SMC- Stephen Malkmus- Face the Truth

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  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    psycosmic wrote:
    it may sound blasphemous to some but i never really got into pavement... i never thought they were all that people made them out to be... but that's mainly personal preference...
    doesn't sound blasphemous to me.
    psycosmic wrote:
    what do you guys think, we should make a special edition SMC thread on may 2nd to review the new album (and "try" to be as objective and un-biased as possible - unlike the millions of other threads that will flood the porch for sure)...
    yes, yes, and yes. It is strange after all these SMC picks I really don't know how any of you feel about PJ really, I mean I am sometimes surprised we all stick around on this board with the 'other' tunes we seem to listen to more often, I know I haven't listened to PJ in months.

    Have a great time at your show, I just picked up the Petty/PJ tix.
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    Ok, so needless to say, I wasn't exactly looking forward to this pick. I feel like I have given Pavement more than the benefit of the doubt and I have Pig Lib so I felt in my mind justified.

    So Pencil Rot didn't start well for me. I think malkmus is vocally lazy at times. He sounds disinterested. At times I think he has too much backround crap going on also. I might enjoy him more if he took more of a minimalists approach. I do like is attitude towards the guitar though.

    So I started skipping around the CD, I haven't given it a straight start to finish yet. There are some songs here that I fell for hard on one listen. Specifically Freeze the Saints, Mama, Baby C'Mon and Malediction. So with this in mind, I am going to break Pig Lib back out. This pick makes me wonder if I really gave that CD a shot.

    And off on my typical tangent, I love having a ton of CD's. I don't know how great that is though if I haven't given some of them the chance they deserve. I am considering slowing down a bit, catch up with what I have before I feel the need to check out that next must have CD. Of course as many of you probably feel, it is almost an addiction and it may be pointless to try to slow down.

    I am glad I gave Face the Truth a listen.
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    StoneG82 wrote:
    I can't tell if this was sarcasm or not...


    but I'm gonna have to agree. Of their later records, its probably my favorite.


    No sarcasm, GREAT record.
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  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    I think I get this SMC stuff....is it like too late to join or anything?

    I've got a few records I could upload....the new loose fur, built to spill, the new pollard record.....if anyones interested let me know.

    where do you guys upload them...yousendit?
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    Soooo...........

    Has this SMC thing run its course? Do we need to ditch this idea, change it, wait for all the Tool threads to slow down, just take a break?

    thoughts?

    I am in to the end however the past couple weeks have been uh........
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    Stone - basically we upload albums to yousendit on a communal Gmail account and do our best to discuss them. It has tapered a little, but I'll do my best to keep them going. Whoever was supposed to go after thebetterman kind of dropped the ball by the looks of it, since it is usually one album per week
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  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    Echoes wrote:
    Whoever was supposed to go after thebetterman kind of dropped the ball by the looks of it, since it is usually one album per week
    actually I dropped it slightly. I usually notify the next person in line, sometimes I just wait an extra day or so if a particular thread didn't get a lot of action.

    StoneG82 is on board.
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    transplant wrote:
    actually I dropped it slightly. I usually notify the next person in line, sometimes I just wait an extra day or so if a particular thread didn't get a lot of action.

    StoneG82 is on board.


    On board of what?
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    awesomeness.
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  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    Echoes wrote:
    awesomeness.


    I love awesomeness, but I just saw what you needed to to to join this little club of elit. I'm sorry that I'll be standing on the side line when all this awesomeness takes place.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    karma defect wrote:
    I love awesomeness, but I just saw what you needed to to to join this little club of elit. I'm sorry that I'll be standing on the side line when all this awesomeness takes place.

    just launch transplant a PM, he should be able to set you up in it
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  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    Echoes wrote:
    just launch transplant a PM, he should be able to set you up in it
    yup, that is about as elite as it gets. you want in, let me know and uh..you're in!
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    yeah I'm really looking forward to the SMC.

    I've already got a few albums in mind.....

    we can't let it just die transplant. I'll upload a record this week if you want.....
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    StoneG82 wrote:
    yeah I'm really looking forward to the SMC.

    I've already got a few albums in mind.....

    we can't let it just die transplant. I'll upload a record this week if you want.....
    nah, it is a ways from dying, just of late people have been so incredibly busy, I was just curious if people had any thoughts on how to keep it going or rejuvinate it if you will. most people look forward to putting up a selection and as everyone that has put up a selection can probably attest, it kinda sucks a little when it goes to page 6 in a hurry.
  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    transplant wrote:
    nah, it is a ways from dying, just of late people have been so incredibly busy, I was just curious if people had any thoughts on how to keep it going or rejuvinate it if you will. most people look forward to putting up a selection and as everyone that has put up a selection can probably attest, it kinda sucks a little when it goes to page 6 in a hurry.


    I have no idea how to upload albums. So if anyone can explain this trick to me, I would gladely join.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • burnin-candle
    burnin-candle Posts: 158
    Yeah, where is everyone recently! I got like 2 or 3 people downloading my selection (ok, I know it was out of the range a bit, but....) and transplant was kind enough to give it a shot (I know psycosmic and barcoach are busy), but yeah, a lot of people have drifted somewhere.

    Anyway, let's just keep it going no matter how many people there are, and we'll just wait for the members to slowly come back!

    And try and mix it up, too. It's much better when we're having selections outside of just rock. ;)

    Cheers.
    "If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done"

    If you can't get high on purely music and the sounds that you hear, you're missing out on something.
  • HYLA
    HYLA Posts: 137
    I would guess people that aren't that into Pavement also arent into the Pixies or Modest Mouse's early stuff.
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    burnin-candle wrote:
    Yeah, where is everyone recently! I got like 2 or 3 people downloading my selection (ok, I know it was out of the range a bit, but....) and transplant was kind enough to give it a shot (I know psycosmic and barcoach are busy), but yeah, a lot of people have drifted somewhere.

    Anyway, let's just keep it going no matter how many people there are, and we'll just wait for the members to slowly come back!

    And try and mix it up, too. It's much better when we're having selections outside of just rock. ;)

    Cheers.

    I actually already had it ;)
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  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    burnin-candle wrote:
    And try and mix it up, too. It's much better when we're having selections outside of just rock. ;)

    Cheers.
    burnin, I just need to add that I appreciate your selections. I expect these types from ya and that is good. I do struggle with critiquing them though. Not that I don't with more rock oriented material however your selections may just require more study perhaps. maybe I need to listen to a jazz/funk fusion type of release that just downright blows. I only hear of the good ones. I am burning this selection for a jazz freak to get his opinions on it. I don't see him often but when I do, I pick his brain because it is just a whole new world of music I haven't fully grasped.

    thebetterman, I hope you are not too annoyed I took your post WAY off topic.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
    Echoes wrote:
    I actually already had it ;)

    i already had it as well.

    the list of who goes when should also be refreshed because i cant remember at all when I go or where we are in line.

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