Dante’s at the ever bustling corner of 3rd and West Burnside in downtown Portland. So striking Dante’s was to me on that first day of filming, with its warm, dark womb-like ambience, hand to god I cannot remember what had occupied its spot previously.
On this date in 2000, The Dandy Warhols closed down the St. Johns Bridge in NW Portland to film the bookend sequences for the “Get Off” video. Did you know you can just dial up the mayor’s office and demand a major Willamette River crossing to be closed just for laughs? You didn’t? That’s because you can’t. You need a permit and it has to be done at like 6am on a Sunday morning so longshormen don’t get all mad at you and stuff. I doubt St. Johns himself could close this bridge, say, during the Jazz Festival or whatever. If you’re going to shut down a bridge, please get permission first.
The remainder of the “Get Off” video was filmed two days later on April 11th. Why the “day off” in between? The answer to that tomorrow.
UPDATED: 13 songs in 13 Places change-up to report. We have switched up songs and locations ‘last minute’ here. First performance now Ray’s Ragtime, 1001 SW Morrison, at 5pm. See you there!
Portland: this Wednesday and Thursday (03/27-28), The Dandy Warhols invite you to join us for live performances of songs from Thirteen Tales in 13 memorable locations in and around downtown Portland; part of our 13 songs in 13 places video compilation we’re putting together with Into The Woods. We kick off the evening at the spot of the former X-Ray Cafe (W. Burnside btw 2nd and 3rd) at 4:30, and will shift to different locations throughout the evenings. Where will we be? What songs will we play? The only way to find out is to follow @TheDandyWarhols on Twitter.