Tag Archive for 'jeff mangum'

and sweet babies cry for the cool taste of milking

morning, peoples! man nothing like the life of a bachelor, even if it is for 10 days. actually, its mildly depressing. i have so used to constant barrage of noise that the silence is kind of discomforting. i’ll survive, i think. although, my diet is now completely in the shitter. friday night i had two hotdogs, then at about 11 pm i had two patio frozen burritos. yesterday wasnt any better. btw, the patio beef and bean burritos are fuckin awesome.

anyone own a canon powershot g9? thinking about getting one in the coming months - have to sell some shit on ebay before doing so. not unless of course someone wants to donate one to my cause. anyway, i would love to get a dslr but quite frankly i dont want to lug around something like that on a daily basis. from everything i have read, the g9 seems like a great alternative to the dslr. or if anyone has any other recommendations for any other feature-laden p&s, please dont be shy.

honestly, i never really listened to sigur ros all that much. i tried to get into the first one, and while its pretty good, it was just too ”something” for my tastes. really havent given them much of a thought since. maybe my tastes have changed, cause me thinks this new one is pretty damn fantastic - even if i dont know what they fuck they singing about. its really quite a lovely record - everything seems a lot brighter and melody orientated to what i remember them sounding like. may just have to go back and reinvest some time into their catalogue. you can grab the first single, “goobledigook,” here.

i have had a bunch of requests to repost this neutral milk hotel show, which happens to be there last, for now hopefully. im still real hazy on the actual tracklisting. so, this is the order i posted it the first time around, but i cleaned up the tags.

oh, comely

in the aeroplane over the sea

everything is

gardenhead/leave me alone

two-headed boy

i love how you love me

engine

ghost

king of carrot flowers pt. 1

king of carrot flowers pt 2 and 3

song against sex

world of wild beards explained

mother

the hebrew hammer, jew boy, my main-man kike

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i am so very happy to report that bret has found his rock of lust, rock of like and rock of love! let it be known that amber was my pick to click from day one. sure, daisy has a great fake rack but after the honeymoon wears off and bret tries to kick her stripper ass to the curb she definitely seemed like the type to be slitting wrists, od’ing or something over dramatic along those lines. i’m calling a rock of love featuring daisy and/or heather from last season is in the works.

hey, jeff mangum is back, kind of, sort of. he makes an appearance, to what degree is unknown, on former circulatory system and japanacakes member, heather mcintosh’s new project, the instruments’ dark småland which is due on 5.13 on orange twin. she, btw, is also the new touring bassist for gnarls barkley, i wont hold it against her though cause i am sure its a decent paying gig. anyway, the instruments are made up of an array of e6 alum. so, if those crazy current and ex-athenites do it for ya, then the instruments will definitely be up your proverbial alley. i am definitely diggin em.

ode to the sea

sounds electric

the instruments myspace / orange twin

crossbill records outta davis, ca has got a great sampler available for your downloading/listening pleasure. definitely some cool stuff, that is if you are axin me. check em out….

carve it out - matt bauer w/ jolie holland

mud under my feet - garrett pierce

clothes removed - silver darling

crossbill records sampler or visit their muxtape

my love of liz phair has seen the highest of highs an the lowest of lows. it currently is residing somewhere in the middle of my loving place. since the announcement of the exile reissue via dave matthew’s label, ato, i have been trying to reconnect with her first three. i have kind of given hope on everything post whitechocolate.. even though i have tried repeatedly to make sense of em, but i just cant. i have mixed feelings about the reissue to be honest. it being a record i hold dear and in my top 3 records of all time, i just dont know if it needs anything else for it to be a complete experience. i think its perfect just the way it is, and has been all this time, but out the other side of my mouth i am definitely going to get it the day it comes out or maybe someone will be nice enough to send it to me. check the announcement link for everything that is going on with the reissue.

here is my dear liz on 4.15.95 live @ town hall in ny, ny.

1. support system

2. you have no idea

3. cinco de mayo

4. stratford on guy

5. ride

6. may queen

7. help me mary

8. hurricane cindy

9. crater lake

10. mesmerizing

11. jealousy

12. explain it to me

13. wasted

14. soap star joe

15. i’ll get you high

16. chopsticks

17. canary

18. glory

19. strange loop

20. flower

21. supernova

22. divorce song

23. if i ever pay you back

24. fuck and run

random chance seems to have operated in our favor

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i reposted neutral milk hotel @ the sidedoor over here, for those who missed it the first time around.

here is mr young @ the bottom line in nyc on 5.16.74.

1. pushed it over the end

2. long may you run

3. greensleeves

4. ambulance blues

5. helpless

6. revolution blues

7. on the beach

8. roll another number

9. motion pictures

10. pardon my heart

11. dance dance dance

do not seek the treasure

i maybe the only one that feels this way, but at this point in time its probably best if mr mangum never returns from his wily globe trotting escapades or chilling out in athens or where ever he is laying his head these days. it would be like getting back with a crazy ex-lover after years of being apart. sure, at the time they held this mystical like control over you but over the years people change and it never really amounts to anything but an awkward and unsatisfying experience. i hope i am wrong, if he ever does decide to come back to the living.

here is a beautiful soundboard recording of a performance at the side door in st louis on 5.5.97.

1. she did a lot of acid

2. gardenhead/leave me alone

3. naomi

4. engine

5. king of carrot flowers

6. song against sex

7. the fool

8. oh comely

9. in the aeroplane over the sea