Comments on: na: st. vincent, discovery http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/ notes from the digital underground Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:55:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Travel Suitcase http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-2/#comment-141313 Travel Suitcase Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:32:43 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-141313 I really like this, the post you made is awesome! I really like this, the post you made is awesome!

]]> By: tour comedy http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-131166 tour comedy Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:23:15 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-131166 I had a lovely evening and i just came home. I was surfing the net for same ol' same ol' and i found your post. I don't usualy comment but thanks for the read. I'll go watch some tv now before i go to bed. have a nice day/evening and keep on blogging. Bye! I had a lovely evening and i just came home. I was surfing the net for same ol’ same ol’ and i found your post. I don’t usualy comment but thanks for the read. I’ll go watch some tv now before i go to bed. have a nice day/evening and keep on blogging. Bye!

]]> By: flamgirlant http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-108908 flamgirlant Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:37:25 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-108908 I'm with you Discovery haters - I really tried to like the album, I just couldn't do it. I actually ranted about it a bit today on my silly blog. Allow me to quote myself: "The new Discovery album reminds me of the first time I was hit with killer munchies oh so many years ago. I opened the fridge to find a container of left over spaghetti and a half-eaten Hershey's bar. A friend walked into the kitchen to find me with a forkful of cold spaghetti topped with a little square of chocolate - luckily he stopped me before I had a chance to take the bite. "But", I pleaded, "I like spaghetti. And I like chocolate. I bet I'd REALLY like them together!" Despite my attempt to connect those fuzzy logical dots, he convinced me to eat them separately. I figured he knew better having had many more years of munchies under his belt than I. Where was that wise friend when Wes and Rostam got together? Don't get me wrong, I like Ra Ra Riot and I like Vampire Weekend and I gave Discovery a fair shake, but like cold spaghetti and chocolate they should be enjoyed separately." I’m with you Discovery haters – I really tried to like the album, I just couldn’t do it. I actually ranted about it a bit today on my silly blog. Allow me to quote myself:

“The new Discovery album reminds me of the first time I was hit with killer munchies oh so many years ago. I opened the fridge to find a container of left over spaghetti and a half-eaten Hershey’s bar. A friend walked into the kitchen to find me with a forkful of cold spaghetti topped with a little square of chocolate – luckily he stopped me before I had a chance to take the bite.

“But”, I pleaded, “I like spaghetti. And I like chocolate. I bet I’d REALLY like them together!” Despite my attempt to connect those fuzzy logical dots, he convinced me to eat them separately. I figured he knew better having had many more years of munchies under his belt than I.

Where was that wise friend when Wes and Rostam got together? Don’t get me wrong, I like Ra Ra Riot and I like Vampire Weekend and I gave Discovery a fair shake, but like cold spaghetti and chocolate they should be enjoyed separately.”

]]> By: WJPurdy http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-108901 WJPurdy Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:01:52 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-108901 @Joe: I *didn't* hang in there for a day on the Oneida album, a victim of poor quality control (Oneida cost 36 credits when I checked here Wednesday; flush as I was with renewed credits for the first time since the Sony binge, that was WAY too high a price, even for a favorite band), and poor timing on my part (you hadn't responded to DJ Adequate by the time I checked in here). I snagged it on Amazon instead. I haven't weighed in on the whole Sony thing yet, preferring a wait-and-see approach. But now that I have some credits to use for the first time since the merger, my opinion is starting to gel. I find it rather interesting to see the eMusic charts dominated -- still -- by indie titles. Had Michael Jackson not died, we wouldn't be seeing a single Sony title in the Top 15 today. This confirms my suspicion that the Sony catalog deal added very little value to existing subs. It's also complicated the process of using up all our credits in a given month. For full-album-download folks like myself, it takes a great deal of additional research to find a combination of records in which I am interested that adds up, in terms of credits, to exactly the number I have available in a given month. I downloaded *Nebraska* this week, and *Abraxas,* but I'm worried the already shallow well of Sony back catalog I don't already own is already starting to run dry. Which tells me that when my subscription comes up for renewal in September, I'll have a lot of thinking to do before I commit to a re-up. @Joe: I *didn’t* hang in there for a day on the Oneida album, a victim of poor quality control (Oneida cost 36 credits when I checked here Wednesday; flush as I was with renewed credits for the first time since the Sony binge, that was WAY too high a price, even for a favorite band), and poor timing on my part (you hadn’t responded to DJ Adequate by the time I checked in here). I snagged it on Amazon instead.

I haven’t weighed in on the whole Sony thing yet, preferring a wait-and-see approach. But now that I have some credits to use for the first time since the merger, my opinion is starting to gel. I find it rather interesting to see the eMusic charts dominated — still — by indie titles. Had Michael Jackson not died, we wouldn’t be seeing a single Sony title in the Top 15 today. This confirms my suspicion that the Sony catalog deal added very little value to existing subs.

It’s also complicated the process of using up all our credits in a given month. For full-album-download folks like myself, it takes a great deal of additional research to find a combination of records in which I am interested that adds up, in terms of credits, to exactly the number I have available in a given month.

I downloaded *Nebraska* this week, and *Abraxas,* but I’m worried the already shallow well of Sony back catalog I don’t already own is already starting to run dry. Which tells me that when my subscription comes up for renewal in September, I’ll have a lot of thinking to do before I commit to a re-up.

]]> By: kevin http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-108654 kevin Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:17:51 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-108654 That Discovery album is so fucking wretched. I won't ever listen to either of those bands again for having come together to make that. That Discovery album is so fucking wretched. I won’t ever listen to either of those bands again for having come together to make that.

]]> By: toyballoon http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-108625 toyballoon Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:55:06 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-108625 SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION: My Band's album just dropped on emusic. Let me know what you think and spread the word. http://www.emusic.com/album/Toy-Balloon-Toy-Division-MP3-Download/11508876.html Kind of shoegazer/ electro/ disco pop Thanks!!! SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION:

My Band’s album just dropped on emusic. Let me know what you think and spread the word.

http://www.emusic.com/album/Toy-Balloon-Toy-Division-MP3-Download/11508876.html

Kind of shoegazer/ electro/ disco pop

Thanks!!!

]]> By: choiceweb0pen0 http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-108593 choiceweb0pen0 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:35:18 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-108593 Yeah, so glad Actor finally arrived and We Were Promised Jetpacks as well. Yeah, so glad Actor finally arrived and We Were Promised Jetpacks as well.

]]> By: JonathanL http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-108582 JonathanL Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:24:44 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-108582 All in good fun, DirtyWhisker. =) All in good fun, DirtyWhisker. =)

]]> By: DirtyWhisker http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-108578 DirtyWhisker Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:04:13 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-108578 oh snap, JonathanL! A straight-up zinger. But if I don't swing by and soil your underpants, who will? oh snap, JonathanL! A straight-up zinger.

But if I don’t swing by and soil your underpants, who will?

]]> By: joe http://17dots.com/2009/07/07/na-st-vincent-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-108571 joe Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:34:52 +0000 http://17dots.com/?p=1799#comment-108571 Awesome! Glad both worked out. Awesome! Glad both worked out.

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