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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: ggw on December 16, 2011, 12:22:32 pm
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Someone had to do it...
I found 2011 generally "meh.." But I probably only bought about ~30 albums this year.
In no particular order:
The Feelies - Here Before
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Wild Flag -S/T
Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings...
Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream
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Also in no order. I disagree that this year was bad. I thought it was a great year for music. I bought more albums this year than I have in years.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - self titled
Wild Flag - self titled
Tom Waits - Bad as Me
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Tori Amos - Night of Hunters
War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
Wilco - The Whole Love (I had given up on them, but it's good)
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
Honorable Mention
Tune Yards
Black Keys
The Roots
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I've been thinkin about this...my favorites of 2011 are
Albums
Kurt Vile - Smoke Rings for My Halo
EMA - Past Life Murdered Saints
Chad VanGaalen - Diaper Island
Standard Fare - Out of Sight, Out of Town
Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh
Songs not on those albums
This Many Boyfriends - Young Lovers Go Pop
Crooked Fingers - Bad Blood
East River Pipe - Tommy Made a Movie
Hunx and His Punx -Too Young To Be in Love
Little Scream - The Heron and the Fox
Jeremy Jay - Caught in a Whirl
Standard Fare - Kudzu Girlfriend
Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello
Rhianna - We Found Love
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Any list without this song at number one (though I would also accept Yuck's "The Wall" or "Georgia" in the top spot) is wrong.
Rhianna - We Found Love
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i already mentioned a couple of these in another thread, but in no particular order:
william elliott whitmore: field songs
chuck ragan: covering ground
frank turner: england keep my bones
audra mae and the almighty sound: ep
dave hause: resolutions
larry and his flask: all that we know
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http://spotirama.blogspot.com/
SPOTIFY END OF YEAR 2011 PLAYLISTS
Best 50 Albums:
Amazon.com
The Guardian
Intro
Mojo
NME
Paste
Pitchfork
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin
Stereogum
The Fly
Uncut
Best 50 Songs:
Intro
NME
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Rolling Stone
Treble
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I only bought three albums this year:
Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Wild Flag - S/T
Liturgy - Aesthetic
loved them all.
..and an EP:
Future of the Left - Polymers are Forever
I like it, but i think that may be primarily because these were the cast-offs of their full length due out in early 2012, and it makes me excited for that.
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Didn't spend too much time on the rankings... but it would be something like this...
1. The Decemberists- The King Is Dead
2. Middle Brother- Middle Brother
3. Childish Gambino- Camp
4. Deer Tick- Divine Providence
5. tUnE-yArDs- W H O K I L L
6. Destroyer- Kaputt
7. Reptar- Oblangle Fizz Y?all (EP)
8. Wu Lyf- Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
9. Yuck- Yuck
10. Dawes- Nothing is Wrong
11. The Black Keys- El Camino
12. Real Estate- Days
13. Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues
14. The Roots- Undun
15. M83- Hurry Up, We?re Dreaming
16. The War On Drugs- Slave Ambient
17. Wilco- The Whole Love
18. Shabazz Palaces- Black Up
19. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks- Mirror Traffic
20. TV On The Radio- Nine Types of Light
21. Bon Iver- Bon Iver
22. WILD FLAG- Wild Flag
23. The Middle East- I Want That You Are Always Happy
24. Washed Out- Within and Without
25. The Kills- Blood Pressures
EDIT: I must be out of touch. I just went through CoS' list. 3 of my top 4 didn't even make their list. I could see Deer Tick and Middle Brother not making a list because they don't have the notoriety, but The Kind is Dead isn't in the Top 50? Seems crazy after reading some other publications' lists.
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indie publications generally don't laud Americana recordings.
EDIT: I must be out of touch. I just went through CoS' list. 3 of my top 4 didn't even make their list. I could see Deer Tick and Middle Brother not making a list because they don't have the notoriety, but The Kind is Dead isn't in the Top 50? Seems crazy after reading some other publications' lists.
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Favorite Albums
1. M83
2. Cut Copy
3. Florence and the machine
4. Hercules and love affair :-*
5. Pj Harvey
6. Ladytron
7. Mates of State
8. Twin Sister
9. Ellie Goulding
10. Justice
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remember the days when it was all cool to show off your album collections, whether they were lps, tapes or cds. rows and rows and walls and closets full of folded cardboard and plasitic with pretty pictures, lyrics and images of the band to stare at. it was a collection to brag about. a collection to impress or relate to others in a visual way, saying, hey, look at what i got. now people have words on a screen. like a robot. with no emotion or feelings to the way it used to be. and lists. lots of lists. it's all they know now.
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remember the days when it was all cool to show off your album collections, whether they were lps, tapes or cds. rows and rows and walls and closets full of folded cardboard and plasitic with pretty pictures, lyrics and images of the band to stare at. it was a collection to brag about. a collection to impress or relate to others in a visual way, saying, hey, look at what i got. now people have words on a screen. like a robot. with no emotion or feelings to the way it used to be. and lists. lots of lists. it's all they know now.
You mad, partner?
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had my tonsils out this week, so plenty of listening & popsicles...
no particular order:
tom waits - bad as me
beach boys - smile
destroyer - kaputt
gillian welch - the harrow & the harvest
mekons - ancient & modern
simon & garfunkel - bridge over troubled water
pj harvey - let england shake
rolling stones - some girls bonus tracks
radiohead - king of limbs
wilco - the whole love
fleet foxes - helplessness blues
the horrors - skying
shin joong hyun - beautiful rivers and mountains
the duke and the king - long live
dave alvin - eleven eleven
mojo magazine sticky fingers tribute cd
oxford american magazine southern music comp
uncut magazine best of 2011 comp
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Any list without this song at number one (though I would also accept Yuck's "The Wall" or "Georgia" in the top spot) is wrong.
Rhianna - We Found Love
it's unbelievable how good this song makes people feel.
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My list, subject to revision:
1. Raphael Saadiq
2. Wilco
3. Lucinda Williams
4. Drive By Truckers
5. Gillian Welch
6. Destroyer
7. Jason Isbell
8. Fleet Foxes
9. Laura Marling
10. Tom Waits
11. Fountains of Wayne
12. Rebirth Brass Band
13. Mayer Hawthorne
14. My Morning Jacket
15. TV on the Radio
16. The Roots
17. Little Dragon
18. Nick Lowe
19. Trombone Shorty
20. Fatoumata Diawara
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this is the Gayest List Ever.
Favorite Albums
1. M83
2. Cut Copy
3. Florence and the machine
4. Hercules and love affair :-*
5. Pj Harvey
6. Ladytron
7. Mates of State
8. Twin Sister
9. Ellie Goulding
10. Justice
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Gay music is the best.
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In some semblance of order/order of semblance
1. PJ Harvey
2. The Civil Wars
3. The Loves
4. Those Dancing Days
5. Gillian Welch
6. Lykke Li
7. Manchester Orchestra
8. Gang of Four
9. Acid House Kings
10. The Decibelles
Honorable mentions:
the Tunics
TVOTR
Yuck
Cave Singers
Most overrated:
Lydia Loveless - sounds like Neko Case outtakes
Biggest Disappointment:
Elbow
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oh, and I thought its was a great year for music!! ;D
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My list, subject to revision:
1. Raphael Saadiq
2. Wilco
3. Lucinda Williams
4. Drive By Truckers
5. Gillian Welch
6. Destroyer
7. Jason Isbell
8. Fleet Foxes
9. Laura Marling
10. Tom Waits
11. Fountains of Wayne
12. Rebirth Brass Band
13. Mayer Hawthorne
14. My Morning Jacket
15. TV on the Radio
16. The Roots
17. Little Dragon
18. Nick Lowe
19. Trombone Shorty
20. Fatoumata Diawara
i'm surprised that you included wilco on your list. didn't you disparage that album as "dad-rock"? maybe it was a grower?
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i think maybe i said wilco was dad rock and nick lowe was granddad rock. neither was meant as an insult. i ended up enjoying both of their albums.
My list, subject to revision:
1. Raphael Saadiq
2. Wilco
3. Lucinda Williams
4. Drive By Truckers
5. Gillian Welch
6. Destroyer
7. Jason Isbell
8. Fleet Foxes
9. Laura Marling
10. Tom Waits
11. Fountains of Wayne
12. Rebirth Brass Band
13. Mayer Hawthorne
14. My Morning Jacket
15. TV on the Radio
16. The Roots
17. Little Dragon
18. Nick Lowe
19. Trombone Shorty
20. Fatoumata Diawara
i'm surprised that you included wilco on your list. didn't you disparage that album as "dad-rock"? maybe it was a grower?
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Close, but it's missing something...
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this is the Gayest List Ever.
Favorite Albums
1. M83
2. Cut Copy
3. Florence and the machine
4. Hercules and love affair :-*
5. Pj Harvey
6. Ladytron
7. Mates of State
8. Twin Sister
9. Ellie Goulding
10. Justice
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Here are my top 10 in no parcticular order:
Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
Eleanor Friedberger- Last Summer
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake
Radiohead-The King of Limbs-
John Cale- Extra Playful EP
Danger Mouse- Rome
My Brightest Diamond- All Things Will Unwind
St. Vincent- Strange Mercy
My Morning Jacket- Circuital
The Kills- Blood Pressures
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Plan B - the defamation of strickland banks (easily the best (most complete) album i listened to on repeat)
Others:
Nico's Gun
White Lies
Beirut
the raveonettes
and for all you haters Foster the People (which is the most catchiest/fun album that i can listen to on the subway all the time and tune out the other people)
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no order here either...
Live Music - Strange Boys
D - White Denim -
Slave Ambient - The War on Drugs
Smoke Ring for my Halo - Kurt Vile
Dye it Blonde - Smith Westerns
Arabia Mountain - Black Lips
Divine Providence - Deer Tick
In Light ? Givers
Believers ? A.A. Bondy
Moonlight Butterfly ? The Sea and Cake
Mirror Traffic -Malkmus and the Jicks
In the Mountain in the Cloud ? Portugal, The Man
Wit?s End ? Cass Macombs
The Whole Love ? Wilco
Tarantula!/Blue Blood ? Limes
Days ? Real Estate
El Camino ? Black Keys
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Most of my faces are already here. 'Cept Dum Dum Girls.
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Oops, faves that is. F'g spellcheck.
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In no particular order, my top 30 for 2011. Most are either witch house (with quite a few Phantasma Disques releases) or Baltimore bands (plus a little hip hop).
Dog Leather - Greezy Man and Stinky Man Meets Smutty Ranks On Tarantula Hill
BL▲CK ? CEILING ? II
Holy Ghost Party - Holy Ghost Party LP
Blissed Out - I
Astronautalis - This is our Science
Juicy J & Lex Luger - Rubba Band Business 2
Celebration - Electric Tarot: Hello Paradise
Slow Head - Veins
Shael Riley and the Double Ice Backfire - Ultimate Songs From the Pit
Sortahuman - Lysergic Bliss
White Ring - Chaind Vol. 1
powwoww - CDR
High Park - All Day
Future Islands - On The Water
Force Publique - Force Publique
White Life - White Life
Prince Rama - Trust Now
Screen Vinyl Image - Strange Behavior
Low - C'Mon
Moss of Aura - Wading
Teehn Bwitches - Album CDR
Grimes - Visions
Roomrunner - Roomrunner
Should - Like A Fire Without Sound
the Skull Defekts - Peer Amid
GuMMyBeAR - Oakland
Adventure - the Lesser Known
Main Attrakionz - 808s & Dark Grapes II
Dope Body - Nupping
GL▲SS ?33?H - CDR
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1.) Nicole Atkins - Mondo Amore
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2.) Sondre Lerche - Sondre Lerche
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3.) The Strokes - Angles
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4.) Feist - Metals
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5.) Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs
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6.) The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
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7.) Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo
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8.) Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
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9.) Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
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10.) TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
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11.) Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
12.) Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
13.) Cold War Kids - Mine Is Yours
14.) Primus - Green Naughahyde
15.) Kasabian - Velociraptor!
16.) Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
17.) The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
18.) Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some
19.) Radiohead - The King of Limbs
20.) Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip
21.) St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
22.) Dex Romweber Duo - Is That You in the Blue?
23.) Ellie Goulding - Lights
24.) Will Haven - Voir Dire
25.) Wye Oak - Civilian
26.) Screen Vinyl Image - Strange Behavior
27.) Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
28.) She & Him - A Very She & Him Christmas
29.) Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
30.) Wild Flag - Wild Flag
31.) The Black Keys - El Camino
32.) Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
33.) Kaiser Chiefs - The Future Is Medieval
34.) J Mascis - Several Shades of Why
35.) Adele - 21
36.) Yuck - Yuck
37.) Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts
38.) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
39.) Beady Eye - Different Gear Still Speeding
40.) Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
41.) U.S. Royalty - MIRRORS
42.) Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
43.) The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps
44.) Lady Gaga - Born This Way
45.) Childish Gambino - Camp
46.) James Blake - James Blake
47.) Boots Electric - Honkey Kong
48.) Thievery Corporation - Culture of Fear
49.) Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do
50.) Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO
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Most overrated:
Lydia Loveless - sounds like Neko Case outtakes
wow.. I love this record.... Neko Case is so boring though although I do like that one song with that band... plus Lydia's got a better voice.. and I think she was like 19 or 20 when this record was cut so she's only going to get better.
Indestructible Machine reminds me of the great alternative country records of the 1990s before the artists "matured" (ie., got old and boring and began to write mainly heavy ballads... )....its got some edge/grit to it
I notice she played Hill Country BBQ in June... I won't miss her the next time she's around..
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my comments on most threads . . . never change
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Most overrated:
Lydia Loveless - sounds like Neko Case outtakes
wow.. I love this record.... Neko Case is so boring though although I do like that one song with that band... plus Lydia's got a better voice.. and I think she was like 19 or 20 when this record was cut so she's only going to get better.
Indestructible Machine reminds me of the great alternative country records of the 1990s before the artists "matured" (ie., got old and boring and began to write mainly heavy ballads... )....its got some edge/grit to it
I notice she played Hill Country BBQ in June... I won't miss her the next time she's around..
Did you remember someone mad that post? What made you go back to a post from nearly two years ago?
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sometimes i get bored with the main two pages . . . and love to read old threads. you can find some real gems in there, and hutch demands only the finest in computer talk.
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boom
that ones for you, hutch
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a few of these records are still on constant rotation for me. namely, destroyer, washed out, and wu lyf. but as a whole, 2011 really was a pretty mediocre year for music.
this thread is also a scary reminder that we're about a week or two away from the onslaught of "Best Of" lists that come out and make everyone unreasonably butthurt.
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well i did a search on lydia loveless and that post is about all that came out....i had expected something on james "alternative country" ford on lydia. ..but nothing..
i was bummed
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a few of these records are still on constant rotation for me. namely, destroyer, washed out, and wu lyf. but as a whole, 2011 really was a pretty mediocre year for music.
this thread is also a scary reminder that we're about a week or two away from the onslaught of "Best Of" lists that come out and make everyone unreasonably butthurt.
Do you mean on here, or in general? I have been working on mine for a few weeks already... It is looking like a top 40 or 50 type of year.
As for 2011 being mediocre... maybe for you, but I thought it was extremely strong, at least upon looking at what I listed for my best of on here. I guess it depends on what kinds of music you like.
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stevewizzle is mostly into girl groups and experimental jazz... so 2011 was understandably pretty weak for him.
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stevewizzle is mostly into girl groups and experimental jazz... so 2011 was understandably pretty weak for him.
why would you watch a bunch of DUDES on stage when it could be a bunch of CHICKS?
a few of these records are still on constant rotation for me. namely, destroyer, washed out, and wu lyf. but as a whole, 2011 really was a pretty mediocre year for music.
this thread is also a scary reminder that we're about a week or two away from the onslaught of "Best Of" lists that come out and make everyone unreasonably butthurt.
Do you mean on here, or in general? I have been working on mine for a few weeks already... It is looking like a top 40 or 50 type of year.
As for 2011 being mediocre... maybe for you, but I thought it was extremely strong, at least upon looking at what I listed for my best of on here. I guess it depends on what kinds of music you like.
i looked at your list and listened to only a handful, so that makes sense.
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stevewizzle is mostly into girl groups and experimental jazz... so 2011 was understandably pretty weak for him.
why would you watch a bunch of DUDES on stage when it could be a bunch of CHICKS?
stevewizzle = RustyOrgan?
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Please keep your list to 20 or less when posting on here. Nobody here cares to look at a 40-50 album eyesore of a list!
a few of these records are still on constant rotation for me. namely, destroyer, washed out, and wu lyf. but as a whole, 2011 really was a pretty mediocre year for music.
this thread is also a scary reminder that we're about a week or two away from the onslaught of "Best Of" lists that come out and make everyone unreasonably butthurt.
Do you mean on here, or in general? I have been working on mine for a few weeks already... It is looking like a top 40 or 50 type of year.
As for 2011 being mediocre... maybe for you, but I thought it was extremely strong, at least upon looking at what I listed for my best of on here. I guess it depends on what kinds of music you like.
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Sorry, I didn't like her album either. I did actually listen to it though.
well i did a search on lydia loveless and that post is about all that came out....i had expected something on james "alternative country" ford on lydia. ..but nothing..
i was bummed
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;)
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Kurt Vile, best of 11' and 13'?? I think so!
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Opening for Old 97's at the 9:30 Club on May 31. Maybe Seth will give you a special VIP seat?
well i did a search on lydia loveless and that post is about all that came out....i had expected something on james "alternative country" ford on lydia. ..but nothing..
i was bummed
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Opening for Old 97's at the 9:30 Club on May 31. Maybe Seth will give you a special VIP seat?
well i did a search on lydia loveless and that post is about all that came out....i had expected something on james "alternative country" ford on lydia. ..but nothing..
i was bummed
interesting...i'd be into it.
i dont know that i'll be back to going to shows by then... i got like 20 rib fractures, six fractures in my shoulder blade, pelvic fractures, vertebrae fracture, eye socket fractures, and i sound like miles davis wen i talk now...and who knows what i'm forgetting...
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Also, I went back and listened to some of her stuff and maybe I didn't give her enough of a chance. She actually sounds pretty good. She'll probably need to watch what she eats; if she puts on too much weight she could easily be a porky midget. ;)
And wow, you're a tough guy. I had one fractured rib and it hurt like fuck. I can't even imagine your pain.
Opening for Old 97's at the 9:30 Club on May 31. Maybe Seth will give you a special VIP seat?
well i did a search on lydia loveless and that post is about all that came out....i had expected something on james "alternative country" ford on lydia. ..but nothing..
i was bummed
interesting...i'd be into it.
i dont know that i'll be back to going to shows by then... i got like 20 rib fractures, six fractures in my shoulder blade, pelvic fractures, vertebrae fracture, eye socket fractures, and i sound like miles davis wen i talk now...and who knows what i'm forgetting...
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Opening for Old 97's at the 9:30 Club on May 31. Maybe Seth will give you a special VIP seat?
well i did a search on lydia loveless and that post is about all that came out....i had expected something on james "alternative country" ford on lydia. ..but nothing..
i was bummed
interesting...i'd be into it.
i dont know that i'll be back to going to shows by then... i got like 20 rib fractures, six fractures in my shoulder blade, pelvic fractures, vertebrae fracture, eye socket fractures, and i sound like miles davis wen i talk now...and who knows what i'm forgetting...
holy shite dude.... be careful of the opiates!