original pirate material. #11. "the irony of it all"

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I could easily write an article or three about the album's music alone

Go on then :)

― Tom, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Well of course I'm gonna cover both sides when I do inevitably discuss it (Tom you should have a Streets week). On an only semi-related note, I lost about the three-quarters of the MCs in garage article I had so far written when my computer died a couple of days ago and I had to reformat my hard drive completely (also the reason for no Skykicking updates). So (sigh) must start again.

― Tim, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

STREETS WEEK! Yeah it shall be done. He can get the Tarkus treatment too. Who's in?

― Tom, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

yay, tim can discuss the music and i can discuss the words, etc. (or not. actually the crux of the piece is why american's should give a fuck about this record. and they should.)

― jess, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

um, in other words, i am. but you knew that already, you cad.

― jess, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Hey no fair! I never said I didn't *want* to discuss the lyrics!

― Tim, Thursday, 4 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

too late!

― jess, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

For the record, my "straightforward" description upthread was NOT a criticism (and certainly not a euphemism for half-assed(!) - altho' I'm sure Tim wasn't implying this when he quoted me). Oh, and if you hadn't already figured this out, count me in for Streetsweek.

― Jeff W, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Whoever discusses the words has to *not* listen to the album and just read the lyric sheet. Ha.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

and you ned, have to then walk around for a whole week issuing nothing but gutteral grunts and growls and/or high-pitched liz c.- style melismia.

― jess, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Like I don't do that already.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

As I said to Ronan on MSN: "Irony Of It All = Al Murray (Time Gentleman Please) vs Smug Public Schoolboy in The Hole (w/Thora Birch)"

― powertonevolume, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"I don't know about anyone else, but I could easily write an article or three about the album's music alone. It bugs me when I hear it dismissed as half-arsed, tossed-off, low-rent, cheap etc. - you rarely hear such complaints leveled at RZA, and his stuff sounds much less purposeful than Skinner's IMHO."

You the man!

― powertonevolume, Saturday, 6 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

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