“Butterfly Knife”
By Gowns
Written, performed, and produced by Erika Anderson and Ezra Buchla. Copyright ©2008 Gowns
The Bay Area band Gowns is the project of vocalist/guitarist Erika Anderson and vocalist/keyboard player Ezra Buchla (who have been joined on the road by drummer Jacob Felix Heule and bassist Daniel Brummel). Their debut album, Red State, appeared on Cardboard Records in 2007.
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Esopus 10 (Spring 2008)
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Esopus CD #10: Good News
“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”—Confucius
Our 10th compilation CD features positive thinking—and inspired songwriting—from 12 musical acts who we invited to choose and interpret pieces of news they felt could be construed as “positive” to use as the inspiration for brand-new songs. Topics ranged from Liza Minnelli’s speedy recovery from a stage fall (Man Man), the black-footed ferret’s rebound from near-extinction (Neko Case and Carl Newman), the opening of a “death hotel” in Japan with coffins for beds (The Real Tuesday Weld), the U.S. government’s forthcoming income-tax rebate (Chris Rehm), and the miraculous tale of a Manhattan window-washer who fell 47 stories and survived (Marnie Stern and Artificial Workshop).