I used to be able to type
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
I also remember the casino marquee said in massive letters at the top
KEVIN POLLAK
and underneath in much, much fractionally smaller letters "Matador 40th Anniversary Etc."
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
Man, Vegas buffets aren’t what they used to be
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
Xpost
I remember seeing Mitch hanging out and drinking with fans after in the hotel stairwell after their anniversary show set!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
Bob Pollard was a jock in high school — haven’t any of you read Guided By Voices: a Brief History? Everything you need to know about Bob Pollard and his general worldview is in there. He’s not a mystery. He’s all of the above.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
I read the Bee Thousand 33-1/3 recently and it does a pretty good job describing the millieu, the vibe. lots of insane hard-to-read overanalysis tho (sorry if the author posts here, overall I loved the damn thing)
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
yeah that was v good I think
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
I read the Jim Greer book about GBV, which I didn't like much, I hated all the stuff about Bob and boorish buddies boozin' it up in his basement tbh.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:53 (four years ago) link
For some reason Bob Pollard finds them fascinating but fuck knows why anyone else should.
there are no snobs in heaven
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
I imagine that way he's always the star and the focal point.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
no
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:05 (four years ago) link
If anything it's the opposite. There are ton of different reasons to love spending time with people you've known your whole life.
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
Jim Greer should write a better book next time then.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:11 (four years ago) link
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
So how does the Dayton Mafia stack up next to The Memphis Mafia?
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
If anything it's the opposite. There are ton of different reasons to love spending time with people you've known your whole life.― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, May 2, 2020 3:06 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago)
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, May 2, 2020 3:06 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago)
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
MM has political connects
― calstars, Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
This never really worked for me.
It's reliant on not moving very far from where you grew up.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
Right. I have actually been living pretty close to where I grew up for the past decade and half, which caused some deal of anxiety at first, which I believed I touched upon last night in the group hang when it was mentioned.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 May 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
xxxp yes the B1000 book
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
james I've had p much the same experience, by choice, but I can also appreciate the value in it
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
I listened to this album today and the whole lo-fi thing is, in retrospect, not so great - I don't really see what people saw in it, to be honest.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 May 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
Did anyone read the recent Pollard bio? Or was this alluded to above in code? (Who's the Replacements fan?)
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 2 May 2020 22:58 (four years ago) link
Jim Walsh.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 May 2020 23:30 (four years ago) link
I read and loved it but I don't know if I'm the most objective reviewer, it's great to have anything in-depth to read
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 2 May 2020 23:38 (four years ago) link
their first NYC show (after a 6 year live show hiatus!)
a life-changing night. for me anyway. afterward, on the sidewalk outside cbgb, i bumped into stephen malkmus, who i didn't know, and he told me i should go see the ass ponys, who were playing somewhere else, maybe under acme?, at like 1:30 am, but i went home 'cause my life had already been sufficiently changed, but later i came to regret missing that ass ponys set. that was a good time to be alive and into rock music.
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 3 May 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link
Lol I saw the Ass Ponys open for Afghan Whigs
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 3 May 2020 00:34 (four years ago) link
I saw the Ass Ponys at Brownies once. The opening act was The Upper Crust and Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter were there to see them, I think. All I remember is what seemed to be a really long, drawn-out version of "Ape Hanger." I ended up being a huge Wussy fan in recent years.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 May 2020 00:39 (four years ago) link
I always found the Upper Crust to be a dependably stupid fun time
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 3 May 2020 01:40 (four years ago) link
Yup.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 May 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
lol if ever there was a song written for dulli to sing it is 'mr. superlove'
obv he did a great job with it
the upper crust rule
― mookieproof, Sunday, 3 May 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link