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Post by tuneschick on Apr 18, 2007 7:37:29 GMT -5
Niamh!!!! I thought you had dropped off the face of the earth - welcome back.  Haven't talked to you in ages and ages - how are things? Still in Vancouver? |
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niamh
Streetcorner Musician
aka sunnygirl
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Post by niamh on Apr 19, 2007 15:28:37 GMT -5
Hi Kelly! Yep, I'm still in Vancouver. Things are great here. Hope you are also doing well! One tidbit of CanCon trivia that I learned recently - Feist's Let it Die album was primarily about my favourite Sloan-ster Chris Murphy. I also never knew that he was the fellow on the cover of one her discs (it's as a red hue - the US version of Let it Die??). Maybe you all knew this...I haven't been here for a while. Anyway, take care! |
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Post by Dr. Drum on Apr 20, 2007 5:58:40 GMT -5
Hey, Niamh, great to see you around! We're not exactly the hottest spot on the Net these days, but hopefully we can give you a few reasons to stick around for a bit.
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Post by riley on Apr 21, 2007 11:43:06 GMT -5
Hey Niamh. Hope you're well. Doc- Have you heard the new Rush? What do you think of the new Plaskett? |
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Post by riley on Apr 21, 2007 11:46:12 GMT -5
actually just saw that you found a hand delivered to your door version of the Rush as well.  |
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Post by Dr. Drum on Apr 22, 2007 6:43:13 GMT -5
The new Rush is fantastic, Riley. Solid all the way through. I have the nagging feeling with the new Plaskett that he's being a bit of an underachiever on this one. Don't get me wrong – fun little disc and I'm enjoying it, but it's obviously got some weak tracks and I don't think it's best tunes are quite up to the standard of the best songs on any of his last three records. When you've got him rummaging around reworking stuff he wrote 12-15 years ago to fill out the disc, you have to wonder if things are maybe a little dry in the writing department. Interesting contrast, too, in terms of ambition between this one and the other recent "concept album" from a local artist – Matt Mays' Angels.. disc. The genre is always a little suspect when it comes to narrative structure, but Plaskett's disc is a sketch; Mays' was like fucking Gericault. BTW, Riley, nice to see you around these parts again, too. |
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Post by riley on Apr 22, 2007 8:57:08 GMT -5
I agree Doc, that if songs got left behind 12+ years back, there's probably a decent reason for them to stay there. "Drunk Teenagers" and "Fashionable People" sound like Plaskett with a fresh spin, but "Snowed In" is as weak as he's capable of.
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Post by Dr. Drum on Apr 23, 2007 5:56:12 GMT -5
I (mostly) like "Fashionable People", Riley, but I wish he'd written something better than the cornball bit about doing the switcheroo... "Penny for Your Thoughts" is the kind of thing that could make an oldies show (actually heard it played at the end of the CBC morning show on the weekend), but quite good nonetheless.
Forgot to ask: what did you think of the new Rush?
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Post by riley on Apr 23, 2007 6:40:34 GMT -5
Still working through the new Rush, since I haven't been able to string a full proper listen together yet. I really like it. All their proficiencies are a given at this point, so for me it comes down to feel, and from the first couple of tracks it feels fresh yet more familiar to their golden era than anything from the last handful of releases. Production seems a bit warmer too. More in line with how Brown used to record them. Hoping to dig in deeper today at work.
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Post by Dr. Drum on May 2, 2007 8:36:51 GMT -5
Happy Birthday, Shane!!
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Post by Meursault on May 9, 2007 21:18:57 GMT -5
Thanks Drum!
Cheers
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Post by tuneschick on May 10, 2007 4:24:44 GMT -5
Oh, I missed it... happy belated, Shane! |
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Post by Dr. Drum on May 10, 2007 5:47:29 GMT -5
Wow, he snuck right in there.
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Post by tuneschick on Jun 18, 2007 11:19:19 GMT -5
 Dr Drum - have you heard these guys? I first heard them a couple of months ago, and picked up Broken Trucks and Bottles a couple of weeks ago... which means I finally listened to it this weekend. Anyway, they're tons of fun and I thought of you when I heard them. Sort of a ragged outlaw country, working-man feel (especially songs like ''Goddamn the CPR') but with a sweet female vocal mixed in to soften things up and slow 'em down on songs like 'Trigger'. As the Globe said, "the sloppy fierceness of a Tom Waits-Shane MacGowan knife fight", which is pretty accurate. Anyway, you should check 'em out if you haven't already. Riley, if you see this, you should not check them out... pretty sure you'll hate them. |
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Post by Dr. Drum on Jun 18, 2007 13:24:36 GMT -5
tunes – I'd heard just enough to know I needed to give 'em a proper once-over at some point. Now that you've recommended them, I'll definitely do that soon.
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Haven't talked to you in ages and ages - how are things? Still in Vancouver?
