MUSIC CRITCS ARE THE ART OF PRETEND FORGETFULLNESS

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i am writing a book similar to that. it is called "all people shits."

― experimental grandma (deangulberry), Thursday, 21 October 2004 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link

DAEREST FATTEY:

ELLIOTT SMITH IS NOT DEAD.

LUV
JEFF TWEEDY

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 21 October 2004 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Everyone Poops was first published in English in 1991, according to this page, it was published in Japan in 1978.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link

"Submission" is great! Most danceable throb on the album, total proto-PiL/post-Skynyrd ("The Needle and the Spoon," ha!) dirge (better than "You're Crazy" or "Anything Goes" for sure).
I forget what "New York City" even sounds like, though!

-- chuck (cedd...), October 21st, 2004 11:07 AM.

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 21 October 2004 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link

don't love it, but i think it's not bad -- especially the song about how the dolphins make him cry, and that quotes "idiot wind" or whatever that dylan song about killing a man in italy and inheriting a million bucks was. also the song that sounds like "letter b" off of *sesame street* is okay. i haven't played it in a couple years, so i kinda forget the rest. but he's a pretty good singer, in the dobie gray tradition. (best defense of the band ever, and gutsiest, was by i believe daniel smith - a lead review in *vibe*, i think!! she basically argued that they were a soul band, which kinda makes sense.)

(and yeah, i meant *cracked rearview.* i suppose they might have some earlier indie albums maybe, right? i never heard those. *cracked reareview* has a pretty funny title, too, come to think of it.)

-- chuck (cedd...), October 21st, 2004 10:34 AM.

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 21 October 2004 17:37 (nineteen years ago) link

SORRY I CANT REMEMBER THE SPECIFICS OF A BOOK I READ SIX MONTHS AGO ADAM

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 21 October 2004 17:41 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha! I was wondering when you'd show up! I'm only kidding, dude.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 21 October 2004 17:41 (nineteen years ago) link

I CAN REMEMBER FACTUAL ERRORS IN BOOKS I READ YEARS AGO

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 22 October 2004 01:33 (nineteen years ago) link

"whatever that dylan song about killing a man in italy and inheriting a million bucks was"

ouch.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Friday, 22 October 2004 04:26 (nineteen years ago) link

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO U AR, TR!

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Friday, 22 October 2004 13:09 (nineteen years ago) link

No wonder you are a music critic, yanc3y.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 22 October 2004 13:11 (nineteen years ago) link

All Teh Critcs Love U In New York

― adam. (nordicskilla), Friday, 22 October 2004 15:24 (nineteen years ago) link

But They R Not Sure Y

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 22 October 2004 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh wait, I know! Butch Hancock! He can't sing at ALL! (Unless I'm thinking of Jimmy Dale Gilmore; I totally get those guys mixed up.)
-- chuck (cedd...), October 26th, 2004 9:57 AM.

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:20 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Anthony is totally right about "soothing." It's my new age record of the year, I think - which is saying a lot, because this was a really good year for gothic scandinavian metal, among other muzaks. (Wolf Eyes are better than most such stuff thanx to lots of cute little clanks and clunks, which I swear come off like hooks to me. Though it's not like I can remember many of them when the CD's not on.)

-- chuck (cedd...), November 11th, 2004. (later)

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 01:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Any idea what he is referring to in the way of gothic scandinavian metal?

― back to Thor (Thor), Thursday, 11 November 2004 01:48 (nineteen years ago) link

nope.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Big & Rich

― strawman noisedude # 00192 (deangulberry), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:04 (nineteen years ago) link

ZING

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Maybe Peccatum. Chuck likes that one. That's a great record. Ihsahn from Emperor and his wife. Lovely stuff.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:43 (nineteen years ago) link

But there is always a slew of great ambient Norse metal out there. Don't you guys like Green Carnation? And most great black metal is totally waves of noise ambient goodness, you know?

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:44 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't know much about black metal, unfortunately. There was a point in my life where I liked Emperor, Mayhem, some Burzum and like.. Dimmu Borgir. Maybe approaching it now, I'd see it differently. At that point (early high school) it didn't have the melody i found and enjoyed in punk. i haven't really ever looked back at black metal. i should. i ought to re-read those threads where siegbran makes big lists.

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:47 (nineteen years ago) link

It's just like anything else. Ya gotta sift thru a lot of crap to find the good stuff. I actually like bad metal too though, so it's not that painful for me. Have you ever heard Maudlin Of The Well, Ian? They were American. Put out three records on Dark Symphonies. Great death metal/classical/free improv/space with a dash of confessional folk/emo. Cool shit. Fron massachusetts!

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link

I will check it out!

― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 11 November 2004 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link

TAXACHUSETTS

― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Thursday, 11 November 2004 03:00 (nineteen years ago) link

ian:

http://www.angelfire.com/moon2/byzantum

― Mr. Vas Djifrens (byzantum), Thursday, 11 November 2004 10:53 (nineteen years ago) link

that is all you need for black metal my friend

― Mr. Vas Djifrens (byzantum), Thursday, 11 November 2004 10:54 (nineteen years ago) link

that thread was great. but i forget what it was called.

-- chuck (cedd...), November 12th, 2004 3:08 PM.

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 12 November 2004 23:11 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...

i like the it's our time to be hated song. whatever that's called.

-- scott seward (skotro...), January 15th, 2005.

― Awesome Welles (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 January 2005 18:25 (nineteen years ago) link

I think scott did that on purpose, but I'm still biting.

― Awesome Welles (nordicskilla), Saturday, 15 January 2005 18:25 (nineteen years ago) link

I would revive this thread frequently but I always forget what it's named and how one revives threads in the first place. Where am I?

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 15 January 2005 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

there's nothing inherently stupid about finding the Arcade Fire guy's voice horrible. He sounds like a turkey doing an Isaac Brock impersonation.

-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...) (webmail), February 1st, 2005 8:22 PM. (miccio) (link)

LOL OTM

― he does guitar with his mouth lmao mint (ex machina), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link

did miccio forget that he likes fred durst's vocals? wtf?

― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link

Also, I'm wondering if watching a DMB concert DVD is like watching Triumph of the Will or something, y'all?

-- Spencer Chow (spencercho...) (webmail), February 8th, 2005 12:50 PM. (spencermfi) (link)

― he does guitar with his mouth lmao mint (ex machina), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link

i like their big ballads better than the horn freakouts that still show their "fusion" origins. but some people i respect, if not totally identify with, really like those early, would-be jazzbo records.

i think there's even a peter cetera solo single i like, but i can't remember the name.

-- Amateur(ist) (amateurist@gmail.com) (webmail), February 14th, 2005 7:13 PM. (Amateur(ist)) (link)

d'oh!

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 02:06 (nineteen years ago) link

have you started to listen to Big and Rich as well?

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 02:38 (nineteen years ago) link

ROCK

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 05:04 (nineteen years ago) link

YANC3Y CHECK ONE EMAILE>

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 05:19 (nineteen years ago) link

I might actually play some Big and Rich at this party I'm DJing, haw

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 06:13 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

HEY, it just occurred to me that the reason why i love all that Kompakt stuff is cuz those people DO excite me/take things to another level/one-up people and also remind me here and there of sounds that i remember from way back when (or at least they seem to be inspired by some of those sounds at times.) In a way.

-- scott seward (skotro...) (webmail), March 3rd, 2005 1:12 PM. (scott seward) (link)

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:16 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm gonna get yoo when yoo r sleeping.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link

Kompakt puts me to sleep

(th-th-th-that's all folks!)

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:45 (nineteen years ago) link

Is Green Day's American Idiot album as good as the side-long "From The Cradle To The Grave" by the Subhumans? Cuz that Subhumans album is one of my faves. But then they are one of my fave bands. Same idea as Godfather's song "Birth School Work Death" only earlier. Although the Godfathers song is nice too. (But maybe not as nice as "this damn nation".) also, i own Cursive's Domestica, but I only listened to it once. I will have to play it again.

-- scott seward (skotro...) (webmail), March 8th, 2005 2:41 PM. (scott seward) (link)

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 05:33 (nineteen years ago) link

i saw cursive play with the faint at the unitarian church in philly. i heart subhumans.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link

i read it in the presskit for Mutant Throbbing Gristle, so i have no idea

-- roger adultery (vlad62...) (webmail), May 9th, 2004 11:33 PM. (roger adultery) (link)

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:15 (nineteen years ago) link

i own Cursive's Domestica, but I only listened to it once. I will have to play it again.

not necessarily, dude

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link

I have a Cursive song ("Radiator Hums") on my iPod, but I don't know where it came from. I mean, I don't remember downloading it or anything. I like it better now than when I heard Domestica once, five years ago, in a car.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:35 (nineteen years ago) link

I have a Cursive song ("Radiator Hums") on my iPod, but I don't know where it came from. I mean, I don't remember downloading it or anything. I like it better now than when I heard Domestica once, five years ago, in a car.

-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 10th, 2005 11:35 AM.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 10 March 2005 22:16 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.losthorizon.org/Hilton/HiltonRandomHarvest.jpg

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 10 March 2005 23:01 (nineteen years ago) link

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