Hi and welcome to the final stop of John Vanderslice’s “Live From Tiny Telephone” online tour. As mentioned last week, The ‘Slice has been making the rounds around the Blogosphere with videos of him performing his new album Emerald City from his studios back in May, one song per site. You can find the first eight songs at the following splendid and exotic locales:

Stereogum – “Kookabura”
Gorilla Vs Bear – “White Dove”
BrooklynVegan – “The Tower”
You Ain’t No Picasso – “The Parade”
My Old Kentucky Blog – “Time To Go”
SixEyes – “Numbered Lithograph”
The Catbirdseat – “Central Booking”
An Aquarium Drunkard – “Tablespoon Of Codeine”

and here, the final song of the tour, “The Minaret”.

And a final, tour-ending message from Mr Vanderslice:

So this is the last stop on the Emerald City Online Tour.
I’m very happy we’re here with Chromewaves.
I want to give a huge thanks to all the blogs hosting
the videos. See you in a few weeks on the van tour!
JV

Also note that Catbirdseat and SixEyes have interviews with Vanderslice appended to their videos – the SixEyes one is in two parts, the second of which is here. An Aquarium Drunkard also has some videos of Vanderslice playing a show in the LA river basin. No, that’s not a venue, it’s a river basin. Synthesis also has an interview. He’s doing a proper in-the-flesh this Fall and will be at the Horseshoe in Toronto on October 1.

MP3: John Vanderslice – “White Dove”
Video: John Vanderslice – “Time To Go” (MOV)
Stream: John Vanderslice / Emerald City
MySpace: John Vanderslice

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CBC wonders if the concept of an album release date is still relevant.