Thank Yew!
Over at Bradley's Almanac, a Boston-based music blog, you can download the entire Undertow Orchestra set I saw the other night: [link]
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jon B. - Feb 20, 2006 12:08:49 pm PST #2256 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
erinaceous - Feb 20, 2006 12:58:17 pm PST #2257 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
Happy happy to Jon!
Trying to keep it musical, I described The Pernice Bros. to my DH as being "a smarter Wilco". (He then said "Dammit! I'm not smart enough for Wilco!") How would you-all describe them?
tina f. - Feb 20, 2006 4:36:25 pm PST #2258 of 10003
If we're being totally honest - I would describe them as brainier but less melodramatic than the Smiths and less catchy than Wilco. And more forgettable than both. I don't mean to diss. I loooove Joe Pernice, but I almost never find myself going back to listen to whole Pernice Bros. albums though there are some singles that stick out ("7:30" and "Let That Show" especially).
That's probably rougher than I mean to be - I had a shitty day.
To make myself feel better I am making mixes for a friend who busy being a big time lawyer and hasn't made time to listen to new music for three years. So far I have expanded my Best of 2005 mix to THREE discs. It's kind of ridiculous.
joe boucher - Feb 20, 2006 4:41:46 pm PST #2259 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
(He then said "Dammit! I'm not smart enough for Wilco!") How would you-all describe them?
"So smart that even people who aren't smart enough for Wilco will get them"? I'm not familiar enough with them to know if that's true, but it seems the obvious argument to make given his objection.
Happy birthday to Jon, ASH, Robert Altman, and Billy Zoom (that one's for Hec) among many others.
I had a relapse and had to avoid typing for the last couple weeks, but I'm better now. Not fully healed (and leery of excessive typing and/or writing since the recovery was first set back by the former and then by the latter) but mostly okay and planning on returning to work next week. Should take a good day or two before I start slacking off and posting here again...
tina f. - Feb 20, 2006 4:46:08 pm PST #2260 of 10003
but I'm better now.
So glad to hear you are feeling better, joe.
Should take a good day or two before I start slacking off and posting here again...
And even better news! Go team slack!!
Joe - have you heard the Bettye Lavette album that got all the rave reviews this year? I think you might like it if you haven't - it's on Emusic and I highly rec track 2 "Just Say So."
Also - I just re-read my last post. I don't mean to get cranky all over the Pernice Brothers. Sorry.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Feb 20, 2006 11:43:26 pm PST #2261 of 10003
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
The new Destroyer album is getting great, though probably crack-addled, reviews. Want!
Michele T. - Feb 21, 2006 3:59:54 am PST #2262 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Less catchy than Wilco? The only way I could find something less catchy than Wilco would be to not listen to it in the first place. The Pernice Brothers just bum me out -- though Joe Pernice's song for Manny Ramirez is a fun novelty number.
Happy birthday, Jon, and yay, Joe!
tina f. - Feb 21, 2006 5:09:11 am PST #2263 of 10003
The only way I could find something less catchy than Wilco would be to not listen to it in the first place.
"Kingpin" - even folks I know who can't stand Wilco often admit it's catchy beyond reason.
I just sent my favorite song of the moment to buffistarawk. It's by a band called Sparrow House which is the side project of another band I like (but not as much) called Voxtrot. This tune is very pretty, very Paul Simon-y.
Hayden - Feb 21, 2006 5:43:07 am PST #2264 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hey, happy belated to Jon! And very happy to see Joe B up & about.
I'm firmly in the pro-Wilco camp, but I don't see much comparison between them & the Pernice Brothers these days (although both, admittedly, started life in the No Depression camp). The PBs seem much more oriented towards 80s Britpop songcraft, whereas Wilco are incorporating more and more avant-rock tendencies.
Hayden - Feb 23, 2006 6:15:40 am PST #2265 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."