New tour dates and a special tour poster

There are some new tour dates below, and a brilliant new tour poster by Jason Munn (look closely.. you’ll see it). You can snag that over at Caldo Verde’s site, and definitely check out Jason’s other tour posters at his site

Finally, if you never picked up Mark’s book of lyrics Noches de Transito (the Spanish edition of Nights of Passed Over), the upcoming September 10 San Francisco gig at the Palace of Fine Arts has the only copies available. The book is in Spanish and English, but I believe the introduction is in Spanish only.

• October 18, Barcelona, Spain
• October 19, Madrid, Spain
• October 20, Zaragoza, Spain
• October 25, Stockholm, Sweden
• October 26, Gothenburg, Sweden
• October 27, Malmö, Sweden
• October 28, Oslo, Norway
• October 29, Bergen, Norway
• October 30, Stavanger, Norway

Mark Kozelek is living the dream

There’s an interview with Mark Kozelek by Rob O’Connor over on Caldo Verde Records’ site. Mark talks about why he didn’t do any press for this album, running a record label, getting older, inspiration for the new album, the Gears of War III trailer (which used “Heron Blue” and gained a few new listeners) and lonely dudes in a van staring at their iPhones all day.

Here’s an excerpt:

Q: As you get older, what has changed? What are your priorities now vs. when you began?

A: To enjoy the moment. I’m 43 now and have seen people pass away from natural causes that aren’t much older than me, and some even younger than me. It’s a reality check. I try to take advantage of the day more, to do things that make me feel good, spend time with people I care about. I get up, do the email and phone stuff, go to the post office, run errands, and then walk 4 or 5 miles. No matter what I have to do, I find time to walk and enjoy my surroundings. I just try not to take my time for granted. Other than that, I’m the same as I was 15 years ago, just plugging away at my career.