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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: 25 overrated thingies |
| Date | Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:13:59 -0500 |
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"Black Foliage," was my introduction to the Kindercore scene. After I heard
it, I went back and listend to "Dusk at the Cubist Castle," and "Aeroplane,"
and came away liking both of them more. There was a really terrific
flowering of bands there for a while. Naturally, it didn't last. I still
crack out the 3-CD "Thank You" disc that K-Core put out c. 1999-2000 and
discover something new every time I listen to it.
john micek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
To: "Amy Nyman" <nymana@bellsouth.net>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: 25 overrated thingies
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amy Nyman" <nymana@bellsouth.net>
>
>>> 14. Neutral Milk Hotel: I love both ON AVERY ISLAND and IN THE
>>> AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA, but the latter album in particular has a cult
>>> following that treats it as one of the most profound and life-changing
>>> albums of all time, when personally, I don't even think it's as good
>>> as the real masterpiece of that scene, the Olivia Tremor Control's
>>> DUSK AT CUBIST CASTLE.
>>
>> Agreed. All of this. And I thought I was the only one who preferred
>> OTC's
>> Dusk at Cubist Castle to Black Foliage.
>
> See, I actually don't even like BLACK FOLIAGE all that much. I think that
> album is pretty much where that whole scene disappeared up its own arse,
> actually: it's really just three or four musical motifs recombined and
> recontextualized over and over again. Conceptually interesting, sure, but
> it's just not as musically compelling as the earlier records. It was
> really no wonder they split up after.
>
> S
>
>
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