From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V1 #281 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Friday, October 26 2001 Volume 01 : Number 281 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] Stereolab tour [Roger Winston ] [loud-fans] loudfamily live [Dana L Paoli ] [loud-fans] Stereolab's latest [Jon Tveite ] [loud-fans] minidisc: good news (ns) [Dana L Paoli ] RE: [loud-fans] minidisc: good news (ns) ["Larry Tucker" ] [loud-fans] Innocence lost [Dan McCarthy ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 06:59:40 -0600 From: Roger Winston Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Stereolab tour At Wednesday 10/24/2001 11:26 PM -0500, Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey wrote: >Anyone going to see Stereolab on their US tour? Not me! I'm not a Stereolab fan. However, I got a postcard this week from our own intrepid European backpacker Sarah G, who says she saw them in Warsaw. It sounds like she's having a lot of fun. Does anyone know exactly when Sarah left the country? I'm guessing it was before 9/11. Her "I'm leaving soon" e-mail to LoudFans was on 8/24. Later. --Rog - -- When toads are not enough: http://www.reignoffrogs.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:35:41 -0400 From: Dana L Paoli Subject: [loud-fans] loudfamily live The loudfamily live CDR has been claimed. And Jeff is right-on about the new Stereolab. The new one expands on their sound nicely (I love the pedal steel and piano) and also features some very good, though not instantly catchy, songwriting. - --dana ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:04:14 -0500 (CDT) From: Jon Tveite Subject: [loud-fans] Stereolab's latest On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Dana L Paoli wrote: > And Jeff is right-on about the new Stereolab. The new one expands on > their sound nicely (I love the pedal steel and piano) and also > features some very good, though not instantly catchy, songwriting. I heard a little bit of it in a record store, but not enough to decide I wanted it. My interest in the band has waned a bit. I really liked Dots & Loops, in fact it's probably my favorite album by them. But the album that followed it (the one with the long title I couldn't remember under hypnosis) really underwhelmed me. It seemed to take a small chunk of the sound on D&L and drive it into the ground. So I never even bothered with the one after that. I had kind of figured I'd give them another chance with the new one, and what I read here encourages me along those lines, but what about the one I skipped -- is that any good? Jon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:38:07 -0400 From: Dana L Paoli Subject: [loud-fans] minidisc: good news (ns) I was so happy to read this. Minidisc's are so cool, and it would have been a shame if they went extinct in the US. It's such a cute format, with a number of major advantages over CDR's. Anyway, the article: http://nytimes.com/2001/10/25/technology/circuits/25MINI.html - --dana ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:04:56 -0400 From: "Larry Tucker" Subject: RE: [loud-fans] minidisc: good news (ns) |-----Original Message----- |From: Dana L Paoli [mailto:dana-boy@juno.com] |Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:38 AM |To: loud-fans@smoe.org |Subject: [loud-fans] minidisc: good news (ns) | | |I was so happy to read this. Minidisc's are so cool, and it would have |been a shame if they went extinct in the US. It's such a cute format, |with a number of major advantages over CDR's. Anyway, the article: | |http://nytimes.com/2001/10/25/technology/circuits/25MINI.html | |--dana I love these little devices as well and use it just as the article mentioned for transferring mp3s from my computer. Though you must record real time, a disadvantage compared to mp3 players the real bonus is being able to record with mics or a line-in and do live shows. I just recently purchased my second one, one of the Sonys that allows the recording of twice as much onto a disc without a discernable degradation in sound quality. Now no more annoying disc changes during a set. I wonder how many people are still buying DATs? - -Larry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:09:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Stereolab's latest On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Jon Tveite wrote: > > My interest in the band has waned a bit. I really liked Dots & Loops, in > fact it's probably my favorite album by them. But the album that followed > it (the one with the long title I couldn't remember under hypnosis) really > underwhelmed me. It seemed to take a small chunk of the sound on D&L and > drive it into the ground. So I never even bothered with the one after > that. You actually missed two - or perhaps one and three-quarters. _Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night_ (and I should get a prize if I remembered that correctly w/o checking) indeed is a bit knotty to get into - but I find it rewards upon repeated listening, when its details can be better heard to advantage. I felt similar to Jon when I first heard it - - but now I like it pretty well. The 3/4 album that followed, _The First of the Microbe Hunters_, follows pretty clearly upon the sound of _Cobra..._. Frankly, it hasn't yet sunk in enough for me to say anything intelligent here, in my office, w/o the CD to hand - but even though the opening track is cursed with a boneheaded title and numbing but not terribly hypnotic repetition ("Outer Bongolia" - ho ho ho), I recall that there was enough interest on the rest of EP (which is nearly full-length - 30+ minutes, I think) to make me interested in coming back to it until I get it. - --Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n Lecturer English Department University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee np: Lilys/Aspera ad Astra split CD (Lilys half right now) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:49:12 -0700 From: rlewis@adnc.com (Russ Lewis) Subject: [loud-fans] Do I hear $10? (Lolita Nation for sale) Hey, anybody see the LP copy of LN on eBay? It's said to be sealed, and the current high bid is $9.50. The auction closes on 10/29, and the item number is 1477465502. Now's your chance. The act of the sexes is the axis of the sects. -- surrealist proverb ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:29:24 EDT From: Vivebonpop@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] When Your Heartstrings Break In a message dated 10/24/01 12:01:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, sleeveless@citynet.net writes: > Is it Russian? /chokes... sorry, couldn't resist that one. > > Jen > It pains me to hear Marty Wilson-Piper (sp?) "sing." Actually, the film is titled "The Autumn Heart." I thought of that Church song after I sent that post. I always end up skipping the Church songs he goes to the mic on. Please, just leave the words to Steve, Marty. Also rented the latest edition of "Heathers" on DVD (which makes my earlier DVD obsolete) the night I rented "The Autumn Heart." The latest edition comes with THX mastering and little goodies like the unchosen ending. "If it wasn't for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost, and you are too." ("Hot Probs" DJ) Mark ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 18:17:45 EDT From: Vivebonpop@aol.com Subject: [loud-fans] it's warm and made out of wool Elaborating a little more on the Felt question, aside from "Forever Breathes the Lonely Word," which I think is their masterpiece, (a Shakespearean climax...what follows is pale in comparison IMO) I would recommend any Felt release produced by Robin Guthrie. "The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories" and "Ignite the Seven Cannons" I believe were the albums RG produced (they were two on one CDs on Cherry Red), and they are wonderful to listen to. They predate FBTLW by a couple of years ('84-'85). There were two "hits" compilations. The first titled "Gold Mine Trash" (mine on PVC) and the latter, "Bubblegum Perfume," on Creation. If these are track downable, then perhaps get these for a sampling. If worse comes to worse, I'll tape some Felt of your choice for you (just don't turn your nose up at my outdated format...CD burners are still out of my price range). Mark, who thinks Belle and Sebastian sound as much like Felt as John Wesley Harding sounds like Elvis Costello. (in other words nothing like) np The American Analog Set "Know By Heart" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 18:46:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: [loud-fans] fun with spellcheckers The dictionary in my copy of TextPad doesn't like the first name of Stereolab's singer. What does it suggest to replace "Laetitia"? "Leftist" - --Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html ::You think your country needs you, but you know it never will:: __Elvis Costello__ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 00:06:37 -0400 From: Dan McCarthy Subject: Re: [loud-fans] fun with spellcheckers >The dictionary in my copy of TextPad doesn't like the first name of >Stereolab's singer. What does it suggest to replace "Laetitia"? > >"Leftist" There used to be a rather interesting bug in MS Office 95 where if you entered the word 'zzz' on the page, the spellchecker would suggest the word "sex" as a viable substitute. Then again, I suppose sex is a viable substitute for just about anything. (the other) Dan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 00:07:46 -0400 From: Dan McCarthy Subject: [loud-fans] Innocence lost Dear God, help me. I have just discovered that Fatboy Slim was the bassist for the Housemartins. My perception of reality has been forever altered. (the other) Dan ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V1 #281 *******************************