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Ramble On

Published by Scott June 1st, 2006 in Random and Meta-Chatter. 0 Comments

Some random music related thoughts and happenings:

I had two teacher work days this week to finish up the school year. Brought in my DIY boom box and rocked out. It was quite a luxury. For some reason I can’t get away with that when the students are around.
One of the best new-to-me albums I heard was The Spinto Band’s Nice and Nicely Done. They sound to me like a cross between Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Arcade Fire, and Weezer. Very, uh, nicely done. I love “Brown Boxes” and must have played it a dozen times. There’s your mixtape track.
I’m thinking about checking out Saturday night’s show at the Athens Popfest on August 12. I sure would love to see Apples in Stereo and Circulatory System. If only it wasn’t so late. AiS isn’t even scheduled to start until 1:00 AM. Factor in an hour and fifteen minute drive and I probably wouldn’t make it home until around four. I’m not even sure I could stay awake that long! Yes, my wild stay-up-all-night days are behind me. It might be different if I could sleep in the next morning but my kids would definitely put a stop to that. I think I just talked myself out of it…
I am going to Sunday night’s outdoor free show at Athfest on June 25 to see Drivin’ n Cryin’. I’m pretty excited. I wouldn’t mind seeing Jason Ringenberg (only a twenty minute set) and Don Chambers + GOAT on Saturday either. I’ve never listened to Now It’s Overhead but will check out the freebies on their site to see if I can convince myself to go two nights in a row. If Summer Hymns was playing a longer set on Friday I wouldn’t hesitate to make the trek then either.
I subscribe to Paste and generally think it’s a decent magazine. A little heavy on singer-songwriters for my tastes but definitely worth reading. I also like to support it because it’s based in Decatur, GA which is close to where I live. That said, the new issue is pretty lame. It’s got a 60’s era picture of Bob Dylan on the cover for the “100 Best Living Songwriters” feature. I understand that people like lists and they’re trying to sell magazines but to me it smacks of Rolling Stone, especially considering the list contains all the usual yuppie worshiped icons that have been drooled over ad infinitum. You mean Dylan is a great songwriter? Who knew?!?

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Published by James May 16th, 2006 in Meta-Chatter. 2 Comments

Seeing as I have been uber-remiss in making my posts over here I thought I would offer up several lame excuses for your choosing.

I was abducted by aliens and spent the weekend subjected to usability tests regarding the Oasis back catalog. I’m currently seeking treatment due to lingering after effects.
Started out clubbing on Friday only to wake up this morning inside a telephone booth outside Lake Flambeau Wisconsin with no pants. Picked a bad time to go commando.
Busy working on my anthology of “Perfect Strangers” fan-fic.
It’s not you, it’s me.

All the same I’ve been listening to a handful of new releases and if I can locate my pants and get Wonderwall out of my head might have a review up in a day:

Loka - Fire Shepherds: Blissful Space-Jazz-Funk
Kaskade - Here and Now: San Francisco House
DJ Icey - YK4: Dirty, frenetic, four-on-the-floor Bass
PHON.O - Burn Down the Town: House meets Ghetto-Tech
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness - Fear Is On Our Side: Honorable Mention in the longest band name contest

Oh, and I’m still fiddling with a site redesign. If only I could make up my mind on what looks less than worst.

Filler

Published by Scott May 2nd, 2006 in Meta-Chatter. 0 Comments

I’ve been keeping a low profile lately. The in-laws are visiting and listening time has pretty much been limited to my short commute. I wasn’t even able to do a weekend play list. Only had a chance to play Part Chimp, whom I’d already written about, and a compilation by Thee Headcoatees. My inbox is getting a little out of hand. I was almost relieved to find there wasn’t much in the way of new releases on eMusic today that I was interested in, although I did pounce on Versus’ first album, The Stars Are Insane.

Thanks to James for continuing to crank out the fine reviews. And thanks to Early_Devil and qwynwyn for the nice shout out on the eMu boards. I hope to put up a more substantial post in a couple of days.