Anyone else excited for the tour???
― ilxor, Saturday, 4 April 2009 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
they are so awesome live. saw them in providence at terrastock 6 and theirs was the only show i caught besides lightning bolt, bardo pond, and jack rose that lit the place that bright
― kamerad, Saturday, 4 April 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
batoh swore on stage they'd never return until bush was no longer our president. well fuck yeah, here we go
― kamerad, Saturday, 4 April 2009 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Very. Nice follow-on news from seeing Acid Mothers Temple/Kinski last night.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 4 April 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome news
― sleeve, Saturday, 4 April 2009 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
denver show is going to be tiiiiiight. though i will probably be the only one there.
― tylerw, Saturday, 4 April 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
is there a new album coming out? or are they just touring for the heck of it.
― tylerw, Saturday, 4 April 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Nothing immediately listed on their website about a new album, so looks like the latter option:
http://www.ab.cyberhome.ne.jp/~pochamal/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 4 April 2009 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Just got the first (self-titled) album on PSF secondhand the other day and am listening to it right now, coincidently enough. Sounds good.
― krakow, Saturday, 4 April 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, second time round for this self-titled album and it rules. Much better than I was expecting (I love 'Hypnotic Underworld' but was afraid that much of their other stuff would be too hippyish for my tastes).
― krakow, Saturday, 4 April 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Nope, it's all pretty great!
― ilxor, Sunday, 5 April 2009 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Aye, I reckon I'll be tracking down the rest now...
I know Monorail has had a s/h copy of Batoh's Darg City solo compilation for a while, so if that's still there on Monday, it's mine.
― krakow, Sunday, 5 April 2009 08:09 (fifteen years ago) link
best accomplishment of the obama administration so far!!! : )
― d20 riot tard (M@tt He1ges0n), Sunday, 5 April 2009 09:19 (fifteen years ago) link
After repeatedly reading lots of praise for these guys (and given the fact that, on paper, they're right up my alley) I succumbed and bought In Stormy Nights on vinyl last year. But it failed to move me. Maybe I should give it another chance, but I'm barely motivated right now to walk across the room and put it on.
Is this album generally considered to be poor? Should I perhaps give them another go, with a different LP?
― Duke, Sunday, 5 April 2009 10:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Right, In Stormy Nights is on the deck. "Hemicyclic Anthelion" covers all of side one, which is always a good sign....
― Duke, Sunday, 5 April 2009 10:26 (fifteen years ago) link
that's the most difficult place to start I could imagine! good luck. I found the later part of the record to be stronger.
― sleeve, Sunday, 5 April 2009 10:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually, "Hemicyclic Anthelion" is one of the songs I always liked on this album. I love that sort of free-form piece. It was some of the later, folkier songs that I found a little off-putting. But listening now, I'm actually quite liking them too, for example "Motherly Bluster" (on side 3 of the LP)
― Duke, Sunday, 5 April 2009 11:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Sadly, yes.
― ilxor, Sunday, 5 April 2009 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
?!? Had no idea they were touring!! super-excited, may have to get a babysitter for this one
― This Board is a Prison on Planet Bullshit (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 April 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Duke fwiw Hypnotic Underworld is my favorite, encapsulates everything great about them
― This Board is a Prison on Planet Bullshit (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 April 2009 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
fuckkkk no boston show
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 11 April 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Ghost gave a really big boost to Whoopi Goldberg's career.
― Aimless, Saturday, 11 April 2009 01:25 (fifteen years ago) link
She uses the Oscar as a doorstop now.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 April 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Ghost could probably do a sweet psych jam on "Unchained Melody" that's for sure.
― tylerw, Saturday, 11 April 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
The Terrastock 4 show -- indescribable. They had only about ten minutes and they made the most of it beyond description.― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:43 AM (3 years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:43 AM (3 years ago)
A recording of that set turned up on Dim3 and, holy cow, it was as amazing and WTF as I remembered it being.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 05:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Hmm, need to look for that!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 05:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Picked up the CD/DVD Live in Nippon package today for ultra cheap at my local, can't wait to dig in!
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
that one is pretty cool, though it leans mainly towards the avant-improv side of things. they were so great in Denver last year! Kurihara is a guitar god. also, those batoh/espvall CDs shouldn't be slept on.
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I absolutely love Kurihara, his album with Boris is just gorgeous.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
those batoh/espvall CDs shouldn't be slept on
wait how many are there? I like the one I have a lot (weirdest version of St. James Infirmary Blues ever?)
― Limp Bizkit Virtual Raping Teddy Bear (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
er I mean Death Letter
there's that one, and then another one that came out last year ... Overloaded Ark. Might be better than the first one!
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
(and yeah that Death Letter was weeeeeird!)
I feel like Kurihara is like the secret hero of the last decade in music. Everything he touched turned to gold!
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
his solo album is great. last track is like whoa
― original bgm, Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, that is worth picking up -- think it was released on Damon & Naomi's label? there's a bunch of stuff of his i haven't heard, judging from this page: http://www.wfmu.org/~rlim/kuri/k_intro.htmlsomeone made me a mix of his career up to 2004 or so though.
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn, what an impressive discography! And it seems to mostly stop shortly after 2000.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
he has certainly played in a lot of bands!
― tylerw, Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, that is worth picking up -- think it was released on Damon & Naomi's label?
yep. that's the one. sunset notes.
bookmarked that wfmu page. whoa!
― original bgm, Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I have an extra copy of Sunset Notes, will be throwing it up on eBay for a few bucks shortly... anyone want it here instead, for relatively cheap?
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
yup
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
All yours once I can dig it out of my moving boxes...
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 13 May 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
picked up used copy of the 1st Batoh/Espvall LP on drag city tonight .. so good
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 15 August 2010 06:05 (thirteen years ago) link
also, aren't we due for a new Ghost ... I am a SELFISH bastard ... need new Ghost
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 15 August 2010 06:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I have Lama Rabi Rabi and Snuffbox Immanence....I feel bad about getting out of touch with them.
― i like barbecue ribs (u s steel), Sunday, 15 August 2010 09:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Stormy do you have the 2nd one, Overloaded Ark? even better imo.
― sleeve, Sunday, 15 August 2010 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw Boris play with Kurihara on guitar and it was pretty incredible, so I got Hypnotic Underworld. I was bored to tears. I'd like to like these guys. What am I supposed to like about these guys?
― zorn_bond.mp3, Sunday, 15 August 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno, if hypnotic underworld bored you to tears, then maybe Ghost isn't for you. that's probably the best entry point to the band ...
― tylerw, Sunday, 15 August 2010 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't expect Ghost to be like Boris. You could try Snuffbox Immanence too. Do u like Flower Travelin' Band?
― Henry's Hepcat (admrl), Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
half of hypnotic underworld is amazing; other half meanders.
yeah, they're nothing like boris.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 15 August 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link