Holiday Nuthin' Thread
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 23, 2009 4:33 PM PST
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Favorite albums of the year thread. Pick your favorite that was released in '09, and your favorite that you didn't find out about until '09. Don't bother with this thread if you don't want to read a bunch of music nerd rambling.
Baroness - Blue Record
This album makes me feel like I've emerged from the womb of Gaia, covered in earthy placenta, arms aloft, raising a golden sword to the heavens, and just screaming in rage before charging down the barren landscape to smite my enemies.
Also, the songs are really good. Totally good and everything. Some people complain that it isn't metal, which would probably mean I don't like metal. Whatever. I was listening to Wrathchild America when you were still sneaking into your big sister's room to listen to her Cure records. Don't challenge my metalness, hipster scum.
But, yeah. It's my favorite record in years. I wasn't a huge fan of their Red Album, so this one snuck up on me.
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
When I was really, really serious about my pop -- when I could bore a first date with Elephant 6 factoids like few other nerds could -- this album was an import-only dealie, which usually ran around $30. Since I was a broke college student before the days of Napster, I could never pull the trigger on this CD. It was supposed to be the bestest pop album ever, but it was the same price as three used CDs.
I forgot about it until this year, for some reason. Downloaded it from eMusic, and my mind has been blown ever since. It's just as complete and well-crafted as Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper's.
Now you.
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After years of avoiding the inevitable, I finally bought an album by The Fall. Then another, and another, and another. More to follow, no doubt. The first step on the slippery slope was “The Nation’s Saving Grace.”
That’s the best LP of theirs I have. But they’re a band that anthologizes well since most of the other LPs are pretty spotty—I usually end up listening to A-Sides 82-89 or 50,000 Fans. Of the other student records, “Escape Route” etc. is probably my favorite.
by Duelling Brandos on Dec 23, 2009 4:40 PM PST up reply actions
A few years ago, I finally, finally got the chance to see The Fall play live, at the Independent. It was well worth the wait, but man, Mark E. Smith is one weird dude.
Too bad John Peel has been dead for five years now, since probably no one else cares about this little anecdote.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
I care
I was living in Rhode Island in 2002 and was a broke college student, but wanted to see The Fall play before I died…
I remember taking a bus to Boston and walking from South Station to Cambridge to see them play…
I don’t think I understood a single word Mark said the entire show…If you didn’t know who he was, you would probably think he was autistic or drunk, or both……But, it was well worth the walk….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Dec 24, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I’ve really been digging the new albums by The Avett Brothers and Teagan and Sara.
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Dec 23, 2009 4:38 PM PST reply actions
Oh, and also Jenny Lewis’ Acid Tongue.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Dec 23, 2009 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
Jenny
I saw Jenny Lewis in Santa Cruz earlier this year; outstanding show! I resisted Rilo Kiley and ‘Rabbit Fur Coat’ because of her child actress status, and man, was I pissed when I finally realized what my prejudice had kept me from hearing. I love her live version of ‘You Are What You Love’ – great stuff!
Eliminate that pesky Dominatrix in one easy step. Step 1: Tell her you're a Cubs fan!
I also quite like that album
But it wasn’t on my list since it came out in 2008.
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Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Ah, yeah, I forgot that. I just discovered it this year, though.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Dec 24, 2009 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
1776
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MY NAME IS RICHARD HENRY LEE, VIRGINIA IS MY HOOOOOOOME!
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 23, 2009 4:55 PM PST up reply actions
The Portland band, or the Broadway musical of the same title? I saw the band 1776 open for the Dandy Warhols last week. Appreciated the fact that they covered the Seeds (“No Escape”)and Syd Barrett (“Terrapin”) in their set.
The band.
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by satyricrash on Dec 23, 2009 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
Whoa. The Seeds, as in the no-hit wonders from the early ’90s?
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 23, 2009 11:25 PM PST up reply actions
Looks like no
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seeds_%28album%29
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Pushin Too Hard?
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 23, 2009 11:28 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, Grant.
/sad trombone
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by satyricrash on Dec 23, 2009 11:44 PM PST up reply actions
http://www.amazon.com/Ling-Seed/dp/B000002L21/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1261680810&sr=8-1
Hey, five stars across the board! You can’t beat that.
Someday I’m going to record a covers album of all my major label alt-rock flops from the mid ‘90s. April’s Motel Room, Seed, Hash, Greenberry Woods…yeah, then you’ll all see their genius.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 24, 2009 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, hire me to design the album cover! $$$$
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by satyricrash on Dec 24, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I wish I knew anything about new music these days. I just spent the day listening to Better than Ezra and Elton John.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
And I spent all of yesterday listening to the Gin Blossoms. Which is really hard to do because they only have four songs.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
All of which can bore a hole in your brain and leave little eggs behind that grow into mini-Gin-Blossoms that play those four songs over and over all night long ruining your sleep.
WE CAN DRIVE AROUND THIS TOWN AND LET THE COPS CHASE US AROUND!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
HEY JEALOUSY! HEY JEALOUSY! HEY JEALOUSY! HEY JEALOUSY!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 4:48 PM PST up reply actions
I’M PACKED AND I’M HOLDING I’M SMILING SHE’M LIVING SHE’S GOLDEN SHE LIVES FOR ME SAYS SHE LIVES FOR ME OVATION GOT HER OWN MOTIVATION SHE GOES ROUND AND SHE GOES DOWN ON ME AND I’LL MAKE YOU SMILE LIKE A DRUG TO YOU DO EVER WHAT YOU WANT TO DO COMING OVER YOU KEEP ON SMILING WHAT WE GO THROUGH I WON’T STILL TILL THE RHYTHM IT DIVIDES YOU AND I SPEAK TO YOU LIKE THE CHORUS TO THE VERSE DROP ANOTHER LINE LIKE THE CODA WITH A CURSE AND I MAKE A FREAK SHOW TAKE THE STAGE WE GIVE THEM THE GAMES TO PLAY SHE SAID…
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
Whoops, no spell check for ALL CAPS.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 4:53 PM PST up reply actions
YOU DONUT HALF TWO TELL ME!!
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What? They actually have one epic song chopped into four parts. Sort of like how Nickelback has one song with a million different lyrics.
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by GiantsFanInExile on Dec 23, 2009 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
just a few that i liked this year...
these are powers – all aboard future
fresh and onlys – s/t, grey-eyed girls
bat for lashes – two suns
phoenix – wolfgang amadeus phoenix
broadcast & focus group – investigate witch cults of the radio age
pj harvey & john parish – a woman a man walked by
I asked for that Phoenix album for Christmas. I hope I get it.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 4:42 PM PST up reply actions
LOL Bat for Lashes
I had an argument with some Bat For Lashes fan on Youtube. Bad Lieutenant opened for them on one show in England and he said they weren’t very good. When I informed him they were actually New Order under their new name, (due to legal reasons) he said he never heard of them.
No Edgar, it's not your fault, it's the fault of the idiot that plays you
Looking through the list of albums of 2009, I discovered that Third Eye Blind is still active and that they’re from SF. Also Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes released an album despite having passed away 7 years ago. Anyway, I don’t really keep up music, but my album of the year is the newest Switchfoot album “Hello Hurricane”.
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Oh, I did buy that Third Eye Blind CD. It’s fairly meh. I think I immediately regretted owning at least half of the album. But I’m perfectly fine with the other half.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 4:45 PM PST up reply actions
I was a teenager when they got really popular. I still know all of the words to their first two albums.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions
Actually Third Eye Blind is from Palo Alto, or at least the lead singer is. They played Music in the Park in San Jose last summer.
by faust10 on Dec 27, 2009 9:19 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/20/PK64418.DTL&type=entertainment
He is the sole owner and shareholder of Third Eye Blind Inc., a band formed in San Francisco in 1992, shortly after the breakup of a hip-hop duo Jenkins was a part of, and incorporated in 1996.
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Ur
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/20/PK64418.DTL&type=entertainment
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Annoying indie guy sez
Favorite ’09 Release: Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective. A quality album in its own right, but also a great example of a band walking the line between its more esoteric tendancies and poppiness and coming up with something totally wonderful and accessible without selling out.
Favorite ’09 Discovery: Wowee Zoweer by Pavement. I was in high school when these guys were originally active. I guess hearing “Cut Your Hair” all the time on the radio turned me off a bit, but man they would have been the perfect band for that time in my life.
I KNOW NUMEROUS PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WHO HAVE TOLD ME THAT MY KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC EXCEEDS THAT OF NEARLY EVERY OTHER PERSON IN THE FIELD, THEREFORE YOU PEOPLE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO MY INFORMATION AND TAKE COPIOUS NOTES BECAUSE EVERYTHING I SAY IS CORRECT.
/CPlaneLawr
Merry Christmas, McCoven. YOU DRINK YOUR DAMN EGGNOG
He will never live that down
is there a worse place to say something like that?
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
in brian sabean's face
’cause then he would be hired and lincecum would probably be traded for yuniesky betancourt
On a random note
Stop making your Beatles Rock Band scores so hard to beat.
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+1 on the Animal Collective album, it’s awesome.
F. the Lewis.
by calpolynate on Dec 24, 2009 12:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Mrs. Hairball said, when she saw this thread
“Everyone’s gonna be talking about Animal Collective. Watch!”
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Does currently streaming U tube versions of Linus & Lucy count?
/ retruns to basement.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
I came across this Canadian band a couple of months ago. They are a three man power trio with a gnome for a lead singer, tight harmonies and multiple sci-fi references. The band is named “Rush” and the album was “Moving Pictures”. I think they are my new favorite band…
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
BOOOOOOOOOOO
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How can you boo this man? He represents half of the the Canadian military himself! Can you guess who makes up the other half?
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
The other half (rightfully assigned) is the infamous Canadian Shelby Watters (aka – “Half Beard”). He was the lone Canadian to fight in the Vietnam and Gulf War. Ol’ Half Beard and Geddy make Greenland shutter at thought of a potential invasion.
Any type of mongering is A-OK in my book.
Who cares, Canada sucks.
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Greenland photographers unite!
Predator’s Note: That the Baroness released a “Blue” record comes as no surprise to me.
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 23, 2009 8:02 PM PST up reply actions
You obviously mistake me for a guy the does not enjoy a turd disturbance.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
"I sense a great disturbance in the turds"
/tarzan yell
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
Sunset Rubdown’s perhaps misleadingly titled Dragonslayer was definitely my favorite album this year. They’ve been my favorite band for the last couple years, and the latest release from the ever-so-busy Spencer Krug and company did not disappoint.
Speaking of Elephant 6...
I went on a huge Of Montreal kick this year. Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer is their magnum opus, and The Past Is A Grotesque Animal is probably the best song ever, but Satanic Panic in the Attic is more fun.
As for albums released this year, Kristin Hersh’s Speedbath is pretty great.
Have you seen them live since they went more dancy/electro? I saw them when they were doing mostly twee psychedelia (and doing a good job of it), and they rocked hard.
they still
bring the pain live. it’s an amazing show.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 23, 2009 7:39 PM PST up reply actions
Hissing Fauna is so good.
I can’t stand Skeletal Lamping though.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Yeah, I’ve tried listening to Skeletal Lamping a few times and it’s just not good.
This will in no way compromise my feelings toward Hissing Fauna, of course.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Yeah, I’m hoping they move on from Georgie Fruit on the new album.
Skeletal Lamping has its moments though, and was worth it just so I could hear my 3 year old happily singing, “we could do it soft core…”
My issue with Skeletal Lamping is that it feels like Kevin Barnes heard all the praise for Hissing Fauna and decided that it was all for the second half of the album and then made an entire album of that, only even MORE edgy and over-the-top. And he put like 18 different tempo and mood-shifts into each song so the whole thing is just a schizophrenic mess.
Hissing Fauna, however, is still brilliant.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
+1 on Past is a Grotesque Animal
Awesome song. Too bad they didn’t play it when we saw them in SF (although that was an awesome show, despite the lack of nudity thanks to the all ages aspect)
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Lately I’ve been hooked on the Jugtown Pirates and the Water Tower Bucket Boys.
I’m pretty excited for the new Yeasayer album that is slated to be released in February. If you haven’t heard Ambling Alp (the video is NSFW – it haz naked people), I highly recommend you give it a listen.
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I really love the Dylan “Fart Over Polka” album. It is timeless.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 4:59 PM PST reply actions
Man, now you got that song stuck in my head.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 23, 2009 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
I thought track 3 was a little overblown.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 5:01 PM PST up reply actions
3 favorites, in order
Thrice – Beggars
Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect
Muse – The Resistance
+ 1 on Muse
I like every song on that album except the symphonies
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
The “symphony” (did anyone mention to Matt that he sounds like Miss Piggy on parts of that?) and the song before it are complete and utter shite.
Up until then, not too shabby, but overall “The Resistance” is a huge step down from “Black Holes.”
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
You don't like I belong to you?
I think that song is ok. The best song on theat album is undisclosed desires.
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
yes yes yes, my fav. album of the year
F. the Lewis.
by calpolynate on Dec 24, 2009 12:28 AM PST up reply actions
+1 on Muse as well. I just discovered the band in general this year and they’ve easily become one of my very favorites. It seems like their music is some of that rare stuff that I can listen too over and over and rather than getting sick of it it just keeps getting better.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Dec 24, 2009 12:15 AM PST up reply actions
Muse is one of my all-time favorites. Amazing musicians who can rock the f out on stage. Although, their new album is disappointing compared to their last two.
I still like Absolution the most – Hysteria? Butterflies & Hurricanes? Two of the best songs I’ve ever heard.
by GrooveGiant on Dec 24, 2009 12:27 AM PST up reply actions
Muse: 4/14/10
Anyone else going? They were solid at Not So Silent Night so I figure it was worth the buy for next year
My favorite of 09’ : Crack the Skye by Mastodon
My favorite that I found out about in 09’ : Illmatic by Nas
by AndOnTheDrums... on Dec 23, 2009 5:02 PM PST reply actions
Best of the year: The Antlers – Hospice
it hits all of my “person is emotionally devastated and writes an album about it” musical kinks. and oh boy, those are some good lyrics.
Runners-up: The Flaming Lips – Embryonic, Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Tegan and Sara – Sainthood, Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest, Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
Best that I “discovered” this year – it wasn’t technically the first year I heard it, but I think this year was the first time I really appreciated The Flaming Lips’ The Soft Bulletin. Vaulted its way up into my top 10 albums of all time this year, when previously I thought it was just sorta okay! But man, it’s sort of in the same boat as Hospice (although not quite so obviously depressing).
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
what happened to Veckatimest? That was in your top 5 albums of the decade or so before, no? Perhaps this doesn’t reflect your change in opinion on Veckatimest so much as the finding of a real gem in Hospice?
I’m a bit embarrassed to admit I still haven’t given The Flaming Lips a chance… I spent a lot of time being a jazz and classical music snob, so I have a bunch of catching up to do on the late-90s/early-aughts alternative musicians.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
I loved Veckatimest a lot from about the time it leaked to August or so, but it grew off me a bit. I still like it a lot, but Hospice was just really incredible and MPP grew on me a lot and Embryonic was also an album that sort of blew me away. I really do think this was an extremely strong year for music, so it definitely isn’t anything against Veckatimest that it sort of dropped down in the rankings.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Veckatimest didn’t grab me right away… strangely enough, it was after that video came out for Ready, Able that I really started taking a second look at it liking the album a lot more.
Bitte Orca probably grew on me the most though… at first, I was kind of like “what the ef is this isht?” But then I developed a minor obsession with it. At first the strangeness turned me off, but slowly the sound developed into something both catchy and beautiful. I was tempted to put Bitte Orca above MPP, but I think that would be ignoring the ridiculous amount of time I spend listening to MPP after it came out.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
The Antlers
I was going to come here and say the same thing. That album blew my mind a few months back when I stumbled upon it. Just amazing.
You’re other albums were definitely good, too.
I stumbled upon this list of the 25 best albums of 2009: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/12/the-25-best-albums-of-2009.html and I actually thought they did a nice job. I wouldn’t necessarily agree with all of them, and I’d probably order them differently, but they got a lot right.
Further, I’d add Noah and The Whale’s – The First Days of Spring. It was fantastic.
Finally, I’m just glad there are other people who love E6 as much as I do.
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-My Father.
by thecrippesking on Dec 23, 2009 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
I’d definitely agree on Hospice.
It hasn’t really been a regular in my rotation, but I was absolutely floored the first time I heard it, and it hasn’t lost any of its power in the times I’ve revisited it.
It didn’t totally blow me away until the second time I listened (when I read the lyrics on the liner notes along with the songs) but oh man, once it did, it basically took over my whole brain for at least a month.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
+1 on Animal Collective
I also really liked The Hazards of Love by the Decemberists and No One’s First, and You’re Last by Modest Mouse. The best album I discovered this year was Neon Bible by Arcade Fire. I have no idea how I’d heard of them for so long but never listened to them, but they quickly and easily became one of my new favorites.
The very bad man traded my son...So now I'd like you all to meet my new son, Ryan "Aaron" Garko...Dammit it's just not the same!
Whale Song and King Rat were definitely pretty great off No One’s First.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Agreed. I also liked Guilty Cocker Spaniels.
The very bad man traded my son...So now I'd like you all to meet my new son, Ryan "Aaron" Garko...Dammit it's just not the same!
King Rat is nuts
Didn’t care for Whale Song
by Lisa Stevens on Dec 24, 2009 8:45 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
For the Antlers fans here
Just found this: http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=2160
Show with every song from Hospice performed (except Prologue), plus Cold War and an untitled new track. THIS IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Soft Bulletin is other worldly
That music felt like it saved my soul more than a few times.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Embryonic kicks my ass! There really is nothing good about living in Dallas except close proximity to Ollahoma City, where I will be attending the Flaming Lips New Years Eve Freakout. They’ll be playing dark side of the moon in it’s entirety after midnight! Hooray flips
by GameSix on Dec 24, 2009 11:38 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I'M SO JEALOUS OF YOU
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I love Hospice
At first I wasn’t sure if it was really that great, or just spoke to me since I have had similar experiences. But yeah, it’s awesome.
by microwave donut on Dec 24, 2009 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
And Odessey & Oracle is awesome. but lol what a loser for not hearing it until now, geez.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
So my holiday gift arrived today from Omaha
Clearly, the FNB of Omaha wants me dead.
4 16 oz steaks
12 ground sirloin burgers
12 stuffed baked potatoes.
What the fuck am I going to do with all this? I wonder if a food bank will take them?
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 5:16 PM PST reply actions
DON'T LARS DON'T
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Give them to me.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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I concur.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 5:18 PM PST up reply actions
Pick it up and it is yours
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh, red meat. Give it to Natto.
... null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time
I’m waiting.
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I haven’t heard of any of those bands.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
Too indie for you
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Needs moar mid-nineties alternative influence.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 5:26 PM PST up reply actions
12 stuffed baked potatoes is a chamber music group, IIRC.
... null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time
Marginally better than the 15 Tenors.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
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McCoven Holiday BBQ at Lars’ house!
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BYOF
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BYO Lutefisk
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by EliminateMe on Dec 24, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions
and glugg
/summons Lars
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Lutefisk
Garrison Keillor reference?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
So sad. All that wonderful meat frozen for shipping.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
True!
I arrived in a Styrofoam cooler. At least the cooler will be useful.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 7:14 PM PST up reply actions
Sounds like…
…quite the tricky birth for your poor mom!
by PositionPlayerProd on Dec 24, 2009 4:36 PM PST up reply actions
Nah
It was like the delivery on Monty Python’s Meaning of Life.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 24, 2009 4:50 PM PST up reply actions
Normally that would sound good. But I hate two greasy burgers today & had a couple of donuts for breakfast. I’m only on here until the heartburn goes away. I miss the days when I could eat anything & it wouldn’t affect me.
"It's too late now."
Lars,
Did you see the article in SFGate about FoodRunners?
They might be able to help you if you haven’t figured something else out already. Contact phone numbers follow the story.
My definite personal favorite from this year is the debut album from Dave Rawlings Machine. (Dave Rawlings finally steps out of the accompanist/producer’s booth and created an Americana/mountain music “minisupergroup” with his better half Gillian Welch and the center three-fifths of Old Crow Medicine Show.) Their cover (is it a cover when you wrote the original song for another artist?) of “To Be Young (Is to be Sad, is to be High)” is awesome, but I really like the first track, “Ruby”, with this wonderfully melancholy chorus.
Also enjoyed “I and Love and You” from the Avett Brothers.
I bought, but haven’t fully listened to, the new Giants starting rotation Arctic Monkeys album.
I also would like to cite Queensrÿche’s concept album “American Soldier” for power and emotion. Not my kind of music, but “Home Again” is a great document of the current (and by extension all) U.S. wars.
Jars of Clay, my babies, released a new album this year too. But I don’t like the direction they’re going. Electro-synths. Still, from that album, “Closer” is a fun pop confection, and “Safe To Land” is epic.
AND THEN THERE"S MITCHEL MUSSO OMG
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Humbug (new Arctic Monkeys) is teh shiznit. IMO better than Favourite Worst Nightmare and Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.
Whats an album?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 23, 2009 5:20 PM PST reply actions
The Old Coots have a new one out… it’s called “Get Off My Lawn!!!”
by Merope on Dec 23, 2009 5:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I never thought they’d go electro-pop. But “Fake Turf” just makes me wanna dance.
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Insects make me wanna dance
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
OWWW!
They bite and sting and sucksucksuck.
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 5:40 AM PST up reply actions
Merope
2 LOL in one string… vacation suits you well DOOD!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 7:11 AM PST up reply actions
GET OFF MY LAWNS
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CRASH HAS MULTIPLE LAWNS!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 5:22 PM PST up reply actions
ONE NAMED HORGRASS GREENLEY, ONE NAMED BRENDA
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
He celebrates himself
and sings himself
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 7:11 AM PST up reply actions
The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
Royksopp – Junior
Imogen Heap – Ellipse
Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg
It was all artists I’ve known and liked for a while releasing new stuff.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 23, 2009 5:26 PM PST reply actions
I can tell you what one of my favorite albums of 2010 is going to be: Cake’s upcoming release.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 5:27 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
/sings in monotone
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
/while throwing a slider at Nate’s back foot
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 5:28 PM PST up reply actions
/existentialism
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
PIE!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
They haven’t released anything in years.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
No way, man. I love Cake.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 23, 2009 9:56 PM PST up reply actions
+1
Cake rules.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
Cake
The only band to come out of Sacramento.
by Lisa Stevens on Dec 24, 2009 8:49 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Tesla was awesome until they put out that “Signs” cover. Then their career just completely tanked.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
HAHAHAHAHA WHO LOLing NOW LARS!!?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 23, 2009 5:30 PM PST reply actions
Don't make me execute order 66 all over your ass!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 5:32 PM PST up reply actions
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Dec 23, 2009 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory
D:
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Dec 23, 2009 8:26 PM PST up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
/A wookie swings by with a tarzan yell
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 5:37 PM PST up reply actions
I WANT THIS
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
I take pictures
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 23, 2009 8:06 PM PST up reply actions
DAMNIT
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 23, 2009 5:35 PM PST up reply actions
it's going to come off like I copied the various music sites, but whatever...
My favorites of the year (this is my rough order, but it changes depending on my mood)
Animal Collective – MPP
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
MMW – Radiolarians 2 and 3
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
the xx
Girls – Album
Atlas Sound – Logos
Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
DOOM – Born Like This
Antlers – Hospice
St. Vincent – Actor
Albums I really need to check out:
Flaming Lips, Neko Case, Raekwon
I think it’s been a pretty cool year for music. I think there were a number of outstanding albums and a lot of groups that were either new (the xx) or which grabbed my attention for the first time (Dirty Projectors)
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Yeah, I think this decade ended with a real bang. Fantastic year for music.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
MMMMMMMMMMBop
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
why is mon mothma?
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Did I like anything released this year?
I liked the new Avett Brothers CD. Middle Cyclone was solid. It’s Blitz was, uh, listenable.
Man, I feel old again. I like the Zombies better than just about any album I heard this year.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
It's Blitz is quite good, to say the least
And by the way, all y’all, YOU’RE ZEEEROHHHHHH!!!!!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I didn’t really get into the Silversun Pickups until this year, but I likes em.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
Really?!?
I loved swoon it had so many good songs-panic switch, substitution, the royal we…why didn’t you like it?
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
It just sounds bland to me.. like musical constipation. Panic switch is a very good song though. Just alot of non-inspiring songs for me on that one.
Agree to disagree I guess
to me that was the 2nd best album this year (behind Oracular Spectacular by MGMT) and I’m hoping to see SSPU and Muse when they go to Oakland in 2010
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
Yeah the main problem is that I live in Sacramento
If i lived in the Bay Area I would definitely be going.
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
I guess it just doesn’t compare to Carnavas, which is in my all time top records. I need them to rock more.
Lazy Eye is a really good song
Little lovers so polite is solid as well but I like Swoon better.
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
The long version = very fun on Rock Band
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I loooove lazy eye
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by bondslegend on Dec 24, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Oh man, forgot about them
Silversun Pickups are TEH AWSUMZ!!!!!!!! And aren’t they, like, 12 years old?
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
“Meesa Annoying” – JarJar and Stereotypes
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 6:24 PM PST reply actions
from K-Tel?
“Meego Peepee in Your Coke”- the Viceroys
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
Best of the year – Atlas Sound, “Logos”; Elvis Perkins, “Elvis Perkins in Dearland”; Animal Collective, “MPP”
Best I discovered this year – really, a bunch of stuff by David Kilgour, former frontman of The Clean, an early 80s indie pop outfit on the Flying Nun label. He had a remarkable run of solo stuff from the early 90s to the mid 00s.
Odessey & Oracle is the greatest!
Bengie: Like an Aurilia kidney stone, slow-moving and tough to get out.
I was amazed by that one
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I've never been happier to have Crabs
this
I haven’t listened to much this year – infant son – but loved this record.
Welcome to the big leagues, son! Proud McCoven parent of future rookie of the year, Gerald "Buster" Posey and RL mom to future HOFer Henry! ;)
by GiantsFanInExile on Dec 23, 2009 10:14 PM PST up reply actions
Not to nitpick
Because this would’ve been my choice too, except it came out before last christmas, so wouldn’t it be from 08? I would put it up with Vampire Weekend for best album of 2008 though
true i checked after and it did come out in 08 but i didn’t check it out till 09
but it was AMAZING not just the use somebody/sex on fire. I totally understand people getting annoyed since they play it all the time but i listen to my ipod so i don’t hear the radio much anymore
Now batting catcher Buster Posey
my dream for 2010
“Who Am I?” – Duanel Jones
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 6:49 PM PST reply actions
Recently on pandora
metric-fantasies
yeah yeah yeahs- it’s blitz
The weepies- Say I am You
I also liked the new tegan and sara CD a LOOOT. And the dashboard confessional one was pretty good too, though I doubt there’s too many of their fans around here
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Pandora!
What brought me to Massive Attack and Portishead.
I’m always awed by the vast number of references to bands I’ve never heard of when threads like these appear. It comes as no surprise since I never venture into any local or distant music scene other than Pandora, which seems a little dated and somewhat restrictive (although the way characteristics overlap and “Thievery Corporation radio” suddenly starts hammering me with techno is both amusing and irritating at the same time).
This needs to change.
So – and I sincerely hope somebody responds to this – where do you find your music?
Or should I simply request “Indie radio” on Pandora?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 23, 2009 8:15 PM PST up reply actions
Portishead is pretty good.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Where do I find my music?
I got Sirius and it is awesome. I love Alt Nation. Lithium and XMU are good as well.
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
I agree
every time people start talking about food, booze, or music on this site (ie: always) I am usually utterly lost. Never heard of 95% of the bands, but I also don’t listen to “mainstream” stuff.
If you podcast, I’d suggest “all songs considered” by NPR. It’s the best podcast in the history of everything. They have a series called tiny desk concerts, and I have yet to see one that isn’t amazing, and it’s almost always a band I’ve never heard of. A recent one was fanfarlo and OH MY GOD they are awesome.
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But nobody says “fuck” like you do. nobody.
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I knows my strenghs
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by bondslegend on Dec 23, 2009 11:49 PM PST up reply actions
And spelling isn't one, apparently
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by bondslegend on Dec 23, 2009 11:50 PM PST up reply actions
I wasn’t going to point that out, honest.
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by shanghaijim on Dec 23, 2009 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
Freeform radio on the internet – wfmu.org and kusf.org (among many others) archive their shows, so once you find a DJ you like, you can listen to their show on your own time… I do this a lot at work (Dave the Spazz on wfmu rules, for instance)
Podcasts like the aforementioned all songs considered… for some reason, I don’t do this much, maybe because I so infrequently update my ipod. I think I’m going to subscribe to all songs considered, just to see how I like it.
Music bloggers like my friend Kevin at hellovegetables.com or one of the many, many other great people doing this… I suppose like everything else it’s a matter of separating the wheat from the chaff.
Last FM (www.last.fm) – you can sign up, explore, listen find out all kinds of stuff about the bands (it claims to learn from what you like and suggest other things you’d like) or listen to other users’ playlists. My friend is a DJ on KALX (kalx.org), but she also has a last fm account (matokie) and I think she’s great, so I end up just listening to her playlist more often than not.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 23, 2009 10:25 PM PST up reply actions
I dunno. You just pick stuff up from the zeitgeist. I mean, for me, it’s easy since my real love is such a narrow focus, I don’t have to wade through vast genres, enough samples of which I’d checked to know I wasn’t interested. Obviously you check out what the cognoscenti are buzzing about, just to keep current, even if you wouldn’t listen to it yourself.
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by shanghaijim on Dec 23, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
PITCHFORK
lol
no, really, I have a few places where I discuss music and I get a lot of recs there.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Cog no scen ti?
A DJ I like?
I was never able to say I had one before, but now? Shadow.
I’ll just copy this whole damned page, bring up Limewire, and never leave the apartment again.
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 5:47 AM PST up reply actions
Their reviews. I like most everything else about the site though, tbh.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
About 90% of the time, I can predict the ranking within 1.1 points just from reading the band name and the one-sentence blurb on the front page.
But danged if that isn’t where I’ve gotten hundreds of good recommendations over the past decade.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 24, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
I tend to go to the AV Club for a lot of my music recommendations though their top 10 albums of the decade had me scratching my head.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
by BrianBokake on Dec 24, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
they’re pretentious bastards, and their reviews suck… but, they’re better than anyone else at picking out the albums I end up liking. Suggestion? Perhaps… but the same thing doesn’t happen with other sites. Half the time I listen to an album that drownedinsound loves, I don’t like the album.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
they suck.
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by satyricrash on Dec 24, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Passion Pit: Manners
The Hold Steady: Boys and Girls in America
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
White Rabbits I liked. Them Crooked Vultures is great. I dug Slayer’s new rekkid. But my number one is NOFX – Coaster. Three of my all-time favorite NOFX songs have only been around for 8 months…Suits and Ladders, Creeping Out Tegan, and Best God in Show are new classics.
Fathaigh go mbuaimid!
Jason Stoffel, 2009 (Rookie + A-): 24IP, 1-0, 0.75 ERA, 5 S V, 25K. The heir apparent to B-Weez.
by bigboneded on Dec 23, 2009 7:19 PM PST via mobile reply actions
+1 on MGMT
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YOU SHOCK ME LIKE AN ELECTRIC EEEEEEEEL
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I've never been happier to have Crabs
Such a good album.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Grant's right- Odyssey and Oracle is amazing
/thread over
Merry Christmas, McCoven. YOU DRINK YOUR DAMN EGGNOG
“What The Fuck Is This?” – Padme and the Flying Italian Mechanic Bugs
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 23, 2009 7:26 PM PST reply actions
Reminds me of my favorite no longer together band that I never actually listened to: Those Fucking Unicorns.
Joe Martinez: You are cool.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Built to Spill is my favorite band of all time, but their last couple of albums have been a little underwhelming…
But, they released an album this year that reminded me of why I loved them so much to begin with….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Dec 23, 2009 7:30 PM PST reply actions
people talk
way too much shit about You In Reverse but it’s a got a handful of awesome songs. Enemy is better but not by that much.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 23, 2009 7:43 PM PST up reply actions
I thought You in Reverse was pretty good and I agree that there were a couple of really good songs on it….songs that translated REALLY well live, btw, that tour was really good…
But, for me, There is No Enemy is as good an album as they have made since KILAS…I love it….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Dec 23, 2009 8:10 PM PST up reply actions
Perfect from now on
in my top 10. I love that CD
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That's my favorite record ever
Velvet Waltz has my favorite lyrics ever…
Did you get to see them play the album live on the PFNO tour? I saw them in play it in Richmond, VA and the sound was pretty shitty, didn’t do the record justice…..It was still a great night, though….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Dec 23, 2009 9:58 PM PST up reply actions
Nah
they were in minneapolis recently but I couldnt go :( I’d love to see them live
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by bondslegend on Dec 23, 2009 11:51 PM PST up reply actions
They are so amazing in a small club that has good sound….so fucking loud….
They always play at The Cat’s Cradle when they come through North Carolina….It’s like the perfect storm of small club and equipment, it is so great seeing them play there….I can’t hear for two days, but it’s worth it….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Dec 24, 2009 8:01 AM PST up reply actions
PFNO is one of my favorites as well, and I saw them on that tour with Dinosaur Jr. Still, it was kind of disappointing. I dunno, knowing which song’s coming next kind of blows it for me.
But then they opened the encore with The Plan, Center of the Universe, and Carry the Zero. Everyone was having seizures about hearing Keep it LIke a Secret, but that wound up being it. J. Mascis came out to jam on Carry the Zero, though, which was nice. Too bad the Meat Puppets did too and wound up ruining the whole thing.
Has anyone heard the new Dinosaur Jr.? Is it any good?
One of the best albums ever
I listen to it all the time, and I never remotely even think about not loving it. Too bad the title turned out to be a lie. Also, Doug can’t play the hard shit and sing at the same time. But I forgive him.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Best- Dragonslayer- I don’t care, it was awesome. Spencer Krug is a genius. And “Paper Lace” was better than Swan Lake’s version.
Merriweather Post and Veckatimest tie for second.
Honorable Mention: Sing Something by the Nightgowns. Highly reccomended. new band from Tacoma.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 23, 2009 7:46 PM PST reply actions
New album: MPP. I feel like I’m forgetting one, though.
Old album: The Woods by Sleater-Kinney. I thought One Beat was their best, but I can tell it’s only a matter of time before I grow to like this one better. And I just heard Jackson C Frank for the first time today, and it was pretty damn great too. But there’s a ton of things I could put here.
Album I listened to and was like “Seriously? This is what everyone loves? Oh. Good for them”: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
The Woods is epic. It’s one of my favorite albums ever.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and... relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants?
I like it...
…but I’d rank at least two Sleater-Kinney albums above it.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Me, too
But basically, any album where I get to hear Janet Weiss’ fucking amazing drumming is a great album, by definition.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
I seem to pretty much enjoy anything they do.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 24, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions
I liked One Beat better than anything that came before it, and then liked the Woods even more. I was pretty disappointed when they called it quits.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and... relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants?
One Beat is one of my favorites
Also All Hands on the Bad One.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Phoenix was not that great
I liked it when I first got it, but it got real old real fast
by microwave donut on Dec 24, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
Converge’s Axe to Fall is my best, it is quite simply the most.
Honorable mention goes to Isis’s wavering radiant, which is perfect in its own right.
My discovers are Kent and piratebay.org. Its like I’m a 16 year old with napster again, except this time I have powerboost.
Also thanks Grant for turning me on to Bon Iver last year, its still in my heavy rotation.
That’s a helluva Isis album. Just when you think they were getting into an AC/DC kind of non-adventureness…
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 23, 2009 11:29 PM PST up reply actions
Bon Iver is one of my favorites, if not my favorite singer. Saw him live and talked to him for a bit after, he’s a really cool guy
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by theghostofjasonellison on Dec 24, 2009 5:02 AM PST up reply actions
2009 convenient bullet-point format:
- Whorehound by the Dead Weather
- Grace/Wastelands by Peter Doherty
- Cosmic Egg by Wolfmother
- Humbug by Arctic Monkeys
- The Scrams 7" by The Scrams
Just discovered in ’09:
- The Kills
- The Stone Foxes
Cosmic Egg
for some reason I thought it was a little bit of a letdown. It’s still pretty good, I don’t know what I was really expecting.
by microwave donut on Dec 24, 2009 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
DAMMIT
The best albums of the decade came on my son’s birthday, and now this thread comes the day I’m hauling ass across the country. Dammit.
A few of my favorites from 2009:
St. Vincent, Actor
Neko Case, Middle Cyclone
K’naan, Troubadour
Metric, Fantasies
Tegan & Sara, Sainthood
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Know Better Learn Faster
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Sounds like him
but looks nothing like him
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Oracular Spectacular and Merriweather Post Pavilion are my 2 for this year. I’m gonna give MPP the nod because the cover is so frickin awesome.
As for ones I discovered this year, I’ve got a few.
The Airing of Grievances-Titus Andronicus
Crystal Castles-Crystal Castles
Doolittle-The Pixies
Two Thousand-The French Kicks
Cross-Justice
Radiodread-Easy Star All-Stars
Nice and Nicely Done-The Spinto Band
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
true that. and doolittle’s sooooo solid top to bottom.
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Gouge away!
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 7:03 AM PST up reply actions
I think I prefer Surfer Rosa
But, it is like saying who is the greatest Giant of the last 25 years? Cody Ransom or Ruben Rivera? They are both so fucking amazing that there really isn’t a right answer….
Debaser is probably my fav Pixies song, though….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Dec 24, 2009 8:06 AM PST up reply actions
Pixies are one of my favorite of all time. Saw them at the Greek a few years back, it was awesome.
F. the Lewis.
by calpolynate on Dec 24, 2009 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty effin great
Lucky to have seen them live a number of times. Love the British surf version of wave of mutilation.
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The what?
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Wait, are we really arguing about the Pixies
IT’S ALL GOOD! BUY ME A SODA?!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Some marijuana if you got some.
PiKA’s piqued.
and if he was a chaw tobacco man, “piKA chew”
i’ll stop.
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 10:18 PM PST up reply actions
and an addition to the this year list… just got the flaming lips’ dark side of the moon and it’s crazy ridiculous and pretty damn good.
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Favorite 2009 release:
Crack the Skye by Mastodon
The Eternal Return by Darkest Hour was a somewhat distant second but nothing can top this Mastodon release.
Favorite that I didnt find out about until 2009:
Stormchaser by Light This City.
A close runner up to this would be Ashes Against the Grain by Agalloch. Probably would be my favorite but I just heard it for the first time about 2 weeks ago so I need more time to listen to it before I consider it to be better than Stormchaser.
Biggest disappointment of 09 – The Infection by Chimaira. Don’t know what they were trying to do there but they failed miserably.
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by TehGreekStallion on Dec 23, 2009 9:45 PM PST reply actions
A close runner up to this would be Ashes Against the Grain by Agalloch.
I couldn’t get into this one at all. It was super-recommended, but I really didn’t like it. I can really picture the Nickleback or Three Doors Down guy singing over most of the tracks instead of the death growl….and that isn’t a good sign.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 24, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
Best of 09
Easily is Mastodon- Crack the Skye.
Best album that I didn’t find out about till this year would have to be Deathspell Omega- Fas.
By the way GreekStallion, I saw Agalloch live last year. Since they almost never tour, playing only a handful of shows every couple of years, I am amongst the few people to have ever seen them perform. They were fantastic, playing the Berbati’s Pan Greek Pub in Portland, OR (where the band is from).
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Waldos
Reissued on vinyl this year (orig. issue 1994), The Waldos “Rent Party” was new to me. Featuring Walter Lure of The (Johnny Thunders) Heartbreakers and a worthy successor to L.A.M.F.
I think I spent all year listening to Little Steven’s Underground Garage on XM and backfilling artists and albums from years ago. I can’t remember what the hell I bought this year that actually came from this year, except for that Tori Amos Christmas album I just got (which is a lot better than I was expecting, so it wins unless I remember something else by the end of this post).
I remember starting the year buying a lot of albums by the Kinks. Pretty much any album by them could be my discovery of ‘09, but the ones I kept playing over and over were “Give The People What They Want” and "Everybody’s In Showbiz."
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
Wow. As much as I love Celluloid Heroes and Better Things, neither of those albums would make my top 5 Kinks albums list.
(Arthur, VGPS, Muswell Hillbillies, Something Else, Lola Vs Powerman, and that’s me being way higher on Muswell Hillbillies than most people and not as much of a fan of Face to Face)
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Why discount Low Budget, especially since it seems to repeatedly echo the times?
(The opening guitar always makes me grin)
Art takes time, time is money
Money’s scarce and that ain’t funny
Millionaires are things of the past
We’re in a low budget film where nothing can last
Money’s rare there’s none to be found
So don’t think I’m tight if I don’t buy a round
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 6:03 AM PST up reply actions
I love Muswell Hillbillies a lot, but I picked that one up years ago, so it couldn’t count as a “discovery.” I still have maybe half of their catalog, and I still have some major holes, such as Arthur and VGPS.
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Mty fiance just bought Tori Amos’s rendenition of Total Eclipse of the Heart, its pretty ok.
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by say hey nation on Dec 24, 2009 6:55 AM PST up reply actions
Partial list of albums I’ve been into this year, no particular order:
Hazmat Modine – Bahamut
Brightblack Morning Light – Motion to Rejoin
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Dandelion Gum
Bad Livers – Delusions of Banjer
Mumlers – Don’t Throw Me Away
Also been liking to mellow out to Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, Garret Pierce, Andrew Bird, The Horse’s Ha… must be getting old.
Musical comedy also seemed to be big with me as my favorite shows were Flight of the Conchords, Richard Cheese and Captured! by Robots.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 23, 2009 10:01 PM PST reply actions
DREDG – The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion.
I’ve been listening to them for almost 10 years now and I wasn’t a fan of their last album, but this one is pretty awesome. If you’ve never listened to them, I highly suggest it. Their albums are conceptual (i’m usually not a fan of that) and show a very wide array of music styles throughout the years. Plus, they’re from the Bay Area, Los Gatos to be exact.
I loved “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” from Phoenix. Based on the disgusting number of times I’ve played 1901, Listzomania, and Armistice on my iPod, I’d say it’s my favorite of the year.
Other albums I’ve been enjoying:
Hometowns — Rural Alberta Advantage
Travels with Myself and Another — Future of the Left
These Four Walls — We Were Promised Jetpacks
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero’s self-titled debut
I also thought I’d mention… Bittie Orca from Dirty Projectors… I just don’t get the appeal, though I’ve tried getting into them. Think it’s just me being too narrow-minded, or are there other people who feel similarly? I mean, with a lot of groups, I get the hype, but can tell after a few listens that they’re not for me (Animal Collective, for one). With Dirty Projectors, I just don’t see it at all. I feel like my indie music gland is shrinking.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes are great and a lot of fun live.
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my friend saw them in santa cruz and said they were awesome, but they didn’t really come anywhere near ann arbor so i didn’t get a shot :(
Petey and Fresh always dunking on Spartans,
Biscuits in baskets from Heatley and Thornton,
Bam-Bam and Gore on the way to some rings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Oh, and I just realized I didn’t actually address the point of the thread. The albums I listed above are ones that have been fixtures on my recent rotation; however, I don’t necessarily think they’re the “OMGBEST” albums of the year.
For me, the “Best Album of 2009” would be Hospice by The Antlers, with Veckatimest a close number two (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is probably a third starter, at best): Simply put, they’re two of the most carefully-crafted albums I’ve ever heard, and they’re both brilliant.
OT
Public comment boards on online newspaper articles: worst / most psychopathology-encouraging idea of the decade?
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Absolutely
Just remember, in no way are the people who post representative of the population as a whole. Someone Who Knows told me the same thing about talk radio: it’s basically the loudest, most opinionated 1% of the listening audience calling in. Don’t take the bigoted, ignorant crackpots too seriously.
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and while i'm posting amusing photos
I’ve never seen Twilight, but I’d pay to see this
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i would never think that I would find so much enjoyment in anything Twilight-related
by GrooveGiant on Dec 24, 2009 12:22 AM PST up reply actions
awesome
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by bondslegend on Dec 24, 2009 12:26 AM PST up reply actions
I think I woke my neighbors with the day's first guffaw.
Many thanks!
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 6:07 AM PST up reply actions
less guffawing
more greening
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 7:15 AM PST up reply actions
wait
does the “jp” stand for Jurassic Park? I never thinked it!
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 7:16 AM PST up reply actions
Yes!
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Jurassic Park Of New Raptor Year
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
One of the underappreciated animals in the Chinese zodiac.
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that's awesome
Considering my son has watched Jurassic Park 1,872,598 times I have a special place in my heart of raptors….
DINNER TIME!!!
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Dec 24, 2009 8:08 AM PST up reply actions
VAMPIRE BASEBALL!!
/throws a bloddball at your back foot
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 24, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
Taking notes of lots of these
whisper whisper Anyone into synth/electronica? You know, like car commercial music?
Justice – Cross (new to me, came out last year)
Little Boots – Hands (think British Lady GaGa, sort of)
Junior Boys – Begone Dull Care
also, GIRL TALK. I’m like 5 years behind what’s cool.
Try Logan Lynn.
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by satyricrash on Dec 24, 2009 12:40 AM PST up reply actions
Some artists im into right now
Blink-182
Shad
K-OS
Lupe Fiasco
Yellowcard
Ratatat
MGMT
3OH!3
Black Eyed Peas
Eminem
Common Market
Blue Scholars
Atmosphere
Shwayze
Sweatshop Union
Others I will think of later
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:37 AM PST reply actions
Some other with a few good songs
Flipsyde
Bambu (Native Guns)
Tonedeff
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:39 AM PST up reply actions
oh, and
Super Mash Bros
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:41 AM PST up reply actions
Boxcar Racer too I guess
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:42 AM PST up reply actions
ooh
Basshunter
Bloodhound Gang
Cobra Starship
Pepper
Sublime
Coldplay
Sublime
Less Than Jake
LMFAO
Passafire
K im done. I promise
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:46 AM PST up reply actions
did sublime put out a new album this year? I know they reformed with a new singer.
by GrooveGiant on Dec 24, 2009 12:49 AM PST up reply actions
I have no idea. I never buy albums, just singe songs.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:51 AM PST up reply actions
LMFAO…. ehhhhhh, it’s OK in my mind… i’m more Drake, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, and pretty much everything rock or jazz
Dont know Gucci Mane, but i like a couple Kid Cudi and Rick Ross songs. Some Lil Wayne is good, but he has a lot of dumb songs too. Im not big Drake fan.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 2:05 AM PST up reply actions
The new age of rap is coming with Drake and Kid Cudi, where it’s more singing AND rapping… but yea, i’m a big fan of Sublime, and Coldplay. Coldplay… well Jay-Z has a song he sampled by Coldplay… it’s “Lost” and i kinda like it, very very very good
drake and kid cudi are pretty good
but i’m still more of an old school guy, tupac, eminem, jay-z, common, nas
I’m not going to lie, I think I’m dreading the new age of rap.
Case in point: Raekwon’s Only Built for Cuban Linx, Part II was easily my favorite hip hop album of the year, and it pretty much sounds like a classic Wu Tang joint.
I think in old school rap albums, the focus is on the sound of words, the lyrics, etc., whereas modern rappers are obsessed with production. This isn’t to say that the two are mutually exclusive, but I’m getting a lot of a “Style over substance” vibe from modern rap.
Raekwon… hmmm, might want to check that out…
Yea, i love old school rap albums, like that’s what i hear when i put on some Cool Kids. You’re right with how modern rappers care a ton about production, but what i’m liking is that Kid Cudi isn’t just RAPPING, there’s other parts to the song, like singing.
Sublime
So nice you listed it twice!
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You mean?
You mean the remaining guys that tried to call themselves Sublime again, without Brad?
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=4019425&blogId=515560779
Super Mash Bros
Theyre like Girl Talk
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 2:04 AM PST up reply actions
did you just discover them?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
ya. Really short, fast paced songs
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Not bad, speaking of girl talk, he came to my school and did a show… sucked since it was indoors and it was supposed to be outdoors
Thats cool, I pretty much never go to concerts
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:04 PM PST up reply actions
Not that. I just dont go. I dont know. Theyre expensive.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Ive never been to a real concert
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
If you go to shows at small venues they can be pretty cheap.
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Not really
More like The Bottom of the Hill or Slim’s.
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The Warfield isn’t small… nor is it that cheap. Bottom of the Hill or Thee Parkside are small.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 24, 2009 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
Damn you Natto!
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 24, 2009 5:47 PM PST up reply actions
That’s reasonable…
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 24, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions
Well, i’m in the east bay, so i can’t really find a good place to see shows… or maybe it’s me just not caring
There used to be a buncha smaller places in Bizzerkly … but that was in the late 80’s …I’m guessing they are long gone by now.
Probably way gone… oh well, i mean it’d be great to see a show, but at the same time, it’s got to be expensive
There are small venues with local acts at reasonable prices in the east bay, but you would have to actively go find ‘em… I don’t make it over there much as I live in SF and am old and boring.
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 24, 2009 6:08 PM PST up reply actions
Yea, i mean i know a couple of bands, but i don’t make it over into SF, so we’re opposite… but in SF that’s where the big bands go, and i just don’t want to pay that much, but i almost have to
freight and salvage does folksy sorta bands… I dunno if the Greek is still in operation and is it the Paramount in Oakland? Again, not exactly venues for thrash metal. We saw Loreena McKennitt in Oakland.
The Paramount is still around and is gorgeous. They also recently reopened the Fox Theater in Downtown Oakland. Lots of concerts there.
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B-square! Long gone…
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 24, 2009 6:06 PM PST up reply actions
Gawd, thank-you, now I can sleep tonight. I couldn’t for the life of me think of anything except the I-beam and the Palladium, both in SF.
I used to go to Ruthie’s and Gilman when it first opened too…
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 24, 2009 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
Fillmore West.
Oh, wait – that was a movie!
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 10:23 PM PST up reply actions
Man you’re into just pretty much anything… like rap, pop, electronic, and rock… by the way, LUPE IS AWESOME
That’s like me. I really don’t know how to classify my taste in music, since I can usually find at least a few songs I like from most artists.
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by raisingcain on Dec 24, 2009 10:15 AM PST up reply actions
Yea, agreed, i mean, the only thing i’m not into is electronic stuff, like stuff that has NO VOICE in it… i’m starting to like Brad Paisley, and i’m into pretty much everything else
I dont like much country, and I find jazz and blues kinda boring. Other than that, ya.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Neither do i with country… but after being in Ohio, it’s OK at best… With Jazz yea i can see your point in thinking it’s kinda boring… i’m more into Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, John Coltraine
Ya I cant listen to that for very long.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
without turning it off.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
God no. I personally think that sounds terrible.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
Is it metal?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
something electronic, my friend flat out was saying it was the best thing ever… and i was talking to my other friend about Wale and Lil Wayne… The dude flat out yelled at us “FUCK LIL WAYNE, HE SUCKS, RAP SUCKS, EVERYTHING HIP HOP BLOWS, DUBSTEP ROCKS!” and we just shut up
Hahahaha. I used to be like that. I realized its kinda dumb to say all rap is dumb, because its so different. That would be like saying all rock sucks. Even if you hate Lil Wayne and Kanye, Common Market and Shad are pretty different.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yep, exactly. I mean, i like Lil Wayne, but i’m definitely into The Cool Kids, or Atmosphere, or something different, like you said, Common Market and Shad are different… Also Lupe is pretty different than Wayne
Ya. Ill have to check out the Cool Kids. But im listening to Dubstep right now. Is your friend a crack addict?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
yea… ummmm he smokes alot of weed, does some drugs… and is verrrrrrry self absorbed… He’s been inviting me to all these different bars and clubs that play this shit
Bro dont go! That shit is creepy! I dont understand how he can listen to that, I really dont understand how he can think it is good. I dont even wanna know what goes on at those bars.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
HAHA!!! Dude you and i, we’ll go in, tell everyone this shit sucks, and walk out and go to some other bar that has a band playing that plays better music
Hahahaha. Hell no. Im not flying all the way to Ohio just to get my ass kicked by some methheads.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Not Ohio, this is Berkeley buddy, i’m home right now in Moraga… this kid lives in Moraga also, and these places are in Berkeley and Oakland
Im especially not going to Oakland.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
Theres already enough methheads in Martinez. No more plz
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
Haha, well i just got back from shopping so whatever, but at ninersnation… it always seems dead unless you bring something up about Nate Davis
fun fact
Tom Brady is in attendance for that game
I don’t understand why we don’t run the WCO anymore. We invented the damn thing, we should have never switched to this air coryell crap.
agreed… Look at Joe, not a great arm, but so calm in the pocket, that’s what Alex Smith has to do, he never seems calm in the pocket
I'm a big Nate Davis backer
I can’t wait to see what he does after a full offseason under his belt. McNabb is apparently going to work out with him this offseason too, so at least theres something to be excited about.
Yea, i’m a huge Nate Davis backer also, since he went to a MAC school and my big brother in the frat played against him when he was younger in basketball… but that’s interesting about his offseason, i really believe the best opportunity he has is playing during training camp and next preseason… being the #2 to smith
http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers-headlines/ci_14014649 – the article on it
I think Alex Smith is going to start next year, barring injury, but I hope Nate puts enough pressure on him during preseason that the leash will be very short.
Oh man dude, with Nate’s arm, his ability to throw on the run, he’ll be good. The ONLY reason why he shouldn’t play this season is because he has no idea what the plays are and he hasn’t played in practice. So he has to prove it to the coaching staff that he can play and that’s all he can do… Thanks for the article
Rumors of Joe Montana’s noodle arm really are greatly exaggerated. Dude could throw. People often seem to confuse the fact that he played in a high-percentage offense with the idea that he couldn’t hit those lower-percentage throws. But it’s just not true.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
Also, it’s terrible that the stick is so much quieter now compared to what it used to be.. makes me hate the crowd now, i’ve heard pretty bad stories about how they don’t let the crowd stand up on 3rd downs and yell
7 years of losing does that to any team.
I was at the MNF game vs the Cards and that was easily the best I’ve heard them in years.
I find jazz and blues kinda boring.
/Grins at the similar memories of his own teenaged years
/Puts on Miles Davis’ A Kind Of Blue
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 10:29 PM PST up reply actions
Top Albums of 09
Andrew Bird – “Noble Beast”, Jim O’Rourke “The Visitor”, and Phoenix “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”
Most Disappointing Albums of 09
Wilco – “Wilco the Album” and Kings of Leon “Only by the Night”
Music that took me wayyy too long to get into –
Flaming Lips “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots”
The Strokes “Is This It” and “Room on Fire”
Apples in Stereo “New Magnetic Wonder”
Sam Prekop “Sam Prekop”
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
Wilco at the Greek Theatre was very nice.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
Oh definitely
They played my favorite song of all time (At Least That’s What You Said) and an all together solid set. Even “Hoodoo Voodoo” didn’t suck.
I just think the second-half of Wilco the Album is completely disposable.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
I bootlegged about half that show
If you want a copy, lemme know
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Nice.
Did you happen to catch My Morning Jacket when they were there? Possibly the best concert I’ve ever attended.
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No
They’re a band I’m kind of still waiting to discover. I’ve seen a lot of shows there, though. Highlights: under-attended fantastic Ween show, Pearl Jam halloween in ’93 w/Henry Rollins, Tom Petty w/Black Crows, Pixies.
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That sounds like a badass show. I’ve only seen Pearl Jam at the Bridge School, so them amplified is pretty high on the list of bands I need to see. Definitely getting more into the Pixies lately too.
If you feel like checking out some My Morning Jacket records I recommend “Z”, “It Still moves” and “At Dawn” in no particular order.
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by BrianBokake on Dec 24, 2009 10:16 AM PST up reply actions
The strokes FTW
why dont you like only by the night? There are a couple stinkers on it, but overall I thought it was pretty solid. Nothing like their older stuff obviously..
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by bondslegend on Dec 24, 2009 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
I just really haven’t given it the same chance as the first two yet. I’ll give it another listen though. I think “Is This It” is probably one of the top 3 albums of the oughties and “Room on Fire” has some pretty incredible songs too.
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by BrianBokake on Dec 24, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions
Best album of the year
Don’t believe me?
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Between The Trees - Spain
Beautiful album. Great piano rock, vocals are great as well.
Hey guys, I run a music blog. alternative, powerpop, punk, electronica, screamo, etc etc, check it out. http://muzikdizcovery.blogspot.com/ artist interviews and many other stuff. free cookies! (not really, but still) :D
Released in 2009:
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Backspacer by Pearl Jam actually did a real number on me. At first, I hated it, and there are elements of it I still can’t stand (the strings on “Just Breathe”, Eddie’s affected cowboy vocals on certain songs, the kind of generic Pearl Jam lyrics on a few tunes), but it totally worked me over. I’m an oldtime Pearl Jam fan, having once been borderline groupie, and I lost interest for a few years before Riot Act, and especially the eponymous avocado album roped me back in. Those albums were both at times urgent, which is one of the things I always loved about this band. The newer album at first sounded too slick and poppy to me, but as I listened more, I found that the musical exploration and sense of fun on tracks like “Got Some” and “The Fixer” (a song that grew on me tremendously) was wild and new. I got into it. And there are some slower tracks that are pretty nice in that Pearl Jam ballad way- “Amongst the Waves” stands out, and “Unthought Known” is pretty driving and fun to sing along with.
Discovered in 2009:
Santogold, by Santigold. Bad-ass shit. I mean, just look at the creepy album cover:
As for the style, it’s reminiscent of M.I.A. without being a generic derivative. Her voice goes all over the place- at times she reminds me of Joni Mitchell. At times it’s far more fierce. Check it out.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I think Pearl Jam albums really do have to grow on you. I felt the same way about their self-titled album at first but after a while, really started to like it.
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Army Reserve, Marker in the Sand, Inside Job
Brilliant. Inside Job is the only Pearl Jam song that my wife really likes, although she did enjoy them live at the Shoreline a few years back.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix- Phoenix
Life of the World to Come- Mountain Goats
Swim Until You Can’t See Land- Frightened Rabbit
The Rhumb Line- Ra Ra Riot
Also, I discovered Dispatch for the first time.
by Lisa Stevens on Dec 24, 2009 8:59 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Best of ’09:
Wait For Me – Moby
Draw the Line – David Gray
Cocaine – Z-RO
Albums which I just caught on to:
All World – LL Cool J (greatest hits album, if that still counts)
In the Wee Small Hours – Frank Sinatra
Pretty much every Album from Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show was a lot of fun at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
That was a great 1-hour set and they were in really good voice too.
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by shanghaijim on Dec 24, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
OCMS is my current favorite band.
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by shanghaijim on Dec 24, 2009 11:14 AM PST up reply actions
almost put this on mine, but this album pales in comparison to his other stuff so I didn’t.
Living for the night is an all time favorite though
by atxgiantsfan on Dec 24, 2009 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
I just love that he wrote some songs for once!
These pretzels are making me thirsty
by NuschlerFace on Dec 24, 2009 9:43 AM PST up reply actions
"silly shirts and wide ties by the bay"
GIANTS BLOG LINKS GEORGE STRAIT TO SF
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"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Losing my job this year meant I had lots of time to listen to music!! And ’09 was full of great stuff. My favorite album was probably Aptos by The Moore Brothers. Amazing Bay Area folk-pop duo — produced by Kelley Stoltz.
http://www.americandust.net/discography?id=58
Other stuff I loved: Trashcan Sinatras, Richard Hawley, Liam Hayes & Plush, Reigning Sound, Neko Case, Robyn Hitchcock, Them Crooked Vultures, Thee Oh Sees, Arctic Monkeys, Clipse, Mos Def, The Unthanks, Dan Auerbach, Don McGlashan, Devon Sproule…
This was the year I finally fell in love with Humble Pie. And I finally realized that Space Oddity is actually a really cool album.
Nice to see an Elephant 6 reference, too. Bill Swan from Beulah produced my band’s first CD — in typical Elephant 6 fashion, we did all the vocals in his shower. And now that you’ve discovered the greatness of Odessey & Oracle, it’s time to check out those first three Bee Gees records…
Heard of them, waiting to see if they make an impact with the locals on McC.
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by shanghaijim on Dec 24, 2009 11:15 AM PST up reply actions
I wasn’t as into their record as I thought I would be.
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by BrianBokake on Dec 24, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I like their album, but not as much as the last few QOTSA albums. I’ve only listened to it a few times, though, so maybe it’ll grow on me.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and... relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants?
I had to double-check when a bunch of people above in the thread mentioned Middle Cyclone. For some reason I thought it came out last year, not in March. Anyway, not my favorite Neko Case record, but still enjoyable.
Three tracks I loved this year (since I mostly stopped buying albums and paying attention to new stuff):
Joe Pernice: “Tell Me When It’s Over.” Cover of the classic Dream Syndicate song, from the “It Feels So Good When I Stop” CD)
Grizzly Bear: “While You Wait for the Others.” The version with Michael McDonald on vocals—totally blew my mind. I’ve probably played it 1,000 times since I first heard it)
Atlas Sound: “Walkabout.” I’ve never heard a song that sounded more like a classic Beach Boys song.
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
I forgot another great track
Jay Reatard: “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me”
"Those that drink the Kool-Aid, please leave the room."
Grizzly Bear: "While You Wait for the Others." The version with Michael McDonald on vocals—totally blew my mind. I’ve probably played it 1,000 times since I first heard it)
That version actually got me into Grizzly Bear. I had “Horn of Plenty”, and it bored me. When everyone was going nuts for Veckekakckcktimimkest, I wasn’t even going to bother checking it out. Then I hear Jay-Z is going to Grizzly Bear concerts, and Michael McDonald is singing on Grizzly Bear tracks, and I’m wondering if I’m missing something. I listened to the McDonald version, and it was way, way, way, more tuneful and intricate than I remember Grizzly Bear being. Now I’m into all of their stuff.
Here’s a link for the curious
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 24, 2009 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Man, I know you couldn’t have known, but dismissing Grizzly Bear based on Horn of Plenty is like dismissing, uh… some other band for an album made before they really became a full band. That analogy didn’t work out the way I was hoping.
But yeah, Grizzly Bear are pretty cool.
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I had no idea. I just grabbed the first one from eMusic that they had. Sounded like a guy making mope-love to a reverb pedal in his bedroom.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 24, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
There are a couple good songs on it (Shift, Fix It, Deep Sea Diver), but even they’re a lot better when the whole band does them.
Yeah, Ed Droste getting those other three dudes to join his band was the best idea he ever had.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
The other thing that made me try Grizzly Bear again was that I loved the Dept. of Eagles album. That’s at least the third time that a side project made me wonder if I liked the main band:
Didn’t like 70% of Pavement…loved Silver Jews…went back and got into Pavement
Didn’t like Animal Collective…loved Panda Bear…tried Merriweather Post Pavillion and loved it, though I still think that most of the rest of Animal Collective is a bunch of crap
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 24, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions
I got into AC along that path too, though I like the earlier stuff now too.
I love the Department of Eagles guy (and that album). The thing that makes Yellow House/Veckatimest so good is all the harmonizing and whatnot and obviously there isn’t any of that on Horn of Plenty.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
/still thinks Here Comes The Indian is terrible
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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RACIST
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I saw the Department of Eagles/Grizzly Bear guy at a subway station a few weeks ago. Guy totally reminds me of a hobbit now, but boy do I love his music. Kind of like Department of Eagles more than Grizzly Bear even. “Nobody Does it Like You”? Fuggedaboutit.
Oh and my friend here at home wants me to go listen to some dub step… I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUCK THAT IS, but he played it for me and it literally sounded like shit… It’s some underground bullshit, and he thinks it’s the best thing ever
This is one thing I will not search for on Youtube.
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News
THURSDAY, 12:17pm: ESPN.com’s Buster Olney tweets that DeRosa seems to be leaning toward accepting the Giants’ offer, though no deal is in place yet.
Juan Uribe is close to returning to the San Francisco Giants, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The potential deal would be for one year, with a team option for 2011.
and also
: X
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
This is the 2/12 offer? Eh.
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by shanghaijim on Dec 24, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Yes
What do you guys think? Is that overpaying?
My vote is no, although that’s not to say that the move isn’t somewhat disappointing.
by GrooveGiant on Dec 24, 2009 11:27 AM PST up reply actions
It seems fairly cheap to me.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
It would be pretty awesome if he bounced back to a .280/.370/.470 player. I’m not going to hold my breath, though.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 24, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Like I said if he’s in left I like it. If he plays 3rd, and thats our move, I hate it. But the money doesnt bother me at all
by DFAAurillia on Dec 24, 2009 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
OT (in other words, Giants-related)
I have the Sanchez no-hitter (purchased from iTunes), which I heard on the radio, but have not yet watched. I would love to watch the HD version with my little bro in the next few days as a holiday treat. Perhaps we’ll eat some magic cookies and listen to the Flaming Lips do Pink Floyd, capped off by Sanchez’s no-hitter. Sadly, iTunes version is not HD, which means it will look like p00p on his LCD TV. Anyone know of HD versions availability? Please email me if you do. Thanks.
kumar(-at-)ybiofuels(-dot-)org
Thank you
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This just slipped into my conciousness
The Hiatus’s “Trash We’d Love”
Japanese band founded by the former front man of punk pop outfit Ellegarden and comprised of members from other Japanese indie rock groups. Although they’re a Japanese group, most of their songs are in English (albeit barely understandable at times). Here’s a sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T48v5digyj0
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OT:
Just kinda want to wish everyone here a happy holidays and a Merry Christmas (if you celebrate Christmas). Thank you for making me feel special here, absolutely love this place, thanks everybody
by PiKAgiant on Dec 24, 2009 12:03 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
‘special’
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 24, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
I ALSO IS SPESHUL
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by shanghaijim on Dec 24, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
+1
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
I saw Satan himself at Marie Calendar's today.
Apparently he lives in Fullerton. He was stocking up on pies.
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 24, 2009 12:32 PM PST reply actions
Theres pie in hell?
/murders infant
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
Mincemeat pie
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Infant Pie
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Custard Pie.
Which I first thought aurally delicious back when jazz and blues were
kinda boring.
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions
People in the pie line were super excited, yelling “Tommy, Tommy! Go Dodgers!”
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Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Dec 24, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
He looked like he needed a nap.
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by Giant among Angels on Dec 24, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
My initial thought was Russell Martin, but he’s probably more of the anti-christ than Satan.
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OT: Dad looking to get a new phone…. wants to trade in his, take mine (a blackberry curve) and that means i would get a new phone… Verizon, any ideas?
After subjecting myself to a huge chunk of the Prequel marathon yesterday, this is a nice reprieve.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
OK, and I will say this: Seeing Leia and Luke ride the speeder-bikes IS actually augmented by the fact that their dad was a kick ass pod-racer. All three were strong with the force, and all three have great reflexes as a result.
I still hate the prequels, but the speeder-bike scene made for kind of a cool connection to their father’s past.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
“Just like Beggars Canyon back home.”
/ Chants, " Olivio, Jacobs, Podsednik" Then smacks head with a 1 X 6. This will continue tell the pain decreases and moral improves.
by daveinexile on Dec 26, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
2009 Favorites
Favorite new album of 2009:
Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
Head over heels the best album I’ve heard in years
Favorite old Album just discovered in 2009:
Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat
The XX was my favorite album that come out this year. I really like the sparse arrangements and back and forth singing. Antlers-Hospice was close.
The Flaming Lips were something I discovered. Previously I kinda dismissed them as the band that sung that Jelly song.
by microwave donut on Dec 24, 2009 1:18 PM PST reply actions
“….Vaaa – aaa – aaaaaaseline….”
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
hey the jelly song is awesome.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Jelly Song is awesome indeed. But not as awesome as the albums that came years later, e.g. Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi…
now skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody.
Transmissions is my second favorite album of theirs, but She Don’t Use Jelly is only about the 5th or 6th best song on it.
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Little known factoid:
SDUJ: Covered by Zito and band at the 1st Strikeouts for Troop gig.
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Why was the DeRosa thread deleted?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 1:20 PM PST reply actions
Its not for me. refresh your page.
But it does say he is leaning towards the Giants on MLBTradeRumors
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 1:25 PM PST up reply actions
This thread?
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/12/24/1218842/derosa-leaning-towards-giants
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Well its not there for me!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
Oh. There was a fanPost. Thats what I was talking about
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions
ITS A TRAP!!!!
hahahahaha. That part just happened in the Star Wars marathon
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 24, 2009 2:09 PM PST reply actions
I love music threads!
My favorite recent discovery is Emily Wells: layered violin loops, hip hop beats, and weird vocals. She’s great.
Other than that, I’ve liked the YYYs It’s Blitz and the Flaming Lips’ Embryonic a lot. Merriweather Post Pavilion was okay, but it’s a bit too subdued for my tastes; I was disappointed with it after the awesomeness that was Strawberry Jam. All in all I haven’t been listening to a lot of new music this year. I need to get on that.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and... relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants?
BRB, projectile vomiting
(No offense meant. My father is a fan of Phish; I…do not care for their music.)
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Just curious...
Are you not a fan of their music, or not a fan of their fans? And by not a fan of their fans, I mean not a fan of the 20% of their fans that make the other 80% look bad?
I found out in college that a few of my “hipster” friends who “hated Phish” actually hadn’t ever listened to them at all, they just assumed they sucked because some of their fans are degenerate wookies and some of their songs regularly hit the ten minute mark.
For a while I thought I wasn’t a typical Phish fan, being a sports-addicted musician and scientist, but it turns out my preconceptions were wrong too. Oh well, more mind-bending rock ‘n’ roll for me I guess.
now skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody.
Never mind them. Just get on the bus.
“degenerate Wookies”, indeed…
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 25, 2009 1:32 AM PST up reply actions
Both. I know their music fairly well, both from hearing my dad play them and from seeing them play live as part of a Bridge School show in the late 90s. The fans were definitely a problem at that show, too, though, because I seem to be allergic to marijuana smoke. It wasn’t pretty.
I really can’t abide jam bands in general.
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Oh, and the other thing...
…I can’t listen to most of their lyrics without rolling my eyes.
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Are you not a fan of their music, or not a fan of their fans?
They are worthless songwriters. (Dinner and a Movie—seriously?)
Best comment I’ve ever heard about their fans: “Dirty hippies with wormy puppies.”
But I’ve been to 300+ Dead shows, so I understand where you’re coming from.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
2009 was a good year for music...
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
The xx – xx
Built to Spill – There Is No Enemy
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
Atlas Sound – Logos
Taken by Trees – East of Eden
Russian Circles – Geneva
Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
Newly discovered album by me in 2009:
Stars of the Lid – And Their Refinement of the Decline
IIRC
yes
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 24, 2009 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
couple things that made me lol
1. A guy in the stands was smoking a cigarette
2. The barefoot punter
Q: WWJD?
A: Throw to Rice.
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 10:45 PM PST up reply actions
What if your mom was on the phone and something bad happened… you know? but yea, people do that and it is so stupid
back in the dinosaur days we got along just fine with out a cell phone plastered to our ears 23.5 hours a day.
i hate texting
I would rather somebody call me if they want to tell me something
I use my phone so infrequently I forget how to send text messages, and I couldn’t tell you what it sounds like when it rings either.
I use it all the time with my girlfriend living in Ohio… i love it, love texting, when you can’t call, you text, it’s convenient
When Mr. Merope lived in Cincy we both had one of those unlimited long distance plans for our land line phones (cell phones were just coming into being big deals back then). We would talk 3-4 hours a night.
Yea, that’s a great idea… because look, i can’t have a 3-4 hour texting convo without my fingers falling off… but a call is better, but when i’m in a crowded place? or with friends? texting is so much more convenient
And no one in the stands.
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Well the announcer couldn’t flat out say, " What?!!?! Why didn’t the 9ers fold up like a cheap suit in a rain storm?" That was the Teams Standard M.O. in big games up tell that game.
/ cringes at the memory of Brodie rolling right every time the ball is inside the 30.
/ Chants, " Olivio, Jacobs, Podsednik" Then smacks head with a 1 X 6. This will continue tell the pain decreases and moral improves.
by daveinexile on Dec 26, 2009 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t understand how that’s not false start when all the cowboys offensive linemen reposition themselves all at once.
The Cowboys claimed that there should have been a safety called on Joe because he went beyond the end zone with :06 seconds left.
"meh"
2009 album:
Jim Gaffigan – King Baby
Arctic Monkeys – Humbug
This Is War – 30 Seconds to Mars (I haven’t actually listened to this yet, but there’s a good chance it show up here; I love 30STM and I’ve heard good things about it).
Pre-2009 album:
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – Spoon
Foiled – Blue October
Blind Melon – Blind Melon
Blind Melon Chitlin'
50,000 Frankenfrancs (They’re baaaack!) to whomever can essplain who that is.
WITHOUT GOOGLING, DAMN YOU
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
Time for another holiday card
Dear Jesus and Santa: thank you for being born today so that I can come hear and read all the silly threads about weird bands I don’t know and a football game from a quarter century ago. I’m very thankful that after the family hangers-on head home there’s a place to go to celebrate the True Meaning of Christmas with a bunch of people at least as strange as me.
PS. Shouldn’t some of you be cooking something? Or eating something?
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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Funny, I got a huge craving for Chinese food today; happily my cousin happened to have Chinese at her office and brought some home.
I have a shoulder of pork marinating in the fridge and ambitious plans of creating a lasagna. Big meal is tomorrow. I’m watching Star Wars and chillin’, then dress up for midnight Mass. Finally gonna watch episode 6 of Band of Brothers (“Bastogne”) and then wait for Santa to give me that bucket full of Giants merchandise I asked for.
... null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time
I read that as
happily my cousin happened to have Chinese people at her office and brought some home
Which sounds like you kidnapped a bunch of Chinese people and forced them to cook you dinner.
I was promised lasagna.
Midnight In The Frankenstein Blankland Garden Of Good And Evil
…time to be wrappin’ and deliverin’!
When the night time comes, I start to creep.
I prowl around when you’re fast asleep.
I walk around on my tippy toes,
And I get into places that nobody knows.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 24, 2009 11:05 PM PST up reply actions
OMFG (addendum)
Let me preface this by stating that I gave Jr. a USB turntable for his 15th, which was two weeks ago. I bought him a few records last night, and had actually wrapped them when the thought hit me to supplement those with a few that I might have multiples of.
See, for years I wouldn’t pay Godawful CD prices – opting instead for cheaper vinyl. We have a couple of pretty good new/used media outlets here, Zia and Bookman’s. Of course, I’m not carrying a written record of my inventory which can lead to some repeated acquisitions…
…and tonight was the first night in thirty years I took a good look at said inventory.
- FOUR copies of Joe Jackson’s transitory 1982 release Night And Day.
- THREE copies of Little Feat’s wonderful 1978 live double album Waiting For Columbus.
- TWO copies each of Foreigner’s Double Vision, The Cars’ and the B-52s’ debut albums, The Screaming Blue Messiahs’ Bikini Red, Joni Mitchell’s Court And Spark, Carole King’s Tapestry, Tears For Fears’ Songs From The Big Chair, The Tubes’ The Completion Backward Principle, Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road…
…and the Who’s Who’s Next.
I threw in Dire Straits’ debut and J. Geils Love Stinks (“Oh, my GAWD! That bowling ball! It’s my WIFE!”)
That ought to hold him.
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 25, 2009 1:10 AM PST up reply actions
I see the clue mitt is operational and you wield it well.
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 25, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions
I'm not baiting anyone, I live here.
Sorry! It’s an odd head.
But “wield it well” is complimentary, which was the intent.
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 26, 2009 1:42 AM PST up reply actions
The Giants. Mark DeRosa may be coming in as San Francisco’s new left fielder, but Burrell could be an interesting alternative should DeRosa not accept the Giants’ offer. Or, the power-starved Giants could acquire Burrell to play in left, and then sign DeRosa to play third base, thus moving Pablo Sandoval over to first. (Or, Sandoval plays 1B, DeRosa plays 2B and Freddy Sanchez moves over to 3B.) If the Rays pay some of Burrell’s contract, then he is a much cheaper option for San Francisco than Johnny Damon.
PAT BURRELL? DNW
BAY AREA TIES
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I’d only want Burrell if he was playing first. And even then…. ehhhhhhhhh pass.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
can we really afford to have him and jazzhands? seems like a duplication of efforts.
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
2011
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
how’s that? He’s penciled in, so who’s gonna take his job?
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 1:17 PM PST up reply actions
you know he’s penciled in on December 25? REALLY?? haha, i know people are being sarcastic since that would be the ideal position for him to take
that’s what the Giants have said.
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
WUT!? YOU DON’T TRUST THE GIANTZ?
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions
This basically exactly how I feel. Only if he could play first base….and even then, probably not.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Not an album, but this is definitely my favorite song of the year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hvfcmomC18
now skeeter, he ain't hurtin' nobody.
My Top 5 favorites of 2009
5 ~ Antony & The Johnsons, The Crying Light — If you can, listen to a live version of the song Aeon. One of the truly remarkable songs of the year.
4 ~ The Decemberists, The Hazards of Love — On par with The Crane Wife as one of their best albums. The only other group that compares insofar as weaving a thematic melody throughout an album is Pink Floyd.
3 ~ Jeff Beck, Live at Ronnie Scott’s — Unfortunately the audio version does not contain Joss Stone’s guest appearance singing People Get Ready, though it still makes for a mind-blowing live recording. The full set with all the guest musicians is available on the DVD.
2 ~ Prince, LotusFlow3r — One of the truly great Prince albums. Enters the stratosphere of a masterpiece on the fifth track Colonized Mind. Probably his best since the 1988 release Lovesexy.Comes as part of a three-disc set. One features another artist, while the other Prince disc MPLS Sound is a groovy collection though it probably appeals more to serious Prince fans.
1 ~ Florence & The Machine, Lungs — Give me a couple years, and I will probably confirm Lungs to be one of my favorite albums of all time. It’s a debut album that somewhat defies anything and everything between the contemporary maintream and indi sounds, much in the same way Jane’s Addiction did in the early ‘90s. That’s not to compare their sound to Jane’s, though the vocals are often as daring. More like Siouxsee & The Banshees meets The Decemberists.
I think The Hazards of Love may be my least favorite Decemberists album. I don’t dislike it at all, but it just never grabbed me the way it seems to grab everyone else.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
Thee Oh Sees
Since a lot of you guys are in the Bay Area, anyone into Thee Oh Sees? I saw them when they played out here earlier in the year… good stuff, loud, brash, garagey/punkish. Their newest album Help is pretty good.
read that as
Chocolate is always good on christians
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I heard the Romans were into that…
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 25, 2009 11:39 AM PST up reply actions
The Baroness is super awesome
but since Grant already mentioned it, I’ll take:
The Dear Hunter – Act III. Usually, accurately, described as a bit like Queen with some Mars Volta mixed in. Very ambitious, creative, well-executed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlWeQX7ECbI&feature=related
For old stuff it was definitely The Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society. Yeah, took me long enough.
by Stoned Slacker on Dec 25, 2009 12:24 PM PST reply actions
I was wondering if that was VonCurrentEvents….
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
HER blue period has lasted some time now.
/considers the color wheel
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 25, 2009 5:31 PM PST up reply actions
So Merry Christmas to all of you. If you do not celebrate Christmas, Merry whatever it is you celebrate. But I celebrate Christmas. So there.
Hope you are all having a great day with friends and family.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
are you celebrating the birth of jesus?
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 2:41 PM PST up reply actions
(SPOILER ALERT: RELIGIOUS BELIEF STATEMENT)
I would if he were actually born at this time of the year.
But yeah, why not.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
i thought that was what it’s all about…Jesus’ bday, no?
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty much any Bible scholar will tell you, based on the texts, it’s very unlikely he was actually born during the winter. The early Christians celebrated Jesus’s Resurrection, not his birth, until a few hundred years later. Christmas is probably on December 25th to coincide with the various pre-Christian solstice/Mithras/Saturnalia/etc. festivities.
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yea, like me for example, i really celebrate Christmas on January 6th due to Armenian Christmas, that’s when we believe the birth and baptism occurred on January 6
ahh, so it’s not all about the presents, afterall. (or is it?)
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Amazingly enough
This is the THIRD reference to Saturnalia on MCC. Whee!
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Saturnalia
Is that an options package?
OT OT: Why has this thread disappeared from the MCC homepage, because of its peculiar characteristics? I found it via Frankenstudios comment archive…
…or is it another of the myriad changes wrought by my computer once again acquiring a virus? While the reset is becoming easier (I knew what defaults to change to get the sound back on this time!) the omissions in the OS are disturbing (What’s a network controller do, and do I really need it? I assume I do because it was part of the OS originally…just not now.)
Hey…why are you all backing away?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 25, 2009 5:39 PM PST up reply actions
I accidentally hid the thread. It’s back now.
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LOL
I’m picturing that scene from airplane where the dude unplugs all the lights on the runway
“Just Kidding!!”
So, is it just me and mine or is there a universal hesitation thing going on here? Every action I perform – save actually typing – has a three second delay.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 25, 2009 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
It’s mine too, hence the Bengie Molina on ludes comment down below, and why I suggested Pika start that other thread.
It’s sluggish, like a wet sponge…
Thank you. That's a relief.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 25, 2009 5:46 PM PST up reply actions
I got Zaireeka! I’m so excited.
Uh… anyone want to help me figure out how to play this?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Lust is deaf.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 25, 2009 5:42 PM PST up reply actions
Good for alla us shmoes miles outside celebrity circles.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Dec 26, 2009 1:43 AM PST up reply actions
OT: 2009 pop references that are in your ear
since we’re on the topic of pop culture, what are your fav/least fav/otherwise annoying little commercial jingles or catch phrases that have stuck with you. I’ll start with:
black taco!
…herding cows the size of schnauzers but they’re cattle…
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phones ring
OMFG and those damned Jarrod commercials… “I’m a petty two bit whore only in it for the jewelry [ insert sickening squeal here] he went to Jarrrod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
/retch
my reaction, exactly
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 5:11 PM PST up reply actions
+1,000,000
although I have to think the DeBeers “I Love this Woman!!!!” ones are on the list too.
Buy a piece of carbon for 25,000x what it’s intrinsically worth… it’s forever
Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."
"I sometimes still can get insider info and I am not a dumb or average fan.
Molina is needed."
by natteringnabob on Dec 26, 2009 6:19 AM PST up reply actions
Ummmmm….All of it?
I guess the one jingle that has really gotten under my skin lately is Wendy’s “You know when it’s real.” jingle…Every time I hear it, it makes my skin crawl…
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Dec 25, 2009 7:10 PM PST up reply actions
Being rather okay…VERY short I don’t much get the whole basketball thing… but I think there is football on soon.
Titans Chargers game is coming up in a bit… but nothing else was on today… Great christmas overall… we should… wait, i got an idea
i almost turned on the NFL channel for this game, but…
-Chargers pretty much wrapped up their thing, so, meh
-Titans, .500, who cares
-4:30 game time, way too early
-Matt Millen was the clincher, though. He wears me down.
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions
OT: Favorite Christmas gift (for those who celebrate it)
I must say that just being home is awesome enough, but got San Francisco warriors Stephen Curry jersey, and another would be niner tickets for Sunday
poor sap, with the warriors-anything
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 5:12 PM PST up reply actions
not where the horroriors and the NBA are concerned
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 5:16 PM PST up reply actions
somewhere along the line I came to the realization that they were playing me for a fool, so I’ve crossed them and that lame-ass show that they call the NBAoff my list
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 25, 2009 5:19 PM PST up reply actions
maybe we can put this as a fanpost?
or is it just on my computer that this thread is slower than Bengie Molina on quaaludes?
Got a Cain jersey from one of my friends and this from another friend.
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Hey the I see the Gaints offensive fire power upgrade kit for 2010!!
/ Chants, " Olivio, Jacobs, Podsednik" Then smacks head with a 1 X 6. This will continue tell the pain decreases and moral improves.
by daveinexile on Dec 26, 2009 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Probably
Wii Fit Plus. I can really use it. Nothing like being insulted by my video game system.
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
album I got a few days ago that I have really been liking and it probably would be on my favorites list if I had obtained it earlier… it’s very mellow and quiet, but very nice: Laura Gibson, Beasts of Seasons.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Why does everyone hate Justin Bieber?
jeesh
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 26, 2009 3:51 PM PST reply actions
Damn you Crakalaka for making me aware of this guy.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 26, 2009 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
His music videos are hilariously dumb. Watch “One Time”
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 27, 2009 12:13 AM PST up reply actions
Usher I think. At least thats who he hangs out with
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 27, 2009 12:11 AM PST up reply actions
Seriously. Theres like a million facebook groups hatin on him. Im not a big fan, but I dont undertsand why everyone hates him so much
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 27, 2009 12:12 AM PST up reply actions
Everyone hates him cause he sounds like a girl. Whatever. hes 14. Get over it.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 27, 2009 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
Ya, for real.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 27, 2009 12:49 AM PST up reply actions
You were?
You slim down since?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 27, 2009 12:59 AM PST up reply actions
yea, i did a little… i used to be like 280 or so when i first went to college actually… i weigh 240sh now… plus worked out all last summer and now i’ve kept it up… it really does wonders for your confidence
Ya I bet. I need to lift more often. Im pretty scrawny, especially considering I play 3 sports.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 27, 2009 1:16 AM PST up reply actions
Waterpolo and volleyball for high school, and swimming during the summer. I played soccer for the last 12 years until this year
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 27, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
I’ve seen a couple of his interviews, and he comes across as a total douche.
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by raisingcain on Dec 27, 2009 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
Diamondbacks, Howry Agree To Deal
By Zach Links [December 26 at 5:53pm CST]
The Diamondbacks and pitcher Bob Howry have agreed to terms on a one-year deal with a team option for 2011, reports Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic. Although the terms of the deal are currently unknown, it is believed to be worth $2-3MM.
The 36-year-old righty posted a 3.39 ERA with 6.5 K/9 in 63 games for the Giants last season. We first heard the D-Backs were interested in the Arizona native a few weeks back after LaTroy Hawkins was scooped up by the Brewers.
I know he had his supporters on here but for me… Good Riddance
good, there’s some getting even in the offing…
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 26, 2009 9:23 PM PST up reply actions
OT: Lady Gaga: would you hit it?
She’s a bit of a wild one, so she would be on the adventurous side of things. One warning, this is dependent on the rumors of her having a bit of junk being not true. If true, all bets are off!!
BTW< I went to her concert a couple weeks ago in SF as a skeptic, probably the best concert of the year. She destroys Britney completely. Especially singing live!I was shocked at the amount of 30-40 yr old people there.
what, with you having a gf, and all
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 26, 2009 9:24 PM PST up reply actions
fair enough
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 26, 2009 11:21 PM PST up reply actions
Lady Gaga sucks.
And no.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 26, 2009 10:37 PM PST up reply actions
Even though she sucks?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 27, 2009 12:13 AM PST up reply actions
Lady GaGa is awesome
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
More like Lady Gag-because-her-music-makes-me-gag-a. Amirite!?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 8:13 AM PST up reply actions
To be more accurate and fair:
I just, personally, don’t really enjoy her music.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 8:15 AM PST up reply actions
I've never heard her, but...
…wasn’t she the woman wearing the bird’s nest at Kanye’s wonderful somethingsomething awards public relations “event”?
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 28, 2009 8:23 AM PST up reply actions
She’s worn some weird things, so I wouldn’t be surprised.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions
Came out in March 2008 but new to me in 2009
The Retribution Gospel Choir’s eponymous album was pretty fantastic. Mix a bit of Low with a pinch of Kozelek makes 109 servings of awesome.
For the thirteen time in 3 or one evers, I found myself toothlessly thinking about Manny Ramirez.
triple crown
alex smith – barry zito – swine flu
by E Ticket on Dec 27, 2009 2:05 PM PST up reply actions
they need to get more than a FG here.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
6 points against the worst D in the league.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 27, 2009 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder how this season would have gone if they’d kept Martz…
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 27, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
too much backpedaling
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by greatgiantfan on Dec 27, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
Number 11 Number 11 Number 11 Number 11 Number 11
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 27, 2009 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
I actually enjoyed the first half… on my new flatscreen.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 27, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions
It is beating the crap out of the 23" SD set, I can assure you.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 27, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions
You are getting excellent clarity on the offensive ineptitude!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 27, 2009 2:42 PM PST up reply actions
Excruciating detail.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Dec 27, 2009 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
Is Gore too busy saving the environment to play?
GLOBAL BENCH WARMING!!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 27, 2009 2:47 PM PST reply actions
Is he injured? disinterested? in Singletary’s doghouse? He’s not playing much. And it’s not like he’s in the game and not getting the ball, it seems like every time they show him, he’s on the sidelines.
Stockton says he is not injured. I don’t know why he isn’t playing.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 27, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Gee…and now they are moving the ball.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 27, 2009 2:56 PM PST up reply actions
Wow...Smith could have run that in.
Stat padding!
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 27, 2009 2:59 PM PST reply actions
He was but it wasn’t called.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 27, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions
well… i just got back from the game…. WOW so long to get there and get back and i live in OAKLAND…. err MORAGA… but man, that was by far the most BORING game i’ve ever watched
You think that game was boring… you shoulda watched the Bengal game. More 1-2-3-kicks than the freakin Rockettes, and Maualuga broke his stupid ankle.
well, i probably woulda watched that game than the other one since i can’t stand watching Singletary’s fucking offense…. This game, i heard from EVERY NINER FAN, was supposed to be an evaluation of Smith, and boy golly, a 97 passer rating is AWESOME, hey good job Alex, 230 yards, 1 measly touchdown, against a 2 win team, and a team that hasn’t won on the road in 20 games
49ers are unwatchable after watching the NFL Network’s replay of the 1981 NFC Championship game three days earlier.
"meh"
Perfectly said… i can’t stand this team and how safe they are… like it’s so fucking lame… I don’t see any of this happening with any other game that’s going on in the league, “hey we’re up slightly, so let’s run the ball to secure the win” ITS A POINTLESS GAME, FUCK IT
I only turned to the game when Denver-Philly was in commercial break (plus Indy took Manning out and Indy-NYJ was boring).
"meh"
Yep, i wouldn’t blame you, i was nearly falling asleep in my seat at the stick. Look, i love the niners, i love going to games, but half the crowd was acting like Dodger fans when they left at the end of the 3rd or with 10 mins left in the 4th
took me an hour… but yes, NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH DODGER STADIUM, yet we still rag on em after niner fans deal with it
I went to a 49ers game in 2000 (the same day as when Bill Mueller was traded to the Cubs for Tim Worrell). I took public transit and it took 2 days, only because there is a street only for buses but it slows down significantly on 3rd Street.
"meh"
Also:
LOL COLTS PERFECTION
"It appears that Sabean is playing a game of chicken with Neukom wherein he elucidates the most outrageous things he could do as ML GM without getting fired." - cornball
Jim Sorgi would have won that game!
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 10:21 AM PST up reply actions
The ruling on the field stands, Lars.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 8:16 AM PST up reply actions
The ruling on the fields stands, but requires some additional bracing due to it’s level of rickity reality.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 28, 2009 9:07 AM PST up reply actions
The blue line is unofficial!
(Yes, he looked like he was over the line. I’m just being disagreeable.)
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 9:17 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I’m guessing the replay that the officials see doesn’t have the little blue line, as it is “unofficial.” And it’s been brought up in other places that… so long as the qb has one wittle pinky toe behind the line of scrimmage, everything is okie-dokey.
And let us not overlook the important detail
The pass was entirely unnecessary.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 28, 2009 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
Well, if you’re playing that card, it’s kind of a no-win situation for Smith. All I’ve heard all year about his problem when he rolls out is that he doesn’t look downfield. That he lowers his head too soon and gives up on the play. So he throws a touchdown on a play where he keeps his eyes on the back of the end zone, and he’s still doinitrong.
I don’t disagree that it was a questionable decision. But I don’t think it’s this questionable. Smith had a man in between him and the end zone, and Davis was WIDE open. Smith should have had a better idea of where the line of scrimmage was, but the decision to throw it wasn’t some complete dunce-headed move. Protect your body and get the ball to a wide open receiver. Makes sense. The only thing not to like about the play really was the line of scrimmage issue.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
What people blasted him for earlier in the season (or last season) means nothing to this particular play. He had the corner of the endzone to run to and would not have been touched.
Smith had a man in between him and the end zone
This just isn’t true.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 28, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
More stuff...
Even the recipient of the TD pass said Alex could have run it in:
Vernon Davis scored their first touchdown with 7:17 remaining in the third quarter. Smith, on a bootleg, had room to run it in but flipped a 2-yard pass to Davis in the back of the end zone.
“He’d rather throw a completion than score himself,” the tight end said. “That’s how Alex has always been.”
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 28, 2009 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
I don’t know, man. Post-game press conference quotes?
I think what I really need to do is just see another replay. I know the line of scrimmage issue back and forth, but I want to see one more time where that defender was.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
I am not sure what other type of quotes would be applicable
I mean, short of running on to the field and immediately asking Vernon or Alex why the play happened like it did.
You are right. You need to see the replay.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 28, 2009 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
Well, I just don’t see what weight Vernon Davis’ quotes – or anybody’s, for that matter – should have for my opinion of a play that I can see with my own eyes. If Smith had airmailed the pass and Davis had said after the game, “I should have caught that,” is my mind supposed to be changed because he said it?
And beyond which, I never said that Smith couldn’t have run it in. I never congratulated him for choosing to throw the ball either. All I said was that the decision wasn’t this unbelievably stupid one that it seems to be getting construed as. I’m just trying to figure out why you seem to deplore the decision to throw there so much. If he had done it a yard further back, would it still be this much of an issue?
By the way, I’m trying to find a replay right now. But it’s slow because I’m also trying to get some work done. I’ll get back when I see it again.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 10:48 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, he would have taken a hit pretty close to the goal line there. Mind = Not Changed. Throwing that close to the line of scrimmage was questionable at best (to reiterate, again), but there was a defender who had a clear angle on Smith there. He would not have been untouched.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
Would he have scored?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 28, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
Quite probably.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions
I’m not sure how that would have affected the play. It makes sense that it would have gotten him to the edge sooner. But at the same time, if he doesn’t at least sell the pass, who knows what the defense does.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
Just responding to this, which seems to be one of the major points of contention in this particular back and forth we’re having:
He had the corner of the endzone to run to and would not have been touched.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 11:02 AM PST up reply actions
I’m just trying to figure out why you seem to deplore the decision to throw there so much.
I am sure Alex is a nice guy and a good teammate. Wanting to get your tightend a TD pass reveals that fact. This is definitely a quality to admire – when you are up by 20 points late in the game – not when the lead is 3 and you haven’t been able to put the ball in the endzone all day. Under those circumstances, you make the sure play and run the ball in.
Anything could have happened on that pass. Davis could have dropped the ball. The challenge could have worked (and probably should have worked). Of course, you could say something like “Well, Alex could have tripped on his feet and funbled or something”. But in all honesty, what is more likely?
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 28, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Anything could have happened on that pass. Davis could have dropped the ball. The challenge could have worked (and probably should have worked). Of course, you could say something like "Well, Alex could have tripped on his feet and fumbled or something". But in all honesty, what is more likely?
I do not disagree with any of this. Running it in there is a high-percentage play. That pass isn’t quite as high-percentage, no, but it’s still high percentage. To my mind, it just seems like an overreaction to stand as far down the spectrum of negative reactions as you seem to be standing.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
I understand the first part. Every play stands on its own. I do think it is in some ways a reflection of the criticism he’s taken, but the play itself needs to stand on its own.
The second part isn’t so cut and dry. The defender wasn’t directly between him and the end zone, no. But he would have been hit. From the way I remember the play, I don’t believe that he would have gone in untouched. If I see a replay and my mind is changed, I’ll be the first to say so.
I don’t really see what’s making the play so terrible, though. He threw the ball to a wide open receiver, and the play stood as a touchdown. I have admitted that both the decision and the execution weren’t perfect and even that they were questionable. They play is by all means not beyond reproach. But I really don’t think it’s so exclusively reproachful, either.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Dec 28, 2009 10:31 AM PST up reply actions
What i saw from the stands, everyone was just like “what the fuck Alex” but then realized it was a touchdown… He made a risky play which could have been past the line of scrimmage… But what i’m saying is that Alex seemed to check down way too much, it was like that was all he could do.
Look, i hope Alex succeeds, but at the same time, he needs to play better, because all the teams he’s beatin, the defense has been there to help him out, it’s been the defense for most or every win this season when Smith started
Top 5 of 2009
5. The Raveonettes – In & Out of Control
4. Real Estate – Real Estate
3. Girls – Album
2. Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms
1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
Best discovery: it’s kinda cheating cuz its a box set but Scott Walker – 5 Easy Pieces is phenomenal
sorry, are we still talking music i think i missed the memo or somethin
2009 Album: No More Stories Are Told Today, I’m Sorry, They Washed Away by Mew
Album discovered in 2009: Muzai Moratorium by Shiina Ringo
Despite being a massive music nerd, I haven’t gritted out the game well enough this year and have found far far fewer artists and albums as compared to previous years. Therefore, other recommendations that are a few years old from lesser known bands:
Set Yourself on FIre (Stars)
Reason to Believe (Pennywise)
Songs for Silverman (Ben Folds)
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (The Flaming Lips)
Lupe Fiasco’s Food and Liquor (Lupe Fiasco) – original Lupe album
Hopes and Dreams (Keane)
More to come later. Maybe.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
If you like Stars, you should check out Amy Millan’s solo albums as well. She released one this year that’s quite nice. Much mellower/folkier than Stars.
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Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
+1 on Food and Liquor
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 30, 2009 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
This hasn't always been the case
I found some footage of the band xanthan was in during his college days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJMtdfLtKCE
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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Two great releases from 2009:
- James Blackshaw Glass Bead Game (Young God)—Fantastic 12-string guitarist strethes out to include piano and strings and reinvents his sound. A fantastic instrumental record.
- Califone All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (Dead Oceans)—Actually a soundtrack to a film of the same name by frontman Tim Rutili, striped down acoustic sounds like their earlier recordings, but with ample studio manipulations that define the bands experimental side.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Also my discovered in 09 is also an 09 release:
- Animal Collective Fall Be Kind (Domino)—I’ve heard some of the other recordings (and the hype surrounding the band and solo work), but haven’t sprung for a recording until I read that this EP includes a track that samples the Grateful Dead’s Unbroken Chain (from Mars Hotel). In fact, AC are the first band ever to get official clearance to sample the Grateful Dead.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
Fall Be Kind is really good. Well, at least Graze and What Would I Want? Sky are, I always get stuck listening to those two over and over again and as a result, I’ve only listened to the other three a few times each.
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Here comes DeRosa!
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/12/28/1222359/derosa-deal-close
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Meh
I was already thinking of this stupid move as a done deal anyway.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 28, 2009 11:09 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty soon he will be close enough to come right on San Francisco
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 28, 2009 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
noooooooooooo
"Your best?!?!! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and &^%@ the prom queen"
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#52
only what, like 4 more months now?
I suppose I can deal with it until then.
"Your best?!?!! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and &^%@ the prom queen"
Super Rodgers Bros.
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