Subject: Pylon Mercury Lounge Show online tonight Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:08:03 -0600 From: "Michael Lachowski"
Pylon was recorded for the Virtual Lower East
Side website at the Mercury Lounge back in November.
If you missed us
on our recent tour to promote Gyrate Plus, here's your chance to catch us
live.
It airs tonight for the first time at 8
pm [UTC-05:00]:
http://www.vles.com/node/30818
2008-01-29: The virtual place to be is Pylon's MySpace. Here's a cut-n-paste of an easy-to-overlook set of links there:
2008-01-07: HARP magazine published an interview.
2007-12-16: deadlydesigns.com published photos of the 2007-12-07 40 Watt gig.
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:43:04 -0600 From: "Pylon" <hello@wearepylon.com> Subject: For Pylon, this is The Show
2007-12-06: Well-Rounded Radio published "music and conversation with Pylon".
Subject: Pylon live at 40 Watt on Friday Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:16:02 -0600 From: "Pylon" <hello@wearepylon.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:59:02 -0600 From: "Pylon" <hello@wearepylon.com> Subject: Pylon live tour dates
2007-10-23: In the wake of Gyrate Plus's release: Pylon's MySpace has a nice "About" writeup. deadlydesigns.com published photos of the Gyrate Plus release and signing event at Wuxtry Records. Mojo magazine published an homage by Mike Mills in its November 2007 issue. Flagpole published an interview with Michael. The Village Voice published a review.
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:52:06 -0500 From: "Michael Lachowski" <hello@wearepylon.com> Subject: Pylon CD signing session on Monday night Hey, the DFA Records release of Gyrate Plus is coming on Tuesday, October 16! The members of Pylon will be at Wuxtry Records in downtown Athens, Georgia on Monday for a midnight record release and signing session. Starting at 11:00 PM until 1:00 AM, we'll be there at 197 E. Clayton Street. Also check out our window installation that will be up for about a month.
2007-10-03: it appears that Vanessa's MySpace and Vanessa's Blog are the best sources for Pylon news these days. Recent entries announce a northeast tour and a 2007-11-07 show at the Mercury Lounge in New York City.
On 2007-10-03 [and coincidental to the above note], Pylon announced via email the Mercury Lounge gig and an October 16 release date for the Gyrate reissue.
On 2007-04-03, a cryptic message was sent to the wearepylon mail list. Could Pylon be playing at the "Little Kings" space at Hancock and Hull? Yes! See Pylon's MySpace page friends comments starting Apr 5 2007, Vanessa's version, and the deadlydesigns photo gallery.
On 2007-02-23, Vanessa announced plans to re-release Gyrate through DFA Records. The re-release is "tentatively scheduled" for Fall 2007.
On 2004-08-05, Pylon reunited for a one-shot show in Athens, Georgia, USA. The Day Jobs published a teaser, photos and notes. They report on plans for a two-disc set in the coming year. They also note an upcoming interview and Pylon's web site.
On 2004-08-12, Creative Loafing published a brief article about the show, "Pylon rides the M-Train again".
On 2004-08-18, Flagpole published a two reports on the reunion show, "It's Alright, Pylon Is Here (Again)", which includes an interview, and "Rocking Is No Problem".
Thanks to the aolnymous person who sent a photo and movie from the scene. They will be posted eventually, along with a silly story about my "reunion experience."
On 2004-12-31, Pylon performed at the 40 Watt Club. Flagpole published a preview article, "Pillar Of The Community". tch3 published a nice photo album.
On 2005-04-21, Pylon performed at the Atlanta Heroes Awards.
On 2005-06-24, Pylon performed at AthFest.
On 2005-07-07, Pylon performed at The Earl in Atlanta.
On 2005-07-29, Pylon and Oh-OK performed at Rewind.
On 2005-08-12, Pylon performed at Popfest.
On 2005-09-29, Pylon performed at Nuçi's Space.
Let's see: web site goes up, various members of Pylon correspond, we hook up Mark Maynard for interview, interview is reprinted in Flagpole, Randy sends email noting refound fame, Pylon reunites. Hmmm.
(Vanessa responded on 2005-03-15: "Of course you should take credit for taking part in the chain of events that allowed Pylon to re-unite. Thank you so much for your support.")
In December, 2002, Mark Maynard published an interview with Pylon in his magazine, Crimewave U.S.A. We reprint the interview with his kind permission. Flagpole reprinted the interview in its 03/12/2003 edition.
On 06/17/2002, Vanessa wrote, "There will be an exhibit that opens later this month called Party Out of Bounds in Macon, GA at the Ga Music Hall of Fame. It will run through August. We loaned some stuff to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame as did many other Athens bands."
On 07/23/2001, a friend of Michael's wrote, "...in addition to his work as a DJ and graphic designer, he is now very involoved in creating a techno scene in Athens as well. You can check out his latest stuff and drop him a line at www.candysticker.com."
I wondered what happened to the members of Pylon after the band broke up. Luckily, Vanessa found my Pylon page and we exchanged some email. Vanessa told me this on June 25, 1999:
Vanessa is a registered nurse, the mother of two girls and married to Bob Hay, the former guitarist for the Squalls.
Randy is the father of two boys and teaches art at an elementary school.
Curtis is the father of a boy and a girl and works for TV shows and movies as a carpenter.
Michael has a graphic design agency and DJ's at Athens-area clubs.
None of the members of Pylon is making music.
Who's linkin'? Who's linkin' to the out-of-date URL?
Want to program that CD player to play Hits in their original order? Refer to the first column!
The Hits liner notes indicate that track 18, "Recent Title," is from Gyrate, but that track is not on my copy of Gyrate. On February 23, 2001, a correspondent informed me that there are two versions of Gyrate. One version, which the correspondent bought around ten years after I bought mine, contains "Recent Title" in place of "Driving School" on side 2, track 1.
| Hits | Side | Track | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cool/Dub 7-inch single, 1979 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cool |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Dub |
| Pylon 10-inch EP, AEP 12004, 1980 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cool |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Dub |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Driving School |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Danger!! |
| Gyrate 12-inch LP, DB 54, 1980 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Volume |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Feast on My Heart |
| 1 | 3 | Precaution | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Weather Radio |
| 15 | 1 | 5 | The Human Body |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Read a Book |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Driving School |
| [18 | 2 | 1 | Recent Title (Replaces "Driving School" on later release(s).)] |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Gravity |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Danger |
| 19 | 2 | 4 | Working Is No Problem |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Stop It |
| Crazy/M-Train 7-inch single, DB 61, 1981 | |||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Crazy |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | M-Train |
| Beep/Altitude/Four Minutes 12-inch single, DB 62, 1982 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Beep |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Altitude |
| 2 | 1 | Four Minutes | |
| Chomp 12-inch LP, DB 65, 1983 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 1 | K |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Yo-Yo |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Beep |
| 1 | 4 | Italian Movie Theme | |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Crazy |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | M-Train |
| 2 | 1 | Buzz | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | No Clocks |
| 2 | 3 | Reptiles | |
| 2 | 4 | Spider | |
| 2 | 5 | Gyrate | |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Altitude |
| Hits CD, DB 91, 1989 | |||
| 1 | 1 | Beep | |
| 1 | 2 | Cool | |
| 1 | 3 | Dub | |
| 1 | 4 | Volume | |
| 1 | 5 | Altitude | |
| 1 | 6 | Gravity | |
| 1 | 7 | Danger | |
| 1 | 8 | Stop It | |
| 1 | 9 | Feast on My Heart | |
| 1 | 10 | M-Train | |
| 1 | 11 | K | |
| 1 | 12 | Driving School | |
| 1 | 13 | Crazy | |
| 1 | 14 | Yo-Yo | |
| 1 | 15 | The Human Body | |
| 1 | 16 | Read a Book | |
| 1 | 17 | No Clocks | |
| 1 | 18 | Recent Title | |
| 1 | 19 | Working Is No Problem | |
| 1 | 20 | Weather Radio | |
| Chain CD, Sky Records 7-2020-2, 1990 | |||
| 1 | 1 | Look Alive | |
| 1 | 2 | Catch | |
| 1 | 3 | B-Complex | |
| 1 | 4 | Sugarpop | |
| 1 | 5 | There It Is | |
| 1 | 6 | Springtime | |
| 1 | 7 | This / That | |
| 1 | 8 | Go | |
| 1 | 9 | Crunch | |
| 1 | 10 | Very Right | |
| 1 | 11 | Metal | |
| 1 | 12 | Outside | |
| 1 | 13 | Sloganistic | |
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