― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Friday, 2 December 2005 02:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tyler Wilcox (tylerw), Friday, 2 December 2005 03:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― cdwill, Friday, 2 December 2005 03:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― js (honestengine), Friday, 2 December 2005 05:22 (eighteen years ago) link
I've loved them both times I've seen them, and like all the LPs, though And Nothing... doesn't get much play.
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 2 December 2005 08:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tylerw (tylerw), Friday, 2 December 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link
But other than that, they've never been bad. And I told Ira Kaplan he was a Rock God at Maxwells one time, and he was doubled over laughing with (or at) me. I was pretty drunk at the time.
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 2 December 2005 15:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 December 2005 15:14 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.yolatengo.com/ylt/hanukkah2005diary.html
I was at the Sun Ra Arkestra show Wednesday, which was fine (esp the jammy version of "Little Honda") except I found the comedians only mildly amusing.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 January 2006 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 2 January 2006 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Curmudgeon Steve (Steve K), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 01:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Their pieces with new-music horn players (Arkestra, Sabir Mateen, etc.) are the most disappointing collaborations since Dim Stars.
YLT were almost the Who circa 1968. Now they're the Who circa 1989. A huge and tragic waste.
― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 08:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― it was jody that killed the beast (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 08:48 (eighteen years ago) link
"Tragic waste" is a ridiculous overstatement even if you don't like the horn stuff. Having the same approach to your shows in 1992 and 2005 would be ossification.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link
The double 7" is spectacular. Nuclear War 12, not so much.
I have to agree though, some of the best shows I've ever seen were Yo La Tengo shows. When they're on, they're on.
― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Yea, but there are other approaches they could have taken (and could still take?) without "ossification'.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― rajeev (rajeev), Thursday, 13 July 2006 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 13 July 2006 19:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― DAVE's secret to fortu-Oh look! Shiny! (dave225.3), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:37 (seventeen years ago) link
(also, you literally couldn't see the band whether you were standing or not. I had no qualms about standing cuz I arrived after 9, and any everyone-sits protocol was out the window by then.)
In addition to the octopi-sex score, I like the funk stuff for "Shrimp Stories."
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 12:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― fongoloid sangfroid (sanskrit), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― fongoloid sangfroid (sanskrit), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― fongoloid sangfroid (sanskrit), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:32 (seventeen years ago) link
fun performance, but i'm with Morbs, really not a rock show at all. here's an interesting essay on Painlevé and a video example:
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/25/painleve.htmlhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8604649289441675492
― fongoloid sangfroid (sanskrit), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
also, i noticed Love Life of the Octopus was originally scored by Pierre Henry. pretty bold of them to redo that one.
― fongoloid sangfroid (sanskrit), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link
i would've liked to have made my own decision, is all.
it was a fun show!
― marc h. (marc h.), Friday, 14 July 2006 13:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 14:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Friday, 14 July 2006 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 14 July 2006 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, that was the next-best part for me too. I wondered why the drummer was so sleepy the rest of the time.
― Sundar (sundar), Friday, 14 July 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― fongoloid sangfroid (sanskrit), Friday, 14 July 2006 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1755/218yola0ne.jpg
― Sundar (sundar), Friday, 14 July 2006 21:39 (seventeen years ago) link
but its by no means necessary to have captions in a film/sound performance such as this, as you're there for the interplay between image and sound. captions distract to a certain extent, but its a minor quibble.
― fongoloid sangfroid (sanskrit), Friday, 14 July 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
I am glad to hear. I love those records but have never seen them live (Aislers Set, I have seen Yo La Tengo many times). Maybe they will get the bug and play again.
― grandavis, Monday, 18 December 2023 17:36 (four months ago) link
I only saw Aislers Set once and it was also 20 years ago but not supporting YLT, they were headlining. I think Comet Gain and the Would-Be-Goods were supporting them. Yes, it was, and the Lucksmiths
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 18 December 2023 23:13 (four months ago) link