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| From | "floatingunder" <underthefloat@msn.com> |
| Subject | Mid picks (I concur) |
| Date | Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:50:35 -0000 |
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Stewart said regarding Rouse..
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but after listening
to the full output, I think he's yet to make a bad record. But
there's just a sort of effortlessness to SUBTITULO that I really
enjoy, and which has never been part of his music before.
I agree in full. That's a nice way to sum up some of the appeal of
SUBTITULO.
Regarding Walker
Stewart_
It's actually a Donald Duck impersonation...think of which
perpetually
angry but haplessly ineffectual member of the current regime is also
named Donald and all will become clear. It's one of the funniest
and
weirdest bits of political satire I've heard in ages, and maybe my
favorite bit of the entire album.
Huh, I was told Bugs but I know your right. OK, your and Jim's
mentioning this disc will get me going and check it out. That the
subject being satirized is a certain Donald makes me all the more
excited to listen. Thanks.
Hey, I can only guess if Walker did Elmer Fudd's voice instead whom
he might be talking about! :)
Me> Like Walker, another old fav and unheard of from a long
time...Tom
> Verlaine has two new releases that I like but I have not lost my
> mind over them yet. Time will tell.
Stewart-These aren't holding up for me. Perfectly nice, but nothing
outstanding: one album, half instrumental/half vocal, might have
been
less fatiguing.
Me_Yep, some songs take me for a journey. Others kind of just run in
place and don't go anywhere.
One recent addition: Karl Larsson, leader of the thoroughly
excellent
Swedish indie act the Last Days of April, has a very solid solo
record
out now, PALE AS MILK. Think of A.C. Newman's THE SLOW WONDER in
relation to the New Pornographers -- same kind of songs, less
elaborate presentation -- and you're not only close to how it
compares
to his band, but to the sound of the album itself. I think it's on
eMusic, but the last time I looked, it's missing a couple of songs,
and good ones at that.
I'll check it out. I love SLOW WONDER.
Stewart
If anyone sees this in the next couple of weeks, please report.
Charity is seriously tempted -- she saw SA several times between SAY
WHAT YOU WILL and HANG TIME and remembers them fondly as an
absolutely
scorching live act back then -- but she's absolutely hated
everything
they've done since about 1990. We're expecting it to be a total
nostalgia trip, but which era?
Me: You married well! :)
I always thought it interesting (IMHO) that they hit it bit with
lesser material then their prior output and also compared to other
MPLS bands (Mats, Husker) had so much less going on lyrically. Now
if anyone disagrees I'll listen....
Best, Steve D
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