Comments on: Alone In This Vortex http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:42:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: xo publicity http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15783 xo publicity Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:41:30 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15783 i want to know who the The Jicks are! xo publicity kaytea mcintosh i want to know who the The Jicks are!

xo publicity
kaytea mcintosh

]]> By: Michael Brett http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15763 Michael Brett Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:47:41 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15763 Hey, thanks for giving us the OK to engage in earnest sentiment. I happen to believe earnest sentiment is the best export art can grant. I'll take the earnest sentiment of Neil Young over the arch, coy, up his own sphincter irony of Stephen Malkmus. The whole indie rock world can take a big 'ole colonic full of earnest sentiment. Would do it much good. Malkmus is the hipster Jerry Garcia. Three great Pavement albums. Awful lot of garbage. Hey, thanks for giving us the OK to engage in earnest sentiment. I happen to believe earnest sentiment is the best export art can grant. I’ll take the earnest sentiment of Neil Young over the arch, coy, up his own sphincter irony of Stephen Malkmus. The whole indie rock world can take a big ‘ole colonic full of earnest sentiment. Would do it much good.

Malkmus is the hipster Jerry Garcia. Three great Pavement albums. Awful lot of garbage.

]]> By: namhenderson http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15759 namhenderson Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:41:43 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15759 Great interview. Right topics covered and like the length. I read yesterday and didn't even pay attention to the byline. Shoudl have known it was you. Especially with the focus on the music making/mental editing process of structuring albums songs et al. Great interview.
Right topics covered and like the length.
I read yesterday and didn’t even pay attention to the byline.
Shoudl have known it was you. Especially with the focus on the music making/mental editing process of structuring albums songs et al.

]]> By: Matthew Perpetua http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15755 Matthew Perpetua Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:34:19 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15755 Oh, I definitely think Real Emotional Trash is superior to Face The Truth. I certainly think most of the songs were improved on the album compared to the early concert versions -- I didn't care about the original "Gardenia," and "Wicked Wanda" and "Elmo Delmo" blow away early versions. The latter two are among my favorite songs he's ever done. "Astral Facial," seriously, I wouldn't worry about it. That songs will almost definitely be better when it's done, especially since it's the kind of tune that will be flattered by some gloss. Oh, I definitely think Real Emotional Trash is superior to Face The Truth. I certainly think most of the songs were improved on the album compared to the early concert versions — I didn’t care about the original “Gardenia,” and “Wicked Wanda” and “Elmo Delmo” blow away early versions. The latter two are among my favorite songs he’s ever done. “Astral Facial,” seriously, I wouldn’t worry about it. That songs will almost definitely be better when it’s done, especially since it’s the kind of tune that will be flattered by some gloss.

]]> By: ray cummings http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15754 ray cummings Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:34:03 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15754 i should clarify: i don't HATE real emotional trash. i just want to love it, and i can't love it the way i love the others. it's analogous to how i felt about Brighten the Corners when it came out, and that's grown on me with time. i should clarify: i don’t HATE real emotional trash. i just want to love it, and i can’t love it the way i love the others. it’s analogous to how i felt about Brighten the Corners when it came out, and that’s grown on me with time.

]]> By: ray cummings http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15753 ray cummings Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:30:25 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15753 whoa, furnaces! damn. "astral facial" is fantastic, and i already dread hearing the form it ultimately takes because i fear it will break my heart. i dunno, man. RET just...it's lacking something the first three solo records had going for them. i want to say that it's overly jammy but i dug the earlier jammy songs, and i LIKED the jammy RET tracks in live form. i guess i wish the Jicks were a messier band on wax, just crazier? still sorting out my thoughts about all this, hate to rain on everybody's parade and stuff here, so i'll shut it now. maybe i'll wind up being like one of those dead fans who eschews the albums and obsessed over the boots. only RET final version i can get solidly behind is "dragonfly pie." my review of this album spells my feelings out a bit better maybe (but probably not): http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=15471 did you get my email the other day? whoa, furnaces! damn.

“astral facial” is fantastic, and i already dread hearing the form it ultimately takes because i fear it will break my heart.

i dunno, man. RET just…it’s lacking something the first three solo records had going for them. i want to say that it’s overly jammy but i dug the earlier jammy songs, and i LIKED the jammy RET tracks in live form. i guess i wish the Jicks were a messier band on wax, just crazier? still sorting out my thoughts about all this, hate to rain on everybody’s parade and stuff here, so i’ll shut it now. maybe i’ll wind up being like one of those dead fans who eschews the albums and obsessed over the boots.

only RET final version i can get solidly behind is “dragonfly pie.” my review of this album spells my feelings out a bit better maybe (but probably not):

http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=15471

did you get my email the other day?

]]> By: Matthew Perpetua http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15752 Matthew Perpetua Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:22:18 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15752 1) Thanks, Ray! 2) I think you should give RET another chance, as it is a really wonderful record that really seems to get better with time, the more it is lived-in. 3) Yeah, apparently they've got two albums in the works, to be released this year. 1) Thanks, Ray!
2) I think you should give RET another chance, as it is a really wonderful record that really seems to get better with time, the more it is lived-in.
3) Yeah, apparently they’ve got two albums in the works, to be released this year.

]]> By: ray cummings http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15751 ray cummings Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:05:42 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15751 a few things: 1. hosannas for a great malk interview. 2. holy shit - i love this final version of "Walk into a Mirror," and wish it'd been more than a bonus track, because if it had been I would've liked Real Emotional Trash a great deal more than i did. for the first time in ages, i came away really let down by a malkmus record last year. that's what i get for listening to live versions of songs before a band has even entered a studio to lay 'em down. 3. you heard anything about what the furnaces are up to at this point? a few things:

1. hosannas for a great malk interview.

2. holy shit - i love this final version of “Walk into a Mirror,” and wish it’d been more than a bonus track, because if it had been I would’ve liked Real Emotional Trash a great deal more than i did. for the first time in ages, i came away really let down by a malkmus record last year. that’s what i get for listening to live versions of songs before a band has even entered a studio to lay ‘em down.

3. you heard anything about what the furnaces are up to at this point?

]]> By: jay http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15750 jay Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15750 Very nice interview, Matthew. It's interesting to hear him talk about b-sides or just other tunes that get left off of albums for whatever. Like, I really like Walk into the Mirror, but now I get why it's not on the album, and it's not about 'feel' or 'atmosphere' or whatever, which is what a lot of people seem to say. "It just didn't fit," or whatever. I like that he's willing to just lay it out and say what he thinks is wrong with a song. Maybe it's not just the "it doesn't fit," maybe it's got other problems. I liked the part about returning to old unreleased songs an album later, but never later than that. It's an interesting concept. Radiohead returning to Nude after 10 years or whatever yielded great results, but I think a lot times you can damage the way people might experience a thing by doing that. Like, I sort of feel like I shouldn't listen to some of those old bootleg versions of that song anymore, because now Radiohead has laid it down and put it on In Rainbows, and that's how they want it heard, you know? And it's pretty different. Anyway. It's a good read. Very nice interview, Matthew. It’s interesting to hear him talk about b-sides or just other tunes that get left off of albums for whatever. Like, I really like Walk into the Mirror, but now I get why it’s not on the album, and it’s not about ‘feel’ or ‘atmosphere’ or whatever, which is what a lot of people seem to say. “It just didn’t fit,” or whatever. I like that he’s willing to just lay it out and say what he thinks is wrong with a song. Maybe it’s not just the “it doesn’t fit,” maybe it’s got other problems.

I liked the part about returning to old unreleased songs an album later, but never later than that. It’s an interesting concept. Radiohead returning to Nude after 10 years or whatever yielded great results, but I think a lot times you can damage the way people might experience a thing by doing that. Like, I sort of feel like I shouldn’t listen to some of those old bootleg versions of that song anymore, because now Radiohead has laid it down and put it on In Rainbows, and that’s how they want it heard, you know? And it’s pretty different. Anyway. It’s a good read.

]]> By: Tropical Iceland http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/02/alone-in-this-vortex#comment-15747 Tropical Iceland Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:28:49 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2180#comment-15747 He broke new ground on this one...the title track peaks like 4 seperate times...you start with the "On the Beach" atmosphere, then come the Television solos, then the VU/Crazy Horse exorcism, then the Bob Weir HWY saga already in progress, then the Bill Murray victory lap around the city at the 8 min mark, then the pretty Jimi comedown... They were really in tune with this set. He broke new ground on this one…the title track peaks like 4 seperate times…you start with the “On the Beach” atmosphere, then come the Television solos, then the VU/Crazy Horse exorcism, then the Bob Weir HWY saga already in progress, then the Bill Murray victory lap around the city at the 8 min mark, then the pretty Jimi comedown…
They were really in tune with this set.

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