From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V11 #44 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Tuesday, March 10 2009 Volume 11 : Number 044 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [idealcopy] disc of the day [Creatured ] [idealcopy] MAGAZINE MCR GIG ["keith a" ] RE: [idealcopy] disc of the day ["keith a" ] Re: [idealcopy] disc of the day [Creatured ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 05:57:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Creatured Subject: Re: [idealcopy] disc of the day This reminds me of why I can't stand some reviewers. just listen and like or shut up. Just as art reviewers of paintings or whatever try to encapsulate every stroke as an emotion that has some deep meaning that only they can put to words. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: keith a > To: idealcopy@smoe.org > Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 3:15:25 PM > Subject: [idealcopy] disc of the day > > Mojos Disc of the day is 154 the Swansong of > Gilbert-Newman-Lewis-Gotobed calls time on Golden Decade of UK art rock. > > > > When Wire convened > (or rather de-convened, of which more later) to record their third album for > Harvest, they were not the united front that had annexed art-punk all for > their very own with their scabrous 1977 debut, Pink Flag, and the following > year's cubist-pop masterpiece Chairs Missing. Buying themselves onto a tour > with Roxy Music hadn't helped, and the vision of this once-vital group > reduced to the Ferry-centric lounge lizardry of Manifesto had sown more > seeds of existential discomfort. Wire's way of working had become more > fractured, too, alienated from itself, and yet the resultant dislocation and > froideur made for thrilling avant-pop. Though Wire worked in shifts, The > White Album this ain't, and the band's personalities are seen in fascinating > combinations, perfectly encapsulated in the bookish new wave of Map Ref. > 410N 930W, where Graham > Lewis's Borgesian lyric ("a deep breath of submission had begun") is > artfully shoehorned into an almost sprightly melody and typical art-urchin > vocal by Colin Newman. Elsewhere, the gothic toll of Lewis's I Should Have > Known Better > ("I haven't found a measure yet to / Calibrate my displeasure yet") defines > the uneasy tone (what on earth were they reading) while faint echoes of > Bowie-Eno, Pete Brown > and Alex > Harvey seem to call time on the golden decade of British art rock. 154 held > a mirror up to life, then broke it, and while the press reviews sounded a > note of universal acclamation, it was also the death knell of Wire's fecund > first phase. They would be back, but changed > > gardens.jpg> . > > Danny Eccleston > > http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/03/wire.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:54:27 -0000 From: "keith a" Subject: [idealcopy] MAGAZINE MCR GIG My review is now on-line if anyone wants a quick look. http://www.evilsponge.org/concert/Magazine__14Feb09.htm I should point out that the ratings on evilsponge are out of 7 and not 10, in case you think I'm being a bit miserly! ; ) K. NP Magazine - Real Life ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:12:16 -0000 From: "keith a" Subject: RE: [idealcopy] disc of the day On the other hand someone who wouldn't generally listen to Wire may have logged onto the Mojo website and decided to investigate, so that's surely a good thing? K. NP LET LOVE IN - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - -----Original Message----- From: owner-idealcopy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-idealcopy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Creatured Sent: 09 March 2009 12:57 To: idealcopy@smoe.org Subject: Re: [idealcopy] disc of the day This reminds me of why I can't stand some reviewers. just listen and like or shut up. Just as art reviewers of paintings or whatever try to encapsulate every stroke as an emotion that has some deep meaning that only they can put to words. - ----- Original Message ---- > From: keith a > To: idealcopy@smoe.org > Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 3:15:25 PM > Subject: [idealcopy] disc of the day > > Mojos Disc of the day is 154 the Swansong of > Gilbert-Newman-Lewis-Gotobed calls time on Golden Decade of UK art rock. > > > > When Wire convened > (or rather de-convened, of which more later) to record their third album for > Harvest, they were not the united front that had annexed art-punk all for > their very own with their scabrous 1977 debut, Pink Flag, and the following > year's cubist-pop masterpiece Chairs Missing. Buying themselves onto a tour > with Roxy Music hadn't helped, and the vision of this once-vital group > reduced to the Ferry-centric lounge lizardry of Manifesto had sown more > seeds of existential discomfort. Wire's way of working had become more > fractured, too, alienated from itself, and yet the resultant dislocation and > froideur made for thrilling avant-pop. Though Wire worked in shifts, The > White Album this ain't, and the band's personalities are seen in fascinating > combinations, perfectly encapsulated in the bookish new wave of Map Ref. > 410N 930W, where Graham > Lewis's Borgesian lyric ("a deep breath of submission had begun") is > artfully shoehorned into an almost sprightly melody and typical art-urchin > vocal by Colin Newman. Elsewhere, the gothic toll of Lewis's I Should Have > Known Better > ("I haven't found a measure yet to / Calibrate my displeasure yet") defines > the uneasy tone (what on earth were they reading) while faint echoes of > Bowie-Eno, Pete Brown > and Alex > Harvey seem to call time on the golden decade of British art rock. 154 held > a mirror up to life, then broke it, and while the press reviews sounded a > note of universal acclamation, it was also the death knell of Wire's fecund > first phase. They would be back, but changed > > gardens.jpg> . > > Danny Eccleston > > http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/03/wire.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:40:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Creatured Subject: Re: [idealcopy] disc of the day I'll give ya that. Always good for another the fan. This is the line that got to me: once-vital group > reduced to the Ferry-centric lounge lizardry of Manifesto had sown more > seeds of existential discomfort. Felt proud of himself for this i'm sure. The Grouch - ----- Original Message ---- > From: keith a > To: Creatured ; idealcopy@smoe.org > Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 2:12:16 PM > Subject: RE: [idealcopy] disc of the day > > On the other hand someone who wouldn't generally listen to Wire may have > logged onto the Mojo website and decided to investigate, so that's surely a > good thing? > > K. > > NP LET LOVE IN - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-idealcopy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-idealcopy@smoe.org] On Behalf > Of Creatured > Sent: 09 March 2009 12:57 > To: idealcopy@smoe.org > Subject: Re: [idealcopy] disc of the day > > This reminds me of why I can't stand some reviewers. just listen and like or > shut up. > Just as art reviewers of paintings or whatever try to encapsulate every > stroke as an emotion that has some deep meaning that only they can put > to words. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: keith a > > To: idealcopy@smoe.org > > Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 3:15:25 PM > > Subject: [idealcopy] disc of the day > > > > Mojos Disc of the day is 154 the Swansong of > > Gilbert-Newman-Lewis-Gotobed calls time on Golden Decade of UK art rock. > > > > > > > > When Wire convened > > (or rather de-convened, of which more later) to record their third album > for > > Harvest, they were not the united front that had annexed art-punk all for > > their very own with their scabrous 1977 debut, Pink Flag, and the > following > > year's cubist-pop masterpiece Chairs Missing. Buying themselves onto a > tour > > with Roxy Music hadn't helped, and the vision of this once-vital group > > reduced to the Ferry-centric lounge lizardry of Manifesto had sown more > > seeds of existential discomfort. Wire's way of working had become more > > fractured, too, alienated from itself, and yet the resultant dislocation > and > > froideur made for thrilling avant-pop. Though Wire worked in shifts, The > > White Album this ain't, and the band's personalities are seen in > fascinating > > combinations, perfectly encapsulated in the bookish new wave of Map Ref. > > 410N 930W, where Graham > > Lewis's Borgesian lyric ("a deep breath of submission had begun") is > > artfully shoehorned into an almost sprightly melody and typical art-urchin > > vocal by Colin Newman. Elsewhere, the gothic toll of Lewis's I Should Have > > Known Better > > ("I haven't found a measure yet to / Calibrate my displeasure yet") > defines > > the uneasy tone (what on earth were they reading) while faint echoes of > > Bowie-Eno, Pete Brown > > and Alex > > Harvey seem to call time on the golden decade of British art rock. 154 > held > > a mirror up to life, then broke it, and while the press reviews sounded a > > note of universal acclamation, it was also the death knell of Wire's > fecund > > first phase. They would be back, but changed > > > > gardens.jpg> . > > > > Danny Eccleston > > > > http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2009/03/wire.html ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V11 #44 *******************************