You Can Call Me Leisure....

[MindGoneHaywire]

You've got some serious listening to do.
Let us know how that "Children of Nuggets" collection pans out. I have the original "Nuggets" on Lp and it's one of my favourites in my collection.

Now git listening you crazy musci guy you!!
audiobill

Yeah, I've spent most of the last day or so trying to sort the wheat from the chaff in this pile here that I don't want taking up space anymore that will likely soon be taken up by another pile of stuff I don't know what to do with. The Children Of Nuggets thing, I put it in & Musicmatch didn't recognize it. I don't want to spend the time typing in every artist & title so that one's going to have to wait. There's a bunch of stuff on there that I recognize--think Hoodoo Gurus, Fuzztones, the Cynics, Chesterfield Kings, Fleshtones, even the Flamin' Groovies...along with stuff I wouldn't have expected like the Soft Boys, the Posies, the Bevis Frond, the Smithereens, Dream Syndicate, Teenage Fanclub, & Inspiral Carpets...but then there are some unexpected surprises like the Dukes Of Stratosphere, DMZ, the Vipers, Laika & The Cosmonauts, the Cramps, & the Lime Spiders. Actually looks like more of a mixed bag than I would've expected. But Rhino usually does good-to-great comp work & I am psyched to eventually get into that one.

There have been a few I've been mildly interested in, like Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, the Spooky Daly Pride, Luminous, the most recent Hot Hot Heat, the Pleased, & some jazz & world titles from Youssou N'Dour, Lila Downs, Patrizia Scascitelli, Benny Green & Russell Malone, Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith, & even Skye Sweetnam. But most of these, as well as a pile with names I don't see the point in mentioning, I just don't have the time to listen to all the way through. These, though, I do want to hear properly. And hopefully I will, though for some the prospects are, realistically, dubious. Especially the jazz titles, which are pleasant, but none of them are earthshattering in any way & I'll almost always end up reaching for the older stuff when that's what I want to hear.

The Paul Anka is of course a joke, but I'll have to listen to it side-by-side with Pat Boone's similar offering to see which one is better. Weird thing, this is something I really want to do--when I have a lot of time on my hands. Certainly not now.

But there has been one so far that's been a very pleasant surprise--the Sights. Their self-titled disc from a couple of months ago is right up my alley. I didn't do a search on this, anybody hear it? Great stuff. Definitely a keeper.

[audiobill]

Yeah, I've spent most of the last day or so trying to sort the wheat from the chaff in this pile hereBut there has been one so far that's been a very pleasant surprise--the Sights. Their self-titled disc from a couple of months ago is right up my alley. I didn't do a search on this, anybody hear it? Great stuff. Definitely a keeper.

Hey, MindGoneHaywire,

Sounds like the Sights' s/t disc is their third album, proper. I was just reading up on them on a few sights and there are some comparisons to Badfinger made. FYI, I also did a search on AMG and this is what they have to say:

"This is how the Sights make rock & roll. They're restless in every song, pushing fluttering vocal harmonies into blistering psychedelic guitar and melodic left turns on the keys, writing what seems like a warm late-'60s ballad ("Waiting on a Friend"), but then dropping its punch line — "I don't care about what happens to you". It makes for a wildly unpredictable album, but one that succeeds mightily on real, warm-blooded songwriting instead of easy-to-please hooks. (No mistake though, it has those too.) He was no slouch on 2002's Got What We Want, but Baranek's voice has somehow grown stronger. The greater breadth in Sights' songcraft not only gives him room to scream, it lets him show off some wickedly cynical lyrics."

Sounds like you've got a RaveRecs discovery on your hands.
Thanks for giving us all the hedsup.

Cheers,
audiobill

[audiobill]

Call me Mr. Rough Day.

9:00 BB practice-by 9:15 I can't even throw. My shoulder is aching from the rotator cuff to my elbow. All my coaches have been on vacation, out of town for work, or schedule conflicts with teams they manage. In the last week I've done three practices on my own and today the reality kicked in. Got home and put on the ice bag after downing a hydrocodon from a stash I had ratholed after a surgery and found I didn't need them then. That was good thinking on my part, for a change.

Was ready to go to the hifi store later in the day and the wife calls and says the lovely Dodge Caravan won't start. She had taken the youngest to football registration and was now stranded in the parking lot. Grabbed my jumper cables and went to the rescue. Jump wouldn't do it-that battery was dead dead. Piled all of us in the Gorgeous Ford Ranger and headed off to the nearest Sams. Enroute, the Ranger's "check engine" light came on. Great. Went ahead and bought two batteries. The guy said it was a 2 hour wait to have them swap batteries. Great. I borrowed the tools and did it myself. Stopped at a nearby Home Depot and bought an adjustable wrench and went to save the Dodge. Got to the parking lot at the football fields and the gates were locked! Well ***** me. Had the wife and kid exit the truck and proceeded down a lengthy embankment. Kinda touchy for a few moments, they really don't want people there but criminy, what was I supposed to do? Finally got the battery changed and prayed that this was really the issue, and it was. Drove around looking for a way to get both vehicles out of the locked lot and found a path that wasn't too bad and managed to do it without rolling either vehicle. Now I'm back here wondering what's next. God I hope we're having something decent for supper.

Oh yeah, and today I played:
Bloc Party-The Black Sessions- 15 awesomely recorded live tracs!
Pet Shop Boys-Very. A classic or only a synthpop classic?
Pink Floyd-The Wall Live-HDCD via newtrix-thanks again man. Hoping that I get The National live today which in the end would make it a very good day after all.

jc

Hley jc,

Sounds like anything but leisure is dominating your day. Whew!!
Tonight you should take another hydrocodon or libation of choice and just chillax with your wife and some music, once the kids are in bed.

You've earned it buddy.

Hope tomorrow's a better day,
audiobill

[Dusty Chalk]

Where have I been for the last 12 years??

Like I said, ahead of its time.

According to allmusicguide this group has been around since 1993!!

Wow, has it only been that long?

Allmusic also says: " (their latest disc) serves as a reasonable introduction to the artists as well, a rare accomplishment for a remix release..."

Remix release?!? Wow, I didn't know that...Now I have to double check. See, the second disk includes many of the samples that were used in the making of the first, so that you could make your own remix disk, but that's all I know...

As to its being a reasonable introduction, I hate to disagree. They went through three distinct periods -- their early stuff, which is electro-industrial; their middle period, (from which this shows up) -- kind of glitchy, very experimental, sparse; and their current stuff (Vertical Theory and Polarity), which is a brilliant melding of the two. I have no idea where stuff like Less fits in, so obviously even to describe them as having three phases is an oversimplification. Something that doesn't include all three phases would simply be insufficient.

[audiobill]

Not so much listening this weekend so far, but I did listen to the following:
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Bearsuit - Cat Spectacular
This is indie pop generally, but kind of all over the place. Recently released in the US on a local Grand Rapids label, I was really looking forward to this one, but it seems like they are trying too hard, and the songwriting isn't all that strong. It does have the potential to grow on me, though so we shall see after I listen to it a few times.

"

Hey, Stone.

How's that Bearsuit track "Cookie on Jesus" come off. Lyrically, does it pack a punch or, as you say, does it try too hard??

Good to see indie bands making good.
audiobill

[radioblast]

hard to believe that two byproducts of the Housemartins are The Beautiful South and..............FatBoy Slim. Talk about contrasting musical styles.

[audiobill]

hard to believe that two byproducts of the Housemartins are The Beautiful South and..............FatBoy Slim. Talk about contrasting musical styles.

Hey, radioblast............welcome to the RaveRecs board!!

Quite the incestuous melange. All unique. And all very engaging, in their own right. Still adore the Housemartins,though, a little (tiny bit) more than the others.

Cheers,
audiobill

[Stone]

Hey, Stone.

How's that Bearsuit track "Cookie on Jesus" come off. Lyrically, does it pack a punch or, as you say, does it try too hard??

Good to see indie bands making good.
audiobill

You're familiar with Bearsuit?

"Cookie Oh Jesus" is a good song, but not a great song to me. It's a straight ahead indie pop song, but nothing special musically or lyrically. The song after that (I can't remember the name of it right now) is a prime example of trying too hard: a swirling synth which gets annoying by the end of the track.

It's certainly not a bad album, but I can't see it becoming one of my favorites (although I've been dead wrong about these things before based on only one or a couple listens).

[BarryL]

The music, sans lyrics, is very elegant and relaxing.......perfect for Saturday mornings (or any morning for that matter).

audiobill

I thought you were refering to the fact that schools out come recess.

I just ran into an old acquaintance who is now a marketing professor at a community college. She teaches four hours per week, does most of her work at home, has two months off in the summer, and earns about half what she earned in the corporate world without the long hours and irrational pressures.

Hmmm, maybe teachers are smarter than we sometimes give them credit for.

[audiobill]

You're familiar with Bearsuit?

"Cookie Oh Jesus" is a good song, but not a great song to me. It's a straight ahead indie pop song, but nothing special musically or lyrically. The song after that (I can't remember the name of it right now) is a prime example of trying too hard: a swirling synth which gets annoying by the end of the track.

It's certainly not a bad album, but I can't see it becoming one of my favorites (although I've been dead wrong about these things before based on only one or a couple listens).

Hey, Stone.

I like it when I hear someone call it as they hear it, bud. There's too much music available to us, these days, for me to spend extra time on a ........... "not a bad album".
Indeed, it has to be "very good/ compelling" or better for me to give it time.

Thanks for the honest analysis.

Cheers,
Bill

[audiobill]

I thought you were refering to the fact that schools out come recess.

I just ran into an old acquaintance who is now a marketing professor at a community college. She teaches four hours per week, does most of her work at home, has two months off in the summer, and earns about half what she earned in the corporate world without the long hours and irrational pressures.

Hmmm, maybe teachers are smarter than we sometimes give them credit for.

Hey, Barry.

The countdown is on!!

"Summertime and the living is easy,
Fish are jumping,
and the (teachers) are high"
-- from Porgy & Bess (almost)

For what it's worh "irrational pressures" are not only loyal to the corporate world.

Cheers,
Bill

[BarryL]

Hey, Barry.

The countdown is on!!

"Summertime and the living is easy,
Fish are jumping,
and the (teachers) are high"
-- from Porgy & Bess (almost)

For what it's worh "irrational pressures" are not only loyal to the corporate world.

Cheers,
Bill

The way I look at it, summer is part of the job.