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Terminal Boardumb => Music Shit => Topic started by: luke batarang on September 03, 2006, 04:09:53 AM
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I think I'll disregard the opinions of the TB reviewers in the future as I immensely enjoy the new LEATHER UPPERS and BLACK TIME records!
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I like that black time too! I think Lastname was just bein picky! He's holding them to a high standard, where they should be. It's a good album though, and I like it more than their singles actually.
That Leather Uppers though, man, i gotta agree w/ reviewer, its kind of a dud!
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Lastname didn't say it was a bad record. read the review again.
my problem with Midnight World is that it has a 1st song, 2nd song, 3rd song... feel to it. the record dosn't bleed together like Blackout does.
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I think the new Leather Uppers has its moments.
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I had never heard of The Leather Uppers before so I cannot compare this record with their previous output. Still, I think the new Goner album smokes and I want to encourage people to decide for themselves whether it's lame or not. I don’t think the guitar sounds horrible, I don’t think the vocals are sung with lame rock inflections and I don’t know what drumming flubs are and couldn’t care less. Besides, as far as punk rock ‘n’ roll goes, I really don’t care too much about lyrics (English isn’t my native language anyway).
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"Ok Don't Say Hi" is a way better album, though. You should download that. A true classic of 90s garage.
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I disagree with the lack of a review of the Pink Reason 7".
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You're going to disregard the opinions of all TB reviewers because 1 or 2 of us gave 2 records you happen to enjoy a lackluster review? Good. Ya fucking dandy. We don't need ya and certainly fucking don't want ya.
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Re-read the Black Time review. I didn't shit all over the record or anything; I just expected it to be better. And before anyone decides to throw stones about "lazy reviewers and promos" (which is also a lazy criticism), I did get a promo, I listened to it several times, didn't like it that much, then bought the LP, same thing, big shit. Also, once you re-read the review, please note that I encourage the reader to decide for his/herself, so it's not like I tried to force anything down the collective throat. Cheeahs.
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Lastname's review is right. If you enjoy hearing the same set of songs every record, buy the new Black Time. The difference between this one and the last is in the song titles and by degrees. They dont need to recreate themselves but you would expect them to switch things up a tiny bit and not rewrite their catalog. The new record is more like the Black Time sound than a collection of songs.
As far as the new Uppers, hey, it aint anyone's fault but your own that you are ignorant of their older stuff and have nothing to compare the new one to. Sure, standing alone the new Uppers is okay. Maybe 30% good and 70% filler. Fortunately that is not the case with the old records which are 80 - 100% great. The new Uppers is like Michael Jordan in a Wizzards uniform. Sure they can play, but just dont expect too much. Too bad Goner hyped the coming of the record like it was some mindblowing return to form. Perhaps some of the disappointment is over the record not living up to the hype.
Have fun enjoying subpar records from bands that you should expect more from.
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Coppens, no need for bashing. You are making an idiot out of yourself.
And before anyone decides to throw stones about "lazy reviewers and promos"
I never said the reviewer is lame. I want to encourage people to judge for themselves whether THE RECORD is lame or not.
So it is my fault (?!!) that I am ignorant of the Leather Uppers older stuff?
Mea culpa, Mr. Omniscient!
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Another thing (see latest Little Killers review) :
If forced to pin a genre on them, I’d have to go with Rock’n’Roll. How original! I doubt that many TB readers will find value in anything this straight forward (they aren’t called Reigning Sound, after all)
What the fuck is that supposed to mean???
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Another thing (see latest Little Killers review) :
If forced to pin a genre on them, I’d have to go with Rock’n’Roll. How original! I doubt that many TB readers will find value in anything this straight forward (they aren’t called Reigning Sound, after all)
What the fuck is that supposed to mean???
Well, it seems like a rip to the generics that lose their load over the reigning sound, and don't express interest in other bands they might like.
I do not like the reigning sound. I know all of you were wondering.
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That piece on Hue Blanc by Soriano is probably the most stupid review in there, although it's hard to choose. Man, what a piece of crap, a suck up lolly pop. And who is milking bands for seven inches? Of course: European labels. Scott, that one goes straight to no.1 of your all time top ten stupidities, without a bullit, not worth it.
And I have enough of this Hue Blanc devotion (sorry Casey). Talk about your generic crap. This is it. Generic USA crap. Just a mindless fart and god allmighty, although all you toughies 'invented rock 'n roll'; stay away from The Stones. You can't handle that band so fuck off. Rip someone else off, 1000 more new wave bands to eat out.
Sorry once again Hue Blanc and Mates but Soriano is just sucking your weenie; that is not a review, that's asking for another drink.
I wish we had a sign for vomitting blood here. But:
baarf!
that Litlle Killers remark also was pricesless
god, what load of crap
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I´m a fan of the Little Killers until the new album. I listened to it couple times over the weekend, but it isn´t thrilliing anymore. Maybe the production?
Still dig the first album and singles, though. I was initially interested in releasing the next album - glad they never wrote back.
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The Little Killers cannot be taken seriously. Talk about generic American crap; they are the fuckin champions, and if that band is what TB likes, then I finally understand the shitloads of bulllllllllllllshit (Willie D accent) that goes over this forum in about 54 versions of Coppens'style, and all that unintended jokes in those indie-reviews.
Music? Anyone? Yeah man, new band from Yoknapatawah County, you can't go wrong there. They kill. I think. Nah, I'm sure they KILL!!!!
And of course you don't like Black Time seriously. It's in your genes. You're forbidden by that stuff that Europeans keep in their backbone and you ugly fuckers in your wallet. Come on now, liking a European band that much while they are still alive?
I find that an editor is responsible for the contents of his rag. If this is the way TB goes down further down the gutter, then stop pretending you guys know anything about punk or garage.
Oh, and Kevin, no worries. Scottie is your boyfriend now. He'll love every fart that esapes you, until he get's tired of course. So send him your single and all will be tiddleleedee.
Coppens, if only I could smash your face in for once. I could live on that for a year.
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P fuckin S, SS: why don't you keep your goddamned hands of our French bands in stead of lettin them make albums that has 80% filler-shit on there. You dipshit.
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New name for the rag:
Terminal Snobpump
A webzine about new indie for every garagelover that likes to state that he 'moved on'.
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That piece on Hue Blanc by Soriano is probably the most stupid review in there, although it's hard to choose. Man, what a piece of crap, a suck up lolly pop. And who is milking bands for seven inches? Of course: European labels. Scott, that one goes straight to no.1 of your all time top ten stupidities, without a bullit, not worth it.
And I have enough of this Hue Blanc devotion (sorry Casey). Talk about your generic crap. This is it. Generic USA crap. Just a mindless fart and god allmighty, although all you toughies 'invented rock 'n roll'; stay away from The Stones. You can't handle that band so fuck off. Rip someone else off, 1000 more new wave bands to eat out.
Sorry once again Hue Blanc and Mates but Soriano is just sucking your weenie; that is not a review, that's asking for another drink.
I wish we had a sign for vomitting blood here. But:
baarf!
that Litlle Killers remark also was pricesless
god, what load of crap
Geez Nanne, don't sugar coat it, tell us what you really think.
Casey
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Nanne is on a ride! Aren´t you late?
There is generic stuff everywhere on this world. And the few are already over bashing euro stuff. That was a while ago.
I can live with the TB reviews, in average they´re done with more care than elsewhere. As a established label you get usually more headwind than newer labels of selfreleased records. I don´t share all musical directions featured lately but I enjoy any excitment.
Contribute!
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Nanne, where did your zine/giglist went? It was under construction for a year or more and then disappeared.
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Honestly, I think its about time that people started to get tired of the Black Time. Couldn't for the life of me understand all of the praise that flooded in for their first couple of records. I think it had more to do with the fact that it came out of nowhere than the fact that it was good. I think they are generic, Pussy Galore wannabe rock of the worst kind. No songs, just sound. The Action Time were way better.
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The true problem here is some weird Euro resentment. It took about a page here for that to click. A luke warm review of the worst Black Time record after a couple years of effusive praise for every fart (Lastname is the one who played me the first record telling me I HAD TO BUY IT)? Wow Nanne, TB is sure a BT hater of a rag. The truth of the matter is that TB was the FIRST and ONLY place (outside of maybe HoZac folks) to pick up and praise BT and a lot of European bands, and this includes most of you reporters at ground zero. Euro-garage Obliv rip offs were so prevelent over the last few years (who had a label? Raise your hands - how many horrid trades did you have to eventually cancel because of some Euro band that wanted to be the Oblivians but couldn't write a single song?) that it became a staff joke - a JOKE! Get it? And the Euro-label thing is unfair in that a lot of those labels are doing necessary dirty work that ain't being covered here. It's done with a certain, uh, style though....an art angle (even if it's trash), a limited edition "the product is as important as the music" air to a lot of it. And that's fine & often very cool. But people here joke about it. Like you probably joke about our idiot of a president or whatever. Like we joke about Nanne not paying attention and blaming TB for a luke-warm LK review (stating that they're generic) because he's out in the street strafing anything TB, eyes clenched in anger and going on a screen when it's his fellow complainer Luke who brought that up.
Hey Luke - you do a nice job on your site, but you're being a douchebag here. Is there an automatic record tune grader you know of out there? Oh yeah, a lot of this is subjective and no one here gets paid, you fucking quad. Below, I will grade some of your recent reviews.
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Shit, forgot the site address. A few nuggets:
On the Ghetto Ways:
In their strongest moments, Ghetto Ways have always been more ‘soul’ than ‘punk’
On Bush League:
The depraved wildness of The Fatals, the arty punk shtick of The Hunches, the gloominess of the Demon's Claws, Cheater Slicks, Horrors, Oblivians, well, you know…it's like peanut butter. There's no songtitles or any info about these guys on the sleeve, so I guess we'll have to talk about the songs by making ridiculous guitar and drum noises while we're playing air guitar and sing…really badly. *sAm*
The Briefs:
The Briefs are catchy as catchy can be. That’s catchy as in “noise annoys” and catchy as in “teenage kicks” and not catchy as in the shit your 16 year old neigbourpunkbrat digs.
You're not a perfect reviewer yourself - just sayin', stone caster.
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At least I have a boyfriend now. It's been a year since I've gotten laid, and it's been over two years since I've had a regular fuck, you know, where you get seconds. Don't worry Nanne, I'll save some spunk for you, but I'm worried about those teeth of yours. No matter what anyone says, you'll always remain my first. ;)
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I think reviews should be somewhat objective. The problem with most reviewers is they need to interject their personal feelings about music (including "us against them" mentalities). I think people like Meltzer and Bangs were great, but they probably had a negative effect on record reviewing-it should be more informative than narrative. That's just my opinion, anyway.
As far as the new Little Killers record being "generic." Different isn't always good. I'll take a solid rock n' roll record over spazz for spazz or art for art's sake any day. I think there's some really solid songs on there with good melodies and lyrics. Obviously, I'm a bit partial, but even removed from it I'd like it. It's more varied than the 1st one.
Being straightforward is pretty out-of-style right now-just like doing art-punky synth shit will lose favor eventually. Good shit is good shit regardless.
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I disagree 100% - there is no such thing as an objective review. Everyone is chained to their perceptions, and when you start feeling you're speaking for a demographic you really start sucking (see: Christgau and every establishment writer). The useful writers are the ones who go by instinct and don't worry about audience perception. Once a reader gauges that person he/she can get a better idea of whether they'd enjoy a particular record or not. With the alternative, the meter could be spinning in circles. Objective journalism does not exist.
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Objective journalism is impossible in general, even apart from music criticism. Whenever you run into "objective reporting" you can be sure of only one thing: that the people doing the coverage are liars.
When I was on tour this ultra-sexy girl had a book of Lester Bangs reviews, and I was reading it, and what he said about Black Sabbath - basically that they were artless and crass (of course) but that they wouldn't go anywhere without speeding up their songs and some other shit. It was brilliant, not because there was any truth to it whatsoever, but because it was fun to read. He also called Black Flag "proto-fascist/racist California nihilists." Now you know, if you're looking for stuff that sounds like Stooges or Patti Smith, to buy whatever Bangs calls good, but if you're looking for something like Black Flag or Joe Jackson, buy up whatever he hates.
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Yes Luke - it is your fault you dont know of the Uppers, just as it was my fault when i ignored them for years. Upper up, dude.
Nanne - that is fucking retarded especially when you are pointing it at the one 'merican who, in recent times, has been putting out more Euro music that YOU FUCKING EUROPEANS and especially you. My god, I give reords good or bad reviews based on what I think or feel about the record not the label. And Hue Blanc is on P Trash, a Euro label last I checked. And I dont like most of the P Trash stuff I've heard. Like a lot of labels they are a vacuum machines who put out anything. As far as Hue Blanc goes, if you dont hear the energy underneith whatever you are hearing, you need to listen harder. But then again maybe not. Judging by your label's output, I'd say Hue Blanc just aint your cup o' t.
mike - Objective reviews are MRR style reviews and they suck. They lead to Band X sounds like a cross between Band Y and Band Z. That is not a review. That is a notice. A review takes lots of things in consideration including the review him/herself. The problem is too many people dont know how to write reviews and rely on cliches or their own meandings. I do agree with you about taking good songs over experimentation. Personally I would like to hear both and sometimes do. But I would also have a band take a chance and fail than play something I've heard a thousand times before. We've got a really good band in sacramento called the Losin Streaks. They do everything right. Are good live, have good songs, do good covers. Seeing them once is great. You would think they are the bast band on the earth. Seeing them twice they are good. After that there is no reason to see them unless you are going out to drink and need a soundtrack to drink by. They take no chances and leave me no memories. I mean, I aint gonna go seek out some jazz-core prog punk crap, but if it is something like Cheveu or A Frames or Pink Reason, yeah I'll be there. If they fail, they fail but at least it isnt the same thing I've heard before.... All genres have their trends. "Straight forward" blues punk was the trend a year or so ago and there were terrible records released then. Screamers synth punk was a trend a year ago and there were some bad records that came out of that. This French weirdo stuff is going to generate some bad records. Fine. It will also generate good records, just as the "straight forward" blues punk thing did. Squirrel that down to people making good music, not the subgenre which is popular. As you wrote, good shit is good shit regardess.
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Obviously no-one can be 100% objective. That's why the word "somewhat" appeared in front of it. Regardless of what you think of a record, you should try to distance yourself SOMEWHAT from it and look at it from a lot of different perspectives. I was concentrating more on the "informative" aspect, I'd rather know more about a band from a reviewer than hear his feelings about it. I don't think that's "speaking for a demographic" I think it's being knowledgeable about what you're talking about.
It's like reading an old copy of "Punk." Some of those reviewers are so concerned with in-fighting and bullshit genre-defining that they screw up bad. They call Crime "poseurs" and "fake punks." This band put out "Hot Wire My Heart" in 197fucking6. I know I'm getting off subject, but a more impartial DESCRIPTION of the music would read a lot better now than OPINION.
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Nanne, shut up. I loved the first howevermany Black Time records and honestly tried (several times) to like the second LP. I didn't. I'm not quite sure why this gives you such a yeast infection, but if you'd like some Vagisil, I'm sure you could find it elsewhere.
My record reviews were never objective and probably never will be, but I was probably the worst reviewer on staff.
Haven't heard the second Little Killers LP, but I liked the first 45 and debut album a whole lot, and I liked 'em even better live, and I remember driving a couple hours out of my way to see 'em a few times. I'll probably never hear the second LP because I'm losing interest in "keeping up with the Joneses," so to speak, regarding new records. Largely because of this kinda crap.
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SSR: Regarding reviwes, I think what you're talking about and what I'm talking about combined would be a good median that will never happen. As far as new musical trends, I probably buy the "weird" stuff more. But, 2 of my favorite current bands, live and on record, are the Carbonas and Busy Signals, as spazzy as they are as people, their bands aren't.
Eric: If you like those LK records, you'll probably like the new one. I'll send you a copy. There's plenty of great old music to find, as you know, so you're better off not keeping up with the Joneses. Criminals in My Car.
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The true problem here is some weird Euro resentment. It took about a page here for that to click. A luke warm review of the worst Black Time record after a couple years of effusive praise for every fart (Lastname is the one who played me the first record telling me I HAD TO BUY IT)? Wow Nanne, TB is sure a BT hater of a rag. The truth of the matter is that TB was the FIRST and ONLY place (outside of maybe HoZac folks) to pick up and praise BT and a lot of European bands, and this includes most of you reporters at ground zero. Euro-garage Obliv rip offs were so prevelent over the last few years (who had a label? Raise your hands - how many horrid trades did you have to eventually cancel because of some Euro band that wanted to be the Oblivians but couldn't write a single song?) that it became a staff joke - a JOKE! Get it? And the Euro-label thing is unfair in that a lot of those labels are doing necessary dirty work that ain't being covered here. It's done with a certain, uh, style though....an art angle (even if it's trash), a limited edition "the product is as important as the music" air to a lot of it. And that's fine & often very cool. But people here joke about it. Like you probably joke about our idiot of a president or whatever. Like we joke about Nanne not paying attention and blaming TB for a luke-warm LK review (stating that they're generic) because he's out in the street strafing anything TB, eyes clenched in anger and going on a screen when it's his fellow complainer Luke who brought that up.
The point is Todd, that it's exactly the other way around too, but we have the decency not to use American as an adjective that means 'inferior' or treat your bands as condescending as we can. Cause we have more decency. Do you remember when on this board the Fatals, after two fuckin singles, got advice from you TB-ers how to 'improve, really make it out there and whatnot'? I exploded then too.
Why should I joke about your president when your Euro-Hatred is dripping from this magazine? It stopped being funny a long time ago. And stating that you guys first did a lot of European bands ('here we have another piece of totally unnescessery Oblivian 'n Shit again from Europe') is bullshit cause on your beloved forum of Kopper all this shit was talked about long before you guys got on our ass. I had hoped for a massive improvement in analysing records, but you guys just write more and more like it's a Really Heavy Job and that piece by SS was so empty an add would have done too.
O yeah, I am mad at TB, cause I can't see any connection anymore with what it should have been (but maybe you were all kidding back then too), but more so I am mad about this Easy Teenage Anti Euro Fascism that is popping up in this corner of the world. And since there too much water between us to get some good asskickin done every once in a while I explode here, thank you very much.
Kevin, I wouldnt put it on my pink lips if I were you. Not until you sent me one of those singles.
Black Time was discovered in Groningen & shoved under your nose by Evert Nixon. Don't kid yourself. You folks keep doin that. No, you didnt write first about al those Eurobands, you got it as a promo, or picked it up as it was discussed on some kiddieforum by Eurotrash. And you just dont have a clue what's written in Europe about these records, and when, and where. Come on man. I have that shit earlier in the Big Glossy than you spindocters on the web.
Casey, it's just an opinion. Just like all those great reviews. You know I love you and even consider you a genius. But this lp sounds like 'how I mix an old Brittish wave on stones-coctail' to me. It's European cabaret.
Nanne - that is fucking retarded especially when you are pointing it at the one 'merican who, in recent times, has been putting out more Euro music that YOU FUCKING EUROPEANS and especially you. (Dream on. baby, that's such a load of crap you should get your nose out of yr country again and look further than Paris, the city of piss.) My god, I give reords good or bad reviews based on what I think or feel about the record not the label. (You can write much, much better than mentioned blow job.) And Hue Blanc is on P Trash, a Euro label last I checked. And I dont like most of the P Trash stuff I've heard. Like a lot of labels they are a vacuum machines who put out anything. I know, I've seen your catalogue. As far as Hue Blanc goes, if you dont hear the energy underneith whatever you are hearing, you need to listen harder. But then again maybe not. Judging by your label's output, I'd say Hue Blanc just aint your cup o' t.
My cup o' tea? Related to what my label does? That one goes straight to no. 2 Scott, now with a bullit.
E.T.
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Scrod Prickknee,
Sincerely, I don’t understand why you call me a douchebag simply because I say that I will no longer rely on TB reviews. And what has the fact to do with it that no one gets paid at TB? Your constant reproaches confirm my suspicion that you guys ain’t that smart! Or do you think that hurling reproaches makes you a real punkrocker? Silly boy.
P.S. you graded reviews of my friends – bad luck dude.
SSR,
Objective reviews are MRR style reviews and they suck. They lead to Band X sounds like a cross between Band Y and Band Z. That is not a review.
When I reviewed one of This Damn Town 7-inches on my site, I described the music as a mix between The Beasts of Bourbon and The Ben Vaughn Combo. If you are into both bands, you will realise immediately that it's an essential purchase. I don’t care if that’s a review or not, it’s effective! I never intended to be a professional reviewer. I don't have the talent and I'm aware of it.
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I get opinion Nanne, I thought that was implied.
You know I love you and even consider you a genius.
I like facts like these a lot more though.
Also, I'm not quite certain what "European cabaret" is. I'm just a rube from the sticks.
Casey
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Nanne - I've released 20 and a few records in 5 years, that is hardly the vaccuum cleaner pace that P Trash has achieved. You complain about no one paying attention to Euros and I say I've put out Euro bands and you claim "Not the right country." Thanks. Before you get on us for not paying attention to Euro bands (completely absurd) WHY DONT YOU PUT THEM OUT YOURSELF. You have three releases: All American Bands. I have heard two of the three and one is a good record. Great going Mr .500. One for two: That is worse than vacuum cleaner labels. But it isnt surprising as you are usually half wrong about everything anyway. And to link TB with GWBush and his anti-anything that isnt USA is stupidity that deserves no retort. Back to me because that is what matters anyway: I put out good records and I really dont give a shit if the band is from Portland or Paris. Hell, the next things planned are from bands who live in Como, Italy and Orland, California. I am hunting bands from Monterrey, Mexico and somewhere in Germany (I think) right now. I dont give a shit where they are from, as long as when I visit the pretty girls say Hi and they buy me good food. If there is a Kemp Boyd-like charactor there, that makes it all the better. No that I've spanked you, go back to your fucking Weather Report albums, you got damn pot head.
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No that I've spanked you, go back to your fucking Weather Report albums, you got damn pot head.
Are we supposed to laugh now?
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I was initially interested in releasing the next album - glad they never wrote back.
This was a dumb thing to write, by the way. People in bands you want to release do read this thing, probably not smart to trash a band you wanted to release. Just an FYI.
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Believe me, one thing I've learned after being involved in 9 quintillion of these board squabbles is this: people hear music in different ways. To some people the new Black Time might be a great, exciting collection of tunes, and to others it might be an uninspiring rehash. Either way, it's silly to "fight" over these differences in taste because no one ever emerges with their opinion regarded as "The One True Doctrine Regarding Band X" because words on a message board (or a zine for that matter) aren't going to change the way people hear what's coming in their ears. Or at least it shouldn't at any rate.
Besides, we all know that Teengenerate is the greatest band of the past 20 years, so what else is there to talk about other than that?!?!??
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This was a dumb thing to write, by the way. People in bands you want to release do read this thing, probably not smart to trash a band you wanted to release. Just an FYI.
Mike, I know I shouldn´t and normally I don´t do but I don´t "trash them". I travelled a lot to see 3 Little Killers shows in their tour, talked to Andy and hang around with the girls and I´m still a big fan of the early stuff. In my teens I was in the Sea Monkeys fan club, haha. It´s kind of sad not even got one reply from them but I rather go this way then having very high expectations and begging for recordings and then being so-so about it. Doing a label means have so little spare time for anything. You don´t do things which doesn´t give you the kicks right away. Say hi to them when you see´em. I ordered 20 copies at Gern Blandsten and they forwarded it to their German exclusive distro where I would have to sign a 5 page contract to get the copies. Crap!
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It's ok, don't sweat it.
Message boards are not a real form of communication so some shit can come out/be interpreted wrong.
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Nanne - I've released 20 and a few records in 5 years, that is hardly the vaccuum cleaner pace that P Trash has achieved.
I got actually 37 in 8 years. My vaccuum runs on diesel.
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Nanne - I've released 20 and a few records in 5 years, that is hardly the vaccuum cleaner pace that P Trash has achieved. You complain about no one paying attention to Euros and I say I've put out Euro bands and you claim "Not the right country." Thanks. Before you get on us for not paying attention to Euro bands (completely absurd) WHY DONT YOU PUT THEM OUT YOURSELF. You have three releases: All American Bands. I have heard two of the three and one is a good record. Great going Mr .500. One for two: That is worse than vacuum cleaner labels. But it isnt surprising as you are usually half wrong about everything anyway. And to link TB with GWBush and his anti-anything that isnt USA is stupidity that deserves no retort. Back to me because that is what matters anyway: I put out good records and I really dont give a shit if the band is from Portland or Paris. Hell, the next things planned are from bands who live in Como, Italy and Orland, California. I am hunting bands from Monterrey, Mexico and somewhere in Germany (I think) right now. I dont give a shit where they are from, as long as when I visit the pretty girls say Hi and they buy me good food. If there is a Kemp Boyd-like charactor there, that makes it all the better. No that I've spanked you, go back to your fucking Weather Report albums, you got damn pot head.
Am i supposed to react to this dribble?
You the man, with your label and your woopielist. And your balanced output. And your choice in bands. Yeah man. You the guy on top of the Olympic, right?
I'd rather have me thousand P-Trashes than one SSR. But that's a European thang baby.
And the fact that I look everywhere for music I wanna put out too is of course out of the question, I just plook Wisconsin empty. You know it, you have allmighty powers when it comes to Knowledge.
There is no logic in your reply. It's dumb and again, very badly written. You have no knowledge of my label, nor the finances, nor the history, nor the budget, nor the idea behind it. That you have enough money to release old fashioned wave crap is really something to be proud of. Although we have to live with the shit you put out.... or do we? Like I said: you're miles beyond the genres that were supposed to get reviewed here; you just wanna be seen as hip, while everyone has loads of unknown crap in his collection. They just don't jerk off in public about it at a fuckin daily basis. Now get your act together or I'll ignore you're attempts to be American about this. Go fuck a flag. And play some A-Frames, you fuckin Columbus.
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I think "Go Fuck A Flag, Columbus" should be a hardcore song.
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'Cept Columbus was European.
I blame Bush for all this intercontinental feuding. Bush probably hates the Fatals.
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Nanners - I just picked up the Evolutions record at Officer Brad's last night and I think it's great. Killer-kool artwork & awesome limited edition #, jes kiddin' (or am I?).
I'm glad everybody's fighting, and I mean that.
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FUCK YOU!
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Eat my ball bag, assface.
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Nobody knows anything about anything!
Except me!
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Every single one of you - fags.
Except for me.
I'm not a homosexual.
I fuck guys butts.
For money.
They jizz all up in my fat mouth.
And then we kiss.
Yum.
I'll even swallow after that.
Cuz i'm not a goddamn fag.
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hey mr english as a second language - what the fuck does "you're miles beyond the genres that were supposed to get reviewed here" mean? does rich have a rule book i dont know about? was i not invited to the meeting on preserving tired ass genre ghettos so lazy euros who cant be bothered to think of rock & roll in terms other than "hey hey i wanna rock you all night" and "oh oh look at my car" and let's not for get "oh baby you are so fine" though in your ESL damged euro speak that would sound more like "hey hey you rock with me night all the time, yeah" and "my car, here look it pretty fine now" and "baby fine is you to me right now that I sing." just shut the fuck up, dutch treat. the only reason you are so fucking cranky about this review thing is because i didnt mention the evolutions in releation to Pissconsin bands that matter TODAY. Perhaps if you were such a fucking cheapscape and would free up a fucking review copy, mr i live in a welfare state and dont have to worry about getting fed or clothed or housed or methadoned, i'd review something that falls within the Nanne Tepper's Guidelines for Terminal Boredom Reviews, not that they fucking matter, you lazy shit who hasnt written squat for this fucking thing since god knows how long.
PS I am sorry if any of the "humor" above sails past the heads of you Europeans. Funny is an American thing. You wouldnt understand.
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Funny is an American thing.
Yeah Larry the Cable guy rules.
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No. Funny is I.
(http://www.bransonticket.com/images/shows/141_OK.jpg)
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I really hate alla you fucking losers. Little Killers is fucking real rock'n'roll with soul out the ass and you pretentious dogs think you really need to be challenged with pseudo-noise made by people who got into ITR shit from the Dirtbombs onward. Lame. Nanne you old crust cutchie, come to my party and hear when I drop the Little Killers in my DJ set and see how your narrow white ass shakes for the first time since Dropout Boogie. And Snatch, whatever you see in the Ghetto Ways makes me realize you probably like Turbonegro and love the Dirtbombs so who gives a fuck what your Sprockets watching weinerschnitzel swallowing hitler moustache face thinks anyway. And you talk about the Little Killers "early stuff?" They don't have any! One single and an LP from two years ago qualifies for "early?" Holy shit you're stoooooooooopid. Musically the first LP and the second are minimally different and nothing to really warrant comparing. They both are just pure rock and roll with no frills except for being no frills. You all suck. I'm certainly not saying that they're the greatest band ever but their should be absolutley NO REASON TO COMPLAIN about them if you really are a r'n'r fan.
The new Black Time Lp has one great song. The title track. It's good but big fucking deal.
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I liked the Little Killers live.
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Ugh, you fags all forgot how to rock when the Hospitals came out.
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Who are the Hospitals?
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Who cares?
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Gimmie a fucking break.
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There's plenty of great old music to find, as you know, so you're better off not keeping up with the Joneses. Criminals in My Car.
Exactly. I'm pretty disgusted with most current bands and I've only been buying old records for awhile. I think the last great modern music period was the one that included the Necessary Evils, Oblivians, Cheater Slicks, Gibson Bros., Lord High Fixers etc. The new breed are a bunch of fucking spoiled know nothings.
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Me I am funny and I only know the Hospital when I come to America. We have no Hospitals in Russia. What a country, HAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA
(http://www.freewebs.com/marylynn/Yakov.jpg)
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I just plook Wisconsin empty.
I like the cut of your jib, Tepper. Even when I don't know what the fuck you're saying. My only comment on this entire thread is that I gravitated to and still enjoy punk rock in large part because I don't care about other people's opinions for the most part. A review should tell me 1. what the music sounds like and 2. whether or not I should buy the release. A quality reviewer should be able to answer these two issues clearly and concisely in four sentences because very few releases are worthy of lengthy in-depth reviews in my opinion.
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nanne was the only label to show interest after we put out the split with the fatals, and he's been a good guy and in close contact throughout the whole process. the evolutions lp he put out has 24 songs on it and its all killer no filler, so if people miss out on it theyll just be kicking themselves when theyre buying up copies on ebay a few months from now once reviews make it clear its ok to like. as far as wisconsin bands that matter today i have no idea how much any band really matters but the evolutions have been consistently releasing records for a half dozen years now so that should stand for something.
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Nanne rules of course. As do everyone else that's posting on this thread, and their bands.
As far as Pink Reason mattering or not, I was talking to an unnamed member of several popular Wisconsin bands. I told him that Pink Reason had an album coming out, and he called bullshit, when I finally convinced him that Siltbreeze was putting it out he was like "never heard of 'em." Pink Reason hasn't been offered a show in Wisconsin in over two years. Obviously, Pink Reason does not matter.
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Officer Brad - I have Evolutions 7"s and enjoy them but think twice before saying that releasing records regularly for the last 6 years counts for something. There are plenty of bands who have released records for longer and all that counts for them is the ability to sucker someone to put out their shitty records.
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i never think before i write but that is a valid point. i read the review in question and dont have a problem with it. and i think hue blanc are great, better live than on record from what ive heard. theres a live recording i made of them and the porch honkees live in algoma a few months ago here
http://bradx.podomatic.com/enclosure/2006-03-31T21_32_37-08_00.mp3
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oh yeah, the evolutions lp is 24 original songs, no covers. just thought id point that out.
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Pink Reason matters to me, and I guarantee I'll land you a decent show in Chicago in the next few months, probably before '06 expires. I'm sure others in WI (Trickknee especially, who I know is a fan) wouldn't hesitate a moment to book you, should they realize that you're up for it.
Hue Blanc are a monster live. Especially in a basement.
I'm really sick of people bellyaching about the reviews. It's irritating. It makes me think everyone's a crybaby, particularly people who piss and moan about a negative review foisted upon their own band or one of their label's releases. It's one thing if someone tries to pass an incorrect nugget of information as factual -- incorrect timelines, or line-up changes, or whatever. But if they're merely stating that they don't like the album, and they indicate why, then leave it alone. No one band is exempt from criticism. It's ridiculous to think otherwise. It boggles my mind how some people involved in this shit really do WANT everyone to agree with one another. I mean, do we all have to love Album Y by Band X? How boring. That line of thinking completely disagrees with why I started digging into music in the first place. I love learning from people who earnestly love music that I know nothing about, people who may even actively hate the shit I like, because at the very least it provides perspective. Normally, I could care less about having a circle jerk with a group of people who all unquestioningly love one band or another. I may as well talk to myself, or pop a load on my own tongue. I realize this is all totally rudimentary and obvious, but jeez, it sure doesn't seem like it.
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I mean, do we all have to love Album Y by Band X?
Nope. And i'm with ya. This thread is just reactionary arm flexing. Reviews are reviews are opinions are reviews and if you don't agree, that's awesome! Good. I'm happy you have an opinion. But getting all personal just because someone might have typed some shit you dont agree with is fuckin gay. YOU GAY. yes. It hurts to know someone you like doesn't like your band, or maybe a band you like with friends in it. Too bad. Wah.
Now everybody...look at my arm flex. I came in at just the right time with just the right words.
Am I better than you?
Fuck you.
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Screw you EKE or EEL or ELO I dont have a problem with you calling Fashion Fashion a bit generic but who are you to say you had a problem with FFIB at Horrible Fest. You obviously are just an egocentric north eastern fascist. Fuck all you Florida Haters
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oh yeah its all George W's fault
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hey mr english as a second language - what the fuck does "you're miles beyond the genres that were supposed to get reviewed here" mean? does rich have a rule book i dont know about? was i not invited to the meeting on preserving tired ass genre ghettos so lazy euros who cant be bothered to think of rock & roll in terms other than "hey hey i wanna rock you all night" and "oh oh look at my car" and let's not for get "oh baby you are so fine" though in your ESL damged euro speak that would sound more like "hey hey you rock with me night all the time, yeah" and "my car, here look it pretty fine now" and "baby fine is you to me right now that I sing." just shut the fuck up, dutch treat. the only reason you are so fucking cranky about this review thing is because i didnt mention the evolutions in releation to Pissconsin bands that matter TODAY. Perhaps if you were such a fucking cheapscape and would free up a fucking review copy, mr i live in a welfare state and dont have to worry about getting fed or clothed or housed or methadoned, i'd review something that falls within the Nanne Tepper's Guidelines for Terminal Boredom Reviews, not that they fucking matter, you lazy shit who hasnt written squat for this fucking thing since god knows how long.
PS I am sorry if any of the "humor" above sails past the heads of you Europeans. Funny is an American thing. You wouldnt understand.
Humor? It escapes everybody, Scott.
I told you about our welfare state and the position I'm in and now you just lie about it? On a board? That's weak man.
As for writing for this TB thing - at the time I did that, I also wrote for much more mags and rags and papers. I think I mentioned in one of my mails to you also what makes me go very slow these days, and what bugs me about TB. You now use false arguments to get a last drip of jizz out yr pickle in public. That's really weak again. For once, put that thing back were it belongs, in Coppens ass.
Come on now, you think you can win a verbal fight from me In My Second Hand Language? You big boy?
All you really wanna do is go into the bushes behind the playground and compare the lenght of eachothers Blah. Should I tell one more time about the ten releases I had planned for this year and how my businesspartner fucked me over big time? Nah. Before you know it, you think it's humor. And I don't care how much a label releases, hell, I couldn't care less. Getting fucked over is something that disturbs me a bit though.
Making jokes about my use of Englisch is a bit dumb, don't you think? Comin from an American. You don't even have a language, you just play scrabble with the other inmates all day. Just read these boards, you sorry ass prick. What the fuck have you done in your life, what have you achieved that makes you blow your own dick so often? You even know what hard work is? You remind me of the flakes that sell dope in our coffeeshops and are getting really, really tired from what they call Their Job: sitting on a barstool and smoke free pot 3 afternoons a week. Yes, it's tough out there. Why are you just being nasty here, my little poopydoo?? That one band of yours that everybody missed? I know, enough for a lifelong grudge against rock 'n roll. That you were invited to review that part of the package, if I understand your blah right, is an editorial mistake as big as a monster, or, a Cunning Plan.
Now watch it with the shit I told you in person, mr cheerleader.
PS1: Todd, I am not in the least troubled by the fact that The Evolutions weren't mentioned in SS's assgasballoon, nor the Blue Balls. Both are albums with another approach than the stuff that is brought to people as New by New Band!
This stuff is only 'new', because it's compiled, mastered and released. And it's brilliant basementpunk. By the way, glad you like the album.
PS2: And yes, SS, that's what I like to release: basementpunk, so you'll probably hate everything I ever am gonna put out. Although if I had the money I'd now be chasing an Italian band that does wave, yes, but this band is GOOD, too good to let go you know - oh no, you don't.
Just don't bother with my label. Go suck some Sub out off Pop. That's where you belong anyway.
Hell, you should be the logo from Sub Pop.
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Nanne -
Let's put it this way: The fact that you take the over-the-top-ness that I wrote seriously means YOU LOSE! Not that this is some contest, but, lighten up, dutch boy. Three words and you go squirrelly. Five and you blow a biscuit. If I really had a beef with you I'd take it off the board and act as a reasonable, well mannered citizen of the world not some message board yay-who. So, please, climb down from the clock tower and find a dyke to put your finger in. Smooth jazz, my friend. Smooth jazz.
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I think Tahiti Amin gets the idea.
And actually, it's Jeb's fault.
Finally, I think Tahiti Amin is a fucking hilarious name.
Noreaster Fascists Unite!
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the FACT that termibore SUCKS is no secret. you can always start yer own website but that is nothing easy to do either.
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Without TB nobody would give a fuck about any of you people!
You should get down on your hands and knees and shine Rich Kroneiss' boots with your tongues for giving you the opportunity to become pseudo-celebs in the World of Internet Punk.
That includes just about anybody who writes for TB or posts on here or who has a shitty band that people pretend to care about.
Lower Standard Fuckheads Disperse!
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fuck that shit, Last Sons of Kypton
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Sure!
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Nanne -
Let's put it this way: The fact that you take the over-the-top-ness that I wrote seriously means YOU LOSE!
No, you illiterate, the fact that you can't either write or read irony made you already loose posts ago.
And I take no more shit about Europe when it comes down to remarks like yours. Goddamn man, don't you understand we Europeans much rather have French bands on Yak. than on SSR? No - you don't. That we like all those vinylreleases at P-Trash while you guys are fucking the cd hole? No, you don't. That we pray for bands not to go to ITR although most of us like that label, but as an European band you're done once you're there? No, you don't. That we beg American bands not to settle in Europe cause we have enough shit of our own? No- you don't. That a good dyke is found amongst the American Police and V.S. Army People and that I wouldn't put my finger in one of those for a billion bucks? Okay, you probably do.
I just don't wanna have you put personal stuff up here that only you know are big fuckin lies. It may be a big ha ha to you. Not to me.
And my English is called Walt Disney English, just so you know.
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Don't worry, Nanne. Scott is headed down to South America on a Herzog-esque mission to pull a 12" vinyl record over the Andes mountains so that Midwestern mouthbreathers, Southern Baptist bible-humpers, Pacific Northwest style-sluts, and, yes, even Euro-sleaze scumbags (and the women who love them), can rock across this spinning top we evolved on, Earth. Ain't it bootyful?
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Nanne - here let Oz pull back the curtain:
I read stupid things complaining about reviews and I say to myself "what do i have to do? dishes? should i file records? hell, i'll get in a message board squabble." so i skim what the last retard wrote, stretch my fingers and think (but not too hard) what i can write that is more assinine than the person before me. i go through a check list: mock their country? yes/no. make fun of their language? yes/no. grind down their music taste? yes/ no. once i figured that out (takes about 5 seconds), i let some obscure reference work their way in, hopefully in the form of really stupid puns. i stop and ask my lady when the last time i took a swipe at Wisconsin. "About four hours ago, honey" she replies, so i figure it is past due to poke the wisconsinonians. if i can work in a reference to utah or kemp boyd, i do. sometimes i giggle while i write, knowing that any reference to the dutch must be followed with the finger in the dyke joke. i admit that i am a bit amiss in not mentioning windmills or clogs, but i do make sure i call every hollander i can a pothead. and with you there must be a jazz reference. i dont go back to correct my grammer or spell check because, frankly, i dont give a shit. this has taken me about 3 minutes to write and i will never read it again. you might. i wont. you see, my friend, this isnt about you and what you think. not at all. it is about me trying (but not too hard) to be as moronic as i possibly can be. "why? why?" you ask. "why be a moron?" because the only way to reply to moronic statements is with something even stupider than what came before. sorry to let the proverbial cat out of the metaphorical bag, but i am bored and bored of this subject. i've let myself get sucked back onto this board and now feel like i am wasting my time. thanks for playing "who is an idiot now" with me. i am going to crawl back into my hole.
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you really should
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I really hate alla you fucking losers. Little Killers is fucking real rock'n'roll with soul out the ass and you pretentious dogs think you really need to be challenged with pseudo-noise made by people who got into ITR shit from the Dirtbombs onward. Lame.
I agree. Could be my words. I still don´t dig the second as I like the first one. Did I hurt anyone with my personal taste? I´m going to DJ with the first, you with the second. Nice deal.
And Snatch, whatever you see in the Ghetto Ways makes me realize you probably like Turbonegro and love the Dirtbombs
Somehow I never bought a Turbonegro record, You?
The GHETTO WAYS rock and roll hard they´re all three great people. They have a lot of fun in what they do and people enjoy it. It´s damn real and they spit it out on stage. Few people like it: http://www.ghettoways.com/
Two new singles out on SAVAGE and ALIEN SNATCH damn soon!
so who gives a fuck what your Sprockets watching weinerschnitzel swallowing hitler moustache face thinks anyway. And you talk about the Little Killers "early stuff?" They don't have any! One single and an LP from two years ago qualifies for "early?" Holy shit you're stoooooooooopid.
What problem do you have? The Little Killers posting doesn´t have much to do with the others. Two years is ages ago, haha. Ok, lets count the singles. One, two. Crypt and Sweet Nothing.
NO REASON TO COMPLAIN about them if you really are a r'n'r fan.
really really?
I´m out. No more time to waste.
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Nanne - here let Oz pull back the curtain:
I read stupid things complaining about reviews and I say to myself "what do i have to do? dishes? should i file records? hell, i'll get in a message board squabble." so i skim what the last retard wrote, stretch my fingers and think (but not too hard) what i can write that is more assinine than the person before me. i go through a check list: mock their country? yes/no. make fun of their language? yes/no. grind down their music taste? yes/ no. once i figured that out (takes about 5 seconds), i let some obscure reference work their way in, hopefully in the form of really stupid puns. i stop and ask my lady when the last time i took a swipe at Wisconsin. "About four hours ago, honey" she replies, so i figure it is past due to poke the wisconsinonians. if i can work in a reference to utah or kemp boyd, i do. sometimes i giggle while i write, knowing that any reference to the dutch must be followed with the finger in the dyke joke. i admit that i am a bit amiss in not mentioning windmills or clogs, but i do make sure i call every hollander i can a pothead. and with you there must be a jazz reference. i dont go back to correct my grammer or spell check because, frankly, i dont give a shit. this has taken me about 3 minutes to write and i will never read it again. you might. i wont. you see, my friend, this isnt about you and what you think. not at all. it is about me trying (but not too hard) to be as moronic as i possibly can be. "why? why?" you ask. "why be a moron?" because the only way to reply to moronic statements is with something even stupider than what came before. sorry to let the proverbial cat out of the metaphorical bag, but i am bored and bored of this subject. i've let myself get sucked back onto this board and now feel like i am wasting my time. thanks for playing "who is an idiot now" with me. i am going to crawl back into my hole.
Only really bad writers explain their work, still trying to make it sound funny and deep.
(But can I crawl up with you in your hole and make some sweet lovin? Or fight some more?)
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Case closed.
Fuck all y'all.
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See what you started?
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This thread was a workout.
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More like a pissing contest between men with no penises.
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YOU'RE ALL FUCKED
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I'm just upset that everybody but Snatched ignored me. Snatched, I LOVE you man! When are we djing together? I love Jenna and Harry but I hardly know Shane. He works with my girlfriend though.
I was just bored.
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Vernor's is decent ginger ale. It's not as good as Stewart's Ginger Beer, but it will do in a pinch.
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I just tried Stewart's Ginger Beer recently. It's an interesting drink, has a spicy/warm aftertaste thing going on...
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IT'S NO SPRECHER'S, YOU IGNORANT KUNT!
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Sprechers soda rules! And their beer, too! I need to tour that plant! Do they offer tours! I hope so! Yay!
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Sprecher does offer tours, but I have yet to partake.
Sprecher has lots of good sodas and beers der hey, but Stewart's still takes the ginger beer/ale championship in my world. It's great for mixing with whiskey or brandy.
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I don't like Stewart's as much! You homo! Go gay out! Fag!
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I bet, wait I know, that you put a dash of little boy's cum in every Sprecher you down. You cornholer!
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You should get down on your hands and knees and shine Rich Kroneiss' boots with your tongues for giving you the opportunity to become pseudo-celebs in the World of Internet Punk.
I've done this before, he'll tell you about it even, but I only gained real celebrity status. Demographically we fit well with Def Leopard and Journey fans.
Here is a thread worth checking out:
http://terminal-boredom.com/forums/index.php?topic=2673.0
Casey
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Fuck you guys. Vernor Ginger Ale reigns over all others.
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Fuck you guys. Vernor Ginger Ale reigns over all others.
Aw man, I read that as Verne Gagne ale at first!! Real or not, THAT is my favorite.
Stewart's Orange Cream soda is WAY better than Sprecher's...therefore, they win. Also, has anybody ever tried Lakefront's root beer?? I bet that's pretty good too.
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Stewart's does win the orange cream sweepstakes, this is true. It's their best flavor, I think. But Spreckers makes better root beer and its beer is up there with New Glarus for best in state. You faggot.
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Lakefront kicks the bejeezus outta Sprecher's beerwise. STICK SOME FUCK UP YOUR ASS, QUEERZILLA!
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Casey can be my "shoeshine boy" anytime, if you know what I'm sayin'.
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Lakefront tastes like a typical chain bar faux "home brew" you queerzilla. Miller on steroids. Sprecher has a distinct Germanic character, fairy.
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Todd, lemme guess, you've never been on a lakefront tour, have you?
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I like Lakefront, but, yes, Sprecher is a superior maker of beer. The Black Bavarian, the Pub Ale, the Special Amber, etc. are all better than the various Lakefront beers. But I usually drink Capital Brewery products. I actually think New Glarus isn't all that great. That Spotted Cow just tastes like a babyfood version of a Weiss-style brew.
I'm a walking beer sampler and I know what's good, you penis-stuffer trannies...
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Man, I think New Glarus sucks. Never liked the stuff. Lakefront products always seemed bland to me. I never went on the Lakefront tour, though. Sprecher was alright.
My favorite beer right now is that Quebecois stuff, La Fin du Monde. Two of them will absolutely destroy me, and it tastes like nectar of the gods.
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Hey douche, I've never even toured Sprecher, a real brewery. Get that pecker out of your nose, rape.
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...Oops. Forgot Delirium Tremens. THAT is my favorite beer. It makes for a classy drunk. The kind that makes you curtsy before anal sex.
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I've never bought a sixpack of Lakefront. Of course I've only bought Sprecher a few times, had it at my sister's wedding though, and next door a couple of days ago when our new neighbor's had a free kegger. Anyway, I've taken the Lakefront tour several times because 8 pints of beer for three bucks is about as good as it gets, especially when they have their Holiday Spice that's like 9% alchohol. Do I like Sprecher, yeah, of course, it's great. That don't mean shit though. I'll drink anything.
Beer snobbery is for bourgeois douchebags. I'm about to crack into a tallboy of Natty Ice.
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Anyway, it's all about Lion's Head. You can only get it in Wilkes-Barre, but it's 10$ a case of bottles and reminded me alot of Rhinelander, which was my beer of choice when it was still around in glass. Not only was Rhinelander the place of my birth, the beer was better warm than cold, so it was great for summer drinking and it was the cheapest case of bottles you could find in Green Bay at 8$ a case.
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I have three bottles of Molson waiting for me when I get home. Sadly, this excites me.
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Fin Du Monde is the shit, but Don Du Dieu and Trois Pistoles is even better. Always love it when my hometown brewery (Unibroue) gets repped outside Quebec.
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From your hometown? That's cool. I know next to nothing about beer and brewing, but that stuff makes me happy. I'm gonna try the others that you mentioned, too.
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And I used to drink Rhinelander on occasion in high school. Because for some reason, the grocery store I worked at special ordered cases of the stuff, so everyone sampled. The only thing better than the occasional Rhinelander was the time a coworker and I decided to do too much nitrous in the frozen foods cooler, or the time some magazine distributor accidentally sent horribly degrading porn instead of "People" or "Star."
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Bud's pretty good.
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Pabst in the summer when I'm showing off my tatts.
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Delirium & Fin Du Monde rules! I had Cheqvar (sp?) the other day for the first time, and that was tasty as well. As for upper-Midwest 6-packs, I never go wrong with Capital or Bells. Oberon is where it's at in the summer.
Weird beer fact (learned on the last non-crazy-Friday-night Lakefront tour I was on): The chemical make-up of the water that Plisner-Urquel gets from their deep artesian wells is exact same combination as Milwaukee tap-water. That's pretty cool.
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I'm a bourgeois douchebag!
Delerium Tremens, Fin Du Monde, Trois Pistoles, Lucifer, Duval, etc. are all swell Belgian-style brews which are perfect for the more discerning alcoholic beer drinker.
Chekvar is pretty decent Slovakian pilsner. If you like that, try some Golden Pheasant (which is still good even though it's now owned by Heineken, I think).
I'm a venemous fan of the Sclenkerla smoked beer. I like just about anything smoked, including my beer. http://www.schlenkerla.de/indexe.htm
Kevin, Natural Ice is just fine, too. Mark from AluminumKnotEye used to bring that shit over for practice and we wrote many a song while under the influence of that swill...
I used to always drink Rhinelander. I once tried to carry a case of bottles about 10 blocks to a party, was already drunk and tripped on the sidewalk crushing my thumb and breaking a few of the bottles. I was very sad about the bottles that broke, but drank most of the rest to cure the thumb pain. I had to be carried out of the party (it was at that faggot Chuck's house when I was still in the Squish...).
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I forgot you used to be in a band with that homosexual. Is he out of the closet yet? I mean, does he admit he's out of the closet yet?
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I haven't seen or talked to the guy in ages, so I don't really know. He's a lot balder, I know that.
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im tossin back blatz returnables right now. the only good bottles are returnables, they are made of a thicker glass that keeps the beer colder for a longer time.
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I went on the Sprecher tour a few years ago. Then, it was $5 for a 8 oz. glass and you got 4 or 6 tickets (fuzzy) to go get it refilled. Unlimited pop refills. Their Cream Soda is amazing!!!!!!
I miss Point.
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im tossin back blatz returnables right now. the only good bottles are returnables, they are made of a thicker glass that keeps the beer colder for a longer time.
They've stopped production on all returnable bottles. At least that's what I'm told.
Casey
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Maybe all you whiny bastards and ungrateful motherfuckers should take a cue from this guy. I trashed his band and he sends me this email:
Nicely done. If you had thrown a Madbox or Bulkhead reference in
there I may have shit myself.
Thanks for the review even though you hated it.
Matt of the Helicopter
That's fuckin class, baby.
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He's just trying to soften you up for better reviews in the future, and I can already see it working.
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I once gave a band a very bad review on Blank Generation and they sent me their next release with a note saying how they just had to try again. I thought that was very cool of them, but I still didn't give them a good review.
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Yeah, but in your case they were probably awesome.
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Actually the band in question was a self-described "powerpop" band that was so wimpy, so souless, so devoid of any hooks or songwriting merit that there wasn't much good I could say about them other than the fact that they seemed like nice people. I bet you would have loved 'em!!!
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Pricknnee, no one can soften this man. I was born hard and I will die hard.
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Jeez, you're just like Wolverine!!!
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SNIKT!
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Gedda room queerz.
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(That was the sound of my boner, admittedly.)
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the major breweries stopped making returnables but blatz still makes em.
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In Michigan all beer bottles are returnable (worth a dime each too)
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manitowoc has the best liquor store. its a wholesale warehouse that also serves the public built into a WWII era quonset hut. for those not in the know a quonset hut is a corrugated metal shack built for storage. LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quonset_hut) they added a box car to the side of it which was converted to a walk in cooler what looks like a million years ago.
anyways, the deal today-PBR light 30 packs for 8.88. yeah, less than 30 cents a beer. man, if i had a hundred bucks id buy 11 of em. crazy good deal on semi drinkable beer. i bet the teenagers are happy.
heres me on my 21st birthday after buying my first legal case of beer
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A Brief History of the "Hawaiian Aloha Shirt"
The history of the Hawaiian or “Aloha Shirt” can be traced to the early western missionaries in the 19th century. They felt that it would be more appropriate, for the soon to be christianized natives, if they were covered. But the real fact is, that it wasn’t until the mid 1930’s that the Hawaiian shirt, as we know it today, started to be produced. Modern research discovers stories of a Waikiki, Honolulu, Chinese merchant, Mr. Ellery Chun, owner of King-Smith Clothiers and dry goods. Mr. Chun was born in Honolulu in 1909 and died June 16, 2000, at the age of 91.
He is considered the pioneer of the Aloha Shirt. He and his sister, Ethel Chun Lum, fabricated the first brightly colored, floral, short-sleeved shirt from left-over kimono fabric. On July 15, 1936, Mr. Chun registered the “Aloha” trade name and began marketing a variety of Hawaiian-print shirts. The story goes on to tell of collaboration between a salesperson of the Honolulu Advertiser Newspaper and Mr. Chun to coin the phrase “Aloha Shirt”. The future success of the Aloha Shirt was assured after placing one of his sister’s designed, short-sleeved shirts in his shop’s window with a sign that read “Aloha Shirt”.
The shirts were purchased by local residents, beach boys, surfers and tourists. The first advertisement placed in the Honolulu Advertiser using the words “Aloha Shirt” was on June 28, 1935. With the birth of Rayon in the mid 1920’s, the dazzlingly colored and tropically decorated Hawaiian-Print Aloha shirt became a staple souvenir of cruise ship tourists. Early shirt labels bore names like Musa Shiya, Watamulls, Kamehameha, Kahala, Surfriders, Alfred Shaheen, Duke Kahanamoku, etc. The 1940’s and 1950’s furnish us with a memorable list of personalities depicted wearing Hawaiian-Print Aloha Shirts. Elvis Presley, the undisputed king of rock and roll had many Hawaiian Shirts. Here is an off-the-top-of-my-head, recollection, list of famous people, motion picture and television personalities, politicians and sports celebrities that have been photographed and featured wearing Hawaiian-Print Aloha shirts. Harry S. Truman, our 33rd President loved to wear Aloha Shirts. He was on the cover of Life Magazine in 1951 wearing one. Montgomery Cliff and Frank Sinatra were featured in the memorable motion picture “From here to Eternity” in Hawaiian-Print Aloha shirts.
The immortal John Wayne, “The Duke”, and venerate master surfer and Olympian, Duke Kahanamuku were Hawaiian shirt endorsements. Bing Crosby wore his Aloha shirts, with his rounded, flat-top porkpie hat atop his head and a pipe between his lips. Arthur Godfrey, radio personality played his ukulele wearing an Aloha Shirt. Johnny Weissmuller remembered as Tarzan and Olympian, Tom Selleck of Magnum P.I., the list continues. All wore Hawaiian-Print Aloha shirts. And, who amongst us does not have a Hawaiian Print in our wardrobe closet? The Hawaiian-Print Aloha shirt has become a symbol of this island paradise; Hawaii. “Aloha”, interprets to epitomize a warm sense of greeting, welcoming and at the same time reflecting all the playful, splendid and natural wonders that abound in Hawaiian Islands.
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i still have a hawaiian shirt i wear frequently. it has mickey mouse on it and was a present from my mother, as was the one in the photo i believe. they tend to be made of high quality cotton which allows my skin to breathe and i dont sweat excessively.