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Re: Fluxtumblr - Abridged Conversation With Mike from ClapClap.org

scott pgwp — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:44:32 -0000

Brian, you hit the nail on the head - half the examples of "distinct personalities" came from artistic communities - scenes. Matthew, Mike - it's difficult to truly get where you're coming from with sweeping generalizations about how "communities are bad for art", then using No Age as an example of a mediocre band giving too much credence to a scene, then saying it's not about No Age, then citing Fugazi and Eddie Vedder as examples of iconoclastic artists.

Half this conversation you two are having is baffling to me, but I think it's tied up in the fact that there's too many points of entry for this discussion - are we talking about the quality of No Age? the worth of music scenes? the nature of the critical discourse surrounding No Age (or flavor-of-the-month indie bands in general)? Art vs commerce? The foresight of Pitchfork's 9 rating? All of these questions would take me, personally, on different courses.

Re: Fluxtumblr - Abridged Conversation With Mike from ClapClap.org

scott pgwp — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:46:17 -0000

xpost with your DC followup.

Re: Fluxtumblr - Abridged Conversation With Mike from ClapClap.org

scott pgwp — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:58:27 -0000

I get that - understood that it's not a premeditated, edited-for-consumption post.

I'm not trying to be antagonistic about it - I feel like there are three or four great topics to get into between what you two are saying, what I'm saying, and what a few others are saying on their blogs too - but it's all blurring together.

Re: Fluxtumblr

scott pgwp — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:21:11 -0000

I did a post about this a while back—not remotely intellectual in any way—noting an LA Times article that ran down quotes from Clinton, Obama, and McCain on pop culture. Obama's favorite show is the Wire; Clinton said American Idol and Grey's Anatomy—which I kinda found despicable because even this simple question was an opportunity to pander. The best answer, though, was McCain, who said his favorite show was Prisonbreak. When asked what his favorite music was, he said his tastes pretty much stopped in the late sixties because, you know, he was captured by the Viet Cong and was a POW for a few years. Good answer!

Re: Fluxtumblr

scott pgwp — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:04:37 -0000

I was always partial to Burger Joint, a divey place hidden away inside the Parker Meridian hotel around 57th street or so. Especially like it because cheap food is not very easy to find in that particular neighborhood.

Re: Fifty States: Tennessee

scott pgwp — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:51:51 -0000

You guys are moving too fast for me this week! I was looking forward to posting Les Paul and Mary Ford's Tennessee Waltz.

Re: Fifty States: Utah

scott pgwp — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:22:46 -0000

Yeah, but... it's New York State of Mind! Can't it win on technicality?

Kidding. I hope someone's got something else because I hate that song.

Meanwhile. I've got Maine and Missouri both on deck...

Re: Fifty States: Utah

scott pgwp — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:00:04 -0000

Divinyl, you may have just revolutionized the content of Star Maker Machine...

Re: no comments box appears in posts

scott pgwp — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:49:42 -0000

just re-did everything according to the instructions - take another look?

Re: Hell Week: Pretty Polly

scott pgwp — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:08:29 -0000

No one's getting called out for being obvious until "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Ring of Fire" get posted.

Re: no comments box appears in posts

scott pgwp — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:36:34 -0000

in case you missed it - I emailed you on Friday.

Re: Hell Week: Trip Thru Hell

scott pgwp — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:55:30 -0000

This song is genius...

Re: no comments box appears in posts

scott pgwp — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:31:02 -0000

any progress on solving this problem?

Re: incidentals and accidentals - I want there to a be a song of the summer, too....

scott pgwp — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:57:12 -0000

I think he makes a distinction between "the music industry" and "music". I think music isn't going anywhere, despite the implosion of its business environs.

Re: comments now work

scott pgwp — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:35:25 -0000

We'll see how it goes. I've picked up a couple older albums so far (Black Sheep Boy and the first Margot & the Nuclear So & So's). I was hoping to get the new Sigur Ros but it doesn't seem to be there. I don't know a lot about emusic, but so far it's looking like it might be the place for me to fill in back catalogue titles that I never got around to buying and that are never at the top of my list at the actual record store.

Re: incidentals and accidentals - That men’s singles final, which Nadal won deep in...

scott pgwp — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:13:34 -0000

The way Federer gets an ace every time he needs one is mystifying. I'm generally not a Nadal fan but I have to admit he's got my begrudging respect this year, between this and the French. He's like a bulldozer this year.

Re: incidentals and accidentals - Ever wonder where the word “ok” comes from? “The...

scott pgwp — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:00:46 -0000

No idea. I think it's lifted from wikipedia, so I wouldn't go throwing it in your dissertation or anything.

Re: The Sun: Rare Star-Making Machine Discovered...

scott pgwp — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:00:41 -0000

Here's another version of this song, with vocals - Les Paul and Mary Ford, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

Nelson - don't know if there's something specific going on with Hotlinkflles right now, but generally speaking we regulars at SMM gave up on Hotlinks a while back. They seem to have ongoing issues...

Re: The Sun: Sunny Sixties Edition

scott pgwp — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:15:02 -0000

Is the Millenium track really supposed to sound like that or did someone muck up the vinyl-to-mp3 transfer? Sounds like the turntable should've been on 45rpm.

Re: The Moon: Marquee Moon

scott pgwp — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:57:49 -0000

Definitely. Writing this post last night gave me the urge to listen to the whole record this morning. Elevation, Friction, Torn Curtain—what a way to start the day.

Re: incidentals and accidentals - barthel: Nina Gordon - “Nobody’s Fool (Live)”...

scott pgwp — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:08:24 -0000

Yes dear.

Re: Fluxtumblr

scott pgwp — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:42:34 -0000

I was definitely going off on a tangent, sparked by Cindy's comment moreso than the Reynolds quote. I look forward to reading the Reynolds piece in full (but does that mean I actually have to purchase an issue of Spin?? I haven't done that since 1998!).

Re: The Moon: Pink Moon

scott pgwp — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:41:07 -0000

Yes - this album is definitely one of my desert island discs. It's perfection from beginning to end. I really wanted to post "Things Behind the Sun" last week but couldn't find the time. Glad this one didn't get away too.

Re: Fluxtumblr

scott pgwp — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:20:55 -0000

I love that 243 people suggested "immoral".

Re: incidentals and accidentals - There’s a guy in the front row shouting...

scott pgwp — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:47:20 -0000

I'm sure the Malkmus scenario was a little different - I get that random dudes shouting the same thing over and over again is annoying. But at the Callahan show, you could sense in the audience that people thought he was being too harsh. It wasn't a bar full of obnoxious drunks; it was a record store full of stone-cold sober fans who (unlike Callahan) were appreciative of the intimate experience. Callahan's attitude for the whole night was that he could've done without the entire concert, nevermind the two people requesting a song.