Romantic Enthusiasm: New Dan Michaelson Valentines EP
Its something I’ve always wanted to do. But something I’ve never done. And as a dentist’s assistant gently hoovered my mouth and mumbled something non sensical about quitting smoking this afternoon i realised, under local anaestetic… that I’m about to do it. Im releasing a Valentines record: Buy Here: http://shop.danmichaelsonandthecoastguards.co.uk/buy/if-others-call-it-love/ I’ve called it If Others Call [...]
February 1, 2012 1 Comment
SUDDEN FICTION: THE REVIEWS REVIEWED.
With little else to do, I have taken it upon myself to review my reviews. What good can come of this? Very little. But what harm could it possibly do? Very little. I apologise in advance. Lets Start with THE TIMES: The best songs are defined by what is left out, and this London songwriter’s [...]
December 3, 2011 3 Comments
MAKING RECORDS…
Ever stopped just a second or two to consider the cheap and disgusting labour that goes into making the almost every day products we take for granted? Take a look here: Both cheap and disgusting i agree but who really cares when we can talk about the exciting end result instead? Yes, its another temptingly [...]
October 28, 2011 1 Comment
MILES
Just so’s you’re not wasting time you don’t have, this is not a post about Miles Davis. For those that have a little more time but really there’s something else you should be getting on with, this is about the last three weeks and the miles covered during that period. If you’re already feeling that [...]
June 15, 2011 3 Comments
Other People Do Things Too
As anyone (?Hello?) who ever comes here for a word bath will already know, the taps only flow one way: With things that are exclusively about me, or at a push, things that happen within two feet of me and if thats the case definitely involve me to a greater extent. Its a small world. [...]
April 27, 2011 1 Comment
The Considerable Ramblings Volume 1.
Over the decades, through myriad releases and rereleases, the box sets and the Essential Singles Collections containing my complicated and often ununderstandable/undesirable “lyrical” output, the question that is occasionally thrown up is “What are the words to that song?”. With this in mind, and with a translator by my side, I’ve trawled through our last [...]
April 20, 2011 2 Comments
touring part two…
None of this really relates to touring, but it does offer a fly on the wall glimpse of men trying to be men in the female dominated world of white van touring. We had to stick together, we used bar sports and drink as the glue, we used wheels as motion. we broke things, we [...]
March 23, 2011 No Comments
So far, i cant remember. Touring in pictures.
We’ve managed 3 dates on this tour so far. I’m learning new things with every mile we travel together. Most of its not worth remembering. Some terrible jokes. Upset faces. bruises here and there. But what of the towns, cities and gigs? Wonderful. Thats it for now. unless you want one of these from: http://danmichaelsonandthecoastguards.bandcamp.com/album/1-45-ltd-ed-tour-poster-in-black-and-green
March 4, 2011 No Comments
NEW TOUR ANNOUNCED….by us.
This is happening, and i don’t mean that in a hip way. I mean it in a straight forward sense. You can tell by the way we’ve used a cactus in our tour poster that we really mean business this time. Here are all the ticket links for all the shows, anyone who buys a [...]
February 19, 2011 No Comments
Tour Diary from our time with I Am Kloot
Lets start by saying this was a great idea. It started off as my idea (lets ask I AmKloot if we can go on tour with them), then it quickly switched to their idea (out of this big pile of bands, which shall we choose? Dan Michaelson! (I imagine this in choral unison at high [...]
February 2, 2011 1 Comment