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[Just Some Girl]

Have fun on yer trip, Kurt.

I'm outta here, too. Try not to miss me too much, y'all.

[Tripp]

drive careful

[bebopbalogna]

wha?  elephant talk not halloweenie enough?

[Tripp]

SO IT WAS YOU!!

[bebopbalogna]

i had nothing to do with the "in the court of..."  avatar, but that, along with the "hey tony levin" post inspired the elephant talk headline.  i couldn't help it.  blame it on the chapman stick.

[bebopbalogna]

also, i was just on the subpop page ordering my copy of (limited to 500) mudhoney's new live lp.  on the "recent top sellers" list,  full blown possession was #8.  right behind one of my all-time favorite records, monkeywrench's debut, "sick as a broke dick dog".  so you may be getting a decent royalty check this month.....

[bebopbalogna]

for those interested, i'm digging the new neil young record.  on first spin, it was kinda "meh", which has probably been the case for the last few, all the way back to "broken arrow", which blew me away from the gogitgo.   but like the others, it is growing on me fast.  initial disappointment:  i have already heard "boxcar" and "ordinary people" from old bootlegs.  while the old live version of "boxcar" is better, (primarily neil's voice is an octave higher, and the reverb on his guitar was perfect) the new recording is pretty good, and it is definately an album worthy track.  "ordinary people" is actually better the second time around.  not only is it six minutes longer, the production is better (less 80's sounding) and his guitar is relentless, and there are a few subleties due to feedback and distortion that only neil's guitar could produce.  and the horn arrangement is surprisingly awesome, though not much different from the old version.  opening track "beautiful bluebird" is classic neil.  sentimental, romantic, and easy to digest.  ben keith's pedal steel makes it sound like a "harvest" outtake.  "shining light" is a sort of slow waltz.  reminds me a little of "such a woman" from harvest moon without the orchestration and more waltz-y, and a super-cool willie nelson-esque plunky guitar solo.  "the believer"  sounds like it should have been on "are you passionate"  primarily due to the faux-stax background vocals (ala 'you're my girl').  short and sweet.  nice simple piano stands out. not a favorite, but not a throw away either. "spirit road"  is a bit of a enigma for me.  musically it reminds me of some of the better songs from "ragged glory", one of my favorite crazy horse records.  however, lyrically it suffers from what i refer to as "dreamcatcher-neil".  stupid hippy dreamy symbolism.  but still, it's neil, and i've forgiven him for the same thing in the past, and i forgive him this time too.  he's lucky the music holds up.    "dirty old man"  is a simple novelty song, in the same vein as "farmer john" and "piece of crap".  crunchy guitar, dumb lyrics, and an ultra simple 4/4 signature. while not near as cool as "piece of crap", it has it's place on the record.  i really like "ever after".  country-esque much like parts of "american stars n bars" or the second side of "hawks and doves"  maybe even reminiscent of "old ways" without the rhinestone nashville production.  again, ben keith's pedal steel is the icing.   "no hidden path"= classic crazy horse neil.  (although other than ralph, it ain't crazy horse.) epic, noisy, bouncy.  great song.    he chose the perfect song to close the record in "the way".  unlike any other neil song ever. kind of a lullaby feel to it.  delicate.  voice in great form, accented by a chorus of children.  leaves you with a sense of hope.  sounds like the birth of something great and a heartfelt goodbye all at once.    so there you go.

i'm digging thurston moore's new one also.  "trees outside the academy".  mostly acoustic, though there is a bit of obligatory noise, and j mascis lends a little shred to a few tracks.   go buy them both now.

[Tripp]

also, i was just on the subpop page ordering my copy of (limited to 500) mudhoney's new live lp.  on the "recent top sellers" list,  full blown possession was #8.  right behind one of my all-time favorite records, monkeywrench's debut, "sick as a broke dick dog".  so you may be getting a decent royalty check this month.....

huhn.. I doubt it.

[matthew]

for those interested, i'm digging the new neil young record.  on first spin, it was kinda "meh", which has probably been the case for the last few, all the way back to "broken arrow", which blew me away from the gogitgo.   but like the others, it is growing on me fast.  initial disappointment:  i have already heard "boxcar" and "ordinary people" from old bootlegs.  while the old live version of "boxcar" is better, (primarily neil's voice is an octave higher, and the reverb on his guitar was perfect) the new recording is pretty good, and it is definately an album worthy track.  "ordinary people" is actually better the second time around.  not only is it six minutes longer, the production is better (less 80's sounding) and his guitar is relentless, and there are a few subleties due to feedback and distortion that only neil's guitar could produce.  and the horn arrangement is surprisingly awesome, though not much different from the old version.  opening track "beautiful bluebird" is classic neil.  sentimental, romantic, and easy to digest.  ben keith's pedal steel makes it sound like a "harvest" outtake.  "shining light" is a sort of slow waltz.  reminds me a little of "such a woman" from harvest moon without the orchestration and more waltz-y, and a super-cool willie nelson-esque plunky guitar solo.  "the believer"  sounds like it should have been on "are you passionate"  primarily due to the faux-stax background vocals (ala 'you're my girl').  short and sweet.  nice simple piano stands out. not a favorite, but not a throw away either. "spirit road"  is a bit of a enigma for me.  musically it reminds me of some of the better songs from "ragged glory", one of my favorite crazy horse records.  however, lyrically it suffers from what i refer to as "dreamcatcher-neil".  stupid hippy dreamy symbolism.  but still, it's neil, and i've forgiven him for the same thing in the past, and i forgive him this time too.  he's lucky the music holds up.    "dirty old man"  is a simple novelty song, in the same vein as "farmer john" and "piece of crap".  crunchy guitar, dumb lyrics, and an ultra simple 4/4 signature. while not near as cool as "piece of crap", it has it's place on the record.  i really like "ever after".  country-esque much like parts of "american stars n bars" or the second side of "hawks and doves"  maybe even reminiscent of "old ways" without the rhinestone nashville production.  again, ben keith's pedal steel is the icing.   "no hidden path"= classic crazy horse neil.  (although other than ralph, it ain't crazy horse.) epic, noisy, bouncy.  great song.    he chose the perfect song to close the record in "the way".  unlike any other neil song ever. kind of a lullaby feel to it.  delicate.  voice in great form, accented by a chorus of children.  leaves you with a sense of hope.  sounds like the birth of something great and a heartfelt goodbye all at once.    so there you go.

i'm digging thurston moore's new one also.  "trees outside the academy".  mostly acoustic, though there is a bit of obligatory noise, and j mascis lends a little shred to a few tracks.   go buy them both now.

Dude, we should totally hang sometime.

[Sabamah]

for those interested, i'm digging the new neil young record.  on first spin, it was kinda "meh", which has probably been the case for the last few, all the way back to "broken arrow", which blew me away from the gogitgo.   but like the others, it is growing on me fast.  initial disappointment:  i have already heard "boxcar" and "ordinary people" from old bootlegs.  while the old live version of "boxcar" is better, (primarily neil's voice is an octave higher, and the reverb on his guitar was perfect) the new recording is pretty good, and it is definately an album worthy track.  "ordinary people" is actually better the second time around.  not only is it six minutes longer, the production is better (less 80's sounding) and his guitar is relentless, and there are a few subleties due to feedback and distortion that only neil's guitar could produce.  and the horn arrangement is surprisingly awesome, though not much different from the old version.  opening track "beautiful bluebird" is classic neil.  sentimental, romantic, and easy to digest.  ben keith's pedal steel makes it sound like a "harvest" outtake.  "shining light" is a sort of slow waltz.  reminds me a little of "such a woman" from harvest moon without the orchestration and more waltz-y, and a super-cool willie nelson-esque plunky guitar solo.  "the believer"  sounds like it should have been on "are you passionate"  primarily due to the faux-stax background vocals (ala 'you're my girl').  short and sweet.  nice simple piano stands out. not a favorite, but not a throw away either. "spirit road"  is a bit of a enigma for me.  musically it reminds me of some of the better songs from "ragged glory", one of my favorite crazy horse records.  however, lyrically it suffers from what i refer to as "dreamcatcher-neil".  stupid hippy dreamy symbolism.  but still, it's neil, and i've forgiven him for the same thing in the past, and i forgive him this time too.  he's lucky the music holds up.    "dirty old man"  is a simple novelty song, in the same vein as "farmer john" and "piece of crap".  crunchy guitar, dumb lyrics, and an ultra simple 4/4 signature. while not near as cool as "piece of crap", it has it's place on the record.  i really like "ever after".  country-esque much like parts of "american stars n bars" or the second side of "hawks and doves"  maybe even reminiscent of "old ways" without the rhinestone nashville production.  again, ben keith's pedal steel is the icing.   "no hidden path"= classic crazy horse neil.  (although other than ralph, it ain't crazy horse.) epic, noisy, bouncy.  great song.    he chose the perfect song to close the record in "the way".  unlike any other neil song ever. kind of a lullaby feel to it.  delicate.  voice in great form, accented by a chorus of children.  leaves you with a sense of hope.  sounds like the birth of something great and a heartfelt goodbye all at once.    so there you go.

i'm digging thurston moore's new one also.  "trees outside the academy".  mostly acoustic, though there is a bit of obligatory noise, and j mascis lends a little shred to a few tracks.   go buy them both now.

Dude, we should totally hang sometime.

gah, i was SO about to say that.  i thought that was you posting at first glance.

[bebopbalogna]

Dude, we should totally hang sometime.

well if you feel like gettin away from the snow for a few days, come on down.  you gotta promise to be in a good mood though. 

by the way, have you picked it up yet?

[bebopbalogna]

you could even drag jer along. i'll get you a show at sluggo's.  believe or not, pensacola folk would probably respond quite well to the canuckraut stylings of the mighty ganesh.

[brainfiber]

Crapstock!

Ganesha
Dragoon
Capt and his bag of bands
Flecton Big sky
Sad But Crazy
Alan and his blues band


Finish 'er up with a all-star jam of the remaining freaks and geeks of crappity who might play an intstument but are not in a band.

[Tripp]

thats not a bad idea.

[brainfiber]

you have the venue...newly expanded I might add to hold more bodies.

you have the poster person...

you have ways to get the word out...

you have the bands...

let me be your Carl Rove.