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    Discuss the Musics Thread

    Apparently Bob Dylan had intercourse with, and simultaneously is, KF's wife.

    Discuss.

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    If only.

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    Quote Quoting iosos (view post)
    Apparently Bob Dylan had intercourse with, and simultaneously is, KF's wife.

    Discuss.
    I am skeptical until there is visual, audio, and preferrably smellable proof.

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    Favorite albums of 2007? Here's a few of mine:

    Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
    St. Vincent - Marry Me
    Matthew Good - Hospital Music
    LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
    M.I.A. - Kala
    Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything

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    People are constantly saying that cinema is dead, the short story is dead, the novel is dead, the comic strip is dead, the sitcom is dead, blah blah fucking blah.

    Does anyone ever bother to say music is dead?

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    Quote Quoting Sycophant (view post)
    Does anyone ever bother to say music is dead?
    I think I've said that before, but it was a phase, I think. The White Stripes convinced me that music was still good.

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    The internet is dead.

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    Quote Quoting iosos (view post)
    I think I've said that before, but it was a phase, I think. The White Stripes convinced me that music was still good.
    Oh, yeah. I remember that phase.

    I can't say I care much about music these days, but I recognize that's really just a phase.

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    In my grad school teaching of writing class, I had to teach a minilesson on a subject of my own choice. I chose the subject of literary tone. To illustrate it, I brought in copies of the lyrics to the Kinks' Waterloo Sunset, Do You Remember Walter? and David Watts.

    It was fun.
    "Modern weapons can defend freedom, civilization, and life only by annihilating them. Security in military language means the ability to do away with the Earth."
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    Quote Quoting monolith94 (view post)
    In my grad school teaching of writing class, I had to teach a minilesson on a subject of my own choice. I chose the subject of literary tone. To illustrate it, I brought in copies of the lyrics to the Kinks' Waterloo Sunset, Do You Remember Walter? and David Watts.

    It was fun.
    Awesome! Believe it or not, my initial first post for this thread was going to be something along the lines of:

    "The Kinks rock.

    Discuss."

    You... are awesome.

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    I have, I think, almost half of their albums, and certainly of the ones I have I think I've got the critical ones. I think I'm going to listen to This Time Tomorrow now.
    "Modern weapons can defend freedom, civilization, and life only by annihilating them. Security in military language means the ability to do away with the Earth."
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    I gave Carl Orff's Carmina Burana a whirl today after some time away. It's still wondrous.

    Otherwise it's been Coaltar of the Deepers and Boris pretty much consistently.
    The Boat People - 9
    The Power of the Dog - 7.5
    The King of Pigs - 7

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    Quote Quoting monolith94 (view post)
    I have, I think, almost half of their albums, and certainly of the ones I have I think I've got the critical ones. I think I'm going to listen to This Time Tomorrow now.
    I'm pretty sure I have all but maybe one or two, if any missing at all. This Time Tomorrow is from Lola v. Powerman, etc, one of their best, in my books, and that song is one I'd rank among their best.

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    I need to get up off my lazy ass and find time to drive out to Best Buy or Target and buy some new CDs. I haven't listened to anything new in quite a while.
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    Lola/Powerman is not only The Kinks best album, but one of the best albums in rock history. It's genius.

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    Yeah. I still say that the best CD this year is White Stripes.

    Barbarian - ***
    Bones and All - ***
    Tar - **


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    I have liked a lot of albums from this year, but if I had to narrow it into a short list....

    Spoon, M.I.A., Panda Bear, Radiohead, Justice, LCD, PJ, and of Montreal.

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    Stylus is closing up shop for good, so they left us with an early top 50 of the year. Discuss, etc.

    (My ratings, out of 5)

    50. PJ Harvey - White Chalk ****
    49. Paramore - Riot! N/A
    48. Monkey Swallows the Universe - The Casket Letters N/A
    47. 65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideas N/A
    46. The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism N/A
    45. Strategy - Future Rock ***
    44. Colleen - Les Ondes Silencieuses **1/2
    43. Basteroid - Upset Ducks N/A
    42. Calle 13 - Residente O Visitante N/A
    41. Andy Palacio & The Garfuna Collective - Wátina N/A
    40. Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss ****
    39. UGK - Underground Kings N/A
    38. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water is Life N/A
    37. Devin The Dude - Waitin' to Inhale N/A
    36. Marnie Stern - In Advance Of The Broken Arm ***1/2
    35. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position ***1/2
    34. Dungen - Tio Bitar ***1/2
    33. Stars Of The Lid - And The Refinement Of Their Decline ***1/2
    32. Low - Drums and Guns **1/2
    31. Menomena - Friend and Foe ****
    30. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead ***
    29. Electrelane - No Shouts No Calls N/A
    28. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal *****
    27. Of Montreal - Oh Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? ****1/2
    26. Kathy Diamond - Miss Diamond to You **
    25. Battles - Mirrored ****
    24. Studio - West Coast N/A
    23. !!! - Myth Takes ***1/2
    22. Deepchord Presents Echospace - The Coldest Season N/A
    21. Caribou - Andorra ***1/2 (should probably be ****, but all the weak songs are packed in the middle which is kinda frustrating)
    20. Dalek - Abandoned Language *** (should listen again since shoegaze rap should be more awesome than this)
    19. Liars - Liars ****1/2
    18. Justice - Cross ***1/2
    17. Grinderman - Grinderman ***1/2
    16. The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse ***1/2
    15. The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters ***1/2
    14. Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog ***1/2
    13. Gui Boratto - Chromophobia ***1/2
    12. Phosphorescent - Pride ****
    11. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible ****
    10. Radiohead - In Rainbows ****1/2
    09. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime ****1/2
    08. M.I.A. - Kala **
    07. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga ***
    06. Kanye West - Graduation ***1/2
    05. The National - The Boxer ****
    04. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 N/A
    03. Panda Bear - Person Pitch ****1/2
    02. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend N/A
    01. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver ***1/2

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    Wow, really nice seeing The Avett Brothers on that list, that was another album I left off of my short list.

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    Patrick Wolf and Arcade Fire are solid choices. I've got no complaints with #1.

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    Muswell Hillbillies is my favorite Kinks album. I dig its analog sound; I love the stories that it tells.
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    Quote Quoting dreamdead (view post)
    I gave Carl Orff's Carmina Burana a whirl today after some time away. It's still wondrous.
    I'm currently in the midst of acquiring the Clemencic Consort's recording of the original Carmina Burana texts on which Orff based his work. It should be great.

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    This. Is. Awesome.

    Robert Fripp to music industry, "suck it!"

    http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...c-industry-rip

    Where is the RIAA when one of their own breaks copyright law? Oh that's right, rules are for us, not them, silly me!

    And speaking of Fripp and King Crimson, I had no idea you could order all kinds of live performances straight from them!

    http://www.dgmlive.com/archive.htm?a...ber=3&member=3

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    Haven't gotten to listen to too much outside of the more mainstream stuff from this year as of yet. But right now, my favourite albums from the year are probably:

    1. Kanye West - Graduation
    2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
    3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
    4. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
    5. Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars

    Reading this thread has reminded of a lot of stuff I still need to check out. Except for M.I.A., because there is nothing in any of her music I have found to be anything other than nauseating.
    Last 11 things I really enjoyed:

    Speed Racer (Wachowski/Wachowski, 2008)
    Safe (Haynes, 1995)
    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Parker, 1999)
    Beastie Boys Story (Jonze, 2020)
    Bad Trip (Sakurai, 2020)
    What's Up Doc? (Bogdanovich, 1972)
    Diva (Beineix, 1981)
    Delicatessen (Caro/Jeunet, 1991)
    The Hunger (Scott, 1983)
    Pineapple Express (Green, 2008)
    Chungking Express (Wong, 1994)

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    Quote Quoting Henry Gale (view post)
    ....5. Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars
    I wasn't aware that Rufus had a new album out. How does it compare with his previous efforts? I was somewhat underwhelmed by Want Two.

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