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Grex > Music2 > #196: NP #4: Music to Conference By |  |
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gnat
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response 75 of 503:
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Aug 23 20:43 UTC 1999 |
Madder Rose, "Hello June Fool." Kinda like an edgier Cowboy Junkies,
with a wider sonic palette (elements of shoegazer, dance-y beats).
3.5 stars, probably.
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krj
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response 76 of 503:
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Aug 23 21:28 UTC 1999 |
I seem to keep collecting Madder Rose albums out of the $1 and $2 bins...
Garmarna, VITTRAD. The USA release had a different title; this is the
first release with Emma Hardelin as singer. Another of the spectacular
Scandinavian electro-trad bands, this one from Sweden. (And daggone
it, where did I mislay my copy of their new album, VENGEANCE?)
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gnat
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response 77 of 503:
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Aug 24 00:36 UTC 1999 |
I played the title track from that on my show a few weeks back. I'm
not sure if I care for those types of bands - I think I prefer my trad
without any electro.
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krj
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response 78 of 503:
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Aug 24 01:17 UTC 1999 |
(you've just dissed the last 25 years of my record-collecting life.
*sniff* )
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mcnally
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response 79 of 503:
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Aug 24 04:14 UTC 1999 |
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young -- "Deja Vu"
I was seized with a powerful compulsion to play this album after having
gone through the rest of my Neil Young albums recently. It's astonishing
how much better Young's stuff has aged than that of Crosby, Stills, or
Nash..
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orinoco
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response 80 of 503:
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Aug 24 16:52 UTC 1999 |
Adrian Belew doing a live version of Three of a Perfect Pair. I saw a record
of his called Salad Days in the New Stuff bin at the library; it looks like
a bunch of acoustic versions of old songs of his. Regardless, it reaffirms
my dislike for anything he's done since King Crimson :P
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tpryan
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response 81 of 503:
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Aug 24 23:56 UTC 1999 |
Jimmy Buffet, Beachhouse on the Moon CD, his latest.
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mcnally
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response 82 of 503:
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Aug 25 00:51 UTC 1999 |
re #80: since *which* King Crimson?
I like the poppier of Belew's solo albums, particularly "Mr Music Head"
and "Young Lions"..
Neither is perfect, but both are pretty good (and "Young Lions" is
worth having just for the track with "the Prophet Omega")
I haven't been wild about anything he's done lately, nor have I been
thrilled with the latest incarnation of King Crimson..
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otaking
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response 83 of 503:
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Aug 25 15:18 UTC 1999 |
Re #80 and #82: I keep meaning to get some King Crimson CDs? Any
recommendations?
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orinoco
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response 84 of 503:
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Aug 25 19:10 UTC 1999 |
Good point, McNally. THat wasn't the clearest way I could've phrased that...
Howzabout "I don't like the stuff he's done away from K.C."?
My favorites-of-the-moment are "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" and "Discipline".
"Larks' Tongues" is probably a better introduction to the band, but it's
impossible to get any idea of what they're like from just one album
(especially since there are so #@&! many incarnations).
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tpryan
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response 85 of 503:
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Aug 25 23:14 UTC 1999 |
Running with Scissors, Weird Al's new album...the polka medley is
on now.
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gnat
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response 86 of 503:
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Aug 27 01:23 UTC 1999 |
Captain Beefheart, "Trout Mask Replica." The one and only...
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mcnally
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response 87 of 503:
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Aug 27 02:26 UTC 1999 |
(thank goodness.. I've *tried* to like Beefheart, really I have..
I tried "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)", I tried "Safe as Milk",
I tried "Mirror Man".. Eventually I realized that I was simply
not ever going to like him no matter *how* terrific he was supposed
to be..)
Currently playing:
The Feelies -- "The Good Earth"
dug out my Feelies albums after their name came up in the Yo La Tengo
newsgroup.. fairly good stuff, but whoever recorded/mixed the vocals
on "The Good Earth" should be shot, unless, for some reason "inaudible
mumble" was the effect they were going for..
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katie
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response 88 of 503:
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Aug 27 03:29 UTC 1999 |
Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, "Western Wall/The Tucson Sessions."
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krj
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response 89 of 503:
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Aug 27 21:47 UTC 1999 |
On The Feelies, I'm pretty sure that "inaudible mumble" was the intended
effect. I have the TwinTone/Coyote issue of "The Good Earth," and it
has a special place in my heart as one of the best-sounding rock CDs,
in audiophile terms, I've ever heard. The realization of the electric
guitar sounds, all the way down to the amp hum, is just exquisite.
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tpryan
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response 90 of 503:
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Aug 27 23:04 UTC 1999 |
The Tempst CD, The Gravel Walk is currently playing. the
Jim Delushi 4 song disk played ahead of that.
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orinoco
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response 91 of 503:
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Aug 27 23:05 UTC 1999 |
(What is the difference between exquisite realization of amp hum, and 'bad'
hum that leaked in someplace else in the process? This is not a sarcastic
question.)
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mcnally
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response 92 of 503:
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Aug 28 06:13 UTC 1999 |
I'll agree with Ken that the rest of the CD sounds pretty well recorded.
That's why I find the vocals so confusing..
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scott
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response 93 of 503:
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Aug 28 12:28 UTC 1999 |
(Hearing artifacts of the instruments can be good or bad. On recent Tom Waits
things you can hear obvious neises from old creaky pianos and the like. It
can sometimes be a distraction, or it can increase the sense of there being
this big piano in front of you.)
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otaking
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response 94 of 503:
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Aug 30 17:47 UTC 1999 |
Ozric Tentacles, Strangeitude. I don't know how to describe the sound, but
I really like it.
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gnat
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response 95 of 503:
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Aug 30 21:25 UTC 1999 |
Captain Beefheart, "The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology)." Not sure
if I'll bother giving this a star rating, since it's all previously
released material. But if I do, it'll get 5/5 stars, of course.
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krj
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response 96 of 503:
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Aug 30 21:26 UTC 1999 |
(orinoco in resp:91 :: Urgh, that's tough to put into words.
In the case of the Feelies album, the amp hum comes from a specific spot --
it's a part of the stereo image which is being created.
Some sort of diffuse hum, which was leaking in from a poor recording
system, wouldn't have that sense of focus.)
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scott
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response 97 of 503:
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Aug 31 20:30 UTC 1999 |
The Beatles, "Revolver".
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mcnally
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response 98 of 503:
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Aug 31 22:56 UTC 1999 |
"Best album of the 60s" is a category with some pretty stiff competition,
but "Revolver" is on my short list.. Turn off your mind, relax, and float
downstream!
Now playing: A Yo La Tengo mix CD I made for the car that somehow found
its way into the house..
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katie
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response 99 of 503:
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Sep 1 01:54 UTC 1999 |
Alison Krauss, "Forget About It." Best album I've heard in a long while.
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