Getting the spins
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Christ I heard nothing about that until I was scanning releases this morning. New record store opened up in my hood yesterday but UPS screwed up a single box that had those copies in it :(
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You checked out any tour dates? They're doing Boulder, Denver, and Santa Fe (Meow Wolf), so likely I'll catch a couple. Early 2022.
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I'll meet y'all in Santa Fe.
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Saw that. I might try to get back for a show. I’ll have to make a visa run around February-ish anyway.
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I need someone to help me with the Rhiannon Giddens love.
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I'm a fan. Used to be in a good band called The Carolina Chocolate Drops. Great banjo and fiddle player. She got a lot of airtime as a commenter in Ken Burns's Country Music series.
"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - sybian
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Yeah, among my group of friends who go see DMB with me every year we joke about how awful they were when they opened for them.
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Different strokes. I’m certainly not a fan of the Dave Mattews Band.Giff wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:37 amYeah, among my group of friends who go see DMB with me every year we joke about how awful they were when they opened for them.
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That's cool. I had just never actually met someone who liked her. I guess I was proven wrong!
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Just got tickets to both nights of Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus in RVA on 9/10 and 9/11.
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I was going to say that was possibly going to be my first concert tickets purchased since last February, but somehow slipped my mind for a second that I'm going to my first live show in 14 months tonight!
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I've considered Baker and Japanese Breakfast but I want the first one back out to be a show we're both into, not a me show.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:30 am Just got tickets to both nights of Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus in RVA on 9/10 and 9/11.
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You're overthinking it.
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Was talking with a neighbor about this: Will venues, especially in the mid-sized tour cities, eventually be rejecting name bands assuming more than usual will be looking to get back out on the road? And will cities that are often skipped for proximity or travel logistics going to start picking up some legit shows because of volume?
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I got my second shot a week ago and am excited about seeing shows again. But I’m having trouble getting over my reluctance to go to indoor events where many people won’t be masked up. Hell, I don’t want to eat indoors at a restaurant, either.
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The one tonight is outdoors thank goodness. Well except for that line of thunderstorms coming in around the time the gates open. Oh well, it'll be worth it.
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I thought about pulling the trigger on some Julien Baker tickets, but she's playing at a venue that I hate, so I held off.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:30 am Just got tickets to both nights of Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus in RVA on 9/10 and 9/11.
One other thing....my GF is starting to say things like "I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do the weeknight concert/get home late/get up and go to work thing anymore".
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I'm with ya, Lady DiS. Weeknight concerts are almost exclusively no gos for me anymore.
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This is the part of the story where I note an advantage of being retired. (But, a disadvantage of being old.)
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That was me pre-pandemic. Once I start going, I'll be going to whatever and adjusting my next morning accordingly.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:43 am I'm with ya, Lady DiS. Weeknight concerts are almost exclusively no gos for me anymore.
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Good lord!
Astounding.
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gimme a buzzed summer day rightawayrightnow
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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That Durand Jones is good.
The entire Colemine Records roster is worth a listen as well.
The entire Colemine Records roster is worth a listen as well.
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Digging that. Pruitt's comment about Colemine reminds me of doing a shallow dive into Daptone after seeing Charles Bradley live.
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I've decided to try to go start to finish on the list below. It won't happen, because I like to leave things unfinished, but that's the goal.
Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s
Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s
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Nice. I'm about done with the most recent list of best-of albums (Paste's Top 100 Indie Folk Albums) I've been going through and this one will be a good next one.
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Sly and the Family Stone is very much not my thing so I instituted a skip policy if I feel like I've given it an honest effort.
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Have fun with Kraftwerk!
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I didn't skip a single song on the Rolling Stone top 500 playlist.
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You could have given me 100 guesses and I wouldn't have come up with their #1 choice.
Totally Kafkaesque
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I can’t get behind that list. I know most of that top ten, and it is more of a critic’s “I know more than you do” list than what it purports to be. Bowie’s “Low” at number one? He had three, better, more significant albums in that decade. And, bands like Television were pretty influential in the early days of punk, but the.music isn’t great and Tom Verlaine isn’t much of a singer. But I guess it’s cooler to pick them than a more accessible, commercially successful band from the same scene.mister d wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:05 am I've decided to try to go start to finish on the list below. It won't happen, because I like to leave things unfinished, but that's the goal.
Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s
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I'm with you on Bowie (I find him vastly overrated), but I love Marquee Moon. It's a great album and one I still listen to from time to time. I didn't discover that one until much later though - probably 15 years ago or so.
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I don't think I saw a single Black Sabbath album on there?
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yeah, haha these lists always initially piss me off in a visceral way then i realize really who cares :D - i find so much of music reviews/critique tiresome ("Physical Graffiti isn't their best, but it's their most essential..." come on.). and I'd probably come out and say i really really dislike a lot of these (ok i'll bite: Iggy Pop and Lou Reed are hard passes for me anytime/anywhere....). also yeah i just never got into Bowie's music, I've tried, might be the voice?
BUT what's great about lists like this for me is potentially discovering things i've missed for decades. I've heard of everyone but not heard everyone. Some of this is just fun - Modern Lovers for instance is what i'm on right now. I can't take these for any true "top" lists since what does that really mean (i mean if 2112 isn't in the top 5 isn't it just a shamockery anyways??) but i'm loving this for setting up my work music for the next day or 3.
BUT what's great about lists like this for me is potentially discovering things i've missed for decades. I've heard of everyone but not heard everyone. Some of this is just fun - Modern Lovers for instance is what i'm on right now. I can't take these for any true "top" lists since what does that really mean (i mean if 2112 isn't in the top 5 isn't it just a shamockery anyways??) but i'm loving this for setting up my work music for the next day or 3.
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(also they end up being tough for someone (me) who is like 99.38% drawn to the music over lyrics. Which is probably why Dylan has always been nothing to me - not awful! just ... i don't listen. having said that, i do love Randy Newman.)
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That album is exactly why I'm doing this. Its one I'd never think to just throw on myself before but now I will
Currently halfway through. Being someone who didn't get into this sort of music until after college I'm pretty uneducated on the bands that I like were influenced by.