I'm surprised no one has mentioned the cover of the I See You (E)P.
― Andy K, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― houseboy, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mark M, Friday, 17 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ron, Saturday, 18 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ron, Tuesday, 28 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
loopstrange: i'm starvin' are you? ronnylongjohns: sometimes i worry about juliana loopstrange: yes? ronnylongjohns: she needs a burger loopstrange: oh, ronnylongjohns: lets all three of us have a burger ronnylongjohns: right now loopstrange: RON! ronnylongjohns: mm, my burger is tasty loopstrange: mine is too ronnylongjohns: juliana, how is your double cheeseburger? ronnylongjohns: "mmm. it hits the spot" loopstrange: mine hits the spot too loopstrange: Juliana, would u like some of my fries? loopstrange: ron, you have some too ronnylongjohns: "yes please, rainy!" can i dip into your ketchup there?" loopstrange: please do ronnylongjohns: *dips* ronnylongjohns: i like to dip my burger into the ketchup too ronnylongjohns: oh gosh ronnylongjohns: now i am wanting a burger for rilla loopstrange: whos that? ronnylongjohns: what have we done? ronnylongjohns: oh thats me ronnylongjohns: juliana is still chewing the fries loopstrange: would she like a milkshake too? ronnylongjohns: yes i was just thinking of getting one for her ronnylongjohns: (you can be juliana too) loopstrange: I'll pay for half of your milkshake Juliana, and ron will pay for the other half loopstrange: "thanks rainy, then shall we all go to the swimming pool?" ronnylongjohns: ron would like a root beer milk shake loopstrange: okay ron, here you are ronnylongjohns: "can we go to the ocean instead" ronnylongjohns: "or is it too cold?" loopstrange: yes, we can, but we should wait half an hour before swimming loopstrange: it's plenty warm juliana, ronnylongjohns: yes that would be prudent ronnylongjohns: we will sit on the sand for a while loopstrange: you can wear my sweater if you like tho ronnylongjohns: and digest, while listening to your new demo ronnylongjohns: on the boombox loopstrange: boombox! ronnylongjohns: "you guys will love my new songs" loopstrange: oh juliana, have I mentioned how much I love "hey babe"? ronnylongjohns: "this one is called 'radio static'" loopstrange: it's the greatest! ronnylongjohns: "thank you" ronnylongjohns: juliana, i really love "nirvana" loopstrange: "thank you ron, would you like me to teach you to play it on yr nice guitar?" ronnylongjohns: oh yes! loopstrange: "it's easy peasy, then we can all have a jam" ronnylongjohns: juliana, can i sing the back up loopstrange: "yes, and rainy can do the tambourine" loopstrange: "there's no tambourine in it, but we'll add it in" ronnylongjohns: "oh, we should write a song and i'll put it on my new album" loopstrange: "yeah, i was hoping you'd want to do that ron" loopstrange: oops, i'm mixed up ronnylongjohns: hee loopstrange: ron, i gotta go now ronnylongjohns: ok loopstrange: see you and julaina another day? ronnylongjohns: yesm loopstrange: cool cat loopstrange: bye
― Ron, Friday, 5 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I think I only like the Hatfield tracks no one else does - "Breeders," "Let's Get Married," "Swan Song," "I Want To Want You."
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 17 July 2003 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
The good stuff of Beautiful Creature is SO GOOD. search songs 1-3, 6, and 11. esp.#11,'Hotels'. I always liked Only Everything too, plus the first too.
The Blake Babies reunion was maybe 1/3 super, search 1, 4, 5, and 10.
Wow, I never realized I was so into Juliana Hatfield... who knew?
― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 17 July 2003 22:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Burr (Burr), Friday, 18 July 2003 21:00 (twenty years ago) link
does anybody have a lead on a clean copy of this 'god's foot' (?) thing???
― ron (ron), Friday, 18 July 2003 23:30 (twenty years ago) link
haha i thought i was the only one!!
she's playing tucson in 4 days: i can't wait!
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 21 June 2004 07:36 (nineteen years ago) link
Ah mems. Newcastlte Riverside club. She was too loud (well, the band were, she was way too quiet herself). The last one I got was the 'hairy' one. One of my first purchases from CDNow back in the day. Dawn put her hand in the car glovebox, brushed against the CD and pulled her hand out very quick. "Is that meant to be....?" she asked. "Yeah, Probably" said I.
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 21 June 2004 08:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 21 June 2004 08:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― di, Sunday, 6 February 2005 03:56 (nineteen years ago) link
jd you have to be kidding
― di, Sunday, 6 February 2005 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link
The new album from last summer isn't that exciting.
― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 6 February 2005 08:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Sunday, 6 February 2005 08:38 (nineteen years ago) link
The first four tracks on Bed are so great: "Down On Me," "I Want To Want You," "Swan Song," "Sneaking Around."
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 6 February 2005 08:44 (nineteen years ago) link
there were a few tracks on exile that i really liked, but also some i quite disliked. i'll give it a go tomorrow and summarize.
― derrick (derrick), Sunday, 6 February 2005 08:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 16 April 2007 12:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Surmounter, Monday, 16 April 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― baaderonixx, Monday, 16 April 2007 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 16 April 2007 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Dr.C, Monday, 16 April 2007 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr.C, Monday, 16 April 2007 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Monday, 16 April 2007 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo z, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 05:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rich Smörgasbord, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 09:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 11:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 13:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Charlie Howard, Friday, 4 May 2007 18:18 (sixteen years ago) link
― Surmounter, Friday, 4 May 2007 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
― Charlie Howard, Friday, 4 May 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
― Surmounter, Friday, 4 May 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw this on her website. Anyone seen these so-called perverted posts?
"Someone purporting to be ‘Juliana Hatfield’ is disseminating disturbing email messages, postings, and e-cards throughout the Internet. "Please ignore any and all unsolicited anti-Semitic, racist/fascist, or sexually perverted email or e-cards sent by ‘Juliana Hatfield.’ It is not coming from me. "This has, sadly, been going on for quite some time. I thought that if I ignored the problem, or at least didn’t acknowledge it publicly, the perpetrator would eventually get this sickness out of his/her system and move on to happier, healthier, more productive pursuits. I was wrong. "And now I feel I must issue this disclaimer, for the benefit of any of you who may yet be targeted: Please don’t open any unsolicited mail from ‘Juliana Hatfield’ if you don’t know me. Please don’t even look at this stuff. It’s ugly and kind of heartbreaking."
― Jazzbo, Friday, 20 July 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
geez
― Surmounter, Friday, 20 July 2007 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i'd be really disappointed to receive an e-card from 'juliana hatfield', only to find out it's not actually from her
― Charlie Howard, Saturday, 21 July 2007 04:35 (sixteen years ago) link
esp. that sort of e card
― Surmounter, Saturday, 21 July 2007 07:27 (sixteen years ago) link
New blog where J picks a song and writes about the context, inspiration, etc for the piece.
http://julianahatfield.com/blog/
― SeekAltRoute, Saturday, 19 April 2008 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link
jeez, those are some lengthy blurbs she writes
like that picture of her about halfway down the page (of her blog)
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Me too, though not sure about the message.
You're right, that's a lot of words. I'll have to try to read them.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
I decided that she has a hot face but the jaw/bone structure is too big or something. Either way she used to pretty hot in some of her videos and I'm looking forward to listening to her latest two offerings: Made In China and How To Walk Away (will be released August 19th).
She rocks.
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 1 June 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I could add her to my fave guitarists thread.She had a way with the open string chords. I dug that Strohm guy from Blake Babies too for similar reasons.
Saw them (BB) open for Buffalo Tom years ago now. Julianna Hatfiled was a tiny bit easier on the eye than Bill Janovitz
― Fer Ark, Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
what kind of chords? any examples of songs?
― the pinefox, Sunday, 1 June 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Rain by Blake Babies - How to play cool songs
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 1 June 2008 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
After watching its video a few minutes ago, I'm embarassed that I didn't champion "Universal Heart-beat" a little more in spring '95. God, that tune was everywhere, wasn't it?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 1 June 2008 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/2168/11179097cw2.jpg This is a screen cap I took from her Blake Babies - Out There video. I think she's hot in this video. Someone told me she looks like a boy. I told them to stfu.
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 1 June 2008 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm gonna join her myspace and post this screen cap and see if I get a reply.
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 1 June 2008 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Pinefox - not sure of any particular chords but if in standard tuning alot of her stuff sounds like loads of suspended and add nine stuff? Plenty of open strings - limited barre chords - apart from that Total System Failure.
Maybe alt tunings?
Possibly why I never made it. Yes, I play guitar but too lazy for theory and all that
― Fer Ark, Sunday, 1 June 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
huhi have definitely heard it before. maybe i taped it from the library or something? i can see that happening in 10th or 11th gr.
― sweat pea (La Lechera), Monday, 25 November 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link
I was way into her in the '90s. I'm surprised to discover that I might be even more into her '90s material now than I was back in the day. Only Everything was particularly slept on by me. What an album.
I never went any further than Bed but I think I wanna make the push and catch up on her complete works. Setting myself up for disappointment? Possibly.
― Say Goodbye To That Blood (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 November 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
I'm just gonna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSIOk9UkVk0
― Say Goodbye To That Blood (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 November 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
Beautiful Creature is excellent and I recall Total System Failure being very good. I've dipped in and out over the years and I don't think she has done much that isn't pretty enjoyable.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Monday, 23 November 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
So, she lives around the corner from me and last week our dogs made friends and I was standing there like, "hey, nice dog" meanwhile I know the dog's name is Charlie and I've seen her twice. I wasn't going to be obnoxious and say anything but man was that a weird few minutes.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 23 November 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
Wow. I've generally been decidedly un-starstruck meeting/running into celebrities but I honestly don't know how I'd react in that situation. There would be some gushing, I'm sure.
― Say Goodbye To That Blood (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 November 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
yeah I don't think a few friendly words would be obnoxious at all
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Monday, 23 November 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link
I think I wanna make the push and catch up on her complete works. Setting myself up for disappointment? Possibly.
How to Walk Away is my favorite of her 21st century solo albums, and the the short-lived band she had with Freda and Heidi Gluck called Some Girls is her best full band project.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 01:47 (eight years ago) link
X-post yeah you might be right. I see her pretty often so if the dogs meet again maybe I will say something nice. :)
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 26 November 2015 02:59 (eight years ago) link
I guess your dogs never met again.
― Sam Weller, Monday, 26 February 2018 09:39 (six years ago) link
sometimes i think Feed Me will be her legacy song, as long as anorexics keep sharing it with each other on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PvJfxnCXtU
― mig (guess that dreams always end), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 07:36 (six years ago) link
Feed me with lyrics
― Mark G, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 08:02 (six years ago) link
new album of Olivia Newton John covers is due which is... unexpected
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 12:36 (six years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/album/0x5HHvCJis3kkZL86Z4Ld8sounds pretty good to me!
― niels, Saturday, 14 April 2018 09:02 (six years ago) link
The Newton-John album is really lovely.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Saturday, 2 June 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
yes, one of my favorites this year, not familiar with anything else she's done (hardly any of the Newton-John songs either) but loving the melodies, the energy/spirit of it
― niels, Sunday, 3 June 2018 10:10 (five years ago) link
Always liked her, but just now wallowing in nostalgia and connecting with my inner '90s indie rocker by listening to the Blake Babies' Sunburn and then Hey Babe, Become What You Are, and Only Everything. What a great run that is. If she had come up in the '60s she would've been a famous Brill Building hitmaker.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 23:19 (two years ago) link
still love her so much
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 23:19 (two years ago) link
John Strohm has been publishing these great Blake Babies tour diaries on Facebook, check it out for sure if you are a fan
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 23:54 (two years ago) link
I would but I'm not on Facebook. If they were anywhere else...
― Josefa, Thursday, 7 April 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
gimme a few
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Thursday, 7 April 2022 00:07 (two years ago) link
good news, it's actually on Wordpress not FB
https://johnpstrohm.wordpress.com/2022/03/31/blake-babies-tour-diary-excerpts-pt-1
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Thursday, 7 April 2022 00:08 (two years ago) link
Oh cool, thanks!
― Josefa, Thursday, 7 April 2022 00:11 (two years ago) link
1988-1990 was such an interesting period, when the American Underground of the mid-'80s had made its impact and grunge was bubbling up, and everyone was influenced by similar things but taking those influences off in different directions.
― Josefa, Thursday, 7 April 2022 00:19 (two years ago) link
Thought I actually did read something John wrote on FB, but maybe it was just a link to the Wordpress.
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 April 2022 00:37 (two years ago) link
correct
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Thursday, 7 April 2022 01:09 (two years ago) link
I played her newest album Blood the other day, mostly out of goodwill and nostalgia, and even though my personal tastes have shifted from what I was listening to twenty years ago I'm amazed that after nineteen albums she's still writing such strong choruses.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 7 April 2022 08:01 (two years ago) link
Thank you for that link, sleeve.My gf was telling me about someone who lives in her friend's building the other day and I realized at some point that she was talking about Freda Love Smith. Neither of them knew that she was in Blake Babies.
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 April 2022 10:34 (two years ago) link
!
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:50 (two years ago) link
Haha I keep waiting to run into her around town. I feel like it’s inevitable!!
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:29 (two years ago) link
Her = Freda (not Juliana though that would be awesome too)
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:30 (two years ago) link