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helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Oh and Joni Mitchell's new album is terrible. It has one good song that convinced me to pick it up but most of it is just over-produced, whiny trash. It's a real shame, because Blue is one of my all-time favorites.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I didn't even know she was still alive! I need to get The Hissing of Summer Lawns, that's an amazing album.

Hey so music huh.

THE

KEYBOARD PLAYER

from

HIT INDIE BEAT COMBO 'OPERATOR PLEASE'

JUST. POSTED. ON. MY. BLOG

BECAUSE SHE LIKES MY DRAWINGS

UGHHUHUGHUHGUHGUHGHUGHHUHGUHGHUHGUHGUHGHGUHGHGHG

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

GET HER NUMBER
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seryogin · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:41 am Post subject:

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Stick it in.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Done, done and done.

Hey how come I'd never listened to Ice-T's Home Invasion album before? I'd always taken Ice-T for a comedy, clown-ass rapper with no real appeal beyond the ironic, but I was wrong as a motherfucker because this is the best fucking rap album I've ever heard! My friend Petra who is a feminist filmmaker always said 'all rap is vile, except Ice-T' which I always thought was a pretty bizarre statement, but listening to it I can see what she saw in him. He's got a real respect for women that a lot of rappers don't have, which shines through even on tracks like '99 Problems' where he lists all the 'bitches' he has 'got'. Also he's got a rare gift for storytelling, doesn't hold anything back ('Race War' is direct incite to violence against the government) and is even generous, giving over a whole track to 'Grip', a 14-year-old female rapper. Not only this, but his flow is tight! One track includes the line 'rubbed me down, said she adored me / said the gunfire made her horny'. Also the production is what Public Enemy's Bomb Squad would sound like if they ever left their bedrooms and got laid. So yeah listen to Home Invasion.

Pink Teddy Bear · . Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180

Hah! You said her music sucked. Way to go, hero.

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Yeah I feel bad about that because normally I have a rule that if I'm going to write criticism on my blog I phrase it in such a way that I don't write anything I wouldn't say to the creator in person, and then the one time I off-the-cuff say a band 'sucks' one of the fucking band pops up. Being really nice, too! As if I didn't feel like enough of a jerk already.

dhex · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:32 am Post subject:

so wow the new orb has grown on me tremendously, at least the leaked japanese version. i anticipate the feb 2008 release in america with something akin to froth.

(tower 23 is still the best song they've done in a while, but there are a few on here like mother nature that come close)
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bleak · . Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 258

harveyjames tell me more about your blog why does it attract such musical talent from across the globe

what does it contain

how do these two correlate
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

wow sarcasm, that's really the highest form of wit

I wrote you a proper answer anyway, here it is: I post a lot of drawings on my blog and sometimes they're of semi-famous people, and the semi-famous people get directed to my blog either by fans or by them googling for their own name or something. Ok this has happened three times total.

Yeah probably my writing 'because she likes my drawings' was probably a bit misleading. Then again if she thought they sucked she wouldn't have posted, so it's not untrue.

Pink Teddy Bear · . Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180

Oooooh, what other famous people have graced your noble, hallowed blog?

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Ok, you'll note that I'm using a pretty loose definition of the word 'famous' here, but since you asked: The guys from Pappy's Fun Club, an English comedy troupe, saw one of my drawings of them which I posted after I went to the Edinburgh fringe festival (I drew every act I saw). They used it on a few flyers and when I met them in London they gave me some £££.

Other reknowned people who've popped up on my blog include Vera Brosgol (storyboard artist on Neil Gaiman's Coraline and cartoonist), comic book artist Corey Lewis (Sharknife, Peng), cartoonist Nedroid (internet famous only) and, uh, Tim Rogers and Kieron Gillen. Not mega shout-it-from-the-rooftops stuff.

Pink Teddy Bear · . Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 180

Oh, Tim Rogers, there's some important people right there Rolling Eyes

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

You got how the 'uh' that preceded his name meant I was playing that one down, right

What's with all the snideyness and sarcasm? Do you have a problem with me or something?

Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

A while back a friend burned me a copy of Bonnie "Prince" Billy's I See a Darkness. I mostly ignored it until now, because I have to be in a new-stuff-seeking mood to enjoy new stuff.

It's competent. Some of these songs are good. But a slight majority of them are just a dude muttering over very uninteresting music. But I noticed something when I checked Wikipedia to fill out the album information: it ranked as Pitchfork's #9 best album of the 90s.

That sounds about right, for that site.
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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

Ok we all know Pitchfork sucks, but seriously.

I've been getting into Radon. Their newest album, Metric Buttloads of Rock (2006) is half kinda shite and half BEST ALBUM EVER. If it were a six-song EP that just cut all the songs they whiny dude sings, I'd buy everyone a copy for Christmas. In fact, I think I'll gmail the good songs out right now.
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject:

Not to be the guy that totally demands favours of people he doesn't know, but I would love to hear those songs! If you could see your way clear to Gmailing them to thegreatunwashed@gmail.com I'm sure we could organise some sort of musical... exchange?
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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

No problemo, they're headed your way.
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

Bless your cotton heart. Can I offer you some Australian delights, in exchange? I have a bit of Eskimo Joe kicking around, as well as some other old favourites.
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bleak · . Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 258

helicopterp · . Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: Philadelphia

Two listens in, M.I.A.'s Kala may replace In Rainbows as my favorite album of the year. I already feel devoted to it.
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The Great Unwashed · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:06 pm Post subject:

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

So hey, has anyone here heard of Qua? He's an Australian experimental/pop/ambient/electronic artist and he's totally rad. I plan on packing some of my favourite songs of his together and posting them here, but for the time being, here's one of his music videos which I think is RATHER BEAUTIFUL. You may have heard of the guy who made the music video, he does pixel art stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOQFxXFyZO0
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Yeah, Paul Robertson. Doesn't he post here, actually? Or on SB?
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

huh, really? cool! he's done quite a few videos with artists I enjoy.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

alrighty, here are a bunch of QUA tracks, I demand you all check them out and buy his stuff. he has a new one coming out soon.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/c1y8pm
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

So, anyone here like Underworld? I just watched Sunshine, which they provided the soudntrack for, and a couple of the tunes from the movie made their way on their latest album. It's a very solid release with some beautiful tracks, far better than the soulless Hundred Days Off (their last release). Has a few tracks that make me just happy to be alive, you know? They're pretty good at making that kind of music, and music i can just lose myself in and see beyond my own eyes. If I may sound pretentious for a moment, there.

SO YEAH, anyone dig them?
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captaincabinets · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:16 am Post subject:

I do! I really like Glam Bucket from their latest, although for some reason when I first heard it I was walking outside in the city and it just made me feel totally claustrophobic. Quite happy and free, but pressed in and a little nervous like I was suddenly a foreigner looking for a hostel. Do you know which ones made it from film to album?
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captaincabinets · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:24 am Post subject:

And I actually kinda like a hundred days off. Sure, not as organic, but functionally comfortable like an electronic easy chair. If I was able to say "it's pretty chill" without dry-retching and feeling like having a soy latte over some Cafe Del Mar compilation, I would describe it as such.
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bleak · . Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 258

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

sediment · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject:

There are some local Iowa acts I recently discovered (thanks to the University of Iowa's radio station) who aren't bad!

they are as follows:
White Washington
Dan Deacon
and Girl Talk.

They're not my typical "thing" (protip: I really, really like Cabaret Voltaire's 12" mixes) but they're cool listening.

The DJs around here are kind of pricks though. They're way, way too into the indie scene.
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dhex · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject:

early or late cab volt?
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

dhex you shuold download that qua stuff I posted earlier you are sure to like a couple of the tracks
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Cycle, you should post some more, so at least we can complete both albums.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

no you should buy them and support talented australian artists >:O
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sediment · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject:

dhex: more the late material, but i do still like the early stuff. I tend to like the industrial musics you can dance to.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

dhex · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject:

i really like colours, their ambient house album. though the later remix album is quite good too.
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Patrick Alexander · . Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 123 Location: various

So uh guys I recorded a heartfelt Christmas album.

I hope it makes your insides feel warm, during this Very Special Season.

daphaknee · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:23 am Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuCPckU5bx0&feature=related

i didnt know she had a musical career as WELL jeez o pete

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I trust that 'as well' means 'as well as eating dog shit'

So now she can add 'being a singer' to her list of failures.

other failures:

being an actor
being a man
being a woman

Hey Patrick your christmas album is like everything else I've ever seen you do, i.e. MENTAL

dhex · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:

the only christmas sentiment left in me is that being in line anywhere is hell on earth during the month of december.

also those beatles christmas songs (there's two of them?) are fucking awful. no wonder they shot that blowjob. if someone wants to grab a hacksaw and a towel i'd be more than happy to hold down any progeny that may have survived. (musicians breed like ticks, being largely irresponsible pieces of shit.)

uh in other news i've been listening to older today is the day cause it helps me forget christmas music.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I love John Lennon :(

enjoy all monsters · . Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 30

I prefer ringo : )

I've been listening to a lot of roky erickson, former front man of the inventors of psychedelic music, the 13th floor elevators

here one of his very good b-movie horror styled albums

roky erickson and the aliens - the evil one

Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

This may reveal just how shallow my taste in music is, but, aside from the pointless sound clip at the end, I'm pretty sure "Pray for Rain" by The Ergs! is the perfect song.

Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains are fantastic. They're like Ghost Mice if the lyrics (and everything else) didn't suck so bad.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

so what do you handsome folk use to illegally download music these days? I usually use soulseek but it seems to be crap these days. In fact, whenever decided to pirate some music, the last app i use always seems to turn to crap.

Anyway, yeah, where do you get your music from? Full albums. Old ones, too
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:43 am Post subject:

I buy my music from a store.

I bought Hawkwind's Space Ritual and Count Raven's Storm Warning which is pretty sweet. Being into Candlemass and Saint Vitus makes it my kind of bag as it's basically like both of those bands all swirled into one. I'd like to be able to get the rest of their stuff but being a doom band it's close to impossible to find in stores and I don't really feel comfortable with that whole buying things over the internet deal. Oh well. I plan on listening to the first album I mentioned sometime tomorrow, when I can properly sit down to enjoy it.
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