Lately I've been listening to live stuff, the acoustic set from Aquarius, to be exact. Lots of good unreleased stuff--"My Dream Girl Don't Exist" ; "Oh, Sister" ; "Rubby Bulbs". The demos are decent as well; some more than others. The tape collage stuff is kind of blah, and the noisy jokey stuff ("Chocolate Coffin"?!?! wtf?!?!) is pretty bad. But then you get grebt unreleased tracks like "Circle of Friends," "Wishful Eyes" and "Wood Guitar."
Right now I'm looking for other live stuff (the show with "Ferris Wheel on Fire" ; is that the one from the Cat's Cradle?) and the "Invent Yrself A Shortcake" demo, which I had aeons ago but somehow lost. slsk doesn't work in my dorm, so I can't get things that way--alas.
― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 1 February 2004 21:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Sunday, 1 February 2004 21:54 (twenty years ago) link
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Sunday, 1 February 2004 21:57 (twenty years ago) link
I don't really know why I like NMH, or why I like his voice. It doesn't seem like it should be all that affecting to me, but it is-- at least the songs I've heard so far. I relate to what seems to be an elaborate personal mythology running through the songs, and like how he uses language.
― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Sunday, 1 February 2004 22:15 (twenty years ago) link
"...laughing at everyone I see / can't believe / how strange it is to be / anything at all...."
I don't know why that line resonates so strongly with me, but it really, really does.
So, classic.
I heard a rumor from a reputable source that Robert Schneider of the Apples in Stereo is trying to get Jeff Magnum to record again.
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 1 February 2004 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 1 February 2004 22:39 (twenty years ago) link
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Sunday, 1 February 2004 22:49 (twenty years ago) link
If anyone gets a chance to see the film, it's well worth it for the music alone.
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 1 February 2004 22:51 (twenty years ago) link
I thought you knew that already!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 1 February 2004 22:54 (twenty years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Sunday, 1 February 2004 23:03 (twenty years ago) link
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Sunday, 1 February 2004 23:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 14 June 2004 01:37 (nineteen years ago) link
The interview from Creative Loafing, above, is terribly sad. I hope things come together for Jeff.
― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Monday, 14 June 2004 02:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Monday, 14 June 2004 05:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 14 June 2004 12:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― m. (mitchlnw), Monday, 14 June 2004 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 14 June 2004 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 14 June 2004 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 14 June 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link
I find this disturbing:
"In his music, I found both mythological nourishment and a nudge toward hope that some piece of life doesn't perish with the body and the brain.
So, of course, the one album wasn't enough. I wanted more."
And then this sets him off on some kind of "Roger and Me" odyssey to find the man behind the music. The guy nees to read some Thich Nhat Hanh or listen to Pete Townshend's "A Little is Enough".
― Mark (MarkR), Monday, 14 June 2004 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link
1) "owe them" new work? no, I guess not, but it's pretty unsporting not to make the effort2) old songs in concert? emphatically yes. "Musician" is a job for which one gets paid. You get hired based on the strength of work you've demonstrated you're capable of doing (i.e., the hits). You ain't gotta play all the hits every time, but fuck a band that thinks people ONLY came to hear the new stuff/whichever way the muse is leading them. People paid to get in. You shouldn't take their money if you're not willing to give them some of what they paid for.3) throw raw meat? my vegetarian stance on this matter is well known
I'm just so tired of the notion that Artists Must Do What Artists Will Do! The people who suppport artists are as much part of the artist's work as are the growth experiences that the artist brought to the table when he/she had no listeners. I think the debt artists owe their public is routinely undervalued, and that it's artists who've made a point of furthering the notion that "the artist is responsible only to his art," which I think is baloney. If you're only responsible to your art, then keep it to yourself.
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 14 June 2004 14:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 19 September 2005 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 19 September 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― cdwill, Monday, 19 September 2005 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stew (stew s), Monday, 19 September 2005 21:34 (eighteen years ago) link
That said board was called "I Love Music".
― PappaWheelie B.C., Monday, 19 September 2005 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
I was all broken hearted about this girl in college and Two-Headed Boy was my mope song of choice.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 19 September 2005 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Mops, Monday, 19 September 2005 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link
(Btw, Jittery Joe's is a CD-R, I seem to recall. Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 19 September 2005 22:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 19 September 2005 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 19 September 2005 22:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jim Reckling (Jim Reckling), Monday, 19 September 2005 22:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Monday, 19 September 2005 22:38 (eighteen years ago) link
It's almost as if we were totally unaware that we have a noize board here at ILX.
― PappaWheelie B.C., Monday, 19 September 2005 23:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 19 September 2005 23:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― The King of Flop Threads, Monday, 19 September 2005 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 00:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 00:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― alan z, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link
You shouldn't be.
The funny thing about the lyrics for "Two-Headed Boy" is how they might as well be a Smashing Pumpkins song from around 1997 or so.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 01:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 01:36 (eighteen years ago) link
I believe it's an officially released CD-R. Look at the color of its playable side.
― M. V. (M.V.), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 02:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 03:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh and Neutral Milk Hotel is totally classic. On Avery Island is one of the best albums of manic folk sincerity genius there is.
― Louis Kahn, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― jermaine (jnoble), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 09:11 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Ned RaggettFrom you Ned I'm guessing this is a compliment! There is a "Disarm" vibe to that guitar strum, also.
― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link
It's an observation.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 13:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link
For a Milk Hotel to be Neutral, at a time like this, is unconscionable— David Spector (@spectordeforce) January 10, 2021
― nickn, Monday, 11 January 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
A funny tweet thread.
― nickn, Monday, 11 January 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link