sure she comes from some money but not enough money to buy that fucking house. that. fucking. house.
maybe they are the rich-celeb version of house poor now.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 29 November 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
The house was $6 million it said. That's really not much for a celebrity mansion, especially between the two of them. Let's say JN gets paid $20k a gig for one of her harp tours, that's some serious money, too, eventually. Not as much as Samberg, who probably makes, what, $100K per episode of his TV show, plus commercials, hosting gigs, appearances and CDs and other stuff, but surely enough to get a big loan.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 November 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
I recall an interview around the time of Ys where Newsom said she was saving up for a $50k harp. I don't think she's obscenely wealthy.
― jmm, Saturday, 29 November 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
andy samberg was on SNL for a pretty long time, has done movies...idk makes sense, especially if she already came from money. who cares- i would love to hear a new album! although tbf "have one on me" is enough material to make the break seem not that insane
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Saturday, 29 November 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
$20K/gig for a harp tour? Are you kidding?!!? No way. I think it's movie money.
― La Lechera, Saturday, 29 November 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
Regardless, WHAT A HOUSE. Good choice.
― La Lechera, Saturday, 29 November 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link
i wonder how much of the furniture in those photos (if any) came with the house.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 29 November 2014 20:34 (nine years ago) link
Whatever she makes is kind of moot, because she doesn't tour much. But I bet she makes plenty doing the harp tour. She is a draw and the draw, so no way can they get away with "it's just you and a harp" and lowball. She has a booking agent (in her case, Billions) like anyone at that level who makes sure she is amply compensated.
BUt yeah, that house is nuts.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 November 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
fwiw, I don't think being on SNL pays all that well, even if you're an established and beloved cast member.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 29 November 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
Which is why the old guys moved on.
― Mark G, Sunday, 30 November 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
"Not quite ready for prime-time players" is not entirely ironic.
― Mark G, Sunday, 30 November 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
She's really great in Inherent Vice. She is the narrator of the film but she's also in it a lot - she's a significant character.
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
I think SNL pays anywhere from $6000 to $15K a week, plus bonuses for weekly writing credit. So ... plenty of money, plus commercials, movies, appearances, etc
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Grown Ups 2 pays for many beautiful things.
― jmm, Sunday, 30 November 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
She hasn't made any more music because Ys is perfect and she knows she can't beat that.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 30 November 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
so she didn't yet realize that when this thread was started?
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Sunday, 30 November 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
She had to give it a go to confirm
― abcfsk, Sunday, 30 November 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
Is it worth reading this thread to find out why blogs died?
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
I dunno? Is it worth reading the Dave Matthews Band thread to find out why they are so bad and hated?
― the_ecuador_three, Thursday, 12 November 2015 10:55 (eight years ago) link
probably not
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Thursday, 12 November 2015 13:58 (eight years ago) link
Taking bets: last song on this will be a 25 minute autotune solo― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 11:08 AM (nine years ago)
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 11:08 AM (nine years ago)
― ufo, Friday, 20 September 2019 10:37 (four years ago) link
lmao
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 20 September 2019 12:09 (four years ago) link
10th anniversary earlier this week. Holds up really well, imo. A nice record to just dip in and out of when you don't have time to get into the full thing.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
i evaded this record for so long out of laziness given its verbosity and length, but i came round recently, and i'm completely floored by this song - a take on the fable of bluebeard, and abusive relationships. four chords! i wish more music made my imagination come to life like joanna's does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx4U3Zbd1Rg
― maelin, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
My early (1st) lockdown soundtrack. Really got into it having left it on the shelf for years. Definitely my favourite of her albums.
― yugi ex, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
total masterpiece
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
yup
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
Shit and vague metaphor for life in general but it's one of those albums, due to it's length and the emotional investment involved in listening to it, that I don't engage with, that I 'save' for next week, next year, when I should be luxuriating in it.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
Best record of last decade.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
I have it on vinyl, so maybe that makes it easier to digest. I fond having one record on for a week and really getting to know it before moving on to the next one was what unlocked it for me. By the end of the process playing it through from beginning to end made much more sense than when I tried it previously...maybe it needs 'Listening Instructions' on the packet?
― yugi ex, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
interestingly enough, HOOM is an album that feels easy for me personally to listen to in its entirety from front to back
― winters (josh), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
HOOM is one of my fav ILX acronyms
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
HOOM's house?
HOOS house.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
To HOOM It May Concern: I can't believe I saw Joanna Newsom perform only about a year ago. Feels like lifetimes.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 18:53 (three years ago) link
It's amazing. I think Divers is better. I can't wait for her next.
― Duke, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
I was slightly disappointed by Divers because with each preceding record she had made a big formal leap. On Divers the big change was... using electric keyboards a couple of times? The return to occasional orchestral arrangements drowned out a couple of the songs too (they sounded much better live with a small band).
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
i wish more music made my imagination come to life like joanna's does.
otm
Divers is slightly above HOOM in my ranking (Ys is #1). I love the range of instrumentation on Divers and I love every song. With HOOM I tend to pick individual tracks and I seldom listen to any disc in its entirety. Still the best album ever obv.
― jmm, Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
hard to believe Have One on Me is 10 years old now
― Dan S, Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:17 (three years ago) link
― J. Sam, Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:46 (three years ago) link
wouldn’t argue
(did the lol unicorns crew shitting up the first attempts to discuss this ever bother to hear to it because the zings are particularly misplaced for this album)
I’ve listened since it came out & I keep getting more out of it. feel like it’s still underrated -I didn’t love her until this one & was disappointed by the relatively muted response to it at the time. too much suspicion over its length and “ambition” (tellingly overused word in newsom criticism) despite the (to me) surprising accessibility & obvious greatness of the songs. then it got swept aside because spotify is all music ever now. I’m glad it has a solid cult & I hope it keeps growing
― Left, Thursday, 17 December 2020 01:11 (three years ago) link
to me divers takes the emotional punch of however long HOOM is and compresses it into 50 near-perfect minutes. divers destroys me every time i listen to it.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 17 December 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
I feel bad for ignoring later releases bc I’m still digesting this one (and I struggled with the previous two). I will try to rectify this
― Left, Thursday, 17 December 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
Have One on Me was maybe overambitious, but years later it feels like it keeps on giving
― Dan S, Thursday, 17 December 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
RIP blogs :(
― timber euros (seandalai), Thursday, 17 December 2020 02:08 (three years ago) link
Left I very much appreciate your posts about music in particular, I really need to give this another chance. The 6-piece band touring the Ys songs remains one of the most astonishing live events I've ever witnessed, the records always fell short for me but this album is really a different beast entirely than the 1st 2 so it deserves more from me
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Thursday, 17 December 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
HOOM is non-functional for me-- half the songs are not even too long, per se, but lacking enough information to sustain them. I remember the first time I heard "Baby Birch" and was blown away with how slow it was, not in a lulling way, but in a static way. If this was a thesis statement, then sure, but it doesn't match the verbosity of the lyrics (or the comparative density of songs like "Good Intentions...").
The other half of the songs are spectacular, "Go Long" in particular is just miraculous kora/harp duetting and I'll never tire of it. Divers is a much more complete and satisfying release imho
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 17 December 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
The 6-piece band touring the Ys songs remains one of the most astonishing live events I've ever witnessed
Absolutely, and HOOM is very much a continuation of that small group dynamic that worked so well. It's that stripped down, intimate feeling that makes it special for me.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 17 December 2020 02:26 (three years ago) link
divers has some outstanding moments in "sapokanikan" and the title track but it's easily her weakest as an album. the synths on some tracks aren't really well integrated into the sound and "goose eggs" and "waltz of the 101st lightborne" cross some line into being grating in a way her work never had been before.
― ufo, Thursday, 17 December 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
i need to go back to divers... i was absolutely wrecked by a breakup at the end of 2015 and could not align with its dwellings on mortality as a result of finding true love
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 December 2020 02:37 (three years ago) link
i assume my inability to get into it is my own failing