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    Lost

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Anyone watching the recap? Best part so far:

     

    "Jacob had visited members of Oceanic 815 at key moments in their lives"

     

    1. John Locke's crippling fall from the building

    2. Jin and Sun's wedding

    3. giving Jack a candybar that was stuck in the machine.

    Wilco Videos from the 90's

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    the link to the shot in the arm video didn't work...i really want to see it now.

     

    do you really? it's a woman sitting around on a couch looking reflective and upset, putting out cigarettes in an ashtray full of them (completely literal take on a lyric, check), the band miming the song (band miming song, check), Jeff being strapped down, held down, and wheeled around a hospital of some kind (vague plot concerning the singer, singer in some sort of conflict, check), woman previously with ashtray appears as one of the doctors/nurses/orderlies (vague plot twist, possible psychological element, check)

     

    watch the loose fur vid instead.

    You'd consider Wilco sell-outs when....

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Obviously not "like selling a cd"

     

    If wilco were to make a song called, "I love Discovery Channel" & the only purpose of the song was to be in a Disc Channel commercial, and the band had didnt care about treating it as a piece of their art, then I'd have a problem.

     

    I actually would prefer this over licensing already made songs. Writing jingles on the side wouldn't make me think less of an artist's songs or albums, just like I wouldn't think less of a novel if the author was a paid copywriter, just like I would take a film seriously regardless of whether the director shot some commercials.

     

    But to answer the question in this thread: I'd say Summerteeth. Though maybe it was AM.

    Leno / Conan / NBC / etc.

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    A baffling collection of musicians playing a song I kind of hate, with Ferrell butchering the vocals, Conan soloing over four pro guitarists who seem like they are trying to listen and play together, but really have no chance to get it working, moreso because Conan is in his own world. Ferrell pulls out the old cowbell bit, as though burying it in this late night funeral. All in front of a giant American flag. I think that was a metaphor, I think that might have been art.

    Fantastic Mr. Fox Hype Thread

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    The SRP is $29.99 which means suggested retail price. Most dvds when they first come out (Best Buy/Target etc.) usually go for around $13.99-16.99 depending on title. I wouldn't worry about this disc going for $30, but I understand your point about the Criterion Collection. I'm sure eventually all of his discs will be on there. Whether or not that's completely necessary is up to anyone's liking.

     

    Hm, I see. I haven't picked up a dvd in a physical location in a while, and was a little shocked this holiday season when I looked at some dvds at barnes and noble. Experience tells me BN is always more expensive than Best Buy, Target, etc. but I swear any recent title at BN was 29.99, to which I said to myself what I just wrote about less guilt involved in buying Criterions now.

     

    Concerning necessity, I see it like this: I like Anderson's flicks, and his flicks probably pull in more moola for Criterion than a dozen of lesser known foreign flicks, moola which allows them to work on restoring other flicks I've never seen, which provides the discoveries I look to them for, aside from fetishizing the packaging. Win, win, win!

    Leno / Conan / NBC / etc.

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Every time I've tuned into Conan's Tonight Show, I've laughed. I haven't watched often enough to really analyze, but I don't see the slump in comedy others are perceiving. I haven't seen anything that exactly matches the classic moments of Late Night, but those classic moments spanned over a decade, and he hasn't even had this gig for one year. I'm happy with the new Tonight Show and think it'd be a shame to mess with it. I'm not a Leno-basher either, I found his Tonight Show just as funny. I only saw his 10pm show once, maybe partly twice, but did not laugh once.

    What's the consensus on Wilco (The Album)?

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Tacky?

     

    Stinger Note? Do you like the song or not? That should be your most important concern.

     

    Remember Forget the Flower? Heavy Metal Drummer? Nothingsevergonnastandinmywayagain?

     

    They have done the 'hard ending' (it's late and I can't remember the correct musical expression) to great effect since the begining.

     

    Enjoy the music if you're so inclined. Don't worry about the minutae.

     

    I like the song. I don't think I like the chord it ends on, it seems out of place with the rest of the song.

    Let's talk about the new Fiery Furnaces album

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    you know what they say - even 'bad' press is good press.

     

    i bet that bit got them more attention than the fact that they released a new album.

     

    i thought Matthew's myspace posts were wonderful, whatever you make of the original poke at radiohead, he just kept making fun of the press and those who take it too seriously... and his posts kept getting press and people kept taking it seriously.

     

    also, it dawned upon me today that i've only ever made one mix cd that included a FF song, and it happened to be the only mixed cd that I included a Radiohead song, and they're put right next to each other because I thought it was a good transition.

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