Predictions for '07

[maarts]

Amen, Skvor- we played some classic Dio-Sabbath at a BBQ last night and they rock indeed! (incidentally we played also the first Samson-album- how fucking good was that band!)

Heard the new Good The Bad The Queen-single Herculean yesterday, it is pretty interesting, bit trip-hoppy. The write-up on the album in this months' Uncut sounds really intriguing, sort of a Gorillaz-go-rock vibe. Simonon/Albarn may be the next superduo to arrive.

The new Metallica sounds promising too.

[Galactus]

skvorisdeadsorta said:

ded said:

Did the last time Sab reformed with Dio teach you nothing?

Seriously, the first two records with Dio were pretty ace in my opinion. It's not my fault you can't see it......

Those two albums are great but I'm talking about Dehumanizer. Not good.

[luke]

BUMPED to hype the new of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?. If anything else in '07 even comes close to this, it's going to be the best year in...well...years.



Better than anything from '06- WAY better- and on par with the BSS's and Set Yourself On Fire's of '05.

I'm trying not to listen so much so I can get excited all over again when I buy it, but it's so goddamn hard.

[Ryosuke]

Oh yeah, I was meaning to ask you what album that was when you posted it somewhere else. Of Montreal, eh? I have one album of theirs (Satanic Panic in the Attic or something like that) that I rather enjoyed.

[kmc]

Of Montreal is fantastic. I own everything by them from "The Gay Parade" on, and downloaded the rest of the stuff. Luke is right. That album is great.

[Weeping_Guitar]

I don't know what Wilco would accomplish by breaking up as it's always been Tweedy's band. I think the current lineup may be one to last a while longer than the others, but if something isn't working I would say it'd just be a member change rather than a full band fall out. I could see some members wanting to leave to do their own thing, but I think Jeff, John Stirratt, and Glenn Kotche will be together for the long haul.

[Galactus]

Kotche and Tweedy have said in interviews they're working on a new album and new songs keep turning up on tour. I see no signs whatever they're breaking up.

[Galactus]

FTR, I think Skvor was mostly joking with with predictions.

[Kensterberg]

Predictions for 2007:

It will immediately follow 2006.
Bob Dylan will not release a new studio recording in 2007. It will be hailed as his best work in years. Bob will, however, release something else from the vaults. Which will also be hailed as his best work in years.
Some new band will get a bunch of critical buzz here and elsewhere early in the year, and by next December we'll be saying "who were they again? when was that released?"
Some old guy(s)/gal(s) will release a new album, which all the old farts will adore and the young kids will say "what's the deal with this?" No shooting will be involved, however.
Neil and Tim Finn will release something with Neil's kids, which will be called "Finn Family Robinson."
Elvis will still be dead.
Chinese Democracy will be pushed back to 2008, as Axle decides that he needs to update its production. G'n'R fans everywhere will breath a sigh of relief.
Rileydog will continue to promise to complete the Awards Show, which other posters will begin calling "Chinese Democracy 2."
Paul Weller will release a new studio album, which I will immediately proclaim as the album of the year, even though it'll only be June.
Bruce Springsteen will release an album with the E Street Band in October, which I will then proclaim as the album of the year.
Jack White will release an album of country blues covers, which Rocky will declare as his album of the year.
Sigur Ros will release an album of whale noises over a rythym track of farts, which JAC and Skvor will name as their joint album of the air.
Diamonda Gallas will play a one-off show in Memphis, with surprise appearences by Nick Cave and Mike Patton. Mary will have a coronary when she is invited on stage for the final encore, but will die with a huge orgasmic smile on her face.
Pete Townshend will announce his retirement. Roger Daltrey will continue to tour as "The Who."
The Rolling Stones will announce a new album scheduled for release in 2008, with a world tour to follow. Like Rod Stewart, their new project will include tackling songs from classic sylists such as Cole Porter and George Gershwin. Mick Jagger will state "We feel like we finally have the maturity and depth to tackle these classics." Keef Richards will reply "mumbledy fuckin' buggerin' mumble shumble heeeeeeey, it's all cool." And go record another solo album of blues tunes instead. Charlie Watts will continue to keep a rock solid back-beat and a stupid grin on his face while collecting his royalty checks.
We'll all still be here next December, predicting what will happen in 2008.

[tuneschick]

Haha, that's excellent. Nicely done Ken.

I knew nothing about Of Montreal until a friend of mine put a track from them on a CD he made me. Listening to the new one now on the Polyvinyl site. I'm digging very much.

[Galactus]

Bruuuce can take the year off, I'd like to see more vault releases.

[Fuzznuts]

kenholzman said:

Rileydog will continue to promise to complete the Awards Show, which other posters will begin calling "Chinese Democracy 2."

Brilliant.

[Thorngrub]

My predictions for '07:

~When BLACK SABBATH tours w/Ronnie James Dio fronting, I'll be there

~When the new KoRn album is released w/only 3/5ths of the original members, it'll suck
[lord god pleaze prove me wRong on this; Jon, Munky, & Fieldy all kick ass]
~the world will still be turning

~my band dead astral flesh will cohere to the point we play local gigs to astonished crowds

[Kensterberg]

A few more predictions for the coming year:

The Beatles' Apple Corps. and Apple Computer will finally come to an agreement which will allow for Beatles tracks to be sold via iTunes. Later in the year, there will finally be remastered reissues of the Beatles catalog, which still won't have bonus tracks or liner notes. These will still sell a bazillion copies, and Skvor and ThoRny will still say that their old vinyl copies sound better.

The new KoRn is released, and ThoRny writes up a breathless review proclaiming it to be the greatest thing since the last KoRn album. ThoRn is taken by surprise when he then recieves a call from Jonathan, asking him if he wants to tour with the band, an offer which he then refuses b/c of his previous commitment to Dead Astral Flesh. Three weeks later, DAF breaks up and ThoRn calls KoRn, begging to be included in the tour. Alas, he's turned down, and shudders when he hears that the spot he was offered went instead to "some kick-ass percussionist from Austin." While this nameless percussionist's identity is never confirmed, Skvor's presence at Castaways is suddenly at a minimum. Later in the year, when pressed for details of "what he did with his summer vacation," Skvor will only say "I was out."

After all of the above, ThoRn does not name the latest KoRn as his album of the year. Instead, he selects the new Harry Connick, saying that HC has "really nailed where I'm at right now." Shortly after, ThoRn gets a modest haircut, buys a suit, and announces that his last name has now been changed to Osmond.

Bowiglou finally realizes that the Doors did, in fact, suck.

Paul Cook finally realizes that the Kinks late seventies and early eighties output did not, in fact, suck.

I finally realize that the current decade does not, in fact, suck. But I continue to bitch about the state of popular music, just b/c it's much more fun to write nasty reviews than nice ones.

[Kensterberg]

Oh yeah, one final prediction for 2007:

Billy Joel will continue to, in fact, suck.

Of that you can be sure.