― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 18:34 (twenty years ago) link
― st tremaine, Wednesday, 24 September 2003 18:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:03 (twenty years ago) link
― maria b (maria b), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:48 (twenty years ago) link
maybe because "mid-90s" = "early-90s"?
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:53 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:00 (twenty years ago) link
- Ott refers repeatedly to certain acts as "signatures" (i.e a band that has been signed to a record label). I may be mistaken about this, but isn't the conventional term "signings" instead of "signatures"?
- Keith Morris of the Circle Jerks has been sporting dreadlocks since at least as far back as 1988 (the last time I saw the band live). Thus, this in no way renders his chosen hairstyle "recent".
- "TV II" by Ministry could hardly be considered "proto-grindcore", given that Napalm Death (inargualby the preeminent grindcore band) debuted in 1987, a good half a decade prior to the release of Psalm 69.
- Ned's Atomic Dustbin a "shoegaze" band? Love'em or hate'em, Jonn [sic] Penney and co. could never be accused of playing dreamy, ethereal pop, much less boasting a stage presence particularized by somnambulistic stasis. They were one of the most hyperkinetic live acts of the time (lots of rampant leaping about).
- I hate to differ with the estimable Chuck Eddy, but calling the KLF a "grebo" band is decidedly not simply a matter of opinion, but rather a sizable error. The KLF are as much a 'grebo' band as Celine Dion is a New Romantic. As much as it's a remarkably trivial distinction, 'Grebo' (a truncation of "greasy boy") referred very specifically to guitar-based bands like Gaye Bykers on Acid, Crazyhead and the hirsute, garage-clatter era of Pop Will Eat Itself. The KLF, meanwhile, were an entirely different breed of cat, concentrating more on chill-out ambient music and house (something PWEI wouldn't get involved in until later on). I'm not suggesting that one is greater than the other or that any of them are worth a damn, but if you're going to allude to them -- let alone lambast them in print -- at least get your facts straight.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:09 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:22 (twenty years ago) link
― st tremaine, Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:26 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.bigcworld.com/
― scott seward, Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:50 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:51 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.wens.com/airstaff/chris_ott.aspx
― scott seward, Wednesday, 24 September 2003 21:54 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.footbag.org/newmembers/profile?MemberID=40543
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― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 22:09 (twenty years ago) link
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― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 23:49 (twenty years ago) link
― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 25 September 2003 00:57 (twenty years ago) link
Aussie buddy Tom Morgan of Smudge wrote most of this record ['Come on Feel the Lemonheads'], and though I'm sure he made some nice money on the royalties for "Into Your Arms", he couldn't have been too happy that a druggie pinup boy reaped all the career-extending rewards.
anyone with either an internet connection or the album itself could tell you that (a) morgan shares co-writing credit with evan dando on 8 out of 15 songs and gets full credit on none, which is not the same thing as writing "most of the record" and (b) morgan had nothing to do with writing "into your arms," that was by another aussie, robyn st. clare, though maybe all those aussie pop geniuses look alike.
frankly, i don't think it's that huge a deal, but then again my name does happen to be...
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 25 September 2003 01:07 (twenty years ago) link
it's true! we all look like shabby longhairs
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 25 September 2003 01:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 25 September 2003 01:30 (twenty years ago) link
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Thursday, 25 September 2003 02:08 (twenty years ago) link
― John 2, Thursday, 25 September 2003 02:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 25 September 2003 03:38 (twenty years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 25 September 2003 03:41 (twenty years ago) link
also, i try not to miss any chance to enter tom morgan and robyn st. clare into the discussion.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 25 September 2003 03:57 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 25 September 2003 03:57 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 25 September 2003 04:09 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 25 September 2003 04:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Jester, Thursday, 25 September 2003 04:35 (twenty years ago) link
I'm enjoying the article, not for any one album critique in particular but because it gives me a rather neat snapshot of a particular span of time, from when I first discovered, uh, alternative via MTV's 120 Minutes and bought a couple of the records named (a Lush album, actually just found my old cassette of "Happy Days" by Catherine Wheel, "Honey's Dead," "Psalm 69," Sugar, Belly, etc.).. and then saw nearly all the rest of them either show up at my college radio station & get trashed mercilessly by the staff, or already on the shelves of the radio station, never getting airplay.
Thing is I no longer fret so much about what kinda music is cool & actually rebought a couple of albums I'd ditched because, you know, I LIKE Ministry & recently discovered how Depeche Mode are utter genius (and did plenty of brilliant songs well after 1990) & Lush & Belly have some great singles, and I wish I could find my tape of "Harmacy" because "Beauty of the Ride" is another all-time fave of mine.
And who sells "Last Splash"? It never gets old! Nobody sells that! :)
― daria g (daria g), Thursday, 25 September 2003 04:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave M. (rotten03), Thursday, 25 September 2003 05:08 (twenty years ago) link
Well as I recall he did that Fischerspooner review and made that astonishing observation wrt Royksopp and microhouse.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 25 September 2003 06:36 (twenty years ago) link