...it's also quite heavy. I'm not going to finish all of this tonight, it's heady and dense, and i'm not sure i find it campy (is he Lou Reed or PT Barnum on Pachuco Cadaver? I can't tell, this is walking some inimate/sensation tightrope) but it's been rewarding to read through it slowly and carefully.
― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
*sensational
xps nah I can hang with Etron Fou, I was specifically thinking of Dunaj and related Czech stuff like Uz Jsme Doma and even carrying through to Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, the kind of hammering relentlessness that I find overwhelming, even the Art Bears sometimes.
― zoomer death circus (sleeve), Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:20 (four years ago) link
Kate, great post above. (:
― timellison, Saturday, 18 April 2020 05:36 (four years ago) link
an earthy masculinity about it that feels utterly remote at this point...and much of the 'exceptional' music of the period is unexceptional in this regard
What kind of exceptionality are we looking for? Obviously, something greater than "Under My Thumb," and I know there are plenty of other problems. But I will say that, growing up in the '70s/'80s, an awareness of rock music going back to the '60s was a significant thing for me in seeing suggestions of a more feminine way of being for those born male.
― timellison, Saturday, 18 April 2020 05:50 (four years ago) link
All I'll say is they know how to do breakfast TV in Sweden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-kH_aNnNiA
― Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Friday, 18 November 2022 13:35 (one year ago) link
I wasn't aware of that iteration of the Magic Band. Who needs coffee when you have music like that?
― o. nate, Friday, 18 November 2022 17:25 (one year ago) link