Frankenbuddha, were you at the Swans show at the Somerville Theater a few years back? I remember it being like a pressure cooker in there, but I think it was more a result of the music than any actual possibility of violence from the crowd.
No, it was at the late, unlamented club that Aerosmith opened (Mama Kins? I think) on Landsdowne street. The vibe I couldn't quite place whether it was the music or the crowd. I tend to think it was a symbiosis. If nothing else, the Swans were as INTENSE a band as I've ever seen. Not the loudest or the most crowd-rousing (for lack of a better term), but there was this huge VIBE in the room that promised explosion.
OMG, it's like Hec and Jilli said "What band would be the perfect merging of our musical tastes?"
The Gothees.
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I hope they're good, b/c I'm downloading their spacelounge version of "Pretty in Pink" right now.
The band features Waldo P. Emerson Gothee Jones III on vocals & theremin;
Heh. That's an Archies joke here. I think Stephin Merritt will take this as a challenge.
Record Store Report
Playing right now? The Boo Radley's
Giant Steps
which is, as Jim said, a brilliant guitar pop record. Got it for $5.99, and it looks like it might be OOP. But yay me for scoring the excellent music for low cost.
I opted for
The Best of The Church
on Buddha (huh?), and glad I did. It has a fair bit from their earlier records when they were rougher and sound somewhere between Duneidin and Lloyd Cole.
Got
Isn't Anything
which I am just exploring. I am happy to report it is Nice Price-d at a very affordable $8.99.
Spring Hill Fair
by The Go Betweens. This is the two-CD reissue.
Labyrinth
by Dead Can Dance.
Better than Ezra are better live than I could ever have imagined. Any show during which they bust out in verses of Supertramp, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, and Blue Oyster Cult in the middle of songs is a show worth seeing.
Big Baby Jesus died for your sins.
Okay, maybe not.
Congratulations, erinaceous! She's the new Bill Safire (linguistically, not politically) -- at least for this week's Times Magazine.
OK, this is completely random (well, not to me), but does anyone have any ideas where I could get my hands on a karaoke recording of "What Would Brian Boitano Do?"?
Jesse a quick search has given me nothing. My guess is taht you would have to put a regualr South Park CD into a karaoke machine that removes the vocals.
