go ahead you know you're dying to GAME THEORY LOLITA NATION poll

fucked up that no one voted for "mammoth gardens"

fastnbulbous is your site down?

It was from midnight to 10, but I managed to get the host to fix it.

Oh ok, I was abke to access it yesterday

I've been listening to lots of Game Theory recently, but I'm pretty underwhelmed by this album tbh. Too long, too much filler (all the snippets, annoying shit like All Clockwork), just not that many songs I actually love. Dunno why it's supposed to be the best. I'd take all the 84-86 albums over it.

Big Shot Chronicles is definitely better imo, this one's a bit more of an indulgent curio

Like a one-man white album. Love Go Ahead, You're Dying to and World's Easiest Job, throwaway charm etc

My favorite is the first Loud Family album, Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things.

The "Tinkers To Evers To Chance" best-of always satisfied my Game Theory needs. And I also think Scott's best work is the debut Loud Family album.

I've grown to really like this album but yeah Big Shot Chronicles is the classic for me.

an indulgent curio with "mammoth gardens" on it

fucked up that no one voted for "mammoth gardens"

― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, February 5, 2016 11:05 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I get why the filler might bother some people (it doesn't bother me), but if this is the case, I recommend paring it down to the following more digestible single-album serving:

Exactly What We Don't Want To Hear
We Love You Carol and Alison
The Waist and the Knees
Nothing New
The World's Easiest Job
Look Away
Slip
The Real Sheila
Andy in Ten Years
Mammoth Gardens
One More For Saint Michael
Chardonnay
Last Day That We're Young

Did anyone else read his book Music What Happened? He was a fantastic music writer.

Yeah, I go back to that book quite often.

Did we ever learn what happened with Scott, was he bipolar?

Whoa, Ted Leo really built a career on "We Love You Carol and Alison," huh?

Not that that's a bad thing

"My favorite is the first Loud Family album, Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things."

I agree, I think this is the best album Scott Miller ever released.