From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V10 #189 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Saturday, September 15 2007 Volume 10 : Number 189 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] RE: Thanks & Recommendations ["Jason Rogers" Subject: [idealcopy] RE: Thanks & Recommendations >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:12:36 +0200 >From: "Mileta Okiljevic" >Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Thanks & Recommendations > >i liked A PLACE TO BURRY STRANGERS.. >friend of mine make excellent review ( unfortunatelly not on english.. : - > Good call! I ordered A Place To Bury Strangers from the link at their MySpace site. The first pressing of their CD is sold out, but a second pressing is supposed to ship out on September 22, so it'll likely be awhile before the CD arrives in my mailbox. Eagerly awaiting it, though, as the material on the band's website is exceptionally good. I'll fall in line with the rest of the reviews that say APTBS is like a cross between shoegazer and late-80's Wax Trax label industrial/aggro material. A few recommendations of my own... Right now, I'm listening to Film School's new album, Hideout. I've been all over this release since I purchased it a few days back and am happy to say that Film School's Hideout eclipses the Blonde Redhead album for my favorite "shoegazer" album of 2007 so far. If you have fond memories of the first three Catherine Wheel albums, then you'll get into this Film School album in a big way. Nothing to reinvent the wheel, but these songs are beautiful. I'm going to see Film School on October 19 when they play with Eulogies here. Earplugs on my person, as I'm expecting Film School to thoroughly shoegaze Atlanta flat to the ground that night. I've also been listening to Foreign Born - On The Wing Now a lot over the past couple of weeks. Foreign Born are a Los Angeles band with a penchant for anthem songs that blend mid-80's Gene Loves Jezebel, old U2, Ride (another shoegaze influence, yes), and a touch of old R.E.M. jangle on a few songs. Back in 2005, Foreign Born released their first EP, In The Remote Woods, which was a near-flawless collection of five songs that conjured Chameleons UK/Gene Loves Jezebel/semi-Joy-Division/Flesh For Lulu gloriousness in the way of the more edgy stuff that you'd find on John Hughes movie soundtracks in the mid-80's. On The Wing Now, the new debut full-length from Foreign Born, doesn't completely live up to the promise of that brilliant 2005 EP, but most of the songs on this album are pretty impressive. To run an old comparison into the ground, Foreign Born may not be the champion race horse that I was hoping for, but they're not a one-trick pony either. On The Wing Now is a solid good debut album. Just this morning, as I noted my mid-month paycheck is in the account, I ordered the three Joy Division Deluxe Editions (Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still). I could argue of this being a redundant purchase, as I've got the Joy Division catalogue in its entirety and more, but, then again, here's looking forward to these updated reissues with the live bonus discs. Now for something totally unrelated to most things Wire and music in general... I recently grabbed the new DVD edition of the 1978 Philip Kaufman version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers and enjoyed revisiting the film last night. This second film version of the Jack Finney novel had the pod people taking over in San Francisco and featured outstanding work from Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Brooke Adams, and, to top it off, a nicely sinister Leonard Nimoy (you'll never look at Spock the same way again after watching this movie). As much as I love the original 1956 black/white film adaptation of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, I have to say that I hold this 1978 version in almost equal esteem. I saw this 1978 version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers on TV at a very young age and it was the first movie I can remember that really scared the hell out of me. I remember this first viewing, as I knew nothing about the story beforehand and I had been expecting the film to be a monster movie with evil-looking aliens and whatever else, so I was unprepared for the far more insidious images of the pod-people in process of replicating humans and I was even more unprepared for the human look-alikes at the end who would point and make that most evil vocal noise in the world when spotting a remaining real human. The scariest moments of the movie for me back then, though, were the crowd scenes of people obviously taken by the body snatchers...the scene where Kevin McCarthy has been run over in the street at the beginning and the crowd of onlookers standing emotionlessly around his body...man, that freaked me out. For years after I saw this movie in my childhood, I was very uncomfortable in large crowds of people, as I kept imagining something bad happening to me and people just standing around watching emotionlessly. The final shot of the movie is what really did things in for me back then, as this was the first movie I had ever seen with a complete and utter bleak ending...nothing is okay at the end and nothing will ever be okay. A long damn way from the Super Friends cartoons and such that I was accustomed to watching at the time. Watching Invasion Of The Body Snatchers last night, the movie obviously doesn't have the same scare effect as it did when I was eight years old, but it's still gloriouslly unsettling and atmospheric. Good subtly eerie music score and tension buildup throughout the movie. A DVD that I'll be watching repeatedly in the months to come. Two discs, with keen documentaries, commentaries, and all that. Highly recommended. Now apologies for my long-winded movie nostalgia side note and back to scheduled programming... Jason Rogers Now Playing: Film School - "Sick Hipster Nursed By Suicide Girl" _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft. Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:48:24 -0700 From: "audie o'fyle" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] RE: Thanks & Recommendations for those of odd literary predilection and persuasion. Aceldama: A Place to Bury Strangers was a work of Aleister Crowley. Funny how he still keeps cropping up. Hasn't it been nearly a year since everyone posted their top ten raves n faves? For me the field has gotten incredibly thin this year and with over 10,000 cd's i rarely listen anymore. I'm listening to Edgard Varese, Moondog, Mott's Wildlife lp, a lot of vintage prog...out of sheer boredom, Rare Bird and the likes, IF, the monthly offerings from julian cope's head heritage site, the Hokum Boys, Simon Shaheed. I have been unable to find githed.....i live in los angeles at that! you can usually find anything here. What is every body reading? i have copies of the stranglers strangled magazine on pdf for anyone who wants them not that i class them in the world class literature category but they are edifying nonetheless. i also love everyone's, especially Ari's, gardening pics so keep them coming. i think it's a revolutionary act to grow something in this day and age. i anxiously await the release of the mark bursa blues band epic 2 cd now months over budget and beyond the original projected release date. np: pop group-don't call me pain and a six pack of old peculier - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Rogers" To: Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 5:20 AM Subject: [idealcopy] RE: Thanks & Recommendations > >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:12:36 +0200 >>From: "Mileta Okiljevic" >>Subject: Re: [idealcopy] Thanks & Recommendations >> >>i liked A PLACE TO BURRY STRANGERS.. >>friend of mine make excellent review ( unfortunatelly not on english.. : - >> > > Good call! > > I ordered A Place To Bury Strangers from the link at their MySpace site. > The first pressing of their CD is sold out, but a second pressing is > supposed to ship out on September 22, so it'll likely be awhile before the > CD arrives in my mailbox. Eagerly awaiting it, though, as the material > on the band's website is exceptionally good. I'll fall in line with the > rest of the reviews that say APTBS is like a cross between shoegazer and > late-80's Wax Trax label industrial/aggro material. > > A few recommendations of my own... > > Right now, I'm listening to Film School's new album, Hideout. I've been > all over this release since I purchased it a few days back and am happy to > say that Film School's Hideout eclipses the Blonde Redhead album for my > favorite "shoegazer" album of 2007 so far. If you have fond memories of > the first three Catherine Wheel albums, then you'll get into this Film > School album in a big way. Nothing to reinvent the wheel, but these > songs are beautiful. I'm going to see Film School on October 19 when > they play with Eulogies here. Earplugs on my person, as I'm expecting > Film School to thoroughly shoegaze Atlanta flat to the ground that night. > > I've also been listening to Foreign Born - On The Wing Now a lot over the > past couple of weeks. Foreign Born are a Los Angeles band with a > penchant for anthem songs that blend mid-80's Gene Loves Jezebel, old U2, > Ride (another shoegaze influence, yes), and a touch of old R.E.M. jangle > on a few songs. Back in 2005, Foreign Born released their first EP, In > The Remote Woods, which was a near-flawless collection of five songs that > conjured Chameleons UK/Gene Loves Jezebel/semi-Joy-Division/Flesh For Lulu > gloriousness in the way of the more edgy stuff that you'd find on John > Hughes movie soundtracks in the mid-80's. On The Wing Now, the new debut > full-length from Foreign Born, doesn't completely live up to the promise > of that brilliant 2005 EP, but most of the songs on this album are pretty > impressive. To run an old comparison into the ground, Foreign Born may > not be the champion race horse that I was hoping for, but they're not a > one-trick pony either. On The Wing Now is a solid good debut album. > > Just this morning, as I noted my mid-month paycheck is in the account, I > ordered the three Joy Division Deluxe Editions (Unknown Pleasures, Closer, > Still). I could argue of this being a redundant purchase, as I've got > the Joy Division catalogue in its entirety and more, but, then again, > here's looking forward to these updated reissues with the live bonus > discs. > > Now for something totally unrelated to most things Wire and music in > general... > > I recently grabbed the new DVD edition of the 1978 Philip Kaufman version > of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers and enjoyed revisiting the film last > night. This second film version of the Jack Finney novel had the pod > people taking over in San Francisco and featured outstanding work from > Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Brooke Adams, and, to top it off, a > nicely sinister Leonard Nimoy (you'll never look at Spock the same way > again after watching this movie). As much as I love the original 1956 > black/white film adaptation of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, I have to > say that I hold this 1978 version in almost equal esteem. > > I saw this 1978 version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers on TV at a very > young age and it was the first movie I can remember that really scared the > hell out of me. I remember this first viewing, as I knew nothing about > the story beforehand and I had been expecting the film to be a monster > movie with evil-looking aliens and whatever else, so I was unprepared for > the far more insidious images of the pod-people in process of replicating > humans and I was even more unprepared for the human look-alikes at the end > who would point and make that most evil vocal noise in the world when > spotting a remaining real human. The scariest moments of the movie for me > back then, though, were the crowd scenes of people obviously taken by the > body snatchers...the scene where Kevin McCarthy has been run over in the > street at the beginning and the crowd of onlookers standing emotionlessly > around his body...man, that freaked me out. For years after I saw this > movie in my childhood, I was very uncomfortable in large crowds of people, > as I kept imagining something bad happening to me and people just standing > around watching emotionlessly. The final shot of the movie is what > really did things in for me back then, as this was the first movie I had > ever seen with a complete and utter bleak ending...nothing is okay at the > end and nothing will ever be okay. A long damn way from the Super > Friends cartoons and such that I was accustomed to watching at the time. > > Watching Invasion Of The Body Snatchers last night, the movie obviously > doesn't have the same scare effect as it did when I was eight years old, > but it's still gloriouslly unsettling and atmospheric. Good subtly eerie > music score and tension buildup throughout the movie. A DVD that I'll be > watching repeatedly in the months to come. Two discs, with keen > documentaries, commentaries, and all that. Highly recommended. > > Now apologies for my long-winded movie nostalgia side note and back to > scheduled programming... > > > Jason Rogers > > Now Playing: Film School - "Sick Hipster Nursed By Suicide Girl" > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft. Office Live! > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:19:29 EDT From: MarkBursa@aol.com Subject: Re: [idealcopy] RE: Thanks & Recommendations >>anxiously await the release of the mark bursa blues band epic 2 cd now months over budget and beyond the original projected release date.<< About 25 years overdue. And probably not one for the blues purists. Mark ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:52:11 -0400 From: "C. Dunton" Subject: Re: [idealcopy] RE: Thanks & Recommendations On Sep 14, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Jason Rogers wrote: > Just this morning, as I noted my mid-month paycheck is in the > account, I ordered the three Joy Division Deluxe Editions (Unknown > Pleasures, Closer, Still). I could argue of this being a > redundant purchase, as I've got the Joy Division catalogue in its > entirety and more, but, then again, here's looking forward to these > updated reissues with the live bonus discs. I'm hoping these get a US issuing, because the prices I've seen on a quick cursory glance are more than I'm ready to pay to buy them for the third time. The live discs are surely great, but somehow I doubt the mastering on the regular albums will top what's already on "Heart & Soul". Speaking of remasters, I finally got my copy of the Sisters of Mercy "Merciful Release" box set, some 4 months after my initial order. Nothing revelatory, but good quality remastering of the studio albums with a smattering of bonus tracks, some rarer than others. And of course liner notes from Eldritch enforcing how all of the overblown Steinman monstrosities were all a great cosmic joke no one got. Not sure how much I believe him, but I'll enjoy the cheesiness regardless. Creaig ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V10 #189 ********************************