Tunesday Tunes (pity clicks welcome and encouraged)

[Davey]

Whatcha been listening to this past week?

Got the new Silver Jews Tangleweed thing and listened to that some. Nice album. And a bunch to the latest from the National. Just gets better. A few other of my favorites from the year like Andrew Bird as I was putting together a year end comp.

That's about it.

EDIT: Boy, this is embarrassing! Not a single response in 4 hours on a Tuesday thread? Guess it is me. Same thing happened last time I started one of these. Should've learned my lesson, eh?

[3-LockBox]

I bought my wife an MP3 player, so I spent the better part of the weekend listening to music that I otherwise could go the rest of my life without ever hearing again. Oh...that may be a tad overstated, but you get the drift. She'll use her player mainly for her workout. I myself had no desire to do the "shuffle", ever since I saw that gawd-awful Chicago Bears video. But this little thing will spare me hours of trying to buff scratches from CeeDees, or CD-Rs (usually, and luckily, not my own).

I did hear some new stuff this weekend (on CD):

A couple of 'Disco' comps (no need to list tracks and artists)

A six-CD set called The Circuit Party Mix, a set of remixed dance tracks that I've never heard before, from artists I've never heard of, by self-infatuated DJs who seem hellbent on making an already banal collection of cookie cutter techno even more redundant by over mixing the dance tracks to the point were they all sound like one long contiguous song, for all six discs...seriously, you couldn't have discerned one disc from another. Some of the songs repeated, but had different titles! These guys might be DJs by night, but their day job must be cutting & pasting porno films. Mercifully for me, this set was at a reduced price ($13.99) presumably because, upon first inspection, there was some superficial damage to the jewel case (yes, the jewel case). One of the discs though was actually damaged, so I took it back to CC and blessedly enough, it was the only one in stock, so I was able to recoup my 14 bucks. There is a God.

I washed my ears out with Rush:All The World's A Stage, a King Crimson comp of their Larks period, and some Captain Beyond:Sufficiently Breathless.

I did manage to pick up Coheed & Cambria:Keeping Secrets.... - their second album for a mere $9.99. Other than the ungamely long titles, I really have taken a liking to this band. Yes, the vocals are higher pitched than their latest one, with an even more efeminate lilt, more like a young Wayne Newton than Geddy Lee. But these guys have a way of wrapping unconventional lyrics, story lines and complex song structures in a highly melodic power pop and metallish aesthetic. Still remind me of Rush to a degree. This is a group I actually took a chance on and am very glad I did; eclipsing RPWL as my 'find' of the year.

[Dusty Chalk]

We need a separate column: Last Post; Replies; Views; Pity Clicks.

LOTW: Foetus, Love -- yes, that Foetus, Jim Thirlwheel. He's still using the same samplers he always have been (sounds like Emulators, possibly v. 3) -- they have a characteristic grittiness, and he doesn't spend a lot of time refining the realism of said samples, but that's not the point. The point is the songs. And he's really back in fine form on this one, quite possibly his best release in years (but I vaguely remember feeling that way about his previous releases). And it's not that he makes bad use of the samples -- the samples that he uses fit together like puzzle pieces that weren't meant to fit together, and yet still accidentally do. It's a talent to find those pieces and make them fit together, and make them look like a collage and one big picture both at the same time.

Lots of Carina Round -- just can't get past her in my MP3 player, every time I get to the end of the second album, for some reason it goes right back to the beginning of the first one.

Lots of Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom's The Days of Mars -- mesmerizing, hypnotic.

[Davey]

We need a separate column: Last Post; Replies; Views; Pity Clicks.

Yeah, I should've set it up as a poll, like a clicker suggestion box. Wonder if I can edit in a poll?

1. Keep the spirit alive Dave! Love the Tunesday threads!
2. Love reading them but don't often post in them.
3. Pity Click, but I still enjoy reading these
4. Pity Click, that's all, nothing more
5. Really bored so clicked on the only active thread. Not even for pity. You people suck.

[Slosh]

6. Everyone has avian flu from all that turkey mongering last week.

[Davey]

6. Everyone has avian flu from all that turkey mongering last week.

Yeah, thanks. As bizarre as it may sound to others, there for a minute I thought it was something to do with me. Glad to know that you're all just deathly ill

7. Not enough cowbell in music today for my taste
8. Next?

[Snowbunny]

6. Everyone has avian flu from all that turkey mongering last week.

Hmmmm...have you been hanging around another board, Sloshmaster?

[Snowbunny]

Whatcha been listening to this past week?

Got the new Silver Jews Tangleweed thing and listened to that some. Nice album. And a bunch to the latest from the National. Just gets better. A few other of my favorites from the year like Andrew Bird as I was putting together a year end comp.

That's about it.

EDIT: Boy, this is embarrassing! Not a single response in 4 hours on a Tuesday thread? Guess it is me. Same thing happened last time I started one of these. Should've learned my lesson, eh?

Awww... you're so cut and adorable I can't resist giving you some! Pity click action!!!

Just a busy day and way too many Yes fans around these parts.

Sugarplumbum

[Davey]

Awww... you're so cut and adorable I can't resist giving you some!

Thanks! You're the only one who has ever called me cut so I know it must be special! Whatever it is! Back at ya! Indeed!






Soon to be found in a Christmas card near you, if you've been a good girl this year (but extra points if you've been bad) ...

[Snowbunny]

Thanks! You're the only one who has ever called me cut so I know it must be special! Whatever it is! Back at ya!

Just acknowledging your awesome six-pack abs, Davey! Woohoo! Long live the Internet!

[Snowbunny]

Thanks! You're the only one who has ever called me cut so I know it must be special! Whatever it is! Back at ya! Indeed!






Soon to be found in a Christmas card near you, if you've been a good girl this year (but extra points if you've been bad) ...

Oh sure. Just assume that nobody listened to this the first time and send it out again, eh?

[3-LockBox]

Just a busy day and way too many Yes fans around these parts.

and yer such a ray of sunshine

[Snowbunny]

and yer such a ray of sunshine

Heheheh... bet you're wishing for a little ray of sunshine. How are the roads? They're supposed to be even worse tommorow. I'm glad I can walk to work. Drive carefully - I care!

[3-LockBox]

Heheheh... bet you're wishing for a little ray of sunshine. How are the roads? They're supposed to be even worse tommorow. I'm glad I can walk to work. Drive carefully - I care!

I work nights to boot, when it freezes over. Wasn't but a couple of inches (the snow) and it cleared pretty quickly, but now its dark

We'll see

Thanks for your concern

3LB

[Snowbunny]

I work nights to boot, when it freezes over. Wasn't but a couple of inches (the snow) and it cleared pretty quickly, but now its dark

We'll see

Thanks for your concern

3LB

Harry Wapler's kid said its going to ice over in the morning.

[Dusty Chalk]

Just a busy day and way too many Yes fans around these parts.

Hey now! You used to be a Yesfan, too, once.

[tentoze]

Only thing of note (and mebbe not even that to some or all)- Born To Run 30th Anniversary Box Set. The 11/75 London concert DVD is nothing short of amazing, performance wise. Video-wise, must have been the most poorly lit Springsteen concert ever. The 24 track 2-channel sound is pretty damned good, with some tape hiss evident. The performance is awe-inspiring, similar to the first time I saw them a few months after this show was taped. Way over 2 hours of a non-stop assault of swaggering, supremely confident musicians going for broke. It will exhaust you.

The remaster of the BTR cd is also very fine.

[Mr MidFi]

Only thing of note (and mebbe not even that to some or all)- Born To Run 30th Anniversary Box Set. The 11/75 London concert DVD is nothing short of amazing, performance wise. Video-wise, must have been the most poorly lit Springsteen concert ever. The 24 track 2-channel sound is pretty damned good, with some tape hiss evident. The performance is awe-inspiring, similar to the first time I saw them a few months after this show was taped. Way over 2 hours of a non-stop assault of swaggering, supremely confident musicians going for broke. It will exhaust you.

The remaster of the BTR cd is also very fine.

I, too, viewed this concert in its entirety, at full volume, and was blown away. To see the 25-year-old Springsteen and the original E Street Band "going for broke" as a bunch of unknowns is to understand why he became a superstar in the first place.

My newest acquisition is the Red Devil Dawn album from Crooked Fingers. Hard to describe. Sorta like Steve Earl covering Wilco...except completely different. Still evaluating, but favorable so far.

I took some time to revisit Interpol's Turn On the Bright Lights disc. I didn't really care for it the first time or two I heard it, but I'm beginning to see the error of my ways. But there still is a certain...sameness to these songs. At least to my ears. The opening untitled track and NYC are both awesome tracks, though.

Other spins included (but not limited to):
Deadwing - PT
Twin Cinema - New Pornographers
Open Season - British Sea Power
Kill the Moonlight - Spoon
Stevie Ray Vaughn compilation
Moondance - Van Morrison

NP: "No Quarter" by Led Zeppelin

[Davey]

Probably no point in doing a fresh one, but got in a couple listens to that Mary Gauthier (Go-Shay) CD that tentoze and JD are so high on, and starting to come around for me too. Originally JD sent me a copy for consideration on the last CRS, and I did initially use his tune but then subsequently opted for a different CD since it just didn't seem to fit very well. Probably my mistake, maybe shoulda just gone for a different tune from that CD. Oh well, time is the revelator

Also spun another one high on the tentoze year end list, Al Kooper Black Coffee. Very nice CD. Don't know why the last listen left me a little cold, but this time it really started to click. Pretty nice recording too. Seems to go on forever, but some damn tasty music. Gonna listen to this one some more. Old geezer music

Also spun that Sunlandic Twins by Of Montreal that is so high on Stoney's list, but haven't quite made the transition on this one yet. Maybe won't since it kind of makes my head feel like it's being deformed a bit, but it is some pretty fun music ... in short bursts, that is

Listened to the latest from the Electrelane girls, and really have a lot of respect for it, but it just doesn't come togther asa satisfying whole for me. Too much stuff that feels kind of noodly and unfocused. Still, when they're good ... they're really good. Remember that line from Bowie's "The Candidate"? "When it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad I go to pieces."

And that new Silver Jews Tanglewood Numbers - really been liking that one. Lots of good songs that scratch some of my itches. Better than that damn ineffective fungal spray, anyway

So that's all I got for now.

[tentoze]

Damn, you all by yrself in this one today, Davey? I guess I need to put that Silver Jews on my list. I only have one other of theirs, Starlite Walker I think. The new one got some dreadful initial reviews I read a couple of places that made me a bit dubious about pulling the trigger. Naturally, I agree with you about the Kooper- and the recording IS pretty darn good, at least on my Shahinians.

I stayed away from any new cd's the past week- been on a cheap vinyl scrounging binge that netted several old gems, but not much anyone would have any interest in, I suspect..

[Davey]

Damn, you all by yrself in this one today, Davey?

Yeah, been doing a lot of things by myself lately. Sometimes ya just gotta discipline the little monkey before things get out of hand. Hey wait, didn't I already use that joke in the George Michael thread? Like it really matters when I'm just talking to myself, eh Davey?



Hey, thanks for stopping by. That Al Kooper is some damn fine listening. I'll concede that on occasion you do know what you're talking about. Just don't get all cocky about it. Better yet, let's just forget I said cocky! What does cocky mean, again? I always confuse that word with sloshy for some reason

Not much the haps over at your other site either. Here it's been kinda like a neighborhood picnic at Love Canal back in the 80s. Not many takers. Did somebody spill something toxic around here, I mean besides some Rogue Wave

<blog>Just got home and popped the top on a creamy Bass Ale and got some Autolux plugged into the merry-go-round before we head out for a walk and then cook some steaks.</blog>

[tentoze]

Hey, thanks for stopping by. That Al Kooper is some damn fine listening. I'll concede that on occasion you do know what you're talking about. Just don't get all cocky about it. Better yet, let's just forget I said cocky! What does cocky mean, again? I always confuse that word with sloshy for some reason

Even a blind hog roots the occasional acorn. Sometimes, a little well done blue-eyed R&B can hit the spot. You and Cocky, errr.I mean Sloshy, can sort those other things out. I found the first 2 Biff Rose albums in a junk store this AM for fitty cent a piece- in NM condition-

"I Got You Covered"...

[3-LockBox]

Probably no point in doing a fresh one

just to make it look like a really popular thread

geez

3LB

[Dusty Chalk]

I've been ...uh... like... listening to...uh...a lot of ...like...music?

[Slosh]

man with hole in pocket feels a little cocky all day

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