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In case you didn’t know, Bill Baird fancies himself a filmmaker. We’re fine with that, but when we try to play his DVDs on our new-fangled hi-def tv, the thing starts smoking. Bill Baird wants nothing to do with your technical advancements, and we hereby dub his style “8mm-sploitation.” It’s like the The Wonder Years, except starring Bill Baird and with surprisingly less self-conscious narration. On the latest episode, Baird visits a farm in North Carolina and has dubious run-ins with goats and hillbillies. [Insert mandatory Deliverance reference here]. Tonight, however, Baird will actually be merging his musical and film worlds at 501 Studios here in town as he scores some classic silent films. You can RSVP for that free event here. And what else is going on in Baird-land? A new album, due out in a couple of weeks as an LP and CD combo from Autobus Records. Called Gold Dissolves to Gray (Holy shit! Bill Baird is Ponyboy!), the album features the song “Rivers to Babylon” below, and 13 other soon to be Sunset classics. Oh, and it’s also limited to 500 copies, because that’s the way Baird rolls, too. Tracklist and video below:
Tracklist for Gold Dissolves to Gray:
01 Change Comes Slow
02 Sunshine Hair
03 Rivers Of Babylon
04 Garden Of Eden
05 Fishtown
06 Our Dreams Did Weave A Shade
07 Gold Dissolves To Gray
08 Green Truck
09 Civil War
10 Hill Country Smog
11 Bones
12 Pocketful of Debt
13 Sandy My Love
14 So Long Farewell Adieu
Websites:
http://blondbill.com
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