tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post4496505472607249801..comments2023-10-21T07:44:20.549-04:00Comments on The Existence Machine: iPod rundown - 10/11/07Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-79658607744989869832007-10-12T14:56:00.000-04:002007-10-12T14:56:00.000-04:00I hadn't seen that, and I take back what I said be...I hadn't seen that, and I take back what I said before. Now I'm much more interested in hearing the album.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874243983012948223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-1366689337895807442007-10-12T12:45:00.000-04:002007-10-12T12:45:00.000-04:00Yeah, it would be nice if Thomas'd just come out a...Yeah, it would be nice if Thomas'd just come out and say it. After listening to the album and reading about it and the Jim Thompson inspiration, it's easier to see that he doesn't believe the title. But it's not at all clear why it is that he felt the title was <I>necessary</I>. And it's clear (for example, see <A HREF="http://www.billions.com/artists/pereubu/index.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>) that he indeed thought it was unavoidable and that he knew he would catch shit for it.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-37794503142617915822007-10-12T12:33:00.000-04:002007-10-12T12:33:00.000-04:00I should give St Arkansas another try. I doubt I ...I should give St Arkansas another try. I doubt I listened to it more than three times, and probably not with full attention.<BR/><BR/>I know that saying the title isn't ironic doesn't necessarily mean that Thomas means he believes the title, but if he doesn't mean it literally, it would be nice if he'd come out and say it. It can be fun to play the Randy Newman just-try-to-nail-down-what-I-really-think-game, but if he's going to be that broadly offensive, it's tiresome.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874243983012948223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-36997512936129577612007-10-12T11:29:00.000-04:002007-10-12T11:29:00.000-04:00re: Hersh. I don't think I'm actually tired of he...re: Hersh. I don't think I'm actually tired of her, but the similarity of a lot of her music does tend to mean that I'm often not in the mood for it. And I have so much of it!<BR/><BR/>re: Ubu. I really need to spend more time with <I>Worlds In Collision</I>; my remark was admittedly a tad ill-considered. But I am quite fond of both <I>Ray Gun Suitcase</I> and <I>Pennsylvania</I>. <I>St Arkansas</I> gets off to an iffy start, I think, but there are some gems in there ("Dark" comes to mind), which I've been able to appreciate as they've popped up on the shuffle. Also, I've been meaning to write about <I>Why I Hate Women</I>. I really wish the album didn't have that title, but I think the music on it is very good, overall. Thomas says, on the one hand, that the title "is not ironic", Ubu doesn't "do irony". But then he says that the album is like a novel "Jim Thompson never wrote" but would have, or something. I don't know about all that, but I think the music is worth a listen.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-6699006214094950682007-10-12T11:16:00.000-04:002007-10-12T11:16:00.000-04:00Yes! Thank you!I have all of the songs I've downl...Yes! Thank you!<BR/><BR/>I have all of the songs I've downloaded from you in a separate playlist so I can find them easily, but I must not have taken the time to listen to this one yet. I've been listening primarily on shuffle of late, with some exceptions. <BR/><BR/>So this was my first listen to this. My "not bad" assessment was sort of non-commital. I was more focused on the fact that I didn't know what it was, before realizing that I was enjoying the track.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-5114177141882527352007-10-12T11:10:00.000-04:002007-10-12T11:10:00.000-04:00I can understand getting tired of Kristin Hersh, b...I can understand getting tired of Kristin Hersh, because the timbre and moods of her songs are so alike to each other. I love her sound, and I doubt I'll ever get tired of it, but her career is a long exploration of the same kind of thing, it seems to me.<BR/><BR/>I think <I>Worlds in Collision</I> is one of the best of the reformed Pere Ubu albums, and "Goodnight Irene" is one of my ten favorite Ubu songs. <I>Story of My Life</I> isn't as consistenly excellent, but it has the great "Kathleen". To me, it's been a steady decline since, with <I>St Arkansas</I> being the point at which I gave up.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874243983012948223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-84055074058910072372007-10-12T11:03:00.000-04:002007-10-12T11:03:00.000-04:00Is it possible you downloaded "Crash" when I wrote...Is it possible you downloaded "Crash" when <A HREF="http://www.deselbybowen.com/parlando/2007/09/16/tuxedomoon-crash-1980/" REL="nofollow">I wrote about it last month</A>?Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874243983012948223noreply@blogger.com