Awwwwww, man! Thanks for trying! There's always Ebay.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 20 October 2023 09:10 (seven months ago) link
Once upon a time Kelley Deal may have been the weakest link at some point (30 years ago?) but holy shit she's in top form (aside from a couple flubs on "Flipside"). Absolutely killed it, she's got some big shoes to fill (her sister's, Tanya's, Joey Santiago's) and she is beyond capable. How could you not love this band!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 07:00 (seven months ago) link
Cow_Art, the merch line was like 60+ mins, sorry... :(
Thanks for thinking of me, I appreciate it!
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 09:14 (seven months ago) link
None on Ebay yet. It's a little tricky because there's actually a couple of Breeders Digest publications, one about dogs and another for guinea pigs.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 09:18 (seven months ago) link
copy of zine obtained. can send to you after I read it lol
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 14:57 (seven months ago) link
Some show notes
Kim mentioned they recorded Last Splash in San Francisco but neglected to mention that the studio* was a block and a half away from The Warfield on Mission & 6th.
Ironically because of the shitshow of Market St construction, my exit for the venue was exactly right in front of the building the studio formerly occupied.
*I think she called it Coast Recorders but it was actually Brilliant Studios.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:06 (seven months ago) link
Also when covering "Drivin' On 9" there was no shoutout to Dom Leone who wrote the song and lived in SF most of the 90s/00s.
I'd never seen Jim play so many Pod songs at once so it was interesting to compare his style with Britt's.
Had no idea Jo and Jim switched instruments for "Roi"... the psychedelic midsection of which was incredibly trippy.
Had no idea "I Just Wanna Get Along" was Kelley's song.
Reiterating Kelley can absolutely shred with the best of them. She was surprisingly stellar on the material when she wasn't in the band!
They replaced Carrie Bradley with someone named Sophie Galpin who had a Mancunian lilt but she could play 3rd guitar and violin very well.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:12 (seven months ago) link
Thanks, Shakey!
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:32 (seven months ago) link
xp Dom Leone died in 1989.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:39 (seven months ago) link
Oof, Dan Leone I meant!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:59 (seven months ago) link
His brother, the ukelele player.
Triple oof, I just misgendered her FFS.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:00 (seven months ago) link
I didn't know "Drivin' On 9" was a cover until last week (after the show, my wife looked up & played the original).
― Rhoda Morgenstern stan account (morrisp), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:30 (seven months ago) link
this seems to come as a surprise to many people, sadly. The original is definitely superior, the Breeders version excises several key lines and verses, which undercuts and obscures the narrative that makes the song work imo.
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:33 (seven months ago) link
also Cow Art just webmail me where to send the zine
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:42 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuR-wL5sh_M
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:55 (seven months ago) link
Worth mentioning that violinist Carrie Bradley in above video of ERQ playing in Oakland was originally a member of (pre-Pod) The Breeders and then again sporadically throughout the 90s.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 21:00 (seven months ago) link
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 23:38 (seven months ago) link
how does webmail work
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 00:11 (seven months ago) link
LL, no:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%27s_Redeeming_Qualities
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:13 (seven months ago) link
figured it out!
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:13 (seven months ago) link
Thank you SS
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:15 (seven months ago) link
i tried looking for a thread, but Ed's Redeeming Qualities is great. Breeders could've made a new American songbook digging through their works.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 28 October 2023 05:47 (seven months ago) link
Cow_Art check yr webmail, you should be receiving the zine soon if you haven't already
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:47 (seven months ago) link
honestly we should change the name of this thread because "dud" is not an option.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:09 (seven months ago) link
i have been on a Breeders kick because I never listened to any of the post Last-Splash albums. Enjoying it IMMENSELY.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:36 (seven months ago) link
I still put on All Nerve a lot, it's a good morning album!
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:48 (seven months ago) link
All the post Last Splash catalog is great but I love love love Title TK
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:58 (seven months ago) link
The only bummer about the classic lineup getting back together is that it makes Title TK and Mountain Battles seem lesser, which is not the case.
I got the zine!!! Thanks a million! How do I check my webmail?
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:05 (seven months ago) link
Title TK was a revelation. Ive gone back to it several times. Love the nonsense lyrics and meaty sound. Listening to Mountain Battles after it made me realize that Kim Deal will make a cool sounding song out of basically anything. Has anyone seen the iguana???
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:39 (seven months ago) link
How do I check my webmail?
login to the email account that you use to login to your ILX profile
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:41 (seven months ago) link
xpost Kim has a real knack for surreal turns of phrase. I think about the line "I need spit/to crush these beetles on my lips" from "Skinhead#2" on All Nerve all the time
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:52 (seven months ago) link
Here's a challop: the only Breeders album I don't play often is Pod.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:00 (seven months ago) link
I’d love the zine, please
― beamish13, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 19:05 (seven months ago) link
Oh. So webmail means the email goes to my regular email account?
If that’s the case, I have no emails pertaining to the Breeders Digest.
But I have an address and I know how much it cost, so I think we’re good.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 19:32 (seven months ago) link
Here's a challop: the only Breeders album I don't play often is Pod.― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:00 (yesterday) link
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:00 (yesterday) link
It's funny that with the In Utero anniversary and the attendant discourse all the stuff about how them wanting to work with Albini becuz of Sufer Rosa, which I am not discounting, but I haven't seen any mention of Pod which at the time seemed, and listening to both records recently, to be a pretty obv sonic template, I mean "Happiness is a Warm Gun" sounds exactly like something on In Utero
Every time I listen to the Amps record I think "oh I don't really remember this record" and the second it starts I realize I have it memorized
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 2 November 2023 13:13 (seven months ago) link
first song on the Amps record has been one of my go-to random out-of-nowhere just-start-singing-out-of-thin-air melodies for 30 years
"now i'd liiiike to get back..."
― alpine static, Thursday, 2 November 2023 15:13 (seven months ago) link
In "Tipp City" I thought I was mishearing this but she really does sing "I have relations with anonymous internet nation", which feels both of the times and truly prophetic
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 2 November 2023 15:54 (seven months ago) link