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Post by Thorngrub on May 24, 2004 13:45:06 GMT -5
aww....I like you too, bowiglou ~ !  My favourite prog-rockers are Rush, King Crimson, Tool . . . I haven't listened to YES in years, so I just had to check some of it out again when I set up my new turntable. I can't wait to get the following progressive-metal albums on vinyl ASAP: UNTOUCHABLES by Korn Lateralus by Tool Vol III: The Subliminal Verses by Slipknot Train Of Thought by Dream Theatre *VINYL RULES*!!!!  |
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Post by strawman on May 24, 2004 19:22:10 GMT -5
Just bought the Very Short Films DVD...a Flyining Nun music video collection....heres the sales blurb from smokecds.com
Just in time for New Zealand's May Music Month comes what arguably many New Zealand music fans will find simply essential. Flying Nun has long been the label that is most often associated with New Zealand music, particularly that of an "indie" or "alternative" nature, with a slew of unique acts over the last twenty years or so that have defined "independent" music in this country. And so to 'Very Short Films: Flying Nun DVD'. Containing a massive 41 videos, from the early days of The Clean, Gordons, Great Unwashed, Double Happys, Bored Games and Verlaines, through the creatively "heady" days of The Chills, Straitjacket Fits, Headless Chickens, Tall Dwarfs, Chris Knox, The Bats, JPS Experience, 3Ds, Bailterspace and Snapper, to more recent successes such as Bike, Garageland, HDU, The D4, Panam, Betchadupa and The Mint Chicks, plus numerous points in-between, this is a superb visual overview of this important slice of New Zealand's pop music culture. My one small gripe - in order to represent all bands fairly and equally (as is the Flying Nun way of course) a number of the label's "heavy hitters" such as The Chills, Straitjacket Fits, Verlaines, The Clean, Headless Chickens, Bailterspace, JPS Experience, etc only get one video a piece. Like I say a very small gripe, and maybe the perfect reason for a volume number two (here's hoping). Actually there are some quite fantastic songs and clips here, which all simply confirms the validity of Flying Nun's vision and credibility in the world of "indie" music today. Thoroughly recommended.
Be brave...check it out....
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Post by slick7 on May 24, 2004 22:36:21 GMT -5
over the weekend i picked up "make yourself comfortable..it's pearl jam". it's a live disc from 1996 in hartford, ct.
today i picked up the new modest mouse. i've been hearing great reviews about this cd.
i also picked up "the pipe dreams of instant prince whippet" by guided by voices. i've noticed that a lot of RS posters really enjoy their stuff, and i read somewhere that they are like neutral milk hotel..a band i really enjoy listening to. i really have no clue as to what to expect, as i'm very ignorant when it comes to this band, but i hope i'm not disappointed.
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Post by bowiglou on May 25, 2004 11:32:01 GMT -5
oh Straw, what about picking that DVD, and sending it to me for wedding gift!!................as much as I have loved the Clean, Chills, Straitjacket fits, etc..and have heard bits of pieces of the Verlains and the Bats, I have no idea what they all look like!!!
thorny, maybe some day I'll get into prog rock.....then again, as my brother would so delicately put it, maybe that will happen the same day rabid bats fly out of my behind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by strawman on May 25, 2004 15:53:01 GMT -5
hey bow
you'll be first on the list when I upgrade to a DVD burner...that probably won't be tooooo far away...
and while we are talking marriage, I do wish you and yours the very best...a beautiful day and a wonderful life...
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Post by bowiglou on May 25, 2004 15:54:46 GMT -5
thank you kindly..and I've noticed the Garageland icon..I think I told you how much I loved the CD of that one you burned for me.....totally totally cool!!!!
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the*bear
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"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
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Post by the*bear on May 25, 2004 17:19:05 GMT -5
I've been looking for Gang of Four's Entertainment! for years now, finally broke down and ordered it online. While I was at it, I ordered Rancid's And Out Come the Wolves from the same vendor.
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Post by strawman on May 26, 2004 17:08:34 GMT -5
yeah Bow..pity more people aren't exposed to bands like garageland....And as for the icon...its the tall dwarfs now!!!
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Post by bowiglou on May 26, 2004 18:32:29 GMT -5
bear, at Mary's behest/recommenation, I did buy the Rancid album..I thought it was fine, but it didn't completely float my boat........
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Post by ScottsyII on May 27, 2004 3:24:39 GMT -5
Feeling inclined to buy the new Fear Factory album, have heard it at my cousin's place and it was impressive enough! I dunno though, on a real savings kick of late, have to get my plane ticket to visit the Beautiful and wonderful Mellie...
I'll probably pick it up some time soon though!
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Post by Thorngrub on May 28, 2004 17:59:57 GMT -5
I don't know about that. . . .yeah I guess they're alright...saw em live openin for slipknot. . . .but I did get the new 'Knot album, and lemme tell ya...it is really beter than their old crap. For 1, it does not feature a "Parental Advisory Sticker" - and that is because there is no cursing on it. I believe it is called "The Subliminal Verses" because they intend for it to bypass the Parent's normal guard by having produced a work free of technical vulgarity -- yet teeming with subversive, intelligent, anti-authoritarian lyrics. And it has got the wickedest beats & riffs...and superhot, smokin guitar leads-! (something utterly lacking on their other junk) Yeah it's def a "step up" for the ol' masked crew of freaks, with 1 very moving acoustic ballad, replete with string section and meaningful, poetic lyrics. Corey Taylor can actually write some mean lines. A very impressive move in a new direction for them -- y'all should check it out (if you like hard/heavy music).
SlipKnot!!!
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Post by PC on May 28, 2004 21:42:57 GMT -5
Just bought:
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
My very first Modest Mouse album, no less.
~PunkChick
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Post by Rit on May 28, 2004 22:12:15 GMT -5
whoa! kudos to PunkChick's latest purchase.
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Post by Dr. Drum on May 30, 2004 7:41:01 GMT -5
I chanced across a reissue of A.R. Kane's Sixty Nine yesterday. I love it when stuff like that happens!
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Post by maarts on May 30, 2004 8:31:02 GMT -5
Hooray! I love a good sale, so I picked up the following bargains:
Clan Of Xymox- Notes From the Underground and Remixes From teh Underground
Coil- Love's Secret Domain
Doves- Lost Sides (2CD)
Fruipp & Eno- Evening Star
Rachel Goswell- Sleep Shelter EP
Various Artists- Feedback To The Future (a shoegazing-compilation)
Bass Communion- 3
Peter Gabriel- 2 (Remastered)
Various Artists- Under The Influence- 21 Years Of Flying Nun records
Do Make Say think- Winter Hymn, Country Hymn, Secret Hymn
Jan hammer- Escape From Television
Tweaker- 2 A.M. Wake Up Call
Porcupine Tree- On The Sunday Of Life
Sheila Chandra- The Indipop Collection
Ned's Atomic Dustbin- God Fodder
Martyn Bennett- Grit
Fields Of The Nephilim- Fallen
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