Saturday, January 05, 2008

Music I Liked And Didn't - 1/1/08 - 1/5/08



Another year and the hits keep on comin'...

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V/A: A Kind Of Awe And Reverence And Wonder CD (Twisted Nerve) - “A Kind Of Awe And Reverence And Wonder” is another in the seemingly endless (and let’s hope so!) stream of collections issued by the Twisted Nerve/Finders Keepers/B-Music empire. Unlike most of its predecessors, for example, “Bearded Ladies, Volume One” (femme folk and psychedelia) and “Welsh Rare Beat” (archival recordings from the diverse Welsh music scene of the 1960’s and ‘70’s), this collection doesn’t seem to have any unifying theme. It simply contains 12 tracks of contemporary folk, pop, and psych from around the globe, mostly from emerging artists. Highlights included Welsh group 9Bach’s beautiful dose of crystalline acid folk “Pontypridd”, the flowing, lysergic pop gush of “Chlorine Fields” from Chicago’s Speck Mountain, and the incredible psych raga “Waiting By The Window” from England’s Booger Red (pictured above). Not a mindblower, overall, just a nice set of enjoyable tracks that also provide a useful and welcome introduction to some promising new artists that deserve further investigation.

In fact, I have already contacted Speck Mountain and 9Bach regarding their debut full-length and EP releases, respectively, so, stay tuned to Sonictroubadour for more info about these artists and their music in the near future!


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Running Count For The Year

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Friday, January 04, 2008

The Big Losers On Thursday Night? Hillary, Mitt, And Rush!!!!!


For your entertainment and enlightenment I reproduce a copy of an actual email message that I sent to Rush Limbaugh. Needless to say, I expected and received no response. For the record, I was correct in my prediction that he would focus much more on the negative aspects of Hillary's poor showing, than on the fact that his efforts to affect the outcome on the Republican side failed, his desires to that end are in disarray, and, generally, he was just flat out wrong, wrong, wrong!

Enjoy!

From: borb@earthlink.net
To: ElRushbo@eibnet.com
Subject: The Man Who Runs America? Huckabee Slaps Down Little Rushie!!!!!
Date: Jan 4, 2008 3:48 AM

Dear Lush Limpballs, you drug addled, limp dick,

Let me preface this by stating that I'm not a Huckabee supporter. That all being stated, I was thrilled with his success in Iowa because it illustrates what a completely full of shit, out of touch with reality, egomanic you are! Despite the best efforts of you, a man who claims to be (more like lies about!) being right like 98%+ of the time and who claims to "run America", to discredit and defeat Huckabee, he won! Slap down for you little Rushie, ya draft dodging pussy posing as a patroit! Don't expect you to acknowledge all this on your show, of course, but hey, knowing it's the truth is good enough for me! I suppose all you'll be doing is exhulting in Hillary's defeat. Good, go for it, as that won't hurt me any - I don't want her to be President, anyway! I'll admit that I liked Bill, but I'm sick of all the Clintons and Bushes. 20 years of them (practically half my life!) is enough! It is time for change in America! That's what last night demonstrated, Americans want a change and they voted for who they perceived to be the strongest outsider candidates (though, obviously, not the most outsider candidates, just to be clear). You were blindsided by this because you're a rich celb and, as a result, are isolated from the "real man in the street", despite your posturing to the contrary. Yep, little Rushie, next to Hillary and Mitt, you were the big loser on Thursday night! Ha Ha! Ha Ha!

Steve


DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!!

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

2007 - My Personal Music Year In Review - Part Two


Top Ten New Modern Music Releases Of 2007

(Listed Alphabetically, Not By Ranking)

AKRON/FAMILY: Love Is Simple DLP (Young God)

ANGELS OF LIGHT: We Are Him DLP (Young God)

ENTRANCE: Prayer Of Death LP (Tee Pee)

GRAILS: Burning Off Impurities CD (Temporary Residence Limited)

JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER: Valley Of Fire LP (Textile)

MV + EE With The Golden Road: Gettin' Gone DLP (Ecstatic Peace)

PINK REASON: Throw It Away + 2 7” EP (Savage Quality Recordings)

RACOO-OO-OON: Behold Secret Kingdom CD (Release The Bats)

VALERIE PROJECT: S/T DLP (Drag City)

WOODEN SHJIPS: S/T LP (Holy Mountain)


ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Greg Weeks

Between performing in numerous projects, highlighted by the great Valerie Project and Espers, running the very cool Hexham Head studios, and establishing the cool, new imprint, Language Of Stone, Weeks is clearly one of the leading lights in the international underground music scene.