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lumen
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response 40 of 131:
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Sep 10 22:39 UTC 1999 |
re:32 Although I too find _Entertainment Weekly_ addictive, the fact
that they are cynical and snarky puts me off, particularly because it
shows in the reviews, not to mention some of their music critics are
incredibly short-sighted. Oh well-- if you have to write for a
particular audience, I guess you do have to write like someone with a
short-attention span for musical tastes, and not as someone who has
actually listened to a significant amount of an artist's work =P
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gnat
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response 41 of 131:
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Sep 11 04:03 UTC 1999 |
Re. #39 - the cardboard-encased CD was probably Cornish in a Turtleneck,
a very good Ypsi band. I just found out the members are still in
high school!
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orinoco
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response 42 of 131:
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Sep 12 00:30 UTC 1999 |
Yeah, Cornish in a Turtleneck it was...
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krj
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response 43 of 131:
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Sep 13 02:27 UTC 1999 |
I was taking my out-of-town visitor, a CD trading pal I met on the
net back in 1991, traipsing around the used CD shops today.
In Wazoo, a very nice rock album was on the stereo. It turned out
to be the new Luna album; I didn't note down the title.
When Luna turned in this new album, their US label immediately
dropped them. The album's been released on the UK label Beggar's
Banquet; Wazoo didn't want to sell me their play copy, they said
they were hoping to get more. SKR Pop & Rock has it: for $28.
I find it very discouraging: that an album which I take an immediate
liking to could be grounds for the band's dismissal from their label.
I mean, I know I'm out of touch with the commercial mainstream, but
jeez.
The Cowboy Junkies were cut loose by Geffen, too. Part of the UMG
shakeout.
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mcnally
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response 44 of 131:
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Sep 13 02:46 UTC 1999 |
Yep, I was unhappy when I heard that Luna had been dropped from their
label, though I'm not sure that it was because of the content of the
album -- I'd just heard that they got cut in a big label purge.
Anyway, I thought their last one, "Pup Tent" was underrated and pretty
good but my favorite Luna album is "Penthouse", which I highly recommend.
Also, considering that you like both Luna and the Feelies, it's probably
time once again for me to exhort you to try a Yo La Tengo album.. If I
recall correctly you'd had one of their early albums and didn't like it
(which is understandable -- even I'm not wild about their first three..)
I'd encourage you to try "Electr-o-pura", "Painful", or "Fakebook" and
give the band another shot..
(For those who haven't heard Luna, they're another one of those "permanently
affected by exposure to too many Velvet Underground records" bands, which
*I* happen to like..)
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mcnally
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response 45 of 131:
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Sep 23 03:18 UTC 1999 |
Ken, if you're interested in Luna, I noticed that their album "Penthouse"
(which I recommend) is on sale at Tower for $7.99 (as part of their sale
on WEA "super-saver" titles..)
I was sort of expecting someone to comment on the new Great Big Sea album
since I know there are a number of fans who read this group. Has anyone
bought it, and is it good?
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krj
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response 46 of 131:
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Sep 23 21:46 UTC 1999 |
Thanks for the mention of the Luna discount. I just picked up
the new import, THE DAYS OF OUR NIGHTS, for $16 at East Lansing's
Flat Black and Circular; this is an $11 saving over the price at
SKR... let me know if you want one.
Hmm, I hadn't noticed a new Great Big Sea album yet, though I vaguely
remember hearing something about it. Twila?
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mcnally
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response 47 of 131:
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Sep 23 21:52 UTC 1999 |
According to a mailing list I follow (never completely reliable) the
domestic release is supposed to be available in October.. I've already
clearly over-spent my fall record budget, so I'd better pass..
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krj
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response 48 of 131:
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Oct 28 21:38 UTC 1999 |
I've seen the domestic release of the new Luna album.
Mike was wanting me to review my import copy, but I haven't been able to
think of much to say about it: it's the only contemporary rock album
getting any player time at all right now, for whatever that's worth.
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mcnally
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response 49 of 131:
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Oct 28 21:58 UTC 1999 |
maybe I'll pick up a copy, then..
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krj
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response 50 of 131:
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Nov 8 20:02 UTC 1999 |
Pete Townshend items: (1) There is a live benefit album out of Townshend
playing a lot of old favorites. Anyone heard it?
(2) www.livedaily.com reports that Townshend's rock opera "The Lifehouse"
will be released as a six (!!) CD set. The work itself covers
two hours, and then the rest is related material, outtakes, and Stuff.
Townshend was working on "Lifehouse" back in 1971 and when he
shelved it, some of the material emerged as the album "Who's Next,"
probably the Who's greatest recording.
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scott
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response 51 of 131:
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Nov 8 20:53 UTC 1999 |
"Lifehouse" will be aired on the BBC early December, and release of box set
#1 will coincide. There's also some kind of limited preemo box set coming
out, too.
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orinoco
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response 52 of 131:
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Nov 8 21:27 UTC 1999 |
Is there any way to get just the work itself without the outtakes and Stuff?
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mcnally
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response 53 of 131:
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Nov 8 23:15 UTC 1999 |
Slashdot ( http://slashdot.org ) had an item on "The Lifehouse" claiming
that a special edition of the set would be available as an "adaptive"
music project -- the idea is that the purchaser can enter information
about themselves into a program that will adjust the music in certain
ways according to the parameters entered, providing a customized listening
experience for each user.
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goose
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response 54 of 131:
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Nov 11 20:38 UTC 1999 |
I am completely geeked about this.
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krj
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response 55 of 131:
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Nov 20 06:52 UTC 1999 |
Would anyone care to write anything about New Model Army?
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dbratman
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response 56 of 131:
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Nov 22 23:50 UTC 1999 |
[Insert historical disquisition on Oliver Cromwell here, but I doubt
that's what you were thinking of.]
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orinoco
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response 57 of 131:
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Nov 23 02:41 UTC 1999 |
Maybe Ken would like to elucidate what New Model Army means in a musical
context?
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krj
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response 58 of 131:
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Nov 23 05:09 UTC 1999 |
New Model Army was the name of a British punk band.
I knew about them as a band since forever, and I was surprised when
I ran across the Cromwell reference a couple of years ago.
There are rumors that the band has faint folk influences in spots.
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mcnally
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response 59 of 131:
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Nov 23 17:01 UTC 1999 |
I've got a track or two by New Model Army on various collections I own,
but not enough to express much of an opinion on them. Don't think I've
ever noticed any particular folk influence but maybe I'll go back and check.
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gnat
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response 60 of 131:
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Nov 24 01:15 UTC 1999 |
I don't think they're really a punk band (in the Sex Pistols sense of
the term). Highly political, though, if I recall correctly.
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eeyore
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response 61 of 131:
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Nov 24 03:55 UTC 1999 |
re:56...if you're gonna bring it up, then you need to bring up the fine
historical dissertation on Oliver Cromwell by Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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krj
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response 62 of 131:
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Dec 13 06:35 UTC 1999 |
I'm back in my hate-everything mode, so I'm going to be kind of quiet
for a while.
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krj
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response 63 of 131:
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Feb 10 17:58 UTC 2000 |
Well, sometime in late January the hate-everything stage went away.
I have a big pile of entertaining new discs here and I should try to
crank out some reviews.
It's discouraging to me, though, that retail shopping is becoming
less and less relevant to my folk music interests. Essentially I'm
looking at buying the promo items which wash up in the used market
-- thus depriving the artist of a sale, guilt guilt -- or mail
order.
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dbratman
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response 64 of 131:
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Feb 18 22:03 UTC 2000 |
Please do crank out the reviews, though there's nothing more
discouraging than reading a glowing review and then discovering I don't
much like the record. I think the advent of the Oyster Band was the
first sign that I was drifting away from Britfolk.
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