Thoughts on an Era, From Sad to Angry, to love and beyond.

“Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!

“But ranged as infantry,
And staring face to face,
I shot at him as he at me,
And killed him in his place.

“I shot him dead because—
Because he was my foe,
Just so: my foe of course he was;
That’s clear enough; although

“He thought he’d ’list, perhaps,
Off-hand like—just as I—
Was out of work—had sold his traps—
No other reason why.

“Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
You’d treat, if met where any bar is,
Or help to half-a-crown.”

- Thomas Hardy


I will be in Lincoln, NE on Thursday playing at Knickerbockers w. Matt Nathanson
beauty.
and ..
i will be in Boulder, CO on Saturday playint at Fox Theatre w. Matt Nathanson

i love to not loathe.
you and i
together.
for we..
almost ever.
j.

More Los Angles.

We finished up the two days in Sunset Sound
located here in Los Angeles California.
I am extremely happy with how alot of
the material turned out.

We were able to record 12 songs.
all completely live tracked
and they have a very good feel to them.
Excited to have you all hear them.

As for me...well..
i just finished editing a little bit of
footage from this last years tour.
If you have been a follower of the Buffalo James
blog from the beginning you will recall the Woods Pool incident.
i think it was the 2nd or 3rd entry ever on the blog.
About how we snuck into the pool.
Anyways if you have not read it.
YOU SHOULD! especially before you watch the VIDEO!
yes indeed we finally got the video up and running you can
watch it here:

City of Angles, or Try and Try forget the Honesty.

In Los Angeles now. Working hard for some decent recordings.
We have already tracked around 10 songs including:

-Mother Mary
-Black July
-Lawn Full of Marigolds
-Winter Storm
-Farmer From the West
-Crash This Train
-Daniel
-Ribbon Bows
-The Garden
-A Boy, A Father, and a Gun

and we will be tracking on Monday and Tuesday at Sunset Sound, very very excited...some songs that we are going to Hopefully track are:

-Annabelle
-Jesus Train
-Lorraine
-Lisa
-In The Middle
-Salt Water
-Restitution
-Your Story's Told
-When The Floods Come
-Baby Boy

We will have more songs to choose from for this record. Very excited, any suggestions are always very very important. City of Angles or City of Angels?

Singing.
J.

Lisa

Lisa

Lisa was sleepin, the night that i left.
I headed to Kansas, not a word on my breath.
Found an old friend on the corner
And a girl in my bed.

So I took off her clothes, and laid her down slow
Heard an old love song, on the radio.
I never felt worse than i felt,
Then when i heard the door close.

Someone tell Lisa, where i was found.
That the water in the winter ain't as cold as it sounds.
Tell her i never did change,
Just like the way she had explained.
Someone tell Lisa it's better this way.
There'll be blue skies, bright sunshine,
No grey clouds to blame.
Tell her i missed her the most.
When it's rainin this way.

So i walked to the bridge about a quarter to ten
Put my feet on the rails and my face to the wind
Thought of your smile in Chicago
Wen you spilt your wine on your dress.

Someone tell Lisa, where i was found.
That the water in the winter ain't as cold as it sounds.
Tell her i never did change,
Just like the way she had explained.
Someone tell Lisa it's better this way.
There'll be blue skies, bright sunshine,
No grey clouds to blame.
Tell her i missed her the most.
When it's rainin this way.

j.

Another Day In The Belly of the Bees, or, Beauty is as beauty does.

We have had so many great wonderful times,
days.and.days.
days in the belly of the bees.
in the wild.
in the wilderness.
Two nights ago we decided to drive to Virginia Beach to enjoy the beauty of the country.
We arrived at the campground (First Landing) around 2pm.
we had purchased a bag of hotdogs, marshmallows, chocolate bars, and graham crackers in the earlier hours.
We got there (to our assigned camping space, i believe it was G1) and decided to divide the duties.
Fletch and I were nominated to go out to the forest to search for firewood.
while the others (Court and Branden) set up the tent.
We (Fletch and I) were triumphant in the search and returned with a very large cargo of firewood.
After camp was set up we decided to head to the beach, it was maybe a five minute walk from where we were camping.
we walked.
i walked,
they walked,
and we walked together.
we all got thorns in our feet near the beaches forefront.
It was so beautiful we almost started crying.
we sat there,
sang,
spoke,
laughed.
it was incredible.
we returned to the campsite before the sun was down.
We started the fire, though there was still daylight.
I started widdling.
widdling a small branch.
I cut myself..
three times.
blood was all over the knife, but i was determined.
The sun settled and the cold started to set in.
Beauty still regardless.
we began to cook hotdogs and get silly.
The hotdogs were delicous.
We talked more
about love,
about life,
about god,
about lots of things.
It was around nine thirty that we decided to go swimming.
We headed back to beach,
there was no sunlight left.
the stars shined bright.
We made it to the beach (without thorns this time).
It was cold, but we were determined.
we all got naked.
COMPLETELY.
it was beautiful.
we ran into the cold black water.
We were free.
We are free.
it was beautiful.
I felt at home that night.
Though i am not still.
We swam for around twenty minutes,
the cold set in when getting out.
We ran back to the campsite.
We roasted marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers and talked some more.
We ended the night with a movie in the tent.
It was such an amazing night, we all loved it.
We talk still.
there are some pictures, i hope the work.
love always.

TOUR and a tent full of us.

The Tour has been

uplifting
thoughtful
tolerable
loveable
usable
growable
interesting
spectacular

but over all of that the tour has been amazing.

Spending time in gods country has been such a beautiful almost life changing experience. We have seen almost all of the east coast. We were lucky enough to have an amazing show in North Carolina, they were quite possibly the kindest people i have ever met, such a respectful crowd...After North Carolina we headed to virginia, the show was good, but after the show we had two on air performances for radio in a city six hours away, so we decided to leave right after the first show in VA so that we would be ontime for the radio show the next morning. So we headed out after, it was a long night of driving, but well worth it because when we got there we were able to locate (due to the fact that we have a GPS device) a local park to set up a tent at and sleep. The radio show was at 8:00 and we got into town around 3:30 so we didn't have too much time to sleep. We fell fast asleep and the alarm clock awoke us at about 7:30 we got up and noticed that around us there were people playing golf. We were too tired the night before to realize that were we had posted our tent was actually a golf course. We had two good interviews at the local radio stations and had a heck of a show that night. After the show we headed to a local club to listen to a very tasty alt. country band, at which kyle was able to hook up with a cocaine addicted 38 year old. We slept in the tent on the golf course that night as well.

NYC...might have been one of the most respectful crowds of tour thus far. Despite its bad rap New York was absolutely phenomenal, A large crowd attended, and the folks that came out were very delightful to play for, i was able to see my good old buddy wes smith as well which was a treat in itself. We are heading to Philly tomorrow and we are very excited. Looks like we might be out on the road much longer than earlier expected, we will be heading out with Brett Dennen early Sept. and with Erin Mckeown during the month of October. Love is there....we...love it.

such a beauty.
mmmm.

and then us.