― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 6 May 2004 02:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― jazz odysseus (jazz odysseus), Thursday, 6 May 2004 02:15 (nineteen years ago) link
I kinda like some of the uh.. wackier stuff like "Capers" "Rowland Around in that Stuff" "Hats on Wrong" and "Waving My Arms" also. "Capers" has gone on many a mix tape.
― daria g (daria g), Thursday, 6 May 2004 08:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― daria g (daria g), Thursday, 6 May 2004 08:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Jennifer's VeilMr. ClarinetFriend CatcherWild WorldSwampland
― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Thursday, 6 May 2004 10:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Junkyard changed my life, easily one of my favorite albums ever! Just don't want to over-represent it 'cause all phases of the Birthday Party are GREAT GREAT GREAT
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― the 'surface' 'noise' (electricsound), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― the 'surface' 'noise' (electricsound), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― the 'surface' 'noise' (electricsound), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― the 'surface' 'noise' (electricsound), Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:53 (nineteen years ago) link
1. "Mutiny in Heaven" 2. "She's Hit"3. "Nick the Stripper"4. "Six Inch Gold Blade"5. "Release the Bats"
6. "Blast Off"7. "Deep in the Woods"8. Their cover of the Stooges' "Loose" on The John Peel Sessions
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 May 2004 14:07 (nineteen years ago) link
He did that on his solo American tour, too. I was really fucking amazed and happy to hear a Birthday Party song when I saw him in Chicago.
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 6 May 2004 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 6 May 2004 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Rrrrats in paradissssse, rrrrrats in paradisssse!
― kaliflwr (kaliflwr), Thursday, 6 May 2004 16:27 (nineteen years ago) link
my 2 pennorth'
― v1nnymiller, Thursday, 6 May 2004 20:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― jazz odysseus (jazz odysseus), Thursday, 6 May 2004 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 6 May 2004 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 May 2004 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Friday, 7 May 2004 06:06 (nineteen years ago) link
When I was really obsessed with the Birthday Party I looked all over the place for Crime and the City Solution records (except the disappointing Paradise Discotheque) and couldn't find any - did anyone ever reissue them? maybe I should check on slsk.
― daria g (daria g), Friday, 7 May 2004 19:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 May 2004 19:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 May 2004 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 May 2004 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 May 2004 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― daria g (daria g), Saturday, 8 May 2004 06:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 8 May 2004 06:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Saturday, 8 May 2004 06:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― the 'surface' 'noise' (electricsound), Saturday, 8 May 2004 06:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 8 May 2004 06:55 (nineteen years ago) link
I like the two I've heard.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 8 May 2004 13:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― jazz odysseus (jazz odysseus), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 9 May 2004 02:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Atnevon (Atnevon), Sunday, 9 May 2004 13:19 (nineteen years ago) link
I pulled out Prayers On Fire for the first time in a while cuz of this thread.
Insanely great.
― Broheems (diamond), Monday, 10 May 2004 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 3 June 2005 18:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Soukesian, Friday, 3 June 2005 20:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sundar (sundar), Friday, 3 June 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 3 June 2005 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Nope. Well, he was busy being a hepcat.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 3 June 2005 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm here to confess my love for 'Nick the Stripper' and 'Deep In The Woods', and the Birthday Party in general. Can I also say how much I love the 'Nick the Stripper' video? Fucked-up Nick truly is his best incarnation. It's the hair, I think. Oh and the dead stare...
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 4 June 2005 00:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Saturday, 4 June 2005 01:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 4 June 2005 01:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Orbit (Orbit), Saturday, 4 June 2005 02:01 (eighteen years ago) link
Sorry, impossible to fit this *and* BP stuff in one CD80. There's just too much goodness!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 June 2005 02:10 (eighteen years ago) link
The doc screened last night at the AFI Silver in Md near Washington DC, and will be there for one more screening the night of September 25.
My short preview of it for Washington City Paper got posted yesterday in their Fall Arts special
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 September 2023 14:42 (six months ago) link
Saw the doc tonight - you can rent it on Amazon. All of the concert and recording footage is terrific - most of it I've never seen before. The animation is, well, there - I didn't think it was particularly special, but didn't distract. What I didn't care for at all was the fake film scratching/sepiatone whenever there's a talking head on screen. It's apparent that the filmmakers were using footage from different eras (Nick Cave suddenly has a mustache, now he doesn't) and use the fake effects to give it some uniformity but it just looked dumb. Similarly, there are segments where a song is playing with lyrics and notebooks animating along, but there's never a point where the camera just holds on them. If I saw this in a theater, I'd go crazy because you'll want to hit pause all the time. Also, subtitles are mandatory.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 1 December 2023 09:10 (four months ago) link
BTW, the Rowland S. Howard documentary (Autoluminscent) is also rentable on Amazon. That one is an absolute must see. (I'd see that one first actually)
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 1 December 2023 09:13 (four months ago) link
i saw it at the cinema and loved it. it was a one off screening so was packed and there was an incredible atmosphere; a real electricity in the air. i'd highly recommend watching that way if possible.
and agree about the RSH one. essential.
― stirmonster, Friday, 1 December 2023 10:23 (four months ago) link
thirded
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 December 2023 12:23 (four months ago) link
if you don't want to give your money to Jeff fucking Bezos for making space penises, you could even rent it from the filmmakers:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/autoluminescent
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 December 2023 12:26 (four months ago) link
Oh sweet gonna buy that, last time I looked at their site they didn't have VOD options.
The RSH doc is also available on Vimeohttps://vimeo.com/ondemand/autoluminescent
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 1 December 2023 13:12 (four months ago) link
(same link!) I don't know of any non Bezos source for the Birthday Party piece.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 December 2023 21:14 (four months ago) link
i saw this doc a few days ago also - agree there is some great footage - esp. the studio stuff - although by the 13th live sequence featuring nick cave writhing around on the floor i had checked out a bit
semi-agree re the excess of gfx treatment but would say overall the film-makers did a great job taking material from disparate sources and shaping it into a unified whole
to me it felt about 20 mins too long? which is ofc mainly a requirement of getting it to feature length - but also perhaps reflects that TBP story isn’t thaaat interesting? they have a great sound - were clearly an incredible live force - but they don’t develop much over their lifespan and kind of grind to an exhausted, drugfucked halt
they were clearly remarkable in that historical moment and the film does a good job of capturing that - you could show it to a teenager and they would get what made the band compelling (eg I don’t think the recentish Triffids doc achieved this) - but I am not sure it manages any wider resonance beyond this specific story (which ie I think the recent Crimson doco managed to do)
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Friday, 1 December 2023 21:28 (four months ago) link
Haven’t seen the movie yet, but what always fascinated me about the BP’s development is that they’re the rare band got rawer and more unhinged and less subtle as they moved towards that final implosion.
― bendy, Saturday, 2 December 2023 04:12 (four months ago) link