street spirit

It's either a traditional tune or a Nina Simone song... im not sure which. The Constantines covered it for the BSide of Young Lions, which is the only reason I knew.

Off topic, but I've always wondered... is that smiley supposed to be winking or grimacing?

better than Poses?

I still think Mushaboom is her best song, but I like this album better on the whole.

I think it should be mentioned that "Sea Lion Woman" is a cover... so she didn't quite write everything.

I'll be at Sasquatch again this year... the first day sort of kills the second day, but they're both worth attending, imo.

http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/

I don't think they typically feature music that you dig, but La Blogotheque and Schedule Two are quite good.

I've seen them twice, and thought they were pretty great both times.

The first time there were few shenanigans, but I actually think I liked that more.

lists are my kryptonite...

00s

Radiohead - Kid A

Wilco - YHF

90s

Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

80s

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy

70s

The Clash - s/t

Led Zeppelin - III

60s

Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

...i have a bad feeling about this

I'm in the same boat as everyone else. I haven't been blown away straight out of the gates yet, but it's definitely growing on me.

And Solace is probably bang on with the reviews thing... if you only give it a few listens it's a bit disappointing (at least comparatively)

it's back, and people have completed their d/l

I know these guys have a lot of fans around here but I have never been able to get into them. After really liking this song (thanks for the heads up, summerfoxtrot), I decided to spin Alligator again and now it sounds great. I especially love Mr. November. I now may be a convert.

it took me awhile to get into Alligator (other than Mr. November) too. it didn't really grab me right away.

i'm pretty amped on "Start a War" (from the Blogotheque vids)

upon consultation with "the google," i regret to inform you that they are merely a band

If this is true, I will have mad respect for The White Stripes.

no doubt. going all the way across Canada is a terrible way to tour (compared to the miles you need to log between most shows in the US).

I didn't buy a zune when they came out because of the apple fanboys and their negative reviews of the product.

 

Zune is so much better than in ipod. The whole wireless transfer thing is completely ridiculous. But the rest of it, the built in radio, better interface, etc. Wonderful!

 

Does anyone care?

 

Well I do.

 

You may now delete this topic.

From where I stand right now, the differences in interface (although i've only played with a Zune briefly) seem pretty negligible either way and I don't listen to the radio... so the iPod wins out because the biggest one is bigger.

i want to be in chicago or california this summer so. very. badly.

I owned Supernatural at one point. My thinking was, "Hey, I dig some Santana. (who doesn't love Abraxas?) Why not give it a shot?"

 

Not really one of my better purchases.

While I'm not really a Santana fan, I can definitely see how many a sane and rational music fan would purchase the record before hearing it, so I totally get what you're saying.... now that the radio singles have been forever drilled into people's minds there's no excuse though.

Pirate!

If the Blues come out next season like they're ending this season, I don't think they'll have any problems winning teams back... apparently they're lowering ticket prices as well.

if i ever willingly own Supernatural, i hope i'm defined soon afterward by a self-inflicted hole in my head.

reaallly...you don't know much about kc...do you. let me say that i don't want the pens to move. it just wouldn't be right and i'm not alone in thinking that out here in what some ignorant outsiders (no offense to you) consider the "wasteland" of middle america. kansas city is an underserved sports market. we have a hole to fill in the winter months. k.c. sells out 80,000 seats every freakin' game for the chiefs and still can do a very decent gate for the royals who have lost 100+ games in 3 of the last 4 years. we supported our last hockey team for over a decade (kc blades in the IHL) with attendance each year that rivaled some NHL teams. and that was for minor league hockey. they were affiliated with san jose and later, vancouver. the blades were one of the most successful teams in the league during that span and ended only because the whole league folded. kansas city has many very loyal and educated hockey fans and we are tired of having to follow the team on the other side of the state (the blues). there has been an active group persuing an NHL franchise since before the IHL folded and now, with the sprint center opening in october...we are ready for whatever team that may be. all of the 72 corporate suites have been sold out for months for an arena that has yet to open and for a team that has yet to exist.

 

i'm a little tired of hearing the comments from other NHL fans that are soaked in east coast and canadian bias. it's sad that the NHL is such a snobbly clique that it is so resisitant to fans outside the existing circle. maybe that's why the games are on versus. what a sh*tty network that is. we just want in, that's all and spouting crap about us losing a team (the NHL scouts) in the mid-1970's as a reason k.c. can't support a team is ridiculous. a lot has happened since then. hopefully it won't be the pens and it will be somebody else. but regardless, when we do get a team, i'll be in line for tickets along with thousands of fellow k.c. hockey fans.

My second comment about places with fancy arenas and crappy support was meant more generally, and it was a bit unfair to lump KC into that... I do stand by the fact that the NHL's still going to be third in the pro sports pecking order. Obviously the NFL is untouchable anywhere they are, and MLB still loads bigger than hockey will ever be. And I never mentioned the Scouts, because I agree with you that that has nothing to do with anything right now.

St. Louis and Chicago will probably remain grim attendance-wise for a year or two, but that will bounce back when the teams do. It's places like Nashville that are around 12-15k and are one of the best teams i the league that are worrisome.

I walked out on Fly Pan Am the second time I saw them, after they had "reinvented" themselves... on Vetiver and Califone, but mostly because both of the shows went super late on a school/work night and I was tired. And I walked out on Hot Hot Heat after about 4 songs the last time I saw them.

No offense to any fans in Nashville (because I know there are some great ones - the few, the proud), but I still can't fathom how the hell they thought they were going to sell hockey there. If they moved, I really would feel bad for the fans that they do have, but its certainly wouldn't be all that surprising or disappointing to me.

The Pens on the other hand... not only is Pittsburgh a great hockey town, but there's two Stanley Cups there (not to mentions Super Mario's career). It would be a real shame if they moved, especially to somewhere like KC where they go in at 3rd in the Pro Sports pecking order... even though that would mean we actually get to see Crosby more than once every three years.

It's hilarious (in that tragic comedy kind of way) that they move teams out of cities that have a lot of hockey support because the arenas apparently aren't up to snuff, but then land them to cities with fancy new venues that they can't fill.

Honestly, I think the league should let some of the teams fold and retract a bit.

Up > New Adventures in Hi Fi. (Somebody had to say it.)

 

But yeah, AtS is one of the worst frigging records I've ever heard. AOR without any spark. Just embarrassing, really. What killed me was that the following tour was quite good. Here's hoping for some of that old-school spark this time around...

I agree that Up is terribly underrated, but I also think that you are terribly wrong about how it fairs against New Adventures.

one of the things about the Hip though, is that a lot of people have a cult-like attachment to them, which plays into their live reputation.That being said, I don't necessarily think you need to be a die-hard to enjoy them, but you'll probably enjoy them more if you're at least somewhat familiar with the more popular parts of their catalogue.