u will henceforth be known as Grabob.
― ian, Saturday, 18 October 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
i might see them live in november but i can't imagine it not being boring
― eman, Saturday, 18 October 2008 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
hay eman i would smoke a bowl before that show if i were you
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Monday, 20 October 2008 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
true. this band is psychedelique.
― Choose Leif, Monday, 20 October 2008 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Re: "Ian" and "(GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ)" --
unused photograph by Trinie Dalton from the BBML feature she wrote for Arthur (which btw, is now available online in text form here)...
http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/trinienabob.jpg
― jaybabcock, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
These folks make pretty cool music, but that article on them in Arthur (http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/?p=3269) is kind of hard to take, I think. These two spout so many cliches. For example:
Nabob throws his head back and belly laughs, before finishing the riff. “East coasters are looking for their air conditioner power buttons so they don’t die. It’s like, Give me some iced tea and an air conditioner, and let’s watch the football game! In the West, it’s like, Come on out, the weather’s perfect, leave your clothes in the grass. Go surf! Kayak! Mountain bike!”
What is this guy talking about? Isn't it the American southwest, from New Mexico over to L.A. that's basically sucked all the water from the earth trying to maintain their precious lawns. And hell, last time I checked A/C wasn't just east of Mississippi. I could go on and on, but like somebody said above, I should just stick to the music and not read about them.
― QuantumNoise, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I think he was just pointint out that people on the west coast (probably northern california and pacific nw) are generally more into outdoor activities and in tune with nature around them.
― mizzell, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
that's a faulty assumption, though, and phrased incredibly poorly.
― ian, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, sure, i just don't get why people seem to get upset about it.
― mizzell, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
the piece in Fader def stuck more to music, maybe people should read that instead (sorry jay).
― mizzell, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
He just sounds like a clown.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not particularly upset about it, it's just laughable. And perhaps a shame that Nabob really thinks that geography is the appropriate way to stereotype people.
― ian, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
you said you were disgusted!he is just talking about how different regions of the country have different cultures with regards to the natural world. that's not stereotyping.
― mizzell, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
well, you implied you were disgusted.
i really don't want to defend these guys, let's just listen to the music.
― mizzell, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
a slight wtf? at the fact that the lp has a different cover than the cd. i still like it though.
i don't think it's a shocker that this guy has some retarded views about the world
― jordan s (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
also, the oppression song is a reworking of their old song which can be found on the split with bonny prince billie a few years ago.http://www.discogs.com/image/R-760036-1155992174.jpeg
― mizzell, Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Um, he is sterotyping. Tons of people I know in Boston love going skiing, camping, mountain biking, surfing, etc. in Vermont and Maine and shit.
People in the northeast savor "perfect weather" more than a lot of motherfuckers, that much I can tell you.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
It's just that I'd rather read about the band's interests in actual new age music, like how a relatively obscure but really quite influential character such as Iasos has informed their music and how they're now playing shows with him. That's a neat bridge between two generations. Then there's the interesting duality in their music. Although the group lives off the land in the middle of nowhere, the music, to these ears at least, doesn't totally reflect that. There is a certain urban vibe to it. But instead, I'm reading poorly formed thought on the environment. I'm into ecological issues, but I'd rather look to someone else for that stuff.
― QuantumNoise, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
clowns make good music sometimes
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
What does living "in tune with nature" mean?
― QuantumNoise, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
playing all your songs in the same key
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
re: QN. I love this! Nabob, defender of A/Cs and grass lawns? Are you HIGH, sir???
Re: Mizzell. The Fader? You want to read a magazine owned and operated by a slick big-money marketing company, fine. I mean, I'm glad they get good stuff in there (cough, tokenism, cough), but...
― jaybabcock, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know what your point is. All I'm saying is that this dude spouts a lot of nonsense.
― QuantumNoise, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
QN: Nabob's thought is pretty self-consistent, actually. Maybe you should re-read the piece, and pay attention to the stuff about Babylon.
― jaybabcock, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
What's the point? I'm high...
― QuantumNoise, Thursday, 23 October 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
have you ever read Arthur magazine... on weed??
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Thursday, 23 October 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
In my experience people that live out West are generally more into doing things outdoors. I went to a well-known outfitter here in Chicago and they didn't even sell tent stakes. It was mostly laptop bags and clothes. I think Nabob is OTM.
― Mark, Thursday, 23 October 2008 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
urban outfitters?
― omar little, Thursday, 23 October 2008 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Nabob's not really talking about outdoors so much as he is talking about wilderness.
― jaybabcock, Thursday, 23 October 2008 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:08 PM
so if i don't have any i shouldn't go?
― eman, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i'd see them with or without weed but since i havent seen them before i will defer to max on this one.
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i has seen it it is boring weed will not help
― put points on your face (ice cr?m), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
☻
― eman, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
hey eman maybe just stay at home and listen to the cd while you smoke a bowl.
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:18 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark
― grindcore is an end-run on HOOSic (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
― eman, Friday, November 14, 2008 3:33 PM
― eman, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
it disturbs me that these people are actually flakes hanging out in the woods instead of just some hipster put on
― put points on your face (ice cr?m), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
fursaxa and zomes (lungfish guitarist solo) are opening. any good?
celtix/nuggets & lakers/pistons is looking more likely
― eman, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Fursaxa is pointless. Maybe it's just my mood but I'm staying the fuck in and watching the NBA tonight.
― funky president (call all destroyer), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
need 2 to get some dankver nuggets
― eman, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
yah just lay back and get melo bro
― put points on your face (ice cr?m), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
lol @ outdated promo-sheet copy used on the club's website: "Her music has been compared to Nico's solo work and is often categorized among New Weird America artists." remember New Weird America guys???????
― eman, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
some dude called in to my radio show at 1 AM to request some Brightblack
luckily I was high
― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
freak folk reprezent!
― put points on your face (ice cr?m), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
still haven't heard the new album yet. is it any good?
indistinguishable from the new beyonce
― put points on your face (ice cr?m), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
new weird america failed as a genre because it was too confusing to abbreviate
― With a little bit of gold and a Peja (bernard snowy), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i played it at the wrong speed, like, all the way through, not having heard them before, and really enjoyed the shit out of it
when I realized my error, I also enjoyed it at 33
― J0hn D., Friday, 14 November 2008 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link