by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.com

Here are a few newsy notes on a quiet Tuesday (no shows tonight that I can find)…

The New York Daily News did a longish review of Conor Oberst’s Carnegie Hall performance last week, declaring it the “first post-Trump rock concert.” Writer Gersh Kuntzman (imagine having that name in high school), said Conor only mentioned Trump a couple times during his set, “but the sadness that Trump’s election unleashed on Oberst was not far from the surface at any time.”

From the review: “He also added in a crowd-pleasing (but not Oberst-pleasing) speech about Donald Trump’s victory, describing how he went through all the stages of grief — ‘puking, s—ting, crying’ — on Election Night, only to admit that he was crying ‘because I’m a p—y, as you can tell from my songs.’” Come on, now.  You can read the entire review here. Oddly, no mention of Simon Joyner, who opened the Carnegie Hall show…

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Speaking of Conor, Mr. Oberst makes a guest appearance in the video for Maria Taylor’s new song “If Only,” from her album In The Next Life, out Dec. 9 on her own Flower Moon Records. The video also feature’s Maria’s hubby and children (I didn’t know she had a second baby). Check out out below.

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Matthew Sweet sent out via his Kickstarter page an update this morning about his upcoming album, Tomorrow Forever. The record, which has been in the making for a couple years, appears to be nearing completing having been mixed and sequence. The email included the track listing not only for the record, but also for a 12-song extra tracks album called Tomorrow’s Daughter, which he appears to be releasing instead of a demos disc as a Kickstarter premium. We’re all waiting, Mr. Sweet.

TOMORROW FOREVER. 17 songs

1. TRICK
2. ENTANGLED
3. PRETTY PLEASE
4. YOU KNEW ME
5. CIRCLE
6. HAUNTED
7. COUNTRY GIRL
8. OFF THE FARM
9. NOBODY KNOWS
10. THE SEARCHER
11. MUSIC FOR LOVE
12. BITTERSWEET
13. COME CORRECT
14. FINALLY
15. CAROL
16. HELLO
17. END IS NEAR

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TOMORROW’S DAUGHTER. 12 songs (in place of demos disc)

1. BELONG
2. RUN AWAY
3. MISERY
4. YEARS
5. LADY FRANKENSTEIN
6. SOMETHING SOMEONE
7. GIRL WITH CAT
8. NOW WAS THE FUTURE
9. EVER AFTER
10. SHOW ME
11. CAN’T PRETEND
12. PASSERBY

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Finally, on this so-called “Giving Tuesday,” consider a donation to Hear Nebraska, the only Nebraska non-profit whose vision is to make the state a globally recognized cultural destination. The organization has a lot of stuff brewing for 2017. Help them make it happen. Go to hearnebraska.org and click the donate button.

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