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there was a band in the early 90's (I always forget their name, they were on the fringes of what our forefathers called "shoegaze", kinda Swervedriveresque, obviously quite forgetable) that covered "You Made Me Realise" and absolutley butchered the lyrics...(I suppose the actual lyrics are on...

I had not heard much Moondog prior to picking this up...the percussion is very interesting, almost drum-machine-like in places...(much of this comp reminds we in a weird way of Timmy Thomas...that same sense of isolation/melancholy rings thu most of these tracks)...Andi from Mouse On Mars plays...

wow...I'm officially "hated"...and wouldn't you know, it feels pretty good...

no crossing the fourth wall!

just saw the movie (on a huge IMAX screen, in a furniture megastore...talk about subversion!)...enjoyed it tremendously...had no history with the comic...to be sure, suspension of belief is a prerequisite with this sort of thing, yet the only thing I couldn't fully swallow was how he would have...

the odd exception for me would be Viva Hate, which I thought was pretty fantastic, mostly because of the Stephen Street/Vini Reilly presence..."Late Night, Maudlin Street" is pretty contrived, lyrically (as is much of the record..."Ordinary Boys", yeah yeah we get it...you're different, but...

the very smarmy Dead Milkmen had a college radio "hit" in the late 80's, called "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything)", an aural put-down to those who love dancing and will dance to, well, anything...the word "artfag" was used judiciously, and the singer rattled off a number of then-hot...

that Cat People movie played a role (probably larger than I would ever like to admit) in my decision to attend Tulane University back in the day... the version of the title song that ultimately appeared on David Bowie's album (what was the name of that one?) was ridiculously inferior to the one...

as much as I'd like to say Trout Mask Replica or Metal Box or Daydream Nation, the LP's (and I used to really listen to LP's, far more than CD's) in my collection most ground down are Agents Of Fortune (Blue Oyster Cult), Village Green Preservation Society (Kinks) and Love It To Death (Alice...

...not to forget the prominent role that the "ugly food that stinks" plays in "Rappers Delight"...

NRBQ - "Boardin' House Pie" Blue Oyster Cult - "Tenderloin" Prefab Sprout - "Blueberry Pies" Richard Harris - "MacArthur Park" not sure any of these is really about food, but they all touch upon it, one way or t'other...

this?

I saw it years ago, and recall being disappointed...I expected a full-length explosion of Brothers Quay frou-frou and filagree, but wound up being bored...maybe I should watch it again, with different expectations...can't help you better understand it, though...I've forgotten the bulk of it...

I thought the band Rush were deep thinkers, when I was in high school...until I realized that their 2112 concept album was a rehash of Ayn Rand's Anthem (substituting a guitar for the light bulb)...

most of my music is on CD's, probably 2,500 or so...LP's are probably in the 200-300 range...(most of which were purchased in my pre-CD high school days, many of which were lent out, never ot be recovered)...I also have a few boxes of cassette tapes, which I never listen to...

I still intend to review the tape I got, believe it or not...(and I still listen to it, CN!)...I was one of the last to mail his/hers out, so there's an indication of my general laziness...plus, I didn't even know how to blog until quite recently...

I post on ilxor.com...I find it to be much more irreverant than Dissensus, funnier as well...maybe the topics covered there (i.e. "which Barenaked Ladie looks the most retarded on this album cover?") aren't as meaty, but the off-the-cuff responses are generally quite witty...also, because...

you really can't underrate Love Is Hell, nor the "Elephantine" EP...great stuff, surely the equal of AR Kane's best...they seemed to lose their way with Strange Free World, IMO...they seemed almost content, no longer the "Smiths of dream-pop"...further releases saw diminishing returns...seems...

oh, also the Anthony Manning stuff on Irdial, particularly Islets In Pink Polypropylene... stuff to avoid from this era: all that ethno-techno stuff (Loop Guru, Banco de Gaia, Transglobal Underground, Zion Train)...does not hold up well at all, IMO...also avoid Ozric Tentacles, at all...

or Skylab's #1, for that matter... a couple of other forgotten "ambient" releases from the mid-90's: Sufi, Life's Rising Sharkboy, Matinee