From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V8 #29 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 Wednesday, February 4 2009 Volume 08 : Number 029 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] Gary Wilson ["Paul King" ] Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? [Jer Fairall ] Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? [Tom Galczynski ] Re: [loud-fans] Gary Wilson [Andrew Hamlin ] Re: [loud-fans] Gary Wilson ["Paul King" ] Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? [JRT456@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? [Andrew Hamlin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:22:07 -0500 From: "Paul King" Subject: [loud-fans] Gary Wilson But does anyone know enough trivia about Wilson (formerly of The Blind Dates) to know if there was a necessity to wear the glasses he wore, or was it just part of his persona? I think the latter, but I was just wondering... Paul ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:28:55 -0500 From: Jer Fairall Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? Only one month into the new year and I already have five records I really like: 1. A.C. Newman, GET GUILTY (yeah, it rocks.) 2. Emm Gryner, GODDESS (typical Emm, typically lovely--out Feb. 17) 3. Fake Problems, IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE (raucous punk-pop in the Replacements/Too Much Joy mode; occasional hints of Modest Mouse-esque dementia--out Feb. 17) 4. Gentleman Reg, JET BLACK (somewhat overly fey folk-pop songwriter joins Arts & Crafts label and gains some much needed musical muscle-- out Feb. 24) 5. Plushgun, PINS & PANZER (New York musician clearly fixated on the shinier, more mainstream end of 80's synth pop; occasionally wise lyrics--out Feb. 17) Also, on topic/shamelessly self-promoting, my interview with A.C. Newman for PopMatters went live today: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/69816-adventures-in-solitude-an-interview-with-ac-newman/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:06:25 -0600 From: Tom Galczynski Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? I think I've said this before, but yes the A.C. Newman leads my personal best of 2009 so far. Thanks for the tips on the others, none of which I have ever heard before. I'm also liking the new Springsteen but it sure sounds like half of a Magic 2-cd album that never happened. Curious to know if those songs were all written around the same time or what. Tom Galczynski tgalczynski@comcast.net - --------------------------------------- We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. -- Stephen Vincent Benet Jer Fairall wrote: > Only one month into the new year and I already have five records I > really like: > > 1. A.C. Newman, GET GUILTY (yeah, it rocks.) > 2. Emm Gryner, GODDESS (typical Emm, typically lovely--out Feb. 17) > 3. Fake Problems, IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE (raucous punk-pop in the > Replacements/Too Much Joy mode; occasional hints of Modest Mouse-esque > dementia--out Feb. 17) > 4. Gentleman Reg, JET BLACK (somewhat overly fey folk-pop songwriter > joins Arts & Crafts label and gains some much needed musical > muscle--out Feb. 24) > 5. Plushgun, PINS & PANZER (New York musician clearly fixated on the > shinier, more mainstream end of 80's synth pop; occasionally wise > lyrics--out Feb. 17) > > Also, on topic/shamelessly self-promoting, my interview with A.C. > Newman for PopMatters went live today: > http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/69816-adventures-in-solitude-an-interview-with-ac-newman/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:21:50 -0700 From: Tom Marcinko Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? Gotta second the vote for A.C. Those others sound interesting -- all new names to me. (And yes, get off my lawn.) Congrats on the interview! On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Tom Galczynski wrote: > I think I've said this before, but yes the A.C. Newman leads my personal > best of 2009 so far. Thanks for the tips on the others, none of which I > have ever heard before. I'm also liking the new Springsteen but it sure > sounds like half of a Magic 2-cd album that never happened. Curious to know > if those songs were all written around the same time or what. > > Tom Galczynski tgalczynski@comcast.net > --------------------------------------- > We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. -- Stephen Vincent Benet > > > > > > Jer Fairall wrote: > >> Only one month into the new year and I already have five records I really >> like: >> >> 1. A.C. Newman, GET GUILTY (yeah, it rocks.) >> 2. Emm Gryner, GODDESS (typical Emm, typically lovely--out Feb. 17) >> 3. Fake Problems, IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE (raucous punk-pop in the >> Replacements/Too Much Joy mode; occasional hints of Modest Mouse-esque >> dementia--out Feb. 17) >> 4. Gentleman Reg, JET BLACK (somewhat overly fey folk-pop songwriter >> joins Arts & Crafts label and gains some much needed musical muscle--out >> Feb. 24) >> 5. Plushgun, PINS & PANZER (New York musician clearly fixated on the >> shinier, more mainstream end of 80's synth pop; occasionally wise >> lyrics--out Feb. 17) >> >> Also, on topic/shamelessly self-promoting, my interview with A.C. Newman >> for PopMatters went live today: >> http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/69816-adventures-in-solitude-an-interview-with-ac-newman/ >> > - -- http://tomaq.livejournal.com/ "In a world so redolent with wonder, how can we allow ourselves to conduct our daily lives with so little insight, such absence of dignity?" Bruno Argento http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2009/01/the_true_21st_century_begins.php ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 15:17:01 -0800 From: Andrew Hamlin Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Gary Wilson On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Paul King wrote: > But does anyone know enough trivia about Wilson (formerly of The Blind Dates) > to know if there was a necessity to wear the glasses he wore, or was it just > part of his persona? I think the latter, but I was just wondering... Ask Gary yourself! http://www.sixpointfour.com/ , Andy "Finding a comfortable spot for your psychoses is not the same as not having any." - --an old friend of mine on gchat ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:02:57 -0500 From: "Paul King" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Gary Wilson Thanks! PJK > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Paul King wrote: > > But does anyone know enough trivia about Wilson (formerly of The Blind Dates) > > to know if there was a necessity to wear the glasses he wore, or was it just > > part of his persona? I think the latter, but I was just wondering... > > Ask Gary yourself! > > http://www.sixpointfour.com/ , > > Andy > > > "Finding a comfortable spot for your psychoses is not the same as not > having any." > > --an old friend of mine on gchat > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 3823 (20090203) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 20:58:48 EST From: JRT456@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? In a message dated 2/3/09 4:13:26 PM, tgalczynski@comcast.net writes: > I'm also liking the new Springsteen but it sure > sounds like half of a Magic 2-cd album that never happened. Curious to > know if those songs were all written around the same time or what. > The press kit says that Springsteen got such a kick out of going back to pop production with Brendan O'Brien that he went right into writing more songs after the MAGIC sessions, with those being recorded during breaks from that album's tour. ************** Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http ://ad.doubleclick. net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 20:45:24 -0800 From: Andrew Hamlin Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? Still doing the robot to the Faunts over here. I pronounce Booker T.'s POTATO HOLE (out April 21) a gas; hooking the "Green Onions" doyen to Drive By Truckers (on their way to becoming the Anti- house band) and (of all people) Neil Young, to cover OutKast and Tom Waits...I confess, it all works much better than I feared it would. And Laura Barrett's VICTORY GARDEN (out February 24) shines. She's eased off, true, on her kalimba and the science fiction (convention) humor, but she compensates with expanded vision and a sure grip on diverse textures. Her first full-length after two EPs; referred to as a 2009 release by Amazon (and the PR company), but may have been released last year in Canada. Still missing: Idolator Poll, Village Voice film poll, and Brian Block's P&J ballot, Andy "You'll have to get into unlimited fighting--which, I'm told, is the new boxing." "It's the new demolition derby." - ----conversation with an old friend of mine on gchat ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:32:22 -0700 From: Tom Marcinko Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Head start on 2009? That works for me, since I liked Magic more than most Broose albums. I got into him fairly late. I never identified with that gritty-from-da-streets persona. But the older he gets, the more I like him. Maybe it's just *me* getting old. In fact, I think I *will* go to bed. On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:58 PM, wrote: > In a message dated 2/3/09 4:13:26 PM, tgalczynski@comcast.net writes: > > > > I'm also liking the new Springsteen but it sure > > sounds like half of a Magic 2-cd album that never happened. Curious to > > know if those songs were all written around the same time or what. > > > > The press kit says that Springsteen got such a kick out of going back to > pop > production with Brendan O'Brien that he went right into writing more songs > after the MAGIC sessions, with those being recorded during breaks from that > album's tour. > > > > > > > ************** > Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. > ( > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http > ://ad.doubleclick. > net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) > - -- http://tomaq.livejournal.com/ "In a world so redolent with wonder, how can we allow ourselves to conduct our daily lives with so little insight, such absence of dignity?" Bruno Argento http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2009/01/the_true_21st_century_begins.php ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V8 #29 ******************************