VIDEOS: OFF THE WALL, ANGLES, +MORE
VIDEOS: OFF THE WALL, ANGLES, +MORE

Here is the first video from my LP ‘Between the Tides and the Times’. Live footage shot by Patrick Suddath/Pantophobia at Glasslands, Brooklyn. Other footage shot by me: Battery Park trees, Holland tunnel, Frey in Walt Whitman’s woods, girl fr Calgary, MP3 experiment in Hudson River Park, David Linton installation at the Clocktower.   Angles, [...]

LEE & LEAH BELO HORIZONTE BRASIL 4/29
LEE & LEAH BELO HORIZONTE BRASIL 4/29

Here are some videos that were posted of our show in Belo Horizonte. Many thanks to the troupe of 8 local drummers who performed with us. They play in the maracatu style.       some photos, by Daniele Antonopoulos+Lucas Faria, Leah Singer, Matheus Fleming:   While in BH we also visited Inhotim, a most amazing [...]

Between The Times & The Tides LP
Between The Times & The Tides LP

“Off The Wall”, the first song from the LP “Between The Times & The Tides” is now up on Matador’s site for listening. This track is also out now (1/14) on vinyl+d/l on a low-priced Matador/True Panther sampler ($1.98!) called ‘Intended Play’. It’s also up on iTunes now (1/16). The album hits March 20, and [...]

Every Nuclear Explosion since 1945
Every Nuclear Explosion since 1945

My friend Fred sent me this amazing film, made by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto, a time lapse of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project’s “Trinity” test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan’s nuclear tests in May of 1998 (This leaves out North Korea’s [...]

WAITING ON A DREAM-GLASSLANDS 121611
WAITING ON A DREAM-GLASSLANDS 121611

single camera. single take. handheld video. live edit by chris habib. live audio by nyctaper.com my band’s second NYC show. glasslands brooklyn. 12/16/11. live pix by Stefano Giovannini. Gtrs pic by Dave Cromwell. read Jesse Jarnow’s Village Voice review of the show HERE.

First Space Walk
First Space Walk

In 1965 Leonov was the first man who performs e.v.a. Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut who, on 18 March 1965, became the first human to walk in space. The craft was the Voskhod 2 spacecraft. Launch date: March 18, 1965. The mission consisted of two cosmonauts: Pilot Pavel Belyayev and co-Pilot Alexei Leonov. This mission [...]

‘Experimental Folksinger’ – Porto – 111911
'Experimental Folksinger' - Porto - 111911

I played a solo acoustic show Saturday night (not a frequent occurrence for me!) at Rem Koolhaus’ amazing Casa Da Musica concert hall in Porto, Portugal. Sort of ‘Experimental Folksinger’ mode haha… I was playing songs from my forthcoming LP ‘Between the Times & the Tides’ which comes out via Matador on March 20, 2012. [...]

scenes fr the LP sessions
scenes fr the LP sessions

Nels Cline: guitar, lap steel Alan Licht: guitar, marimba John Medeski: organ, farfisa, piano Irwin Menken: bass Lee Ranaldo: guitar, vocals, percussion Steve Shelley: drums with Bob Bert: Congas Kathy Leisen: backing vocals Jim O’Rourke: bass Leah Singer: riot vocal Van Morrison Discography Blowin’ Your Mind! (1967) Astral Weeks (1968) Moondance (1970) His Band and [...]

LR band/Bellhouse 101511 first gig pix etc
LR band/Bellhouse 101511 first gig pix etc

Here’s some photos and videos of my first gig, at The BellHouse in Brooklyn, opening for Wild Flag (who were fantastic). With Steve Shelley, Alan Licht, Irwin Menken.  The album’s coming in March… Two videos shot by Pantophobia: These shots are by Maria Builes: guitars by Janet Weiss: 2 by Patrick Suddath: Setlist by JennBenn: [...]

paul & john 1968
paul & john 1968

hey–reading Pattie Boyd’s book that i still have of yrs—really enjoying it, actually–didn’t think I would after Suze Rotolo’s, which was a snooze… but it’s really fun. this pic of paul and john from 1968 really says it all for me about how their relationship probably was around that time–john starting to brood, go mean [...]

June 2010-Dennis Cooper Blogs LR
June 2010-Dennis Cooper Blogs LR

I just came across this page again from Dennis Cooper’s blog, and figured I’d create a post about it here. It’s called “10 things made at least in part by Lee Ranaldo’, and was done, unbeknownst to me, by Dennis in June of 2010. I was pretty flattered that he took the time to compile [...]

SOME RECENT PERFORMANCE PIX
SOME RECENT PERFORMANCE PIX