― Xii (Xii), Sunday, 13 July 2003 00:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt (Matt), Sunday, 13 July 2003 00:31 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 13 July 2003 00:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Sunday, 13 July 2003 00:39 (twenty years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 13 July 2003 00:53 (twenty years ago) link
Breeders = Classic up to (and, on the right day, including) Title TK.
― Andrew Frye (paul cox), Sunday, 13 July 2003 02:23 (twenty years ago) link
― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 13 July 2003 02:40 (twenty years ago) link
― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 13 July 2003 02:45 (twenty years ago) link
― keith (keithmcl), Sunday, 13 July 2003 02:49 (twenty years ago) link
The Breeders = major, major classic. Many of my fondest adolescent memories were soundtracked by The Breeders' music. Plus, Kim Deal has the most brilliant sense of humor. I saw her on the cable access program "The Hondo Show" recreating a scene out of Showgirls with one of her Amps bandmates and the host of the program. The fact that I can still remember this about four years after I saw it first is a testament to how memorable the scene was/is.
And Title TK needed to be in the Top 40, damn it.
― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 13 July 2003 03:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Ess Kay (esskay), Sunday, 13 July 2003 03:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Sunday, 13 July 2003 03:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Sunday, 13 July 2003 03:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Sunday, 13 July 2003 03:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Sunday, 13 July 2003 12:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Sunday, 13 July 2003 12:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Sunday, 13 July 2003 12:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Sunday, 13 July 2003 19:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Sunday, 13 July 2003 19:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 13 July 2003 20:00 (twenty years ago) link
lord custos, are you on crack?
― joan vich (joan vich), Monday, 14 July 2003 09:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 14 July 2003 10:32 (twenty years ago) link
― kephm, Monday, 14 July 2003 13:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:00 (twenty years ago) link
Last Splash - my CD's been played so much it's gone all quiet and muffled and basically fucked (I didn't even know this was possible but...there you go), loveit loveit loveit even though "Cannonball" was for years the most overplayed indie club tune EVAH and - for shame - ended up immediately preceding my departure from whichever club on the grounds that "if the DJ's still playing that...sheesh" etc.
Title TK stands up well with the above, agreed, but I've perhaps not given it the exhaustive attention it deserves. Hmmm.
Anyway. Breeders=brilliant, Jo Wiggs was always my favourite but now she's disappeared (anyone remember Honey Tongue? Aces). Is she related to Pete?
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:10 (twenty years ago) link
Title TK is pretty good as well. But Last Splash fucking rocked like a monster when I was in middle school and still does so when I listen to it now. I listen to it a lot now.
― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:12 (twenty years ago) link
Good God I am old.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 14 July 2003 14:39 (twenty years ago) link
How exactly are you going to wave them if they're already cut off?
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 14 July 2003 17:22 (twenty years ago) link
I'll bet Ned started crying and gnashing his teeth when they played the theme to Buffy though!
― Lars (Nicole), Monday, 14 July 2003 17:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 July 2003 17:51 (twenty years ago) link
-- Tom Breihan (lazerbee...), July 14th, 2003
Well, I think I know what your problem might be. Them ol' pair of ears need some quick replacing, gramps! :)
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:01 (twenty years ago) link
"How exactly are you going to wave them if they're already cut off? " --My name is Kenny
SH*t you're kidding right?
― KING KONG, Monday, 14 July 2003 18:16 (twenty years ago) link
― kelly denison-cole (dustjacket), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:18 (twenty years ago) link
-- Francis Watlington (peppermintsmok...), July 14th, 2003.
No! Dude! I get to make fun of you for being old! That's how it works! Nobody gets to make fun of me for being young! Don't make me fuck you up with my Nerf dart gun!
― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:27 (twenty years ago) link
They've been playing it at most of their recent live shows, I wasn't saying it for the sake of being random.
― Lars (Nicole), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:32 (twenty years ago) link
(and yes i like the breeders way more than the pixies)
(btw the amg is a little messed up for kelley deal. boom boom boom doesn't show up under 'kelley deal 6000' but does under 'kelley deal')
― ron (ron), Monday, 14 July 2003 18:51 (twenty years ago) link
I remember a cover of "The Angry Inch" from Hedwig, which is far cooler on several levels. Or so I deem.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 July 2003 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Monday, 14 July 2003 19:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 14 July 2003 21:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 01:38 (twenty years ago) link
― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 01:59 (twenty years ago) link
― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 09:47 (twenty years ago) link
Fortunately Gone
― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 14:54 (twenty years ago) link
Not picking sides in the Breeders-Pixies fight— they're both solid bands.
― Nick Mirov (nick), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 06:29 (twenty years ago) link
oh right, that's where Live In Stockholm was first released. With No Aloha on it, by the way, which they dropped from CD3 of Last Splash LSXX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Stockholm_1994 <- track 8 herehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Splash#LSXX_track_listing <- No "No Aloha" in Stockholm here
― StanM, Friday, 22 September 2023 15:47 (seven months ago) link
Pretty fun interview/in-studio performance on World Cafe (Sep 22, 2023)...lots of giggles: https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2023/09/22/1134906818/the-breeders-celebrate-30-years-of-last-splash?ft=nprml&f=613820055
― ernestp, Saturday, 23 September 2023 16:45 (seven months ago) link
i legit lol'd when Josephine Wiggs says the only place she gets identified at is at Trader Joes
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 23 September 2023 18:24 (seven months ago) link
“Divine Mascis” is great, J should have joined the Breeders.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 23 September 2023 18:24 (seven months ago) link
His “Do You Love Me Now?” is pretty great.
It like that they get a schlubby nonsinger to replace the Deals vocals.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 23 September 2023 18:53 (seven months ago) link
Cow_Art, I’m really sorry… by the time I got to the front of the merch line, they were sold out of the zine. :(
― strawberry ice cream, one scoop or two (morrisp), Friday, 20 October 2023 05:14 (six months ago) link
Awwwwww, man! Thanks for trying! There's always Ebay.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 20 October 2023 09:10 (six months ago) link
Once upon a time Kelley Deal may have been the weakest link at some point (30 years ago?) but holy shit she's in top form (aside from a couple flubs on "Flipside"). Absolutely killed it, she's got some big shoes to fill (her sister's, Tanya's, Joey Santiago's) and she is beyond capable. How could you not love this band!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 07:00 (six months ago) link
Cow_Art, the merch line was like 60+ mins, sorry... :(
Thanks for thinking of me, I appreciate it!
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 09:14 (six months ago) link
None on Ebay yet. It's a little tricky because there's actually a couple of Breeders Digest publications, one about dogs and another for guinea pigs.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 09:18 (six months ago) link
copy of zine obtained. can send to you after I read it lol
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 14:57 (six months ago) link
Some show notes
Kim mentioned they recorded Last Splash in San Francisco but neglected to mention that the studio* was a block and a half away from The Warfield on Mission & 6th.
Ironically because of the shitshow of Market St construction, my exit for the venue was exactly right in front of the building the studio formerly occupied.
*I think she called it Coast Recorders but it was actually Brilliant Studios.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:06 (six months ago) link
Also when covering "Drivin' On 9" there was no shoutout to Dom Leone who wrote the song and lived in SF most of the 90s/00s.
I'd never seen Jim play so many Pod songs at once so it was interesting to compare his style with Britt's.
Had no idea Jo and Jim switched instruments for "Roi"... the psychedelic midsection of which was incredibly trippy.
Had no idea "I Just Wanna Get Along" was Kelley's song.
Reiterating Kelley can absolutely shred with the best of them. She was surprisingly stellar on the material when she wasn't in the band!
They replaced Carrie Bradley with someone named Sophie Galpin who had a Mancunian lilt but she could play 3rd guitar and violin very well.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:12 (six months ago) link
Thanks, Shakey!
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:32 (six months ago) link
xp Dom Leone died in 1989.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:39 (six months ago) link
Oof, Dan Leone I meant!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 19:59 (six months ago) link
His brother, the ukelele player.
Triple oof, I just misgendered her FFS.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:00 (six months ago) link
I didn't know "Drivin' On 9" was a cover until last week (after the show, my wife looked up & played the original).
― Rhoda Morgenstern stan account (morrisp), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:30 (six months ago) link
this seems to come as a surprise to many people, sadly. The original is definitely superior, the Breeders version excises several key lines and verses, which undercuts and obscures the narrative that makes the song work imo.
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:33 (six months ago) link
also Cow Art just webmail me where to send the zine
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:42 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuR-wL5sh_M
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 20:55 (six months ago) link
Worth mentioning that violinist Carrie Bradley in above video of ERQ playing in Oakland was originally a member of (pre-Pod) The Breeders and then again sporadically throughout the 90s.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 21:00 (six months ago) link
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 23:38 (six months ago) link
how does webmail work
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 00:11 (six months ago) link
LL, no:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%27s_Redeeming_Qualities
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:13 (six months ago) link
figured it out!
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:13 (six months ago) link
Thank you SS
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 01:15 (six months ago) link
i tried looking for a thread, but Ed's Redeeming Qualities is great. Breeders could've made a new American songbook digging through their works.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 28 October 2023 05:47 (six months ago) link
Cow_Art check yr webmail, you should be receiving the zine soon if you haven't already
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 14:47 (six months ago) link
honestly we should change the name of this thread because "dud" is not an option.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:09 (six months ago) link
i have been on a Breeders kick because I never listened to any of the post Last-Splash albums. Enjoying it IMMENSELY.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:36 (six months ago) link
I still put on All Nerve a lot, it's a good morning album!
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:48 (six months ago) link
All the post Last Splash catalog is great but I love love love Title TK
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 15:58 (six months ago) link
The only bummer about the classic lineup getting back together is that it makes Title TK and Mountain Battles seem lesser, which is not the case.
I got the zine!!! Thanks a million! How do I check my webmail?
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:05 (six months ago) link
Title TK was a revelation. Ive gone back to it several times. Love the nonsense lyrics and meaty sound. Listening to Mountain Battles after it made me realize that Kim Deal will make a cool sounding song out of basically anything. Has anyone seen the iguana???
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:39 (six months ago) link
How do I check my webmail?
login to the email account that you use to login to your ILX profile
― famous instagram dog (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:41 (six months ago) link
xpost Kim has a real knack for surreal turns of phrase. I think about the line "I need spit/to crush these beetles on my lips" from "Skinhead#2" on All Nerve all the time
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 16:52 (six months ago) link
Here's a challop: the only Breeders album I don't play often is Pod.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:00 (six months ago) link
I’d love the zine, please
― beamish13, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 19:05 (six months ago) link
Oh. So webmail means the email goes to my regular email account?
If that’s the case, I have no emails pertaining to the Breeders Digest.
But I have an address and I know how much it cost, so I think we’re good.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 1 November 2023 19:32 (six months ago) link
Here's a challop: the only Breeders album I don't play often is Pod.― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:00 (yesterday) link
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 17:00 (yesterday) link
It's funny that with the In Utero anniversary and the attendant discourse all the stuff about how them wanting to work with Albini becuz of Sufer Rosa, which I am not discounting, but I haven't seen any mention of Pod which at the time seemed, and listening to both records recently, to be a pretty obv sonic template, I mean "Happiness is a Warm Gun" sounds exactly like something on In Utero
Every time I listen to the Amps record I think "oh I don't really remember this record" and the second it starts I realize I have it memorized
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 2 November 2023 13:13 (six months ago) link
first song on the Amps record has been one of my go-to random out-of-nowhere just-start-singing-out-of-thin-air melodies for 30 years
"now i'd liiiike to get back..."
― alpine static, Thursday, 2 November 2023 15:13 (six months ago) link
In "Tipp City" I thought I was mishearing this but she really does sing "I have relations with anonymous internet nation", which feels both of the times and truly prophetic
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 2 November 2023 15:54 (six months ago) link