“Do I still prefer digital audio? Yes. And, no. Any medium is flawed. A recording doesn’t, and can never, survive leaving the studio control room in which it was prepared. Have I come to a separate peace with vinyl? Yes. But the real negotiation is with failure. It’s all pointless—like hand gluing a thousand sleeves. But, that’s the deal. Love it or leave it,” Pere Ubu’s David Thomas told us earlier this month.
With the above in mind, Pere Ubu launches what’s being called The Coed Jail! Tour tonight (6/16) in Toronto which takes the band to 16 stops across the US into July. In tandem with The Coed Jail! Tour is the Coed Jail! Tour CD (digital, natch) and we have 3 copies of the limited edition tour CD to send to 3 of you.
“The Coed Jail! Tour CD contains a selection of tracks taken from the 2 Pere Ubu box sets released by Fire Records: Elitism For The People 1975 – 1978 (Dub Housing, The Modern Dance, The Hearpen Singles) and Architecture Of Language 1979 – 1982 (New Picnic Time, The Art Of Walking and Song Of The Bailing Man).”
“Having completed their European tour, Pere Ubu return to the USA and Canada for ‘Coed Jail! v.1.1,’ performing songs from the two recent box set releases. Tracks from the inaugural Modern Dance, through to what was described as “the scariest album ever recorded,” New Picnic Time, will be performed in a fast-moving set lasting 1½ hours. This isn’t a reunion. It isn’t a greatest hits tour.”
“We don’t promote chaos, we preserve it,” Thomas explained. “Now more than ever—just like Nixon said—you need the sort of utterly gratuitous mess that only men of conviction can provide.”
Enter to win a copy of the Coed Jail! Tour CD by simply citing in the comments below your favorite track from the comp’s track listing, and briefly—why. We’ll award 3 chaotic entrants with North American mailing addresses a week from today, 6/23, with a copy of the CD each.
Coed Jail! Track List:
1. On The Surface (Dub Housing)
2. Dub Housing (Dub Housing)
3. Real World (The Modern Dance)
4. Humor Me (The Modern Dance)
5. The Fabulous Sequel (New Picnic Time)
6. Make Hay (New Picnic Time)
7. Rounder (The Art Of Walking)
8. Go (The Art Of Walking)
9. West Side Story (Song Of The Bailing Man)
10. The Long Walk Home (The Art Of Walking)
Pere Ubu Coed Jail! Tour Dates:
Thu, Jun 16 – Toronto, Lee’s Palace
Fri, Jun 17 – Detroit, Marble Bar
Sat, Jun 18 – Chicago, Lincoln Hall
Sun, Jun 19 – Louisville KY, Zanzabar
Mon, Jun 20 – Nashville, Exit/In
Tue, Jun 21 – Atlanta, The Earl
Wed, Jun 22 – Knoxville, Pilot Light
Thu, Jun 23 – Carrboro NC, Cat’s Cradle
Fri, Jun 24 – Washington DC, Rock and Roll Hotel
Sat, Jun 25 – Philadelphia, Johnny Brenda’s
Mon, Jun 27 – Cambridge (Boston), The Sinclair
Tue, Jun 28 – Providence RI, Fete Lounge
Wed, Jun 29 – New York City, Bowery Ballroom
Thu, Jun 30 – Ithaca NY, The Haunt
Fri, Jul 1 – Pittsburgh, Club Cafe
Sat, Jul 2 – Cleveland, Beachland Ballroom
Sun, Jul 3 – Columbus OH, Ace Of Cups
