― wickerbocker please (hammy), Friday, 24 September 2004 00:58 (nineteen years ago) link
agreed
― frankE (frankE), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:25 (nineteen years ago) link
One thing: At least I'll give him credit for a sense of humour, recording a track called "E-Bow The Letter" and NOT actually using the e-bow on said track. Assuming that actually WAS a joke of some kind. Never could tell with those guys.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 24 September 2004 14:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 24 September 2004 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Friday, 24 September 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Also a great porn star name!
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 24 September 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Then again, "Country Feedback" also consists of mostly what the title tells us :)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 24 September 2004 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stew S, Friday, 24 September 2004 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 24 September 2004 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link
um, I think there's e-bow in that. There was in the video. -- manthony m1cc1o
there's ridiculous amounts of e-bow in that song. including the two-note lead. -- Joseph Cotten
Sorry, my mistake. (Well, not ENTIRELY mine: I actually read that somewhere recently and just assumed it was correct! I've never even HEARD "E-Bow The Letter", to my knowledge.)
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 30 September 2004 09:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 30 September 2004 09:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― peter $.., Thursday, 30 September 2004 09:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― peter $.., Thursday, 30 September 2004 09:19 (nineteen years ago) link
so here's what Buck is doing post - R.E.M.http://journaldelpacifico.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Todos-Santos-Music-Festival-Poster-231x300.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://journaldelpacifico.com/blog/music-festival/
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone heard the Peter Buck solo album yet? I ordered it on impulse the other night, still waiting for it to show up.
― trebek sajak iii (cwkiii), Thursday, 1 November 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/slicingupeyeballs/peter-buck-10-million-bc-rem
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
hmm, sounds like steve wynn
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.daysofthecrazy-wild.com/audio-new-peter-buck-corin-tucker-supergroup-debut-12-songs-at-portlands-secret-society/
― Tom Waits for no one (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
encouraging? but please, don't name this band "super-Earth."
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 3 May 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
TS: super-Earth vs. SuperHeavy
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 May 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
Get a haircut u tramp
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 3 May 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
Ridiculously stoked about this.
― kaleb, Sunday, 4 May 2014 07:47 (ten years ago) link
Yeah same
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 4 May 2014 09:32 (ten years ago) link
Cool. The tragic curse of recording and performing solo under his own name is that he can never break up. Super groups are more dramatic and suspenseful.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 4 May 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
The new solo album, I Am Back to Blow Your Mind Once Again, is pretty good! Looking forward to super-Earth, which seems like a natural evolution from the two solo records: Rieflin and McCaughey have been his backing band for a while now, and the songs with Tucker have been highlights of both records, so this makes sense. Anyway, I'm excited!
― cwkiii, Monday, 5 May 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Krist is in: http://www.spin.com/articles/krist-novoselic-super-earth-peter-buck-corin-tucker-rem/
― some dude, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 00:05 (ten years ago) link
that's a weird vibe-combination, i think?
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
every generation gets their travelin' wilburys
― andrew m., Tuesday, 6 May 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
if someone from the Fastbacks was already in the mix, i don't feel like having Novoselic dramatically offsets that makeup. anyway it seems like Buck-Tucker is the songwriting team and the other guys are just filling out the sound.
― some dude, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:57 (ten years ago) link
http://thebaseballproject.net/
So is Buck no longer in this group? I think sometimes he records with them, but doesn't tour. Haven't heard the 3rd release that cam out in March
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
I didn't hear anything about him leaving the group. Mike Mills is involved now, too.
http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2014/03/29/baseball-project-third-album - this was linked on the official R.E.M. site recently.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
i like the idea of these old college rockers making albums about baseball, but i have no real desire to hear the results. but maybe someone can convince me...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
Not me. :)
Something about Scott McCaughey has always rubbed me the wrong way, though. Maybe if you're into Young Fresh Fellows et al you might dig it, but I was not a fan of the songs I heard.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
The songs about Ted Williams and Roy Halladay that I was forced to endure years ago still haunt me.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
Young Fresh Fellows are a band a like the idea of, but I've never really gotten into them. I mainly like ideas.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
I can't get past their sense of humor, which also pervades The Baseball Project. Which is a bummer, because I do love the idea of this band existing. I should probably just shut up and start my own baseball band, though.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
the Baseball Project is a fun idea with solid parts, but the end result isn't that great. it's clever here and there, but kinda bland overall. sorry to say...
i did see one of their shows a few years ago in a room that holds 100 ppl, and Buck *was* there (so he has toured w/ them at least once) ... I actually thought he toured but didn't really record, but that is based on basically nothing.
was cool to see Buck in a place that small, tho, regardless of the band around him, the music, etc.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
also, in case anyone missed it, this interview he did with a Portland alt-weekly a few weeks back is terrific:
http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22438-permanent_vacation.html
he comes off very cool and humble, and the story about the Verve is so great.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
few years ago, i found myself standing behind him at barney's in nyc, waiting to get our pants tailored. if you've ever wondered where rock stars buy their psychedelic velvet threads, now you've got one answer. i was buying threads that were neither psychedelic nor velvet, but you don't need to know that. anyway, the guy waiting on him said something like, "murmur was a great album," in a polite, deferential tone. buck glared back with the iciest eyes i've ever seen and said, "that was 15 years ago." neither buck nor the salesman opened his mouth again as far as i could tell
This is still hilarious
Going by the timeline, wasn't this when he really started to go to town with the "this is our best album ever" stuff?
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
haha, he did seem to go through a pretty grumpy phase, but those recent interviews seem like he's relaxed into being an ex-rock star. since we're talking about 'em, i just wrote this thing about super early R.E.M. : http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/335-invisible-hits-rem-in-1980/actually really love this stuff.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
thumbs up, tyler
― andrew m., Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Thumbs thirded. Great to read about the early REM boots. There's a full 1981 Tyrone's set up on youtube now which you probably know about. I've been an REM fan for years, but it was only with the internet that I was able to hear them. I did buy some bootlegs in the '90s but for some reason I never looked for the early ones. I can understand why the early tunes were never properly recorded, but there are some rough gems in there: catchy garage rockers played with tremendous energy and joy. Burning Down, Baby I and All The Right Friends are my faves, and it's nice to hear embryonic versions of Murmur and Reckoning tunes. Some of the covers are great fun too: they do a great Rave On in the Georgia Peaches Ripe boot. It would be great to have a official bootleg which compiled the best of the early songs along with some of the better covers. I don't think the band have any plans to do release this stuff though. IIRC Buck or Mills said in an interview that they were happy for them to float about online. That said, it would be nice to hear them with improved sound quality, if that's possible. What's maybe more likely, and feasible, is an '80s odds and sods compilation that goes beyond Dead Letter Office to cover ace unreleased tunes like Ages of You and That Beat - also the much sought after Elliot Mazer sessions... ok, enough REM geekery from me.
If I were to meet Buck I'd hope I didn't talk nonsense at him. I'd thank him for effectively teaching me to play guitar and hipping me to some great books when I was a teenager. I've always appreciated bands who share their cultural interests with their fans and Buck was like your weird record and book nerd uncle.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link
thanks dudes. IIRC Buck or Mills said in an interview that they were happy for them to float about online.i think i've read that buck is a pretty serious bootleg collector, so yeah, part of him probably is glad to have some bootleggy things out there. but it would be good for them to do an expanded version of Dead Letter Office (or something along those lines)! in some ways that's my fave REM album.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
You mean like this?
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
oh haha, hadn't heard of that! though i guess I was thinking more like a 1980-82 kinda comp. lord knows i don't need the lengthy club mix of finest worksong.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
Hah, the lengthy club mix is on my 90s Document reissue. It's not very good. There were some good cuts on those editions though, mostly nice covers and live acoustic versions.Fair enough to gather these together as a low key digital release, but we want proper rarities! Xmas fanclub EPs! Dubious covers of Mission of Burma and Television (but hey, they led me to check out the real thing so respect is due).One thing I'm surprised they've not put out is a deluxe vinyl reissue of Chronic Town. Maybe next RSD? Maybe it's not especially valuable - got mine in Glasgow SH for about £6 around 2000, but then REM's stock was less high back then. The IRS stuff is easy enough to come by, but the vinyl is pretty flimsy. Surely IRS/EMI are missing a trick there? Or maybe I'm missing the releases...
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
that story up-thread, about peter buck being a jackass to that fan, is legit disheartening.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 20:34 (ten years ago) link
I sometimes wonder what he thinks of fans of only the early REM stuff.
It seems he would be quite discerning/critical with bands he likes....that obviously, arent REM
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
it's really stupid to make records
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 00:03 (eight years ago) link
They are the biggest example of a band that stuck around too long.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 25 November 2015 01:06 (eight years ago) link
i'm relistening to those 1980 show links, i like that version of rem.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 21:22 (eight years ago) link
― Tom Waits for no one (outdoor_miner), Saturday, May 3, 2014 12:09 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
still waiting for this, but guess i need to hear the new stuff
TBP is maybe my favorite band now
― Comprehensive Nuclear Suggest-Ban Treaty (benbbag), Thursday, 26 November 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
really enjoying The No Ones - The Great Lost No Ones Album
https://the-no-ones.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-lost-no-ones-album
Peter Buck and his homie Scott McCaughey plus guys from a Norwegian power pop band called I Was a King that I'm not familiar with
really nice jangle stuff, not surprising but there are some really good songs on here and has good energetic feel
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link