in addition to the tracks mentioned above, "hey eleanor" needs major props.
― toby (tsg20), Friday, 26 September 2003 05:15 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 26 September 2003 06:48 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Saturday, 27 September 2003 00:06 (twenty years ago) link
― adaml (adaml), Saturday, 27 September 2003 00:21 (twenty years ago) link
We Have Mice is my favourite OMD cover ever. Oh, wait...
― Momus (Momus), Saturday, 27 September 2003 09:54 (twenty years ago) link
― adaml (adaml), Sunday, 28 September 2003 18:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 28 September 2003 18:11 (twenty years ago) link
irony defined:when casiotone for the painfully alone starts dating your ex-girlfriend.
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:25 (twenty years ago) link
And for what it's worth...
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:35 (twenty years ago) link
*Shock*
― adaml (adaml), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:39 (twenty years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:41 (twenty years ago) link
― adaml (adaml), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:43 (twenty years ago) link
i mean how painfully alone can you be touring the world with the rapture and going out with my xgf? </stand-up routine worthy of jess harvell dismissal>
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:48 (twenty years ago) link
ps- perhaps "casiotone for the painfully alone dating your ex-girlfriend" is gonna be on the next record?
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 11:23 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 11:27 (twenty years ago) link
i will take a raincheck on your consoling pats; however, your promise of stuffed peppers/eggplants does not meet a similar fate... what is your recipe?
yr. ob'd'nt servant, &c., &c.,gygax!
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 20:23 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Tuesday, 7 October 2003 20:26 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 21:28 (twenty years ago) link
― ke[hm, Thursday, 4 December 2003 16:47 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:06 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:13 (twenty years ago) link
― kephm, Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:14 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
― kephm, Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:27 (twenty years ago) link
...which according to the lead post from a year ago (and upthread posting of the lyrics around March 24th), is one of mine too!
yes, kephm it's 100% true.
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
― kephm, Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:34 (twenty years ago) link
and yes, you should get to the show early!
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:38 (twenty years ago) link
My favorite Casiotone song right now would have to be "Calloused Fingers..." Twinkle Echo is a big improvement and one of my favorites of the year as well.
― lou (lou), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:47 (twenty years ago) link
Cold Shoulder 2:38Rice Dream Girl 1:53Baby It's You 4:51I Should Have Kissed You When I Had The Chance 1:24Hotel Huntington Sign 2:30It's Winter And You Don't Love Me Anymore 3:00We Have Mice 1:57Tonight Was A Disaster 1:48Oh, Contessa! 3:27Casiotone For The Painfully Alone In A Green Cotton Sweater 2:19Number Ten 1:29Destroy The Evidence 3:43Die Zugfahrt, die Unsere Beziehung Kaputtgemacht Hat 2:22Jeane, If You're Ever In Portland 2:28Toby, Take A Bow 1:59Half Ghost 3:04Calloused Fingers Won't Make You Strong, Edith Wong 1:43Casiotone For The Painfully Alone In A Yellow T-Shirt 2:18Roberta C. 3:45The Attic Room 3:08Twinkle Echo 0:39Baby It's You (DFA Mix) 6:49
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:06 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:18 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:20 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:37 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:51 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:13 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:13 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link
xpost :P
― kephm, Friday, 5 December 2003 01:31 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:33 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 05:14 (twenty years ago) link
― adam michel (adam michel), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 07:28 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
Architecture in HelsinkiCasiotone for the Painfully AloneP:ano (Portland)8:30pm $6
at the make out room in san francisco which is located near the corner of 22nd street and mission.
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 19:01 (twenty years ago) link
I assumed he was done making music when he retired CftPA; glad to see otherwise. He's so good at saying so much with so few lyrics. One of my favorite songwriters.
― musicfanatic, Friday, 29 June 2012 23:54 (eleven years ago) link
daytrotter session is up: http://www.daytrotter.com/?_escaped_fragment_=%2Fconcert%2Fadvance-base%2F20056095-37383301, you can listen with a free trial registration. really happy with how it turned out, probably a better reflection of the full-band live sound than the album. i play bass on three songs and autoharp on two.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
plastic owen band!https://advancebase.bandcamp.com/album/plastic-owen-band
― Οὖτις, Monday, 3 November 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
This is my favorite song on the new album: http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/07/advance-base-shares-new-song-pamela-listen/
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 10 July 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link
I really think he's a super under-appreciated, low-key, songwriting genius, thought so for years and years. His gift for both melody and economy of words = everything I look for in an artist.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Thursday, 28 January 2016 04:18 (eight years ago) link
Glad there is a thread for this guy.
Toby, Take a Bow is a great. Bitter irony. Wry and self-deprecating allusions.
― treeship., Sunday, 12 September 2021 23:42 (two years ago) link
And in excellent timing, new covers album:
https://advancebase.bandcamp.com/album/wall-of-tears-other-songs-i-didnt-write
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 01:42 (two years ago) link
Saw him do his first SF show in a while the other day. Had some thoughts.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 April 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link
I only recently learned that this guy is local. Like, practically down the street local? His wife plays mahjong with my wife every week.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 April 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link
That rules!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 April 2023 20:35 (one year ago) link
they are good people
― na (NA), Monday, 24 April 2023 13:42 (eleven months ago) link