what is your favorite song by casiotone for the painfully alone?

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Will be buying the new record at the end of the week, when I get paid.

― adaml (adaml), Sunday, 28 September 2003 18:00 (twenty years ago) link

Just heard it in full this morning, it's another sweet treat.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 28 September 2003 18:11 (twenty years ago) link

[this is hard to write about but what the hell]

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

! I hate to say this but now I'm already imagining album number four.

And for what it's worth...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:35 (twenty years ago) link

irony defined:
when casiotone for the painfully alone starts dating your ex-girlfriend.

*Shock*

― adaml (adaml), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:39 (twenty years ago) link

dude, gygax, that's rough!!

― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:41 (twenty years ago) link

I said I wanted more gossip on ILX, but...

― adaml (adaml), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 04:43 (twenty years ago) link

haha, it's all fine and dandy, i was being a tad dramatique there but still... the irony... it is rich.

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

you are certainly being dramatique, gygax! i was going to email you about this stunning development last night, but i thought perhaps it was a touchy subject. then lo and behold, the bombshell is broadcast across the internet...

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

(uh oh, i hope that didn't sound snide. you get consoling pats from me whenever i see you next.)

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 11:27 (twenty years ago) link

your royal snideness,

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

look on the bright side, gygax!: if you're talking about whom I think you're talking about, well, um, oh neverfuckingmind. You have my sympathy, bro.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 7 October 2003 20:26 (twenty years ago) link

i will pat you if i like, gygax!.
as far the peppers: preheat oven to 400. clean and cut in half lengthwise a bunch of giant red bell peppers, then boil them until slightly tender but not smooshy. when that's done, mix up a batch of polenta with loads of gorgonzola, olive oil, salt, pepper, and balsamic vinegar. stuff the peppers with the polenta, put them in a baking pan, and cover with tomato sauce (i use the recipe in mario batali's simple italian cooking). sprinkle some extra cheese on top of everything, and in the oven it goes until everything is bubbling and melty. while waiting for it to finish, get good and drunk on the red wine you were saving for company.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 21:28 (twenty years ago) link

one month passes...

casiotone play cambridge tonight. opening for the rapture. i havent heard the rapture yet. should i bother to wade through the hipsters to see casiotone??

― ke[hm, Thursday, 4 December 2003 16:47 (twenty years ago) link

Yes, and remind him it's his girlfriend's birthday.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link

gygax is creepy in love with casiotone!

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:06 (twenty years ago) link

p.s. i like the one song i've heard

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:06 (twenty years ago) link

p.p.s. i forget the name though

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:06 (twenty years ago) link

p.p.p.s. i stuck it between wayne wonder and hood on a mix cd.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:07 (twenty years ago) link

what's the name of that one about the 26 steps? thats my fav.

― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:13 (twenty years ago) link

is it really his gfs' bday? haha

― kephm, Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:14 (twenty years ago) link

both of you dorxxx need to read upthread ca. October 6th.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:25 (twenty years ago) link

um, i read the post. it did not mention the birthdates of anyone.

― kephm, Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:27 (twenty years ago) link

felcher = "destroy the evidence"

...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

it was a "haha, that is odd" not a "haha gygax lost the girl" haha
when i go to live shows these days i feel painfully alone.

― kephm, Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:34 (twenty years ago) link

it's actually a good thing, kephm: nothing lost, much gained.

and yes, you should get to the show early!

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:38 (twenty years ago) link

I just saw him play with the Rapture at the Black Cat a couple nights ago. Excellent show. He definitely looked painfully alone though.

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

how about a CD80 'portable'?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:47 (twenty years ago) link

I think his entire discography is about 100 minutes, here's a good ~60 minute sampler (in chronological order):

Cold Shoulder 2:38
Rice Dream Girl 1:53
Baby It's You 4:51
I Should Have Kissed You When I Had The Chance 1:24
Hotel Huntington Sign 2:30
It's Winter And You Don't Love Me Anymore 3:00
We Have Mice 1:57
Tonight Was A Disaster 1:48
Oh, Contessa! 3:27
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone In A Green Cotton Sweater 2:19
Number Ten 1:29
Destroy The Evidence 3:43
Die Zugfahrt, die Unsere Beziehung Kaputtgemacht Hat 2:22
Jeane, If You're Ever In Portland 2:28
Toby, Take A Bow 1:59
Half Ghost 3:04
Calloused Fingers Won't Make You Strong, Edith Wong 1:43
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone In A Yellow T-Shirt 2:18
Roberta C. 3:45
The Attic Room 3:08
Twinkle Echo 0:39
Baby It's You (DFA Mix) 6:49

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:06 (twenty years ago) link

oh, "rice dream girl"! that's the one i've heard.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link

wtf? when DFA get their hands on him? I haven't heard that.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.tigersushi.com/site/frameset.jsp?page=Rcd.jsp&RcdId=6831

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:18 (twenty years ago) link

rumor has it... (again this is just conjecture) that they will have their hands on him again.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:20 (twenty years ago) link

for the next week or so, when not playing east coast shows with the rapture, owen can be found at my house. last night we watched the simple life and the o.c., then ate too much greasy chinese food. we also went through a pack of cigarettes and argued about who smoked more. the end.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:37 (twenty years ago) link

That's funny, because Brian Eno is sleeping on our couch at the moment. He rents a lot of Jaques Tati movies and holds up cards with pictures of food on them when he wants a bite to eat.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:51 (twenty years ago) link

(sorry)

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:51 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.rowdyruff.net/images/fanart/starmyu/nyah.gif

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:13 (twenty years ago) link

adam i kiss you

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:13 (twenty years ago) link

A couple nights ago I woke up with my arms around my plush domokun. I had thai take-out box on the floor next to me. The stereo was playing "by your side".

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link

wait a sec, gygax called ME a dork? the ironing is delicious.

xpost :P

― kephm, Friday, 5 December 2003 01:31 (twenty years ago) link

don't you have a show to go to?

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:33 (twenty years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Build it and they will come.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 05:14 (twenty years ago) link

I don't like this artist.

― adam michel (adam michel), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 07:28 (twenty years ago) link

"artist"

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 22:28 (twenty years ago) link

three months pass...

tonight:

Architecture in Helsinki
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
P: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

Arhitecture In Helsinki, that's a great name for a band.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 19:10 (twenty years ago) link

they're australian and eight strong:

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ksuth/aihband_throw.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 19:58 (twenty years ago) link

eight strong whats?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 20:00 (twenty years ago) link

"the australian belle and sebastian" (nb: i have not heard a note of their music but just look at that photo).

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 20:17 (twenty years ago) link

They look like Britishers. Except for Aphex Twin in the middle there.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago) link

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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

one year passes...

Saw him do his first SF show in a while the other day. Had some thoughts.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 April 2023 20:02 (eleven months 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 (eleven months ago) link

That rules!

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 April 2023 20:35 (eleven months ago) link

they are good people

― na (NA), Monday, 24 April 2023 13:42 (eleven months ago) link

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