![]() ![]() The Palms showed a sense of humor after the latest falling out. I’m the farthest thing from card counter.” “A lot of people are going to think I’m a card counter after that Ben Affleck thing at the Hard Rock. ![]() White called me back several times to clarify his comments. He had alluded to the “walking papers” last week during UFC’s new video series, “UFC Embedded,” that aired the week of UFC 173. He was informed by new management at the Palms about May 21 that his limit was being reduced from $25,000 a hand to $5,000. When he returned to the Palms tables, White said, he “beat them for (nearly $2 million), and they asked me not to play anymore.” He confirmed that Palms chief executive Dan Lee, who recently left the property, sent a case of his favorite wine, 2001 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Montrachet, said to be sold for $5,000 a bottle, to the UFC office to open peace talks. “I was not going to do any business with them,” he said. White said he was coaxed back March 1, ending a 22-month boycott by White and Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters. “We’ve always been comfortable in our own skin, but with this record I think we’re shedding some skin that we had grown too comfortable in.UFC president Dana White confirmed Sunday that the Palms gave him his “walking papers” for the second time in two years because of his winning ways. “From our early days in the industrial music scene to our current work, experimentation and the excitement it creates has continued to run through our veins,” explains keyboard player and longtime collaborator Benjamin Anderson. That’s where I want to exist.” Building off of that foundation, The Light Below incorporates elements from several corners of Seattle’s storied musical history. To me the feel of the blues equals truth. Not how many octaves they can hit, but whether or not I believe what they are saying. ![]() “To me it’s a necessary quality in music. “More than it being the sound of the blues that inspires me, it’s the feel,” explains Angell. Since the release of the band’s 2013 self-titled debut, and 2018’s WP2, which Classic Rock Magazine called “a heady and timeless cocktail of dusty blues and atmospheric grunge that has decades of road-worn experience woven deep into its fibers,” Angell has made sure to stay true to himself and the integrity of the sound he’s built for decades. “The voices in my head / refuse to tell me what I want to hear,” Angell sings, before Will Andrews’ drums kick-in and the hair on the back of your neck stands up. Another highlight, “Divine Intervention” opens with a swaggering riff, the kind that conjures up heat shimmers on an empty highway, a lone figure walking on the side of the road. Heavy, thrashing drums and distorted, dystopian guitars on “The Value of Zero” take things in an unexplored direction, the droning noise-rock surging around romantically cynical lyrics that Angell delivers like he’s staring down the barrel of a gun. Its sinewy guitar riff holds things together in the midst of Spiro’s moody production. “If you’re gonna beat a horse ‘til it’s dead / Don’t expect to get a ride,” he sings on “What Did You Expect?,” a standout track with the backroom blues feel the band has become known for. Familiar introspection, loneliness, and cool bitterness continue to lace the edge of each of Angell’s wry observations. Those same songs have now become a way to continue a conversation with the ghosts.”Ī fresh lineup of ace players and skilled production from Aaron Spiro (Motopony, Willow Stephens) expand the Walking Papers’ sound with heady layers of atmosphere and new heights of musicianship. “I’ve always used music as a way to deal with negative experiences and to figure myself out,” explains Angell, “I’ve lost a few close friends the last couple years and some of these songs provided the light I needed to process that. Described by Angell as “a sort of mindfulness exercise,” the new tracks focus restless energy left in the wake of personal loss and creative self-doubt. Known for his bruised, evocative vocals, and craftsman-like songwriting, Angell uses The Light Below to build on an already formidable catalog, with a cinematic style that oscillates between lust and loathing. With the band’s third album, The Light Below, we’re once again invited behind the velvet curtain, to the smoke-filled room where whiskey-voiced frontman Jefferson Angell holds court, telling his tales over bluesy riffs with an alluring darkness. To listen to Walking Papers is like gaining access to a secret society, like stumbling upon your new favorite bar behind an unmarked door - the kind where every patron has a story, and every night is a late one. Benjamin Anderson-Keyboard & Backing Vocals. ![]()
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