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Nick Hornby–"Beyond the Pale" (New Yorker, October thirty, 2000)

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SOUNDTRACK: NEIL Young-Arc (1991).

Arc came with Neil Young'due south outstanding live anthology Weld (and and so later on its own).  It contains ane 35 minute runway called "Arc (A Compilation Composition)."

This album was recorded during Neil Young'southward tour with Sonic Youth opening (MAN, I wish I had seen that tour).

Because it was 1991 and you couldn't actually look upward this kind of information, I merely assumed that Neil and Crazy Horse had created some kind of 35 minute jam (even though information technology doesn't really sound similar all ane song, but how closely does i mind to Arc?).

Of class, listening to information technology at present, it is pretty obvious that it's pieces of shows strung together.  (the subtitle also gives it away, although I don't think that the subtitle was on the actual disc).

Wikipedia talks about an interview that Neil Young gave in which he says he recorded a picture show in 1987 called Dirty Rails

 which consisted of the beginnings and endings of various songs from his 1987 European tour. Young placed a video camera on his amplifier during the 1987 tour and recorded the beginnings and endings of various songs, and subsequently edited them down into the film's soundtrack. "It was the sound of the entire band beingness sucked into this lilliputian limiter, being compressed and fuckin' distorted to hell,"

And in what makes 100% sense, on this 1991 tour,

Young then showed the video to Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, who suggested that he record an entire anthology in a similar manner. Yet, Arc was non recorded through video camera microphones, as was the instance with Muddy Track, but instead was compiled from various professional person multi-rails recordings made throughout the bout.

So what you get is 35 minutes of noise (not and so much feedback, as guitar rumblings that a band might exercise as a song slowly grinds to a rumbling halt).

You can hear snippets of vocals.  In detail, you can hear him singing "Like a Hurricane" and "Love and Just Love" in what definitely sounds like the terminate of a take–every bit the band's instruments ring out.

There's occasional moments where the rumble is interrupted by a burst of drums from Ralph Molina or you can clearly hear some of Frank "Poncho" Sampedro'south guitar and univox stringman.

There'due south a little bit of audience response.  At the opening of the disc but especially at the 25 minute mark equally a song feedbacks out and the crowd cheers earlier the ring puts out  rocking drum-filled cacophonous ending.

At 28 minutes the "vocal" actually sort of turns into an actual song with Billy Talbot playing a elementary iv annotation bass line.  But that doesn't terminal too long earlier another catastrophe is tacked on.

The last few minutes has someone singing "No more than pain" and so shouting a story that is somewhat inaudible although I remember I hear "mom" and "post role."

This is certainly non something to listen to much.  Only I found it an interesting sonic experience today.  if nothing else, it made me actually wish I had seen that 1991 show.

[READ: August xxx, 2019] "Beyond the Stake"

I really like Nick Hornby's music (and book) reviews.  He and I don't share the same sense of taste, just we have a lot of moments that overlap (he'due south more traditional while I'm more than experimental).

In many means it is no surprise that he hated Radiohead's Child A, just the corporeality of savagery he does to information technology is quite astonishing.

He essentially compares information technology to Lou Reed'south Metal Machine Music and Neil Young'south Arc.  Not in content, but in the giant middle finger he feels information technology is to fans of the band.  Although he does acknowledge that Kid A is "nowhere near as teeth-grindingly tedious" as Metal Motorcar Music.

He feels that the anthology stems from the idea that fans are interested in "every twist and turn of the band's career no matter how piffling or pretentious."  Although a valid question is what has earned Radiohead its huge audience.  I accept not figured that ane out myself. (more…)

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[ATTENDED: August 30, 2019] King Gizzard and the Cadger Magician

I've already stated that I'thou really happy for King Gizzard and the Lizard Sorcerer that they are finding so much success hither.  I mean in Philly, they jumped from a 1,500 to a 2,500 capacity venue.  Plus, they got to headline a concert in Central Park.

1 of the guys in line next to me had been to Fundamental Park the night earlier equally well.

But I couldn't believe the line to make it the place when I arrived 30 minutes before the opening band was supposed to proceed.

Turns out almost people are there for the merch.  The merch line was insanely long.  And, when the prove was over–I take never seen this before–they had a mitt written sign that said "all Male monarch Gizzard shirts and posters are sold, why not effort our vinyl?"

Not band for a agglomeration of guys from Australia with a goofy name and a completely unpinnable style.  Indeed, they have released two albums this year and ane was a full-on blues boogie blazon pf album and their most recent release was a blistering heavy metal album in the spirit of early 80s thrash.  And they played songs from both of those albums (also as ballads and just most everything else). (more…)

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ORB (Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, August xxx, 2019) [Male monarch GIZZARD AND THE Cadger Wizard]

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[ATTENDED: August xxx, 2019] ORB

Later on the great stoner/groove vibe of Stonefield I still wasn't If I had missed ORB or non.  We had heard a band playing while nosotros were waiting on line, but information technology seemed too early for the opening act to end.

On the other mitt, ORB went on first in Central Park the night before.

Well, we didn't need to worry because after a very cursory window, ORB came out and continued with the stoner/groove vibe.  They impressed me by calculation a whole lot of prog elements to their songs–time changes, keyboard solos, extra long drum fills, great riffs and long songs. (more…)

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Stonefield (Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, August thirty, 2019) [KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD]

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[ATTENDED: August 30, 2019] Stonefield

I was very excited to run into Rex Gizzard and The Cadger Wizard once more.  I was a little less excited that they were playing at Franklin Music Hall (formerly The Electric Factory).  I've had some pretty bad show experiences there and the venue is fairly narrow and quite long.  (Although good for KGATLW for moving from the 1,200 capacity Wedlock Transfer to the 2,500 chapters Franklin (non sure if they sold out)).

My worst experiences were with parking–huge lines, loftier fees.  Then I discovered you lot can park for costless on the streets a couple blocks away, so that made things much meliorate.  Only those parking problems often meant that I got in the building later than I wanted to.  For Nick Cave I was and then far dorsum I was adjacent to a very ill-placed bar in the middle of the floor.  Franklin has removed that bar, thankfully.

And so, I made sure to arrive super early (for me).  Doors opened at 7:30, show at viii:30.   I arrived at eight and the line to get in was around the edifice!  Commonly people don't arrive all that early for shows–they blow off the openers, which is fine past me.  Merely this crowd was nuts.  Turns out Franklin is Actually slow nearly checking people in.  Not as bad as the abyssal Starland Ballroom, but pretty bad.  I did not get into the building until 8:25.  Which is unbelievable.  We also heard a live band playing while we were on line, which we all assumed was the opening band going on early (it wasn't, I have no idea what it was). (more than…)

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SOUNDTRACK: YEASAYER-"Ecstatic Baby" (2019).

I actually enjoyed Yeasayer's Odd Blood album, but I didn't hear much nigh them later on that. I had no thought they'd released four albums since then.

"Ecstatic Baby" is the quaternary (!) single from the anthology. Odd Blood had an early Depeche Manner-with-an-border vibe.  This song is much poppier.  But I feel like the production feels kind of muted and claustrophobic.

The main melody is a fun sliding synth sound over a sliding bass.  At that place's falsetto vocals that remind me a lot of popular songs from the 1980s.  But the vocal isn't all that interesting.

I enjoy retro pop, but this song goes in places I don't really similar that much.

[READ: August 10, 2019] "Two Stories"

There are indeed two stories here.

"He Wants Forgiveness from Her" is written from the point of view of a boy.  The male child says he wants to be a writer.  His father is a rabbi and a man in his thirties has stopped in to ask him questions.

Substantially. the man explained, he had been engaged to a woman twelve years ago.  Information technology is customary that when you break an engagement, you enquire for the other party's forgiveness.  But he never did.  He plant someone new and moved on.  Just he had been having terrible luck ever since.

His concern failed, his children were stillborn.  He believed he needed forgiveness to move on.  Then he asked the rabbi to call her to his office. (more…)

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T. Coraghessan Boyle–"Friendly Skies" (New Yorker, August 7, 2000)

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SOUNDTRACK: STONEFIELD-Bent (2019).

Stonefield is a band of four sisters from rural Darraweit Guim in Australia. Drummer and lead vocalist Amy Lee Findlay (the oldest sister) formed the band when she was xvi. The ring includes Hannah on lead guitar and vocals, Sarah on keyboards and vocals, and Holly on bass guitar (Holly was eight at the time, and has turned 21 this year).

They are opening for King Gizzard And The lizard Magician tomorrow night and I'thousand really looking forward to seeing them.

Aptitude is their quaternary anthology and is full of psychedelic stoner rock.  Just their songs aren't epic (even though they audio ballsy).  The longest songs on the record are just over 4 minutes and the whole album is simply over thirty.

What sets their music apart is the inclusion of a retro 70s sounding keyboard.  Their songs work with big rumbling riffs; depression bass and crashing drums are the proper noun of the game for Stonefield.

Amy's vox is often slightly echoey, and it works well as a contrast to the heft of the songs.  When the harmony vocals are added it sounds even better.

Only information technology's the keys that actually display the audio.  The keys exercise most of the solos and many of the lead melodies (unless that's the guitar pitched to sound like a keyboard).

Some of their songs are faster: "Dead Live" fifty-fifty feels a fiddling dancey.  Some take a scrap more of a metal edge: the main riff of "People" throws in an unexpectedly dark notation before propelling off with a ripping prog-rock keyboard solo.

A song similar "66" is 3 and a half minutes long, merely the lyrics are only present for a few seconds in the middle: a hazy chant of

Reflection of the 1
Confusion has begun

The lightest moment comes in the 85 second "Dignity" which is a pretty keyboard tune accompanied by low-cal drums.  It works as a kind of introduction to the very heavy "Shutdown" which has a surprisingly tricky chorus.

The album ends with the excellent "Woman."  This is a great disc and I hope it becomes available in the States soon.

[READ: August 28, 2019] "Friendly Skies"

This is a story about a terrible flying.  Since it was written in 2000, information technology doesn't ring entirely authentic for 2019.  Particularly when one of the passengers gets rowdy.

Eileen is flight from L.A. to the east declension.  She is exhausted from the delays, a picayune drunk from the booze during the delay, and not very happy about leaving L.A.

She looks out the window to run into that i of the engines in on fire.  She utterly freaks out, internally.  Simply the guy next to her is furious.  He starts banging on the seat in forepart of him and when the pilot says that they are returning to LAX, he flips out.

Plain, Eileen is happy that they are going to alive, but this guy is mad considering he's going to be belatedly.  He is seething until the guy in front end of him calls him an asshole and tells him to at-home downward.  The man then turns to Eileen–who ignores him–and mutters all kinds of things under his breath.

They land and it is a mad dash as the passengers are given their new boarding data.  While Eileen is heading to her new flight (a layover in Chicago), the obnoxious guy pushes his way past anybody and starts causing a scene because he doesn't desire to bank check his baggage.

She was sure (and I was sure) that she was going to be seated adjacent to him once again.  Simply no, they are separated by a couple of rows.

The plane was full, but amazingly, the seat next to Eileen was open. She slid into it when she thought it was safe, but at the concluding possible minute a man came in and  said it was his.  He permit her stay past the window though.

Michael turns out to be a very dainty person.  He is intent on doing his piece of work, merely they do talk a bit and have some things in common.

About half way through the story, Eileen thinks almost Roy, a man she is trying to forget.  They were both teachers at a school.  Their human relationship was serious.  Until he announced in front end of the faculty lounge that he was sleeping with someone else.  And evidently some of the other teachers knew.

She tried to get him out of her heed.  But and so the man from the other flight started yelling.  He was screaming for a better seat, "I paid full fare, I'm not going to teak this shit anymore."  He stormed into the galley and returned with hot pots of coffee.

Flight attendants tried to stop him but he easily bested them, spilling scalding coffee on passengers until he got to the exit and started banging on information technology, shouting "you're all going to die!"

Michael hit the human being with his laptop which slowed him briefly until he turned and hit Michael over the head with the estimator, breaking information technology and knocking Michael unconscious.

Eileen is fed upwards with men like this (like Roy) and she was going to deed.  Maybe this is why the don't serve metal flatware on flights anymore.

The story is exciting if not a piddling anticipated..

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Alice Munro–"Floating Bridge" (New Yorker, July 31, 2000)

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SOUNDTRACK: RA RA Anarchism-"Endless Hurting/Countless Joy" (2019).

In 2007, Ra Ra Riot released an anthology of chamber popular loveliness.  In that location were strings and lots of soaring melodies.  The songs were gentle and sweet and the lyrics were thoughtful.

Twelve years later on and I would never have guessed this was the same ring.

"Endless Pain/Endless Joy" starts with crashing drums and a fast bass line.  The lyrics are sung in his loftier annals but they are almost whispered, or at to the lowest degree sound like they are far abroad.  After the beginning poesy, the bass doubles downwardly and the rumble grows.

When the chorus finishes, the guitars come clanging in, angular and discordant, playing a clash of sounds for a few measures before departing.

The 2nd one-half of the song increases the urgency with the fast paced drums and bass, but it adds lots of backing sounds–synth stabs, guitar swirls and other noises until, with 10 seconds left, that clatter comes back–crashing through to the stop.

It'south largely the same band members, but wow, what a divergence a decade makes.

[READ: August 20, 2019] "Floating Bridge"

Neal and Jinny have been together for over xx years.  Jinny is 42 and Neal is 16 years older.  She always causeless she'd outlive him. Then she got the news.

The oncologist said the news wasn't slap-up.

Neal went to pick yup the girl who would be staying with them to help out.  He knew her considering she worked in the kitchen of the The Correctional Institute where he worked.

The girls' proper noun was Helen.  She was tough merely Neal tried to break through her shell–that'due south the way he was. (more…)

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Mac Sabbath (The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair NJ, August 27, 2019)

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[ATTENDED: August 27, 2019] Mac Sabbath

When I saw that Okilly Dokilly was opening for Mac Sabbath I had to check out who this band was.  They've been around for a few years and this was their "American Cheese Tour" (that's a skillful 1).

And and so basically, they are a Black Sabbath cover ring, only all of their lyrics are about McDonald's and the fast food industry in general.  And then that'due south pretty funny.  Simply that's not all.  They have taken this concept to an absurd length.   Each band fellow member is costumed or wears makeup.  And the costumes are astounding–not cheap little handmade things, just remarkably detailed and well constructed heads and bodies.  The attention to detail is really impressive.

The band members are likewise completely bearding, which is likewise pretty funny.   And that is why they have such nifty band names:

The pb singer is Ronald Osbourne.
The guitarist is Slayer MacCheeze
The bassist is Grimalice (the least impressive name, it'south Grimace with an Alice in Wonderland hat on, but his other name is brilliant: "I Can't Believe It'southward Not Butler.")
On drums is Catburglar or Criss Cut Fries (he is dressed like the Hamburglar with Peter Criss Makeup).

I didn't really think too much about the music earlier the show, I just wanted to run into the stage show. (more…)

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Okilly Dokilly (The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair NJ, August 27, 2019) [MAC SABBATH]

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[ATTENDED: August 27, 2019] Okilly Dokilly

When I heard most Okilly Dokilly from The Simpsons, I knew that I would similar to come across them live.  And then, when it was announced that they would be playing with Mac Sabbath (who I'd never heard of), at a venue fairly shut to me, I grabbed a ticket.  Hilariously (although not for me), this show apparently sold so poorly that past a calendar week earlier the event, the venue was literally giving tickets away.  So I signed upwardly for free tickets so couldn't get anyone to go with me.  Oh well.

When I saw their video for "White Wine Spritzer," in the credits of The Simpsons (clip at lesser of page), I loved the idea of a heavy metallic band comprised of many Ned Flanders (technically: Head Ned (vocals), Dread Ned (drums), Shred Ned (guitar), Bed Ned (bass) and Zed Ned (synth)).  But I was a little disappointed that the vocals they chose to use were and then cookie monster/growly.  I mean, it makes huge comic sense to accept Ned sing like that, just it'due south disappointing to not be able to understand all of  the lyrics which are "75 per cent fabricated upwardly of Ned Flanders' quotes."

But this ring is dedicated to their craft 100%. (more…)

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Playboy Manbaby (The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair NJ, Baronial 27, 2019) [MAC SABBATH]

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[ATTENDED: August 27, 2019] Playboy Manbaby

When I heard virtually Okilly Dokilly from The Simpsons, I decided that I would like to see them alive.  Then, when it was announced that they would be playing with Mac Sabbath (who I'd never heard of), at a venue adequately close to me, I grabbed a ticket.  Hilariously (although not for me), this show plainly sold and then poorly that by a week earlier the event, the venue was literally giving tickets away.  So I signed up for free tickets and then couldn't become anyone to go with me.  Oh well.  [The band did sell out venues in Florida, then information technology's not like no one goes to run across them].

Of the iii bands, Playboy Manbaby was the one I was least interested in.  But in the end, they were the band I enjoyed the most.

Playboy Manbaby is from Phoenix. Okilly Dokilly is too from Phoenix (and PM used virtually of Okilly Dokilly'southward gear).

They usually accept horns, only for this show (and tour?) they were a four piece:  Robbie Pfeffer on vocals, TJ Friga on guitar, Chris Hudson on bass, [with a Big Gay Ice Cream shirt on] and Republic of chad Dennis on drums.  Unlike the other 2 bands, this band didn't have a gimmick, they were simply a kind of goofy, fun punk stone band. (more than…)

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