trevor

True.

Many a great player has been passed over by their national team at some point or another in their careers. How many can you point at that then jumped across the border and said, 'Hey, pick me!' Dirty rotten traitor. He's also one of the most annoying hockey analysts I've ever been subjected to on television.

Yeah, and no one's gonna argue about any of the inductees this year. With the exception of Robitaille, perhaps... And say what you will about Hull statistically, the guy will always be a traitor in my mind since his defection to the States.

Yeah, fair enough about Wellwood. I wouldn't say that he has been playing poorly, just that I expected a bit more from him...thought for sure that he would make a fairly sizeable splash in his first playoff series, and although that isn't evident on the scoresheet yet, he's definitely having an impact elsewhere. His play has definitely been of a higher quality over the last 12-15 games, certainly.

Can't help but feel like the Nucks stole a game last nite. Not to say they played horribly, by any stretch, but it felt like a steal, especially with all that powerplay time the Blues had. But yeah, they've had close to five minutes of 5-on-3 time so far this series and not a single goal to show for it? Pretty poor in their part. Interesting series so far. There are a few guys on the roster who I didn't expect much from and have stepped up big time (Bernier, Raymond and Salo, mainly); guys I expected to play well who have met expectations (Johnson); and a couple guys who I expected a lot fro

very pumped for Game 2 of Nucks-Blues tonight. Would love to see Vancouver heading on the road with a 2-0 season lead.

Read an interesting theory somewhere earlier today (can't remember where) that maybe it's Jughead that lies in the shadow of the statue, and maybe Ilana, Bram, et al. are on the island to detonate the hydrogen bomb. Not sure if that makes any sense whatsoever, but it's certainly intriguing.

really don't like him at all (Cassadaga is the only disc i can tolerate front to back), but you can't deny the greatness of Lover I Don't Have to Love-->Bowl of Oranges. great combo.

k, listened to this twice now while preoccupied doing other stuff, and half of one of those listens was on the bus. so, all that taken into account, i haven't given it the full attention it deserves. but what i heard still sounded fantastic. more thoughts after i give it a proper run-thru tonite.

downloading this now, very excited. actually had Some Cities blaring this morning as I was making breakfast...I lost that CD a few years ago and only just got it back in the last month, and I'm enjoying it way more now than I did back when it was originally released. High expectations for this one, and especially excited because I'll be seeing them live in May...

"Farewell Transmission" /end thread.

did anyone get that itunes exclusive EP from a while back? worth checking out?

Songs for a Blue Guitar is the best place to start, I think. It's the closest to his Sun Kil Moon material, and maybe the most consistent of his RHP releases, although that's highly debatable. anyway, that's where i'd turn to first.

don't think i've heard this song. is it off their self-titled, or...?

the guy's a genius. i could probably pick a section from any of the songs from Boxer, Alligator, or Cherry Tree, and any of them would be legit contenders for his best lines. plus, CorteztheKiller already beat me to all my fave lines, pretty much....

I'm a huge fan of "Salvador Sanchez," but "Lily & Parrots" is probably one of the weaker tracks on the album. It serves its role by anchoring the back half with the obligatory rocker, but still...doesn't do a whole lot for me. And Solace, I agree, Ghosts is in my top 5 of this decade.

hmm. ok, yeah. i guess i can get behind that. this thread inspired me to put the record on. "Moorestown" is just heartbreaking. anyway, i'm always kinda surprised by the lack of discussion kozelek gets around these parts. when April first came out, there were a few posts and then things fizzled out not too long after that. i do think it's quite impressive that, considering how long he's been making music for, that he's still creating some of his best material now. did anyone get his book that came out this year? the limited release with all his lyrics? worth it?

Duk Koo Kim>>>>Heron Blue "Duk Koo Kim" really feels like the centrepiece of Ghosts, and I certainly can't say the same for "Heron Blue." If anything, I'd call "Tonight the Sky" or "...Bilbao" the centrepiece of this one. I think what bugs me the most about "Heron Blue" is that Kozelek seems to be deliberately singing in a really low octave, and it comes off sounding (to me, at least) as unintentionally hilarious. Which really doesn't work considering its lyrical content.

ok, i'll play here. outside of the obvious favourites--namely "Lost Verses," "Moorestown," and "Tonight the Sky"--I found this to be pretty disappointing when I first head it last March. It was a real struggle for me to make it through the album without my attention waning, and I kinda shelved it for a bit, mainly because it's not exactly a summer disc. But I came back to Kozelek hard starting in late September/early October and this just seemed so much more...full. It was as if the record needed a gestation period for it to properly come to life, or maybe I just needed time to shift my expect

"Woods" is incredible.

The priest just kinda laughed, the deacon caught a draft, she crashed into the Easter mass with her hair done up in broken glass. She was limping left on broken heels and she said, "Father, can I tell your congregation how a resurrection really feels?" for the win.

yeah, Cryptograms was one of those albums that I always wanted to like but could never really get into. Oddly enough, my favourite track off of it is "White Ink," one of the more ambient soundscape tracks. The more 'proper' songs never really grabbed me. I'm not having that problem with Microcastle so far. Granted, I've only given it about five listens so far, but it's much more immediate and it stays with you longer afterwards. And yeah, it doesn't really feel like the band has sacrificed too much of their signature sound to get to this point, only tweaked it somewhat. I still have yet to h

i voted libs. not that i'm a huge fan, really, but the NDP candidate in my riding withdrew (i'm sure some people have heard of julian gray in the past few weeks), and voting liberal was my only real option. didn't work, though. "shun lunn" failed.