my wife has a massive crush on DW, she met him once somewhere and he asked her name and she was pretty ecstatic when an hour later he was leaving and came over and said "it was vv nice to meet you" and called her by her name. damn, what a player.
― omar little, Thursday, 16 December 2010 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I love his accent.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 December 2010 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I also have massive crush on him and his accent is, in fact, great.
― ENBB, Thursday, 16 December 2010 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
then she read the book and said, "well i'd still hit it but..."
― omar little, Thursday, 16 December 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Shakey... just sent you an email (think we have a trade here)
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 16 December 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post lol yeah
I've met him a couple times. He was sometimes nice and sometimes . . . not as nice. Still <3.
― ENBB, Thursday, 16 December 2010 01:54 (thirteen years ago) link
E, Shakey etc. - plz to send me Luna rarities thx
― jerkstore cowboy (Pillbox), Thursday, 16 December 2010 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
okay I yousent it to y'all - lemme know if there's a problem with the link or anything
― from the lowly milligeir to the mighty gigahongro (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
in case anyone is interested, i've uploaded a recording of the last time i saw Luna way back in 2005: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/3187849319/stuck-in-a-dream-hard-to-believe-its-been-sixPretty great show.
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
I haven't been able to find the tapes that I mentioned a couple months ago. If I come across them I'll let ppl know.
― ENBB, Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I would be curious to hear people's thoughts on the rarities stuff I posted
― I, Mr. Sneer Joy (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 February 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
they're rad!
― tylerw, Thursday, 10 February 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
huh, luna does Led Zep: http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/2011/10/31/luna-albums-digitally-reissued-with-bonus-tracks/
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
also cool from that site, wareham's post g-500, pre-Luna demos recorded with hamish kilgour (clean) and jimmy chambers (mercury rev)
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/2011/10/28/audio-friday-recylcing-the-dean-wareham-elektra-demos/
I think one of those Elektra demos made it onto a Chemical Imbalance 7".
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
Beat Happening cover iirc?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
"Indian Summer"?
that was released on a flexidsc single iirc
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, there was an "anasthesia" solo single as well. don't know if i've heard the non-Luna "Indian Summer" though. It's different from the one released on the Slide EP I take it? Their version is great.
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this was before Luna^2 which was before Luna.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
IIRC (always questionable but lol) Sonic Boom heard "Indian Summer" by way of the Wareham/Chemical Imbalance single and not via Beat Happening which is pretty great.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Luna's is so much better than Beat Happening's.
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it really is. definitely textbook case for a cover delivering on the original's promise.
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
Can we talk about how "Lovedust" is an awesome driving-in-the-autumn song?
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
it is totally different. guitar + vocals + feedback-y solo and that's it.
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
ysi?
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Ehhh i think the Dean Wareham demo is better because the vox are far less Kermit-y, not to mention the Luna version has this kinda "thick" 90s alt-crescendo that misses the point of the other versions that I enjoy (BH, DW, SB).
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred - I love "Lovedust". Hadn't thought of it in that context before but I'm gonna put it on the stereo next time I'm in the car now.
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
it's like the Go-Be's "Spring Rain."
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
Shasta OTM about the OG solo cover - there's no drums kicking in, no bass, it doesn't have the "build-up", it's much more laconic and langurous
I don't have it in MP3. I taped it off my brother's copy of the flexidisc back in the day and have never come across it in any other format.
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
I think I might have it....
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
it's not the version over yonder, i guess. http://www.fullofwishes.co.uk/mp3/ (in the Luna folder). Sounds diff from the Slide version, but it's got drums.
― tylerw, Monday, 31 October 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
kinda dig the slightly mellower "lovedust" -- you can listen to the full tracks at bandcamp: http://luna.bandcamp.com/album/romantica
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
actually, all of these bonus tracks are surprisingly strong. maybe i just miss this band.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
'mermaid eyes' is still my favorite Dean & Britta track, even tho it is technically a Luna track.
& yeah, the luna take of 'indian summer' is the definitive version of that song by a fair margin imo
― now they know how many holes it takes to fill buffandmaxsmom (Pillbox), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
lengthy wareham interview over here http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/07/dean_wareham_interview.phpguess there was a semi-Luna reunion over the weekend! sort of exciting. also a dean wareham solo record in the works.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
Sean just played with them, right?
― sive gallus et mulier (Michael White), Monday, 23 July 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, here's the setlist
FlowersWhen will you come homeI'll keep it with mine
then Sean joined the trio to playBewitched23 MinutesTiger LillyMoon PalaceBlue thunderTugboatBonnie & ClydeIndian Summer
Encore:Listen the snow - without Sean4th of July - with Sean
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
I was indifferent to/annoyed by these guys in high school/college, always seemed too smug and docile, but man between getting older, moving to new york and reading Black Postcards (a rare rock memoir i'd recommend to someone who wasn't already a fan of the author) something really flipped. Now they're one of my favorite bands of the 90s. Maybe I got smug and docile.
― da croupier, Monday, 23 July 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
their best stuff has certainly aged well, compared to a lot of 90s bands.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
Luna with Stanley and Justin was a great band. Less so without them. Was listening to "Bewitched" yesterday and it remains a beaut.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 July 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
They were excellent live in the 90's though the last time I saw D&B, they were pretty amazing too.
― sive gallus et mulier (Michael White), Monday, 23 July 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
harwood and demeski really were a great rhythm section, they took wareham's songs to a new level.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
but i agree, the later britta-period stuff is solid too, and they were always awesome live.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
i saw them at an outdoor festival in the middle of the day promoting Days right after Britta joined. i was not there to groove and did not appreciate their interest in old-timey microphones and sunglasses.
― da croupier, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
ha, luna in the middle of the day outdoors seems wrong in many respects.
― tylerw, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
though this is kind of funhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQx1IkN2II
keep clicking on the other Luna thread [which i do not understand] thinking it's about the band. luna was a great band.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 October 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, yes they were.
Did yous see someone mention that confusion earlier?
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Friday, 19 October 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link