http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/comment-page-1/#comment-117 ResoundingYes! Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:29:55 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=46#comment-117 In related news, the new Honda Civic ad has the most kickin' song off the Go Team! album on it. I guess being 26 and half-heartedly thinking of myself as semi-hip in the A&E maelstrom is basically equal to having 2.5 kids. Yikes. In related news, the new Honda Civic ad has the most kickin’ song off the Go Team! album on it. I guess being 26 and half-heartedly thinking of myself as semi-hip in the A&E maelstrom is basically equal to having 2.5 kids. Yikes.

]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Kriston Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:49:41 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=46#comment-116 I haven't found time to listen to Ys, but it's in the player right now. I haven’t found time to listen to Ys, but it’s in the player right now.

]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/comment-page-1/#comment-115 caralyn Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:01:51 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=46#comment-115 I don't know who Valerie is, but she has good advice. You should listen to her. I don’t know who Valerie is, but she has good advice. You should listen to her.

]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/comment-page-1/#comment-114 valerie Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:45:47 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=46#comment-114 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ys_%28album%29" rel="nofollow">Ys</a>, dear tom. Ys. Ys, dear tom. Ys.

]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/comment-page-1/#comment-113 caralyn Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:03:03 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=46#comment-113 The problem with that cliptip post is that they describe Pony Up (um, they dropped the exclamation mark a bit of time ago) as "fun and catchy and very pop." That's Pony Up! as of their first Dim Mak EP, when they were singing about giving Matthew Modine blowjobs and stuff. Their first Dim Mak full-length, on the other hand, is very, very lo-fi, even emo... More melancholy and haunting than "pop" has any right to be. Perhaps your expectations were just established in the wrong genre, or at least in the wrong corner of the chick indie pop genre. When you're prepared for something more Mary Timony, less Velocity Girl, Pony Up sounds a whole lot different... Can you tell I kind of love this band? Willin' to stick up for my mopey Canuck ladies. If you're looking for "effervescent melodies in the straight talking indie grrrl vocal style," I say: All Girl Summer Fun Band. Can't go wrong with those lasses. The problem with that cliptip post is that they describe Pony Up (um, they dropped the exclamation mark a bit of time ago) as “fun and catchy and very pop.” That’s Pony Up! as of their first Dim Mak EP, when they were singing about giving Matthew Modine blowjobs and stuff. Their first Dim Mak full-length, on the other hand, is very, very lo-fi, even emo… More melancholy and haunting than “pop” has any right to be. Perhaps your expectations were just established in the wrong genre, or at least in the wrong corner of the chick indie pop genre. When you’re prepared for something more Mary Timony, less Velocity Girl, Pony Up sounds a whole lot different…
Can you tell I kind of love this band? Willin’ to stick up for my mopey Canuck ladies.
If you’re looking for “effervescent melodies in the straight talking indie grrrl vocal style,” I say: All Girl Summer Fun Band. Can’t go wrong with those lasses.

]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Armsmasher Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:08:56 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=46#comment-112 Yup. Holla, chicken crispers. Yup. Holla, chicken crispers.

]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Adrienne Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:26:11 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=46#comment-111 I gave up on any pretense of defending Rhett Miller years ago, but in his defense, Chili's is truly the least offensive of the kitschy-sit-down-$9-entree-grease-bucket chains. I gave up on any pretense of defending Rhett Miller years ago, but in his defense, Chili’s is truly the least offensive of the kitschy-sit-down-$9-entree-grease-bucket chains.

]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/comment-page-1/#comment-110 N Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:14:46 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=46#comment-110 It's not only Rhett. It's the <a href="http://www.old97s.com/news/archive.html" rel="nofollow">whole stinkin band</a>. Boo-earns. It’s not only Rhett. It’s the whole stinkin band. Boo-earns.

]]> http://www.manifestdensity.net/2006/11/14/albums-i-cant-really-recommend/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Justin Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:29:09 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:8888/?p=46#comment-109 Next time your etys are in the shop, pick up a pair of these for $20 or so, they sound fantastic. I'm serious. I wouldn't trade my shures for them, but these things sound damn good. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Koss-KSC75-Portable-Stereophone-Headphones/dp/B0006B486K/sr=8-1/qid=1163608024/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-1726786-4167914?ie=UTF8&s=electronics" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Koss-KSC75-Portable-Stereophone-Headphones/dp/B0006B486K/sr=8-1/qid=1163608024/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-1726786-4167914?ie=UTF8&s=electronics</a> Next time your etys are in the shop, pick up a pair of these for $20 or so, they sound fantastic. I’m serious. I wouldn’t trade my shures for them, but these things sound damn good.
http://www.amazon.com/Koss-KSC75-Portable-Stereophone-Headphones/dp/B0006B486K/sr=8-1/qid=1163608024/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-1726786-4167914?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

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