RAW impressions with Lou Barlow and Adelle Barlow

Adelle and Lou are back from the U.K./Ireland tour and Lou realizes he's never played Sebadoh's Willing To Wait for the podcast. How is it possible that he's played 70+ originals for the pod but not the most requested song of the tour? The situation is rectified and Lou tells the story of how it was in the running to be Ross and Rachel's (Friends) break-up tune.  WATCH on LouTube! https://you...

Lou is playing solo acoustic shows through the United Kingdom and Ireland! They’re leaving today! Hear 4-Track Man run down the tour dates! Come see Lou, meet Adelle!  Buy tix online before they sell out! https://www.bandsintown.com/a/38301-lou-barlow Glasgow 23 November Nice and Sleazy   York 24 November Bluebird   Manchester 25 November YES the Pink Room  London 26...

Lou re-creates another beloved commercial from the 1970s. This time for the Milton Bradley board game LIFE. Also featured, a new song from Izzy about butts.  WATCH on LouTube: https://youtu.be/pwDKdA4dtgk Go to our Substack for extra LIFE commercial cassette recorded nonsense. https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ Go to our store for handcrafted gifts and music-related items for the fast...

Nothing is off topic this week because there is no topic! Lou and Adelle let the conversation roam from young Lou’s desire to be naked to Adelle remembering the Land of Make Believe.  WATCH on LouTube https://youtu.be/IFzzv3OaKgk SEE LOU LIVE (U.K. and Ireland) https://www.bandsintown.com/a/38301-lou-barlow?came_from=257&utm_medium=web&utm_source=home&utm_campaign=search_bar...

Hallo-who? Is there anything better than an episode based solely upon the announcement of this past month's birthdays? The answer is a resounding no. 4-Track Man leads Adelle and Lou through the several birthday shout-outs they received this October and it’s awesome!  Watch on LouTube https://youtu.be/uGpaB_x0v3o join our substack for much extra stuff: https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com...

Lou doesn't need his glasses anymore (maybe), meanwhile Adelle is adjusting to her new Progressive lenses. 4-track Man reminds us all that nothing is funny these days, including Lou's cover of The Vandals 1982 song Anarchy Burger (hold the government). Adelle finds an LP called Music Machine Part II that has nothing to do with The Music Machine band but Lou plays with it anyway. Super Sonic Transp...

Lou is so excited about his tribute to The Music Machine (his most fiercely beloved band) that he forgets to turn Adelle’s microphone on! The result is the RAWEST RAW Impressions ever. Lou trips over his words and launches half-facts left and right in a desperate attempt to make convert you, yes YOU, into a Music Machine fan. A 4-Track version of The Music Machine’s Some Other Drum is played. WATC...

Bamboozled by the times, Lou and Adelle acknowledge they are at a loss for topics to discuss. A random succession of prompts from the 4 Track (called ‘bumpers’) reminds them that they are going on tour soon! The Barlow family will be visiting the U.K. and Ireland as Lou plays 10 solo shows!  Glasgow 23 November Nice and Sleazy 7:30   York 24 November Bluebird 7:30  Manchester 2...

Lou treats Adelle to a wacky practice tape recording from 1984. Mogo (the first incarnation of Dinosaur Jr) performs Lou's song Center of the Universe. Lou then plays it live -and then- shares the recording of the original idea from 1983! Wow!  Hear the uninterrupted MOGO version on our Substack!  https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/p/sacred-attention Buy shit from our store: https:...

Adelle and Lou deliver very special September birthday shout-outs from their very special listeners to their very special loved ones in the very last hour of September! check out Snow Monster!!  https://open.spotify.com/artist/3SNfaqPtrLDL48BJETPsXA?si=fFK4MTl5Sm--uGqDVgmVWw subscribe to our Substack! extra flavor, extra fun! https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ impress Barlow fans with...

Practicing for the (then) upcoming (now done) trio of Sebadoh shows, Lou plays Sacred Attention from Sebadoh's 1993 Bubble and Scrape LP and further befuddles Adelle with the band's convoluted history. WATCH on LouTube https://youtu.be/XOvbugibN0c Want to support our podcasting efforts? Join our Substack and get all kindsa extra things! https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ Want things you can...

Is fall, the season, best experienced as a young adult? Adelle and Lou talk about autumn and the progress of The Barlow Family General Store as a spot for small shows, pop-up shopping, and a respite from the 'stress piles' that clutter their home in this transitional time.  Lou's on tour with Sebadoh, go!! https://www.bandsintown.com/a/14047-sebadoh WATCH on LouTube https://youtu.be/5Tqv-lo3p...

Lou covers Flipper’s 1982 classic, Life, and breathlessly testifies to the band’s considerable influence on him. Adelle patiently pays witness and comments when she can.   Hear the cover uninterrupted on our Substack https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ WATCH on LouTube https://youtu.be/xIPe0h8fy8E new items in our store!  https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/ RAW Impressions uses S...

Rejoice! Lou and 4-Track Man have done another vintage commercial re-creation. This time a Manhandler '78 Mash-Up! In addition Adelle and Lou chat Flipper (the band), inspired adult film ideas, and ponder the ethics of hugs. WATCH on LouTube  https://youtu.be/wtZLxCwdAI0   join our Substack for extra extra  https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ The Barlow Family General Store ha...

Lou and Adelle talk about the recent Barlow Family General Canadian adventure. Lou plays two archival requests he meant to play on the tour but did not: Feel Good (from the Canda-centric Lou Barlow and Friends e.p.) and Dragdown Memory (from Winning Losers).  The original Lou Barlow and Friends CD e.p. -and- Winning Losers CD e.p. are available, signed, from the Barlow Family General Store (p...

In advance of the Walk To Defeat ALS event (September 6th in Look Park, Northampton MA at 10 a.m.). Adelle and Lou dedicate this episode to Adelle’s mom Valerie, the inspiration for Adelle’s walking ‘team’ Valerie’s Visionaries.  Lou plays a fresh version of the Raw Impressions theme, Adelle reads her acclaimed “Why I Walk” essay, and Lou plays Bob Dylan”s She BelongsTo Me. We hope she enjoys...

Lou, Adelle, and Izzy are back from a 12 day whirlwind tour of Canada Michigan, Ohio, and New York state. What happened? Listen and find out! Also, August birthday shout-outs, several of them! 4-Track Man is on task, confusion abounds.  Subscribe to our Substack for extra stuffs: https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ Lou is still on tour.. Philly, DC, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg..please con...

Lou plays 3 unreleased tune fragments for Adelle and tries to explain them. The phrase "shits and giggles" is discussed. The conversation continues for paid subscribers on our Substack! https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ Lou starts a tour this week 8/15! Tickets here! https://www.bandsintown.com/a/38301-lou-barlow?came_from=257&utm_medium=web&utm_source=home&utm_campaign=search_...

Lou's back from tour, he and Adelle are here to catch y'all up. 4-Track Man is fixed and back with another sluggish introduction. Lou talks Dinosaur Jr tour highlights (Built To Spill, Mudhoney, Babes in Toyland, Kurt Vile, etc), Adelle chats about her recent Wisconsin/Minnesota visit and guess which free-form, lo-fi podcast has an official gear endorsement??? US! Samson has joined the RAW impress...

Lou is pulled by forces beyond his control nto covering another Billy Joel song. This time Matter Of Trust from 1986. He realizes he has more in common with B.J. than he’d like to admit. Adelle quizzes Lou about cannabis and wonders what Billy’s hole -really- looks like.  Join our Substack and hear Matter Of Trust without the blabbin’ https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ WATCH on LouTube...

For the much anticipated July Birthday Shout-Out episode Lou is on tour and stoned. This remote episode features 16 shout-outs including one for Lou from Adelle and 2 for their cats, Pumpkin and Psychocandy.  support our podcasting efforts and get extra stuff (music and writing) on our Substack! https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ WATCH on LouTube https://youtu.be/6foaaEie-4Q Hosted on...

Lou plays Adelle his long promised (to himself) mash-up of Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel and I’m Not In Love by 10cc, two of his favorite songs songs from 1970s AM radio. Lou explains the logic behind marrying the two songs and shares some secret information about his health.  Hear “Just The Way I’m Not” without interjections on our Substack! (At some point soon) https://barlowfamilygene...

With another Bobby Bare Jr Lou Barlow Song-Swap Tour on the horizon what better time for Adelle and Lou to check in on him? Bobby is a veritable fountain of fun-facts and this episode keeps it a-flowin’. Adelle introduces the Sharing Circle and they all have 5 minutes to say whatever’s on their mind! WATCH on LouTube https://youtu.be/BP2FvjvYlMw ticket links for Lou solo in Vermont and Canada PLUS...

Izzy is home from sleep-away camp and collaborates with her dad on a cover of Michael and His Slipper Tree by the Equals (from 1969). Lou has been obsessed with the song since listening to his Equals greatest hits CD in their new/old mini-van, Silvie. Our thoughts are with the victims and families of the recent Texas floods, including the Camp Mystic campers. WATCH on LouTube: https://youtu.be/Xos...

Lou digs deep and plays K-Sensa-My for Adelle, it's one of the first 'real' songs he wrote and the first time he's performed it in decades. Nonsense words and Transcendental Meditation are discussed. FInd the original recording of K-Sensa-My on a brand new Lou Barlow as Sentridoh compilation LP, "Really Insane" buy and stream here: https://loubarlowsentridoh.bandcamp.com/album/really-ins...