David has included 2007’s Cold Beer and Cigarettes on the upcoming Net Neutrality album “Rock the Net“, not to be confused with MTV’s ineffectual Rock the Vote. If this journalist might speak on a personal level for a moment - I’m extremely excited to see Bazan stand behind Net Neutrality in a meaningful way. If […]

Months ago, the Seattle Weekly posted a live track of David Bazan performing Dylan’s Oh Sister at the “Unscrew The Crocodile Employees” benefit show. It’s undyingly faithful to the original piece and somehow, yet unsurprisingly, Bazan plays the most woeful drums you’ll ever cry into a glass of Alabama whiskey.
Click here for the full listen […]

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ptl.com is reporting that David Bazan will be taking part in the Horatio Sanz Christmas Special. Expect a “couple of Christmas songs” and some damn fine comedy.
UCB THEATRE NYC
307 W 26th St (between 8th & 9th Ave)
Wed Dec 20, 2006
9:30 pm $8 | SOLD OUT
Thu Dec 21, 2006
9:30 pm $8 | BUY TICKETS

Dear .orgers,
We’re doing something a little special here at ptl.org this Christmas:
I’m raffling off a copy of “I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day”, the 7″ EP released by Pedro the Lion in 2002. Only 1,500 copies of the EP were pressed and it was so limited only 2 were sold at each […]

Fri 07/23 Port Townsend, WA Publick House
Fri 07/30 Vancouver BC Richard’s on Richards
Sat 07/31 Spokane, WA Club Soda
Sun 08/01 Billings, MT 11 Cafe
Mon 08/02 Casper, WY Metro Coffee Co
Tue 08/03 Colorado Springs, CO 32 Bleu
Wed 08/04 Albuquerque, NM The Launchpad
Thu 08/05 Tucson, AZ Solar Culture
Fri 08/06 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues / Mandalay Bay
Sat […]

Here are a few mp3s from one of the infamous “Paperback” performances (April 6th, 2003). Thanks to S. Boyechko for these. Please enjoy but refrain from direct linking to them.
(updates: links have gone dead)
paperback1.mp3
paperback2.mp3
paperback3.mp3

Pedrothelion.com has put up its first bit of content, which is really just the dates from Pedro’s upcoming tour. Check it out.
Also, A. Argo sent in a link to a great transcript of David Bazan revealing his thoughts on quite a variety of issues. I highly recommend reading at least the first bit of it.

A few readers have noted that David Bazan is touring with Bright Eyes under the name “Paperback”. Here’s one message I got:
“I was at a Bright Eyes show last night in Portland, Ore, with openers Paperback and Arab Strap. It seems, strangely, that Paperback was actually Davad Bazan playing a few unreleased songs. I’m not […]

Pollstar.com lists PTL as playing a slow tomorrow (4/11) at Taylor University in Upland, IN. and another show at The Gorge in Washinton May 24th. One could speculate that the new album will be recorded around that time assuming the Scientific project is finished, but I digress.