tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post6604000972605974164..comments2023-12-08T00:45:09.046-08:00Comments on The Fullfillment* Centre: carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-41682042909830240212009-01-07T12:44:00.001-08:002009-01-07T12:44:00.001-08:00that was meant to tickle your audial libidothat was meant to tickle your audial libidoDejanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960835065614594014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-18168739054691846232009-01-07T12:44:00.000-08:002009-01-07T12:44:00.000-08:00Certainly, Bug is slicker than the Exxon Valdez' w...Certainly, <I>Bug</I> is slicker than the Exxon Valdez' wake compared to <I>You're Living</I>; I perhaps should've allowed for more rust in the metaphor, but I think we're looking in the same direction now.<BR/><BR/>And damn right about SST - arguably the best American indie label of the '80s. What a shame Ginn managed to squander the goodwill of the whole underground.Sebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861556483662617818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-789666266933840622009-01-07T11:51:00.000-08:002009-01-07T11:51:00.000-08:00http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq292/dejanno/f...http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/qq292/dejanno/fox.jpgDejanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960835065614594014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-24098656480557060242009-01-07T11:33:00.000-08:002009-01-07T11:33:00.000-08:00Yeah i'll give you that seb, although i think stai...Yeah i'll give you that seb, although i think stainless steel is a bad choice of analogy for that record. It may be close-mic'd but it's still messy as hell in the best possible way (not forgetting the closing lou barlow tape-recorded Poledo)<BR/><BR/>I'm very partial to that record and i find the production so much more satisfyingly smeared than that of, say, Bug, which is definitely of the polished variety as grunge became a money-maker for Geffen et al.<BR/><BR/>Oh and You're Living came out on SST which really was some label eh no? I'm thinking tyhe Minutemen's Double Nickels in particular which will forever be in my top 10.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-72333619987150955572009-01-07T08:39:00.000-08:002009-01-07T08:39:00.000-08:00Yeah, good counterargument, Chimp.Obviously, You'r...Yeah, good counterargument, Chimp.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, <I>You're Living</I> ain't a Def Leppard record, but it's got that dry, close-mic'd crispness of early '70s hard rock, plus it's possible to distinguish between one guitar track and another - neither of which can readily be said of MBV.<BR/><BR/>Really. Some people.<BR/><BR/>Captcha: <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jožin_z_bažin" REL="nofollow">"Jozin"</A>Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14277699536825483797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-83770496675118069182009-01-07T02:09:00.000-08:002009-01-07T02:09:00.000-08:00Seb said:-"Dino Jr.... sport a ... stainless-steel...Seb said:-<BR/><BR/>"Dino Jr.... sport a ... stainless-steel sheen to the production that MBV absolutely does not."<BR/><BR/>Are you for real? Have you heard You're Living...?<BR/><BR/>Really. Some people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-17977845566870934992009-01-06T19:26:00.000-08:002009-01-06T19:26:00.000-08:00To echo Dominic a bit: if the pre-Isn't Anything E...To echo Dominic a bit: if the pre-<I>Isn't Anything</I> EPs don't thrash & sear as hard as any band back to and including the Birthday Party, then I dunno what does. I mean, "Feed Me With Your Kiss" - <I>jeezus</I>.<BR/><BR/>I also think this has less to do with enjoyment of/through the other than just what tones & sonic constructions tickle your audial libido. UFOMammut, Big Black, even Dino Jr. all sport a rhythmic stiffness and stainless-steel sheen to the production that MBV absolutely does not. The bands you list in the second paragraph are all mechanistic grind & rusty squall, whereas MBV is a much more fluid, miasmic, distant spectre (which is exactly <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS9uEBPuVDs" REL="nofollow">what Shields was trying to create</A>, in deliberate contrast to the "bright, in-your-face" tones of many '80s rock records, both mainstream & underground).<BR/><BR/>So, if <I>that's</I> what revs your motor, of fuckin' course <I>Loveless</I> would sound piss-weak and fluffy by comparison.<BR/><BR/>I take it, then, you never saw MBV live. Made Ministry sound like clock-radio alarm, I tell ya.Sebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861556483662617818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31416501.post-6499385803431013172009-01-06T14:49:00.000-08:002009-01-06T14:49:00.000-08:00Loveless has a kind of solipsism-inducing density....<EM>Loveless</EM> has a kind of solipsism-inducing density. It pushes you back into yourself, swamps you with itself, cuts you off from that circuit of listen-with-other shared enjoyment. I think Xasthur's the same. I can imagine sharing Krallice or WITTR with someone, and I want to play Portal to all sorts of people, but <EM>Subliminal Genocide</EM> really is something you go through on your own. OTOH, I can readily imagine people I love bouncing around the room to "You made me realize".<BR/><BR/>Captcha: eplamet, a splendid made-up word for which a definition must be found.Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17939466948420020186noreply@blogger.com