Chalkhills Digest Volume 13, Issue 44
Date: Sunday, 25 November 2007
Chalkhills Digest, Volume 13, Number 44
Sunday, 25 November 2007
Topics:
New Music to Enjoy
Tucson band cracks Guardian Top 1000
WMC
Re: Down Dooby Doo Down Down
Hello.... and an answer
re: we do appreciate you being round
Lifelong Love Affair With Music Ends At Age 35
"Church of Women" is the MySpace song of the week
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:59:20 -0500 From: Ben Gott <ben@loquaciousmusic.com> Subject: New Music to Enjoy Message-ID: <81D7C77C-B4A4-4DF3-AEF6-1937B0193F4E@loquaciousmusic.com> Hi everyone, Here are some albums that have gotten me excited recently: Band of Horses - "Cease to Begin" Annie Lennox - "Songs of Mass Destruction" Joni Mitchell - "Shine" Robyn Hitchcock - "I Wanna Go Backwards" Grant Lee Phillips - "Strangelet" Bryan Ferry - "Dylanesque" I heard "Talent Show" by The Replacements on the radio today. Remember when you could hear a song on the radio and it would make you happy? Those were the days. -Ben
------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:42:57 -0800 (PST) From: Ryan Anthony <hamsterranch@yahoo.com> Subject: Tucson band cracks Guardian Top 1000 Message-ID: <435628.20882.qm@web51402.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Thanks to the Hillians who mentioned the Guardian's list of 1,000 albums to hear before going to the Great Cut-Out Bin in the Sky. I chased the link and got as far as the Gs when I saw this ... Green On Red Here Come the Snakes (1989) Green On Red's frequent implosions didn't help them towards crossover success, but they did give their music a thrilling sense of teetering on the edge of self-destruction. These are some of the greatest unheralded songs in American music: loser anthems soaked in country, rock, blues, booze and trouble. Green On Red got its start here in Tucson, Arizona, as The Serfers; its biggest local hit, "Green On Red," became the band's permanent name. Tucson had a "scene" back in 1980 which also begat Giant Sand (originally The Giant Sandworms -- possibly the estate of Frank Herbert threatened to sue?), Gentlemen After Dark (originally The Pills), and Yard Trauma (originally Eric Idle reading a long list of silly band names, in a Mornay sauce, and Spam). We'd like to take credit for The Gin Blossoms, too, but they were from Phoenix. Tucson's "scene" lasted about 45 minutes. Since then we've been boarded up. You don't have to hail from Swindon to understand that song. Ryan Anthony An independent Internet content provider
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:09:33 EST From: MVOMALLEY57@aol.com Subject: WMC Message-ID: <cf9.2210ef97.34796e7d@aol.com> Simon Check out Ray Davies new CD Working Man's Cafe it has me quite excited. Michael
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:18:26 -0600 From: "John Voorhees" <johnvoorhees@johnvoorhees.com> Subject: Re: Down Dooby Doo Down Down Message-ID: <76d506e60711240618u4f238a31xd52742b6f7cc9c0b@mail.gmail.com> Well, I never thought I'd see the day. So many posts at the 'Hills about music losing its luster. I have had the experience you're talking about, Simon. I suspect you have reached a saturation point. Maybe the tunes aren't what they once were, but more likely it's just your head. It takes two to tango, you know. Instead of trying to recapture lost glory, the best approach is to just go in a different direction for a while. Have you considered exploring the world of classical music for a time? It's the holiday season ... go listen to the Nutcracker or the Messiah. Maybe let Beethoven's 9th Symphony work its magic on you, or some nice primal Orff. Or perhaps you could take a dip into some cool jazz? Grab some Miles, grab some Coltrane, buy the DVD of Jazz on a Summer's Day. It never gets old. Or blues? Reggae? You know, the Bossa beats can soothe a tired soul like nobody's business. Or maybe, just maybe you need to clean out altogether. Take a sabbatical from the musical world that is wearying you so. Try to keep your surroundings music-free for a week, two weeks, a month ... whatever it takes. I know you can't completely avoid it, it's there when you shop, when you eat, when you visit a friend ... but give your personal listening a rest. You'll find it gets hard to bear after a while. But don't listen again until you NEED to. Then start back with Skylarking. :) Good luck! John
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:50:52 -0800 (PST) From: Karlton Graham <kdgraham42@yahoo.com> Subject: Hello.... and an answer Message-ID: <570147.8017.qm@web33105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I remember when I felt just as some of you have described here about living in what feels like some kind of void. Nothing new has grabbed you in so long. This reminds me of when I discovered XTC. Only after listening to that first album about 20 times did I realize that it was not at all the case that I had finally discovered music that was revolutionary to me, but rather that I had changed. I had grown up. I was different. The music was always there but I couldn't hear it without changing who I was. Now, whenever I feel like nothing is grabbing me and I've entered and "ice age" of sorts, I merely take it as a sign that my human experience has stagnated. Focusing on your proclivities will only get you so far. Karlton D Graham Sacramento CA PS long time reader, first time poster.
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:54:57 +0000 (GMT) From: STEPHEN JACKSON <planet_skaro@btinternet.com> Subject: re: we do appreciate you being round Message-ID: <418663.35741.qm@web86412.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Nigel ( i think) wrote: "In the same way that I am convinced that there is, somewhere out there, practising in their garage, another XTC. Not a sound-a-like, but a band as described so eloquently by Simon. Thoughtful, interesting, unpredictable, catchy. A band that can, in one song, make you want to jump around like a loon but at the same time be intelligent and thought provoking sending a shiver down your spine. A band that can record songs that you will take to your grave." There is. They are called Super Furry Animals and they are the most exciting and innovative band ever to come from Wales. And they're still going and they play live. www.superfurry.com
------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:51:10 -0500 From: hbsherwood@aol.com Subject: Lifelong Love Affair With Music Ends At Age 35 Message-ID: <8C9FCE21D158FA8-16D8-57E1@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com> For Simon: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30646
------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:30:27 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Bernhardt <beat_town@yahoo.com> Subject: "Church of Women" is the MySpace song of the week Message-ID: <549507.63893.qm@web32013.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi: Over at the XTCfans MySpace site (http://www.myspace.com/xtcfans), the song of the week is "Church of Women." If you want to know which band Andy thinks he would have passed his audition for with the song's guitar solo, or what he was wearing when he wrote the song (you might be surprised), check out the XTCfans blog site at http://blog.myspace.com/xtcfans. A lie for a lie But a truth for the truth... -Todd
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