boom
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 September 2021 02:44 (two years ago) link
Goal was wide open.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 September 2021 05:10 (two years ago) link
and time stood still
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 9 September 2021 06:59 (two years ago) link
I had no idea she had a podcast with Ted Leo. I can't wait to dive in. "The Art of Process with Aimee Mann and Ted Leo is the newest artistic collaboration from legendary singer-songwriters Aimee Mann and Ted Leo. Every other week, Aimee, Ted, and friends across the creative spectrum discuss the process of turning an idea into art."
https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/the-art-of-process-with-aimee-mann-and-ted-leo/
Ian Mackaye, Open Mike Eagle, Kim Gordon ...
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 September 2021 01:33 (two years ago) link
If you're excited about that podcast, wait until you hear The Both!
― Nhex, Monday, 27 September 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link
That album was OK, I'm actually more excited about the podcast.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 September 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
Don’t remember if I’ve said this before, but I remember seeing Mann at the height of my fandom for her & being utterly devastated at her lack of stage presence / charisma / “star quality”I felt like she was the anti-Elvis.
― "The Pus/Worm" by The Smiths (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 27 September 2021 04:12 (two years ago) link
Kinda like The Cars! I never really thought about commonalities between the two, but the craft, the deadpan, the midtempo slogs match up all sorts of ways. Both even headed to Boston to get their careers moving.
Was going to say, she could have written "Drive" and now I see she's covered it.
― Citole Country (bendy), Monday, 27 September 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
Good post. You're on a roll, bendy.
― He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 September 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
the anti-Elvis
Was she uncomfortable, ill-at-ease or just "too normal"? Are there any other artists you'd say the same about?
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 27 September 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
Michael J. Fox got no Elvis in him
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 27 September 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
And yet, she's always hanging with a bunch of Cali comedians, in videos, on stage, etc., so maybe she just likes playing the straight man?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 September 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
Oh definitely. The most animated she gets is in those pre-recorded comedy videos. I'm totally fine with this though, she's always been "cool".
― Nhex, Monday, 27 September 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
Christgau agrees iirc
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 27 September 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
idk… i saw her a bunch between idk 2005-2010? and she was always funny and charming and her band was always tight. maybe it helps that a few of those were her christmas show…
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Monday, 27 September 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
I see you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDmoMaj96JI
― calstars, Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:24 (two years ago) link
Apparently was set to tour with Steely Dan this summer but, according to Mann's post/comic strip, dropped because (what's left of) the Dan are/have dicks:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbL2UESJxhD/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=a0e9598f-8b30-41d9-9d67-ff12c7ad0073
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2022 01:34 (two years ago) link
I'll always love this quote:
I’ve listened to Can’t Buy a Thrill a thousand times. It’s just a perfect record. Steely Dan have very complicated chord changes, it’s very modal. They also have a really harmonic sensibility that’s not like anybody else’s. The music breaks for long, long solos—and I hate jamming, I hate solos. But I guess making people play 20 solos and then putting them together really pays off, because all of them feel like melodic parts of the song. And there’s something to their music where you can tell that those guys are assholes, but but they also sound like they fucked up in a way that feels familiar.
― Nhex, Thursday, 17 March 2022 06:01 (two years ago) link
All is forgiven if Donald just tells me what Brooklyn is about. https://t.co/5zUTzIhIjt— Aimee Mann (@aimeemann) March 17, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2022 10:27 (two years ago) link
Maybe she was dropped from the tour after Steely Dan heard that she referred to them as assholes
― Josefa, Thursday, 17 March 2022 13:07 (two years ago) link
Did she?
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 March 2022 13:11 (two years ago) link
It's two quotes up, part of a Pitchfork interview
― Josefa, Thursday, 17 March 2022 13:14 (two years ago) link
Clicked through the tweet to Pitchfork and also to the instagram but didn't quite see the quote in question.
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 March 2022 13:53 (two years ago) link
The "asshole" quote is under the Steely Dan entry in the Pitchfork interview above the tweet. The "female singer-songwriter" quote is from the comic.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2022 13:55 (two years ago) link
Do Steely Dan not know they're assholes?
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
Oh, sorry! It was hiding there in plain sight, I can’t read this morning, too much time on ILX, you know the drill.
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:21 (two years ago) link
They don't give a fuck about anybody else.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:40 (two years ago) link
That may be the nicest way to call somebody an asshole that I have ever seen.
― henry s, Thursday, 17 March 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc2iLAubras
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 March 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
Response by Fagan (via a statement "shared with Pitchfork"):
Well, first of all, the idea that I would make any decision based on the gender of a performer is ridiculous. That’s something that would never even occur to me.There was a communication problem on our end. I was misinformed as to how firm the commitment was to any particular opening act. And, although I have the greatest respect for Aimee as a writer and performer, I thought it might not be the best matchup in terms of musical style.But I can’t pass the buck. I’ll take the blame for the screwup. I apologize for any distress this has caused Aimee and her fans.
There was a communication problem on our end. I was misinformed as to how firm the commitment was to any particular opening act. And, although I have the greatest respect for Aimee as a writer and performer, I thought it might not be the best matchup in terms of musical style.
But I can’t pass the buck. I’ll take the blame for the screwup. I apologize for any distress this has caused Aimee and her fans.
― Please don’t take / My time change away (morrisp), Thursday, 17 March 2022 19:22 (two years ago) link
Some of his best wives are female singer-songwriters.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 17 March 2022 19:28 (two years ago) link
The upside to this is that she can now do her own tour and people won't be forced to listen to Steely Dan in order to enjoy her performance.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 March 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 March 2022 19:47 (two years ago) link