#Steve Gunn

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Foggy Notion - The Bowery Ballroom, New York City, December 13, 2023

As you probably know, The Feelies released their Velvet Underground covers extravaganza Some Kinda Love late last year — a start-to-finish pleasure. But wait, just before the closing bell rang in 2023 there emerged another contender for the crown of Best VU Tribute Of The Year. Foggy Notion! No, not this Foggy Notion (which featured some Feelies, now that you mention it), but a righteous collective made up of Alan Licht, Sue Garner, Laura Ortman, Ryan Sawyer and Steve Gunn. Actually, it's not a competition; there should be at least as many Velvets tribute bands as Dead tribute bands, right? I think so, anyway.

Foggy Notion came together to play the "Banana album" in its entirety at Pittsburgh's Warhol Museum last September, and they returned to the stage last month to open one of Yo La Tengo's annual Hanukkah shows in NYC. With Licht tuning his guitar Ostrich-style and Ortman's slashing viola, the band is more faithful to the VU sound than most, with Sawyer keeping the rhythms gloriously Tucker-esque. But the quintet doesn't sound overly reverent, either, capturing some of the dangerous thrills of this music — check out the scuzzed/skronked instrumental breaks of "Run Run Run" or the ominous rise and fall of "Heroin." Lou would approve.

Thanks to the taper, Jesse J for the pic and John H for the technical assist! There are also some vids of the show over yonder ...

#foggy notion #the velvet underground #alan licht #steve gunn #sue garner #ryan sawyer #laura ortman

[dustedmagazine]

Steve Gunn & David Moore — Live in London (RVNG Int’l)

Last spring, Steve Gunn and David Moore released a duo recording, Let the Moon Be a Planet, that I praised in a review for Dusted as “suggestive of the ambient and new age genres, with plenty of space for echo amid the interplay of the two instruments as the tracks gradually develop.” Live in London documents the tour supporting that release, having been recorded at the renowned Cafe OTO on April 10, 2023. This new set nicely complements Let the Moon Be a Planet, resembling it but revealing another side of the collaboration.

In their live shows, according to the liner notes, Gunn and Moore have used the studio recordings as “loose armatures” but, by the time of this live date, had developed them to the point of “almost dissolving our original starting points.” So, whereas the studio tracks have names, the live tracks are assigned sequential Roman numerals. “I” sounds maybe a little like “Over the Dune,” and “III” a little like “Basin,” but these are substantially new compositions, or, perhaps better, compositions-in-performance.

A YouTube video of a concert at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville a few weeks before Live in London sheds light on the duo’s process: they are seated a few feet apart, with Moore facing away from the audience and rarely looking up from his keyboard while Gunn faces the audience and glances at Moore occasionally, cocking his head as if listening for cues. It all seems improvised and exploratory, but the two close together seamlessly at the end. As might be expected, the live tracks are less contemplative than the studio tracks, with Moore’s playing closer to the rolling waves of notes characteristic of his releases as Bing and Ruth. The live context also contributes to the feel of the recording in an interesting way: on several of the tracks, the sibilance of crowd voices is almost like a third instrument; by the quiet middle section of “II,” the voices are barely audible, and the crowd is apparently silent as Moore’s final chords decay at the end.

Generally, those who liked the studio recording will like the live recording and vice versa. More than that, though, listening to the one brings a fresh appreciation of the other. The duo are currently touring, presumably availing themselves of fresh opportunities to develop their collaboration further.

Jim Marks

#steve gunn #david moore #live in london #rvng intl #jim marks #albumreview #dusted magazine #ambient #new age #guitar #piano

[julio-viernes]

Guitarras claras y limpias abriendo "Ancient Jules" de Steve Gunn que se entrelazan de similar manera a como algún día lo hicieron las de Television en los temas más folk- rock de su segundo elepé. Fantástico.

Es el tema principal de su álbum de 2016 "Eyes On The Lines", que escucho con deleite en estos momentos.

Muchas gracias a Jordi Jiménez Vila (Los Claveles, Coraje, etc...) por descubrírmelo. Siempre un placer volver a verte, golega.

#steve gunn #television #jordi jimenez vila #youtube

[woodencup]

Songs Beneath The Sun

(Getting back to the garden..)

Nick Drake - Introduction Pink Floyd - Grantchester Meadows The Beatles - Mother Nature's Son Babe Rainbow - Thinking Like A River Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun Anna St. Louis - Sun Neil Young - Out On The Weekend Steve Gunn & David Moore - Painterly

#Nick Drake #pink floyd #the beatles #babe rainbow #anna st. louis #Khruangbin #Leon Bridges #neil young #steve gunn #david moore #mixcloud #mixtape #woodencup #alternative rock #folk #country folk #acoustic #sixties

[ariannausoleil]

#steve gunn #david moore #painterly #spring

[dvey]

#steve gunn #david moore #over the dune #music #Bandcamp

[sonicziggy]

"October Sun" by Oisin Leech, M. Ward, Tony Garnier, Steve Gunn https://ift.tt/fzH67m1

#IFTTT #Spotify #Oisin Leech #M. Ward #Tony Garnier #Steve Gunn

[opineonionated]

On the decks

Interesting avant-hip hop beats from Polish producers IFS and extended vocal techniques from Japanese rapper MA. This one is wild!

On a mellower tip, this one from legendary guitarist Steve Gunn and pianist/composer David Moore is a meditational outing that’s lush and atmospheric. Reflections, indeed!

#reifsma #steve gunn #experimental #beats #bandcamp #atmosperic #avant garde #on the decks

[amplifiedwires]

Steve Gunn set - Enter the Mirror: A Celebration of Les Rallizes Dénudés 6/17/23 Chicago

Another vidtape from seijinlee - not sure if it's the full set but this is a blistering 19 mins from Steve Gunn on electric guitar. I cannot tell who is playing on drums with Steve - if you know plz leave their name in the comments so I can update this post. THX

#steve gunn #guitar #rawk #les rallizes dénudés #Youtube

[rastronomicals]

7:23 PM EST March 3, 2023:

Steve Gunn - "Visions Of Johanna" From the compilation album   Mojo presents Blonde on Blonde Revisited (May 2016)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Compilation given away by Mojo magazine with its July 2016 issue, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Dylan classic

#Steve Gunn #Mojo presents Blonde on Blonde Revisited #Visions Of Johanna

[cbcruk]

Steve Gunn & David Moore - Over the Dune

#steve gunn #david moore

[dustedmagazine]

Steve Gunn & David Moore — Reflections Vol. 1: Let the Moon Be a Planet (RVNG Intl.)

Photo by Annie Forrest

Reflections Vol. 1: Let the Moon Be a Planet by Steve Gunn & David Moore

Steve Gunn and David Moore, building on an earlier collaboration, join forces for an instrumental album that sounds little like the previous work of either (though there is some kinship with a recent composition by Gunn for a gallery installation). Thus, Gunn seems to stick to nylon-stringed guitar instead of his usual steel-string and electric, and Moore contributes spare, atmospheric piano distinct from the rippling waves of notes characteristic of his sound as Bing & Ruth. The gentle and soothing tones here are suggestive of the ambient and new age genres, with plenty of space for echo amid the interplay of the two instruments as the tracks gradually develop.

According to the liner notes, the collaboration began with remote file-sharing and was completed when the two musicians came together in Hudson, NY. Both composition and improvisation, then, inform the eight songs here, most of which are around five minutes long. The continuity across the tracks leaves it unclear which originated with Gunn and which with Moore, though there may be a clue in the fact that those that begin with guitar tend to end with guitar and those that begin with piano tend to end with piano. Notably, each track has a defined and satisfying ending, with no fadeouts or abrupt cutaways. Environmental and room sounds also contribute to the sound (especially on “Painterly” and “Paper Limb”). 

Throughout, Moore’s light touch and heavy sustain and Gunn’s fingerpicking complement each other perfectly. “Scattering,” for example, begins with an Americana-adjacent guitar strum and moves slowly like light filtering through leaves while piano notes float in the background, and “Basin” follows an analogous path beginning from a piano arpeggio that is answered by languid guitar chords. The enigmatically titled “Morning Mare,” something of a centerpiece as the longest of the tracks, opens with guitar and piano chords resolving into a spare almost-melody that unspools like a film sequence. 

Let the Moon Be a Planet is contemplative but sunny, with plenty of suspended voicings but few minor chords in evidence. This recording is billed as the first in the “Reflections” series of collaborations that RVNG Intl. will be releasing that, based on this auspicious beginning, promises to be as compelling as the label’s FRKWYS series (which includes the excellent 2014 collaboration between Gunn and Mike Cooper). Let’s also hope that Gunn and Moore release more music soon. 

Jim Marks

#steve gunn #david moore #reflections vol. 1 #let the moon be a planet #rvng intl. #jim marks #albumreview #dusted magazine #guitar #piano #improvised music #ambient #new age

[artist-issues]

I like how Peter Quill is such an emotional, compassionate, super-loving guy. Like, he loves at a ten, and he hates at a ten. His whole issue seems to be that he can’t let go—but then in Guardians Vol. 3, they use the New!Gamora to kind of tie that up pretty nicely.

#Guardians of the galaxy vol 3 #guardians of the galaxy #gotg vol3 #gotg #spoilers #guardians of the galaxy vol 3 spoilers #vol 3 spoilers #James Gunn #Chris Pratt #Star lord #gamora #rocket #groove #drax #mantis #nebula #marvel #MCU #I was so busy loving Steve Rogers as I grew up that I only liked Star-Lord peripherally

[84reedsy]

Ooh FMK Brian Pillman, Billy Gunn, and SCSA

Lets goooooooo!

F*ck: Brian Pillman - my god I bet hes DYNAMITE in bed, that energy gets channeled into the bedroom and you better just hang on for dear life.

Marry: Billy Gunn - I wanna come home to Mr. Daddy Ass himself and just let him do vile things to me and then like do wifey things for him.

Kill: Stone Cold Steve Austin: I DO NOT LIKE THAT HE KEEPS ENDING UP HERE. Because dammit I love his mouthy, rebel ass.

#reedsy answers asks #wrestling #fmk #brian pillman #stone cold steve austin #billy gunn #daddy ass

[blowflyfag]

WWF RAW MAGAZINE: OCTOBER 1998

#Jim Ross #Ken shamrock #d generation x #x pac #triple h #Chyna #roadd dogg #Billy Gunn #bad ass Billy Gunn #Mr ass #my wife #stone cold steve austin #Steve Austin #magazine scan #wrestling ad

[magnoliacharmed]

fanfic masterlist & requests || updated 3/19/2024!

(i post my fic here on tumblr and on archive of our own)

please see my #magnoliafanfic tag for everything i’ve posted/requests i’ve gotten

World Wrestling Entertainment/Federation

Hard Candy [Shawn Michaels / one-shot / smut]

Worthy of Her [Jeff Hardy / one-shot / smut]

Not So Scary After All [Bret Hart / one-shot / smut]

Say What You Feel Inside [Bret Hart x fem!McMahon reader / one-shot]

Michelangelo’s Billy Gunn [Billy Gunn / one-shot / smut]

I’ll Show You A Winner [Shawn Michaels / one-shot / smut]

Golden Boy [Shawn Michaels x Billy Gunn / one-shot / smut]

It Takes Two To Tango [Billy Gunn / one-shot / smut]

Don’t Stop [Bret Hart x Shawn Michaels / one-shot / smut]

Acting Up [Stone Cold Steve Austin x Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart x Shawn Michaels / one-shot / smut]

Godless [CM Punk x Reader / one-shot / smut]

Hard Working Man [Shawn Michaels x Kevin Nash / one-shot / smut]

...The Jerk Store Called! [Billy Gunn x Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash x Shawn Michaels / one-shot / smut]

Sextape [CM Punk x Randy Orton / one-shot / smut]

Little Death [Randy Orton x Roman Reigns / one-shot / smut]

Awakening [Shawn Michaels x Sycho Sid / one-shot / smut]

World Championship Wrestling

Employee of the Month [Sting / one-shot / smut]

Thunderstorm [Sting / enemies to lovers / series] (Chapter 4/6, last updated 12/30/22)

All Elite Wrestling

Christian’s Good Girl [Christian Cage / one-shot / smut]

Fucked My Way to the Top [CM Punk x Billy Gunn / one-shot / smut]

**Fluffy February 2023 (WWE & WCW) **

Masterlist

Better Call Saul

One of Those Nights [Lalo Salamanca / one-shot / smut]

Mango Lip Gloss [Lalo Salamanca / one-shot / smut]

Request - Soft Lalo

Diamond Girl [Lalo Salamanca x Female OC / series]

What We Do in the Shadows

Vampire Weekend [Nandor the Relentless x Female OC / series]

#masterlist #wwf #wwe #wcw #better call saul #what we do in the shadows #shawn michaels #sting #lalo salamanca #nandor #nandor the relentless #jimmy mcgill #rob van dam #billy gunn #saul goodman #jeff hardy #bret hart #bretshawn #world championship wrestling #aew #all elite wrestling #christian cage #cm punk #stone cold steve austin #magnoliafanfic #randy orton #roman reigns #sycho sid