1) I Know The Pattern – More Parts Per Million - The Thermals
Yelling, jumping and having fun, the Thermals play until the reel-to-reel snaps from the strain.
2) What Ever Happened – Room on Fire - The Strokes
“Who’s culture is this, does anybody know?” Dude, why are you asking me? You probably ripped if off from someone.
3) The Angels Took My Racehorse Away – More Guitar - Richard Thompson
Like most Thompson arrangements: folky brilliance leads to a self indulgent guitar solo that you forgive him for. Sidenote: Only mean angels take someone’s racehorse away.
4) The War Will Be Over When We Want It – The Song is Love – The Quails
Less punk and more folk, the mighty Quails continue to fight for change, even when nobody’s listening. Except me, I guess.
5) Unlisted – Suicide Invoice – The Hot Snakes
I don’t remember why I wrote this song for November, but it’s clearly written down on this scrap of paper. A mystery for the ages.
6) Bokkie – Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid – Elefant
Ghetto Interpol sings a song that makes me ask “what is bokkie?”
7) Legionnaire’s Lament – Castaways and Cutouts – The Decemberists
Meloy hits the following rhyme triples in the verses: Legionnaire/Camel in Disrepair/Frigidaire. Reprieve/Joie de Vive/Gay Paris. Sun/Laudanum/Fecund. Mirage/Chiraz/Applause. At what point is that just showing off?
8) Fear of Drowning – The Decline Of … – British Sea Power
They’re British.
9) KC Accidental – You Forgot It In People – Broken Social Scene
There aren’t many discernable lyrics, so I feel comfortable dedicating this to my peeps in KCMO.
10) IOU – Old World Underground - Metric
This was the only other song I could get into on that Metric record.
11) Boom Swagger – R.I.P. – The Murder City Devils
The Murder City Devils with Andrea Zollo on vocals. Nonsensical and aggressively sultry, I walked around most of November going “boom! swagger swagger boom!” for no real reason.
12) The Getaway- Good Health - Pretty Girls Make Graves
Just to finish off the Zollo doubleheader… the wistful guitars really get me in this song.
13) Spit On A Stranger - Spit On A Stranger – Pavement
“Honey I’m a prize and you’re a catch and we’re the perfect match” The song could be about elephant bukkake for all I care. That lyric is perfect.
14) So Says I – Chutes Too Narrow – The Shins
Is this the penguin video? I think this is the penguin video. Computer penguins, anyway.
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Just read this on the Pretty Girls Make Graves site:
Nov.12th- Our van was stolen last night,If you live in or around Seattle and happen to see any of these ..
1972 SVT Bass Head
1976 Park
1976 Marshall JMP 100w Superlead
1974 Silverface Fender Twin Reverb
Roland KC500
Please email us at prettygirlsmakegraves@dimmak.com..
If you stole our van,you can keep it,but please give back the amps.
Well, that sucks. I was planning on going to their November 22nd show, but I’m not sure I’m ready for PGMG Unplugged. Before anyone accuses me, just because bassist Derek Fudesco rejected me on Friendster does not mean I stole his gear. I’m like 2000 miles away!
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I was planning on going to the Matt Groening curated All Tomorrow’s Parties, I really was. Numerous postponements and lineup changes and a complete relocation dampened my interest though, and by the time the event rolled around, I let it pass right by me.
After everything was settled, it shifted from Hollywood to Long Beach, and was rechristened ATP Pacific. The juggled lineup lost a few acts like Le Tigre, Wire and Trail of Dead, but gained new headliners in Sonic Youth and Iggy Pop and the Stooges. BlogBlogBlog was there, and has his recount of Day 1 and Day 2, as well as a set of pics from his futurephone.
I’ve only been able to find a handful of reviews, and all of them seemed to mention the atrocious lines on the first day and how rocking Iggy Pop and Mission of Burma were on the second. I also stumbled across a recording of the Elliott Smith tribute, led by Lou Barlow, that was scheduled at the last minute to replace Smith in the lineup.
Sounds like a pretty decent time. Hope there’s another one next year.
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November 30, 2003
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