They re-grouped, may still be on that tour.
― nickn, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
The article makes it seem as the age of streaming for free is the reason musicians are broke nowadays but I don’t really see her or the Fiery Furnaces even getting a chance in the pre-internet age.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, April 4, 2018 6:25 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Dunno about FF but I think one of the things that has changed is that labels know they won't make money on physical releases, which means less money offered for advances, tour support, etc. I'd be willing to bet FF were doing better financially than Eleanor is now, despite the fact that her music is a lot more accessible
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:40 (six years ago) link
i wanted to see that Luna show with her opening up here in Los Angeles. was so temped to go but i already saw Beck/Spoon and going to MGMT, a couple of Giants/Angel games and trying to get to the Arctic Monkeys show too. my budget is stretched for entertainment at the moment. oh yeah, of Montreal and Modest Mouse are also possibilities.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:42 (six years ago) link
Those of us here in L.A. should meet up at Amoeba, and wander around mumbling declaratory sentences to each other, or something...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
haha, i'm in
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
morrisp, did you post under a different name before or are you brand new to ILM?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:24 (six years ago) link
I used to post here ages ago (early 2000s), and recently returned (God knows why or how long I’ll last).
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:27 (six years ago) link
lol, this is a good place most of the time. i came on around 2006 or so, i think my first post had to do with Moose. anyways, 12 years now? i'm fucking old school now.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:30 (six years ago) link
this place is so intimidating, it's hard to get new people.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:33 (six years ago) link
i think it took me six months before my first post because of that. i used to post on the old CMJ board called Obner. glad i found a new home here on ILM way back when.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:35 (six years ago) link
Well, nice to meet you! The vibe is pretty much as I remember it... maybe a little less intense and friendlier (though more “Polls”... so many Polls!)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:45 (six years ago) link
haha, i have done:
ILM Ballot Polls for 2014 and beyond -- order, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc
New OrderSteely DanThe Boo RadleysSpoonBauhausOasis (lol)Talking HeadsJoy Division
gave up on and took over by others:
BlondieSmashing Pumpkins (currently going as you can see)
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2018 01:54 (six years ago) link
Damn. Just checked when she's playing next in London and it was last night at the (tiny) Moth Club: a venue I love.
Sucks to be a shit fan.
Hello morrisp!
― Alba, Thursday, 5 April 2018 04:32 (six years ago) link
Hahaha I think i ended up in this hellhole 10 years ago because my mp3blog was being roasted in here and I got curious. Posters were not nice then and they still are not but for better or worse it still is the best forum I’ve bumped into to discuss music.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 5 April 2018 05:44 (six years ago) link
Also site mods/analysts can doublecheck this fact but I’m fairly sure polls were abused 10 years ago between 2007/2008. I swear back then 7 out of 10 daily active threads were polls.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 5 April 2018 05:59 (six years ago) link
I also did like 20 polls those years, sorry.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:00 (six years ago) link
For much of that time, she was in a relationship with Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand^^now that's a power couple!
Liked this detail:
“When I stand onstage I think I’m Neil Young. Like, ‘That’s how I do it’; that’s what’s going through my head. I mean he doesn’t play a Stratocaster like I play but it’s just something in the way that I hold myself; that’s what I’m emulating.”
― niels, Thursday, 5 April 2018 06:16 (six years ago) link
she also dated Britt Daniel while a student at UT.
― mizzell, Thursday, 5 April 2018 07:07 (six years ago) link
show was great! just her and a guitar, backing tracks on some songs
had a chance to talk to her after the show, she was very kind and we agreed that New View is v underrated
― niels, Saturday, 7 April 2018 12:43 (six years ago) link
that sounds like a great night, wish i could have gone.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link
― Bee OK, Wednesday, April 4, 2018 9:33 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm still intimidated outside of ILB.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 01:28 (six years ago) link
lovely solo session. her voice sounds great.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TllEbRUq1Ls
― mizzell, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
thx for posting this - the interview bits are fun, seems like she was in a good mood
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
(-- not to imply she's usually grouchy or something! just that she seems more engaged & open than artists tend to be in these performance + interview clips)
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:59 (six years ago) link
Hmm, things get "interesting" when the interviewer asks her about NYC
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 17:05 (six years ago) link
"Are We Good?" another standout track
― niels, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 07:22 (five years ago) link
i listen to this album all the time. i do love it. there is a comfort listening to her music that i get that i don't really get from a lot of other newer things today.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 June 2018 01:19 (five years ago) link