ha were there CHILLWAVE bands? i didn't even know! i could have encountered chillwave in the wild!
― thomp, Monday, 8 August 2011 12:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i went to this and the sound was super terrible in the tents. fell asleep in the front row of oneohtrix point never, slumped over the barrier. really starting to suspect narcolepsy.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Noise restrictions in Victoria Park.
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
it wasn't that it was too quiet it was just muddy and shit sounding for a lot of stuff. matthew dear i arrived for tide and could just about make out what he was singing.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Decibal limits don't just mean a show will be 'too quiet', they mean that the promoter will appropriately hire a sound rig appropriate to the limitations. It's hard enough to make an outdoor gig sound good, with an underpowered system it's near impossible.
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyway, gear gear gear, blah blah blah, there was dancing to "Rights For Gays" at a Hollywood gay bar last night.
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah?
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― 5ish finkel (goole), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
re: chillwave - my definition is very broad and loose and includes any current act that goes out of its way to make their sound indecipherable and muddy.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Owen P makes a good point about sound systems here. Hence why everything ended up sounding like chillwave.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
things tend to just sound rubbish in tents idk? i'm kindof over festivals maybe.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
also a one day festival with eight stages x twelve acts (or whatever) is not going to have the most engaged people doing sound - particularly if they either have to i. deal with another one-day festival with same the next day or ii. bugger off and get out of the way for whoever is
i wonder if there's any attempt made to maintain continuity in re: what kind of music tent x is, between underage and field day and the apple cart. (the latter has spoken-word and comedy and possibly cooking tents so is possibly an outlier)
― thomp, Monday, 8 August 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
field day made me feel bored with the idea of festivals, except when i ate things. though, to be honest, i could have just gone to venn st. market.
also one friend turned up with a girl not his girlfriend and another friend's girlfriend left with another guy, so all told it was an interesting day
― thomp, Monday, 8 August 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
@ Plaxico festivals can have great sound, just not in Victoria Park.
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
i got super bored about ten minutes into omar souleyman and left to go to a party instead.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck tents imo. worst way to enjoy live music. i find them unbearable - especially dance tents. what's the point if you're so squashed you can't dance?
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
(or Hyde Park, or whatever park it is they have Pitchfork).
― classic albums live! (Ówen P.), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
after konono no 1 started empty and ended with a packed tent i made a bet that the opposite would happen with souleyman, and only hardened pseuds would remain. i lost
xposts
unrelatedly, i listened to john maus again today. i enjoy the first album a great deal, and would like to thank whiney g weingarten for bringing it to my attention
― thomp, Monday, 8 August 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway like i said this was probably in part due to me being mid mood crash and chronically falling asleep at spontaneous moments but yeah i've generally found that at festivals the sound in open air stages is considerably better than in tents. tents tend to be super echoey.
― ℗⎣▲✘ (ico), Monday, 8 August 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
this baths album is pretty good too
― thomp, Monday, 8 August 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
THEY CALL ME THE BELIEVEEEEEERRRRR
― Sonny Chevrotain (dog latin), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
remember this guy?
― cream of some young dude (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
John Maus Reading List:
http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/29/phds-and-dropouts-killer-mike-kreayshawn-and-john-maus-talk-school/5/
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 5 September 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
The interview is better than most people's interviews.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:07 (thirteen years ago) link
he's pretty cute imo; wkiw and talk about Adorno w/this guy
― sarahel, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i have the phrase "worthless VHS idiot" permanently in head now
― goole, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the thread was awesome. Sorry cute nervous Maus guy we all love you!
― wolves lacan, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Reach his press contact here: christ✧✧✧@motormouthme✧✧✧.c✧✧
That contact is for John Witchmaus
― moley, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I CARE
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
The record is still really amazing...
― Clarke B., Saturday, 24 September 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
THEY CALL ME THE BELIIIIIEEEEEVER
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:10 (twelve years ago) link
:-D
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
Can anyone enlighten me on some of his lyrics? I mean the man talks in rambling curlicues during interviews and then his songs tend to have just a couple of lines about Jackie Chan flashing across the world. I know very little about critical theory...
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:28 (twelve years ago) link
I mean the man talks in rambling curlicues during interviews and then his songs tend to have just a couple of lines about Jackie Chan flashing across the world.
― plee help i am lookin for (crüt), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
xp neither does Maus
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:31 (twelve years ago) link
BOOM!
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:34 (twelve years ago) link
Still haven't entirely unravelled my initial misconception that this fellow was the long-lost third (and now decidely late) walker brother, returned to critical attention :(
― mark s, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
When I meet other Ariel Pink fans, I feel like we understand each other, until I discover they also like John Maus, and then I wonder what it is they like about Ariel Pink, because the two are not even in the same ballpark.
Has anyone seen Exit Through the Gift Shop? I think of Ariel Pink as Banksy, and John Maus as Mr. Brainwash.
Now, if John Maus turns out to be an elaborate hoax, a Kaufmann-esque artistic statement created by Ariel Pink himself, then I would be the first to applaud both of them. I still wouldn't listen to John Maus' music, though...
― PublicRadio, Thursday, 12 April 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, okay.
Was it okay to like Maus when he was playing keyboards for Ariel?
― polyphonic, Thursday, 12 April 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
Whatever scam they are running, it's getting both of them lots of alt pussy.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 April 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
aka fleshlights
― curtains will become your drapes (Ówen P.), Thursday, 12 April 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
pretty much agree w/ public radio's post
― dmr, Thursday, 12 April 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
valuable new posters
― thomp, Thursday, 12 April 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
note: it is possible to like things that "are not even in the same ballpark." some people manage to like a great many different things. god knows why, but they do.
― BEMORE SUPER FABBY (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 April 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
also: my whole world's coming apart is a good song. not too concerned abt whether banksy or mr brainwash gets to claim credit.
― BEMORE SUPER FABBY (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 April 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
i think the poster is referring to "the ballpark of quality"
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 April 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
no such thing
― BEMORE SUPER FABBY (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 April 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link