― Angsty, Thursday, 29 March 2007 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bill A, Friday, 30 March 2007 11:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― bernard snowy, Friday, 30 March 2007 13:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 March 2007 13:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Angsty, Friday, 30 March 2007 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish, Friday, 30 March 2007 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link
vast rofflage at the spinal tap pic!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 March 2007 23:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― alex in montreal, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― artdamages, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Patrick's new Stephen Hero album it out, if anyone is still listening. His voice is still great and Julian guests on one track - what a tease!
― Mr. Odd, Monday, 17 September 2007 01:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I've had everything but Love Is Hell for quite a while, and love it all pretty equally. Very consistent band. Still can't seem to track down that first record, though, and I've been looking for years...
― stephen, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
So you're saying you need a CDR burn, then.
(Nothing's turned up on Amazon? Odd, it did get a nice rerelease on A&M over here.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't do a lot of online shopping, too impersonal. Maybe it's time to check Amazon/eBay for this one though.
― stephen, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
ah yes, Amazon is loaded. i may have to look into that.
― stephen, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Just placed an order for the 2CD version of Capsule, very excited. Are there any key tracks on the b-sides/live/acoustic/etc. disc that I ought to pay extra-special attention to?
― stephen, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Post a tracklisting for that again. There are indeed some spectacular ones.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Full tracklisting at http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3zfixq8aldhe
Andy K sez:
The first 2500 copies of the set came with a second disc of B-sides and radio-session versions, several of which wouldn't be undeserving of first-disc placement -- see the alternately dreary and blissful storms of "Glittery Dust," and the anti-Thatcher "Margaret's Injection," in particular, along with the 12" (albeit inferior) version of "4 Men."
― stephen, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes to all that.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 September 2007 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard a track on the radio and thought it was Patrick from KOD back and not very good.
It turned out to be "An End Is A Start" by Editors.
― Alba, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Roffles
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
"Prize" is beautiful.
― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 01:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Indeed it is.
"Do I get a prize..."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Was just listening to the demo version earlier today; because the 3rd time ep was my introduction to them I think I actually even prefer it to the album one.
― Bill A, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahah, I was listening to the demo yesterday. Mindmeld etc.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Prize was the first song of theirs I heard and it was so good it sort of ruined the rest of their stuff for me.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Doubtless the KoD fans here have already picked up on the surprising amount of live footage that's on youtube, but may as well link just in case. I like to think it's a measure of the love for them that still exists that people lugged video cameras to gigs back in the '90s and are now uploading that footage years later. I went to this show in Brum, so it's extra weird to find it again, and although you can't see much you can *hear* everything:
― Bill A, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
And then there were the Toilets of Destruction:
http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xxnh0_RileyELFuk_toilets-of-destruction-12oct-91
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
The Ride cover/parody = roffles.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link
There's a funny version of 'Prize' there too. WHat was this gig all about then?
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
They did random shows in this vein under the Toilets of Destruction name in London every so often -- I remember hearing about them at the time. What's nice is hearing how clearly they all become Kitchens songs thanks to the tone of Julian's guitars in particular!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, very true, and there's always that voice too. I'd normally hate "wacky" stuff like this, but those are pretty endearing clips.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
That cover of "Heroes" is great - as you say, Ned, it's unmistakeably Kitchens once Swales gets his guitar all over it.
― Bill A, Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:38 (fourteen years ago) link
So I knew absolutely nothing about these guys, had only heard the name a couple times before and, for some reason, had a vague notion that they were most post-punk than shoegaze. Anyway, happened across a $1.99 copy of The Death of Cool and, remembering it being on Ned's 90s list, grabbed it without another thought. OH MY GOD. Fantastic discovery, must find more.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 7 August 2010 05:36 (thirteen years ago) link
They kind of are more postpunk etc but it's in how you define it. And glad you liked it!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 August 2010 05:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I can see the influence, but in my mind I was picturing something closer to Josef K (I have no idea where this came from!).
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 7 August 2010 05:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Another great gig from '92, rare *daytime* footage on this occasion. Wish they could have played Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens in such a manner...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYOkZZMy-Eg&feature=channel
― Bill A, Friday, 13 August 2010 13:22 (thirteen years ago) link
remembering it being on Ned's 90s list, grabbed it without another thought. OH MY GOD. Fantastic discovery, must find more.
This seriously happened to me at least a dozen times from 2005-2007 era.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 13 August 2010 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, well, glad to help!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 August 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow that live clip sounds even better than the record!
― daavid, Friday, 13 August 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I had the same Ned's 90s experiences between about 2000 & 2002.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 14 August 2010 06:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Tempted to start a "best album from Ned's 136 that I don't already have & love" poll...
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Saturday, 14 August 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
listening to the shimmer in the outro of 'blue pedal' just now, it's like a second sun. i only saw them live twice. i still remember the first show most with kingmaker and bleach and they played shiver, mad as the snow and polaroids consecutively and it was the most beautiful thing ever. what an amazing band.
― keythhtyek, Sunday, 15 August 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
"Strange Free World" is just utterly epic - I played it driving home from a music festival and I was pushing 90 before I knew it. "Drive That Fast" indeed!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 16 August 2010 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
my wife refers to this excellent band as "kitchens of destruction"
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Thursday, 13 January 2011 04:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Well there's Toilets of Destruction and all.
And...I happen to be wearing my Strange Free World shirt this very minute.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 January 2011 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
a/s/l?
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Thursday, 13 January 2011 05:44 (thirteen years ago) link
tell me what else u are wearing ;)
Lord.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 January 2011 05:48 (thirteen years ago) link
you started it ;_;
― ilxor this could be a standout thread for you imo (ilxor), Thursday, 13 January 2011 05:50 (thirteen years ago) link
"kitchens of destruction" - reading this, the first thing that popped into my head was the phrase being sung to the tune of "symphony of destruction" by megadeth
― big ed girlie (Pillbox), Thursday, 13 January 2011 06:35 (thirteen years ago) link