― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:21 (nineteen years ago) link
this band is magic.
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:26 (nineteen years ago) link
In other news I just found out there is a video for "Elevator Love Letter" and that MuchMusic has been playing "Ageless Beauty"!
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link
I think "your ex lover is dead" and "reunion" and "the first five times" are my immediate faves. It's definitely more rambunctious then Heart. (I quietly and selfishly hope they never get too political.)
― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 18 November 2004 03:21 (nineteen years ago) link
come on spencer. admittedly, stars is kinda gay
― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 18 November 2004 03:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 18 November 2004 05:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 18 November 2004 06:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 18 November 2004 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 18 November 2004 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― earinfections (Nick Twisp), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― daavid (daavid), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
anyway, here's a pic of some geek who met Torquil in Montreal last weekend! (photo credit: felicity redwell. Torque said they'd be in the nyc come march.
― bnw (bnw), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 15:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Simon H. (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 23 December 2004 01:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 23 December 2004 01:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:12 (nineteen years ago) link
Cheers!Guy Upthread
― Guy Upthread (mcutt), Thursday, 23 December 2004 02:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Many thanks.
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 28 December 2004 04:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Either through arts & crafts or amazon, I'm looking at around $18 US which isn't bad. I'll wait til payday.
Does Amoeba do online sales? (I'm in Portland, OR y'see)
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 09:58 (nineteen years ago) link
Have you tried Half.com?
I got mines for $11.84 (plus $2.49 s/h).
― nader (nader), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 13:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― righteousmaelstrom, Tuesday, 28 December 2004 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 06:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 30 December 2004 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 30 December 2004 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ganbare Goemon (ex machina), Thursday, 30 December 2004 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 30 December 2004 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Thursday, 30 December 2004 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 30 December 2004 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 31 December 2004 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 January 2005 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 January 2005 21:58 (nineteen years ago) link
this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”this life is very heartbreaking and sad… so let’s get completely fucking arseholed and listen to some Dionne Warwick.”
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
I think I'm done getting excited about new Stars records, but I'd be happy if they could surprise me with something great again.
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link
it took me the better part of ~18 months but i think the north is a p good album tbh
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:14 (nine years ago) link
About half of the album is very good, while the other half is pleasant enough, and only one song (the last one--Stars go techno-rave!) is a gross genre experiment on the level of "We Don't Want Your Body" from The Five Ghosts. All in all, their best since In Our Bedroom After the War.
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:02 (nine years ago) link
noo don't get my hopes up
― Nhex, Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link
i'd only heard like one or two songs from this band but devoured their whole discography last week after winning tickets to their show (which was fantastic)
kind of surprised they're not more ILX canon tbh, "no one is lost" is as good as any of my favorite albums from the last few years
― gr8080, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
like how is it possible that johnny fever has never posted itt
― gr8080, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
Amy's vocal performance on 'Are You Ok? is stunning. I think it's a great record. Steven Hyden had this great line recently that I think applies here-"Sometimes the worst sin a band can commit is doing the same thing really well for an extended period."
― campreverb, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
they're kind of my comfort food of music at this point. likely my most played band of the last 10+ years.
― bnw, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
Set Yourself On Fire was a very, very good album and I really don't think they've matched it since.
― Turrican, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link
"no one of lost" sounds like an ilx top 20 album, no one even nominated last year
― gr8080, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
"no one *is* lost"
― gr8080, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link
No One Is Lost definitely their best album since In Our Bedroom After The War imo, though not quite as good as that one and Set Yourself On Fire. still pretty dang good though.
― Nhex, Monday, 19 October 2015 23:59 (eight years ago) link
hah oh yeah, that's why cryptosicko said. i agree!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
im glad that gr8080 got into stars
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
me too.
still mystified @ no johnny fever posts itt tbh
― gr8080, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 09:16 (eight years ago) link
http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2016/1/Stars-plan-to-release-a-cover-song-each-month-in-2016
https://soundcloud.com/youarestars/it-aint-me-babe-cover
― Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Friday, 15 January 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/youarestars/streetlights-kanye-west-cover
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
This month's:
https://soundcloud.com/youarestars/sets/monthly-cover-series
(I wasn't familiar with the original)
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 24 March 2016 20:23 (eight years ago) link
Haven't cared abot them in ages but the "Streetlights" cover is really nice. Maybe the only instance of white people covering Kanye without embarrassing themselves/the listener.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 March 2016 23:43 (eight years ago) link
They have a new release, "There Is No Love In Fluorescent Light". it's good too.8 albums in they are still churning out some consistently good-to-great albums. I mean "Are you ok?"'s new-orderism's may be one of my favorite songs in their catalogue. (also going through a break-up, so heavy rotation for Stars).
― campreverb, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link