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An O'Hare Chilis; between the Sheryl Crow & Smash Mouth they played some song off Nuggets & it made the whole place briefly undepressing.w
about 13 hours ago from UberTwitter

23-hour trip from Tel Aviv straight to the Portland venue for my delirious solo show. Now to Cleveland. The band's relaxing in Tel Aviv. w
about 19 hours ago from UberTwitter

After a slightly harrowing London exit we're in Tel Aviv. My first time. I'm drinking a Turkish coffee with cardamom & trying to wake up.w
9:14 AM Sep 15th from Ping.fm

Now in London, Scala, where we first played a couple years ago. Soundchecking, hearing the girl go "One TWO, one TWO.." Tomorrow: Tel Aviv.w
6:12 AM Sep 14th from Ping.fm

Back from Dorset, where we didn't have much access to Twitter etc. End of the Road fest. Was lovely: hot Somerset cider & roaming peacocks.w
6:04 AM Sep 14th from Ping.fm

Walking around the city center in Oxford & it's quite pretty & I'm listening to the John Cale album "Paris 1919." w
8:09 AM Sep 11th from Ping.fm

Nottingham, a huge club complex. Wandering when it's closed, upstairs & downstairs, it's like a creepy funhouse but with empty beercups. w
8:23 AM Sep 10th from Ping.fm


All the band is covered in mud from Electric Picnic yesterday. In Galway now. I walked along the bay, watched the gulls & menacing swans.w
9:03 AM Sep 7th from Ping.fm

Manchester, 1st show of the tour, 3rd stinkiest club we've ever played. Sitting outside the bus discussing Lauren's days as a parrothead ...
4:48 PM Sep 4th from Ping.fm

Manchester, staying at our friend Bernie's home for wayfaring musicians.17 people in this house. 2 bands. 1 bathroom! Battling thru jetlag.w
7:39 AM Sep 3rd from Ping.fm

Packing last-minute for the UK. Power adapters. A sleep mask. All the permits and papers. I have precisely one more bag than I can carry. w
10:48 AM Sep 2nd from Ping.fm

Travis is enjoying one last american cheeseburger as well as some chicken wings. It doesn't get anymore american than that. Oh, wait, I' ...
9:53 AM Sep 1st from Ping.fm


Our Twitter was hacked & I feel like I did that time when a bum broke into my car, smoked just 1 cigarette, and stubbed it out on the dash.w
4:06 PM Aug 31st from Ping.fm Someone appears to have hacked into our twitter thing...hold on....
3:34 PM Aug 31st from Ping.fm

I've got the visuals, baby show me the motion. hit.
10:04 AM Aug 31st from Ping.fm call me captain friday, that's my grip b'yatch./
9:54 AM Aug 31st from Ping.fm

i'm in. i feel so close to you.
9:48 AM Aug 31st from Ping.fm

Preparing for tour. 9-volts, travel shampoos, laundry trips, fridge-cleaning, sock-counting, picking out books, collating foreign currency.w
8:57 AM Aug 31st from Ping.fm

Went to James Ensor at MoMA. I love the way his attic studio becomes this dreamspace that's terrifying but feels totally like a real place-w
10:51 AM Aug 29th from Ping.fm

Lauren's gunna build a guitar!!!
3:20 AM Aug 27th from Ping.fm

RIP Ellie Greenwich, who wrote "Be My Baby," "River Deep, Mountain High," "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home," and "And Then He Kissed Me."
4:14 PM Aug 26th from Ping.fm

Will is dousing himself with strong coffee and listening to Laura Nyro and to the Ata Kak record Chris from Jagjaguwar recommended.
10:24 AM Aug 24th from Ping.fm

Back in Brooklyn now and the rest of the band is Austin 'til we meet again on the other side of the Atlantic. -w
10:20 AM Aug 22nd from Ping.fm


In SLC I threw the tambourine and it bounced & hooked on the guitar stand. Biggest cheer of the night,like people thought I meant to do it-w
10:20 AM Aug 22nd from Ping.fm

Will is backstage in SLC, waiting for the stage to be ready for sound-check. There's an audience watching, which is sorta weird. Hope we ...
3:49 PM Aug 20th from Ping.fm

Travis is so excited to get out of this god awful texas heat. Both my apple trees have died and my peach tree is on it's way. We need ...
10:05 AM Aug 18th from Ping.fm

Will is sad about the loss of Jim Dickinson, sometime pianist for the Stones and producer of Big Star and one of his all-time favorite m ...
9:15 AM Aug 17th from Ping.fm

It's Sunday afternoon ,and Justin is recording a ridiculous Hungarian song for a puppet show.
1:41 PM Aug 16th from Ping.fm Will is in New Hampshire for his grandparents' 65th anniversary.
2:37 PM Aug 15th from Ping.fm


Speaking of guitarists: R.I.P. Les Paul - the inventor of multi-track recording.
1:25 PM Aug 13th from Ping.fm Lauren is geekn out on The Giant Pin (Nels Cline Singers).
11:09 PM Aug 12th from Ping.fm

(Travis here) I now own a car after 9 months of being without one. I've already done 3 repairs and now there's something wrong with th ...
5:56 PM Aug 12th from Ping.fm

Will is wondering what Lauren Delorean Gurgiolo aka "The Little Hobo" aka "Lil Pukey" is doing right now.
6:12 PM Aug 11th from web

Will drove back to Brooklyn from Austin this weekend. Three days of solitude, crappy fast food, lonely hotels, & the music of Brenda Lee.
9:11 AM Aug 10th from web

Scott just realized that this whole Facebook thing means he has to be witty over the internet..I wouldn't hold your breath though...
4:15 PM Aug 9th from web

Last day in the studio with Roky Erickson & Trav & Lauren today, listening to the mixes we just finished. So happy with this record. -W
4:14 PM Aug 9th from web

To clarify: we'll be updating both the okkervilriver Twitter AND Facebook pages. So you don't have to join Twitter if you're scared. -Will
10:43 AM Aug 5th from web


Will here - so we're finally taking this Twitter account and doing something with it, I think. With regular updates from the band.
4:57 PM Aug 4th from UberTwitter Coachella & Bonnaroo!
1:16 PM Mar 1st from web Okkervil in New Zealand http://tinyurl.com/b4wufx
11:34 AM Feb 22nd from web Aussie Groovin’ The Moo Tour http://tinyurl.com/at4e7c
2:25 AM Feb 20th from web