good post that explains my great liking for Holiday - it isn't 'well recorded' or expensive-sounding (69LS feels MUCH more expensive) but it is a bedroom synth-layering masterpieceif anything, The Charm... has an even more astonishing sound-world, with a sort of bizarro alt-country thrown in amongst the twinkling, meshing anti-popOTM, those are def my two favorite MF records for similar reasons, followed closely by Distortion, which is I think a perfect execution of its concept (Stephin Merritt songs + the sonic palette of Psychocandy)
― J. Sam, Thursday, 24 February 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
He has said that he may be on the autism spectrum.[29][30]
Lots of people say this - about themselves and others.
It may be wise to be cautious and circumspect in applying these terms to people when full diagnoses are not available.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 24 February 2022 19:22 (two years ago) link
idk, cinical diagnostic criteria for most spectrum disorders were not available until very recently, so lots of adults who showed obvious spectrum traits as children went undiagnosed. if there are adults who believe they fit the profile & it helps explain challenges they have faced or continue to face & self-identify as being on the spectrum, but have little incentive to seek a formal diagnosis, then there's no need to be overly circumspect in applying these terms imo.
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Friday, 25 February 2022 00:05 (two years ago) link
Finding 50 Song Memoir to be grand fun
― imago, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I kind of love it now. Particularly the stretch from Hustle 76 to Dreaming in Tetris, which is almost 100% solid, but there some winners on either side of that too.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 20:29 (two years ago) link
"'69: Judy Garland" is great; I play it for my Gay Life & Culture class when I cover Stonewall.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 20:36 (two years ago) link
Had a blast seeing them in Amsterdam yesterday. Claudia isn't there for this tour and that did feel like a gap on stage but the instrumentation was excellent nevertheless. They played 30 songs in one and a half hour (obviously including several short songs from Quickies, but most of their songs aren't long anyway), I was pleasantly surprised with some excellent picks from Holiday: Desert Island, The Flowers She Sent & The Flowers She Said She Sent; Take Ecstasy With Me - so good!
― Valentijn, Monday, 12 September 2022 11:26 (one year ago) link
Someone posted their first show from 1990 recently (as well as another from 1990 on their channel)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn8OrCNapZQ
― city worker, Friday, 30 September 2022 12:34 (one year ago) link
Wow, thanks!! Other early live TMF videos from that same uploader:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvRRPNhkKo4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0hcyZ0ep0w
And there's even a little TMF after this Swirlies show (the link brings you right to the TMF stuff):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-N73NEMlAc
So in addition to Stephin, Claudia and Sam, I think that's Johny Blood on tuba (only in the "first show" video), Nell Beram on guitar, and Phylene Amuso on bass.
― ernestp, Saturday, 1 October 2022 03:25 (one year ago) link
Ah that last video (Swirlies) should've started at 38:58 - so just go to that time for the TMF content.
― ernestp, Saturday, 1 October 2022 03:27 (one year ago) link
!!!
EXCITING NEWS! In celebration of the 25th anniversary of 69 Love Songs, we'll be doing a limited run of shows next year in which we will perform all 69 songs in order over 2-night residencies in March-April 2024. Sign up for the presale now: https://t.co/IDdshJvOVQ pic.twitter.com/yFBO1n99v0— The Magnetic Fields (@TheMagFields) June 22, 2023
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 June 2023 17:49 (eleven months ago) link
Sadly no LD Beghtol, who died in 2020. Did they ever say what happened, Covid or something else?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 23 June 2023 00:25 (eleven months ago) link
Never saw cause of death spelled out
https://www.chickfactor.com/rip-ld-beghtol-splendid-butterfly/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 June 2023 15:39 (eleven months ago) link