Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition

[bearman🐻]

Which one did you listen to?  they released four albums, not just one.

Mezcal Head is the one I dig the most.

MezcalHead... maybe I'll give it another shot...

I think that "Raise" is more consistent, but "Mezcal Head" has some of my favorite songs of theirs: "Never Lose That Feeling/Never Learn" is sublime, and I never get tired of "Blowin' Cool".

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

so why did you ask what a CD is?

 

cause I like being a wise@ss sometimes

[grateful]

still about 30 tickets unsold for Ace Frehley's show...


if James Ford won't come back to tell us that he was right and I was wrong  I don't think he's ever coming back....

[pedantic] 42 at last count [/pedantic]

[Rogue Riderhood]

Which one did you listen to?  they released four albums, not just one.

Mezcal Head is the one I dig the most.

MezcalHead... maybe I'll give it another shot...

I think that "Raise" is more consistent, but "Mezcal Head" has some of my favorite songs of theirs: "Never Lose That Feeling/Never Learn" is sublime, and I never get tired of "Blowin' Cool".

I am listening to Mezcal Head and then Raise for my morning playlist...

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

still about 30 tickets unsold for Ace Frehley's show...


if James Ford won't come back to tell us that he was right and I was wrong  I don't think he's ever coming back....

[pedantic] 42 at last count [/pedantic]

where on earth are you guys getting these numbers?

although I assume the answer is "if I tell you, I'll have to kill you"

[grateful]

First click here

Then apply simple addition.

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

whew ...not dead yet

[hutch]

First click here

Then apply simple addition.

well...it wasn't so simple for me evidently...

 

[Justin Tonation]

Grrr! I didn't know about the Tuscadero shows! Stupid ear infection! I have never seen them!

Never saw them play, but I bowled with them 

[K8teebug]

Grrr! I didn't know about the Tuscadero shows! Stupid ear infection! I have never seen them!

Never saw them play, but I bowled with them 

That is awesome.

[sweetcell]

Are they DJ or full band sets these days?

Also, I haven't heard anything since Nothing is Lost... How's their stuff been since?

"shpongle on tour" is going to be a DJ set, or Dj + flute, 99% of the time - like on the upcoming tour.  when DJ'ing, simon posfird plays in a LCD/laser/etc booth called the "Shpongletron.

on the rare occasions it is a full band, they really highlight that aspect.  if it doesn't explicitly say "full band", it isn't.  given the expense and logistics of pulling off these shows they tend to be one-offs rather than a full tour. 

their music has remained pretty consistent, although the last album (museum of consciousness) is a slight return to more electronica and a tad less worldbeat, AKA an improvement in my books

[Vas Deferens]

DJ + flute? that is too funny 

[sweetcell]

DJ + flute? that is too funny 

 
yeah, but only if you're never heard Shpongle's music.  one of the two guys in the band (raja ram) plays flute on just about every track.  so "DJ + flute" is simon posford DJ'ing fluteless tracks while raja provides the missing flute parts.

[Justin Tonation]

I'm tempted to post a bunch of student recitals.

[sweetcell]

Ace Frehley is a guitar god!

sorry hutch, but you're alone on this one.

do you play guitar?  if you did, you would know that ace's playing is pretty weak.  his influence over other guitar players is minimal, to put it generously.

i'll entertain that he might be a rock god, but to say that he is a guitar god is ridiculous.  he's a rock star who happens to play guitar, but his playing skills are far, far from legendary.