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spit on a stranger is a pure heart melter

2012-05-16T18:17:25Z

right?

Terror Twilight = best bookend tracks for any album in 15 years?

....also, isn't the line 'felt up your feelings' one of the coolest lines in a Jicks song ever?

Donald "Duck" Dunn R.I.P.

2012-05-16T14:20:42Z

R.I.P.

Working from home in MN

2012-05-14T20:54:06Z

So I'm working from home which means I'm under my back yard deck programming. I have a nice wooded yard for the city, over half acre with woods enough to bring in deer, turkey, fox and coyote on occasion. But also birds. Lots of cool birds like blue jays, cardinals and woodpeckers of all stripe. Well, when I program I listen to music through these speakers I hooked up and as it's secluded the s;peakers can play kinda loud. Anyway, lately there has been this cardinal and this blue jay hanging out together. I've seen them on several occasions and saw them once again today. I wanted to see them again because they are so bad ass so I started playing blue jay and cardinal sounds from youtube and while I couldn't pull in any blue jays (they're kind of rare) I called in a bunch of cardinals. They were swooping all over under the deck looking for the recorded cardinals and one got so agitated by it he kept getting closer and closer to me and landed maybe 5 feet to my right. I stopped playing the video 10-15 minutes ago and he's still hanging around here close. It's hilarious because sometimes he looks right at me - which he should, since the speakers are on either side of me so it would sound like the source is where I'm sitting. He just cocks his head and flies to another branch.

So yeah, thought I'd share a little nature nugget. Give it a try in your backyard you may not have cardinals but you probably have something cool. I'd like to see an oriole some day.

Is there any more to come from the reunion?

2012-05-14T11:55:16Z

Where is the live DVD, the tour DVD, the acoustic DVD, and the live album?

I'd like to go on record and say "milk me, sell me everything, I want your product"

Thanks.

I still listen to Cut Your Hair and Gold Soundz...

2012-05-12T08:31:21Z

...daily. Fresh as a daisy every single time.

Am tempted to chronicle....

2012-05-12T08:29:55Z

...every time Malkmus has opened up with his vocals. You know, those best bits in loads of songs; NO BIG HAIR! I AM WORTH HATING! LIKE A DRAB DRESS!

You know the bits. Can someone more OCD than me do that please?

John Peel's "rekkid arkhive"

2012-05-08T21:17:50Z

...and all that other stuff!!

Looks nice!! Must ch-ch-chekk it out properly soon-ish. Or maybe it's better to just check sporadically every now and when you're board...???

How to share my massive collection of Pavement bootlegs??

2012-05-05T20:36:22Z

Hello. I'm a Pavement fangirl who'd been obsessed with getting my hands on live recordings of Pavement shows online (mostly of their pre-breakup era) and sorting out the tags perfectly over a period of couple years by now. So far I've sort of made it a point not to share it with others but then again I now kinda realize that there's really no point in doing so, as my collection wouldn't have been made possible without the help of all the peeps uploading and sharing 'em.

Long story short, what do you think is the best way to make it possible?? The collection amounts to almost 26 gigabites with a miscellaneous collection thrown in for good measure (which includes 14 gigabites of pure bootlegs). Torrent maybe? What's the best site to use?? Also how long should it take approximately?? Maybe it's not a good idea after all...?? (Due to lack of seeders/peers, only a handful of people wanting to download it etc.?) Need some advice here....

By the way, here's the list of stuff I've amassed so far. If there's anyone willing to make it more complete -especially with the incomplete bootlegs- your help would be very much appreciated!

1989-12-14 KDVS Radio, Davis, CA
1990-08-12 Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
1990-08-20 Charlottesville, WV
1991-08-31 Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
1992-05-19 Cattle Club, Sacramento, CA - Summer Babe; California 92 (Bootleg)
1992-06-06 Uptown Lounge, Minneapolis, MN
1992-06-10 Club de Wash, Madison, WI
1992-06-11 Uptown Bar & Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
1992-06-13 Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI
1992-06-26 Pittsburgh, PA (Indie Fest)
1992-07-08 Groovy Times, Merchtem, Belgium
1992-07-12 Boardwalk, Manchester, UK
1992-07-22 ULU, London, UK [DVD]
1992-08-25 The Square, Harlow, UK
1992-08-30 Reading Festival, UK INCOMPLETE
1992-09-11 Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC
1992-11-16 Göteborg, Sweden
1992-11-21 E-Werk, Köln, Germany
1992-12-01 Brielpoort, Deinze, Belgium
1992-12-04 Palais Omnisport, Rennes, France
1993-06-23 Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994-03-02 Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1994-03-03 Luxor, Köln, Germany
1994-03-06 Frankfurt, Germany
1994-03-07 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1994-03-08 The Loft, Berlin, Germany
1994-03-18 L'Aéronef, Lille, France
1994-03-19 Brussels, Belgium
1994-04-12 Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA
1994-04-23 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA (Early Show)
1994-04-24 the Palace, Hollywood, CA
1994-05-05 Metro, Chicago, IL
1994-05-10 St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI - Don't Talk to Anybody (Bootleg)
1994-07-04 Masquerade, Atlanta, GA - Green Around the Gills (Bootleg)
1994-08-17 Peron 55, Venlo, Netherlands
1994-08-26 Reading Festival, UK
1994-09-15 the Palace, Hollywood, CA (Late Show)
1995-05-11 Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC
1995-05-12 Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC
1995-05-13 The Boathouse, Norfolk, VA
1995-05-16 Academy, New York, NY INCOMPLETE
1995-06-27 The Loft, Berlin, Germany
1995-07-23 Molson Park, Barrie, ON, Canada (Lollapalooza)
1995-08-14 2nd Stage, Lollapalooza, Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA
1995-08-20 Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, WA (Brewstock Festival)
1996-01-11 Tokyo, Japan
1996-01-26 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1996-01-27 Moe's Mo'Roc'N Cafe, Seattle, WA
1996-02-09 The Abyss, Houston, TX [DVD]
1996-06-26 E-Werk, Köln, Germany
1997-02-11 Middle East, Cambridge, MA
1997-02-20 RKCNDY, Seattle, WA
1997-02-22 Kilowatt, San Francisco, CA
1997-02-23 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
1997-02-25 Santa Monica, CA (KCRW Radio Session)
1997-04-02 Zeche, Bochum, Germany
1997-04-04 VPRO Radio Session, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997-04-04 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997-04-11 Shepard's Bush Empire, London, UK (Radio 1 John Peel)
1997-04-17 Warfield Theatre, San Fransisco, CA
1997-04-21 Copper Commons, Missoula, MT
1997-04-23 The Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
1997-05-14 Bohager's, Baltimore, MD
1997-07-07 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA (WXPN-FM)
1997-07-19 Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
1997-08-15 Köln, Germany (11th Bizarre Festival)
1997-10-03 Graffiti's, Pittsburgh, PA
1999-05-14 La Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
1999-05-15 BBC Evening Session, Maida Vale Studios, UK
1999-06-14 Showbox, Seattle, WA [Slow Century DVD]
1999-06-15 Roxy, Boston, MA
1999-06-16 Irving Plaza, NYC, NY
1999-06-19 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
1999-06-25 Glastonbury Festival, UK
1999-06-30 Velvet Rimini, France
1999-07-10 Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
1999-07-15 Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1999-08-31 John Peel's 60th Birthday Party, Maida Vale Studios, UK
1999-09-04 Key Arena, Seattle, WA (Bumbershoot Festival)
1999-09-24 Matador Records 10th Anniversary Concert, Irving Plaza, NYC, NY
1999-09-26 The Ritz, Raleigh, NC
1999-10-07 Canes, San Diego, CA (HBO Reverb)
1999-10-08 Maritime Hall, San Francisco, CA INCOMPLETE
1999-10-14 Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO
1999-10-15 The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
1999-10-28 Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, UK [BBC FM Broadcast]
1999-10-30 BBC Television 'Later... with Jools Holland'
1999-11-06 La Cigale, Paris, France (Festival des Inrocks)
1999-11-08 Bordeaux FM, France
1999-11-14 Muffathalle, Munich, Germany
1999-11-16 Tilburg, Netherlands
1999-11-19 Manchester Academy, UK [Slow Century DVD]
1999-11-20 Brixton Academy, London, UK
Anybody Can Go (Bootleg)
BBC Sessions 1995-1997
Live Europaturnen 1997
Stray Slack (Bootleg)
Stuff Up the Cracks (Bootleg)
Live on 'Space Ghost Coast to Coast'

At Home With the Groovebox
Sweethearts Soundtrack
Nicene Creedence BEGN
Wow Out! 7 Inch

The Slack Album (Jay-Z vs. Pavement)
Everything is Ending Here: A Tribute to Pavement

[DVD] Space Ghost Coast to Coast
[DVD] Strangers with Candy - S02E01; where Mark Ibold appeared
[DVD] Sweethearts (1996); where Malkmus made a cameo appearance
Cut Your Hair on Tonight Show (1994)
New Zealand TV program (1993)
Sinister Purpose (CCR cover)
Stereo Commercial (2007); which aired on Korean television

Bag o' Bones
Ectoslavia
Lakespeed (Demo)

+100 random covers and live songs

New registration solution?

2012-05-05T10:51:42Z

The My Bloody Valentine board has taken this approach:

"Registration has been diabled due to clever spammers. Please email me your desired username and email address you'd like to use and I will manually register you. USE contact page on the site to email me."

Jenny single?

2012-05-04T21:33:31Z

So on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Jenny-Ess-Dog-Ste … amp;sr=1-8) they show that the Jenny and the Ess Dog single has the following songs:

1. Jenny & The Ess-Dog (Album Version)
2. Pink India (Live)
3. The Hook (Live)
4. Discretion Groove (Single Version)
5. Sin Taxi
6. Leisurely Poison
7. Vague Space (Demo Version)
8. Malay Massaker
9. Keep The Faith (Live)
10. That's What Mama Said (Live)

I can't find any information about that on discogs.com though, aside from searching on amazon that it might be the Japanese version. Other releases usually show it as just having four songs. Anybody have any info on this one? I'm now wanting to buy this extended version, but worried the sellers are selling the four song release from Matador, not the Japanese edition. Is it just amazon confusing the two?

Thanks.

RIP Adam Yauch

2012-05-04T17:36:20Z

The George Harrison of the Beastie Boys

R.I.P. Lloyd Brevett

2012-05-04T08:06:54Z

Skatalites bass player ist dead.

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/rip-ll … skatalites

Spin's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

2012-05-04T07:12:55Z

Ely posted this on Facebook but I thought it was interesting enough to put up here:

http://www.spin.com/#articles/spins-100 … s-all-time

Whaddaya think guys??? (Malkmus at 38, should've been No.1 of course...)

Big Star's Third

2012-05-02T18:18:16Z

Exciting and scary at the same time:

.... is set to be re-created by an all star cast including Brendan Benson, Norman Blake and more.

After two albums of sublime pop, Big Star were exhausted. Problems with distribution, their label and more destroyed their attempts to infiltrate the mainstream with Alex Chilton left to lead the disintegrating band alone.

Enduring personal problems, the band's famously fraught third album has gone down in rock history. A beautiful, totally idiosyncratic work 'Big Star's Third' is the dark, distraught aftermath to the youthful pop of 'September Gurls'.

Now an all star cast are set to re-create the album at a one off show. Taking place in the Barbican on May 28th, 'Big Star's Third' - also titled 'Sister Lovers' - will be re-cast by some incredible musicians.

The sole surviving member of Big Star, Jody Stephens will join an ensemble which includes Mitch Easter, Chris Stamey, Ken Stringfellow and more.

Special guests include (deep breath) Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), J on Auer (The Posies), Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), John Bramwell (I Am Kloot), Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), Sondre Lerche , Sharon Van Etten , Robyn Hitchcock, Django Haskins (The Old Ceremony), Brett Harris and Skylar Gudasz.

The show follows two similar ventures in the United States, which saw the famously fraught album re-cast as an orchestral piece. “The original written scores for the record were long missing,” Chris Stamey explained, “but John Fry at Ardent Records was able to supply us with elements of the original multitrack tapes".

"Composer Carl Marsh, who wrote the ground-breaking charts for the original record, used these tapes to precisely re-transcribe his arrangements. And I’ve orchestrated anew some other elements of the recordings for the players, in order to recreate live some of the aleatoric studio effects.”

Hitting the Barbican next month, the concert will include a second set focussing on Big Star's wider output and the solo material of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell. "It's easier as time passes to revisit that album because it came out of such a dark period," Big Star drummer Jody Stephens reflected.

"There were brilliant moments in the studio, especially Carl Marsh's string arrangements, which really take it to a whole other world. But it could be emotionally difficult to watch certain things happen. I was so close to it at the time that I could not see what it was."

R.I.P. Thomas Mera Gartz

2012-05-02T13:02:14Z

Träd Gräs och Stenar drummer is dead!

They finally had some stuff going after recruiting a new bass player Torbjörn Abelli who died 2 years ago...R.I.P. Thomas.