Monthly Archives: May 2018

18
May

May 17, 2018 at 08:29PM

Now I want a gang of Angry 11-Year-Olds. I shall give them all boots, and help them earn their red laces. https://t.co/1r8bQvShC8 — Ellis Emefty (@lsmft23) May 18, 2018 via Twitter https://twitter.com/lsmft23 May 17, 2018 at 08:29PM

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12
May

May 12, 2018 at 06:35PM

Seriously, I enjoy this show. It's unique territory for TV. #SaveLucifer. https://t.co/tMOi6Tekfl — Ellis Emefty (@lsmft23) May 12, 2018 via Twitter https://twitter.com/lsmft23 May 12, 2018 at 06:35PM

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8
May

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7
May

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6
May

Day 10: The Pogues: Hell’s Ditch This was the first Pogues album I heard- it’s not my favorite, and it’s not even one of their best. But If I hadn’t heard this album, I might never have bought their earlier albums… and everything that came after. See, here’s the thing… Most of the ‘Irish’ music I had been exposed to up to this point was either Danny Kaye lounge bullshit, or stuff that had come out of the folk revival on the American side, and thereby had been sucked dry of its vitality. There’s a reason no-one ever cites the Kingston Trio as a primary influence. The one exception this, really, had been Planxty’s work, which had great versions of a lot of trads, but was more often than not overproduced to the point where it sounded like mediocre acoustic-prog – in a way where the production aesthetically hurt the performance. I loved what Planxty had done, but there were industry expectations about how nearly every record should sound in the 1970s that sterilized it. However… the production and presentation of Hell’s Ditch, and really, most of the early Pogues material is more out the punk and rock tradition. This album showed me a mode of performance where battle hymns and fight songs felt like a fight, not some sterile lounge act unenthusiastically rehashing a standard. So, despite not being a favorite album, it *is* an album that stuck with me, and has had a huge and enduring impact on me – but as an entrypoint, rather than than masterwork. I’m not tagging anyone in on this – instead, I’m just tagging everyone. If you want to play along, post a record a day for 10 days that has stuck with you for a long time.

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5
May

Day 9: The Cult – Sonic Temple. I’ve been listening to this album since it came out. It’s in my top 5 for most listened to records. The production and mixes are amazing everything has space to breathe, and yet it stay right in your face. It’s so much more than I was expecting from a Cult record at the time – they were wandering back and forth between psychedelia and a slightly post-punk gothic sound that thematically flirted with indigenous religions and vague mysticism á la the Doors. Their first 3 albums were unsettled and lacked cohesion. Sonic Temple is a great album that begs for end-to-end playthroughs. It deserves the kind of attentive listening people seem to reserve for give Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”. But really, I need to talk about Billy Duffy’s guitar playing. Mr. Duffy manages to make everything sing, across the whole album. Every tone is carefully sculpted, every note feels right- taken as a whole, this album is a virtuoso performance from one of the 1980s most under appreciated guitarists. Phenomenal album. Absolutely worth spending some time with. Tagging in Frederick Eugene Feeley Jr. and Paul Hoogeveen

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4
May

May 04, 2018 at 12:38PM

That thing where an oil and filter change turns into unmitigated carnage. Fucking ex-mice in the air filter compartment. BLERRRRCH. — Ellis Emefty (@lsmft23) May 4, 2018 via Twitter https://twitter.com/lsmft23 May 04, 2018 at 12:38PM

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4
May

May 04, 2018 at 12:38PM

That thing where an oil and filter change turns into unmitigated carnage. Fucking ex-mice in the air filter compartment. BLERRRRCH. via Facebook via IFTTT

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4
May

Day 8: Sieben – Ogham inside the Night/Sex and Wildflowers 10 or so years back,I heard a track from this album, and immediately went and bought this as a double album becuase not only was the song good, but the methodology was fascinating. Matt Howden, the performer of “Sieben”, plays the violin, and a bunch of loopers and effects pedals. Sieben is about live performance, and seriously, he makes it all happen real time. Basically, he builds his songs by stacking musical phrases on top of each other, and performing other manipulations of those passages along the way. The approach is fascinating, but his songwriting is unbelievable. Each of the Sieben albums is written around a unifying theme, and he’s one of those rare musicians whose lyrics often stand up as poetry on their own. He’s amazing to watch perform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKRKqCV1QfA

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2
May

Day 7: The Smithereens – Especially for You This is the most perfect rock-n-roll album of the 80s and 90s. This is the album that I’ve bought at least a dozen times because I keep giving it away to people. This is an album everyone should listen to. My love for this record is endless, and it’s influence on the way I hear music, particularly baselines, was transformed by this record. I was maybe 10 when I first heard it. I still listen to it end to end several times a year, and I always find something new to love about it.

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