tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post1573329102649001590..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: The TrenchBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-89304658311985745352007-04-28T13:08:00.000-04:002007-04-28T13:08:00.000-04:00rick: I actually got to interview Of Montreal's le...rick: I actually got to interview Of Montreal's lead guitarist Bryan Poole (aka The Late B.P. Helium) for our college radio. He seemed like a very sweet and interesting person. I just wish I'd been more capable in my duties; I had never done an on-air interview before and only had a day's notice to get my shite together. Also, the tech stuff kept bustin' up. Ah, well.<BR/><BR/>Mostly we discussedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-70281075846422753812007-04-27T20:42:00.000-04:002007-04-27T20:42:00.000-04:00Thanks for the suggestions. I already enjoy The Pi...Thanks for the suggestions. I already enjoy The Pipettes, Of Montreal and Phoenix. I will check out all the others that were listed. I already checked out M.Ward on Myspace, he sounds great. Oh, and Of Montreal was on Conan the other day with a good performance. About every DJ on SUNY Albany radio has them in their rotation. And I forgot to mention, Yo La Tengo has a great and very diverse new Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879652646989670889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-49816782091579922492007-04-27T19:10:00.000-04:002007-04-27T19:10:00.000-04:00Yeah, I find it sort of bizarre that I have to tro...Yeah, I find it sort of bizarre that I have to troll so diligently for music I like. You'd think that as an unabashed lover of pop music, I'd be satisfied by the radio like someone into explosions can be satisfied bythe multiplex. Yet radio is a failure: the shit they play is so dirge-like, whereas the indie music blogs, which <I>should</I> be focused on shoe-gazing swamp, turn out to be the bestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-19725717058777609632007-04-27T18:18:00.000-04:002007-04-27T18:18:00.000-04:00Indispensable stuff, guys, thanks Rachel for the l...Indispensable stuff, guys, thanks Rachel for the list - will endeavor to catch up on all the bands you mention.<BR/><BR/>Haven't heard the new Bright Eyes -am thinking of catching him in town this Summer, but have to admit that the bloom has fallen off the rose a bit.Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-23762847794332833412007-04-27T13:55:00.000-04:002007-04-27T13:55:00.000-04:00jer: I haven't heard Veirs' Saltbreaker yet, but I...jer: I haven't heard Veirs' <I>Saltbreaker</I> yet, but I'm a big fan of <I>Year of Meteors</I>. Saw her open for Colin Meloy; just really charming, lovely work by her.<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about how to describe Patrick Wolf's album for those who haven't heard it, I think this does it: imagine the depth and ambition of a <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Illinois-Sufjan-Stevens/dp/B0009R1T7M/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-49019847141035840332007-04-27T11:42:00.000-04:002007-04-27T11:42:00.000-04:00Okkervil River: yes!The Go! Team: yes!!Phoenix: y...Okkervil River: yes!<BR/>The Go! Team: yes!!<BR/>Phoenix: yes!!!<BR/><BR/>Also currently in heavy rotation here:<BR/><BR/>Arcade Fire, <I>Neon Bible</I><BR/>Bright Eyes, <I>Cassadaga</I><BR/>Busdriver, <I>RoadkillOvercoat</I><BR/>Sage Francis, <I>Human The Death Dance</I> (out May 15)<BR/>Emm Gryner, all of her albums (I'm seeing/interviewing her tonight)<BR/>LCD Soundsystem, <I>Sound of Silver<jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-80849782510117145672007-04-27T09:15:00.000-04:002007-04-27T09:15:00.000-04:00Nina Nastsia, On Leaving. Get it. I'd guess that t...Nina Nastsia, <I>On Leaving</I>. Get it. <BR/><BR/>I'd guess that this isn't much of a Country / Old-Time / Blues or Parlor music crowd, but download Jolie Holland's song "Damn Shame", and see if you don't buy her whole album, or all of them.<BR/><BR/>When I lose faith or interest in modern music (often), I remember there are lodes of unsung treasure to be mined in the 78rpm past. Look up the Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483536218208607543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-62499124142914433372007-04-27T02:27:00.000-04:002007-04-27T02:27:00.000-04:00Rick:If you like Bright Eyes and Leonard Cohen, I ...Rick:<BR/><BR/>If you like Bright Eyes and Leonard Cohen, I have one suggestion: M Ward.<BR/><BR/>M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward, M Ward.<BR/><BR/>Listen to "Right in the Head." Then listen to "Sad Sad Song." Then listen to "Chinese Translation."<BR/><BR/>If you aren't a fan after that, I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-68233373915636364952007-04-27T01:06:00.000-04:002007-04-27T01:06:00.000-04:00Rick: Try Okkervil River.I'm holding my three-week...Rick: Try Okkervil River.<BR/><BR/>I'm holding my three-week-old son, my first child, in my other arm arm as I type this one-handed, well after his bedtime. I don't want to apply blame to bad parenting, but I pray I can serve him better than Cho was served. Several years ago, Jeffrey Dahmer's father wrote a memoir of his family, trying to come to grips with his own role in what his son became. IJefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-78874639672759955022007-04-27T01:03:00.000-04:002007-04-27T01:03:00.000-04:00Fuck, forgot Immaculate Machine.Fuck, forgot <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Ones-Zeroes-Immaculate-Machine/dp/B000AMPZ2Q/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6561752-7852056?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1177650132&sr=1-1" REL="nofollow">Immaculate Machine</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-92222605684162144842007-04-27T01:00:00.000-04:002007-04-27T01:00:00.000-04:00rick: Lupe FiascoThe PipettesLove is AllOOIOOOf Mo...rick: <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Food-Liquor-Lupe-Fiasco/dp/B000FS9MTW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6561752-7852056?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1177649150&sr=8-1" REL="nofollow">Lupe Fiasco</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Pipettes/dp/B000FS9L2K/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6561752-7852056?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1177649245&sr=1-1" REL="nofollow">The Pipettes</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-66142667456873317882007-04-27T00:31:00.000-04:002007-04-27T00:31:00.000-04:00Anyone see The Office tonight? Andy becoming jeal...Anyone see <I>The Office</I> tonight? Andy becoming jealous of a high school kid was great. <BR/><BR/>Anyone have any other new music recommendations? Nothing has blown me away in a while. Though I did really like The Hold Steady's newest album. And Grizzly Bear has a very hypnotic, decent one out. But nothing ive listened to lately has taken me over, like the first few times I listened to FloodRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879652646989670889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-26724060850242660172007-04-27T00:17:00.000-04:002007-04-27T00:17:00.000-04:00Also.<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Shout-Knife/dp/B000FWHVKA/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6561752-7852056?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1177647396&sr=8-1" REL="nofollow">Also</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-89740242693291010542007-04-26T23:51:00.000-04:002007-04-26T23:51:00.000-04:00I enthusiastically second rachel's endorsement of ...I enthusiastically second rachel's endorsement of Patrick Wolf's <I>The Magic Position</I>. Album of the Year? Quite possibly.jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-52424564565871904462007-04-26T23:48:00.000-04:002007-04-26T23:48:00.000-04:00THE brink. Also, he should do well to never see th...THE brink. <BR/><BR/>Also, <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18314888/from/ET/" REL="nofollow">he</A> should do well to never see the light of day again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-38697979698741097012007-04-26T23:32:00.000-04:002007-04-26T23:32:00.000-04:00So Cho was socially inept, untalented, dispassiona...So Cho was socially inept, untalented, dispassionate, insane... what are <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18328391/" REL="nofollow">these assholes'</A> excuse? I don't want to imagine that these people would rather see their daughters die than imagine them having sex, but, what really, what are the options? ("What are the options" being the question asked, no doubt, by rape victims in <A HREFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-49892597118008980682007-04-25T17:02:00.000-04:002007-04-25T17:02:00.000-04:00Note: Since I wrote my last post, I read a little...Note: Since I wrote my last post, I read a little more about the details of that guy's autism and maybe I do have a little sympathy for him. At the same time, though, I see very little of myself in him and am very thankful for it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02196676728730592045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-89029090048827572702007-04-25T12:42:00.000-04:002007-04-25T12:42:00.000-04:00I agree with what anonymous said about lack of pas...I agree with what anonymous said about lack of passion being a driving force behind Cho's actions. If Cho could have interacted properly with other human beings, he could have compensated for his lack of passion and sense of purpose by doing what most other people do under those circumstances; get married and pump out a few kids. Creating a forced lifestyle and stringing yourself along would haveRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879652646989670889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-19397606939142662892007-04-25T09:58:00.000-04:002007-04-25T09:58:00.000-04:00I'm an Asian living in Virginia, I'm only a couple...I'm an Asian living in Virginia, I'm only a couple years older than that guy. Virginia Tech was just about an hour and a half away from my college. I didn't have any friends in high school, I got teased, I was small and skinny and nerdy. <BR/><BR/>And yet somehow, I don't feel the same way at all. I didn't think therebutforthe. I just wanted to beat the shit out of him and stuff him in a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02196676728730592045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-11826485139869170412007-04-24T15:49:00.000-04:002007-04-24T15:49:00.000-04:00Walter's thoughts on Cho reminded me of this amazi...Walter's thoughts on Cho reminded me of <A HREF="http://www.furia.com/page.cgi?type=twas&id=twas0221#entry1" REL="nofollow"><BR/>this</A> amazing piece, written just post-Columbine (yes, this is the correct link; it was, in fact, the unexpectedly poignant lead in to a review of an ABBA reissue). I was a quiet, bookish, largely friendless and slightly effeminate kid occasionally suspected of jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-80658465655669292042007-04-24T14:38:00.000-04:002007-04-24T14:38:00.000-04:00I don't want to hijack this into a thread about "W...I don't want to hijack this into a thread about "What made Cho and all those others go batshit on their fellow man," especially since Walter's entry is so good and a contrast to this kind of reductionist conversation, but in response to Anon above, fulfillment, I think, is closer than passion. "Normal" people don't go postal because they have friends or family or books or movies or video games orAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-68683512405207911872007-04-24T14:09:00.000-04:002007-04-24T14:09:00.000-04:00Despite having many of the interests and qualities...Despite having many of the interests and qualities included in the media-approved profile (loner, not good at sports, likes horror films) of the potential madman;<BR/>I was also blessed with a six-foot frame by grade eight—and sometimes I wonder if that’s all that kept me from being turned into an embittered victim by the end of High School—that, and not being nuts of course.<BR/><BR/>I was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-11732172767116863462007-04-24T13:55:00.000-04:002007-04-24T13:55:00.000-04:00This is as good a time as any to mention this. A f...This is as good a time as any to mention this. <BR/><BR/>A few enterprising individuals have actually performed <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMsWzlFF5_E" REL="nofollow">Richard McBeef</A> on YouTube.Alex Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028946403342782184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-51262494476174406612007-04-24T13:42:00.000-04:002007-04-24T13:42:00.000-04:00I believe there are many, many socially isolated p...I believe there are many, many socially isolated people not just in the US, but all over the world. Pinning Cho's actions on that alone isn't quite right, nor is the lack of creativity. I think it's the lack of passion. When you are not passionate about anything, you become dead inside. I say this because I have been rather socially isolated for the last few years myself, and I don't think I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-27196769885449242842007-04-24T10:22:00.000-04:002007-04-24T10:22:00.000-04:00Oh, and I wouldn't have taken you for a baseball f...Oh, and I wouldn't have taken you for a baseball fan, Walter. I am a huge Dodger fan, though I can't really understand why- it feels absurd to care so much about something that is so monumentally unimportant. Maybe all of the best things in life are inexplicable.Benaiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15970449360270088624noreply@blogger.com