hardwood floor

This just came out. Anybody heard it yet? I knew nothing about it until yesterday.

yeah, it's good, not great

i need to listen more & hopefully it will grow on me, but i wouldn't put it up there with his best (10 years after, songs from the film, based on happy times)

but the sound is awesome and has a few great tommy keene tracks

the guy is phenomenal live and is going to be playing some shows soon ... go see him if you can

Love The Search. And it grows with each listen.

same

i like it just as much as trace, and that's a lot

Mark Spencer + Chris Masterson > Boquists

Bob and Norbs,

Check your PMs

some stuff i dig on there, some stuff i'd like to hear

so, yeah, sure

It was kinda fun.

I wanted to hear some Brinsley Schwarz, on the (very) off-chance that this station might actually have some, and wound up talking about English Pub Rock for about 5 minutes or so.

Dancing the Night Away by the Motors is one of the best songs ever

(no relation to the Van Halen song)

melt the guns

always loved that one

don't know enough xtc

a hole in my game

I was definitely missing Ringo during that song. Grohl is a great drummer, but he played too hard, and employed too much crash. The song just needed to be played simple and with more subtlety. Another issue I had was with the guitarist, especially the guy playing the fills and solos. Too much flash, not enough musicality.

yeah, totally

didn't expect anybody to agree with me on this!

i do love grohl as a powerhouse drummer, but on that song it was a bad fit

i was stuck in a bar last night where the grammy's were blasting

i've never seen more complete crap in my life

is this what people listen to these days?

i guess i'm insulated from the whole pop culture thing, but what a bunch of complete shit

oh, and ... Ringo > Dave fucking Grohl

shouldn't it be called "When You Suck?"

It's strange when some of your favorites end up on somebody elses least favorite list.

yep

Wilco

3. Box Full of Letters

As for Bruce, he has a huge catalogue and I've never actually heard of anyone that likes either of those albums. He doesn't play the songs live ever, and I'm only 20 years old, so I wasn't really aware of those releases when they came out. Some day I'll probably get them, but I doubt I'll listen to them very much.

luckytown is pretty good

not sure why you'd dismiss two records by your alleged favorite artist without hearing them

whatever

Just keep listening until you hit the stuff that resonates.....It shouldn't take too long, actually. Assuming you're human.

some of the shows i've given to a couple people who are just getting started are

rotterdam, may 11, 1972

baltimore, march 26, 1973

cornell, may 8, 1977

have fun!

eyes of the world? wow. you might be the only dead fan i know that does not like that song. same with wharf rat!

yeah, same ... i can listen to a good eyes of the world forever

englishtown

never heard that before, but it's cool ...

i'm gonna have to think about this one a bit, but i know me & my uncle would be in the mix!

love fripp...crimson is tough to take thought.

agree for the most part about crimson, but Red is absolutely listenable & fripp's guitar tone is breathtaking

other than that ...

agree on methany, knopfler and jerry

and have to add doug gillard

glad to see the AM love

a huge fan

"U" and "Leatherman"- Pearl Jam

"Fly Into Ashes," "Why Did You Land?," "Isolation Drills," "Deaf Ears," "Tropical Robots," "Color of my Blade"- Guided by Voices

Why did you Land is such a powerhouse and I guess never released other than on the Official Ironman Rally Song single until the hardcore ufos box set came out in 2003?

incredible song

Nothingsevergonnastandinmyway(again)

 

this morning at Starbucks

 

brightened up my morning a bit

and again today at starbucks

hmmm

The Takeovers are another Pollard-project that is steady enough to help me retain my faith in Uncle Bob. I really like Bad Football. Too bad there isn't a Takeovers record on the slate this year. There are 2 BS albums coming out this year plus a compilation of all the b-sides, singles and stuff from the past 2-3 years (Tug Of War At The Faithful Center).

bad football to me was just OK ... i dug my will & i can see my dog most but the other stuff ... varied between OK and meh ... although it sounded good

i think boston spaceships pretty much replaces bad football ... the only difference in lineup being john moen on drums instead of slusher?

turn to red, likewise, had a few really good cuts -- serpentine rain dodger is an all-timer (although i think i prefer the original version on 30 songs) and insane-cool it is really good ... but after that ...

for me, the last record that i could listen to start to finish without skipping a thing was From a Compound Eye

Can't believe no Colorado shows. One of my favorite memories was Robert handing me a bud out of the band cooler during the encore of the GBV show. Have not checked out the new one but plan on it. Did not know about boston Spaceships until I read this.

spaceships is a welcome project, mainly because it's the first thing pollard has done without todd tobias playing all the instruments and producing and arranging and recording since ... half-smiles? (other than keene brothers)

boston spaceships is pollard with former gbv bass player chris slusarenko on guitar, jason narduccy on bass and john moen on drums. tommy keene came along for the live shows, which were his best since the nate farley / tim tobias / jim mcpherson / doug gillard gbv lineup

the songs aren't quite there but it sounds great. kind of like the takeovers stuff

I am enjoying his new one quite a bit. It's so much better than Off to Business. I can't wait until the new Boston Spaceship's new one to drop, The Planets are Blasted.

 

I guess it's no real surprise that this is just one of six new albums (that we know about) by Pollard this year!

yeah, six albums that if you take the best tracks from each will still be about half as good as the worst gbv record

Probably because they're not that good. Just a guess.

beat me too it!

waxwing, right?

read a massive story about these guys somewhere last year & intrigued but haven't heard their stuff

if i remember, there's a death cab connection?

i'll check out the new one, thanks

box full of letters tonight at outback

damn, it sounded great!

the new pollard is actually really good

the crawling distance