― gygax!, Wednesday, 13 November 2002 19:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 19:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Yancey (ystrickler), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 19:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ^Diego^ (dhadis), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 19:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
the lack of compression on the demo version sounds better to me.
― gygax!, Wednesday, 13 November 2002 20:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ^Diego^ (dhadis), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 20:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
yank crime + "bullet train to vegas"/"hand over fist" + "sinews"(demo)
also:pitchfork eucalyptus + satan's outhouse EP
no dates yet...
― gygax!, Thursday, 14 November 2002 18:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― original bgm, Thursday, 14 November 2002 18:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax!, Thursday, 14 November 2002 18:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax!, Wednesday, 20 November 2002 06:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Mirov (nick), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 07:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
the remaster is clean, they really brought rick's guitar up in the mix...
― gygax!, Thursday, 21 November 2002 19:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris Ott, Thursday, 21 November 2002 20:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
i think rick's guitar is too low on the original mix and lacked that "sparkly chime" that is the pride of all telecaster owners. I also think the rhythm section got kinda muddy in the original mix, compare minute 6 of "luau" for example: the bass and bassdrum are more jumpy and live sounding in the remaster.
"Production", gygax? I assumed you were named after Pitchblende rather than the inventor of Dungeons And Dragons.
maybe? @_@ it's one of my favorite records.
Rick slays in every line on the S/T - Yank Crime is overlong in every sense, and he's not as explosive with the deliveries. Obv. a matter of taste.
I totally disagree, "rome plows"/"new math" vox (esp. deliveries) are to my ears well beyond anything on the s/t.
― gygax!, Thursday, 21 November 2002 21:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
Very similar to what Matador did to S&E - lots more low-end on the kick and tons more midrange. It's not like they're turning it into a Korn record, but my fondness for the muddier, truly-indie mid-90s sound is probably distorting my take on things. If they'd had access to better technology, etc.
Bottom line: "Bullet Train To Vega$" is the best song released under the Jehu banner?
― Chris Ott, Thursday, 21 November 2002 21:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
my favorite song is "new math"... this is subject to change though.
― gygax!, Thursday, 21 November 2002 21:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
How about a huge Truman's water retrospective set?
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 13:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 18:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
is it from the of thick tum, soar..., or godspeed era?
― gygax!, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 19:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Peel sessions disc is essential though.. it contians three sessions.. One session with Glen, Kevin, Kirk, and Eli from 1993. Second one with Glen, Kevin, Kirk, Eli, and Mike from 1994. Then Kevin B., Kirk, and Kevin C. from late 1994. So I guess "Spasm Smash", post "Punchline", and "Milktrain" eras respectively I guess.
They all sound friggin' amazing.... I still see that disc occasionally go used for $3.. keep lookin'!
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 19:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
i work with a guy who sang lead in eli(jah)'s pre-/post-TW band cactopus... i saw them in santa barbara in the early 90s and even 10 years later recognized him. very strange indeedy.
i miss glen's rocking days. i saw him at a berkeley church in september.
― gygax!, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 19:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 21:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
When I read this I couldn't help but think "isn't everything that Trumans Water has done pretty much an oddity?"
― Nick Mirov (nick), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 21:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax!, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
speaking of t-shirts... swami has drive like jehu shirts (scroll down) with the "artwork" from the first lp (printed on american apparel brand t-shirts). emo guilt has run its course, it's time to get down and boogie.
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:42 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:44 (twenty years ago) link
that's what my friend Ned (not Raggett) says about my inability to appreciate Yngwie Malmsteen.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:50 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 02:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 07:01 (twenty years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 18:26 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 25 June 2004 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Friday, 25 June 2004 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― People love Gravity and Ebullition! (ex machina), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:22 (nineteen years ago) link
been listening to yank a lot as of lately....wanted to revive this
― gman, Thursday, 27 March 2008 05:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Been listening to them a lot lately myself.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 27 March 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Seems a little unfocused to me compared to the songwriting on Hot Snakes records, but I've only listened a few times.
― libcrypt, Thursday, 27 March 2008 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
this shit goes hard
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 August 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
kind of annoyed they're playing here next month but as part of the dreaded riot fest
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 August 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
me too, man. and as a native and current San Diegan, it's a big point of pride musically. right up there with Scream Dracula Scream and Automatic Midnight in my personal greatest albums of all-time list, except I'm left wondering why they all had to stick with the boring-ass black-and-white art scheme for their cover designs. I feel like I'm being discriminated against as a non-tattoo-having guy.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Monday, 25 May 2020 05:25 (three years ago) link
I think you will have to talk to Rick about the album art, as he did them all. I personally love his illustration style, and the cover of "Yank Crime" (and "Automatic Midnight" as well) are pretty iconic to me. I just love that humble little ink BOTTLE and spilled ink so much. And yeah, you should be proud San Diego had some sick shit going on at that time and of course to me this was the best of the best. I can't tell you how meaningful "Automatic Midnight" was for me, as I had waited for another Drive Like Jehu album in vain since 1994. I of course had no idea how they would top "Yank Crime" but sure as hell wanted to see them try. Of course instead it basically ended the band and maybe should have. Not sure they could have takeN those ideas much farther than they did.
― grandavis, Monday, 25 May 2020 05:34 (three years ago) link
I was so happy the first time I heard this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1oLv0hdtFU
Just hearing Rick's voice over a riff like that was a total joy.
― grandavis, Monday, 25 May 2020 05:35 (three years ago) link
Burrito, stereo separation of cymbals on "Luau" is pretty sick! And yeah, the hits are so well placed and artfully done. He is the one that became a chemist after the band I think, which makes sense to me hah hah.
― grandavis, Monday, 25 May 2020 05:53 (three years ago) link
I always forget how good "Sinews" is until I get to it on the album. I think in a way "Sinews" is the song that maybe could have suggested the direction the next album might have gone? Such a cool and patient build to it. I also love the space in it. Not many of there other songs have that concept of "space" in them.
― grandavis, Monday, 25 May 2020 06:25 (three years ago) link
"their"
I think in a way "Sinews" is the song that maybe could have suggested the direction the next album might have gone?
"Sinews" was the first song they ever wrote and recorded as DLJ. It predates their first album and was first released on a comp in 1991 and then re-recorded for Yank Crime.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
"Sinews" as a path for exploration, not a temporal signifier as to where they were going. Obviously it holds little water as they stopped making music instead of exploring any of it. Thank you for continuing to take the most specific reading of any comment and jumping on it. Why do you think they revisited the song, re-recorded it, and placed it last on the album?
― grandavis, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:34 (three years ago) link
That question is one that might have a clear answer in an interview or something, but it is an honest one. It is kind of a curious choice considering what you mention about it (it being an older song and one they had release in another form). I mean it could simply be that they wanted another song for the record and weren't happy with the original recording of course.
― grandavis, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
His artwork for Cargo/Headhunter during the Pitchfork/DLJ years was fantastic imho, though I can see how people aren't into it.
https://i.imgur.com/EoREM4P.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/WeVS2wN.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/RS6dmwE.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/N6dM6o7.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/v0bTewb.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/8d7tXCs.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/wdm7Eyo.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
I love Rick's art. I particular love that train one, thanks for posting these.
― grandavis, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
The old Hot Snakes website was dope. Original Rick art all over it.
― circa1916, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:58 (three years ago) link
Why do you think they revisited the song, re-recorded it, and placed it last on the album?
I have no idea, but both versions do serve as proper band-bookends... kinda like Slint with "Rhoda"?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 25 May 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
Interesting point in re the book-ending, as well as the analogue to Slint. It has been way too long since I have listened to "Rhoda," I really love that second version.
― grandavis, Monday, 25 May 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
I was only kidding about the cover art, of course I love it. All of Rick's. Around the time of the Obits when he had a heart scare, I emailed him to see about buying a painting, but never heard back.
I do distinctly remember hotsnakes.com though! What a treat it was to click there.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Monday, 25 May 2020 23:41 (three years ago) link
30 years old today, reminded of this nice touch that Rick hand drew the katakana for the Japanese obi:
https://i.imgur.com/QB5G4Og.jpeg
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 17:05 (four weeks ago) link
^Love that
― JRN, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 17:27 (four weeks ago) link
christ this album is so good
see also ✒ Drive Like Jehu ✒Yank Crime ✒ 20ᴛʜ ANNIV POLL ✒
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 March 2024 00:42 (three weeks ago) link