By the time I post to this list and check it again, my posts are 5 digests
away,
so let me just continue on in my own little vacuum here and reply to
whatever messages I remember seeing in 5 digests.
M&A Vinyl - I found it. A big thanks to everyone who sent me links for
online
record stores. I paid about $18 for it at a local record store. I'm not
sure why it's more for vinyl than the CD, although I do have to say the
quality of the vinyl is good, better than UP!'s. However, the inner sleaves
were munched somehow. No biggie, I'm not that big on inner sleeves, but I
just can't ever figure why it's so hard to ship records to a record store
without having them get all banged around. The old records I buy from
thrift stores and record stores have been in better shape lately than new
records I've bought and mail ordered.
I'll stop complaining now.
My official opinion on the M&A is that it's a great record. I would have to
say a real opinion has been tainted by having heard so many songs in so many
different formats before the album was released.. I had developed quite an
attachment to a particular live version of 3rd Planet, and I can't say I
really care for the album version on track 1. It sounds a little flat, and
the production stuff doesn't add much. However, on the tracks that I didn't
hear until hearing the album.. those sound great.. can't get enough of Paper
Thin Walls and Perfect Disguise.
However, I'm currently just now getting the full effects of Long Drive
listening to it as a complete album.
Themes of M&A - how about the album cover art? The arm on the right side
looks like a minister's.. the left one looks like.. a car Salesman's (a nice
heart, and a white suite, and a baby blue sedan...). Is he 'shaking the
eye's hand'?
Probably not, since the eye in the sky that can't be stopped wouldn't be
wearing a minister's robe. But maybe it would, I don't know.
Overall, it all seems to fit in with their other album's lyrics. I haven't
had anything big rise up and say, 'wow this album really has a theme to it'
above and beyond their normal themes but I haven't listened to it a lot yet.
Has anyone else though that "Building Something Out of Nothing" was more in
reference to how they made the album out of nothing but previously released
songs? I suppose you could make a plea for double intendre (add accent
marks) but that's what I got out of it. MM is more in to bleakness and
nothingness than building somethings out of nothings...
Pinkerton vs. the Blue Album - the Blue Album!
My Name is JONAS DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH
Pinkerton was good, but the Blue album had about 4 tracks on it that rose
above
all others. Good videos from that album.. esp. Say it Ain't So.. normally I
wouldn't like overly clever camerawork, but that was done just right, it was
perfect.
Speaking of perfect camerawork, has anyone seen the Fugazi documentary
Instrument?
It's incredible. Even if you were not a fan of Fugazi or documentaries, you
would have to say it's excellent. It was going around the country 'on
tour' so to speak last I heard.
I refuse to pay full price for Shaft. Too risky. I saw MI2 bec. I thought
it would be ok as it was a John Woo flick.. WRONG. WORST MOVIE EVER, and
I'm not being funny, I really thought it was the worst movie I've ever seen
and I will back that up with my life if provoked. So, maybe I can sneak in
to shaft or wait for the $1 movies, or well, $1.50 movies now. ALTHOUGH - I
have heard Shaft is not typical action movie fare.. but still.. too risky..
got burned too bad with MI2.
Was just now able to wash away the icky MI2 feeling after seeing Manhattan
and Annie Hall back to back for $4 last night.
I like his films alright, if it weren't for that little nervous fella in all
of them!
- Ned Flanders on Woody Allen Films -
Shheit, this was long.
