pictures of me, autumn and larry crane at sxsw & paranoid park soundtrack

thanks to jen for sending us info about the upcoming showing of an exhibit at sxsw of autumn's pictures of elliott called 'pictures of me: rare photographs of elliott smith by autumn de wilde.' the exhibit will be held at 4 walls fine art and the address is 115 east 5th street, #1, austin, tx 78701. the opening for the exhibit is thursday march 13, 2008 from 4-7pm but you can also visit the showing from march 14 to march 22, 2008 from 11-5pm (except march 17, it will be closed). it's a really nice show to check out (i recently saw the san francisco showing) and i hope you can make it. please click the picture on the left to check out the announcement!

you will also have an opportunity to see autumn at a couple of other events going on at sxsw on the 13th as well. first autumn will be a part of a panel called 'through the lens: photographers on musicians.' the panel is described as "four notable photographers present a two-part program. each photographer will recall their favorite images as they are shown onscreen. then they'll discuss the issues impacting music photography,such as difficulties that restrictions on shooting shows present and the new business models for photographers being developed in the digital realm." the panel is being moderated by michael azerrad and will be in room 17ab on thursday, march 13th, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm. for more info you can click here: through the lens: photographers on musicians. then you will be able to visit with autumn at '2008 south by bookstore' signing. autumn will be there on thursday march 13th at 1:30 pm at one of these stands: 535, 537, 901. for more info about the signing please go here: '2008 south by bookstore' signing.

another wonderful person who will be a part of sxsw is larry crane. larry will be on 2 panels about recording. one is called 'quickies 4: in the studio' and the other panel is called 'producers: the analog-digital shift' while there is a chance that elliott won't be mentioned at the panel, larry and the other panelists are a amazing resource in the recording world and i am sure a lot of upcoming recording artists would get something from listening to them. larry worked with elliott at larry's studio, jackpot!, in portland, help bring the beautiful 'new moon' record together and is the archivist for the estate of elliott smith. for more info about larry and the panels we will be one, please check out: larry's bio on the sxsw page.

finally, for completists, i saw that gus van sant's import soundtrack for his movie 'paranoid park' is coming out this week. the movie features 2 of elliott's songs and both songs make the import soundtrack as well. the 2 songs that are featured in the movie is the previously released album versions of 'angeles' and 'the white lady love you more.' this is the second movie that gus has used elliott's music (the first being good will hunting). if you are interested in purchasing the soundtrack, amazon has a listing of it here: paranoid park import soundtrack. (3.10.08)

pictures of me: rare photographs of elliott smith at noise pop san francisco and xo & figure 8 reissues in color now sold out & iphone ringtones!

thank you to russ for sending us info via the elliott smith myspace page about the upcoming elliott smith photo exhibit, 'pictures of me: rare photographs of elliott smith by autumn de wilde.' the exhibition will be a part of san francisco's noise pop festival and will be held at queen’s nails annex (3191 mission street, san francisco, ca.). an opening reception will be on thursday, feb 28th, from 7 to 11 pm. then, the exhibition will be open from friday the 29th until sunday march 2nd, from 12 – 6 pm. it looks like there will be limited edition prints available for sale as well and i think autumn is going to be there for the opening reception for the show! for more information you can check out the upcoming page at the queen's nail annex or visit the listing at the noise pop site. please check autumn's site too at: autumndewilde.com

thanks to everyone for helping to sell out the limited editions of the xo and figure 8 on color vinyl that aural exploits were selling. those versions are no longer available but you can still get the 180 gram black vinyl versions if you are interested at aural exploits as well. if you are interested in ordering either (or both) 180 gram black vinyl versions of xo or figure 8, please go here: auralexploits.com

finally, for all the iphone fans out there, itunes recently added the chance to create ringtones out of songs from 'from a basement on the hill.' previously, fans were able to create ringtones out of songs from 'roman candle,' and individual songs, 'some song' and 'a distorted reality is now a necessity to be free.' now you are able to download and song and pick the spot you want your ringtone to start and end. i think it is $1.98 to download a song and create the ringtone all together. please check out the itunes store link in your personal itunes and search for elliott smith! (2.12.08)

xo & figure 8 reissues in color, new elliott smith site, baby britain video on itunes, autumn podcast and the official elliott smith store

thank you to joesph for taking the time to send this really cool email: "just wanted to give you a heads up that aural exploits (auralexploits.com) will have an exclusive color of each of upcoming xo & figure 8 reissues... of just 500 each. if you swing over to the website, steve of aural exploits just added it today on the front page which includes a pre-order." the vinyl color for xo is white while figure 8 includes 2 vinyl lps, one in blue and one in red. these special editions are only available from aural exploits and the projected release date for the lps is mid-february. figure 8 is listed at $20.95 plus fees and xo is listed for $16.95 plus fees. since both records are limited to 500 each, i highly recommend you buy one of each as soon as possible! if you are interested in getting either or both of the records, please go to: auralexploits.com

thanks to ryan for creating a really awesome and new site about elliott's non-album tracks. the new site is called 'the unofficial guide to elliott smith non-album tracks' and it features information about songs that do not appear on elliott's full length records from 'roman candle' to 'from a basement on the hill.' each song includes detailed information and is a really great resource that collects info from different sources. the site also includes documents about the information that has been gathered and some frequently asked questions about elliott's non album tracks. the site also includes links and contact info for ryan if you have comments, suggestions, questions or want to contribute. anyway if you are interested in checking out ryan's site, please go to: the unofficial guide to elliott smith non-album tracks

mike was kind enough to send us info that itunes recently added elliott's video for baby britain. the video is by steve hanft and it uses footage from steve's work on his short film about elliott, 'strange parallel,' including footage that was not in the film. like the recently added video for son of sam, the quality of the video is really great and is now the 3rd video of elliott's in digital format. the music video is selling for $1.49. if you are interested in downloading the video and you have itunes, please follow this link: baby britain video

chronicle books recently added a podcast to it's site that included autumn talking about a couple of photos in the book including the shot that was used for the figure 8 cover. she has some nice thoughts about elliott as well and talks about the motivation in creating her wonderful book photo, elliott smith. the episode that the interview appears on is #39 and runs about 5 minutes. if you are interested in checking out the interview, please click on this link: podcast 39 at chronicle books.

finally, thank you to chuck from cinderblock for updating us about a new url for the official elliott smith store. i just wanted to help fans be aware of the new link for anyone who has the store bookmarked and hopefully spread the word again that the store exists. the new url is: www.cinderblock.com/bands/index.aspx?site=eli. the store features elliott smith t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, cds and the recently added book 'elliott smith' by autumn de wilde. the best thing about buying from the official store is that proceeds will be donated to the elliott smith memorial fund! so any help would be awesome. xo (2.1.08)

more info about the upcoming lp reissues, son of sam video on itunes, & spin's best of 2007

thanks to luke, steve and gary for sending us additional info about the upcoming reissues of elliott's xo and figure 8 records on vinyl. it looks like plain recordings are planning to reissue the lps and these will be collectors pieces on audiophile 180 gram virgin vinyl and for north america only. the album art-work and music content will be identical to the previous vinyl releases from dreamworks/bongload. it looks like the license of these reissues will only be for 3 years, so get yours now because it is unknown at this time if plain recordings can/will license the records again or if another label will be able to. while there is no firm release date, musicdirect.com is listing the release of both reissues for february 2008. if you are interested in getting your copies, please check your local records stores or you can order online here: xo at musicdirect.com & figure 8 at musicdirect.com.

i recently discovered that itunes has added elliott's video for 'son of sam' to it's itunes store. aside from promo videos dreakworks sent to media outlets, the video is the best quality i have seen and the second official elliott smith music video on digital format (first being the miss misery video on the good will hunting dvd). autumn de wilde also directed the video. itunes has the video for $1.49 and if you are interested in viewing a preview, purchasing and downloading the video now, please go here: son of sam at itunes.

finally, spin magazine was nice to list 'new moon' as one of the best 40 albums of 2007. the record came in at #22. if you are interested in seeing what they said about the record and check out who else made their list, please go here: the 40 best albums of 2007 - spin.com. (1.3.08)