Meanderings Archived
06/30/06 - 08/16/06
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Meanderings Archived
06/30/06 - 08/16/06 |
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The Matador (2005)
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V for Vendetta (2005)
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The Island (2005)
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Wraith Prevention Behold the new Wraithlord. To coincide with the new Eldar codex supposedly coming out in November... I'll have more to say about this later I guess. Here's a match between myself and Mack from a while back. Holy shit, check out this clip from the Henry Rollins Show of Thom Yorke. Bad ass. I could not have envisioned that song on a single guitar. Hell, I could not have envisioned Thom Yorke even playing the guitar. Here's him, Nigel and J Greenwood performing another song. It's incredible to see it as a live performance. Such a good album. From there I linked into this clip from the Andy Dick show, where Andy plays Thom Yorke as a MTV dream date. The bowling is the best part. More YouTube: an amusing clip from Robot Chicken concerning the Emperor. And subtitle humor. Playing catchup to Nasrallah's gambit. I'm reading Exodus by Leon Uris right now, not the Biblical book but a novel, about a ship carrying Jewish refugees to Palestine, trying to thwart a British blockade. Very interesting. I saw today some Paula Zahn clip they're playing on CNN about how some are concerned that the current whathaveyou is a signal for the apocalypse. An eye-opening special, on the next Paula Zahn. Thanks but no thanks, Paula, I'll just keep mine shut. You are a total hack. Jason Molina is no hack. The new "vinyl-only" Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go is great, many of the songs remind me of great Will Oldham tunes, its a great album. Comment on this entry... |
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The Ice Harvest (2005)
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Everyone Knows Major Tom Is A Junkie This sounds totally ridiculous, but I think the most powerful moment in Zoolander is when Bowie steps on stage and offers his services as a highly qualified walk-off judge. Listening to Low and Heroes for the first time in their entirity, I can finally, without any reservation, affirm those qualifications. David Fucking Bowie. If you're talking pure outerwordly style, he's done that; it's already been done. Where was I when the memo went out about the ambient second halves of these albums? Damn incredible. I'm feeling like a dumbshit for not digging through this stuff already. Low I heard first - Took me a second to move past the Bowie I knew from the more familiar singles, the songs are detectably different, more experimental but still hits all the same. My favorite is "Sound and Vision"... that hissing percussion just laying right up there underneath that insanely catchy riff, the funky ass bass, the slow build to the ultra deep vocals, just genius. So so so ahead of its time. I also love that recurring descending tone in "Speed of Life," the crashing piano on "Be My Wife," and the weird synth breaks on "A New Career In A New Town." Great record. "Breaking Glass?" This guy is so ridiculously funky. "Heroes" was recommended as an immediate follow-up to Low by our man in the field, Wilmo. Sure enough, it's a everlovin' slam-dunk. The titular song is a classic, and I never realized how patient he is to get to the higher, more dramatic vocals. But when that second half comes in and he starts really getting into it, awesome. "Neuköln" is another favorite, great instrumental, I can't believe this record came out in 1977. I threw Hunky Dory in there to recommend that album as well; I've been listening to that one for much longer. All great songs. My current favorite is "The Bewlay Brothers," especially the second version that comes on the enhanced version where you can pick up all the quiet background studio noise. Ohhh, we were gone... hanging out with your dwarfman! Such a great chorus when the instruments just drop out... excellent. Comment on this entry... |
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
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Æon Flux (2005)
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Ultraviolet (2006)
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Underworld: Evolution (2006)
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Something Fucking Stinks (To High Hell)
Had to capture this little gem before the end of the newsday. Course they'll probably milk it for as long as they can.
Mr. Bilkins (a.k.a. the Bilker) "All right, things are stagnating. We need something quick here, people, something that just rolls off Wolf and Paula's tongues like 2001 vintage Evian. What? Yeah, they special order that shit. You turds didn't know that? Keeps em grounded in what will only be the most important year of the century. Anyway, what's the tag here, folks. Come on, who wants to go home with Ben tonight?" *pats $100 bill peeking out of front shirt pocket*
Gretchin: (a.k.a. Hottie): "Deadly Deja-vu?"
Scotty (a.k.a. Scotty Boy): "Bush to Hezbollah: Stop Doing This Shit. Pretty please?"
Todd: (a.k.a. Shooter) "I'm thinking Harrey Carrey here - how about "Jews win, jews win!"
Sarah (a.k.a. Brainy Smurf): "Lehitraot, Shalom!"
Mr. Bilkins: "No, no, ALL that shit is old hat. Hackery. Bush-league. Bush! Come on now, if this headline was a hollywood film it would sweep the Oscars by being as cheap and manipulatively dramatic as possible... think Mystic River. Think Crash. Know your target here, people. John, you haven't offered us anything. Come on now. Gimme the best you got."
John (a.k.a. Iceman): "Three little words, Mr. Bilkins. Bombs. And. Tears. Two things, both dropping in the region right now. I'm sorry, but that's all I have."
Mr. Bilkins: "John. Come give Senor Franklin a kiss. I love it. Shiela, get it done. Put it up immediately. My authority."
John: "Ow! Drinks on the muthafucking Iceman! Let's go get wasted!"
The End
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Pitchfack
Hot damn, I think this will be the third or fourth music Meandering of 2006! That "best of" list will be much easier this year. I'll start with a 2001 sleeper (for me):
I'm almost positive Slow Jam Tony told me about Nathaniel Merriweather presents... Lovage - Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By back in the day. This is a great record, I just happened to hear "Stroker Ace" on the way home in traffic today and it definitely pulled me in. Awesome. As for Mike Patton, not usually a fan but he plays his part well on his songs. A lot of these remind me of old Poe from back in the day... Real sexed up lounge shit all mixed up with great plates and spinnage from DtA. Yikes.
6.6 most definitely does not do The Eraser justice. Don't get all wound up in the hype, this is a very enjoyable electronica record, for gods sake featuring Thom Yorke on vocals. The songs are great. Creative stuff. So its grey. Some times shit is grey! It's a keeper.
I need to reiterate the quality involved in the latest Built to Spill: You in Reverse. Excellence. Most likely #1.
Some Emo's shows coming up I plan on attending (hopefully):
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Syriana (2005)
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Almost Cut My Hair
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