tl;dr for ya: big obsessive buildup and then he didn't meet them.
― StanM, Thursday, 1 August 2019 04:58 (five years ago) link
It's the story of an adult learning about boundaries (ie, figuring out, thankfully in time, that showing up unannounced on your heroes' doorstep when they clearly value their privacy and have explicitly said as much to you through a proxy is an unambiguously bad idea).
― Apprentice Taintjazzler (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 August 2019 05:06 (five years ago) link
Seemed like a string of clichés and truisms threaded around a fairly creepy premise - "they've demonstrated they have no interest in publicity or interviews, but if they only met me they'd change their minds, and I won't take no for an answer! Oh I guess they have a right to privacy after all, we've all learned something and let me explain it to you." Yeesh.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 1 August 2019 05:20 (five years ago) link
And yet, people moaning because he didn't 'deliver'
― Mark G, Thursday, 1 August 2019 07:01 (five years ago) link
wow this guy is the absolute worst
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 1 August 2019 07:24 (five years ago) link
this isn't even about the band, this is an awful guy's attempt to make himself the centre of a story that nobody else wanted to be told
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 1 August 2019 07:25 (five years ago) link
I mean, would I have been thrilled if they consented to an interview? Absolutely. If it turned out that their 'consent' was the result of someone jimmying the lock on their back door at 3 AM and sitting at the foot of their bed until they finally relented? Not so much. Not so much.
― Apprentice Taintjazzler (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 August 2019 10:27 (five years ago) link
wow this guy is the absolute worsthey, he’s no Abraham Reisman
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Thursday, 1 August 2019 11:16 (five years ago) link
Well, something I did not expect
BIG MUSIC NEWS: I have a new band with Patrick Hannan of The SUNDAYS! An absolute dream come true. We are called The Wild Fell. More music (and shows) soon, but for now stream (or download) our first song "The Ghost You Love" now! https://t.co/v52c76tsoI— David Obuchowski, Peugeot Haver & Vax Getter (@DavidOfromNJ) June 20, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 June 2022 17:44 (two years ago) link
new song! really lovely, unsurprisingly - came upon it by chance in searching for their music to play. been so long. really great to know they're still going at it. "life goes on"
― Swen, Sunday, 1 September 2024 08:53 (two months ago) link
was also excited to see this, but alas, it's a b-side from 1997: https://www.discogs.com/release/787085-The-Sundays-Cry
still great to see it show up. maybe some other archive stuff is forthcoming? they certainly could use a b-sides+rarities comp!
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Sunday, 1 September 2024 14:14 (two months ago) link
omg!! i had no idea. but yes agreed.
― Swen, Sunday, 1 September 2024 14:19 (two months ago) link