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 PTL show that year. To enter into the raffle, send a PM to username “a_very_pedro_christmas” with your name and email address.

Last day to submit is Dec 17th, winners will be announced Dec 19th. More detailed info here.

Good luck and Happy Holidays!

xoxo

Jacob

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 08/07 Goleta, CA The Hard to Find Showspace
Sun 08/08 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
Mon 08/09 Chico, CA The Bean Scene
Tue 08/10 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
Wed 08/11 Tacoma, WA Hell’s Kitchen
Sat 09/04 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival - 8pm

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 sure why he went under a different name, but, after a few songs, people caught on, so David played a Pedro song. He only played 5 or 6 songs.” — S. Boyechko

We may get some mp3s up from the shows eventually.

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.

There are a few new tabs including April 6, 2039, Be Thou My Vision, and Options. Thanks to Patrick and Jonathan.

Also there is another Pedro date (found at pitchforkmedia.com):

thursday, march 13, austin tx
@ roxy 1:00am - Pedro the Lion

There will be a David Bazan solo show in Indiana and here’s the information:

Friday, April 11th
8:15 p.m.
Taylor University
Rediger Auditorium
Upland, Indiana
PEDRO THE LION (SOLO CONCERT)
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
General Admission Tickets $7 in advance or $9 at the door
Advance tickets can be purchased by sending payment to
Taylor University TSO-IFC Tickets
236 W. Reade Ave.
Upland, IN 46989
for more info email jared_cheek@tayloru.edu or call 765-998-5649

Well, ptl.org hasn’t been updated since Dec. ‘02 for a couple of pretty good reasons. Mostly I moved to a new house without any real internet connection. Also, the billing from ptl.org’s hosting service was screwed up for a while. (ptl.com was down for a while too.)

Added bass tab for “Of Up and Coming Monarchs” (thanks to Ben H.).