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Generic wrote:Modest Mouse was definitely the best album of the year in my book, until Tom Waits came along.

my vote goes to badly drawn boy.

A toss-up between The Streets and Franz Ferdinand for me. (which is a potentially unpleasant visual image)

Being contentious, Modest Mouse is my tip for the emperor's new clothes award 2004. So very ordinary. I actually took it back to the shop and exchanged it for the new Hidden Cameras album which is miles better.

Obviously, this is only one opinion. I get a sense that MM might be another TMBG in that they just don't translate to the UK mindset that well.

J$

j$ wrote:Being contentious, Modest Mouse is my tip for the emperor's new clothes award 2004. So very ordinary.

That sound outside your window is me. I have a brick. I'm going to conk you with it. DO NOT OPEN YOUR WINDOW.

*opens window* ARGH!

You guys HAVE heard old Modest Mouse, right? I do not have Good News (I know, I know, I'm unclean) but I do own The Moon and Antarctica (fantastic album) and the Lonesome Crowded West (even better.) I'm told that This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think(Talk?) About is their best. I like the Lonesome Crowded West best out of the two I have. But again, I do not own Good News, even though Float On and Ocean Breathes Salty are fantastic songs. Ah, the woes of a broke teenager.

bittorrent might tide you over till you can afford to buy their back catalog

jandek.

Beta Band.

1. Mosquitos
2. AM 60

sadly enough, i found out about them on 'you hear it first' on MTV... bleh.

That new Gwen Stefani track is pretty good... seriously... I 'm diggin it.

Leaf wrote:That new Gwen Stefani track is pretty good... seriously... I 'm diggin it.

Uh...

Stabbity time!!

Generic wrote:

Leaf wrote:That new Gwen Stefani track is pretty good... seriously... I 'm diggin it.

Uh...

Stabbity time!!

dude. not all pop singers suck. Although I wish she did.... heh heh.

Did I say all pop singers suck? I just expressed in no ambiguous terms my contempt for Gwen Stefani and her fans.


...dumbass.

Generic wrote:Did I say all pop singers suck? I just expressed in no ambiguous terms my contempt for Gwen Stefani and her fans.


...dumbass.

Who's the dumbass? I was implying something. So did you. Forgive me for intrepreting your comment as meaning she "sucked"... or that "all pop singers do". so I could make a joke.

And "stabbitty" isn't AMBIGUOUS???? ARe you fucking kidding me man???

dude. You'd be damn funny if that was intentional.

Maybe you should explore your reasons for feeling so hostile, especially to humour that isn't even at your expense.


Or maybe we could enjoy a nice little flame war....

Not on my watch. Take it to PM.

Leaf wrote:

Generic wrote:Did I say all pop singers suck? I just expressed in no ambiguous terms my contempt for Gwen Stefani and her fans.


...dumbass.

Who's the dumbass? I was implying something. So did you. Forgive me for intrepreting your comment as meaning she "sucked"... or that "all pop singers do". so I could make a joke.

And "stabbitty" isn't AMBIGUOUS???? ARe you fucking kidding me man???

dude. You'd be damn funny if that was intentional.

Maybe you should explore your reasons for feeling so hostile, especially to humour that isn't even at your expense.

Or maybe we could enjoy a nice little flame war....

Once again, joking. False alarm, jb, nothing to see here.

Usama's new hit video.

I'm so totally voting for him.

jb wrote:Not on my watch. Take it to PM.

Where's the pleasure in Pming? That's like watching porn in the dark on a Sunday afternoon man.

....uh.... right. pm.



Actually, I know I'm joking, and if jon isn't, then he really isn't in University.....

move along. Nothing to see. Remove the top. Move along. show me some skin....(if only the force really worked....)

Ben Kweller - In Other Words
Breaking Benjamin - Forget It
Evil Engine 9 - anxiety
Counting Crows - Good Luck (live piano) never released song... i still don't know why they never released it... it was an awesome song

TEH FUCKIN BEATLES FUCKIN WHITE ABLUM MAAAAAN

j$ wrote:A toss-up between The Streets and Franz Ferdinand for me. (which is a potentially unpleasant visual image)

Being contentious, Modest Mouse is my tip for the emperor's new clothes award 2004. So very ordinary. I actually took it back to the shop and exchanged it for the new Hidden Cameras album which is miles better.

Obviously, this is only one opinion. I get a sense that MM might be another TMBG in that they just don't translate to the UK mindset that well.

J$

Interesting thoughts - it's always fascinating which countries like which music.

You say TMBG don't translate well - do you mean that TMBG aren't popular at all in the UK, or just in your opinion. Why I ask is that TMBG would be considered very popular in Australia - radio JJJ has played them a lot over the years and they usually feature in Top 100 lists etc. that occur from time to time. When it comes to American music, I would have thought that the UK/Aust mindsets would be fairly similar.

Modest Mouse on the other hand, doesn't really seem to have taken off here at all. I've heard them played a few times on the radio - but there doesn't seem to be much hype about them - and I can take them or leave them really.

Now, The Streets and Franz Ferdinand are pretty huge here. FF even gets played on the crap commercial radio stations. They are both very "British" sounding, which usually doesn't bother Australian audiences - but do they translate to the USA? Mike Skinner in particular I would think would be a bit of an ordeal for a lot of American ears.

<i>The</i> freakin' <i>Soft Bulletin</i> by the Flaming Lips. And <i>Origin of Symmetry</i> by Muse.

And SongFight! I'm listening to lotsa that.