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a sub for celebrating Mark Lanegan's life, career, and music

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Question about unclear sentence in SBAW

It's from Last Rungs, and it goes: "Leaving the bed was torture for him. His condition reminded me of the kid Tim the day before he died, unable to get up off the ground, his legs swollen to twice their normal size".

I can't understand who this 'kid Tim' is and what the comparison is about.

10 Comments
2024/11/01
11:30 UTC

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Roundhouse Show Ticket/s

Appreciate it’s incredibly unlikely, but does anyone have 1-2 spare ticket(s) or can’t make it any longer? Lanegan means the world to me but I just wasn’t able to secure tickets during the general sale. I’ve even considered paying an outrageous sum on third party websites, but can’t bring myself to reward some PoS seeking to profit of genuine fans (tickets are all £300+(!!!)).

8 Comments
2024/10/30
16:15 UTC

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I Am the Wolf

I finished Sing Backwards and Weep last week. Epic! I learned on the sub that I Am the Wolf was his words on the recording of each album. This was to be my very next book to read, as I assumed it would include a description of each song and my mouth watered at the thought. When I finished Sing Backwards and Weep, I read a sample of I Am the Wolf in the Books app and it had a page and a quarter description of The Winding Sheet (some of which I read in SBaW) then each song's lyrics. Is that the format for each album, a page or so of details with the lyrics?

7 Comments
2024/10/30
03:53 UTC

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Bubblegum box set

Is anybody confident that we'll ever see the 4LP box set again at a semi reasonable price? Still pretty gutted that I missed out and I look for it almost daily. (Mostly for the book).

It has popped up here and there for $320aud or so from time to time but I just couldn't justify the cost.

Be nice if they just released a few more copies

15 Comments
2024/10/29
02:56 UTC

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Mark’s Welsh heritage

Mark frequently mentioned his Welsh heritage (in the rocket magazine, his books, and online) I know his nan was born in Wales and that he was quarter Welsh, but does anyone know where in Wales this can be traced back to specifically?

I find it shocking that despite being one of the greatest musicians of the past 50 years (at least in my opinion) growing up I never heard really anyone in Wales mention him alongside Manic Street Preachers, John Cale or any other of the Welsh/Welsh adjacent musicians and would love to learn more about that connection.

0 Comments
2024/10/28
19:15 UTC

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The darkness dares my eyes to close

Are these original Mark lyrics, or may he have borrowed them? Just an incredible line (among so many). Just wondering.

2 Comments
2024/10/26
12:36 UTC

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X2 Copies of Bubblegum XX in-stock via Norman Records

If anyone still needs to grab one. Can vouch for Norman too if you've never used them, they've been supplying all my vinyl without issue for the past 10 years.

Based in the UK but also ship international.

6 Comments
2024/10/23
08:11 UTC

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Mark Lanegan Band – 4/21/16 Live At The ABC Glasgow

1 Comment
2024/10/22
16:14 UTC

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Depressed And Missing Mark’s Live Shows

Have been in a funk for a long time and live music is one of the things I have lost interest in. One reason is that I am missing the endorphin rush of going to Mark’s shows. Is there any current act that plays smaller clubs that have his same vibe? Dark, moody, mid-tempo rockers and ballads, introspective lyrics? Basically Mark surrogates lol?

12 Comments
2024/10/21
16:01 UTC

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Lyrics as tattoos?

I’m gonna start saving up for a tattoo of one of Lanegan’s lyrics. “Here Comes That Weird Chill”

It hit hard but I was curious as to what other lines that people would get as a tattoo(s)

7 Comments
2024/10/21
03:35 UTC

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Finished both Lanegan's and Barrett Martin's memoirs

Loved them both, especially their different perspectives on time in the Trees. Based on what Barrett Martin shared, it sounds like him and Lanegan gave each other room to talk about certain times in the band exclusively in their respective memoirs, which made them a nice complement to each other in addition to just how tonally different they are.

Having gone back and relistened to both audiobooks, one of my favorite parts is Barrett Martin's description of Lanegan living with him at his bungalow in Seattle right after Lanegan got out of rehab. They were both in their mid-30s at that point, newly sober and at the tail end of young adulthood. Apparently they spent a stretch of time just sitting on Martin's back porch, grilling together and laughing about how they managed to survive the past few years. It was a really nice interlude after all the chaos, violence, and death that came before, even if them living together didn't last very long due to Lanegan's old life driving him out of Seattle one final time.

Really glad they both released memoirs, and glad Barrett is still here.

21 Comments
2024/10/14
20:50 UTC

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"Thank you, Mark"

Just discovered "I Walk Beside Your Love" with Mark singing yesterday, and the other song Mark sung that night with Master's of Reality "Lover's Sky"; both of which have moved me deeply for many reasons I can't explain. And if you haven't heard the "Lover's Sky" Mark and Chris sung it masterfully too. I'd like to express both my gratitude to Chris and as he, I believe, says at the end: "Thank you, Mark".

3 Comments
2024/10/13
00:10 UTC

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Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum | ULTERIOR UNDERGROUND

5 Comments
2024/10/11
18:03 UTC

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Roundhouse show, extra ticket

Folks - I have one extra seated ticket for the roundhouse show. Would like to see it go to a fan. Am happy to meet in person on the night of the show. Drop me a PM if interested

6 Comments
2024/10/10
09:12 UTC

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Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - Martyn LeNoble & Christian Eigner feat. Mark Lanegan & Dave Gahan  click

So, I discovered this song a few weeks ago and just loved it! Sometimes I’m a bit slow, so after listening to the song a few times I had an inkling, the line “And I′ve been putting out the fire with gasoline” sounded familiar, but it took me another week to realize it. It is a Bowie cover! I like how Mark used to make a cover his own, putting so much soul in a song that I often like it better than the original (think Carry Home from the Gun Club).

And it feels like little gifts, his repertoire is so massive, there will always be more to discover. 

Anyone else who had a nice surprise since his death?

2 Comments
2024/10/07
18:21 UTC

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So long Sin city- Slash ft. Mark fucking Lanegan.

6 Comments
2024/10/06
16:16 UTC

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Missed Opportunities

I know Mark had an opportunity to write some songs for Johnny Cash and he turned it down. What were some other big opportunities he had that he missed out on because of poor decision making?

18 Comments
2024/10/05
22:26 UTC

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Mark's creative output & his substance abuse

I became an even bigger fan after reading "Sing Backwards and Weep" in part because it was unbelievable to me how much music he recorded and released while living under the weight of his addictions. Something about the beauty of his music juxtaposed against the frequent ugliness of his life just made it all that more amazing to me. I don't know how he cranked out that much music - GOOD music at that.

I was lucky enough to see him perform in the late 90s at a club as he toured in support of his first covers record (I think - my own alcoholicm layers its own fuzziness upon the fuzziness that time offers us). Prior to his set, he sat quietly in the pool room adjacent to the performance space, legs crossed, arms folded, nursing a beer quietly. No one spoke to him and he spoke to no one, just quiet with his thoughts.

Though my friends and I were there to hear him, we dared not approach him or bother him - he had that unapproachable thing down to an art form. We glanced at him and quietly whispered "that's him!" trying to appear cool and nonchalant as we clumsily played Cut-throat to pass the time. Part of me wishes we said hi, and part of me is glad we followed the urge to give him space. It was a great show, his performance simple, stark and direct.

8 Comments
2024/10/05
16:29 UTC

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guessing the set list

anyone want to try and guess the set list by guests?

my guess Dave Ghan will sing revival (since he already covered it on his shows)

and hopefully josh will the do Hangin tree

27 Comments
2024/10/02
09:48 UTC

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Guests for the tribute

Have not seen mike johnson, jeff fielder nor duff on the list, do you think they could make an appearance?

9 Comments
2024/10/01
13:04 UTC

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Going to the show!

I'm wired awake on coffee & bourbon. It's 3am here where I live, and I'm excited AF. Where should I (50yrM) stay in London? Coming for a week, just wanna meet cool folks and hear great music. Lanegan pub meetup?

47 Comments
2024/10/01
10:00 UTC

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Did Lanegan ever sing any Kris Kristofferson songs?

I listened to Johnny Cash sing "Sunday Morning Coming Down" in honor of Kris Kristofferson and couldn't help but think Lanegan would have killed it!

17 Comments
2024/09/30
18:34 UTC

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i really hope the tribute show is filmed and released on blu ray

thats all - just really hoping that they film/release the tribute show so that everyone gets to see it

7 Comments
2024/09/30
18:05 UTC

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PSA: Roundhouse tickets are for sale

The only catch is to get the £30 membership. Demand seems to be high even for the presale though!

Good luck, and see you there!

65 Comments
2024/09/30
13:26 UTC

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