the added-on ringwear is kinda stupid.
― hstencil, Monday, 27 August 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i wonder how many different covers there weree? mine is differnt from the picture below as it has yellow printing on a blue background and a black image.
http://www.hollowearth.org/images/app/pylon.jpg
― drone/a/sore, Monday, 27 August 2007 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
two different covers, for the two different pressings, afaik.
― hstencil, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
sure hope it's remastered...
― nerve_pylon, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
They're plugging it as Gyrate +, so I'm assuming the usual remastered-with-bonus-tracks thing
― Telephone thing, Monday, 27 August 2007 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
My vinyl copy was the same color scheme as the DFA reissue pictured above, so that's at least three variations right?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 August 2007 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Some of their shows in '04-'05 [there was another earlier in '07] were brilliant. Outdoors at Athfest '05 where they unleashed hundreds of balloons with the pylon symbol on them, and many people were in a total frenzy dancing almost like you see Athenians used to do in the Inside/Out movie; at Popfest later the same summer... Vanessa can still do the most intense vocal parts incredibly well. Truly wonderful to hear her scream.
In October '05, Vaness and Michael Stipe sang "I Love a Man in Uniform" with Gang of Four at the 40 Watt. Cute.
The show in '07 was odd because it was accompanied by rumors that the B-52's were going to play [they were in town recording their new album] which didn't happen. Sean Lennon was in the audience [?].
― J Kaw, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 16:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I have the black and yellow one.
I'm glad they are reissuing it with the Cool/Dub single. I think Dub might be one of my fave songs ever.
― Bill in Chicago, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
1. Cool 2. Dub 3. Volume 4. Feast On My Heart 5. Precaution Listen 6. Weather Radio 7. Human Body 8. Read a Book 9. Driving School 10. Recent Title 11. Gravity 12. Danger 13. Working Is No Problem 14. Stop It 15. Danger 16. Functionality
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Just skimmed a review of it in MOJO by, I think, Peter Buck. Looking forward to picking it up!
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 14 October 2007 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, do that! The different covers above probably because there were two slightly different versions: the second had "Recent Title" in place of "Driving School," but as you can see in the track list up there, both are on this, with the single sides killing in front, and the finale, "Functionality, " is prev unissued. My review'll be in Voice soon. (Anybody heard the Method Actors, also from late 70s/early 80s Athens, right?)
― dow, Sunday, 14 October 2007 04:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep, I quite like the Method Actors, as does fellow ILM poster Dan Selzer.
― Bimble, Sunday, 14 October 2007 05:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Outdoors at Athfest '05 where they unleashed hundreds of balloons with the pylon symbol on them, and many people were in a total frenzy dancing almost like you see Athenians used to do in the Inside/Out movie; at Popfest later the same summer..
I think my back is STILL feeling the impact of dancing like a madman on the paved surface of Washington Street. I WAS THERE! much more importantly: THEY WERE AWESOME! Just like every time. What a fantastic band...
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 14 October 2007 06:49 (sixteen years ago) link
liked their singles but when I saw them live in 1981 it was pretty underwhelming IIRC. maybe a bad night?
now Love Tractor, there's the great lost Athens band.
― m coleman, Sunday, 14 October 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
ugh, Love Tractor. The loster they are, the better.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 14 October 2007 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I used to know Love Tractor's bass player, Armistead Wellford.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 14 October 2007 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
What was that one song they were famous for, Love Tractor? Damnit I can't remember it now.
― Bimble, Sunday, 14 October 2007 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
they were great until they started singing.
― nerve_pylon, Sunday, 14 October 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's my Gyrate Plus review. Not exactly deathless prose, but it gets the word out, incl. re upcoming NYC show: http://www.villagevoice.com/0742,allred,78085,22.html
― dow, Tuesday, 16 October 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
erk, now you see it, now you don't (link *was* working). For now, might just check villagevoice.com/music
― dow, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 00:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah, speaking of "music", D'oh! I left that word out---this is the full link, working or not: http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0742,allred,78085,22.html
― dow, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought that too at first, but now that I have the actual CD, the cover is actually a photograph of an old LP. Still a bit silly (I mean, it wouldn't be that hard to recreate the album art from the separate elements, jeeze) but at least the marks weren't added on for effect.
― MacDara, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
but sometimes with a reissue it's fun to show that history, whether it be ringwear, or the old tapes or whatever.
Anyway, you wouldn't have to recreat the art, just retouch it. Either way it would've been easy.
The cover to the Acute release of Glenn Branca's the Ascension was a painstakingly retouched composite of two well-aged copies of the original LP.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Do you know why I sold the CD? Because I must have been on crack, that's why.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 9 August 2008 03:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah but I've still got the crucial vinyl records on that, so...
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 9 August 2008 03:09 (fifteen years ago) link
No wonder you don't get Alice Cooper.
― Gorge, Saturday, 9 August 2008 07:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha! Fuck you! A friend I've had for ten years just GAVE me the fucking Mascara & Monsters CD last weekend. Yeah, that's right he just GAVE it to me. I have it on my iPod now but unfortunately no I have not listened to it yet. Give me time.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 9 August 2008 07:36 (fifteen years ago) link
This song triggers some really hard realizations for me, In a lot of ways I see myself as that Killing Joke.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 9 August 2008 08:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahaha! Amen to that!
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 9 August 2008 08:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Just wanted to let everyone know (and yes, shameless self promotion as I am the program director at WNYU) that Pylon will be headlining our 35th Anniversary concert tomorrow night at the Knitting Factory. Psychic Paramount, Grouper, Christmas Decorations, Halflings, Starkey, Zola Jesus, and Ehnahre are also playing. Come down and say hi!
― jonathan - stl, Sunday, 14 December 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
This is in NYC obviously.
― jonathan - stl, Sunday, 14 December 2008 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Cool, goddamnit. Cool:
― With Oatmeal Sauce (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 3 January 2009 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
POST PUNK PEOPLE GET ON BOARD NOW
― With Oatmeal Sauce (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 3 January 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if I could still be so into performing a song I wrote almost 30 years ago as Vanessa is.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 4 January 2009 07:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Amen.
Dan Selzer? You out there? What would YOU say about Pylon?
― With Oatmeal Sauce (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 4 January 2009 07:55 (fifteen years ago) link
R.E.M. did a cover of "Crazy".
You can't even compete.
― With Oatmeal Sauce (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 4 January 2009 07:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Pylon. Can't say they're my favorite thing ever. I like REM, the B-52s and the Method Actors better.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 4 January 2009 08:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks Dan Selzer. Pleae call me on the phone someday
Method Actors were very cool, post punk wise.
― With Oatmeal Sauce (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 4 January 2009 08:50 (fifteen years ago) link
'The Method' is a classic. I always think it's Billy Ray Cyrus on the cover though.
― hologram of balls (gnarly sceptre), Sunday, 4 January 2009 13:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Get well soon!
Pylon guitarist Randy Bewley suffered a heart attack while driving in an Athens neighborhood and is in the cardiac intensive care unit at Athens Regional Medical Center, bandmate Vanessa Hay said in an e-mail to supporters.Bewley was driving on Barber Street on Monday evening, and his van drifted off the road and tipped over, Hay said.Rescue workers treated him at the scene and took him to ARMC.
Bewley was driving on Barber Street on Monday evening, and his van drifted off the road and tipped over, Hay said.
Rescue workers treated him at the scene and took him to ARMC.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Shit... (reposting from http://athensmusicjunkie.blogspot.com/ Twitter stream at http://twitter.com/blueshades )
My thoughts and prayers to Randy Bewley's family and friends. We have lost a great man and dear friend in Athens tonight.20 minutes ago from web@Pampelmoose Randy Bewley died shortly before 5 pm. We have lost a dear friend in Athens today.about 1 hour ago from web@Pampelmoose Heart attack was on Monday morning, family and band with him now. Planning to take him off life support this afternoon.about 4 hours ago from web in reply to Pampelmoose
@Pampelmoose Randy Bewley died shortly before 5 pm. We have lost a dear friend in Athens today.about 1 hour ago from web
@Pampelmoose Heart attack was on Monday morning, family and band with him now. Planning to take him off life support this afternoon.about 4 hours ago from web in reply to Pampelmoose
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 23:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Man, RIP. I only ever finally heard Gyrate in full quite recently and was astounded at just how fantastic it was. A damn shame.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 23:28 (fifteen years ago) link
My God! What?! Way, way too young. One of my favorite guitar players EVER. I always feel ineffectual posting "RIP" on a message board, but...
Rest in peace Randy.
― Dan Peterson, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 23:29 (fifteen years ago) link
So sad. A nonpareil guitarist. RIP.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 26 February 2009 02:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck. Such a great guitar player, in such a great band. RIP.
― verhexen, Thursday, 26 February 2009 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
So sad. He had such a great sound. I will treasure my memories of seeing them live back in the early '80s and dig out my vinyl.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 February 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
:-( RIP
― abominable spirit (latebloomer), Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
God, this is terrible. I only got a chance to hear Pylon after the DFA reissue, so I can't claim any deep connection with them, but it sounds like Bewley was a great guy. Nobody deserves to go that young.
― Telephone thing, Thursday, 26 February 2009 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
It's hard to overstate how well loved this band is in Athens. RIP and condolences to his friends and family.
― Brad C., Thursday, 26 February 2009 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Amazon listing confirms DFA are reissuing Chomp (as Chomp More) on October 20.
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link