― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 15:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 15:56 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 17:31 (twenty years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 18:02 (twenty years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 18:20 (twenty years ago) link
I will let you see the cover, sometime, though.
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 18:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Collardio Gelatinous (collardio), Sunday, 16 May 2004 05:48 (nineteen years ago) link
I like eleanor on that mp3 you posted to your blog matt.
commas excised from first draft of this post: 3.
― cºzen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 July 2004 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
N. developed a mathematical system, on it!
It was really frustrating how despite reading it a lot, I missed the big controversy when it happened.
It was nice when N. OK'd my reaction to his picture of the band, though. I enjoyed that.
Looking at it now, I wonder who it was who 'set' JtN 'straight' in the, the, 'boozer'? Or even, what boozer it was?
― the firefox, Thursday, 4 November 2004 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― the firefox, Thursday, 4 November 2004 14:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― the firefox, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 18:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link
how could anyone but the corniest indie fuxors pretend that jumbled indulgent BB shite (except for the title track..i thought that was "neat") is in any way greater than GB??
― Vic in LA, Tuesday, 5 April 2005 06:18 (nineteen years ago) link
Major Misunderstanding is a character in the British adult comic Viz. He is a retired major who dresses smartly, has a bushy walrus moustache and wears his medals on his chest for all to see; things which suggest that he is very pompous.
― War On The Terrances (DJ Mencap), Friday, 6 November 2009 10:26 (fourteen years ago) link
i just read about this. it's....bizarre
― jabba hands, Friday, 6 November 2009 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Like most creative musicians, Matt Friedberger is not a fan of Radiohead and most of their chart busters. Of course, Matt and all the Fiery Furnaces family are great fans of all Tommys living or dead, so much so that lots of the Fiery Furnaces' work is, because of the pun, dedicated to imitating the Who's Tommy.
"Back in the fall of 1996 or whenever that interview was conducted, the interviewer asked what Matt thought of the Radiohead song celebrating a WWI veteran. Matt naturally thought it would be interesting to pretend that they wrote a song about the celebrated American composer of a similar sounding name, hence his joking in the interview about Radiohead composing a song with something like 48 notes to an octave. It was easy and amusing to imagine Radiohead's attempt to colonize that relatively arcane bit of our musical lifeworld. This is what they used to call, in some bohemian and advertising circles, 'riffing' or fooling around.
"Matt has not heard the Radiohead song about Harry Patch, but if he did, he is sure he wouldn't like it. No doubt Radiohead and their fans can ignore his opinion of this matter and continue with their triumphant artistic interventions. Matt would have much preferred to insult Beck but he is too afraid of Scientologists.
― War On The Terrances (DJ Mencap), Friday, 6 November 2009 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link
This guy sounds . . . disturbed.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 6 November 2009 12:43 (fourteen years ago) link
This is hilarious. Matt Friedberger seems like he is probably not a very nice person IRL. I still need to listen to "I'm Going Away". "Widow City" is one of my favorite of their albums.
― o. nate, Friday, 6 November 2009 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
What a fun band.
― Your Ribs are My Ladder, Friday, 9 January 2015 11:16 (nine years ago) link
They were.
Was just over to their Wiki page, almost teared up a little.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 9 January 2015 13:52 (nine years ago) link
Blueberry Boat ages brilliantly, one of the best albums of the 00's beyond doubt imo
― London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football (imago), Friday, 9 January 2015 13:54 (nine years ago) link
oh my fucking god this thread though
― London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football (imago), Friday, 9 January 2015 13:58 (nine years ago) link
EP came out 10 years ago this Sunday. ;_;
― jmm, Friday, 9 January 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
Holy christ that makes me feel old.
― Gentle Nibbles (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 January 2015 15:04 (nine years ago) link
Love several, but Rehearsing My Choir is rock of ages, in more ways than one. Granny Olga in Heaven, you rule!
― dow, Friday, 9 January 2015 15:11 (nine years ago) link
whatever dude
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Friday, 9 January 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
no kidding
― some kind of terrible IDM with guitars (sleeve), Friday, 9 January 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
they're both great records! they're just really really different.
― mitt fleekwood (get bent), Friday, 9 January 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link
They are the most fun indie band from the 00s imho. Maybe of all time.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 06:18 (six years ago) link
well obviously
― imago, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 09:31 (six years ago) link
i have trouble perceiving these guys as 'fun'. bit of a mess, but fun?
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 09:48 (six years ago) link
Wacky glasses fun.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 10:16 (six years ago) link
An excitable dog with a bowel problem fun
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 11:27 (six years ago) link
you both suck
― imago, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 11:57 (six years ago) link
i was thinking about signing up to do this artist poll. not sure if there would be enough interest?
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 01:01 (six years ago) link
I'd vote in it, do it
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 01:39 (six years ago) link
that's the problem. you and i and maybe a couple more. i think if i wanted to go down this type of path i would rather do of Montreal instead, as my love is much stronger.
― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Thursday, 13 July 2017 02:41 (six years ago) link
why i chose to add Suede instead of Super Furry Animals. similar circumstances/adding the ILM element.
― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Thursday, 13 July 2017 02:44 (six years ago) link
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even when i do things on purpose, i still fuck it up.
― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Thursday, 13 July 2017 02:58 (six years ago) link
Maybe a mixed genre poll? Don't know how to call it yho... Quirky, slightly Psychedelic pop from the 00s onwards? I don't know how to classify it. Of Montreal, Flaming Lips and Fiery Furnaces seem compatible.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
great idea, can't wait until you do it :-)
― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Thursday, 13 July 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
Amen, selfLove several, but Rehearsing My Choir is rock of ages, in more ways than one. Granny Olga in Heaven, you rule!
― dow, Friday, January 9, 2015 9:11 AM
― dow, Friday, 14 July 2017 01:42 (six years ago) link
Olga really delivers her stories, with editing and rocking settings by Matthew.
― dow, Friday, 14 July 2017 01:48 (six years ago) link
Since “ranking” is all the rage ’round here:
1. Widow City (Side 2)2. Rehearsing My Choir3. I’m Going Away4. Bitter Tea (Side 1)5. Blueberry Boat6. Gallowsbird’s Bark7. Widow City (Side 1)8. EP9. Bitter Tea (Side 2)
Not counted: Take Me Round Again; Remember [but it’s great!]
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Monday, 27 August 2018 02:19 (five years ago) link
(Also, having now bothered to look up how the vinyl actually breaks down — please sub “LP1” / “LP2,” or just “First Half” / “Second Half,” for “Side 1” / “Side 2” in both cases.)
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Monday, 27 August 2018 02:36 (five years ago) link
Also, to give you an idea of the grading curve here — I’d rate “Gallowsbird’s Bark” an 8/10
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Monday, 27 August 2018 02:46 (five years ago) link