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- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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?
Is that a Firebird next to the Fender on the seat? I wonder if John Coxon is also involved?
- 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
I thought it was common knowledge that Stewart Lee has let himself go, so hardly surprising...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?
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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!
- 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...
- 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'...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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
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
- 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 ...
- 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!
... no seriously, they did!
- 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...
- 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?
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?
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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).
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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!
- 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...
- 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...
- 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'...
- 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?
It clearly has little to nothing in common with the new material we heard last year. How does he square that circle?
- 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?
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- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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 - ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:07 am
- Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
- Topic: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"
- Replies: 35
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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...
- Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:09 am
- Forum: Music (Dedicated to Fuzzhead)
- Topic: Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon - "Benji"
- Replies: 35
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:13 pm
- Forum: Gigs
- Topic: 2015 Austin Psych Fest Lineup (Levitation)
- Replies: 90
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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...
Personally I'd happily sacrifice half a gig or whatever to see Jason mix things up a bit...