slint -- _spiderland_: classic or dud

Whoa, every guitar Slint used on those photos has lace sensor pickups (or ones that look exactly like them). Just a nerdy weird side-note, as it is not something you see very often.

yeah i noticed that at the show!

it made me think of zwan lol

god i wanted someone to shout zwan or something so bad

Whoa, was Zwan an all lace-sensor band too? Or just Pajo?

Slint - Washer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yEgcb167k4
this is the only track of theirs that i like from either album.

The recording sessions for Spiderland are reputed to have been difficult for the members of the band and were, according to AllMusic, "intense, traumatic and one more piece of evidence supporting the theory that band members had to be periodically institutionalized during the completion of the album." Rumors circulated that at least one member of Slint had been checked into a psychiatric hospital. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiderland#Context

good post

lol

excerpts from
Melody Maker (Breeders cover: Kim, Tanya, Jo)
May 26, 1990

This January the three women teamed up with homegrown Kentucky drummer Shannon Doughton (Brit) who travelled to Edinburgh to record the album "Pod". It took just 21 days to rehearse and record 14 tracks, at a rate unheard of in these days of World Party or Tears For Fears album schedules.

The band attracted their fare share of attention from the normally reserved Scottish capital. The first night they went to the local pub there were three or four people in what Tanya describes as "someone's tiny living room". On the second night, the place was packed with 75 men, most offering to buy drinks.

"When we ordered pints of lager or committed the ultimate sexual sin by ordering Guinness, they cooled off," Jo explains. At the end of their first week, the studio roof caved in, soaking half the equipment and ruining a new carpet. The following evening, their hillbilly drummer Brit, who'd never been out of Kentucky before, found the Edinburgh nightlife all too dazzling and spent his first big night out dancing with "some really hot babe" who turned out to be a local transvestite. He's now delivering pizzas for Domino's back in Kentucky.

It was drummer Brit who experienced first hand Jo's new found freedom of expression. Kim describes how he was riding in a cab, out of his head, begging Kim to hit him.

"He kept saying, 'Kim, Kim punch me, punch me'. I wouldn't do it. Then, all of a sudden, Josephine did. She took an almighty swing at him. I've never been that close to someone being punched and it was like this dull thud. I was amazed she did it. So was Brit, but he enjoyed it."

I ask Kim to tell me the story behind her stories and she obliges, eventually. One song, "Opened", was based on their drummer's recurring dream of flying with his cousin.

"I'm not sure how much of this you can print," Kim says, "but he's this 19 year old teenager who picks his nose and burps and stuff like that. Anyway he was telling me this dream and using words like boobies and titties and using the same language that old men do in porno films. I thought it was so weird. The song is his dream, verbatim."

The Breeders – Opened (1990)

Walking on his highways
We leave the land
And float inside the dark, black water
Robin flies again

She flew low over the highways
And I saw the wind
Blowing back her barbie doll hair
Robin flies again

And in a kitchen in Kentucky
She thinks she's Peter Pan
And in the bottom of a concrete basement
Robin flies again

I just can't believe that guy. The same person that sung Don, Aman.

Also, a +1 for Don, Aman being a standout on that album. It's completely in the same league as Washer and Good Morning Captain.
The last part of the song have always sprout images of a car crash were Don has killed his friend, but I can't really explain why. Still feels so powerful.

"opened" is pretty neat.
"don, a man" is so corny it reminds me of the poem they read at the funeral in "heathers" or something

that's a completely off the mark opinion, but OK. maybe the most vivid storytelling and imagery on the album. "with eyes like the heads of nails" forever a line that chills me.

"Half of Spiderland was already written by the time Frigid Stars came out. There are bootlegs of Slint playing three or four different Spiderland songs circa 1989.

If a song by another band birthed Spiderland, this would be my guess:

http://youtu.be/L_MhC4mQaGc";

On this, I'm currently listening to Umber by Bitch Magnet and a couple of tracks (Douglas Leader and Americruiser, specifically) sound like they could be considered links between that Minutemen song and Spiderland. It came out in '89 and David Grubbs is on it so it's a decent possibility that they were listening to it at the time (and maybe even that they had heard live/pre-release versions earlier).

David Galt is on Umber, not David Grubbs.

"For the follow-up, 1989's full-length Umber, they added second guitarist David Galt (a later CD issue appended Star Booty as well). Galt's place was taken by David Grubbs later in 1989, and Grubbs toured with the group in between commitments with Bastro." - Allmusic

Grubbs is on the Valmead ep.

Ah, I just went with the list on discogs. Thanks!

What is the most surprising thing about Slint and the enduring popularity of Spiderland?

TB: Probably that new people keep getting into it, instead of just the people who are around our age. At the time I was just happy that we pulled it off and that Touch And Go were releasing it. I never would have imagined it would have turned into such an underground classic. I think it has something to do with having four really hot guys on the cover of the record.

DP: Pretty girls like Slint too.

http://thequietus.com/articles/15930-slint-interview

so surprising

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/27422a6572f095b65ed12eea5/images/68ad44b6-fc42-4ffd-9ce1-2a30e1c7fe95.jpg

1/12/15

To all the customers, friends, and family of Wild and Woolly Video:

Due to the current state of the video industry, and the corresponding financial outlook for Wild and Woolly, as well as my desire to pursue a different career, I’ve decided to make March 23rd (our 18th anniversary) our last day in business. We will start selling off our amazing collection of movies on January 26th. We will keep renting movies through March 15th, but as of today we will no longer be signing up new rental customers. We will honor all gift cards through March 23rd.

I plan on renting out the building for at least a year, or possibly selling it to the right buyer, so if anyone has any serious interest, please contact me.

In some ways this was an easy decision to make, as our business has been declining for several years, and while still profitable, it is no longer sustainable in a format that makes sense for the store or for me.

I am also just ready for something different. I’ve been taking Pilates classes for a couple of years due to a shoulder injury, and they’ve really helped my shoulder as well as my overall health. But I’ve also gotten deeper into studying this method of exercise, and learning about Joseph Pilates, the man who invented it.

So once the store closes, I’m planning to spend at least a year studying to become a certified Pilates teacher, and look forward to helping other people who’ve been injured or just want to lead healthier lives.

But, thinking about all of the great customers and employees- now that part made this a hard decision.

But in the end, I’ve chosen what I think is best for me and my family.

So my family and I thank you for all of your years of love and support and for keeping us around a lot longer than I could have ever imagined. Our customers are incredible and it’s amazing how many people are no longer just customers, but are truly our friends.

Thanks especially to all of the people who work at the store-we would have closed the doors a long time ago if it’s wasn’t for the awesome people who work at Wild and Woolly.

Sincerely,

Todd Brashear/Owner

man an indie video store making it to 2015 is a pretty good run

just watched this movie last week, oddly fascinating

I feel ill just posting this. If anyone knows where David Pajo lives, please go check on him. He posted this about 40 minutes ago: http://www.pinkhollers.blogspot.com/2015/02/i-surrender-to-my-broken-heart.html?m=1

what the fuck!!!

OMG... this is really terrible

posting in case it disappears:

[controversial mod edit]

christ, he's got a pic of a noose around his neck. i am kind of freaking out here

I'm gutted. Really hoping someone who knows him well can get to him.

ok, a FOAF has supposedly gotten in touch with his brother, who says he's alive. i have no other information right now

that is some srsly fucking harrowing reading, man

whatever's up, hoping he comes through it

jesus that's tough reading.

He is in police custody, per twitter.

Posting that letter may have been the smartest move of his life.

:-O

get well soon

That is one of the most heartbreaking, fucked-up things I've ever read. I really hope he pulls through and finds a better headspace.

why would anybody repost that?

or at least, can someone remove it now we know people are with him?

yeah that's a good idea

utterly harrowing read & experience. hoping hard that he gets all the help and support he needs.

How awful.

i posted to make sure that if it had details that could help someone get to him that it would be there. there was location information in there.

Posted just now on Instagram

http://instagram.com/p/zDD-AIE_lr/

oof, hope he gets through this

Me too. The pic is encouraging. So intense to see his face after reading that though.

Poor guy. Those bandages are scary.

nothing really constructive you can say about this whole thing but jesus fucking christ dave :(

how sad

Never saw this before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb46UMdmGqY

https://www.loumag.com/articledisplay.aspx?id=59820590

history of Louisville punk

After Skull of Glee, Steve Rigot played in In the Vines, Common Law Cabin and Women Who Love Candy, among other bands. He is an artist (painter) and lives in Southern Indiana.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/04/26/it-was-a-suicide-mission-from-the-very-start-a-chat-with-the-endtables/

http://louisvillemusic.org/blog/2015/03/20/steve-chili-rigot-dies/

haha
http://i.imgur.com/Bl5i66N.png

http://imgur.com/gallery/X83MF

http://imgur.com/gallery/4Tvfr