Um... why have I not listened to anything by The New Pornographers until now?
Have you perhaps been entering this thread with your eyes closed and fingers in your ears for the last 4-odd years?
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - May 09, 2006 11:27:24 am PDT #3229 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
tommyrot - May 09, 2006 11:33:28 am PDT #3230 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Have you perhaps been entering this thread with your eyes closed and fingers in your ears for the last 4-odd years?
Well, I have done much skipping... plus, you know, too much stuff gets mentioned....
Hayden - May 09, 2006 11:39:11 am PDT #3231 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
(Please insert mental image of "shame, shame, shame" fingers here.)
tommyrot - May 09, 2006 11:48:49 am PDT #3232 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I blame my 40 Gig iPod filling up for reducing my incentive to find new music. I've been accumulating music at a prodigious rate since I got my 60 Gig iPod....
Hayden - May 09, 2006 12:27:16 pm PDT #3233 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Y'know, you might find it a bit raucous, but there's this here Southern feller by the name of Elvis Presley who's been driving the teenagers wild.
(I kid!)
tommyrot - May 09, 2006 6:39:49 pm PDT #3234 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Was he that guy in that iPod ad?
DXMachina - May 10, 2006 3:51:20 am PDT #3235 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Is Stephin Merritt a racist because he doesn't like hip-hop?
I gotta admit, I dislike hip-hop and Beyoncé and Outkast, too.
DavidS - May 10, 2006 7:00:56 am PDT #3236 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is Stephin Merritt a racist because he doesn't like hip-hop?
He likes early Run DMC. And he refers to Holland-Dozier-Holland in song. And he worships the Brill Building, which - admittedly mostly jewish songwriters - but lots of black performers. Mostly he's just a moldy fig. He prefers old pop to new pop. He likes ABBA, but so did Joe Strummer.
I don't doubt that he could talk about Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life" for hours, or speak knowledgeably about Otis Blackwell's songwriting.
bon bon - May 10, 2006 7:05:30 am PDT #3237 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The other article in Slate, about "poptimism", is pretty invigorating: [link]
Hayden - May 10, 2006 7:18:51 am PDT #3238 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Just talking about that article on another board. I think "Queen of the Savages" is the best example of Stephin Merritt as a performer flirting with racism, but I think its an example of willfully anachronistic songwriting rather than any true feelings of racism, like Robbie Fulks' song "White Man's Bourbon," which is a direct homage to "Ubangi Stomp." In other words, the taste is questionable, but I don't hear any hate.
Also, Hopper and Frere-Jones have their heads up their asses. That's usually not true of Frere-Jones, but the guy is certainly capable of being a dumb-ass every now and again. Just like anyone else, I guess.