Thursday, November 06, 2003

I'm in one of those "I haven't heard anything new in awhile" musical ruts that I get into from time to time and it's a bit frustrating. There has been one shining exception, though. Whenever I am most frustrated I've been reaching for my copy of My Bloody Valentine's Loveless. I suppose all of this Kevin Shields / 'Lost In Translation' chit-chat is what got me thinking about MBV again. And I'm ok with that. It's been like stumbling upon a photograph of a forgotten event and suddenly being able to remember an insane amount of detail that would've otherwise slipped away. It might seem strange to liken a record to this kind of feeling... but if there's any record that challenges the mind's ability to separate senses, it's Loveless. Anyone with a keen ear should be able to fucking SEE and SMELL this album while listening to it. If not, I'm terribly sorry.

I've been reaching, to a lesser extent, for Isn't Anything also, which is enjoyable... mostly just the final third of the album, though.

I've asked Mr JK of egofamine fame to assemble a 14 track mix of the best songs on the new Speakerboxxx and The Love Below album(s) by Outkast. Once assembled I'm hoping that maybe I'll have something else to listen to. Until then, it's back to late 80's and early 90's for my ears. *

On a different note, I had a dream last night that I assembled a band to play a Screeching Weasel tribute show. I've thought about doing this as a one-time gig for Plow United, but never Screeching Weasel. I certainly enjoy entertaining both of these ideas... and wouldn't be surprised if I try to have them play out if I ever move back to Jersey near the people that I know would be willing to help out. In case you're interested the first three songs we played in the tribute show were the cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now", "Kamala's Too Nice" (which we changed to "Samantha's Too Nice" even though I don't know anyone named Samantha), and "What We Hate." I'm not quite sure what the rest of the setlist consisted of... but I remember knowing that it was all songs off of the albums before How To Make Enemies and Irritate People and B-Sides and that we closed the show with "My Brain Hurts." Who knows... maybe someday? --

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