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Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-10 18:03:39 +0000

Here, Here. reallly hard to pick a best song, there are so many. Right now I am partial to the single "Wolf Like Me" and the David Bowie track "Province" when are they comin to Beantown? Id even deal with the scenesters for this one.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-10 18:23:42 +0000

BQ and I tried to sneak into a Middle East Upstairs show summer of '05. Sold out and every scenester and their sister was there. Never fully understood the hype, until I saw them on Letterman, and then picked up an album. Wow.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2006-10-10 18:33:53 +0000

Damn 10D for pointing out the nonsensicality of "Here, here". It's driving me mad. Damn him! Damn his eyes!

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-10 18:38:25 +0000

'hear, hear.'

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-10 18:39:56 +0000

har har

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-10 18:58:18 +0000

Jar Jar B.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-10 19:42:51 +0000

Thanks BoH, Man, you go to a meeting for a few hours and everything is amok.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-10 19:44:28 +0000

I have to do it. Where, where?

Posted by mr. mister on 2006-10-10 21:05:37 +0000

Damn THese eyes ------------------------- butts

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-13 14:19:39 +0000

wow - this totally flew under my radar - they are playing the Paradise tommorow night. Oh well, maybe next time - unable to make a show on that short notice.

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-13 14:28:43 +0000

Read that interview on the train this morning. More column inches devoted to the pictures than the interview. They _are_ photogenic, however. Liked the bit about Bowie's tape machines.

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2006-10-14 11:22:59 +0000

Liz and I saw their free show in Government Center this summer. I continue to be underwhelmed by this band. Personally, I think a lot of the people who hype them up are just playing the race card.

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-17 00:29:03 +0000

30-something Williamsburg-ite is a race?

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-29 23:51:10 +0000

I dont think I am playing any cards when I listen to this band - I just think they rock. Played 'Cookie Mountain' 2 times all the way through today while Maddie and I made homemade pistachio ice cream. My first Letterman Youtube link bit the dust, so (if you missed it the first time) here is another person/poster giving the finger to the new boy scout media copyright merit badge:

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-12-05 16:24:08 +0000

Still can't get enough of this album. The remixes at the end slay me. Sorry C4RT, but you have some serious competition for album of the year.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-12-05 16:57:28 +0000

where is rory when you need a good and healthy 'whatever', or a bizquig 'racecard' comment? in all seriousness, though, I would agree with Conor on this one. Look out folks: those pesky year-end media lists will be coming soon to a Rideside near you, and this one will be on it...

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2006-12-05 17:02:26 +0000

Liz and I saw their free show in Government Center this summer. I continue to be underwhelmed by this band. Personally, I think a lot of the people who hype them up are just playing the race card.

Posted by tgl on 2006-12-06 01:24:33 +0000

Erm, you're the only one talking about race, BQ. Are you sayin' you still wouldn't listen to them if they were fantastic, b/c they might be getting extra publicity from the one white dude in the band?

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-12-06 14:34:44 +0000

That video was okay. I like how Shaffer and the band play 'Positive Bleeding' as they cut to commercial.

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2006-12-06 15:55:48 +0000

When I say "a lot of the people who hype them up" I'm referring to the critics who eat this shit up. I highly doubt that if a group of skinny white trust fund boys were doing this shit there'd be the same amount of hype.

Posted by tgl on 2006-12-06 16:00:14 +0000

Yeah, The Strokes never really got anywhere.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-12-06 17:01:51 +0000

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-12-07 03:50:17 +0000

Wait, do we all agree on this one? I agree w/ BQ it depends on the critic: "I highly doubt that if a group of skinny white trust fund boys were doing this shit there'd be the same amount of hype." From most critics, I think they would clearly get more hype. But there are a couple who treat TV on R as a novelty act, similar to critics who admire the Beastie Boys simply because they're white dudes rapping, or those who like Mentanpin just because they're Japanese playing southern rock, regardless of the tunes. TV on R's music is fucking amazing, it just happens BQ doesn't like them much.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-12-07 04:32:51 +0000

Honestly, I think they're totally okay, no matter what color they are.

Posted by tgl on 2006-12-07 11:41:15 +0000

My take is that BQ3K's opinion of the band is negatively affected by the undo hype. That's a bit unfair to BQ3K, I agree. My feeling is that music is a business as much as anything else, and if you can use your skin color to gain favor with the critics, why not? Terribly important bands not the least bit owing to their skin color: * Bad Brains * Living Colour * TV on the Radio * ABBA * Parliament/Funkadelic * Beastie Boys

Posted by MF DU on 2006-12-07 12:07:46 +0000

totally okay - is that a compliment?

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2006-12-07 13:19:34 +0000

That's beside the point. The Strokes we're playing updated garage rock. TVOTR are playing over-written yet half-finished songs masqueraded as "difficult material" by incorporating uninteresting "loops," and therefore because they're "doing something different" they must be "edgy and daring." Okay: Tim Kinsella (a white trustifarian) did the same bullshit in a band called Joan of Arc and nobody cares about them.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-12-07 14:51:10 +0000

Joan of Arc: seconded.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-12-07 17:04:59 +0000

pipe down, future boy... (doing my best to imitate Giancarlo Esposito in Do The Right Thing): "How come they're aren't any brothers in the Campaign for Real Time?"

Posted by pamsterdam on 2006-12-07 17:10:04 +0000

Posted by MF DU on 2006-12-07 17:50:18 +0000

ummm... oh yeah. I guess my main (playful) point was that a [gimmick/niche/schtick/whatever you want to call it] isn't always a bad thing for a band to have - does it matter if it is race and loops/whirls or timetravel and tag team vocals?