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Post by cubbies4e on Jan 21, 2009 21:09:46 GMT -5
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Post by campfirewood1980 on Jan 22, 2009 7:20:57 GMT -5
This will be interesting... DeRogatis hates the band's records but has been kinder to the live show. Kot has championed them, but gave Stay Positive a "burn it" review (he loved "Constructive Summer.") Here are the footnotes for the Stay Positive review and Boys and Girls in America. Kot says buy BAGIA, by the way; DeRogatis calls BAGIA "lousy" and says trash both albums. |
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Post by lilhan on Jan 22, 2009 9:01:04 GMT -5
yeah, this will be interesting after reading that...
still, i look forward to the acoustic session.
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Post by anniehall on Jan 22, 2009 14:24:29 GMT -5
can't wait! thanks for the heads up  |
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Post by yolatengo on Jan 26, 2009 6:41:53 GMT -5
Just listened and DeRogatis kind of wussed out. He claimed to have been won over by their live act and this partially reflects what he has said on air. What he did not touch on is the fact that he still slagged SP when they reviewed it. Their performance was swell and it is always fun to listen to Craig
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Post by campfirewood1980 on Jan 26, 2009 7:36:02 GMT -5
DeRogatis wussed out? What? Never!
I love some of the stories about him taking on Billy Corgan and Jann Wenner and the like, but I don't think he's as much the heir apparent to Lester Bangs as he'd like to be.
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Post by cubbies4e on Jan 26, 2009 18:30:54 GMT -5
DeRogatis wussed out? What? Never! I love some of the stories about him taking on Billy Corgan and Jann Wenner and the like, but I don't think he's as much the heir apparent to Lester Bangs as he'd like to be. yeah DeRo is a tool. |
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Post by campfirewood1980 on Jan 27, 2009 9:07:03 GMT -5
Listened to it last night. If you haven't heard it yet, you should check it out.
Kot and Craig have a pretty good rapport, and, while there's nothing earth-shattering in the interview beyond a little more information about "Magazines," the stories about moving to NYC and making the shift to a more "classic" sound are made a little fresher with some nice one-liners (Craig's bit about making rock accessible to people who buy records at Wal-Mart is really wonderful, especially when you live in an area where the indie record stores require special effort and can be counted on one hand.)
The song choices were interesting. "Magazines" lent itself pretty well to the format, with all three guys in especially strong voice. "Cutters," on the other hand, was not exciting to me- of course, this may be due to the fact that, of the songs on Stay Positive, it's one that I'm becoming less interested in. It's an easy one to respect, but a hard one to love...
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Post by goldenfoot on Jan 27, 2009 12:10:55 GMT -5
I thought it was interesting, but it seemed way too short. It didn't seem like they gave THS very much time. I could be remembering this wrong but it seems like they usually spend 40 minutes with their guests but THS barely got 30.
Or maybe thats just me crappy bands that I sat through on Sound Opinions.
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Post by TheWho on Jan 30, 2009 9:49:41 GMT -5
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Post by animobileaws on Jan 31, 2009 9:44:19 GMT -5
thanks TheWho! too bad they only played two
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