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Music Shit / disco

« on: February 13, 2010, 04:20:14 AM »

How disco can you go before termbo backlash?

Anyone, I think, would acknowledge the 80's NY disco / no wave / punk angle, ESG, Liquid Liquid is pretty cool, not a far stretch to Dinosaur, Loose Joints, I have always had an enormous hard-on for Kid Creole and the Coconuts.

"Is It All Over My Face" is the famous Loose Joints song, deservedly so, I only for the first time heard "Tell You" and about shit my pants.  Way up my (anal) alley!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTb5StzkI-Y

Everyone knows early 80's hip hop is cool as hell too...  Is the disco quotient of Logg "I Know You Will" far enough past Xanadu or Brother D that it breaches the suck barrier?  I vote no.

How much further can you go?  Currently listening to and quite enjoying Goldie Alexander "Show You My Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIjdvNDcJ8A

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Non-Music Shit / Re: alone on saturday

« on: January 31, 2010, 04:04:37 AM »

I was at home having a beer listening to the Registrators (Velocity, the pussy one) last night (Sat night) and having a pretty lovely time.  I went to meet some friends in a bar and it comparatively sucked.  I like my friends but I have to contend with other douchebags I don't, smoke, and crap music.

I'm old.

I was fortunate enough to tour briefly in my early 20's and am really glad I did.  These were in fabulous SKA! bands. 

So I am 34 and have been in bands since I was in high school, and agree with what people are saying.  It is just something to do for its own sake above and beyond anything else.  Whenever I don't play music with people for awhile, it's been around 6 months now, I start to get the itch.  I have a practice scheduled with some people tomorrow night, and it is always a unique feeling.  Something really good that I didn't even realize how much I missed it.

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Music Shit / Re: happiest songs ever

« on: January 28, 2010, 04:16:31 AM »

My girlfriend (at the time) suggested I liked a particular Zombies song mainly because they spent most of it saying "so good so good so good...  never thought you'd be / so good to me"

I decided I was way too negative and one campaign for this was to make a mixtape labeled "GOOD" with only positive songs, or songs with a lot of positive words in them.  Wish I could remember more. 

Lee Dorsey - Love Lots of Lovin
Joe Bataan - Riot  ("good good feelin...")

Long time ago.  90 minutes and I remember 3 songs.

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Music Shit / Re: While im at it...Best Sparks LP Poll!

« on: January 27, 2010, 04:46:25 PM »

I spent way too long staring at the screen before deciding I can't decide.

Though most of Whomp That Sucker is disappointing, Tips for Teens is one of my all time favorites.

Most people seem to think I'm nuts for liking Introducing.  I don't think it's their best, but I like it a lot, especially "Ladies."

Indiscreet, Propaganda, Kimono My House, and Angst In My Pants, No. 1 Song In Heaven -- all great. 

And I thought Hello Young Lovers was phenomenal, "Metaphor" in particular.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Deal Breakers

« on: January 24, 2010, 08:34:21 PM »

No drama.  Cheap phrase but seriously, it seems like some people need to fight and expend a lot of negative energy on a regular basis -- that is a no no.

Girls who have low standards about both men and music are a plus.  I can date them, and listen to whatever I want.  Win-win.

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Music Shit / Re: Sun Ra

« on: January 14, 2010, 02:58:24 PM »

I love the earlier stuff.  Sounds almost pleasant; the weirdness is more subtle.

Sound of Joy
Fate In Pleasant Mood
We Travel the Spaceways
Angels and Demons
When Sun Comes Out
Nubians of Plutonia

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Non-Music Shit / Re: The best thing i ever ate

« on: January 12, 2010, 08:57:32 AM »

not like cheese = fucking psycho

Chicago pizza = great.  When I am home I request my brother order D'agostino's. 

1 apostrophe = faggot's.

My whole life I have met fantastic people through music.  Toshio is definitely one of them.

owennn a lot of times those small (ironically) cheap-looking places have a $5 or so "seating charge," so if you sit down and order a ?700 beer and leave you may end up paying right about ?1300. 

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Non-Music Shit / Re: The best thing i ever ate

« on: January 12, 2010, 05:54:18 AM »

I don't know if this was really the best but a cool experience I was glad I got was eating in a super fancy Japanese restaurant.  I worked for this cranky old cheap-ass lady who utterly shocked me by taking me and the other 2 teachers at her small lousy school out for a really nice dinner, the kind of place I would never have had a chance (been able to afford) to go otherwise.

The full deal, your own private tatami room, ladies in kimono who come in and make a big low-key production out of serving each tiny dish one at a time.  Everything immaculately presented, sashimi on ice, with decorative flowers in an old bamboo-looking bowl, etc.  One thing absolutely knocked me out, miso on a large green leaf, cooked over a candle underneath it.  I normally would think eating a couple tablespoons of (so far as I could tell) straight cooked miso a bit weird but it was fucking fantastic.  Some turtle soup, dish after dish, 5 or 6, at which point you feel kind of weird.  You've eaten some tiny pieces of raw fish, a couple tiny bowls of soup, a couple other things, you are not exactly hungry, but not satisfied either -- not full.

Then they bring out the rice and miso soup.  Putting that in at the end...  man it was amazing.  You are not full in terms of volume, but completely and utterly satisfied and do not need or want to eat anything more.

So I may be off on this but my take was this was really Japanese food.  I realize the idea is generally that the core of the meal is rice and miso soup, and that many people eat this for breakfast, but it always seemed lacking to me.  But it finally made sense that when I go to the cheap-ass (but fucking tasty) place across the street from me and they serve the average "set meal" of fish, rice, and miso soup (with some pickles and tiny shredded cabbage "salad" thrown in for good measure) that they are approximating a daily, quick & dirty version of the lovely formal meal I had at the fancy-pants place.

Knowing the proper order (rice/soup at the end) made the daily (all at once) version make more sense to me.

Could be wrong.  Real Japanese like Steve or aspiring wanna-bes like Ayapapaya feel free to correct...

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Non-Music Shit / Re: What are you cooking and what do you have to say about it?

« on: January 11, 2010, 08:38:43 PM »

after an episode of Anthony Bourdain I decided I wanted something involving spicy potatoes & beans for breakfast.  I couldn't find everything I wanted (chilies, black beans) but with onion, garlic, chili beans, tomatoes, red bell pepper, sweet & normal potatoes, and cumin I made decent breakfast burritos.  Pretty satisfying morning, though due to working at a high school I had to leave the whiskey and bailey's out of the coffee...

Those kids don't know what they're missing.  Drunk & happy sensei would offer far superior lessons I think...

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Non-Music Shit / Re: What are you cooking and what do you have to say about it?

« on: January 09, 2010, 10:28:34 PM »

I miss an oven and cheap/readily available hippie ingredients.

If I grab beans at the Indian grocer, tahini (which I only recently learned exists in Japan as 白ねりごま) from the health food place, pita bread from the international shop, and other stuff from regular stores I can make hummus & lentil soup, and have been doing that a lot lately.

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Music Shit / Re: standard books about music/bands

« on: January 09, 2010, 07:35:03 AM »

Also read the Horace Panther (Specials) autobiography.  A good 1/3 is simply a reproduction of his journal that he kept during their 79-80 US/Japan tours.  At first I thought this was a bit cheap or disappointing but in retrospect, I think it was a really clever way to give the people (or at least me) what they want.  That is to say, it was not a bad way to write a normal summarized / anecdotal autobiography before the peak of the band you are most famous for, slow-motion / zoom into excruciating detail the moment that people bought the book for, and then resume warp speed for your career with General Public, etc.

Future non-royalty-collecting band members:  keep journals.

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Music Shit / Re: YouTube videos (Tyrades, etc)

« on: January 07, 2010, 09:47:21 AM »

Jermaine Jackson & DEVO - Let Me Tickle Your Fancy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0ImnOLzVBc

Not necessarily that great to watch start to finish, but that it exists at all is pretty phenomenal...

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Your Favorite JPEG/GIF

« on: January 02, 2010, 02:34:10 PM »

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Non-Music Shit / Re: What are you doing for new years?

« on: January 02, 2010, 02:08:37 PM »

Nice video Officer Brad X.  Drums in house is one solid case for America > Japan.

Steve thank you for explaining about great uncle.  I was equally mystified.

I worked on Dec 26 and next work again on Jan 6.  As such it is 7 am Jan 3 in the middle of an extended drunk, which at some point involved New Year's Eve, in a karaoke box since none of the degenerates I associate with have any money, and a $30 all night all you can drink karaoke session is about the best we could do. 

I am generally unphased by Engrish but just remembered an ad for a product titled "Placenta," which I will attempt to get from my cellphone to the jpg thread now.

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Music Shit / Re: What are you listening to and what do you have to say about it? Part IV

« on: January 02, 2010, 01:37:53 PM »

Bill Nelson.

I only found out about "Red Noise" a year or so ago.  Then I realized I liked "Quit Dreaming and Get On the Beam" even more.

Then I freaked out and needed more, so I found "Two-Fold Aspect of Everything" which gets into some of his demo / 4-track / ephemeral stuff, but the good rockers are out of control and extremely satisfying.

Then I realized the guy released like 1000 bizarre cassette / fanzine / one-off recordings so I posted on billnelson.com trying to dig up more 1980-era stuff only to have Bill Nelson Himself respond (very kindly), urging me to consider newer material.

http://www.billnelson.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=182092#182092