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DCW Home Blog (post 58): Dec. 13-17 on the reel

Well, we finished up our first recording session with Pat and I have to say that it was nothing but encouraging/amazing. We spent four days sleeping, eating, and recording music. It was exhausting and beautiful. These songs that we’ve been working on for a long time to get prepared are really blossoming in the studio. Pat’s making things sound great and capturing the energy like...

Dec 19th

DCW Home Blog (post 57): In the Belly of the Beast

Hey Friends, Just a quick note to you from the studio. It is day three, and so far the songs sound great. We’ve been pretty well recording a song a day thus far. As I said in the last post, we’re getting to work with our friend Pat at his studio in Davenport and to wrap all our songs in his amazing analog gear. I’m not a huge audiophile by any means, but I have to say,...

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Nov 21st

DCW Tour Blog (post 56): An then it's Wisconsin in...

Dear friend, So our last show was in Haldern Germany. It’s a little city in northern Germany that is close to the Netherlands border. They’ve been doing a great festival there for the past 27 years. Apparently the city is almost 1,000 years old, but all the buildings were destroyed in WWII and so it looks pretty new. It was a beautiful day when we drove in and the city was quite...

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 55): Bruxelles

Dear friend, So after Paris we went on to Bruxelles to play a show at one of these great condo style apartments they have. They turned the apartment into a venue called Mason de Musique. It was a wonderful space but a bit of a tough show. I had lost my voice the night before and so we had to do a revamp of our set list, cutting out all the songs where I sing really high (it turns out there...

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 54): Paris, city of lights,...

Dear Friend, So after La Roche sur Yon we traveled back to our surrogate European home, Paris. We spent a lovely evening playing at the flat of our dear friends Franck and Sophie, from the Sofoot/Sofilms. I really like hanging out with these people. After the show, we drank wine and spoke of many things. We almost figured out how to correct the problems of the world, but then we realized it...

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 53): Bordeaux, the city of...

Bonjour friend, So after Clermont-Ferrand, we drove west to Bordeaux. We played two nights in Bordeaux, a house show and then a club show at this place called St. Ex. Both of the shows were put together by our new friend Julien who moved to Bordeaux originally because he got really into surfing. The sea is just an hour west of Bordeaux. Apparently there is a big surfing scene in that area....

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 52): Clermont-Ferrand

Dear Friend, We traveled from Grenoble to Clermon-Ferrand, FR. We played a super intimate apartment show that this fellow named Gaylord set up. It was great. There were about 10 people and two really great dogs. I think a good time was had by all and hopefully the neighbors above and below were ok with a little stamping/hooting and hallering. Interesting fact: Clermont-Ferrand is surrounded...

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 51): Metz, city of one or...

Dear Friend, The next place we played was Metz, FR. This place was amazing. It’s a beautiful and grand looking city. The whole city center is comprised of narrow windy streets and tannish, yellow stone and stucco buildings. We played in this venue called La Trinitaires, which is in a converted church and, I believe, monastery. The show was a part of a festival called Zikametz and it was...

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 50): Belfort and after

(Blowing out a Flambee) Hello friend, Alright, I got a little behind on the blog posts. My apologies. After Utrecht we had a couple days off and then we started our last two weeks of solid shows. First we were in Belfort, FR. We were a little uncertain about the show when we pulled up to the venue and it was a real-estate office. However, our host then explained that he works for one of the...

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 49): Oh, I forgot to tell...

(Us rejoicing after the experience explained below) Greetings Friend, I almost forgot telling about our adventure in traveling from Manchester to Paris last week. So we woke up in Manchester and got going early so that we could Make our Ferry to head back to France. We were headed to Paris, but we didn’t have a show that night, so we thought that we would pick the option on our GPS...

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 48): Utrecht

Hi Friend, We played a good show in Utrecht, NL after the Paris gig. We played with this band calledHorse Feathers who are from Portland, OR. We have some mutual friends and I listened to one of their records, but it was our first time hearing them live. They sounded great. A highlight of their set for me was their cover of a Gillian Welch song. Totally beautiful. We were all totally charmed...

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 47): Paris

Bonjour Friend, We played the most amazing balcony show in Paris the other night. It overlooked a part of Paris called Montematre. Amazing! Two actors opened the night doing a piece by Bertolt Brecht. I think they did well, however I don’t speak French so I had trouble following the story. I was informed by one of the actors afterward, having confessed that I didn’t really know...

Oct 25th

DCW Tour Blog (post 46): London

Hello Friend, So we played a gig in London in a place called the Old Blue Last. We were a little worried about driving into the city but it really wasn’t that bad getting there. We did experience some of what seems to be an ever present struggle to find Parking in Europe. There always seem to be these strange streets that are right next to the place you would like to get to but you...

Oct 25th

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“A Minute Seen: The Daredevil Christopher Wright” via Pinkushion.

Oct 8th

GOING EAST

meridene: We’ve got a tour coming up later this month that will take us to NYC and back. Hope y’all can make it out to one of the shows… 10/15/10 - The Mouse Trap - Eau Claire, WI 10/16/10 - Cheapo In-Store - Minneapolis, MN 10/16/10 - Acadia Cafe - Minneapolis, MN 10/17/10 - House of Bricks - Des Moines, IA 10/20/10 - The Space - Hamden, CT 10/21/10 - The 201 - Providence, RI 10/22/10 -...

Oct 7th

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The Daredevil Christopher Wright performing “We’re Not Friends” on the 7e ciel balcony in Paris, France. 09.17.10.

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MAGNET's Song-a-Day!

meridene: MAGNET will be streaming one song per day from our new album, Something Like Blood, all this week! Check it out HERE!

Sep 21st

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The Daredevil Christopher Wright performing “The Daredevil Christopher Wright” on the 7e ciel balcony in Paris, France. 09.17.10.

Sep 20th