I will have to check the Doiron track out as Eric's Trip were pretty much my most beloved band of the first 2-3 years of High School and one of my favourites was Julie's rockin' "Eyes Shut". I'm bummed I never got to see them play, but at least I got to see Rick White and Bob (Gaudet?) perform with Elevator To Hell once. But, Julie was always my favourite. I remember writing to Sappy Records asking for a catalogue and Julie wrote me a hand-written letter back, it doesn't seem like much, but it meant a great deal in grade ten, I still have that note somewhere.

That's a good interview; I like what he has to say. Thanks for the link.

Good tracks, as ever.

i secretly love avril lavigne too!

wow Sean.
that Julie Doiron track is awesome. i just read that she adn Okkervil Rover have out a 10 song split record on the spanish Acuarella label...heard it?

and just how do you pronounce her name?

woops....i see that split CD is one of the records you were writing about. how is the other stuff on it?

The split is o-kay. Some nice stuff by Julie (including a track where she sings with her kids), but nothing revelatory. And the Okkervil River tracks are inferior to their LP output -- with the exception of "The Blackest Coat," one of the finest things they've done.

http://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/000235.php

Julie Doiron's name is pronounced à la francaise: "zhoo-lee dwa-ron". (If you know how to pronounce the name of the French city Lyon, "Lyon" rhymes with "Doiron")

The german song is short poem, in my interpretation of the feelings of someone who has seen a (melancholic? sentimental?) movie with Audrey Hepburn, and he is still dreaming or continuing the movie inside his brain.
I?ve tried to translate it.
Yours
Roland Burkl

Mein Film beginnt
mit Abspann und Vorhang
das Licht geht an
eine geht durch den Gang
nicht Fee nicht Reh
aber durch das Foyer
in den Schuhen von Audrey Hepburn
...
In einer Luft
die eisig kalt ist und klar
im Dezember
oder im Januar
dreiundsechzig oder vier
durch die Drehtür
in den Schuhen von Audrey Hepburn
...
und es liegt Schnee
sie singt stapfend Sachen wie
if you are feeling fency free
und ihr Glück endet nie
denn mein Film beginnt
mit Abspann und Vorhang
das Licht geht an
...
in den Schuhen von Audrey Hepburn
...

My movie starts
with credits and curtain
light turns on
one (girl) walks along the corridor
not fay not deer
but through the foyer
in the shoes of Audrey Hepburn
...
The air
is cold as ice and clear
in december
or in january
1963 oder 64
passing the revolving door
in the shoes of Audrey Hepburn
... ...
there's snow
and trudging she sings tunes like
if you are feeling fency free
and here happiness is never ending
because my movie starts
with credits and curtain
lights turning on
...
in the shoes of Audrey Hepburn
....

Regarding "In den Schuhen von Audrey Hepburn" - I think he could sing about his mother - he sings of 63 or 64 - this could be his year of birth. Also he sings about "my movie starts" - this could also be interpreted in that way.