Comments on: 3/6 new arrivals http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/ notes from the digital underground Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: beachdog67 http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-719 beachdog67 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:27:20 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/#comment-719 Quoth the Yanc:[quote]One thing I want to say is that the dude the song is about, Mr. Brennan, is an absolute treat. Joe and I both had the pleasure of talking to him, and he is incredibly smart and insightful and very, very kind.[/quote] How fortunate for eMu that the 10 kabillionth download didn't turn out to be one of those "this sight sucxxxxxx" dudes with a new mp3 player and a free trial. Woof! Quoth the Yanc:[quote]One thing I want to say is that the dude the song is about, Mr. Brennan, is an absolute treat. Joe and I both had the pleasure of talking to him, and he is incredibly smart and insightful and very, very kind.[/quote]
How fortunate for eMu that the 10 kabillionth download didn’t turn out to be one of those “this sight sucxxxxxx” dudes with a new mp3 player and a free trial.

Woof!

]]> By: hoboghost http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-715 hoboghost Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:39:16 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/#comment-715 I love Black Sheep Boy--it did take a few listens to work its magic. I believe the extra material was already here in the black sheep boy appendix. The emusic review of Neon Bible is wrong: The guiding light is not gone in Neon Bible. Resurrection is the light, and any resurrection requires death as antecedent. Resurrection is the way out: they are not trapped "mooks" in a "frigid downer of a world." I love Black Sheep Boy–it did take a few listens to work its magic.

I believe the extra material was already here in the black sheep boy appendix.

The emusic review of Neon Bible is wrong: The guiding light is not gone in Neon Bible. Resurrection is the light, and any resurrection requires death as antecedent. Resurrection is the way out: they are not trapped “mooks” in a “frigid downer of a world.”

]]> By: Joey Jo Jo http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Joey Jo Jo Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:37:20 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/#comment-717 I think you mean "poet, whether or not he knows it." I think you mean “poet, whether or not he knows it.”

]]> By: Douglas http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Douglas Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:08:26 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/#comment-716 The Mountain Goats' "Sweden" is flat-out amazing--one of my favorite records by him/them. But the real unacknowledged gems of today's Shrimper batch are the two Secret Stars albums ("Eyelashes"! "Can U Feel It?"! "Sister, Brother"!!!) and especially that UNBELIEVABLE album by WCKR SPGT, which is genuinely not like anything else. "Yesterday Her Lugs Exploded" gets stuck in my head every so often, and I actually recorded a cover of "Daphne Stepping Sideways" a few years ago. Now, if eMusic could only get the Shrimper cassette catalogue--! The Mountain Goats’ “Sweden” is flat-out amazing–one of my favorite records by him/them. But the real unacknowledged gems of today’s Shrimper batch are the two Secret Stars albums (“Eyelashes”! “Can U Feel It?”! “Sister, Brother”!!!) and especially that UNBELIEVABLE album by WCKR SPGT, which is genuinely not like anything else. “Yesterday Her Lugs Exploded” gets stuck in my head every so often, and I actually recorded a cover of “Daphne Stepping Sideways” a few years ago.

Now, if eMusic could only get the Shrimper cassette catalogue–!

]]> By: rob http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-718 rob Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:59:47 +0000 http://17dots.com/2007/03/06/36-new-arrivals/#comment-718 <a href="http://www.emusic.com/album/11011/11011174.html" rel="nofollow">Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with guest Brad Mehldau</a> : This is actually from 1995 - right around Brad's first release on Warner as a leader. A good look into early Mehldau, one of today's most fascinating jazz pianists. The interview tracks with Marian can be cringe-inducing, but there are some beautiful solo of tracks of his to grab, esp. 2, 4 & 10. Brad also appears <a href="http://www.emusic.com/album/10827/10827265.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> on eMusic - a nice duo disc with tenor player and old highschool pal Joel Frahm. Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz with guest Brad Mehldau : This is actually from 1995 – right around Brad’s first release on Warner as a leader. A good look into early Mehldau, one of today’s most fascinating jazz pianists. The interview tracks with Marian can be cringe-inducing, but there are some beautiful solo of tracks of his to grab, esp. 2, 4 & 10. Brad also appears here on eMusic – a nice duo disc with tenor player and old highschool pal Joel Frahm.

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