From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V10 #125 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, January 18 2013 Volume 10 : Number 125 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] Pazz & Jop 2013 [Andrew Hamlin ] RE: [loud-fans] Pazz & Jop 2013 ["Douglas Stanley" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:26:13 -0800 From: Andrew Hamlin Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Pazz & Jop 2013 Yes, I was surprised the Tift set didn't get more love--after all, six folks, me included, voted for her last record, back in 2010. The Ting Tings and the Van Halen (lack-of) reactions don't make much sense either; the former band was a critic's darling not so long ago, and the latter just accomplished their mythic reunion with their classic singer. Also no recognition for the monster Mingus box set (but then again, P&J'ers don't go for jazz), Andy "The Absence of the Muse" Clark Ashton Smith O Muse, where loiterest thou? In any land Of Saturn, lit with moons and nenuphars? Or in what high metropolis of Mars Hearing the gongs of dire, occult command, And bugles blown from strand to unknown strand Of continents embattled in old wars That primal kings began? Or on the bars Of ebbing seas in Venus, from the sand Of shattered nacre with a thousand hues, Dost pluck the blossoms of the purple wrack And roses of blue coral for thy hair? Or, flown beyond the roaring Zodiac, Translatest thou the tale of earthly news And earthly songs to singers of Altair? - --from http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/4/the-absence-of-the-muse ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:18:26 +0000 From: "Douglas Stanley" Subject: RE: [loud-fans] Pazz & Jop 2013 Nice to see Tift in there. I thought that was a stellar release. I saw her at Ye Ol' McCabe's Guitar Shoppe and the set she put in was phenomenal. However, you never know how much of the performance is actually the band and how much of it is the hallowed grounds of McCabe's is seeping into the act. Amy Cook opened for her and was breathtaking. I am shocked her album "Summer Skin" didn't appear on this poll. It was far and away my top disc of the year. Doug S. Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:11:53 -0800 From: Andrew Hamlin Subject: [loud-fans] Pazz & Jop 2013 I figured I was obscure as ever this year, although I *was* surprised at the lack of love for the Van Halen and Ting Tings sets. Brian Block does point out, however, that this year two of my picks finished in the Top Hundred, and one finished in the Top 30. So I guess that's something. From my ballot (numbers left to right are final finish position, number of total points, and number of critics voting for the title): Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian, Further Explorations tie for #529, 15, 1 Van Halen, A Different Kind of Truth #146, 64, 4 Rush, Clockwork Angels #79, 103, 11 Ting Tings, Sounds From Nowheresville tie for #660, 12, 1 Bill Evans, Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate tie for #687, 11, 1 Scott Walker, Bish Bosch #25, 278, 22 Tift Merritt, Traveling Alone tie for #682, 12, 1 John Cale, Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood tie for #516, 16, 2 Beth Orton, Sugaring Season tie for #223, 41, 5 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Records I considered for my Top Ten but ultimately left off (no particular order): The Unthanks: The Songs Of Robert Wyatt And Antony & The Johnsons: Live at the Union Chapel (Diversions Vol. 1) (did not chart) THEESatisfaction: awE naturalE #91, 92, 9 Shearwater: Animal Joy #126, 72, 7 Mark Stewart: The Politics Of Envy (did not chart) Sonny Simmons/Frangois Tusques: Near The Oasis (did not chart) Stew & The Negro Problem: Making It tie for #421, 20, 2 Meat Loaf: Hell In A Handbasket (did not chart) Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas #22, 311, 31 Paul Buchanan: Mid-Air #345, 25, 2 Bob Dylan: Tempest #16, 349, 33 At this rate, I should be voting for the winner some time around 2032, Andy "How did Changeda crossover hit from a major national actpull not a single vote? First and foremost, through dogged and relentless sucking. The kind of workhorse sucking that doesn't win the big awards, but goddamn it, it gets the job done (the job is bad music). Maybe Rascal Flatts doesn't score big with critics, but Rascal Flatts is why critics exist: to figure out which music isn't Rascal Flatts and make you aware of it by putting that music on lists." - - --David Thorpe, from "A Note On Crap," http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-01-16/music/pazz-jop-a-note-on-crap/ - ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V10 #124 ******************************** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:54:17 -0500 From: Dan Sallitt Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Shoes Most people would start at the beginning with BLACK VINYL SHOES. - Dan On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Jer Fairall wrote: > Since there was an actual post here yesterday, I figure I'll keep the ball > rolling... > > Numero recently reissued some of the Shoes albums. Any advice on where to > start? ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V10 #125 ********************************