Yeah, it's excellent. Glad you finally got it!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
Yes it is!
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
one of their best (controversial opinion)
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
I hope everyone has heard this bcz it is their best track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMqpxHY2nFs
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
Xgau's great one-liner: Stooges for Airports
I like em all the same
― Marcus / Xgau - Whose Century? (broom air), Thursday, 16 May 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
fxxxgau
― the late great, Thursday, 16 May 2013 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
actually if that's a sly eno reference i like it
― the late great, Thursday, 16 May 2013 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
That's a pretty good line.
i'm an idiot! this is amazing!
This is the reaction I've been having to these guys for the past few years. One day I decided to get Forged Prescriptions and I've been converted ever since.
― benedict crumbsnatcher (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
xgau otm, but it's hardly a slam
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:25 (eleven years ago) link
well i was not kidding when i said imo GOAT
― the late great, Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:14 (eleven years ago) link
reading "stooges for airports" as a slam requires one to think the stooges and/or music for airports is drivel
and even if you believe such you must admit the successful synthesis of those binaries is a magic trick worth lauding
― truth bomb lawyer mean mean pride (Edward III), Thursday, 16 May 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
i took it to mean a polite, wallpaper-y version of the stooges ... didn;t really think of the possible music for airports reference until later
though for all their minimalism i can't hear spacemen as "ambient" ... though obviously later sonic boom did a ton of straight-up ambient music
― the late great, Thursday, 16 May 2013 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
may be some conflation of drone/ambient going on there
― truth bomb lawyer mean mean pride (Edward III), Thursday, 16 May 2013 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
which is maybe another way of saying the stooges did stooges for airports when they made "we will fall"
― truth bomb lawyer mean mean pride (Edward III), Thursday, 16 May 2013 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Now I am envisioning a will-never-happen S3 version of We Will Fall which would obv be one of the greatest things ever,
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Thursday, 16 May 2013 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
one of my fave summertime jams, perfect for a pool float, also pretty ambient imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWrF2xkUPA
― truth bomb lawyer mean mean pride (Edward III), Sunday, 7 July 2013 02:53 (ten years ago) link
Jugando con fuego is a Spacemen 3/Spectrum/Spiritualized tribute album from Central & South America.
It's pretty great - scratch that, it's outstanding. Get it...
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 00:15 (ten years ago) link
http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a0272785327_2.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 00:16 (ten years ago) link
you had me at free download
― kel's vintage port (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 00:44 (ten years ago) link
Loving this. I've only listened to Loshing touch with my Mind and How you Satisfy Me and I love this. Thanks!
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 04:10 (ten years ago) link
good stuff, thanks
― nostormo, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 12:25 (ten years ago) link
Very sad news per Elvis T. on Twitter: "Word in that Natty Brooker, Spacemen 3 drummer and artist passed away after a long battle with cancer."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 April 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
Oh no. That sucks.
― Oblique Strategies, Thursday, 17 April 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
Some art of his you might recognize
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Spacemen_3_-_Recurring.jpg
http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3s9i4RB6x1qaxunto1_500.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 18 April 2014 00:13 (ten years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VUom765tKLs/TTLdbKiz0II/AAAAAAAAA6Q/o2AF9N8pAXc/s1600/Anywayblog.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 18 April 2014 00:14 (ten years ago) link
the taking drugs sleeve is awesome. RIP man.
― sleepingsignal, Friday, 18 April 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
RIP
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 00:50 (ten years ago) link
this is one of the worst thread titles on ilx
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
"This is indeed a disturbing universe."
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/09/27/the-simpsons-spacemen-3-music/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 September 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
indeed
― Οὖτις, Monday, 28 September 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
Happy 50th birthday to both Sonic & Jason today!
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 20 November 2015 00:44 (eight years ago) link
Back when I was 16, Playing With Fire was so ace. Happy birthday degenerates!
― xelab, Friday, 20 November 2015 00:56 (eight years ago) link
wow, they both made it to 50. happy birthday boys.
― Bee OK, Friday, 20 November 2015 04:28 (eight years ago) link
incredible!
― the late great, Friday, 20 November 2015 06:15 (eight years ago) link
I consider myself privileged to have met both, and they were charming. They remain icons. I wish them both many more birthdays and good health.
― stevo-rd, Friday, 20 November 2015 06:31 (eight years ago) link
Happy birthday to my favourite band I never listen to any more.
― La Düsseldork (Branwell with an N), Friday, 20 November 2015 09:06 (eight years ago) link
How are they getting on with each other these days? What are the chances of a S3 reunion?
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Friday, 20 November 2015 09:19 (eight years ago) link
At the benefit "reunion" a couple of years ago, onstage they had literally every person who has ever been in Spacemen 3 for more than a week, with the noted exception of Jason. (Photos are on a phone that has since died, tho.) So sources point to... no.
― La Düsseldork (Branwell with an N), Friday, 20 November 2015 09:35 (eight years ago) link
For All The Fucked-Up Semicentennarians Of This World We Give You A Cake
― she used alt+3 like an ascii heart (NickB), Friday, 20 November 2015 10:28 (eight years ago) link
Quinquagenarians!
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Friday, 20 November 2015 10:44 (eight years ago) link
Happy birthday 😍
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Friday, 20 November 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
The semi-legitimate rumor is that Coachella and Primavera have been racing each other as to who can offer up the most $ for a S3 reunion, but the response has solidly been laughter and shrugs.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 22 November 2015 03:30 (eight years ago) link
That only increases my respect for them TBH.
― La Düsseldork (Branwell with an N), Sunday, 22 November 2015 08:14 (eight years ago) link
Yeah this will never happen imo
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 22 November 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
Wouldn't Europe give way more of a shit abt an S3 reunion than west-coast US would?
― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 23 November 2015 13:43 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I wouldn't mind betting ATP have offered them £££.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Monday, 23 November 2015 13:47 (eight years ago) link
Didn't know Jason was on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jspaceman3/
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 08:57 (eight years ago) link
http://spiritualized.band/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12878&sid=d591c3a1db501e5550c6d370577c4f13#p132432
read Sonic Boom's post
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 1 February 2016 22:06 (eight years ago) link
wtf?
Hasn't Space Age been reissuing stuff of theirs for years?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 February 2016 22:08 (eight years ago) link
and wasn't Sonic involved in the double-CD Forged Prescriptions (which I have and is awesome...?) Could've sworn he wrote the liners.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 February 2016 22:10 (eight years ago) link