Jackson – The Dandy Warhols ☆ Official

Blackbird

Hey. Since the tragic news of Mr. Jackson’s passing yesterday, we here at The Odditorium have been besieged with requests of the status of The Dandys’ cover of The Beatles’ “Blackbird”, as foretold, and some would say, fore-promised (that’s probably not a word), in the title track of our 2003 album Welcome To The Monkey House. Please note that this was not an anticipated event and we had no cover of “Blackbird” all rearin’ to go. I mean, how could we? With both Courtney and Fathead currently out of town we cannot say when we will be able to get to this cover of “Blackbird”, but we will, as soon as we are all together and able, since we have come to find that it means so much to a lot of you.

We thank you for your continued love and patience. Much love back, on behalf of The Dandy Warhols and all of us here at the Odditorium in Portland.

GOTHMAN

Southern Life Is Where It’s At

Written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor on 27 Apr 2009. Posted in Courtney.

Continuing from Alabama this weekend…

Here’s an object d’art created by my niece who lives in Alabama. She’s thirteen. I thought this is pretty cool and particularly “modern art-ish” for a thirteen year old.

Object d'Art

In the Deep South this freaky huge flower grows on a tree. They call it a cowcumber, or swamp magnolia.

Swamp Magnolia

Farewell Mobile Bay way out there. About to drive to Jackson, Mississippi, for a crawdad boil. I sure wish we could play some gigs down here. Southern life is where its at. Super chilled out.

Farewell Mobile

I missed the day at the swimming hole. And the 80 foot homemade black waterslide.

Swimming Hole

I think this kid was shooting skeet with a 12 gauge a little earlier.

cttbike

Hosing down a couple hundred pounds of live crawdads. They’re known as crawfish down here but they’re not fish. They’re bugs.

cttcrawdads

Things are heatin’ up ’round here.

Crawdad Boil

Jackson, Mississippi, airport. This (like most sculptures of children) is a fairly creepy looking sculpture dedicated to racial reconciliation. The portrait behind it is of Medgar Evers, the brilliant champion of the Voting Rights Act and desegregation legislation. He was murdered in 1963. There’s a great exhibit on his life here and having an hour to blow I must say I’m finding it very inspiring.

Jackson Airport Display