Vacant Horizon

right on. i think he alluded to this when he validated white resentment of welfare and affirmative action, but it was very slight.

thanks for posting the text. this whole thing with his pastor is being blown out of proportion. there are much more liberal churches out there than the one he comes from. hell, the right wing churches are utterly extreme in their views on homosexuality, divorce, women, capitalism. no candidate is getting lambasted for going to a church where a minister out right condemns 10% of our society for who they want to love. pastor wright sound bites are way out of context. anyone who has any sense about mainline theology is at least familiar with black theology. just like we have black music,

i gotta say i always look forward to paste, but i end up getting frustrated. they cover all this MOR adult pop as well as the obligatory indie rock that i could care less about. they also cover the big ones like wilco, but everyone does that. i am always wishing to find some hidden gem, but to no avail. the writing is touch and go critical at all. this is all so ironic to me with it's whole 'signs of life' tagline. they really just highlight all this crap out there when there only a few bands these days worth really getting into. i think that is why these mags are going under. we get t

of course eradicator...care for a game of squash? trevor, you joker. doesn't palace sing on this album too?

i wonder which songs have will and which have bonnie billy

Duane Allman? Greg plays too, but not like his brother

to each his own. he's at least touch and go live. playing all songs in the same key with no distinction between songs. starting and the stopping songs. talking to people during a song. just not what i was expecting after hearing such meticulously produced records. as far as April goes, yes i am reviewing it. why not? paste, with it's new system, said it was a Masterpiece. the review highlighted all these classic rock riffs etc. well, the album is pleasant, but is just not blowing me away like Ghosts.

unfortunately he is terrible live solo. i hope he is better with a band. as far as the album, Ghosts was a lot better. more memorable.

in no order.... Jerry Garcia Bill Frisell Pat Metheny Richard Thompson (subtle and amazing) Tom Verlaine (although hate his voice) Neil Young Eric Clapton (actually hate his songs etc, but love his solos!) Jimmy Page (very sloppy live, but king of riffs) Steve Hackett (not into genesis anymore, but love his tone, sound) Stephen Stills (kind of a hack, but just an amazing tone) Trey John Fahey Michael Hedges Joe Walsh (love his sound) Jeff Pevar Peter Frampton (straight rock solos!) David Gilmour!!!! cant think of anymore.

okay, i am with you.

do you think ipods sound like ass or do the tunes bought from itunes sound like ass? on can rip a cd, using itunes, onto a computer in a lossless format and sync this to an ipod. it's exactly the same audio as on the cd, just on the ipod. now what does sound like ass are regular itunes songs at 128kbs, to some ears. and transcoding results in unlistenable music.

good points. 128kbs at itunes for 99 cents is a total ripoff. should be 25 cents. unfortunately, they don't have much incentive to change as people keep buying them up. 256 is nice, but i wonder if we will ever be able to download lossless for 10 bucks. that would be pretty good.

http://www.lincomatic.com/mp3/mp3quality.html solid test on 256 vs cd.

sorry, i was projecting all over that post. have fun!!

well said.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/articl...t_id=1003725203 i think lou is a bit misinformed here. not all mp3s are shitty quality. itunes, yes, amazon, no. he kind comes off as a dick. guess he showed up at his 'tribute' show and said he was the first punk rocker. c

don't do it! having other folks in the studio, especially those you don't know, can be a real disaster.

speaking of neil, i would love to hear island sun which was supposed to come out in 82 but was axed by the record co. ironically, they had no problem with Trans, which took it's place! c no doubt this would have been a classic...Taken at All, Pushed It Over the End, See The Changes, Love Art Blues...etc.

right on. it seems that if i just relax the good stuff just comes to me. good movies, music, books etc. when i look hard i get tired and pissed. this also happens with concerts.

AOR is why i love this album. totally rocks with that warm production and phat guitar sound. it's produced much like the last two wilco records and the last loose fur. good stuff. don't know any of his other stuff, just heard about this in paste. c

Lou, WaronWar, Lammy, everyone, thanks for the great posts here. really validating. actually, connecting the dots with bands led me to sonic youth because of jim orourkes involvement etc. and of course, the year end lists that just make me crazy because i usually don't 'get' what the critics get. anyway, rock on friends. gonna listen to some wilco and prolly some neil young now. peace.

thanks for the support lammy. a kindred spirit! at least we got wilco

well dudes, just can't get into it. been trying to get post-rock, radiohead, and sonic youth for sometime now and after this last effort, with some great input from y'all, i am giving up. i mean, some stuff out there is worth 'trying' to get into. for example, have been trying to get into Television for years, and it has finally clicked. Sonic Youth is just too alternative, if you catch my drift. just not pleasant enough. my wife is always telling me i shouldn't have to work at liking music, that it should be at least partly pleasurable. so i am sticking with the shit i like. ironicall

some of the stuff is melodic, but yes noisy, from what i have heard. seems a lot more intentional than a lot of the post rock i have attempted to get into over the years. same with me. have always known about them, but never gave them a chance. i also have to pace myself with new music. just gotta get one at a time and digest it before i get into something new. it's hard though.