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Comment on Devo, Oh, No! It’s Devo, 1982 by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:14:10 +0000

Overthought is an art to be mastered.

Comment on Devo, Oh, No! It’s Devo, 1982 by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:02:17 +0000

Don’t overthink things.

Comment on The Gene Norman Group, Dylan Jazz, 1966 by Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews

Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:13:33 +0000

Is that for real? Wowee, you guys must be like…nearly dead!

Comment on The Gene Norman Group, Dylan Jazz, 1966 by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:02:15 +0000

My husband, Wayne Roland Brown and I have been friends with Jim Horn for years.

Comment on Palace Songs, Horses b/w Stable Will 7″, 1994 by Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews

Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:19:28 +0000

Factual accuracy be farced. Re: my commentaries: Whatever comes to mind gets dumped down in the short space of a song; raw response material made readable. “Your aesthetic shortcomings…” Yeah? back up your claim with some examples, anonymous scholar-boy. Horses, Misfits, Mekons; great, Factman. Thank you. As for Oldham’s intentions: “most self-consciously gross audience baiting recording…” Perhaps, but in my experience ironies fade over time. They get forgotten, and things revert to what their surface features appear to be. GPM has turned into a lame country record with a couple of good tunes. Show me a blogsite critically and academically dedicated to a one man response to the entire Oldham (vinyl) output and I’ll…

Comment on Palace Contribution / Zeni Geva, Big Balls b/w Let There Be Rock split 7”, 1997 by Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews

Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:26:42 +0000

Thanks. You’re correct. That’s only on CD though. This blog deals in vinyl. But this blog also deals in mistakes and misinformation.

Comment on Palace Contribution / Zeni Geva, Big Balls b/w Let There Be Rock split 7”, 1997 by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:07:29 +0000

Er,the first Bonnie Prince Billy single was ‘I am drinking again’.

Comment on Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Performs Songs Of Kevin Loyne 7”, 1998 by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:04:20 +0000

Actually,there is a fourth cover,only 10 of which exist.It’s full colour and comes with an array of stickers etc.Always found it funny that they have another go somewhere on the packaging(can’t be bothered to dig it out now), wherein they refer to ‘songs by Kevin Coyle’.

Comment on Palace Songs, Horses b/w Stable Will 7″, 1994 by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:38:04 +0000

This is terrible stuff.When fanzines came out in cold,hard print,at least there was some notion of factual accuracy and self-editing,else you’d have been laughed out of Rough Trade when you came proffering your second issue.Leaving aside your aesthetic shortcomings,which are at least subjective,the factual references are shocking for someone who,even if they missed the first decade of the artists career,at least has reference to the Internet.Where to start,Christ…I’ve only read 3 or 4 pages,but you’re clearly floundering when it comes to the music and individuals who Oldham grew up listening to and worked with.’The Mekons,a British punk band who…’.Well,at least that’s not actively untrue,but fuck,you talk as if they’re The LAFMS.’Two members of the band Royal Trux’…which two could you possibly be referring to,what with there being,er,two members?’Kramer,who I associate with his work with Galaxie 500′.Again,really?Really?So the Shimmy Disc era passed you by completely,non?You seem to regard Oldham as existing in,to use one of your favourite adjectives,a hermeneutic universe where the Minutemen never strode amongst us,where Bill Callahan is a more relevant reference than the Misfits,which seems to use the Amazon ‘people who purchased this also purchased’ algorithm as background instead of the Louisville and wider Kentucky scene.Why read messages into an LP cover which didn’t exist for the first 10 years of that records existence?As for horses,Palace Music was the sire of Cigar,the worlds most famous racehorse at the time of the first ‘Louisville is for lovers’ comp.If there’s anywhere in the US they know their racing,it’s Kentucky.The homemade video for ‘Ohio River Boat Song’ is filmed around an old racecourse.If your gonna indulge in semiotics,start with the obvious stuff.I’m steeling myself to read your review of ‘Greatest Palace Music’,the most self-consciously gross,audience baiting recording since Dylans born again Christian phase.I’m sure you’ll rate it above Arise Therefore,Joya and other forgettable efforts.On a conciliatory note,have you checked out the Royal Stable website.I’d long assumed songs like ‘Ohio’ and ‘Idea and Deed’ included textual appropriations.They’ve tracked them down,and the comparisons actually do Oldham credit.Would that he was still so interesting.

Comment on The Felice Brothers, Tonight At The Arizona, 2007 by Steve T. Badolato (@stephenbadolato)

Steve T. Badolato (@stephenbadolato) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:18:39 +0000

I just acquired a copy of this on vinyl as well, and it’s fantastic. I also loved your review of Dylan’s Tempest album.