IMO, it’s unjust if Oasis goes in before the Smiths, who’ve never gotten a nod.by Five*Words
Aitch, where’s the best place to start with the Sunnyboys discography?by Five*Words
Hey Delvin, FWIW, the Pop Art brothers are (were) the Steinharts. (The only Reinhardt brother that comes to mind is Richie Ramone.) Swell show!by Five*Words
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I’ve felt the same as Michael and Delvin re: both of their catalogs, as well as their influence and impressions of them live. I’ve long wondered if the Pixies hadn’t been signed by 4AD, if their influence would’ve been the same.by Five*Words
Pastels! Knapsack!! Fantastic show, Delvin!by Five*Words
I agree re: Waterboys, Delvin. The Swell Maps write-up has long stuck in my craw as being overly negative.by Five*Words
Bummer news, Fab. Similarly, I’ve referred to Styrenes, Eels, and Mirrors as ‘prepunk post-punk.’ Feel fortunate to have seen them quite a bit when they reactivated in the early ‘90s. Klimek always ripped, while looking totally down to earth.by Five*Words
Adding to all of the above, sending deepest condolences as well, Michael.by Five*Words
Bip and Zoo: Minutemen - History Lesson, Part II, Watt name-checks D. Boon.by Five*Words
RT’s Across a Crowded Room and Daring Adventures were the start and the end of the 2-LP PolyGram run, stuck between his longer stints on Hannibal and Capitol….by Five*Words
Hunter and Foley ended up label-mates on Cleveland International.by Five*Words
I remember seeing it too, Bip. Cleopatra’s just recently reissued the album, along with their 7” singles.by Five*Words
Total bummer. His work with Massive Attack is getting most of the mentions, but Blue Aeroplanes were at their peak with him in the lineup…’Swagger’-era.by Five*Words
Reno for the win!by Five*Words
Thx Zoo! Utopia did a song called Caravan. The band Caravan did a song called Ride. (And we are out of the Prog ghetto and back in TP territory.)by Five*Words
None of these were part of the image, long-term, but these come to mind: It’s a riff on the American flag’s “stars,” but Sly & The Family Stone “There's A Riot Goin' On.” The coffin-drapes on Husker Du’s “Land Speed Record.” Black Crowes’ “Amorica.”by Five*Words
I was just listening to the expanded version of Julian Cope’s Jehovahkill and came upon this idea. I’m not sure how far it can go…. Julian Cope has a song called Michael Rother. Michael Rother was in Neu!, who has a song called Negativland. Negativland has a ‘song’called Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson was in the Jackson 5, who recorded ABC. ABC recorded a song called United Kingdom. …by Five*Words
breno Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have you ever done bands that share members but > sound nothing alike? Magazine and the Bad Seeds come to mind as providing some good fodder for this.by Five*Words
The TP guide books were commonly and affectionately referred to as “the Bible” amongst music-loving friends and acquaintances. They were foundational, and the site is as much of a go-to as ever. Just this week a friend was record shopping on a midweek morning and was apparently intrigued and eyeing a Laughing Dogs record. He texted me and asked me if I knew anything about them. I recalled the eby Five*Words
…The band Hopewell was named for their mid-Hudson Valley NY hometown of Hopewell Junction.by Five*Words
How unnecessary. The work of some marketing genius at Rhino. Hopefully the wedding band chose to play Oompa Loompa instead of She’s Lost Control.by Five*Words
Fab, can you fit the New York Citi Peech Boys in there, too? And plain old Crown Heights…if they can find a stray noun?by Five*Words
Tack on Simple Minds, Joan Armatrading, Colourbox, 16 Horsepower, Bauhaus, Scarce, Ass Ponies, Chris Stamey, Color Me Gone / Marti Jones, Fairport…and though he dropped him after 2 singles, Captain Beefheart.by Five*Words
I never heard a note of them, but I think I recall there being a band called “Foxboro Hot Tubs,” that I think had some Green Day connection? Motor City 5!!! Leyton Buzzards Lower East Side Stitches Salem 66…? Berlin. Irving Berlin Saigon Kick (yikes, sorry) Münchener Freiheitby Five*Words
Delvin Wrote: -------------------------------------------------- > > And, kind of the opposite approach ... > > Sunny Day Real Estate Architecture in Helsinkiby Five*Words
Fun show! And that ‘vanishing’/ ‘talking’ set!! The Maps!!! With AFOS!!!!by Five*Words
Let’s get the Australian X on board, then. Apropos that their debut is called X-Aspirations.by Five*Words
RFTC was named in honor of RFTT; no commonalities. RFTT = Cleveland; RFTC = Cali.by Five*Words
Thanks for posting this, Michael, and yeah, for all of his bylines, Scott could not have been more approachable or nicer human. And his Alt-Rock-A-Rama book from ‘96 was a really entertaining read, rounding up a who’s who of rock scribes, artists, lotsa lists (before they were a means of cheap and easy ‘content’) and other fun arcana (…Damian Lovelock’s 10 favorite Australian records, Paul K’sby Five*Words