RAW impressions with Lou Barlow and Adelle Barlow

Lou's on tour and he and Adelle talk about things that have been difficult while they've been apart. Adelle's grief over the passing of her mother deepens and Lou's mysterious hearing loss frustrates him. On the upside, Lou discusses Dinosaur Jr's steady evolution and Adelle is finding a way forward. The Barlow Family General Store is open for in-person biz on Saturdays (and sometimes Fridays and Sundays!) at 22 Chapman St. Greenfield, MA. Open on-line all-the-time.. get your handwritten lyrics, big-ass knit caps, a curated selection crafting tools and more! https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/our Substack for music, updates and more!https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adelle and Lou roll out September/early October b-day shout-outs! 4-Track Man delivers personalized variations of the beloved Raw Impressions birthday song! Another inimitable RAW Impressions episode! The Barlow Family General Store is open October 10 as a part of Greenfield's 'Vintage Days', and yep, we got vintage stuff along with our knitwear, crafting bits, music-related items, and more. https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/Lou's out on tour with Dinosaur Jr until mid-November, expect a steady stream of 'on-the-road' podcasts! https://www.dinosaurjr.com/tour Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fresh off opening for Turnstile with Dinosaur Jr, Lou plays True Hardcore from Sebadoh's The Freed Man L.P. . The opening, opening band for Turnstile: Fiddlehead, asked Lou to play True Hardcore before they played. So, Lou opened for the opening openers -then- opened with J and Murph, amazing! Adelle and Lou talk about Lou being hit by a shopping cart (on purpose?) at an empty grocery store. Oh, then Lou plays a cover of Reject by First-Wave-Hardcore band The Necros. The Barlow Family General Store will be open 12-5 on Sunday October 4th. Lou will be there if you wanna geek out and/or shoot the shit. 44 Chapman St. Greenfield MA 01301. BFGS has an active on-line store for 24 hour access to sweet gifts, crafts, and music. https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/ The Barlow Family General Substack just might have a bonus/supplemental episode to RAW 170 up?!?! Our Substack is dense with content and getting denser. https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This tiny tunes tuesday is immediately derailed, for no good reason, by ringworm talk. Lou manages to play two songs: Perfect Way and Lazy MInd before the ringworm talk starts anew. Then Lou unveils some exciting news about Sebadoh and Sub Pop records and he and 4-Track Man do a commercial related to this exciting news. Exciting! Shop for music, music-related items and gifts galore at the Barlow Family Store. All the time online: https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/ AND now, in person, at our brick and mortar (literally) spot , Saturdays 11:30-4:30!! 44 Chapman St. Greenfield MA 01301 e-mail us for by appointment flexible shopping and geeking out with Lou time [email protected] Substack has lots of stuff and plenty more a'comin' https://barlowfamilygeneral.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adelle urgently needs to share her RAW impressions of the arts’n’crafts’n’vegetables exhibit inside the round house at the Franklin County Fair. Lou responds by playing slapdash fragments of Tom Petty songs. Both of them ponder what to do with all the left over beer from Lou’s August 8th birthday party.  The real-life Barlow Family General Store is open this Saturday 11-4:30! Free beer! The online Barlow Family General Store is open all-the-time!! Get some hand-crafted lyrics before Lou disappears on tour again in October. Get some cute gifts! https://barlowfamilygeneralstore.com/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.