From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V9 #84 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 Tuesday, April 27 2010 Volume 09 : Number 084 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] ...and that's the horn for the end of the first quarter... [Dan Sallitt ] Re: [loud-fans] random iPod GT/LF [Matthew Weber ] Re: [loud-fans] random iPod GT/LF [treesprite@earthlink.net] Re: [loud-fans] random iPod GT/LF ["Joseph M. Mallon" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] ...and that's the horn for the end of the first quarter... >While unquestionably talented, the late Mr. Chilton >was a remarkably bitter man. I don't know if I get a bitter vibe off of him. I get the sense that he was capable of cruelty, and that the tamed version of that cruelty was a like-it-or-lump-it detachment. As I've mentioned here before, in my encounters with him he was extraordinarily gentle and kind, as if trying to dispel the celebrity-fan distance. Even in the worst stories about him, though, I don't pick up hatred or lashing out - his unpleasantness seemed more calm and recreational. - Dan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:09:03 -0700 From: Andrew Hamlin Subject: Re: [loud-fans] ...and that's the horn for the end of the first quarter... > I don't know if I get a bitter vibe off of him. I get the sense that he was > capable of cruelty, and that the tamed version of that cruelty was a > like-it-or-lump-it detachment. As I've mentioned here before, in my > encounters with him he was extraordinarily gentle and kind, as if trying to > dispel the celebrity-fan distance. Even in the worst stories about him, > though, I don't pick up hatred or lashing out - his unpleasantness seemed > more calm and recreational. - Dan I'll defer to one who knew the man. I still don't think his actions or attitudes should make Mark wary of Memphis, however. Suffered enough at the hands of recreational haters, Andy Most of us remember Shel Silverstein primarily as the author of books of lovably loopy kids' poetry like Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic. But Silverstein, who died in 1999, was also a songwriter. He penned "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash and "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" for Dr. Hook, playful but eternally badass songs both. The new album Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein, due June 8 from Sugar Hill, honors Silverstein the songwriter. My Morning Jacket and Andrew Bird are two of the artists contributing to the album. Click above to hear MMJ take on "Lullabies, Legends and Lies" and Bird sing "The Twistable, Turnable Man Returns". MMJ actually contributed two songs to the album; they also take on the brief, silly "26 Second Song". Other tribute-payers include the Decemberists offshoot Black Prairie, Dr. Dog, Lucinda Williams, Kris Kristofferson, and Black Francis with fellow Pixie Joey Santiago. Bobby Bare, Jr. and Bobby Bare, Sr. teamed up to co-produce the collection-- fitting considering that Silverstein wrote the 1973 album Lullabies, Legends and Lies for the elder Bare. Both Bares got Grammy nominations for the Silverstein-penned duet "Daddy What If", which Bare, Jr. covers on the tribute album with his own daughter, Isabella. We've got the Twistable, Turnable Man tracklist below. Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein: 01: My Morning Jacket: "Lullabies, Legends and Lies" 02: Andrew Bird: "The Twistable, Turnable Man Returns" 03 John Prine: "This Guitar Is for Sale" 04 Dr. Dog: "The Unicorn" 05 Kris Kristofferson: "The Winner" 06 Sarah Jarosz With Black Prairie: "Queen of the Silver Dollar" 07 Bobby Bare, Jr. with Isabella Bare: "Daddy What If" 08 Black Francis with Joey Santiago: "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" 09 The Boxmasters: "Sylvia's Mother" 10 Ray Price: "Me and Jimmie Rodgers" 11 Todd Snider: "A Boy Named Sue" 12 Lucinda Williams: "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" 13 Bobby Bare: "The Living Legend" 14 Nanci Griffith: "The Giving Tree" 15 My Morning Jacket: "26 Second Song" - --from http://pitchfork.com/news/38613-listen-my-morning-jacket-and-andrew-bird-cover-shel-silverstein-songs/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:26:45 -0700 (PDT) From: robert toren Subject: [loud-fans] random iPod GT/LF Got my first iPod a few weeks ago (God, it's slick, shiny, red and sexy! - I roll a circular rhythm with my thumb and make it talk crazy) - Grabbed 2-Steps From the Middle Ages as 1st 'Scott' entry - in iTunes, I went to choose which songs to "leave off" - I'm song, not album, oriented - and was surprised that none were cut - almost chopped Leilani, from over-exposure, but no - it stayed, too - Is there, like, *any* bass on that album? Geez... Most GT I've never heard in headphones/stereo - Picture of Agreeability is pretty groovy (spellcheck says agreeability is not a word - true?)! Many downloads later, shook the bastard up for auto-shuffle and got Led Zeppelin's In The Evening (oh, nice!) followed by Nice When I want Something - they worked remarkably well together, for me - a whole new appreciation for Nice... Lastly, Cortex the Killer works way better for me on earbud stereo - the whole band is rocking it, loose and tight in perfect balance - Gil, Alison, Kenny - oh, yeah - meshing - and let's hear it for the singer! He is the greatest! That's all. Robert ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:41:37 -0700 From: Matthew Weber Subject: Re: [loud-fans] random iPod GT/LF On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:26 PM, robert toren wrote: > Got my first iPod a few weeks ago (God, it's slick, shiny, red and sexy! - > I roll a circular rhythm with my thumb and make it talk crazy) - > > I believe that's known as "appl[ying] rotation on [its] sugar plum"... - -- Matt + You have suffered worse things; God will put an end to these also. Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (70-19 B.C.), Aeneid, bk. I, l. 199 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:51:56 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: treesprite@earthlink.net Subject: Re: [loud-fans] random iPod GT/LF >Lastly, Cortex the Killer works way better for me on abut stereo - the whole >band is rocking it, loose and tight in perfect balance - Gil, Alison, Kenny - oh, >yeah - meshing - and let's hear it for the singer! He is the greatest! I really love the live, ensemble vibe of that record -- a beautifully organic and uncluttered character to the performances that really appeals to me. It reminds me a bit of third or fourth records by some of the great 60's psychedelic-era rock bands -- the ones where they'd strip back all the layers and focus on their live-honed ensemble sound. I can't believe Robert got an iPod before I did -- I'll get working on that sometime soon. Does iTunes support FLAC yet? xoxo, B ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:08:55 -0700 From: "Joseph M. Mallon" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] random iPod GT/LF On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:51 PM, wrote: > I can't believe Robert got an iPod before I did -- I'll get working on that sometime soon. Does iTunes support FLAC yet? Nope - still lossy after all these years. - -- Joe Mallon jmmallon@joescafe.com ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V9 #84 ******************************