Someone sent that to me earlier tonight. It's the first thing in months to make me laugh out loud. I got to "This guitarist has too many feelings." and knew I was hooked.

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That's the second best Hall & Oates joke I've ever heard.

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What's the first? The album X-Static? ;-)

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I think his criticism of the formalism of rap really applies only to rap that plays at an indie rock festival. Paradoxically, it is the mainstream commercial artists who 'keep it real.'

More choice bits:



It’s a crutch; when there is an uncertain patch, a musical problem to solve, the band thinks, “I know. We’ll use organ.” Now they have two problems.

197 3:57 The Dimes Rock · TX Delilah Definitely the most original song title. ● ►

198 3:39 Dirty Sweet Rock · CA Delilah Definitely the most original song title. ● ►


SOMETHING I GLEANED

Many bands say they were influenced by Pavement. Very few say that they were influenced by No Doubt.





310 4:48 Inner Visions

Reggae · U.S. Virgin Islands Everlasting Love Zion sounds like quite the place.





SOMETHING ELSE I GLEANED

Many people don’t write songs for an audience. They write songs for Gray’s Anatomy, for Zach Braff, and for Apple advertisements (Volkswagen if they’re not ambitious). If I was in a band I would write a slow song with an 808, reverb, and a female vocalist, and call that song “Zach Braff’s Eyes Reflected in My Nano.” I would make sure it got to the right people. By which I mean Zach Braff, or one of the leechlike marketing creatures that feed from the skin of Steve Jobs under his mock turtleneck.

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I think I have to see Kevin Shields...

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I spend most of the year listening and re-listening to the latest SXSW offerings with the intent of creating a "best of" selection of about 150 songs or so (about what would fit on a CD). 2006 was tough because there were those two torrents to combine.

After I compile my selections, I force my friends to take copies of the disks. So far, not all of my friends now hate me :)

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Six words: the perfect review length.

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Although, you failed, you only used four... :(

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Your counting kung fu is weak.

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Kevin Shields: Like a dog fucking a blender.

That is eight words...the review is six and the reviewed is two.

So Six words: the perfect review length is six words, but when you subtract...

...nevermind this is just stupid anyway...

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I thought you were hardcore too, but that so wins.

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How about us female vocalists who bring our cellos to a friend's house and play songs to her while she's actually having a medical abortion?

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See.. that would be cool if you played Apocalyptica.. but then again, there's no vocals to them. ;)

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That would be TOTALLY BRUTAL.

And actually there is an Apocalyptica album where they have guest singers, but most of them suck.

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True. I liked the cover of Seemann they did with Nina Hagen.

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No, no. Rasputina.

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I seldomly am in the mood to really enjoy Apocalyptica CDs, but on stage they're the most energetic performance I ever saw. The first time I saw them as Rammstein support act, and I fell in love.

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Abortion doctors make house calls?

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Medical abortion means using the abortion pill. I have no idea why it's called that (surgical abortion, which is also clearly medical in nature, is called surgical abortion I guess.) But that's done at home after an exam at the doctor & then a follow-up exam is performed later to make sure it worked.

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Maybe medical = using medicine. It's not etymologically exact, but it's a reasonable association.

Oh, and, you rock.

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Ah yes, that makes sense.

Oh, and thanks! :)

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"Does ProTools do instant MSTRKRFT remixes?"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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That's cheating, though, 'cause Pro Tools is two words. But I think most people don't know that. Or that Pro Tools is not the name of the company, for that matter.

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Replacing it with "Alsihad" would make it one word, but restrict the in-joke to an even smaller audience.

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Wow, haven't thought about that in forever!

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I scraped every song that he gave five starts to. For some reason my host won't let me upload a 320 mb file, however.

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