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  Smallmouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The history of Drag City encapsulates the last 10 years of American indie music and the way it's saved itself from extinction by transforming from a relatively unified front into an unclassifiable mass.
The earliest Drag City records have a more-or-less identifiable sound: the messed-up, art-steeped guitar noise of Pavement and Royal Trux and the lesser bands of the period (Mantis, Burnout, Vocokesh).
Drag City's best-selling album, a compilation of the raw, brainy, deliriously confident early EPs on which Pavement established the sonic vocabulary of '90s indie rock.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/00/07/13/SMALLMOUTH.html   (1451 words)

  
 Drag City
The premise of drag racing is very simple; it is a straight-line acceleration contest between two vehicles over a measured distance of a quarter mile.
Drag City solves all these problems by being a permanent facility that has a professionally prepared surface to race on and bright lights for night racing.
Unlike most drag strip facilities that built spectator stands that are parallel with the track at 0 degrees, Mopar Drag City's spectators stands will be offset 3 degrees to allow for the fans to have a better view of the whole race from start to the finish.
www.drag-city.com /dragstrip.htm   (1254 words)

  
 Mopar Sponsors Drag City
Mopar has announced that they have signed a multiyear deal with Drag City that will give them the title rights to the facility, which will now be called "Mopar Drag City." A new Mopar Drag City logo will be unveiled soon.
With the support of Mopar, we have a tremendous opportunity to resurrect the southern California drag racing scene to its former glory." Upon completion, Mopar Drag City, an NHRA-sanctioned facility, will be a "professional" quarter-mile drag strip that will include a media center, performance testing facility, permanent food concessions, family restrooms and a picnic area.
Mopar Drag City will become a new source of pride for the city of Banning and southern California.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/01/30/153950.html   (334 words)

  
 Columns - Left Coast - 7/7/03
Dubbed as the first "real" drag strip in SoCal in the last 30 years, this brainchild of the Marocco family and some "silent investors" had a ceremonial groundbreaking in August 2002 with all the appropriate trappings, drag racing dignitaries, shiny racecars, and now NHRA blessings.
The other end of the Banning pass, where the drag strip will reside, is one of the largest wind generated electricity centers on the Left Coast, but the land is much cheaper than locations in Los Angeles County.
It's an enormous undertaking to get a new dragstrip going from scratch and, while a promoter's enthusiasm is essential, Drag City's veracity has repeatedly come into question since much of the PR generated for public consumption has been just that, PR.
www.dragracingonline.com /leftcoast/v_7-3.html   (471 words)

  
 Arkcity.net: Community - Strother to sell drag strip area land by auction 03/18/05
The Strother Field commissioner said the land had become a headache to manage and they wanted to be rid of it.
Holzman said in December that there is a lot of interest in reviving the Ark City-area drag strip.
The drag strip formerly was run as Mid-American Dragway.
www.arkcity.net /stories/031805/com_0003.shtml   (480 words)

  
 Drag City Records feature
Drag City was formed in 1989 by Dan and Dan, the Drag City, er, men.
It's a busy winter in front of us here at Drag City, with a dozen small projects, a few reissues, and of course, the occasional new discovery.
Her debut on Drag City will come in January.
www.vacant.org.uk /amv/dragcity.html   (507 words)

  
 A Drag City Supersession - Tramps, Traitors & Little Devils (Drag City)
Drag City was in desperate need of a party band.
A Drag City Supersession is the solution to all of Drag City's party planning problems.
Drag City's next objective: Get these guys on the next season of VH1's Cover Wars.
www.fakejazz.com /reviews/2001/dragcity.shtml   (709 words)

  
 Drag City label bands drum up valium-rock
Edith Frost's Calling Over Time is a typical Drag City affair, with Gastr Del Sol's David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke playing on the album, and O'Rourke producing.
The whole Drag City camp seems determined to take the ideas of labelmate Mayo Thompson's early work and carry them forward indefinitely and toward no apparent goal.
Not until the joltingly peppy "Ex-con" are we treated to any of the stimulating creativity that has made Drag City artists stand out in the past.
www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V131/N09/04-drag.09d.html   (701 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Drag City/Jan & Dean's Pop Symphony No. 1: Music: Jan & Dean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
"Drag City" was the hit single, but "Popsicle Truck" also became a hit later, as did "Dead Man's Curve" (but this isn't the version of "Dead Man's Curve" that was later released as a single).
"Drag City" signaled a change for the boys.
Although "Surf City" introduced the concept of self-penned material, it was "Drag City" where it really came together.
www.amazon.com /Drag-City-Jan-Deans-Symphony/dp/B000002R1C   (1376 words)

  
 ::: DRO ::: Columns - View From the Left Coast - Dude, where's my drag strip? - 11/8/05
Rather than actually starting construction or supporting the sport, it became more important for the "promoters" to herald "the first Professional Drag Strip to be built in Southern California in over 30 years" as a jab at existing, working strips where drag racing was regularly filling staging lanes and producing quick ET slips.
Long before any earth gets turned at Drag City a new quarter-mile track will probably have been finished at California Speedway to replace the existing strip built in the front parking lot.
Ceremonial groundbreakings and trumpeted construction of "offsite improvements" to a small city street extension project had a lot of the remaining supporters revved-up, salivating and further hoodwinked again.
www.dragracingonline.com /leftcoast/vii_11-1.html   (545 words)

  
 XLR8R - DRAG CITY
Since then, Drag City has gone global with bands like Ghost (Japan), Alasdair Roberts (Europe) and more, as well as back in time with reissues of long-lost collections from psych-rock weirdos like Mayo Thompson and Gary Higgins.
Which is to say that, if the Drag City faithful didn’t do it because they love music, they have nevertheless helped carve out its multicultural, cross-genre future.
Not that Drag City’s heady roster of old-school virtuosos like O’Rourke and David Pajo (Slint, Papa M, Tortoise and into the stratosphere) is anything to sneeze at either.
www.xlr8r.com /content.php?uid=A69DF76B83765D63EB48C5B28400BC91   (191 words)

  
 drag city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Drag City continue their mission to make their classic EPs obtainable again with this Silver Jews gem from back in 2001.
The album begins with the usual chants and wails you would expect from a Drag City album which features the band members sitting around a campfire on the back cover, but within a minute we are launched into Led Zeppelin/Cream style heavy rock.
Drag City present this uber-limited new album from Neil Michael Hagerty (Royal Trux) and his obscure “The Howling Hex” offshoot.
www.boomkat.com /label.cfm?l=666   (4406 words)

  
 Drag City, Banning Update - www.nitromater.com
If Drag City does ever get completed it will be a welcome addition to a market that really needs a dragstrip.
It is not a drag strip until a race car or two goes down it.
I think the Drag City has missed their "window of opportunity".
www.nitromater.com /nhra/737-drag-city-banning-update.html#post7251   (944 words)

  
 Goin' to Drag City: Blaney Drag Strip
To kids growing up in South Carolina in the 1960's, their Drag City was Blaney Drag Strip in Elgin, SC.
However, it was a mecca for me. Fans of Georgia drag racing may be interested in Blaney, because many famous Peach State racers added their fame to Blaney's history.
Unfortunately, old drag strips are closed and bulldozed or even turned into mobile home parks, but memories linger.
georgiadragracing.com /articles/burlingtonblaneydragstrip.html   (1147 words)

  
 Little City on Drag to close at end of month - Top Stories
The Drag's Little City coffee shop will leave behind 10 years of memories on Aug. 31 when it brews its final latte and closes its doors for the last time.
Little City owner Donna Taylor was unavailable for comment at press time.
Little City's building will be converted into a Chinese food cafe, which will continue to sell Little City's brand of coffee, said barista Kesey O'Doherty.
www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2006/08/25/TopStories/Little.City.On.Drag.To.Close.At.End.Of.Month-2239892.shtml   (555 words)

  
 Old Drag Racer's Reunion 2002
It was great to see many drag racing greats from the early years filing in for registration Friday afternoon.
I also had the chance to finally meet FE Bob Fermier, a former drag racer (Fermier Bros) with whom I had been communicating via phone and emails for the last year or so.
I had the chance to visit with Bobby Watson (former racer and Phenix City drag strip operator) after the ceremony was over and had a very informative and entertaining conversation.
georgiadragracing.com /articles/2002olddragracersreunion.html   (1091 words)

  
 Lucky Drag City Erie PA Drag Racing, Lucky Foley, luckydragcity.com
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Lucky Drag City is now Closed for the Winter
Lucky Drag City Famous Showdown Series of Drag Racing in Erie Pennsylvania.
www.luckydragcity.com   (182 words)

  
 Jan & Dean : Drag City/Jan & Dean's Pop Symphony No. 1 - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
drag city/jan & dean's pop symphony no. 1 - track listing
This seems like an improbable combination, an album built around car songs combined with an album of music intended for a vocal duo re-arranged for orchestra.
drag city/jan & dean's pop symphony no. 1 - similar albums
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,227647,00.html   (189 words)

  
 Drag City by Jan & Dean: Song Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Drag City by Jan and Dean: Song Music Downloads
Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "Drag City" on album Pop Symphony, No. 1.
Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "Drag City" on album Pop Symphony, No. 1.
www.mp3.com /tracks/4116123/dl_streams.html   (129 words)

  
 Breaking News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Drag City Drag Strip in Banning, CA Opening Spring of 2007
Drag City has announced that their new drag strip will open in spring of 2007 and are scheduling races now.
Drag City will be located in Banning, CA.
www.dragscoop.com /html/breaking_news.html   (131 words)

  
 Drag City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Drag City specializes in more experimental indie rock acts.
Among the bands that have released material on Drag City are Pavement, Royal Trux, Cynthia Dall, Faun Fables, Neil Hamburger, Smog, Will Oldham, Weird War, Jim O'Rourke, David Grubbs, U.S. Maple, Alasdair Roberts, Neil Michael Hagerty, Ghost, Flying Saucer Attack, Movietone, Papa M, White Magic, Espers, Silver Jews, Joanna Newsom and Edith Frost.
This page was last modified 13:18, 7 November 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drag_City   (117 words)

  
 City Pages - Drag Net
City Pages - the News and Arts Weekly in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Entire contents ©2006, City Pages LLC, 401 North Third Street, Suite 550, Minneapolis, MN 55401.
No part of this service may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of City Pages LLC except that an individual may download and/or forward articles via e-mail to a reasonable number of recipients for personal, non-commercial purposes.
www.citypages.com /detail.asp?ArticleID=10972   (877 words)

  
 Ponca City Thunder
The Sponsorship Drive is already underway for the 2005 Ponca City Thunder Drag Boat season and this year is no different than the last...
Hungry for more click this link to see more photos from the Ponca City Thunder Drag Boat Races 2002 www.photos.yahoo.com/pcthunder2001.
from the Ponca City Thunder Drag Boat Races, many courtesy of MotorSportsNews.com.
www.poncacitythunder.com   (263 words)

  
 The Rawking Refuses To Stop! :: Sad Songs and Waltzes Aren't Selling This Year
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
My friends The Main Drag are in Salon.com's Audiophile "Song Search" contest and they need your help.
They're up against the likes of Bishop Allen and three other bands I've never heard of, so get over there and vote!
rawkblog.blogspot.com /2006/12/drag-city.html   (149 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Smog: Hey Drag City : Music Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Rolling Stone : Smog: Hey Drag City : Music Reviews
Give us your review of Hey Drag City
Home : artists : Smog : reviews : Hey Drag City
www.rollingstone.com /artists/smog/albums/album/92745/hey_drag_city   (53 words)

  
 * Dusted Labels [ Drag City ] *
Album: Born Again in the U.S.A. Label: Drag City
August Born by August Born ranked 29 on Sep.
Through the Sun Door by White Magic ranked 26 on Jun.
www.dustedmagazine.com /labels/15   (2183 words)

  
 Shopzilla - Find deals on Drag City Hour from Music stores
We help you find the best deals on the biggest selection of products from all of the top-rated stores.
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www.shopzilla.com /12--Drag_City_Hour_-_cat_id--5215__prod_id--1118707   (205 words)

  
 Motor Sports: Drag Racing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
08/04/2006 - Lucky Drag City owner holds out for top offer
06/05/2006 - Lucky Drag City could have buyer
08/08/2005 - Kern wins 3rd Super Showdown in row at Lucky Drag City
www.goerie.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=SPORTS1206   (96 words)

  
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Even though Drag City is gone, we are getting information more and more every day on the current status of Snake River Speedway.
The facility will be west of Blackfoot Idaho, and host to a 1/4 mile drag strip and a 3/8 mile circle track.
It will also have a museum and an RV park.
silverstone.fortunecity.com /detomaso/151   (86 words)

  
 Browse by Label: DRAG CITY
Live recordings of the original Red Crayola, from the Angry Arts Festival (6/29/67) and the Berkeley Folk Music Festival (6/67), including guest John Fahey on one track.
In the style of Drag City's other archival resurrection, Coconut Hotel, this represents the The Red Crayola at their most way-out.
4th album and first non-PSF full length release (worldwide release for Drag City).
www.forcedexposure.com /labels/drag.city.html   (5055 words)

  
 Hey Drag City - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Hey Drag City - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Hey Drag City collects songs from Drag City's early-'90s roster, which included bands like Desert Storm, King Kong, Burnout, Fruitcake, and Mantis.
Palace's shambling "For the Mekons Et Al," the Silver Jews' "Famous Eyes," and Royal Trux's untitled piece also rank among the best songs from this snapshot of Drag City's early years.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,246476,00.html   (158 words)

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