Yes!
But no seriously, would you say the same thing about Matmos, Momus, or MtnGos or some other band you're "down with on the NET!"? No, because I think you are polite.
So be careful who you talk shit about because you could appear to be impolite (like me). Learn from my mistakes.
Steve Shasta
PS: Dude is a great musician and I'm deeply sorry that all that heavy-handed B&S pabulumic tripe that you listen to has made you a cloth-eared naif.
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
btw Stormy Davis OTM
What are you even talking about? Oh wait, M. Ward? Haha, I didn't even realize you'd gone back to what this thread is about. I dunno, man: I've heard a few M. Ward songs and they didn't really do much for me, but I kind of like the She & Him record.
But that's sort of a weird comment to be making re politeness, because if everyone on ILM held their tongues about bands they didn't like, the board would be doomed. And your comparison to Matmos, Momus, and the Mountain Goats doesn't really hold up, because M. Ward doesn't post on ILM.
I like some Belle & Sebastian stuff but certainly not all of it and I wouldn't even say that they're a fair representation of the kind of music I like. Still, even if they were, I'm not too bothered: I get frustrated when people misconstrue my intentions (as with your calling me out on the immigrants thread), but I'm not so insecure that I'm going to care how you feel about the music I like.
― jaymc, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyway, we both like Pavement and Fleetwood Mac, so it's all good, bro.
― jaymc, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
duuuuuuuude there is no way im as creepy as gabbneb
btw cankles otm
― deeznuts, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I think the new She & Him single, "In the Sun" was made for people who found "1-2-3-4" by Feist too hard-edged and ominous. It has a nice arrangement and subtly diverting MOR melody though.
― Freedom, Friday, 12 March 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
haven't heard it but great video
― gfunkboy (history mayne), Friday, 12 March 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Have you only watched it on mute so then, you filthy bugger? ;-)
― Freedom, Friday, 12 March 2010 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
this is like the most inconsequential and unmemorable music ever
sort of suspicious of people who are really, really into it
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 March 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Lord, to have as few cares as I did upthread.
Although jaymc still creeps me out, sorry bro.
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 March 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Also "she" knows more about Twin Peaks then anyone hardcore geek you know, it's rad.
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 March 2010 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
jaymc is super NOT creepy, trust me
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah but that's coming from you.
http://www.american.com/graphics/2008/february-02-08/Salt%20feature.jpg
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
suggest ban
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
picture me lollin
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is hilarious
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Am I crazy or is the new video somehow a takeoff of Britney's " Baby One More Time?"
― El Poopo Loco (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I READ HRO TOO
― gfunkboy (history mayne), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i've got mad love for M. Ward but this is wack.
― jed_, Friday, 12 March 2010 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf this thread
― Get the Flaps Out (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 March 2010 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
It's a good tune. I find amateurist's criticisms a tad on the millenarian side. ;-)
― Freedom, Saturday, 13 March 2010 06:26 (fourteen years ago) link
New album is streaming at NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124615798&ft=1&f=1039
On first listen, I like this a lot -- a lot more confident-sounding than the first record, if a little less "spontaneous."
― Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 16 March 2010 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
It's not bad, I pretty much agree with you from this listen. Still not sure if should bite on the amazonmp3 $5 release day thing going on right now...
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
should i go kill zooey deschanel? she is coming to my drown
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 24 March 2010 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
not very nice :-(
― banaka, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 04:28 (fourteen years ago) link
not a single pun about zooey and 500 Days of Summer here. Times are changing
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
just watched the In The Sun video. UNBEARABLE (hott).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ3cTwI9bIw
― mdskltr (blueski), Sunday, 6 June 2010 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
too bad about the music
― ksh, Sunday, 6 June 2010 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the idea of m. ward (who is a pretty amazing guitarist) in a west-coast 70s-style pop act.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 6 June 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
not sure this particular group is the best showcase for him in that role, but whatevs.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 6 June 2010 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
my crush on her died after seeing 500 Days of Summer
― Nhex, Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
now that you mention it, she didn't seem hot at all from what i recall of that movie.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:13 (thirteen years ago) link
katy perry is like her with tits?
always annoyed by how her parents went out of their way to give her a literary reference name then mispronounced it.
― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:19 (thirteen years ago) link
always annoyed by how her parents went out of their way to give her a literary reference name then mispronounced it.― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow)
― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow)
Never heard a note of hers, but I assume she was named after the JD Salinger book, "Frannie and Zooey"
― iago g., Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
always hear her called Zoe (s'pose this might not be her fault, but as a public figure she can dictate how her name is pronounced) when it should be Zoo-ey
― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
gotcha
― iago g., Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
i have never heard her name pronounced as Zoe
― unfinest states of america (some dude), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
lucky you.
― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty sure I've only heard her name pronounced as zoe
then again, I don't talk about zooey deschanel so much
― INSUFFICIENT FUN (bernard snowy), Sunday, 6 June 2010 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw something in Mojo (or somesuch) where she lists her favourite music.
"Odessey and Oracle", and such like.
She has very similar tastes, it seems, as our Alice.
― Mark G, Monday, 7 June 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Her name was made famous by author J.D. Salinger, who wrote the classic Catcher in the Rye and the best-selling Franny and Zooey. But frisky young actress Zooey Deschanel is refreshingly defiant about how it’s pronounced. I told her I always thought it was Zooey as in “zoo.” Yet she pronounces the “oo” sound as in “oh.” Maybe we should ask Salinger, I suggested. Zooey wasn’t having any of that! “I don’t really care what Salinger says about my name,” she said. “It’s my name.”
Going to see this chick 2nite.
― jaymc, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, Slate suggests that Salinger's Zooey was meant to be pronounced like Zoe:http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/tags/zooey/default.aspx
― jaymc, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i looked up some talk show appearances on youtube and the hosts all said it like 'zoe' so i guess it was just people IRL saying it like 'zoo-ey' after all. go fig.
― some dude, Monday, 7 June 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
to think we could have had her drowned back in 2008
― plax (ico), Monday, 7 June 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
feeling pretty shame-faced if Salinger meant it to be pronounced Zoe!
― Lil' Lj & The World (jim in glasgow), Monday, 7 June 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i apologise, zooey deschanel!
It's a shame that Ms. Deshanel can't sing on key to save her life.
― Darin, Monday, 7 June 2010 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw She & Him in Cleveland last night. Good show, Zooey and M. Ward have lots of onstage chemistry and the audience obvs loves her. They've got a crack band with them too (Dan Horne, Louie Stephens, Aaron Sperske, who have been in bands like the Lilys and Beachwood Sparks). Don't know where this "can't sing on key" stuff comes from -- she came out and did a couple songs with openers Chapin Sisters, who also backed up her set, and she was fine. They did some fairly sophisticated 3-part harmony stuff and I never heard anything that made me cringe.
― I guess for copraphiles this is gonna be awesome (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 11 June 2010 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Didn't do this.
Apparently the crowd was ridic.http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1277/4681477771_b095eae983.jpg
― jaymc, Friday, 11 June 2010 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVz6TCT5Bjs
― buzza, Saturday, 22 December 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
GOD THE SHIT I WOULD PUT IN HER ASS
― cankles
― buzza, Saturday, 22 December 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
ahh .. that picture that jaymc posted ..
happy days.
3 weeks of chi-town life, living opposite that park during free concert season.
i didn't stay for she & him due to the crowd excess - was truly insane ..
― mark e, Saturday, 22 December 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
We've still got
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSq1cez_flQ
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Saturday, 22 December 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
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jshchingchongchoocho 1 month ago
notice how his feet are pointing in her direction...
Is that just some pick-up artist "look for the signs of attraction" talk?
― Cunga, Saturday, 22 December 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOS3yG95_5k
― ARE YOU HIRING A NANNY OR A SHAMAN (Phil D.), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
It looks like every promo picture they use she just saw a UFO or something.
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