Album lists - Page 2

Toilet & Bowels · 08.14.2006, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by luxinterior

But that song is terrible.

indeed

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Originally Posted by Glice

But that's why we like the Wire, isn't it? Because it doesn't do what a magazine should? And they put Radiohead on the cover and, get this, actually ask them questions about music. And they talk about Derek Bailey like everyone knows him. And very often make me think very bad albums are actually quite good. And, more often than anything else, they tell me about music that I haven't heard of which actually changes something quite important in my appreciation of music. For all the cack, a world of greatness.

i got tired of reading it last year and haven't bought it in ages, the people who write for it are all too old & serious if you ask me, and it's so po faced.

Everyneurotic · 08.14.2006, 08:52 PM

the smegma issue was quite informative.

i do agree on the seriousness of it all, it makes it all seem very academic.

Toilet & Bowels · 08.14.2006, 09:06 PM

yeah, but it's not academic, so i don't know why it tries to be. or even why it would want to be seen as being academic. it's like wanting to be boring and out of touch.

Everyneurotic · 08.14.2006, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

yeah, but it's not academic, so i don't know why it tries to be. or even why it would want to be seen as being academic. it's like wanting to be boring and out of touch.

more like arrogant and boring...you can't really say they are behind the times with the stuff they cover, although they have the tendency to dwell in the past, but it's definitely not like nme or even spin.

and yeah, trying to scholarize stuff like john wiese and wolf eyes is dumb and pointless.

porkmarras · 08.15.2006, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

well that's the wire for you, in a recent best of whatevers list they picked We Will Fall by The Stooges over any of their other songs.

That was the song issue,right?On the same issue,they picked David Bowie's 'Be my wife' wich(as good a song as it is)i couldn't help but thinking that it was an odd choice for them.

porkmarras · 08.15.2006, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

indeed

i got tired of reading it last year and haven't bought it in ages, the people who write for it are all too old & serious if you ask me, and it's so po faced.

I went through a similar phase but i never missed an issue for the past 12 years.I miss NME's point entirely but i have been buying it since i was a kid.It's my dough and i do what i like with it.The Wire,like it or not,is the best and most informative music magazine out there that isn't printed on some cheap A4 sheets of paper.And,damn it!!!!,the free cds that they give away,you do actually feel like listening to them.

Pookie · 08.15.2006, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by porkmarras

The Wire,like it or not,is the best and most informative music magazine out that isn't printed on some cheap A4 sheets of paper.And,damn it!!!!,the free cds that they give away,you do actually feel like listening to them.

Exactly, and some of the best records I've bought have been as aresult of hearing tracks by bands on those CD's.

sonicl · 08.15.2006, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Glice

But that's why we like the Wire, isn't it? Because it doesn't do what a magazine should? And they put Radiohead on the cover and, get this, actually ask them questions about music. And they talk about Derek Bailey like everyone knows him. And very often make me think very bad albums are actually quite good. And, more often than anything else, they tell me about music that I haven't heard of which actually changes something quite important in my appreciation of music. For all the cack, a world of greatness.

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

i got tired of reading it last year and haven't bought it in ages, the people who write for it are all too old & serious if you ask me, and it's so po faced.

I'm with T&B on this. I had a subscription to The Wire for about four years, but I found I just wasn't enjoying reading it any more so I cancelled it. Even bands that I love, the coverage wasn't really inspiring me. The only bit I was interested in was the reviews, and even then only sporadically. I still have a flick through it each month, but I only buy about one issue in three these days.

porkmarras · 08.15.2006, 04:18 AM

Where else did i find out about Badawi?

Pookie · 08.15.2006, 04:23 AM

For me:

Derek Bailey
hangedup
Nobukazu Takemura
Ran Blake
Albert Ayler
Pansonic
Pulseprogramming
Kim Hiorthoy
Jaga Jazzist (although their last album was BAD)
Jackie-O Motherfucker

Oh, I could go on! But I won't.

porkmarras · 08.15.2006, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

For me:

Derek Bailey
hangedup
Nobukazu Takemura
Ran Blake
Albert Ayler
Pansonic
Pulseprogramming
Kim Hiorthoy
Jaga Jazzist (although their last album was BAD)
Jackie-O Motherfucker

Oh, I could go on! But I won't.

Exactly,sweet spookie!!Pulseprogramming,man,excellent stuff.And what about icebreaker international(same label)?

gmku · 08.15.2006, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

Exactly, and some of the best records I've bought have been as aresult of hearing tracks by bands on those CD's.

I just ordered a Dub Trio CD based on hearing a track on the last free Wire CD.

Toilet & Bowels · 08.15.2006, 10:10 AM

i'm not saying i haven't learned anything from reading the wire, but there are other ways to find out about music too

gmku · 08.15.2006, 10:16 AM

I make album lists. I have a top 100 list. I'm a nerd.

Savage Clone · 08.15.2006, 10:21 AM

I have no "top lists," because they depend entirely on mood and the type of musical mindset/phase I am in, and change with those tides.
Of course I have alltime favorites, but that list keeps expanding.

Cantankerous · 08.15.2006, 10:26 AM

i like a lot of music equally, so it would be nonsensical for me to try to make such a list.

gmku · 08.15.2006, 10:35 AM

Yeah, mine's more a nonlinear top 100 list. The numbers are meaningless; they're not rankings so much as they are a reference indicator. But creating a nonlinear list in a linear format is next to impossible, so it ends up looking a ranked list. Whatever. It's a great way to waste some time, and since the list includes cover art, it's a great way to look at my favorite albums when I'm away from my collection at work.

porkmarras · 08.15.2006, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

i'm not saying i haven't learned anything from reading the wire, but there are other ways to find out about music too

Erm....tell me something new.Of course there are other ways to find out about music.

Toilet & Bowels · 08.15.2006, 11:08 AM

i didn't mean it like you lot didn't know that, just that of the choices available, there are others i prefer to the wire.

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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,273	yeah, but it's not academic, so i don't know why it tries to be. or even why it would want to be seen as being academic. it's like wanting to be boring and out of touch.
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porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Where else did i find out about Badawi? __________________
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08.15.2006, 04:23 AM	#30
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	For me: Derek Bailey hangedup Nobukazu Takemura Ran Blake Albert Ayler Pansonic Pulseprogramming Kim Hiorthoy Jaga Jazzist (although their last album was BAD) Jackie-O Motherfucker Oh, I could go on! But I won't.
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08.15.2006, 10:10 AM	#33
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,273	i'm not saying i haven't learned anything from reading the wire, but there are other ways to find out about music too
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08.15.2006, 10:16 AM	#34
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I make album lists. I have a top 100 list. I'm a nerd. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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08.15.2006, 10:21 AM	#35
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	I have no "top lists," because they depend entirely on mood and the type of musical mindset/phase I am in, and change with those tides. Of course I have alltime favorites, but that list keeps expanding.
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	i like a lot of music equally, so it would be nonsensical for me to try to make such a list. __________________ RETIRED
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08.15.2006, 10:35 AM	#37
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Yeah, mine's more a nonlinear top 100 list. The numbers are meaningless; they're not rankings so much as they are a reference indicator. But creating a nonlinear list in a linear format is next to impossible, so it ends up looking a ranked list. Whatever. It's a great way to waste some time, and since the list includes cover art, it's a great way to look at my favorite albums when I'm away from my collection at work. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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08.15.2006, 11:08 AM	#39
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,273	i didn't mean it like you lot didn't know that, just that of the choices available, there are others i prefer to the wire.
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