chinatown through I typed for miles is unimpeachable
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:07 (seven years ago) link
its all good tho
ha, i saw JTB and promise ring (with local act alkaline trio opening) a month before that show
xposts to evan
― gr8080, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xJ1jxaR.jpg
― gr8080, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:10 (seven years ago) link
I rode with a bunch of friends through a blizzard to Lancaster, PA to try to see JTB. The ride took several hours longer than anticipated, and we got to the club just as the front doors were opening and people began filing out, singing "Sweet Avenue" as they strolled past us.
― cwkiii, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
xp Damn, that's a lineup! Yeah, I think there was some fluky thing where two tours crossed paths are were put onto one bill ($6! at a pretty big club). I couldn't even drive yet, but I can't imagine what the older Fugazi fans must have though. Emo was pretty derided in punk circles here around that time (lots of bad jokes about Tickle Me Emo dolls and shit), and the city had kind of a conflicted relationship with The Promise Ring back then
― Evan R, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51nYx0TZZHL.jpg14. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity (1999)354 points, 11 votes, 1 number one
― Mordy, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
and how long would it take meto walk across the united statesall alone?
― cwkiii, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
the siamese dream of emo
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
and just really one of the best rock albums ever made imo
Simon, are you from Ottawa? I'm trying to work out if I might have seen your hardcore band.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
Also Compound Red's record would have been my ballot/nomination. Feel like they're mostly forgotten. But there's a SDRE vibe to them, maybe Fireside (from what I remember, haven't listened to Fireside inawhile)
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
And with that, Brad persuades me to give this a chance.
I should give it a listen too.
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
this album does indeed rock
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
true story: i wrote an email to Jim Adkins asking him if "goodbye sky harbor" was about A Prayer for Owen Meany bc it was my favorite book and he replied about a month later thanking me for writing and confirmed that yes it was about A Prayer for Owen Meany and it was his favorite book too
― gr8080, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
i know this is the masterpiece but i still like static prevails and bleed american better
― gr8080, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:21 (seven years ago) link
I don't mind Bleed American tbh, although "Sweetness" is the real standout.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
weirdo xp
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
My mum loves a prayer fr owen meany. I bought it about 17 years ago and still not read it but i let her read it and shes read it a few times
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
nah, but I'm not giving out any more hints lol
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:25 (seven years ago) link
its so good!
xp
― gr8080, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
i meant to tell this story when static prevails placed, but i took my then eleven-year-old brother to see JEW play to a crowd of about 25ppl on a school night in 1997.
when clarity was all his freshman-year friends' favorite album a few years later he had major cool points
nice
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
Heh, there's going to be an all-90s cover band show tonight, with my friend playing in a Fugazi cover band, but I probably can't make it since I'm leaving Ottawa tomorrow.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41i%2BWfTsldL.jpg13. Juno - A Future Lived in Past Tense (2001)384 points, 10 votes, 1 number one
― Mordy, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
HOLY SHIT ONCE AGAIN I LOVE YOU ALL
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
I have a stronger emotional connection to TITWIGAGAG but I think I now agree with the apparent consensus that this is the better album, they seem to have just pushed right up to every limit
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
fuck yeah! cinderella story
― devvvine, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
wow
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
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― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
I voted for the other Juno album based on one listen. I couldn't find all of this one.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
I can't take all the credit but this is definitely my most substantive contribution to ILM, and indeed perhaps life itself
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
I only listened to the other one and voted for it. Excited to check this out soon.
― Lebro v. Wade (Spottie), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
also both Nate Mendel of SDRE and Nick Harmer of DCFC play on this album
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
and there's a secret code
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
can't believe hoos didn't drop in for this poll
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
damn
― gr8080, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
With all the enthusiasm for Juno and the fact theyre on the same label as Shiner, ive just bought both Juno cd's from discogs
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link
xpsyeah amazed at lack of hoos
Oh man I've got soooo much listening to do after this poll.
Wish I hadn't clicked that abysmal Rob Mitchum review tho
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
honestly not much better than the Brent D rave for the first album where he calls them "the Radiohead of punk"
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 10 March 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
Oh dear
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 10 March 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41kQTGREWUL.jpg12. Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology (1998)385 points, 11 votes, 1 number one
― Mordy, Friday, 10 March 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
lol
― gr8080, Friday, 10 March 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Another i cut from my ballot
― Odysseus, Friday, 10 March 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
this is a terrible album that i love and voted for
hahaha
― cwkiii, Friday, 10 March 2017 18:08 (seven years ago) link
i should have voted. frame & canvas and desaparecidos should have been way higher! come on those are like top 5 emo classics. along with appleseed cast's LLO. hmm, turns out that what should have happened aligns very closely with my personal held opinions, pretty odd!
― Karl Malone, Friday, 10 March 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Pretty. Odd.
― Mordy, Friday, 10 March 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link