Just realized Apocalypse didn't make the list. It isnt my fave Bill Callahan/Smog album but it seemed to get more critical attention than his last few so kinda surprised it didn't turn up.
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 5 February 2012 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
i once recorded myself reciting that post and posted it on 77 or 1p3 or somewhere i don't remember
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:12 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
shit where is this thread I can't find it now, all time classic
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 February 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
haha damn i wanna hear that rev!
― dave coolier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 5 February 2012 05:01 (twelve years ago) link
seriously...sarge?
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 February 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
iirc when that thread got bumped all the recordings had expired? it was tragic.
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 February 2012 05:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=80027
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 February 2012 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
fuuuck theyre not up anymore
― tebow gotti (k3vin k.), Sunday, 5 February 2012 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
if anyone's on what.cd i made a collage of everything (except the ILX Lulus and the Dawn Richard tape):
http://what.cd/collages.php?id=11985
http://i.imgur.com/Vlfo1.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/bjzD1.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/uxjiL.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/sTJlJ.png
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:08 (twelve years ago) link
Nice work gr80!
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago) link
I just hope it won't lead to a massive influx of what.cd users, because srsly, 90% of the people on there are complete tools. They will demand a FLAC version of ILX.
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:35 (twelve years ago) link
i lossless x
― regal xenophobe (electricsound), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link
What's what.cd?
― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:52 (twelve years ago) link
A torrent site
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:55 (twelve years ago) link
oops i had the mountain goats tape on instead of the album-- fixed it
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 5 February 2012 10:57 (twelve years ago) link
lbi, its an invite only torrent site, big difference :(
― Jibe, Sunday, 5 February 2012 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
True. I'll see if I have some invites later to share with youse.
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 5 February 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
that'd be greatly appreciated ^^
― Jibe, Sunday, 5 February 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Cough
― "bruh" is the black bro (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 February 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
what invite what.cd
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
4 reals tho i have one, 1st person to prove they didnt vote for katy b, webmail me.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
lol of all the things to take a stand against
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
i'm with grady on that one tbh
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Oh gr8080 just as I was invited to what.cd last week. You crazy for this one.
― Tired of these edcuated basic bitches. (lilsoulbrother), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
woulda voted for katy b, sorry
― "bruh" is the black bro (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 February 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
actually no, i wouldn't have but she woulda been like #36 or something
lol a destroyer fan doesn't get katy b
endless lols
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 6 February 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
why would they ever understand fun i guess
I didn't vote for anyone, invite me to what.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 6 February 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
i dont get destroyer or katy b.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 6 February 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
invite you to what? xp
― flopson, Monday, 6 February 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
the invite has been claimed.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 6 February 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
and katy b isnt fun
hey gr80 whats your what login
― flopson, Monday, 6 February 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
hint: i made the 77 collage
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 6 February 2012 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
really loving the colin stetson. thanks ilx!
― Z S, Monday, 6 February 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
i mean, i'm barely into it, even, but i'm just astounded. also, the best cover i've seen all year.
― Z S, Monday, 6 February 2012 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
not just the cool horses, but also extending their herded gallop across the frame on the left. awesome.
― Z S, Monday, 6 February 2012 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
last post, sorry, but thanks for making the collage on what, gr8080!
― Z S, Monday, 6 February 2012 04:37 (twelve years ago) link
you're welcome!
also, yeah that colin stetson cover is gorgeous. very Z S, imo.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 6 February 2012 06:46 (twelve years ago) link
grady, im irish, i voted for that destroyer album
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 6 February 2012 06:57 (twelve years ago) link
english ppl be acting ridiculous here btw
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 6 February 2012 06:58 (twelve years ago) link
michael b has no love for katy b
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 6 February 2012 07:11 (twelve years ago) link
i dont actually, her tunes are a bit slight haha
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 6 February 2012 07:14 (twelve years ago) link
michael b otm
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 6 February 2012 07:19 (twelve years ago) link
ok grades im drunk rite now and listening to the katy b album but 4 mins in it aint no kaputt CMON LEX HAVE AT YE!!!!
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 6 February 2012 07:21 (twelve years ago) link
ugh shoutouts...great
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 6 February 2012 07:23 (twelve years ago) link
hold on a sec this is kinda good haha
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Monday, 6 February 2012 07:32 (twelve years ago) link
XD
― Sounds Of The Baskervilles (dog latin), Monday, 6 February 2012 07:46 (twelve years ago) link
So I listened to this James Ferraro thing on my way into work today and... well it's this thread Internet nostalgia made into an album, innit? I totally get why a lot of people think it's nobblers, but I think the Encarta 94 nostalgia trip works on me. Our first family PC, playing demos of Sim City, Beneath A Steel Sky and Magic Carpet, making "funny" Powerpoint presentations from clipart etc. Obv this isn't really a record I'd want to listen to every day, but it's keenly observed (everything from the LO text-to-speech voices to the fast fades at the ends of tracks). It all builds into this Pentium-Inside near-retro-futuristic vision as heard through the medium of Cool Edit as opposed to VHS cassettes. Some of it reminds me of Sufjan Stevens' 'Michigan' album for some reason.
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Monday, 20 February 2012 10:17 (twelve years ago) link
It's also interesting to see, particularly with this album, the exponential rate at which nostalgia seems to be turning over. Assuming retro is an unavoidable aesthetic that is just going to happen at this stage, the rapidity at which artists seem to be rushing through these tropes is kind of staggering - from post-punk revivalism, through chillwave's mid-late '80s TV obsession and now Ferraro's Netscape-aesthetic - it's like retro music is rushing to get to that theoretical point where it literally catches up with the present. Unlike many revivals so far, I'm old enough now to distinctly remember the early days of the internet, but at the time I was so impressed with the fact I could download Pearl Jam tabs and muck around with voice recordings in a sound editor, that the imperfections of these systems weren't apparent to me. It requires temporal/technological distancing to make these talking avatars and bandwith-draining web ephemera seem old-fashioned and naif. I think Ferraro makes that point explicit by putting an iPad on the cover - it's just a reminder that tomorrow, today's cutting-edge ideas will be considered extremely naff within only a few years.
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Monday, 20 February 2012 10:33 (twelve years ago) link