Need to get more of this band.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 26 September 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
Go for the Numero box set, it has everything. you won't regret it.
"Broken Hearted Wine" still the one that never fails for me
― heaven parker (anagram), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 07:39 (seven years ago) link
I bought the Numero box set a few months ago, it's a thing of beauty but I've not been in the headspace to delve in since.
― michaellambert, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 09:16 (seven years ago) link
Unreleased album from 1992 on its way:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfE-AU7pJOL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 14:07 (one year ago) link
O_O
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:40 (one year ago) link
I read this book called "Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping," by Paco Underhill, and early on he mentions a detail-oriented assistant whose job is basically to stand around supermarkets and observe how various people shop. Then he drops a mention that this person used to be in a '90s band called Codeine. (!) From an interview with Underhill I found:
What kinds of habits—and what kinds of people—make for good observation?Over the last 34 years I sent out crews of trackers all over the world. When I’m in an environment observing, I have to be very careful after doing it for an hour—I haven’t seen what I need to see. It’s often the second or third day when you really see and understand. So a lot of it is a Zen-like state of patience.One man did 500 missions for me. He had a short career as a guitar player in a prominent early 90s band called Codeine. It had its own distinct beat. He became a kindergarten teacher. I found him doing substitute teaching and he was so patient and so observant and so rhythmic, with a slow steady beat, and he was so empathetic.
Over the last 34 years I sent out crews of trackers all over the world. When I’m in an environment observing, I have to be very careful after doing it for an hour—I haven’t seen what I need to see. It’s often the second or third day when you really see and understand. So a lot of it is a Zen-like state of patience.
One man did 500 missions for me. He had a short career as a guitar player in a prominent early 90s band called Codeine. It had its own distinct beat. He became a kindergarten teacher. I found him doing substitute teaching and he was so patient and so observant and so rhythmic, with a slow steady beat, and he was so empathetic.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
I assume it's John Engle, then:
John has been doing fieldwork for my company, Envirosell, for more than ten years, in between working as a kindergarten teacher. Trained to monitor five-year-olds, does he have patience? Oh, yeah. He also just completed his two-hundredth fieldwork assignment. He’s of medium height, with brown hair, a spare build, crinkles in the corners of his eyes and big broad feet. He has no trouble standing all day.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
thanks josh, i'm glad he's found his niche
there's a bit of background on the forthcoming album here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfPiTihuGKE/
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 26 June 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
Seems to be mostly early versions of songs that were later reworked as their final album The White Birch:
https://numerogroup.com/products/dessau
I love that album and I think it's probably unimprovable upon but we shall see
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 26 June 2022 16:50 (one year ago) link
i make it 4 songs that later appeared on The White Birch, 2 songs that were on Barely Real, plus 2 others (I Wonder, Something New) that i think were probably on that numero box
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 26 June 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
I loved Frigid Stars when it came out, it was an escape from stupid bombast and auteurism.
Then I threw it away, embarrassed about my slowcore period. I think I paid too much attention to other people's opinions.
Dug it out and enjoyed it, now I'm revisiting this 90's tendency.
― I Met Mr. Mathis (I M Losted), Sunday, 26 June 2022 20:08 (one year ago) link
These have reformed for a few east coast dates in April with further dates likely in the fall. Good to see them come out of hiding again, the 2012 show I saw was epic.
https://www.codeine.nyc/
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 09:01 (one year ago) link
They played that Numero group event in Los Angeles already I think. Playing DC with Barbara Manning opening
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRqkmHHFqUs
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link