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by mojo filters
Mon Apr 18, 2016 3:36 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: ATP Cale cancel
Replies: 5
Views: 2532

Re: ATP Cale cancel

ATP are a fucking shambles who are not fit to run a bath, let alone a business. Utter incompetents who have left a trail of debt and failure for years while still - somehow - retaining a modicum of credibility in the 'alternative' sector. The only reason they've got away with it for so long is thro...
by mojo filters
Wed Mar 23, 2016 7:22 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: glasto
Replies: 32
Views: 6652

Re: glasto

I kinda feel bad for being so negative above. I was lucky to get to experience Glastonbury before it got commercial and "bloated" (which I think is an apt characterization). I've just been watching the Spiritualized 2015 set on YouTube. Despite the obvious limitations of that medium, it's ...
by mojo filters
Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:02 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018
Replies: 807
Views: 236644

Re: New Spiritualized Album - 2015?

mc wrote:Another one from Saturday:

https://twitter.com/guy_massey/status/7 ... 8928948224
Is that a Firebird next to the Fender on the seat? I wonder if John Coxon is also involved?
by mojo filters
Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:56 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: The Heads ATP warm up show in London next year
Replies: 38
Views: 9449

Re: The Heads ATP warm up show in London next year

olan wrote:http://thequietus.com/articles/19809-st ... ncellation

Stuart Lee this afternoon. In short, he doesn't know what is going on! Hardly his fault though is it?
I thought it was common knowledge that Stewart Lee has let himself go, so hardly surprising...
by mojo filters
Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:54 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: sexual abuse in music
Replies: 29
Views: 8763

Re: sexual abuse in music

Yeah I don't quite understand the Chapman comparison. Out of interest I used to have a great book analyzing the murder of Lennon. The author's theory was that all behaviour exhibited before during and after indicted evidence that Chapman was "programmed" in some way (a bit like theories ab...
by mojo filters
Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:24 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: sexual abuse in music
Replies: 29
Views: 8763

Re: sexual abuse in music

I thought the point made about Yoko Ono is very valid. I've been an avid Beatles and Lennon fan since I was a little kid. I always thought it was a shame how Yoko was characterized, as in almost every book I read (thankfully in those pre-internet days there was plenty of reading materials I could ac...
by mojo filters
Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:02 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: glasto
Replies: 32
Views: 6652

Re: glasto

to be fair though, no one ever went for the headliners... did they? Quite so. In the days before you needed to buy a ticket, I didn't have a clue who was playing the big stages and especially headline slots. I don't think I'd even seen the Pyramid stage until around 2005 (Brian Wilson and Van Morri...
by mojo filters
Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:04 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 Live at the New Morning, Geneva,Switzerland
Replies: 51
Views: 86393

Re: Spacemen 3 Live at the New Morning, Geneva,Switzerland

He actually looks like a bad guy from Austin Powers or similar!
by mojo filters
Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:48 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: What Are You Listening To Now?
Replies: 5913
Views: 1247347

Re: What Are You Listening To Now?

Jesu / Sun Kil Moon - not as good as the previous collaborations with Jimmy LaValle and Desertshore, not as good as Universal Themes either. The musical half from Justin Broadrick is completely underwhelming, maybe it's the kind of stuff Godflesh fans like but hasn't inspired me to listen to any of...
by mojo filters
Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:34 pm
Forum: Art/Design/Film/Literature
Topic: The Spiritualized Film Club
Replies: 435
Views: 199245

Re: The Spiritualized Film Club

Spotlight is really impressive. It let the gravity of the situation and subject matter speak for itself, rather than constantly bombarding the viewer with how awful it all was. Another great performance from Mark Ruffalo, as in Foxcatcher playing a much younger character very well. Paolo Sorrentino'...
by mojo filters
Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:36 am
Forum: Art/Design/Film/Literature
Topic: Making a Murderer
Replies: 6
Views: 4463

Re: Making a Murderer

I haven't seen the jinx? I'm guessing it is worth a punt. I'll look it up. The Jinx is really worth it. Robert Durst is just such a compelling character. Unfortunately Andrew Jarecki isn't as good at making movies, but it's still worth watching All Good Things which was his fictionalized account of...
by mojo filters
Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:31 pm
Forum: Art/Design/Film/Literature
Topic: Making a Murderer
Replies: 6
Views: 4463

Re: Making a Murderer

Likewise I loved Making A Murderer. Currently really into Serial - after finding the first 3 episodes of season 2 a bit flat, I found all the other supporting podcasts and web follow up material. The best podcast is Adnan's cousin's Undisclosed, plus there are two new interviews online via a site ca...
by mojo filters
Mon Feb 22, 2016 2:46 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: RIP harper lee
Replies: 7
Views: 2245

Re: RIP harper lee

I loved the book, but wasn't so keen on the film which I only got round to watching more recently. The film missed out far too much colour from the first part of the book, before we even get introduced to the legal story. However one thing I thought the film did brilliantly was the courtroom scenes....
by mojo filters
Sun Feb 21, 2016 5:57 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Daft Punk Unchained Documentary ...
Replies: 2
Views: 1163

Re: Daft Punk Unchained Documentary ...

Am watching it now. When I heard that riff I wasn't sure if it would turn into Evie Sands or Spectrum. Quite a cool cover - wish we'd heard more of it. Lots of other cool music, haven't heard Positive Education for years. Also didn't realise they were on Soma before Da Funk came out. Lots of nice me...
by mojo filters
Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:16 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Youth interview in DiS
Replies: 38
Views: 12147

Re: Youth interview in DiS

100% legitimate gripe. Same gripe we all have. Though not sure who has dropped the ball. Record label, management, whomever. For a fleeting moment us Moderators were supposed to be involved in helping out setting up a new web site. That was very nearly a year ago. Nothing since. I am as frustrated ...
by mojo filters
Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:44 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!
Replies: 29
Views: 9455

Re: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!

I really feel there is a risk of devaluing the meaning of a strong word here. The article below has some interesting observations on how the definition of that word has evolved, as well as giving an insight into what is generally regarded as genuine behaviour characterized correctly as misogyny. As ...
by mojo filters
Tue Oct 13, 2015 12:42 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Bobby Gillespie - 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down' comp
Replies: 4
Views: 1215

Re: Bobby Gillespie - 'Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down' comp

That Evie Sands is definitely the best version of that song. Although I do like the furious fiddles outake from one of Willie 's Spiritualized releases.
by mojo filters
Fri Oct 09, 2015 11:39 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: john lennon
Replies: 3
Views: 935

Re: john lennon

The Archive on 4 episode was an amazing hour of non-stop John Lennon!

It made Pick of the Week on R4, where they mentioned some other coincidental and complimentary shows including this gem:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06f5508
by mojo filters
Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:21 pm
Forum: Art/Design/Film/Literature
Topic: True Detectives (HBO)
Replies: 27
Views: 12611

Re: True Detectives (HBO)

Liked the whole first season : great storyline and characters. Seemed like the storyline tied up well in the end. I don't think Matthew McConnaghey (spelling?) and Woody Harrelson will reprise their roles for season 2 ? Great acting from WH + especially MM. But storyline tied up well? Doesn't that ...
by mojo filters
Fri Oct 09, 2015 2:14 pm
Forum: Gigs (Dates Only)
Topic: ATP Curated by Stewart Lee
Replies: 6
Views: 3023

Re: ATP Curated by Stewart Lee

ATP has let itself go ...












... no seriously, they did!
by mojo filters
Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:05 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!
Replies: 29
Views: 9455

Re: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!

I agree Kimi should have been quicker this year, especially since Arrivabene told James Allison to make the car suit him when he arrived at the end of last season. Quali in Monza was cool with Vettel giving him the tow, long time since I can recall seeing teammates make that work! I know it's a clic...
by mojo filters
Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:44 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Vinyl hi-end audiophile playback sessions
Replies: 18
Views: 3712

Re: Vinyl hi-end audiophile playback sessions

That sounds like a great event! Would have thought lots of folks here would be interested, I certainly would have been if it was't so far away.

Was this an official Classic Album Sunday event, or some other type of event? Also did you note what gear was used at the event?
by mojo filters
Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:33 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Another Kenzo / Spaceman Track
Replies: 30
Views: 6782

Re: Another Kenzo / Spaceman Track

I used: http://mp3fiber.com/ to rip a 320kbs mp3 copy that came out at 37mb. Unfortunately can't upload it for folks right now as my phone dropbox won't work, but it's a really easy site to use. I'm not sure what the original bitrate was, so it may not be worthwhile. It's a long time since I've used...
by mojo filters
Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:27 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!
Replies: 29
Views: 9455

Re: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!

BTW do you think Mercedes will have another Singapore situation, with the soft/supersofts again at Sochi? They claim to have found out what the problems were, but to suddenly end up 1.5 secs off the pace suggests a big problem that can't necessarily be fixed. I guess keeping the Mercs off then podi...
by mojo filters
Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:58 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Another Kenzo / Spaceman Track
Replies: 30
Views: 6782

Re: Another Kenzo / Spaceman Track

Kenzo is a French luxury house founded in 1970 by Japanese designer Kenzo Takada. Kenzo Takada was born in Japan and moved to Paris in 1964 to start his fashion career. https://www.kenzo.com/en/spring-summer-2016-womens-show I guess that explains the titles "men" and "women" the...
by mojo filters
Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:54 am
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!
Replies: 29
Views: 9455

Re: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!

Before folks begin to throw around accusations of offensive behaviour such as misogyny , they may want to reaquaint themselves with the definition. My remarks were directed at one person. It was purely poking fun at someone who consistently and unnecessarily prevails upon their audience, by writing...
by mojo filters
Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:33 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Another Kenzo / Spaceman Track
Replies: 30
Views: 6782

Re: Another Kenzo / Spaceman Track

I agree, it's got a nice groovy spacey-dub flavour ... very nice! I've only had the chance to hear it via the app on my phone, so can't read the full Soundcloud page. I know this isn't the first epic tune from this particular account, but do we know what they are actually for? Also who or what is th...
by mojo filters
Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:39 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!
Replies: 29
Views: 9455

Re: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!

Curb Your Enthusiasm, now you're talking. one of my favourite comedy shows of all time (easily my favourite american comedy) from the unique mind of Larry David. The Doll episode in particular leaps out as near perfect a 30 mins of comedy as I've ever watched. Larry is still undecided about doing a...
by mojo filters
Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:22 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!
Replies: 29
Views: 9455

Re: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!

Before folks begin to throw around accusations of offensive behaviour such as misogyny , they may want to reaquaint themselves with the definition. My remarks were directed at one person. It was purely poking fun at someone who consistently and unnecessarily prevails upon their audience, by writing ...
by mojo filters
Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:25 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018
Replies: 807
Views: 236644

Re: New Spiritualized Album - 2015?

Funnily enough, someone asked J on Friday night about the new album and mentioned 'Youth' and he said he thought everyone knew the real story about what had happened? Interesting to hear he played bass on the album though, or maybe that will be coming off? Who knows. The interviews out there sugges...
by mojo filters
Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:18 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!
Replies: 29
Views: 9455

Re: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!

I guess I've been a bit harsh and didn't mean to sound so cruel. My ex-girlfriend loved the show Girls, and insisted I watch it with her, in return for tolerating Curb Your Enthusiasm - because she claimed inexplicably not to find Larry David funny, failing to understand my proclivity to watch each ...
by mojo filters
Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:50 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018
Replies: 807
Views: 236644

Re: New Spiritualized Album - 2015?

Thanks everyone who found this. Very interesting interview, he gives a much more detailed insight into his life and work compared with Jason's typically modest and unforthcoming nature. I don't really know much about Julian Cope, though I liked his song "World Shut Your Mouth" when I was a...
by mojo filters
Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:49 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!
Replies: 29
Views: 9455

Re: Spacemen 3 on the Simpsons!

I've just watched the episode, and I wasn't especially impressed. I didn't go in prejudiced because I forgot Lena Dunham was the guest star. I didn't even realise her character was voiced by a star guest, I just noticed her name on the end credits. She was poor to average in it, though thankfully sh...
by mojo filters
Tue Sep 08, 2015 1:58 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: What Are You Listening To Now?
Replies: 5913
Views: 1247347

Re: What Are You Listening To Now?

Sun Kil Moon - April Having listened to most of his back catalogue, this is probably the nicest-sounding of all Mark Kozelek's work. Brilliant both from a songwriting and production perspective, April is a far more considered and mature work than earlier Red House Painters material. However it lack...
by mojo filters
Tue Sep 08, 2015 1:41 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Spiritualized at Moseley Folk Festival
Replies: 18
Views: 4028

Re: Spiritualized at Moseley Folk Festival

That Mars(hall) amp mod is the nuts. Super cool! Admittedly I've only seen the photo on my phone, but I wasn't sure if it had been deliberately customized, or simply suffered the inevitable fate of backline that's done the rounds without a flightcase? Am guessing it wasn't just hired since there is...
by mojo filters
Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:17 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: stop the press! variations in recent setlists!
Replies: 25
Views: 3872

Re: stop the press! variations in recent setlists!

Think Holmfirth was a warm up for Truck Festival? I remember it as a "full" show though, fairly close to 90 mins Your memory is probably better than mine! Did they play the same set at the subsequent festival? 90 mins sounds about right in terms of a slot near or at the top of a typical m...
by mojo filters
Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:30 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: African Pop
Replies: 1
Views: 575

Re: African Pop

I've no idea about your record. However it sounds really similar to the music of the Boyoyo Boys (sp?) that inspired Paul Simon to go write and record Graceland with them and other SA musicians. I think the genre is called "mbaquanga". Good luck in your quest for information. It must be qu...
by mojo filters
Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:15 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: stop the press! variations in recent setlists!
Replies: 25
Views: 3872

Re: stop the press! variations in recent setlists!

Even though I'm not able to go, I'll be sorry for those who do if it is another short show. When they played Holmfirth in 2013 I thought that was a kind of warm up gig, yet I think they played a regular length set (though I may be wrong about one or both of those).
by mojo filters
Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:09 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018
Replies: 807
Views: 236644

Re: New Spiritualized Album - 2015?

I thought the last album was Domino and their Double Six imprint, or are those the same as above? Unfortunately I don't really follow these complicated matters, machinations and manoeuvres anymore ... things aren't like they were back in the day :roll: I imagine running a small label is much harder ...
by mojo filters
Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:54 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: stop the press! variations in recent setlists!
Replies: 25
Views: 3872

Re: stop the press! variations in recent setlists!

Not playing Hey Jane does seem odd, but like I just posted on the other thread - I was really impressed with the Glastonbury performance this year - it all sounded really great (including a few tracks I've never been able to get excited about when at a gig). I wish it hadn't disappeared from the iPl...
by mojo filters
Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:44 am
Forum: Gigs (Dates Only)
Topic: FYF Fest (L.A.) August 23
Replies: 7
Views: 3609

Re: FYF Fest (L.A.) August 23

I was pleasantly surprised by the Glastonbury set, which is the only recent live footage I've seen. The broadcast was up to the usual BBC OB high standard. I thought the performance was among the best I'd seen, especially some of the songs I've not always enjoyed so much when actually at gigs. The n...
by mojo filters
Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:23 pm
Forum: Gigs (Dates Only)
Topic: FYF Fest (L.A.) August 23
Replies: 7
Views: 3609

Re: FYF Fest (L.A.) August 23

Very odd song to begin the set with. The epic quality surely lends it naturally to a set finisher or pre-encore place on the setlist. I guess it comes from having been privileged to first hear that song live with the string section at the Royal Albert Hall gig. Of all the SHSL songs I've heard live ...
by mojo filters
Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:02 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018
Replies: 807
Views: 236644

Re: New Spiritualized Album - 2015?

what's with the flurry of interviews? (3 ) is it a label thing? it seems a podcast of the interview never surfaced :? I'm guessing the label lined them up as the album was due out in September (according to all the reports up 'til now that is). I thought Jason had referred to some issue in a recent...
by mojo filters
Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:49 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: "And Nothing Hurt" - new Spiritualized® album 2018
Replies: 807
Views: 236644

Re: New Spiritualized Album - 2015?

I knew there was something suspect about that Youth fella. No respectable musician could show as much enthusiasm for Culture Club, regardless of the money involved. It sounds like an intriguing story, hopefully it'll come out one day. On the positive side, it's nice to hear Jason sound so cheerful a...
by mojo filters
Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:53 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Spiritualized Glastonbury Live 27th BBC Radio 6 + Video
Replies: 99
Views: 15093

Re: Spiritualized Glastonbury Live 27th BBC Radio 6 + Video

[ Hell, I'm happy to actually have favourite bands or otherwise. Most people I know now outwith the music freaks only have things like favourite car, favourite supermarket, favourite James Bond... :roll: S. the other day i was mocked for trying to engage people in a 'what is your favourite river' d...
by mojo filters
Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:43 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Vinyl hi-end audiophile playback sessions
Replies: 18
Views: 3712

Re: Vinyl hi-end audiophile playback sessions

It's great to hear you got the event up and running. I've followed you on WP, though my account is somewhat lacking in content - it was meant for a musical project, however all I use it for at the moment is when I visit Joe Saward's blog for his excellent F1 journalism. If I was a fan that sounds li...
by mojo filters
Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:13 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: US postal service
Replies: 8
Views: 2556

Re: US postal service

It would be cool to buy a Postal Service record that was delivered by the USPS ... and cheaper than buying a Death Cab For Cutie record couriered by a licensed Hackney Carriage!
by mojo filters
Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:11 am
Forum: Other
Topic: New turntable and record collecting in general
Replies: 234
Views: 131085

Re: New turntable and record collecting in general

A pair of Yamaha NS-10 Studio speakers have just arrived in our house totally free and still in their box :D Question i have is are they suitable for home stereo listening? If yes, is it just a case of hooking up to a standalone amp? As I think I have a Sony amp laying around somewhere that I could...
by mojo filters
Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:58 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: New J/Spz music?
Replies: 62
Views: 13662

Re: New J/Spz music?

(snip) another band with the same problem are Wilco. various members do some amazing side projects in the free jazz world, or Jeff Tweedy's more leftfield work with Loose Fur. then the recent albums are mostly dadrock with the members seeming to rein everything in. Thankfully I understand Jason's m...
by mojo filters
Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:27 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: New J/Spz music?
Replies: 62
Views: 13662

Re: New J/Spz music?

I worry that it's a clever magician's mis-direction, in respect of the forthcoming album... It clearly has little to nothing in common with the new material we heard last year. How does he square that circle? Seems to be in the same realm as The Bridge Song to me? ... i.e. too good to be true? Don'...
by mojo filters
Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:01 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: New J/Spz music?
Replies: 62
Views: 13662

Re: New J/Spz music?

I worry that it's a clever magician's mis-direction, in respect of the forthcoming album...

It clearly has little to nothing in common with the new material we heard last year. How does he square that circle?
by mojo filters
Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:53 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: New J/Spz music?
Replies: 62
Views: 13662

Re: New J/Spz music?

How
Good
Is
That?!?
by mojo filters
Mon Jun 22, 2015 4:18 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: SOUND OF CONFUSION
Replies: 20
Views: 9387

Re: SOUND OF CONFUSION

My opinions regarding Sound of Confusion are very much in the context of a comparison with the Northampton demos, subsequently released on Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs to . To me the same songs on the latter release generally sound better, compared with the more polished performances on ...
by mojo filters
Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:51 am
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: SOUND OF CONFUSION
Replies: 20
Views: 9387

Re: SOUND OF CONFUSION

Muscles - the Pacific Ocean Blues sound awesome! :wink: For me whatever CD version of Sound Of Confusion which has been available for the last 15 or whatever years still sounds like a way better master than the truly awful Perfect Prescription standard issue. The absolute number 1 album which needs...
by mojo filters
Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:23 pm
Forum: Spacemen3
Topic: SOUND OF CONFUSION
Replies: 20
Views: 9387

Re: SOUND OF CONFUSION

Muscles - I take it you're enjoying Sound of Confusion then? Do you prefer it to Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To as an album? Sound of Confusion is by far my least favourite album. Every song on it that also appears elsewhere, always sounds better to me on the other recording, mix etc - ...
by mojo filters
Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:40 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: New turntable and record collecting in general
Replies: 234
Views: 131085

Re: New turntable and record collecting in general

Gear sluts. I love it. Hahaha ... if this really was Gearslutz there'd be loads of posts from people who know nothing about turntables arguing that whatever type of turntable had just been purchased was the wrong one, and that a different turntable (which they've never actually used but read about ...
by mojo filters
Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:22 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"
Replies: 35
Views: 5702

Re: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"

I found this short yet insightful interview online. It was conducted just after Benji came out:  "I wonder how that all happens, how we end up on such different paths. Things don’t just blow by me." That may be a pretty prosaic observation at first glance. Yet to my perhaps-naive mind, it ...
by mojo filters
Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:47 am
Forum: Other
Topic: New turntable and record collecting in general
Replies: 234
Views: 131085

Re: New turntable and record collecting in general

Gear sluts. I love it. Hahaha ... if this really was Gearslutz there'd be loads of posts from people who know nothing about turntables arguing that whatever type of turntable had just been purchased was the wrong one, and that a different turntable (which they've never actually used but read about ...
by mojo filters
Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:15 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: New turntable and record collecting in general
Replies: 234
Views: 131085

Re: New turntable and record collecting in general

Those KEF Q3s are lovely speakers, plus the coaxial mid-high arrangement gives very good phase coherence through the time alignment and the design which gives the tweeters a synergistic horn loading effect that is very desirable. How do they sound now you have the benefit of a good turntable and RIA...
by mojo filters
Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:25 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"
Replies: 35
Views: 5702

Re: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"

I loved all of the previous Sun kil Moon albums and most of the Red House Painters albums, and I'd argue that a lot of the guy's best work has been overlooked (April, for example). But I just can't understand the hype over Benji. To me it's just talking over fingerpicked guitar in a rambling, strea...
by mojo filters
Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:16 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"
Replies: 35
Views: 5702

Re: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"

(snip) It's all good if makes an interesting tune. How totally fucked up. If you can make sense of everything going on around you, you're a better man than me. As far as I can see there's very little out there that isn't fucked up to some degree or other. Sometimes parsing the difference don't seem...
by mojo filters
Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:07 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"
Replies: 35
Views: 5702

Re: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"

I think I've done a fine job of mis-representing my own opinion. I've no sympathy with cynical misogynist sentiment - I agree it is essentially cruel and unnecessary. However it's also quite easy to demonise without knowing all the facts, and I'm certainly in no position to make such a determination...
by mojo filters
Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:09 am
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"
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Views: 5702

Re: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"

So he's been performing a song live about wanting to fuck some girl who works in a cheap chicken restaurant? What's the issue? When you strip back the metaphor, similie and all other flowery figurative language - how different is the essence of such a song to say the Beatles classic I Want You , or ...
by mojo filters
Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:16 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"
Replies: 35
Views: 5702

Re: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"

Maybe I was slightly star-struck on discovering such inspirational new music. However it seemed to me like Laura Snape made far too big a deal of his justifiable reaction to her deliberate and relentless pursuit of his friends, family and musical collaborators (because he wouldn't adhere to her own ...
by mojo filters
Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:05 pm
Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
Topic: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"
Replies: 35
Views: 5702

Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"

Until a couple of days ago I don't think I'd ever heard of Mark Kozelek or Sun Kil Moon, nor consciously listened to their music. That changed when I was browsing the Guardian website and by chance clicked through to an article written by Lucy Snoop (or similar, a name I vaguely recognized related t...
by mojo filters
Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:13 pm
Forum: Gigs
Topic: 2015 Austin Psych Fest Lineup (Levitation)
Replies: 90
Views: 29402

Re: 2015 Austin Psych Fest Lineup (Levitation)

Didn't Yo La Tengo go one further and not just let fans pick the setlist, but also gave them a choice of seeing the band perform entire episodes of Seinfeld?

Personally I'd happily sacrifice half a gig or whatever to see Jason mix things up a bit...