godthedog

robert johnson. the ideal role model for me, the ideal role model for america.

i'm the other way around. i don't like the black bars constantly calling attention to themselves, and it's rare that the subtitles are obscuring any important info on the screen.

glad you cleared that up. otherwise i never would've guessed the reasoning behind this thread.

they had the minor early-90s hits "push th' littl' daisies" and "voodoo lady," and a good-size cult following. the latter song was also on the 'road trip' soundtrack.

i wanted to say this, but it didn't deserve its own topic. i've been listening to buckley's 'live at sin-é' a lot this week, and as great as it is, i think it would've made a better single album. i would have only included: be your husband mojo pin grace strange fruit eternal life calling you the way young lovers do je n'en consais pas la fin hallelujah i think that would fit on one cd. i'd also include maybe a third of the monologue bits. and if i were to make a cd from the loads of velvet underground material that didn't make it on the 4 studio albums, i'd use: satellite of love foggy notion ride into the sun ocean stephanie says lisa says i'm sticking with you i can't stand it now that i look at that track listing, it looks like there's no way in hell that those songs would flow together into a cohesive album.

'kid a' isn't so much a breakdown of song as it is a breakdown of melody. "the national anthem" i'd agree is a real song, but it has no body to it, nothing to grasp on to, and as a result i stop paying attention. same thing with "morning bell." the voice, and all the instruments that play, you know, notes, are either way back in the mix or filtered out beyond recognition and it's this weird mass of texture that doesn't sound grounded in anything. indeed. what's the world coming to? about the ween thing: don't have time to go point-by-point now, but basically: a--they don't take themselves so seriously (a little sense of humor goes a long way in tempering the sonic versatility and weird ass experimentation) b--they have a better sense of songwriting in general and of melody in particular

and the best band of the 90s is ween. i can go point-by-point over why they're better than radiohead.

yeah, i'm the one who can't stand 'kid A'. although after reading the pitchfork review, i can't help but think i missed something. and i kinda like 'amnesiac' (though not enough to miss the copy that i sold), and i like 'thief' more than most people. so i may not be the one to trust on these guys. 'the bends' 'ok computer' 'hail to the thief' 'amnesiac' 'kid A' never heard 'pablo honey'. good tracks: 1. "street spirit" (the bends) 2. "paranoid android" (ok computer) 3. "everything in its right place" (kid A) 4. "there there"/"i will" (hail to the thief--works best as a two-shot, in my opinion)

alfie (1966) - good, but a letdown. city of god - good, but a letdown. animal crackers - good, but a letdown.

american movies? probably 'bonnie and clyde'. i can't think of any earlier examples of that much graphic violence, & it was the primary reason for setting up the ratings system we have today. i doubt that stuff like 'the wild bunch' or 'the godfather' would exist without it.

i like meatwad. but i still think the name would've been better suited for a gimmick poster who just goes into various threads saying "do what now?"

i think 'wishkah' is worth owning as well. it isn't mind-blowing, but i think it's quite good.

nirvana - unplugged in new york i'm a shameless slave to the zeitgeist. still a gorgeous album though.

That album is fuckign great. I love the monologues in between songs, especially the bit about Nusrat Fati Ali Kahn. i believe my favorite is the cbgb's version of musical chairs. and i cannot stop listening to that van morrison cover.

i'm sorry, the correct insulting response to anything that involves choking is, "your mom was choking on my semen last night," or some euphemism thereof. something to the effect of "don't try to swallow next time you verbally fellate him" would also have been acceptable.

last night: billy joel - '52nd street' (won't play on my cd player, i have to return it) frank sinatra - 'songs for swingin' lovers'. good stuff, but not as good as i was hoping for. jeff buckley - 'live at sin-é (legacy edition)'. found at tower records for $20. beyond excellent. great liner notes as well.

"good showcase of godlike male vocalists" edition: 1. jeff buckley - "hallelujah" 2. michael jackson - "man in the mirror" 3. prince - "when doves cry" 4. frank sinatra - "ebb tide" 5. john lennon - "mother"

this one was funny: a 7-foot statue of jar jar binks, with "VIRGIN MARY GR CHEESE" slapped into the title for no reason whatsoever.

This sounds like any ne'er do well teenager. well no shit, once you take the actual SYMPTOMS out of the quote and leave in what it's MISCONSTRUED as, then it does sound like one.

No, dumbass, we should blast them into space REALLY FUCKING HARD! You stupid troll. -=Mike" Hence, keep such unifying morons around. the "unifying morons" have a way of renewing themselves. as soon as one of them leaves or gets banned, one or two more come up. the complaints about the posters (robstone, fzm, etc) are almost always the same. there will always be someone there to unify you.

good god. how do you even have the time to digest all that? awesome poprock album. i still have it on cassette from like 1995.

i believe scorsese is quoted as saying that's the most important shot in the movie.

when i read the title, my first thought was "incandenza's never seen 'taxi driver'?" yes, quite a good movie. check out reviews on imdb for more detailed discussion of why this is the case.

fuck. i think i have this.

god fucking dammit. i was like 6 blocks away the whole day.