If there's one thing I've learned from the oughts, it's that breaking up / losing your mind / retiring forever at some point is the best thing one can do for one's career.
Don't forget dying, that's still a classic move
― L'Haim, to life (St3ve Go1db3rg), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Friend tweeted from that show "Yes, everyone is old."
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
saw them over the weekend and it was pretty magical. a surprising number of young kids there, who apparently waited out in the cold all day to get up front (which, it turned out, was totally unnecessary since all the olds were happy to hang out in the tiered seating). i was really impressed at how tight they were, the level of musicianship on that stage is super high. i'll bet they're a way better band than they were in the '90s.
JM was rocking a giant grey beard and kept his hat over his eyes the whole time but sounded spot-on.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 10 February 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
"I was really impressed at how tight they were, the level of musicianship on that stage is super high."
Yes! Much more commanding and professional than I was expecting, and I've seen them all perform in other projects over the years.
― Evan, Monday, 10 February 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
the drummer and the multi-instrumentalist (jeremy & julian iirc) are particularly great.
― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 10 February 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
Recent DC show sold out fast, but they're coming back to a big shed this summer.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 February 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
Saw them last night - echoing the comments above, couldn't believe how well they played. I was pretty dubious about seeing a band that I'd cared so much about in 2000, but it was still amazing.
― toby, Thursday, 22 May 2014 09:46 (nine years ago) link
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Seahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3CRVVBL9oI cried all day long after I saw this music video for the first time.didn't care for any other songs on this album, haven't heard any of their others.
my playlists cataloging the best songs of each decade http://postmusicindustry.blogspot.com
― TabForaCause.com, Thursday, 22 May 2014 10:13 (nine years ago) link
we laughed, we cried, we spammed
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Thursday, 22 May 2014 10:23 (nine years ago) link
http://the-toast.net/2014/10/22/songs-neutral-milk-hotel-album-reference-holocaust/
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
i was really impressed at how tight they were
well, if you only write, like, 22 songs over the course of a quarter century, I assume you get those songs down pretty good at some point
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 25 October 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
Who wouldn't get off on being revered like a Christ figure? Dude does not need to write another song in his life. ITAOTS is perfect and only gets better.
― Pentenema Karten, Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
huh I could've sworn its stayed p much exactly the same since it was released
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
its so strange that he doesn't write songs anymore. I figured some new stuff would emerge after the tours he did, but he's still playing all old stuff isnt he?
― prince moth mothy moth moth (cajunsunday), Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
that well is drty
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
also dry
I figured some new stuff would emerge after the tours he did
i could see that making it even harder to write new songs.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 30 October 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
For a Milk Hotel to be Neutral, at a time like this, is unconscionable— David Spector (@spectordeforce) January 10, 2021
― nickn, Monday, 11 January 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
A funny tweet thread.
― nickn, Monday, 11 January 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link