I think i know where jeff is :O

[Freakboy]

I heard a rumor he was going to live in the forest and write songs with a tape player than mail them that way he could focus on writing and not the mailbox outside his window singing songs about sailors and sharks with their fleshy fetuses on fire. And also the corruption of society and stuff.
I hope so that would be cool

[theSprout]

well.. let's see. a friend of mine met conor oberst (bright eyes) at a gig in leeds, UK earlier this year, and said that jeff was in brooklyn, at the moment. he also mentioned that he and laura are no more, though i know not if this either old news, or wrong news..

[floating norman]

I heard Jeff Mangum was "holed up" with Saddam H. and Osama B.L., and that G.W. was determined to "route 'em out" in whatever corner of the earth they were hiding in.

[grimble gromble]

this isn't not a lie...

Jeff Mangum and Syd Barrett are currently writing and recording music together in some flat in Cambridge.

:)

[William]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/neutralmilkhotel

Heres something I read (not from me)

"A former bandmember of Jeff's said that he has bought a house in Nova
Scotia, so that's the word from Athens. It has been a month or so since I
heard that from a certain bearded brassman, but I would think that home
ownership would anchor Jeff in one place for a while."

Interesting...

[Housh]

there were rumors before that he was in canada so that nova scotia story could be believable.

[opopopo]

aw, when i heard he was maybe in canada i hoped i'd see him roaming the streets of calgary... o well, nova scotia is so wonderfully beautiful, so if he is infact there, he's probably having a lovely time...

[Freakboy]

If Jeff could afford to buy a house, he must be doing some crazy good work. I mean, his musical stuff doesnt seem like its exactly raking in the dough, hehe.
actually yah

does anybody know what he does/did for a living?

[Radiophobic Nate]

I heard he moved to Berlin with Iggy Pop and is collaborating with Brian Eno. He also has plans to form a barber shop quartet with Damo Suzuki, Mark E. Smith and Falcore the luck dragon from the Never Ending Story. Also, I'm pregnant with his child.

[iBee]

I've some serious suspicions that Jeff is currently recording with Mark Hollis on a 'deaf' record. No further news so far...

[flockey86]

this might be interesting for some of you to read...
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2003-09-04/cover_news.html

anyway, i doubt anyone with actual information on his whereabouts would give a truthful location or occupation.

[Radiophobic Nate]

Great article, but I thought the author went too far in contacting Jeff's family and hounding him so. One of the things Jeff was escaping (in my opinion) was media hounds like this guy. He's not going make any sort of return if people keep doing this sort of thing to him.
I recently heard of an incident in which Jeff was going to go into the woods with a friend to just hang out and play guitar and stuff. Evidently word of it spread around and there were like fifty kids sneaking around in the forest trying to hear him play. I mean honestly, let the man be...!

[Mirsathia]

50 kids? I dunno if there's that many people in my STATE that know about Jeff Mangum, let alone like him enough to go stalking him in the woods!

If I heard that, I wouldn't tell anyone else. I'd just... decide to go hiking that weekend. ^_^;

[Radiophobic Nate]

I don't know first hand how many kids, but fifty was the estimation I was told. Realistically it might have been closer to fifteen? Who knows.

You really don't know anyone else who is into NMH? For the longest time I didn't know anyone else who had even heard of them, but evidently lots of kids around here are getting into it as of late (according to record store clerks here, Aeroplane has been selling at least a few copies every week pretty consistantly).

[Mirsathia]

I know one person in NJ, the guy who got me into NMH. I've gotten one person in my class to say she 'liked' the music, but I doubt she'll care enough to buy the CDs. Most all people give a horrified "What the hell is THIS?" look if I play it. ;)

[Radiophobic Nate]

Those people are jerks.

Once my frirends Tim, Martha, Taniya and I drove to my hometown to see one of my high school friend's art shows. We listened to both On Avery Island and Aeroplane... from start to finish. Everyone in the car was into it, beautiful.

Man, that was one of my fondest memories of hanging out with Taniya before she moved to Wisconsin. I should write her again.

(I'm all about the nostalgia this evening.)

[albatrossguest]

i know 4 people in nj who like them...

[pepe]

Where does your friend live in Wisconsin? There are a lot of us here that love NMH.

[Radiophobic Nate]

She's going to school in Stevens Point. I need to find someone who has a car (and a drivers licence) who'd want to go visit her with me.

[Edited on 12-11-2003 by Radiophobic Nate]

[flockey86]

i wanna know what happened that made him doubt Aeroplane so much and basically his entire belief system.

[William]

i wanna know what happened that made him doubt Aeroplane so much and basically his entire belief system.

"I guess I had this idea that if we all created our dream we could live happily ever after. So when so many of our dreams had come true and yet I still saw that so many of my friends were in a lot of pain ... I saw their pain from a different perspective and realized that I can't just sing my way out of all this suffering." - Jeff Mangum

Thats what he said about it

[abstrick]

"Live in this house as long as you can. I don't mean the actual house, but the house of fiction I've made. The only thing I ask was to that when I've left, leave for good, and that you should burn the house down." CARL PORTER

I like to think Jeff read and followed this quote to heart. And knowing this, I enjoy what I have of his until his house was burnt down.....

[William]

I like rolling around in the ashes of his house in ecstasy.

[Freakboy]

and the soot paints me black with carnal sexual passion. So I crawl over the body of my lover and we make like wolves.

[flockey86]

how original of you...

and thank you william, though i have already read that quote. i was wondering something more specific. there had to be something that happened to him that made him lose sight of that fantasy - his dillusion that made him think music could fully cure all the world's suffering - that allowed him to see everyone around him was in pain despite all that aeroplane had brought about.

[cometboy]

Hart says Mangum still picks up the guitar.

sounds like someone describing a junkie trying to kick heroin. which may in fact be what Jeff's relationship to music is like at this point. any new news?

[adrian]

i heard that all the hype around were jeff is is all bullshit. someone told me he still lives in athens and is still playing alot of drums with people just doesn't write his own tunes. i live in nova scotia though so if he's here that'd be crazy. i'll go nuts if i see him walking down the streets of halifax

[MelB]

How Exciting, I am also from Halifax, NS as well!

After hearing that rumour last summer I had dreams of stumbling upon an unplanned Jeff mangum show somewhere.

Oh well, the mystery of it seems to keep us all going.:)

[adrian]

that'd be killer. that's what halifax needs

[opopopo]

if he is in halifax, then lets hope he has a nicely insulated place to live. and a sturdy snow shovel.

[MelB]

Tell me about it, I am going stir crazy! I haven't left the house in almost 3 days, but I have listen to a ton of music.

To make matters worst, I have to go work in the mall all day and try not to get killed getting there since I have to walk on the street.

[adrian]

i work at a mall too. it was crazy today. it's as if people were stranded for six months and now have to frantically buy buy buy

[MelB]

What mall do you work at?

I would be amazed if there was a fellow NMH fan there!

[Radiophobic Nate]

Yeah, wasn't he playing drums for Circulatory System like a year ago or something? I think he's still around, y'know, he just doesn't write or record music anymore. Or at least he doesn't release it...

[adrian]

i work in a mall in new glasgow every month or two. my parents live there so i go home sometimes when and work. what mall do you work at?

[MelB]

Halifax shopping Center, only once in a blue moon

[adrian]

i heard last night that jeff and some other people baught about 150 acres of woods outside athens and all their electricity is water run and they're just chillin out there, jamming and whatnot. i'm not sure how accurate this is though

[William]

Thats the Orange Twin Records conservation community thing:

"We're organizing a pedestrian-based, conservation community nestled in 155 acres of woodlands outside of Athens, Georgia."

I don't know if Jeff Mangum lives there or if they have water-powered electricity though.

[adrian]

that sounds amazing. do you know where i could find more information about it?

[William]

http://www.orangetwin.com/village.html

[adrian]

wicked man. thanks

[dunnock]

this thread is halarious.. i guess he's everywhere at once.

[adrian]

he must be a buisy guy

[newartriotgirl]

Originally posted by Mirsathia
I know one person in NJ, the guy who got me into NMH. I've gotten one person in my class to say she 'liked' the music, but I doubt she'll care enough to buy the CDs. Most all people give a horrified "What the hell is THIS?" look if I play it. ;)

lmfao yeah i get the same response... no one has ever gone "wow, that is incredible!" i usually get "jen! what the hell is this garbage?? seriously jen, you really need to start listening to better music" lol but yeah, if jeff really is in nova scotia, then that's awesome... nova scotia is beautiful and i'm so honoured that he'd decide to live here in canada :)

[DrinkTeaEatBooks]

I hear Jeff Mangum is working in a McDonalds in Madison, Wisconsin, with Elvis Presley and Kurt Cobain and he forgot about art and just made hamburgers.
I'm probably wrong though.

[pepe]

Cool I am heading to Madison tongiht, I'll take a look around and see if I can find him, and possibily get me one of those tasty burgers.

[outofstep23x]

Originally posted by Freakboy
I heard a rumor he was going to live in the forest and write songs with a tape player than mail them that way he could focus on writing and not the mailbox outside his window singing songs about sailors and sharks with their fleshy fetuses on fire. And also the corruption of society and stuff.
I hope so that would be cool

Where the fuck did you hear that? :o

[Radiophobic Nate]

lmfao yeah i get the same response... no one has ever gone "wow, that is incredible!" i usually get "jen! what the hell is this garbage?? seriously jen, you really need to start listening to better music" lol but yeah, if jeff really is in nova scotia, then that's awesome... nova scotia is beautiful and i'm so honoured that he'd decide to live here in canada :)
Man, your friends really suck.

[outofstep23x]

I know a guy, and for all intents and purposes, let's call him bob. bob knows a guy who's girlfriend dumped him to go out with Jeff Mangum. I heard that a couple weeks ago, but I have no idea how long ago it happened. That made me happy.

[outofstep23x]

hahaha-I looked at that and realized that it made me sound like an asshole. I forgot to say that bob's friend was okay with it. No hard feelings or bitter breakups or anything. the story goes that she called and said "II've found someone else-Jeff Mangum" and the guy, being an avid NMH fan, said "I completely understand." I would have said the same thing to be honest...

sorry about that screwup in that last post...hehehe

[ihavenoface]

I read all of that AGAIN, I really like the article, I like reading all the background stuff.

[Un, Deux, Trois]

I had a chance to hang out with Jeremy Barnes about a month ago and he told me what everyone in NMH was up to. Jeff is in NY, Julian is also in NY, Scott is in Athens and as for Jeremy, he is recording the new Hawk and a Hacksaw record in Albuquerque, NM. I got to hear some of Jeremy's new stuff and it's pretty amazing.

[icarus]

awesome

[BigBlackSmoke]

lots of people say that they know a lot of people who listen to nmh or jeff mangum, but around where i live in california, i'm the only person as far as i know who listens to nmh..except i played them for my friend, but he didn't like it, because all he listens to is punk rock and metal

[outofstep23x]

Originally posted by Un, Deux, Trois
I had a chance to hang out with Jeremy Barnes about a month ago and he told me what everyone in NMH was up to. Jeff is in NY, Julian is also in NY, Scott is in Athens and as for Jeremy, he is recording the new Hawk and a Hacksaw record in Albuquerque, NM. I got to hear some of Jeremy's new stuff and it's pretty amazing.

That's awesome. I just wish they would all get together and do something. I read an article where Jeff said that every once in a while he gets the urge to get the band back together, but the inspiration doesn't last long..

[BlueFox]

It's funny how a guy can basically dissapear off the face of the earth : /

But really if he wants some privacy he can just come here to old boring South Dakota. Hell I'm guessing I'm one of five people in the whole state who's even heard NMH.

Anyways I think Jeff Magnum will come back one day, reunite NMH and create an album just as amazing as Aeroplane Over the Sea. Or least I hope so...

[cuzak]

Originally posted by opopopo
aw, when i heard he was maybe in canada i hoped i'd see him roaming the streets of calgary... o well, nova scotia is so wonderfully beautiful, so if he is infact there, he's probably having a lovely time...

if i run into him in the woods or at the beach, i'll let you know :D

we nova scotians should meet up sometime. i mean, we all seem to live within an hr or two of each other. i currently live in truro. lets lounge at the beach! :cool:

[Edited on 7-20-2004 by cuzak]

[Un, Deux, Trois]

I hung out with Jeremy Barnes yesterday and i asked if he had talked to Jeff lately and he told me that he had just gotten back from a Buddhist Monestary. I belive he said in Asia, i thought it was really awesome. Oh, and Jeremy listened to my band and told me he enjoyed our music, so i got really happy. So if you want to check out my band go to www.wonderfulpeople.cjb.net

[s]

He was in NY? Eeeeeeeeeee......
Then he went to Asia? Japan, then?

[flockey86]

jeff is everywhere, and jeff is nowhere. and that's exactly where he wants to be.

i believe it was in that pitchfork article that had laura saying that none of the very few people in consistent contact with jeff would tell the truth as to his whereabouts.

the only credible facts that remain, however, are that he's been immersed in eastern european folk music, and going around recording much of it. according to orange twin, forthcoming 'field recordings' will be released. there's also that concert he and laura did in australia not too long ago... it doesn't really even matter. when he's ready to speak or play some more of the music we love for us, then we'll know about it.

[adrian]

cuzak that's prety funny that you live in truro. i spend the summers in pictou and go to university in halifax so you're right in the middle

[Insert Name Here]

I don't really understand why it matters where Mangum is. He'll be with us as long as he pleases, and we can enjoy his music while it lasts. As he said himself, "But don't hate her when she gets up to leave." Of course her should be him and she should be he, but it gets the point across. If he so desires to end his music-making then sobeit, and we should be happy that we've had an opportunity to enjoy him while we can.

[thecauseofgauze]

amen.

[Tuff Ghost]

I have a friend in NJ who knows this guy who is friends (or says he is) with Julian Koster. According to this friend of a friend according to Julian Jeff is living on a coast somewhere in the US next to an amusment park his friend runs. To make the story even better his friend let's Jeff ride the rides at night after it closes.

[opopopo]

Golly, I love rumors.

[BigBlackSmoke]

you know what i love? riding roller coasters after the park closes. actually ive never done it. but it sounds fun. well im from a coast...and a lot of amusement parks. even if it is not true, its fun to try and imagine jeff riding a roller coaster all by himself at night. wow, now im imagining a ferris wheel on fire because of the mention of amusement parks and jeff. the end

[DrinkTeaEatBooks]

Originally posted by Tuff Ghost
According to Julian Jeff is living on a coast somewhere in the US next to an amusment park his friend runs.

According to Julian, televisions are actually aliens who want to be like mankind, but can only reflect what they see in the world around them through their screens.

:)

Incidentally, I wouldn't believe anything that a friend of Jeff's says. Because they'd want to protect Jeff's privacy, because they, more than anyone, would know that's what he'd want.

However, I did hear a story about a pig farm in Goa...

[Edited on 25-9-2004 by DrinkTeaEatBooks]

[Zaubermausi]

i concur.

[Harnk]

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

[auxiliaryoctopus]

You saw him at the marbles show, right? Did you talk to him?

[Harnk]

I said hello..shook his hand..walked away. That's it.

[Zaubermausi]

that's it? that's more than i'll ever be able to boast of!

[Claire]

Wow, he's kind of like Elvis!

[outofstep23x]

Originally posted by Harnk
I said hello..shook his hand..walked away. That's it.

I would love to able to do that.