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Grex > Music2 > #196: NP #4: Music to Conference By |  |
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gnat
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response 50 of 503:
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Aug 4 14:24 UTC 1999 |
The Soft Boys, "Wey Wey Hep a Hole"
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dbratman
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response 51 of 503:
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Aug 5 22:22 UTC 1999 |
Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. San Francisco's sorry excuse for a
classical station (I've just been in Louisville and Cincinnati and
marvelled at their stations' superior quality) has named it their
Designated 20th Century Acceptable Work, and seem to play it at least
once a day.
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otaking
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response 52 of 503:
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Aug 6 03:17 UTC 1999 |
Recoil, "Bloodline" It's my roomie's CD. It's a really enjoyable etherial
techno sound.
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katie
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response 53 of 503:
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Aug 6 04:07 UTC 1999 |
Sara Hickman, "Two Kinds Of Laughter." I'm going to try to book her at
Green Wood.
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happyboy
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response 54 of 503:
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Aug 6 23:55 UTC 1999 |
John Lurie: Two Movie Scores
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krj
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response 55 of 503:
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Aug 7 22:20 UTC 1999 |
"A Prairie Home Companion." A repeat show from 1997 which I have
heard before, with the Tannahill Weavers and Muzsikas.
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tpryan
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response 56 of 503:
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Aug 7 23:02 UTC 1999 |
The Larados new CD, Most Requested. Saw them last night.
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gnat
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response 57 of 503:
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Aug 8 20:15 UTC 1999 |
Lamb, "Fear of Fours"
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otaking
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response 58 of 503:
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Aug 9 18:09 UTC 1999 |
Altan, "Blackwater" After seeing them in concert at the Ark last year, I just
had to buy some of their CDs. They do great Celtic music.
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mcnally
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response 59 of 503:
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Aug 10 16:58 UTC 1999 |
Joe Jackson -- "Big World"
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bmoran
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response 60 of 503:
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Aug 11 20:23 UTC 1999 |
Just a tiny bit o' drift. Today is Joe's birthday (45) and WDET played
quite a bunch of his music, in the order it was produced. Real cool!
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krj
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response 61 of 503:
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Aug 19 02:51 UTC 1999 |
Attwenger, MOST. Quasi-punk-folk duo on accordion and drums.
I'll probably start a new item to go over the Austrian haul in
more detail.
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krj
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response 62 of 503:
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Aug 19 19:01 UTC 1999 |
Peter Gabriel, 3rd album. I'd always wanted to get an import CD of
this one, and the 4th album, because I'd heard that the US domestic
issues were not the best quality. So Leslie kindly brought me back
a Charisma label issue, UK manufacture, from Austria, for 139 shillings.
Almost 20 years since its issue, the album holds up pretty darned well.
This is the album where Gabriel began to be influenced by African
music, particularly on the track "Biko," which probably led pretty
directly to the WOMAD and Real World projects; which in turn have
led me to refer to Gabriel as a "former rock star," with only one new
album released in the last 12 years.
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mcnally
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response 63 of 503:
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Aug 19 20:11 UTC 1999 |
(The "4th" album is "Security"? Both excellent albums, at any rate..)
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gnat
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response 64 of 503:
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Aug 19 21:26 UTC 1999 |
Bardo Pond, can't remember the title. Sludgy noisy stuff with a singer
who sounds like Kim Gordon. Will probably get the usual 3 stars when
it comes time for album review.
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krj
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response 65 of 503:
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Aug 19 23:07 UTC 1999 |
The 4th album is titled "Security" in the USA, because Gabriel's
American label refused to put out any more albums titled only
"Peter Gabriel." The British edition is titled just "Peter Gabriel,"
catalog number PGCD4.
Where do your reviews appear, Natalie?
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gnat
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response 66 of 503:
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Aug 20 00:10 UTC 1999 |
I write little mini-reviews on stickers that get stuck on new CDs at
WCBN. The reviews are supposed to help the DJ's figure out what to play.
Some people do track by track reviews, but I'm too lazy for that.
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krj
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response 67 of 503:
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Aug 20 01:23 UTC 1999 |
Ah! It sounds like it might be possible for you to share them with us,
since WCBN isn't publishing them?
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gnat
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response 68 of 503:
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Aug 20 02:17 UTC 1999 |
Well... I don't keep copies, and once a CD has its review sticker and
has been shelved, it doesn't leave the station. So it might be kind
of tricky...
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tpryan
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response 69 of 503:
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Aug 20 02:24 UTC 1999 |
A group called Thunder. Picked up their CD from the sample rack
at Borders HQ. Hard rock. Not too damaging to the ears. Musta taken a
buyer a while to clean out the cube, I just noted it's dated 1997.
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hematite
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response 70 of 503:
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Aug 20 03:21 UTC 1999 |
Speaking of Peter Gabriel (up there), did he sing a song something
along the lines of "I want to know, what you're thinking. Tell me
what's on your mind." Or if he didn't who did?
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bruin
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response 71 of 503:
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Aug 20 12:58 UTC 1999 |
RE #70 I believe the song whose lyrics you quoted, hematite, was from
Information Society (their one and only hit, BTW).
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gnat
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response 72 of 503:
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Aug 21 22:16 UTC 1999 |
The Magnetic Fields, "The Charm of the Highway Strip." Melancholy tunes
that were probably stitched together in someone's basement, with
sepulchural bass vocals that sound like if Ian Curtis from Joy Division
could sing in tune. I like.
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mcnally
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response 73 of 503:
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Aug 22 05:38 UTC 1999 |
I love that album.. Perhaps the only country-and-western album you'll
find that was played on beepy Casio keyboards.. (the music isn't C&W
at all, but the lyrics deal with very country-ish themes..)
That's still my favorite of the Magnetic Fields albums, but I also love
the combo disc of The Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees. Both feature
female vocals, instead of Stephin Merritt's somewhat morose style.
"The Wayward Bus" is Merritt's fairly credible homage to the Phil Spector
"Wall of Sound"
Other related titles that're well-worth checking out:
the 6ths -- "Wasps' Nests"
Future Bible Heroes -- "Memories of Love"
the Magnetic Fields -- "Holiday"
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gnat
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response 74 of 503:
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Aug 22 13:35 UTC 1999 |
Thanks for the suggestions! I like the way he manages to get such an
idiosyncratic, unique sound from such lo-fi ingredients. (Considering
that a lot of lo-fi artists just sound like guys playing fuzzy guitars
accompanied by tape hiss.) And I'm a connosieur (sp) of weird singing
voices, so the morose vocals suit me just fine.
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