Musicological banter

sweetcell wrote:
hutch wrote:
New Order.

The most important musical act of the past 45 years

this take is risible.


I find you risible
hutch wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
hutch wrote:
New Order.

The most important musical act of the past 45 years

this take is risible.


I find you risible

noted.
grateful wrote:
What's the most sinister-sounding band you've come across?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MetalForTheMasses/s/Nwm2xFayog

Lotsa good stuff here if that’s your thing.

my pseudo-dyslexia kicked in, and i mis-read that as "What's the most sinister-sounding band NAME you've come across?"

funny thing is, the thread still works.  "Methwitch" is a very sinister sounding band name.  their "music" is unlistenable - i guess that's sinister, too?
TIL
somewhat recently that Topper had written drums, piano and that unbelievably funky bass line to the Clash's Rock the Casbah.
which was very unusual as strummer/jones wrote most and of course their biggest single

but I just found out the person who played the bass on the recording was Ian and the Blockhead's Norman Watt-Roy
Well it was clearly a productive day!
Anyone notice this?

It's May and the amphitheather tour circuit seems really underbooked, with most concerts numbering at under 30 shows for any random venue. Iirc, most tours were booked by the end of April for the summer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Concerts/s/izpfqfUyhe
I never realized Thomas Dolby played the synths on Pyromania. He was credited under a made up name.
hutch wrote:
I never realized Thomas Dolby played the synths on Pyromania. He was credited under a made up name.

"Booker T. Boffin" - a quality pseudonym!
sweetcell wrote:
hutch wrote:
I never realized Thomas Dolby played the synths on Pyromania. He was credited under a made up name.

"Booker T. Boffin" - a quality pseudonym!


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grateful wrote:
Anyone notice this?

It's May and the amphitheather tour circuit seems really underbooked, with most concerts numbering at under 30 shows for any random venue. Iirc, most tours were booked by the end of April for the summer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Concerts/s/izpfqfUyhe


But look at the Red Rocks schedule. Absolutely packed with great shows covering all genres almost every night. 

https://www.redrocksonline.com/events/

Mobius wrote:
grateful wrote:
Anyone notice this?

It's May and the amphitheather tour circuit seems really underbooked, with most concerts numbering at under 30 shows for any random venue. Iirc, most tours were booked by the end of April for the summer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Concerts/s/izpfqfUyhe


But look at the Red Rocks schedule. Absolutely packed with great shows covering all genres almost every night. 

https://www.redrocksonline.com/events/
wow you are not wrong with all genres
Great rejoicing was heard in the man cave audio set as Qobuz finally released Qobuz Connect which they have working on for ever and there was much kvetching about.

From what I can tell it’s a way to stream natively/directly to a variety of streaming hardware and not rely on Chromecast which doesn’t support the higher resolutions that Qobuz supports.


Now not owning any of these fancy streaming devices, I have nothing to compare against.  But, the one nifty feature is that I can listen to something on my phone and switch to the computer and it knows where I left off and picks up.

I just don’t get Björk
grateful wrote:
I just don’t get Björk
I kind of think no one does and it’s an Emperors New Clothes thing.
That first Sugarcubes albums though,,
kosmo wrote:
That first Sugarcubes albums though,,
Ok fine. We can carve out a Sugarcubes exception.
kosmo wrote:
That first Sugarcubes albums though,,
amazing
Something about that album just blew me away as a teenhatch
It was so different than everything else out there
Ive always felt that the excessive compression on Signals - which renders it unlistenable - is one of the worst tragedies of the era.

I mean, besides the, y’know, actual problems.

What I’m trying to say is that it’s a great album that’s painful to listen to. I sometimes still do though.