Mind if I translate your curmodgeonliness for posterity?:

I would better translate it as "acknowledge them". The Human Switchboard album, for instance - that's something that could have perfectly been on your post-punk/new wave radar... :)

You know, I might consider it. I just don't go for the hard sell. And just a wee bit of "acknowledge me" is in there as well.

Addendum after the initial draft: Okay, I just read the bass player of 8-Eyed Spy and the Raybeats was one of their members. Now I'm really interested, actually and will give it a listen one of these days.

Who's Landing In My Hangar? lists three bass players, none of whom were actually bandmembers. According to the liner notes on the original LP, which I've had for ages and recently "rediscovered" (I didn't remember it being so manic at times! Also, you can't tell by the picture I posted, but the background is ultra silvery shiny... Mmmmhh...), "They always had problems. Every time they came [from Cleveland] to town [New York], and every time we talked on the phone, I'd hear about [...] the trouble of finding the right fourth member for three people who had been together through so much that they really weren't like anybody else anymore".

Yeah, George Scott actually died the year before they released that LP. But he was still involved in the production I gather? Listings are a bit vague from what I can tell.

No, but there is a dedication that I think is for him: "In memory of the Big Guy".

Okay, so he was basically a live musician for their east coast gigs? Anyway, thanks for the input.

To me, they were one of those bands that without reinventing the wheel end up sounding unique anyway. Christgau gave them a rave review at the time...


...and mentioned them again in this 1988 SPIN chat with Gerard Cosloy of Homestead Records (and later of course of Matador fame), ostensibly about Daydream Nation and Royal Trux's debut:


The LP was reissued this year by Fat Possum.

In memory of Dave Riley.

https://santasabbath.bandcamp.com/al...-of-the-sleigh

oh yeah i forgot. rate pls :) :) :)

Ramones On Loop

EDIT: BOO. I WANT TO YELL THAT IN CAPS LOCK BUT IT WONT LET ME

huh.

RAMONES ON LOOP.

https://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/alb...-western-lands

They ain't no Dalmak, but there are some great tunes on both of them

A fine choice!

Alright you fucking curmudgeon, I'm gonna give "Who's Landing In My Hangar?" a go now. And damn you if I don't like it (no pressure). :D

Edit: About halfway through and yeah, me likey.

Right now:

Gorgeous album. And the 2CD edition makes it even more so.

(Not just sayin' it because you liked Human Switchboard).

Unknown Mortal Orchestra self titled

Three minutes after the end of the last bonus track on the 1997 reissue, there's a hilarious row between Roger McGuinn and Michael Clarke. "Fuck you, motherfucker!"

The album is pretty good too. :D

My NYE choice

Tunic, what's that first album? That cover is beautiful.

The ones on this page? Both are from Esmerine, check their bandcamp ;)

Now playing:


My NYE musical selection, from vinyl. Freshly bought.

On pinkish double vinyl. It took me 20 years to listen to Sun 0)). It's OK but I'll save the second LP for tomorrow

For now it's Zappa time!

Held out on this for too long. Gonna listen to it now before the new year rolls over.

Suuns 12" single of Bambi & Red Song. Bought it many years ago from their merch desk because I really liked the sleeve. Now played for the very first time. One of the songs is very cool. 50% chance to guess which is it.

And finally:

I LOVED this release. It’s just great.

oh damn damn damn... that looks very interesting.... i should bookmark

in the meantime, im resorting to an old unbeatable



it’s almost too good.... not a single dud in it

Over 21 minutes of Sparhawk vs Cline on side B = heaven.

I'm very glad that I bought it (the Gorecki symphony with Beth Gibbons). I had listened to it before once on YT and wasn't that impressed. But when played on vinyl over headphones it's marvellous. Especially side A. And I apparently bought the special edition, on red vinyl and a DVD.

I promised myself to listen to more classical music in the new year. This was the first song I played:
https://youtu.be/1Ge87WDOoTk
Yeah, oh well. I instantly failed :D

There's a difference between classic and classical...

Should have known better when I ordered it: it's out of order and incomplete. But it's the Byrds with Crosby. No horse

Interesting article about it: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/equinimity/

Also, for a while I thought it was a donkey...

“Two Americans, an Italian and an Irishman walk into a dirty basement in the former Jewish ghetto of Krakow, Poland, and renounce all their previous musical preconceptions. Then they hit the record button. You're cordially invited over for a listen”

Sawak - Renunciant

Wire - The Third Day and It's All In The Brochure.

I've started a spreadsheet to keep track of my 2020 albums. I'm fucking tragic.

you’re an accountant, is what you are :D

which is great, btw, because people like me need accountants. don’t get me wrong, i have a decent math brain, it’s the drudgery that kills me.

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anyway came here to post this



yes, it’s got more fela, and of course it has some great songs (houses in motion is fucking great) but it also has some so-so ones with a heavy feeling (“the overload”) that almost reminds me of the doors and i don’t know. as a whole, i prefer the less sophisticated but more consistent 77.