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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: April 05, 2017, 04:48:01 AM »

Really into this after the first few listens, looove the design. "Diamonds in Cups" is handily one of the best songs they've written post-reformation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTkxQMP_QCw

Totally off topic - Nick is your avatar pic from the front cover of the Svart Framtid EP?

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Music Shit / Re: Greatest band photos

« on: March 18, 2017, 04:42:01 PM »

I should know this....who is it?

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / Re: ZINES 70s/80s/90s Flesh & Bones Shakin Street Gazette Superdope xXx punk HC

« on: March 18, 2017, 04:03:25 PM »

Hamsterama was a good 'un. Nabbed a few issues over here in the UK direct from Elissa Rashkin whose zine it was. She's a film director now I believe.

Blatch is great too - nice Chet XNO Darmstadter artwork. Ink Disease was always well rated by other zines at the time but I never owned a copy.

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: March 01, 2017, 04:37:11 AM »

the one at the right is some kind of sampler of classical thai music: interesting but nothing extraordinary, there are plenty of those.
On another hand, the one at the left is some strange vocal duets over a simple accordion monotonously played (maybe a bandoneon, an harmonium  or whatever)... plenty of strange speed changes and a psychedelic mantra feeling (there was a volume one, but the guy at the shop wanted 1000 baths for it).

If some one can tell me who they are, I'd be grateful. Here's the back:

the label discography is on discogs but incomplete unfortunately...

https://www.discogs.com/label/434000-Sound-Of-Siam-Records-Ltd-Part

it's a performance of the laotian mor lam of princess taeng-on (the 13-24 is which sections are being sung), the dude is ทองคำ เพ็งดี and the woman is ฉวีวรรณ ดำเนิน. the wild accordion-sounding thing is called a khaen (and is a pretty fuckin cool instrument!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZgMopmHPNs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4r6xw3vra8

There's a whole Persian Surgery Dervishes vibe soaking both those that's immensely appealing and trance-inducing. This is the sort of ethnographic LP I long to stumble across but rarely ever do!

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Pop Punk / Re: Bands Not Commonly Thought Of As Being Racist, Yet They Have Racist Lyrics

« on: February 15, 2017, 05:36:59 AM »

Sorry, back on track!

"White Minority" and "Guilty of Being White" are both a bit dicey, I would say.

McKaye's explanation for 'Guilty' was honest and made sense.

I totally agree and couldn't disagree more with the idea that this is fucked up. It DOES sound superficially awkward and uncomfortable (and having some context would always explain the specific incident(s) this song is about) but that doesn't detract from the subject matter. This isn't a 'baiting' song using racist language; its an account of a response to being repeatedly beaten up by people from an ethnic minority for simply being white. A hate crime committed by a member of one ethnic group against a member of another ethnic group. In this case - a white person.

McKaye's point here seems entirely reasonable to me - the fact that you're black and I'm white doesn't make it OK to beat the crap out of me for my skin colour. It's racist whatever. Don't invoke some history to justify it - it remains an attack by one person on another person solely on the basis of their skin colour. Who'd like to excuse or justify that? No-one?

That this response has been misused and appropriated be racists isn't McKaye's fault/problem. He dealt with a potentially thorny issue that I'm sure he suspected would be misunderstood, and he was right - both to say it and that there'd be inappropriate backlash.

Now back to my prawn curry.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Is the Terminal Boredom board dead?

« on: February 11, 2017, 03:04:27 AM »

It's past it's glory (hole) days for sure. But then it's middle aged so what do we expect?
Terminal Decline Forum
Terminal Illness Forum
Or perhaps Terminal Boredom Forum is literally what it now is.

I vote for keeping it as a meeting place for the Terminally Bewildered and let it naturally and publicly go through dementia. Although if there are those who want to send it off to a Swiss clinic I wouldn't fight it

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Music Shit / Re: Doom/Sludge...

« on: February 05, 2017, 09:02:32 AM »

Warning - Watching from a Distance.  Women HATE this record. That means it's great!

As a non-doom/sludger this is the only record on this entire thread I've actually heard (although I have seen Earth live). I find it pretty devastating - intensely personal lyrics and great music, as well as (I'd guess) a fairly unusual singing style for this genre of music. But I'm intrigued - why do/would women hate this record? In particular this record. That is - as opposed to the genre as a whole.......which I could understand more! (I'm aware Patrick Walker doesn't consider the band doom metal or possible even metal at all)

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Music Shit / Re: Grindcore recommendations

« on: January 31, 2017, 03:59:51 AM »

This is barely an area I know so I'll be checking out the responses myself.
However I'm still blown away by Magrudergrind's Rehashed. Though I'm unsure if this is strictly grindcore or powerviolence or wha...

Either way - an astonishingly savage and tight LP

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Music Shit / Re: Husker Du unreleased material

« on: January 26, 2017, 02:56:11 PM »

Thanks for all the responses.
After a longer search I think this is what I was originally thinking of - long offline though the mp3 links are still active so......bonus!
https://web.archive.org/web/20081023173518/http://www.somethingilearned.com/2007/03/husker-du-rarities-revisited

Knew I'd find it somewhere whatever time it took - although I was afraid of being wrong. Listening to them all for my own amusement.
(Please stop....)

Thanks to Termight who originally sent me the link at least 10 years ago

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Music Shit / Re: Husker Du unreleased material

« on: January 26, 2017, 02:39:01 PM »

It's almost as if Husker Dudes have a warehouse filled with songs... and stories.

Eww......On behalf of Agg I'd like to say sorry somehow

Don't get me wrong, I apologize... still, I'm never talking to you again.

Seems like you are hardly getting over it.  But seriously its not funny anymore.

You win

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Music Shit / Re: Husker Du unreleased material

« on: January 25, 2017, 10:51:48 PM »

It's almost as if Husker Dudes have a warehouse filled with songs... and stories.

Eww......On behalf of Agg I'd like to say sorry somehow

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / Re: It's a whacky list, but it works!

« on: January 15, 2017, 06:10:47 AM »

Seriously tantalising list of tasty treats. Great prices on some of your jazz stuff like the ESPs and at least 10 items on my wants list too! Also in Europe and skint - but not complaining either.

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Music Shit / Re: What are you NOT listening to and what do you have to say about it?

« on: January 14, 2017, 01:27:46 AM »

I am not currently listening to most of the recorded output since recording technology began. This is because I don't own it and have little interest in it apart from a microscopic and very particular selection. It all sounds the same anyway. Apart from Furious Pig.

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: January 12, 2017, 11:38:40 AM »

- The Momes "spiralling" LP - Really great album

Yes, there are lots of great Cold Storage-related records. The Officer! and Het records are big favourites here.

V true - I still need that recent Code Bmus reissue. Tim Hodgkinson worked at Cold Storage. Must've been a phenomenal place to have worked if you dug that wave of bands. What a crucible of ear-shard wealth. Or something.

Good call, I had forgotten about this. Spot on about Cold Storage, set very high standards.

This got me wondering it there is a comprehensive listing of everything recorded at Cold Storage. Perhaps not. But I did find this excellent article about its rise'n'fall

http://www.theransomnote.com/music/articles/do-look-back-the-strange-spell-of-cold-storage/

And I should've guessed that Discogs would offer up something useful
https://www.discogs.com/label/281950-Cold-Storage?sort=year&sort_order=

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: January 08, 2017, 09:24:24 AM »

- The Momes "spiralling" LP - Really great album

Yes, there are lots of great Cold Storage-related records. The Officer! and Het records are big favourites here.

V true - I still need that recent Code Bmus reissue. Tim Hodgkinson worked at Cold Storage. Must've been a phenomenal place to have worked if you dug that wave of bands. What a crucible of ear-shard wealth. Or something.

Good call, I had forgotten about this. Spot on about Cold Storage, set very high standards.

This got me wondering it there is a comprehensive listing of everything recorded at Cold Storage. Perhaps not. But I did find this excellent article about its rise'n'fall

http://www.theransomnote.com/music/articles/do-look-back-the-strange-spell-of-cold-storage/