Comments | vermin_boy: Bring Back Soy Bomb

vermin_boy

Bring Back Soy Bomb

Feb 13, 2005 19:29

My roommate seems to have fallen asleep watching MTV's coverage of the Grammys. Like the nerd I am, I am busy scowling at the screen while drowning out the audio with Devo. MTV's coverage is even more deadening than the ceremony itself; they seem to be doing the "red carpet" thing, with assorted VJs (or their evolutionary descendents) cornering ( Read more... )

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tonberryqueen February 14 2005, 01:47:32 UTC

I personally am a big fan of that Ray Charles album. :P

I didn't even know that the Grammies were tonight, and while I'm curious enough to look up the winners, I don't particularly care. Every few years somebody with real talent gets nominated, but they're few and far between. (Recent artists I can think of: Lauryn Hill; Santana--except that the album he got nominated for kinda sucked, therefore sorta nullifying this one; Alicia Keys--I think she's talented, anyway; and, well, Christina Aguiliera (sp?) has a wonderful voice, but from what I've heard sings mostly mundane stuff. Oh, and if Justin Timberlake got nominated for that thing he did on his own. That was good. This set of parentheses has made you lose all respect for me.)

Also, that song you did on the autoharp at the open mic blew me away. You also made one of my friends swoon. Apparently, she can't resist a boy with a harp.

vermin_boy February 14 2005, 01:55:01 UTC

Actually, to be fair, I haven't heard the Ray Charles album; I was just excited to see a bunch of avant-jazz weirdos like the Bad Plus nominated.

And what can I say? Nothing can beat the raw allure of an out-of-tune autoharp. ;) Thanks!

vermin_boy February 14 2005, 01:48:38 UTC

UPDATE:

The roomie has switched to actual coverage. U2 is playing. I have switched my headphones to Negativland's Negativland's U2 single. Suddenly, it's all worth it.

vermin_boy February 14 2005, 01:57:18 UTC

D'oh-- Stupid redundancy is stupid.

bilan February 14 2005, 04:02:13 UTC

I still haven't heard Real Gone, but I know Newbury Comics has it on vinyl, my preferred Tom Waits listening method, so I might grab it fairly soon. I've been in a ridiculous music-buying mood. Hell, might as well download it and preview it because I'll be downloading it for the iPod anyway... fuck Springsteen.

Anyway, as good as Loverock is, it kinda disappoints me in that it's not as crushingly awesome as Jet Generation or Planet of the Wolves. I find it rocked harder than UFO Romantics in most spots, though.

vermin_boy February 14 2005, 04:15:53 UTC

Actually, I must admit to having heard relatively little of the GuitarWolf canon-- I discovered (and subsequently watched the hell out of) Wild Zero over the summer, then happened upon Loverock while it was still on the New Release rack. Thanks for the tips!

And definitely check out Real Gone. Tom Waits is one of the few cases where I like his newer stuff more than the stuff he did back in the day; as great as his old beat songs are, I love his newer, experimental stuff. (He's also got a track on the aforementioned Discovered Covered, by the by)