there's a torch of the mystics CD(!) up to $50 and ending in 6 hours.
― ian, Monday, 12 May 2008 16:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Good grief. (I found my CD of that about ten years back or so for pretty cheap.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 May 2008 16:54 (sixteen years ago) link
well, ten years is a long time. and 330,003 on LP routinely sells for $75-100
― ian, Monday, 12 May 2008 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
What are SCG's "poppiest" songs? They definitely have some hooks in them. "The Shining Path" is very catchy. What would fans recommend as good "gateway" tracks for them?
― Savannah Smiles, Monday, 12 May 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Their double time cover of "journey to the center of the mind."
― Trip Maker, Monday, 12 May 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
and "different kind of whore"
― Trip Maker, Monday, 12 May 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i like their "waiting for my man" too. their covers tend to be pretty fun. something like "space prophet dogon" or "blue mamba" shouldn't sound too far out. if you like the fugs you might like their horse cock phepner record. "i wanna go to the moon" from Severed Finger... is pretty awesome and easy to digest, but it's still weird.
― ian, Monday, 12 May 2008 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
arguably "Nancy Reagan", if vulgarity is considered poppy.
Otherwise, as noted several times, much of Torch is good gateway...
― Mackro Mackro, Monday, 12 May 2008 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
"Esoterica of Abyssinia" is probably their "hit".. It's been covered by a few bands. I know Trumans Water did a cover of this on their Peel Sessions disc.
― Mackro Mackro, Monday, 12 May 2008 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
got my DC tickets last week ^_^
― 69, Monday, 12 May 2008 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
(same night at times new viking - bummer, but duh clear choice here)
― 69, Monday, 12 May 2008 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, so my head exploded when I heard a couple SCG tracks on a recent episode of Top Gear (in the American muscle car challenge from SF->Bonneville)
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
wonder who was responsible for that, pretty cool.
about a year ago Sc0tt C0lburn told me that Eclipse was still planning on releasing the rest of the ten-double-LP tape archive series, but that it was going really slow.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha, weird. Here is the full soundtrack list here (which is also weird in itself - who the hell keeps tabs on this stuff?).
― NickB, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link
fuckin a maaaaannnfuckin aaaaaa it's the CIAAAAA
― retrovaporized nebulizer (╓abies), Sunday, 8 November 2009 11:59 (fourteen years ago) link
'I barely recall the band that played after us, but they had unusual facial hair and did things like breathe fire to electric tribal beats.'
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
By Krist Novoselic
O_O
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I barely recall the band that played after us, but they had unusual facial hair and did things like breathe fire to electric tribal beats. I know this is pretty standard fare today, but back then it was way off the map. Then the Sun City Girls came on.
Looks like he's referring to two different bands here?
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
For those interested, Abraxas Records is reissuing Dante's Disneyland Inferno - 3LP boxset next month. http://www.abraxasrecords.com/showPage.php?template=album&id=2677
― van smack, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
The electric tribal beats band is Crash Worship.
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq5RamhrN2s
― Neggin' you crapative (NickB), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
He is, I just liked the line.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Well then Mr. Raggett.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
figured the "electric tribal" outfit had to be crash worship
KN does not have the most exciting prose style
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Takes after Cobain, doesn't he?
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 00:27 (thirteen years ago) link
What are SCG's "poppiest" songs? They definitely have some hooks in them. "The Shining Path" is very catchy.
aka the "Lambada Song"!!!
― She Got the Shakes, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
final album coming out this month, Funeral Mariachifrom Colburn's website: Just finished mastering the final Sun City Girls studio album. I do believe this to be my best work to date. That’s right! I think this might be better than “Feel’s” .
― mizzell, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL Scott
I have this on preorder, really excited about it based on the promo blather.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
can't wait to check this one out. sounds like a winner.
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Just the finest thing ever. One of the most beautiful records I've ever heard.
― myopic_void, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
haven't heard; will buy
― she's one intense bitch, she rides a unicycle (arby's), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
certainly. this>>rent>>food
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
WANT
― Faerie Liquide (admrl), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
as expected, this is completely top notch greatness from the cover artwork on down. one of their best.
― sleeve, Thursday, 30 September 2010 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
really great. really expensive too.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 30 September 2010 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
actually, after 3 listens today already, i'd say it was worth twice the price. astonishingly beautiful.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Just ordered one.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome cover. I just got this from Weird Forest. Will listen tomorrow.
― van smack, Saturday, 2 October 2010 01:25 (thirteen years ago) link
This is so good, it's great. So great, it's excellent. So excellent, it's superb. Album of the year? Time will tell.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:23 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty sure it's album of the year for me, the 1-2 punch of "Ben's Radio"-"The Imam" is the most amazing thing I've heard in quite a while.
― sleeve, Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:31 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus god I can't wait to get this. should have figured that they had a whole completed LP still in the can, even when Charlie passed
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 2 October 2010 05:24 (thirteen years ago) link
WHEN WILL THE MAIL MAN COME?
― Trip Maker, Saturday, 2 October 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Will be on the look out for this one.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 October 2010 09:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Well well well
― Robbie Savage on 606 (admrl), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 04:21 (thirteen years ago) link
ya know, one of the things that really interests me about this (awesome) record is that in a lot of ways it's the final "fuck you" from a band that made a career out of fucking with their audiences. for years we've had to live with willfully inconsistent releases, whimsical and inconsistent reissues, cavalier treatment of the back catalogue, confrontational live shows, etc. etc. etc.
now, once it's all over, they put out this record - one of their most beautiful and cohesive - and it's like they just wanted to say "see, we could have done this all along, but we didn't want to."
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
been jamming this on the regular lately. so fuckin good.
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
not to be totally lame, but is this coming out on CD?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i bet it will eventually!
― 69, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
ah just saw on aquarius records' site: The vinyl of Funeral Mariachi is undoubtedly limited, but a cd is scheduled for release later in October, we're told.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Hooray! Looking forward to this a lot.
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link