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No, and I'd be interested to see him live, actually. I'm open-minded about him, it's just that his recorded output that gets to me isn't my favorite.
Great stories. I'm from that area of CT/MA so I can remember Dino in a sort of "that's my hometown" kind of way.
sea change is one of my favorite albums. beautiful, top to bottom.
By the way, hello former fellow MRR guy. MRR shaped my entire musical landscape from the time I was a junior in high school through college.
Scene reports, tons of record reviews, and pen pals even... trading cassettes with other people in the mail when you couldn't afford every single record was like pre-Napster for punk. Man, things changed quick. Good times.
Heh, I never thought about the social aspect of it, really. I was a jock in a small town in CT. Hardcore ruled where I lived. I didn't like it. Hardcore was exactly what I was running from in my own head. I wanted less violence, less cliquey stuff (I'm not making this up, this really happened). Hardcore was anathema, but I found the punk in MRR, which I loved. I wish I'd known or delved into the social side of stuff. I would have made many, many friends, I think.
Definitely agree. There was some magic lost in the whole process of figuring out what bands might be worth spending your money on. You couldn't listen to sample tracks, or anything like that. All you had to go on was reading, opinions of others that you learned had similar tastes, and maybe some compilation tracks. If you were lucky, maybe there was a record store in town that might have some of the records that you were interested in, and maybe, they would play some of the stuff in the store. Part of the fun of it was the discovery process.
Yeah, you felt that connection with others with similar tastes, similar outlooks, similar people willing to invest their effort and time and livelihood, even, into something that seems so simple like setting up a little record shop that dealt with distribution of goods. But that's a big effort, contrary to public opinion. I can still go back to my local record shop in No CT when I go home, and they've moved twice but still keep rocking in business, and God bless it.
It was probably more like "Hey, dude...we're trying to play music here. Nobody wants to hear you talk about Judith Shklar and Thomas Nagel."
Larf. I get it. That is indeed funny.
I'm not yet sure about the final qualitative side of it, but yeah- if you were a music nerd, you were actively looking and seeking. it wasn't an easy find most of the time- which made it feel more interesting and more a part of something distinct. now- spotify says listen to this... done. no real effort, no real dedication... but still ultimately interesting (the music at least).
Was at the U2/Beck show in Indy, and Beck did not play 2 hours. He played an hour-and-fifteen. About 15 minutes more than the Lumineers got earlier this summer, but he's way better. And he crushed it--I saw him play a theater in Vancouver 2.5 weeks ago, and his headlining set dragged a bit. Sunday night was all killer, no filler. And he had plenty of more hits he could've played.
Yeah, I hesitate on any criticism of the availability of information. I'm even a slight bit anti-copyright as it exists now. I loved the Dead Kennedys' B-side of In God We Trust. "Home Taping Is Killing the Music Industry! We Left This Side Blank So You Can Help..." was probably the wisest thing going in '81 or '82. So there's little qualitative about the quality of music that I can offer. What I can offer is that the process of the screen is so important that it becomes a thing unto itself.
mr fancypants said:
I've not followed music threads enough or know enough about you to know who you are talking about. Please divulge. TIA, will answer yours.
Then allow me: Heartless Bastards, Courtney Barnett (probably doesn't fit here, but she's outstanding) and a little Moon Duo.
Extreme was overrated. The only thing worth listening to was the guitar player. The songs were horrible.
I swear Nuno was playing with Rhianna's band not too long ago. Weird. He's one hell of a guitar player.
Turn on the Bright Lights is a masterpiece. One of the best albums of the past 20 years.
Other way around. Now it's mostly Icelandic. But really, it's hard to tell the difference.
That's pretty funny. Agreed, Billy Joel is not a band, not underrated, and probably does play Piano Man at every show. Proved my point about being underrated--Phish was and is the band to perform this epic feat with practically zero fanfare from 99% of the population.
I don't get this one. Their only decent album was Adrenaline and that was simply because of the music. Their lyrics sure as hell didn't make sense. After that all I hear are albums full of whining.
Roll the windows down
Tool sells out arenas in minutes. Deftones still play House of Blues.
Very good call here--this one slipped my mind. Full agreement. Amazing live act as well. The way they grew on me is very similar to how Alkaline Trio grew on me. I liked them--and then saw them live--and then liked them much more.
Always loved TWS, Glen Phillips their lead singer has a great voice. Also you have to like a band that gets it's name from a Monty Python sketch.
TWS played a gig here in 1991. IIRC the show was cut short when the cops or the ABC found out that Phillips wasn't 21 yet...by like 8 days. So stupid.
