Ghost - classic or dud, search and destroy

those batoh/espvall CDs shouldn't be slept on

wait how many are there? I like the one I have a lot (weirdest version of St. James Infirmary Blues ever?)

er I mean Death Letter

there's that one, and then another one that came out last year ... Overloaded Ark. Might be better than the first one!

(and yeah that Death Letter was weeeeeird!)

I feel like Kurihara is like the secret hero of the last decade in music. Everything he touched turned to gold!

his solo album is great. last track is like whoa

yeah, that is worth picking up -- think it was released on Damon & Naomi's label? there's a bunch of stuff of his i haven't heard, judging from this page: http://www.wfmu.org/~rlim/kuri/k_intro.html
someone made me a mix of his career up to 2004 or so though.

Damn, what an impressive discography! And it seems to mostly stop shortly after 2000.

he has certainly played in a lot of bands!

yeah, that is worth picking up -- think it was released on Damon & Naomi's label?

yep. that's the one. sunset notes.

bookmarked that wfmu page. whoa!

I have an extra copy of Sunset Notes, will be throwing it up on eBay for a few bucks shortly... anyone want it here instead, for relatively cheap?

yup

All yours once I can dig it out of my moving boxes...

picked up used copy of the 1st Batoh/Espvall LP on drag city tonight .. so good

also, aren't we due for a new Ghost ... I am a SELFISH bastard ... need new Ghost

I have Lama Rabi Rabi and Snuffbox Immanence....I feel bad about getting out of touch with them.

Stormy do you have the 2nd one, Overloaded Ark? even better imo.

I saw Boris play with Kurihara on guitar and it was pretty incredible, so I got Hypnotic Underworld. I was bored to tears. I'd like to like these guys. What am I supposed to like about these guys?

dunno, if hypnotic underworld bored you to tears, then maybe Ghost isn't for you. that's probably the best entry point to the band ...

Don't expect Ghost to be like Boris. You could try Snuffbox Immanence too. Do u like Flower Travelin' Band?

half of hypnotic underworld is amazing; other half meanders.

yeah, they're nothing like boris.

I have and dig Satori, but I get more of a 13th Floor Elevators vibe from FTB than Ghost. What is Snuffbox Immanence?

sleeve, I do not have 'Overloaded Ark' yet ... it is totally on my list!!

Zorn guy .. um, Flower Travelling Band and Ghost are entirely different bands ... what are you , racist?

anyway, you're a very lame troll but yeah 'Snuffbox Immanence' is a Ghost LP. and it fucking rules

oh and for the record, Ghost >>>>>>>>> Boris

Whooooooooa friend, somebody asked me if I liked FTB and I answered the question. Troll yourself.

ehhhhh , whatever .... Boris is such a joke of a band, really ...

I love my Leningrad Blues Machine, A.N.P., Fushitsusha, Boredoms, White Heaven, and Hanadensha LPs, thank you very much. ... but i have no idea how this mid-tier band "Boris" got levitated to such god-like status in recent years, I mean they are good but by no means worthy of the hype

and you are right, I did miss the part where adamrl asked you about FTB, so I apologize about that (altho i still think that is weird.. the two bands sound totally different...)

and FTB don't sound like the elevators!

Idk I'm not accusing them of ripping them off or anything, I just hear a lot of Satori in Easter Everywhere and vice versa.

And I'm not gonna defend Boris. You like em or you don't. I do, like, a bunch.

All that fun stuff having been said, I am getting Snuffbox Immanence as we speak.

waht is happening on this thread

lol. i figured boris to have a big ilm fanbase (i'm ambivalent about boris, mostly).

I have apparently stirred the pot? xp

And Daniel I don't know that I represent ILM by any means, but if I recall correctly their polls here have been popular affairs.

boris are hit or miss but when they hit they hit hard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cjUITjfwcg

ghost are a little more consistent but yeah they're not like boris much

i am confident that you represent ilm.

both are great fuck the haters

Amon Duul??

Right I mean I feel like saying that "Boris is consistent" is like saying "restaurants are consistent." There are so many different kinds of Boris that you can't rely on them to do The Thing They Do because there is no Thing. There is just The Stuff.

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lol @ fushitsusha fan calling out boris for not living up to the hype

you are kidding right? ever seen Fushitsusha live? I am guessing not ... Boris are so mediocre , Fushitsusha move mountains

why would i have seen them live? after hearing so much about the legendary haino that i had to investigate, i was treated to albums worth of really dull stoner garage.

boris v. fushitsusha shaping up like godzilla v. megalon.

Boris are seriously one of the lamest bands ever. They put their finger to the wind, thought that being Japanese and doing sludge a-la Melvins would be the way to go. dude I bought the fucking Melvins 'Bullhead' LP on Boner when the fucker first came out. so "Boris" decided to tie their wagon to the Japanese hard rock tradition. well, they don't match up. it actually depresses me that folks like Akita work with them. And people like 'call all destroyer' get all defensive about their beloved Boris. Fuck Boris, they fucking suck compared to the great Japanese rock bands

Fushitsusha live at the Empty Bottle in 1997 was truly a life-changing show ... just unreal....

oh now it's fucking on

i was ready to let it go but

This thread is A+++ hi-larious

Speaking of being a racist, it's cool that Boris thought "being Japanese" would be the way to go, real clever of you to catch that

yeah it is

i mean, the very idea...

the very idea that you can even COMPARE Fushitsusha to a bunch of lamestains like Boris is fucking hilarious

Fushitsusha one of the best entities of all fucking time