#dream river

[muhammadgiovanni]

Bill Callahan “Small Plane” Dream River, September 17, 2013.

[wildcatelfy]

[professorreddmaple]

One of the fishermen called into the ranger union saying Registeel was agitated and bothering the Pokémon along the Dream River banks. I happened to be planning to go out to put more charcoal rocks in the river, so I took it as a quest.

They were definitely agitated, to say the least. It was like they were being stung by a hive of combee. They were frantic, and didn’t seem to notice how many other Pokémon they disturbed. I captured them and that calmed them down, but I’m going to help watch on them for a bit to see if it happens again. I’m also going to check on the other regi-s to see if they’re okay too.

[professorreddmaple]

It’s occurred to me that there isn’t a lot of Pokémon that live in the Dream River. I guess the waterfall and human traffic probably don’t help, but I’m going to check it for pollutants anyway.

[reverb-party]

"Javelin Unlanding" by Bill Callahan

[maelkevejen]

Bill Callahan - Small Plane Dream River

[sustentavelimaginario]

I have learned When things are beautiful To just keep on Just keep on

Bill Callahan

[reckonslepoisson]

Dream River, Bill Callahan (2013)

Dream River, with its gentle, oft-wooden percussion and variety of woodwind, brass and prestige-folk instruments, feels more at one with the wilderness than any of the rest of Bill Callahan’s releases. That’s no mean feat for a man so engrained in solitary serenity. It’s the gentle perks of the instrumentation on Dream River, like the weary fiddle on ‘The Sing’ or flute on ‘Summer Painter’, that perfectly enwrap Callahan’s dulcet baritone as he himself winds his way between different lyrical environments. What really makes Dream River so engrossing, however, is not just the fancy stuff. Callahan’s songwriting is exceptionally strong and his lyrics are as pondering and poetic as ever. Meanwhile, the standard indie folk instrumentation is remarkably tastefully arranged; the guitars on ‘Small Plane’ and ‘Spring’, for example, weave themselves around the tracks’ different phases with a perfect measure of tone- and pace-setting and Thor Harris’ various percussion pieces are similarly faultless. Indie folk/alternative country/Americana is rarely as compelling as Dream River, a vibrant and beautiful album from one of the best songwriters in his genre.

Pick: ‘The Sing’