Random Music Talk XXXVIV: Straight Outta Moncton

[LemonMelon]

I didn't ask you.

But thanks for the bullshit stock Google images.

The saturation is through the goddamn roof on those.

But it actually does look like that, fwiw.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Sorry, I'm listening to Wilco and it suddenly put me in a snappy mood.

Colorful leaves and shit aren't the only things that make a good autumn, though.

Anyway, I'm sure a lot of us are biased toward the place we grew up.

But I'm never going to visit the Northeast now. Ever.

 

[iron yuppie]

The autumns here are perfect. I don't think you can beat a Midwest autumn.

I would agree with this, having lived my whole life apart from one year in the Midwest. It seems to me, however, that the autumns as I remember them are getting shorter - over the past few years, there seems only to have been a few weeks of genuine autumn, whereas growing up I remember a few months of variegated colors and such. Do you notice that as well?

 

[LemonMelon]

Sorry, I'm listening to Wilco and it suddenly put me in a snappy mood.

Colorful leaves and shit aren't the only things that make a good autumn, though.

Anyway, I'm sure a lot of us are biased toward the place we grew up.

But I'm never going to visit the Northeast now. Ever.

The east has lots of great cities (NYC, Boston) and lots of Godforsaken shitholes (Philly, Baltimore), so yeah, I have nothing to recommend that corner of the country over any other, especially with Canada dangerously close by. But it was my home for most of my life, I've seen the whole region, and there are aspects of it that I will always defend.

You seem like more of a west coast kind of guy to me, GAF. If you get an itch like The Deputy (unrelated to Lance's mom; I can't help much with those), I'd recommend LA to you any day.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I would agree with this, having lived my whole life apart from one year in the Midwest. It seems to me, however, that the autumns as I remember them are getting shorter - over the past few years, there seems only to have been a few weeks of genuine autumn, whereas growing up I remember a few months of variegated colors and such. Do you notice that as well?

I can't say that I have noticed that, no. It's not even something I've really thought too much about, though.

You seem like more of a west coast kind of guy to me, GAF. If you get an itch like The Deputy (unrelated to Lance's mom; I can't help much with those), I'd recommend LA to you any day.

I've got a lot of family in California, and have visited the state many times, and I do love it out there.

 

[LemonMelon]

I would agree with this, having lived my whole life apart from one year in the Midwest. It seems to me, however, that the autumns as I remember them are getting shorter - over the past few years, there seems only to have been a few weeks of genuine autumn, whereas growing up I remember a few months of variegated colors and such. Do you notice that as well?

We're just getting old, iYup. Time is flying the fuck by us, moving faster every day.

The Interference-acceptable method of coping with this is to make a depressing DI list about the topic. Perhaps with a blurry clock on the front cover.

 

[iron yuppie]

The east has lots of great cities (NYC, Boston) and lots of Godforsaken shitholes (Philly, Baltimore)...

Taking swipes at PFan's city while he is not here to defend it, are you?

We're just getting old, iYup. Time is flying the fuck by us, moving faster every day.

The Interference-acceptable method of coping with this is to make a depressing DI list about the topic. Perhaps with a blurry clock on the front cover.

Consider it done.

 

[u2popmofo]

How hard is it to get up there?

Pretty simple, I just hate the crappy faux-Indie chain store I have locally, so I prefer to shop at an actual indie store in SLC. I just rarely get the chance to go to it lately though, so Amazon tends to be my everything musically.

I would agree with this, having lived my whole life apart from one year in the Midwest. It seems to me, however, that the autumns as I remember them are getting shorter - over the past few years, there seems only to have been a few weeks of genuine autumn, whereas growing up I remember a few months of variegated colors and such. Do you notice that as well?

I feel the same here. Don't know if it's accurate, or just that I don't have the time I did a s a kid to notice the seasons when I'm sitting at a freaking desk all day. I remember that was one thing I always hated about football, having to spend the entire fall at practice.

 

[LemonMelon]

I remember that was one thing I always hated about football, having to spend the entire fall at practice.

If you would have had illegal downloaders back in the day to imagine and infuriate you as you laid out RBs and the like, we'd be picking on you in the NFL thread instead of Random. The Utes may have won a national championship by now. And so on.

 

[u2popmofo]

Oh yeah, I wanted to mention that the first CD player I had was one of the first US-released Sony Discman models. If you looked at it from across the room, it would probably skip.

 

[U2inUtah]

First concert: Tears for Fears
First CD: Rattle & Hum
First Cassette Tape: some Beach Boys Greatest Hits compilation

 

[LemonMelon]

The CD player my dad had in his car when I was a kid was completely useless. I would comment on how smooth new pavement was, and that would make it skip.

 

[martha]

Pretty simple, I just hate the crappy faux-Indie chain store I have locally, so I prefer to shop at an actual indie store in SLC. I just rarely get the chance to go to it lately though, so Amazon tends to be my everything musically.

That makes sense. Before I started decimating my vinyl collection for Fingerprints (an actual indie record store) store credit, Amazon was usually where I bought music, too.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Giving the multi-quote some love today.

While all of the suggested underlying political-social-economic issues with this are of course correct, and while everything on Saturday night certainly started there, and with a high awareness of these issues attached, I guess you could say that over time you just kept moving further and further away from that, and by last night, you just had pure opportunistic smashing and looting for the sake of smashing and looting. As it got worse and worse, it became more and more obvious that the police were over stretched and had lost control. They were taking advantage - that's about it.

Tonight, however, I think will be different. In my neighbourhood (in between two of last nights areas of significant trouble, while we only had sporadic bursts of dickheadishness) the police presence has been strong and significant all afternoon, and they've been staying put, clearly 'defending' a territory. The opposite of the panicky/racing around nature of yesterday and last night, where it seemed clear to everyone that they were completely out of their depth. So *if* it kicks off tonight, I think it will revert to much more of a 'clash', ie, the underlying motivation won't be the taking advantage of a sense of lawlessness (and getting your fifteen iPhones), but squaring up to the police - a showdown. Having said that, while undoubtedly it will kick off in varying places around London (and the country - hearing there are issues in Manchester right now) I actually don't think it will be anywhere near the trouble of last night.

Thanks for this. But why was I under the impression that you live in Sydney, Australia? Oh, right, "Location: Sydney, Australia." I was thinking, my, those Sydney, Australians, are awfully well-informed about this situation.

(awesome double auto-reverse cassette)

Mine had the "fade" on it, so if I was making a mixtape and the last song didn't quite fit, I could fade it out.

And I'm one of those freaks who likes the gray, drizzly overcast days.

Me, too. And I love a city that can't handle the ice/snow because there are few things I love more than being snowed in. For a couple of days anyway.

Nice. I used to visit Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Forrest every Fall when I lived in Virginia.

I grew up in Virginia which gets high marks on beautiful autumns but other factors cancel those high marks out.

Oh yeah, I wanted to mention that the first CD player I had was one of the first US-released Sony Discman models. If you looked at it from across the room, it would probably skip.

Oh yeah, I had that piece of shit, too. But before I got the portable one, a musician friend who knew everything there was to know about anything having to do with audio equipment told me to get the Phillips/Magnavox CD player and so I did. That thing has proved to be indestructible. I think it was around $400 in 1987 which may as well have been thousands to me then but it went right on my credit card. I think when I retired it to the closet a couple of years ago the open/shut feature was starting to stick but other than that it still played fine.

 

[corianderstem]

Me, too. And I love a city that can't handle the ice/snow because there are few things I love more than being snowed in. For a couple of days anyway.

Me too. Except when it happens unexpectedly, and you get caught in the traffic jams that last 8 hours because no one can get anywhere. Knock on wood, that's something I've managed to avoid so far, but my boss got stuck in the last big storm - it took her over 4 hours to go the 3 miles or so between work and home.

But last December there were a few storms, and people have gotten burned so much in the past couple of years that a lot of people just stay home if there's even the merest threat of a storm.

Our bosses are good about that sort of thing, which is awesome. But we all can fairly easily work from home if we have to, so it's not that big a deal.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Me too. Except when it happens unexpectedly, and you get caught in the traffic jams that last 8 hours because no one can get anywhere.

Yeah that's bad. It took me 12 hours to drive home from Denver in Thanksgiving traffic a couple of years ago (normally a 5.5 hr drive). Bumper-to-bumper for about 8 of those 12 hours. Couldn't even exit and check into a motel for fear of sliding into a ditch so I just kept going with the flow. It was so intense I couldn't even have music on. For 12 hours. I just gripped the steering wheel and stared at the road assuming a level of concentration that should have had me exalted into a higher plane of existence or something. My poor Chihuahua just chewed on his bone and slept, happy as could be, in his seat-belted booster seat.

 

[martha]

Sometimes it rains here.

 

[lazarus]

I didn't ask you.

But thanks for the bullshit stock Google images.

I LOLed.

Of course, regardless of your beautiful autumn (which like Chicago's spring, seems to last for about a month) anyone who stays in Chicago past the age of 18 is a masochist. I will never forgive myself for the 4 extra years I suffered there.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Well, it's like my Grandpa always used to say: "I'd rather be a masochist than an asshole."

 

[prbiker15]

Well, it's like my Grandpa always used to say: "I'd rather be a masochist than an asshole."

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Thanks for this. But why was I under the impression that you live in Sydney, Australia? Oh, right, "Location: Sydney, Australia." I was thinking, my, those Sydney, Australians, are awfully well-informed about this situation.

Oh yeah.

<<< Sorted (I think)

 

[lazarus]

It looks like some good has come out of all this rioting and destruction:

Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green clothes store looted in Manchester riots | News | NME.COM

 

[u2popmofo]

It looks like some good has come out of all this rioting and destruction:

Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green clothes store looted in Manchester riots | News | NME.COM

My prayers have been answered.

 

[zoney!]

Super quoting, Joyful-style:

Since it was the last show of the tour, the band decided to come out and play a song for the GA line. They played All Because of You and nobody paid attention.

I had some freak ass U2 GA line dream last night and woke up with a splitting headache. Maybe it was from All Because of You.

I see that the AB Uber set is now up to $659 on Amazon. I thought the price was supposed to go down?

HERE is a reason to riot. Hopefully my buddy Paul is watching what is going on in London.

but I lived in the Appalachia and I looked out my window to see shit like this every day for two months straight, every year. Definitely miss that aspect of Maryland.

FIXED

I grew up in Virginia which gets high marks on beautiful autumns but other factors cancel those high marks out.

I was thinking about U2Kitten this morning while looking for retractable roof stadium photos and how she used to have great stories about her neighbors (possibly pictured above) in Virginia and the gas station meatloaf sandwiches that she loved so much.


As for beauty in this country - when it is sunny, I don't think anything can beat the PNW. Oceans, rivers, mountains and lush, green flora everywhere.

 

[cobl04]

I have B&C to thank for a lot of things, but a date? Well I didn't think I'd ever see the day. But if you all hadn't convinced me going to gigs solo was perfectly acceptable, I wouldn't be catching up with this bird tomorrow evening/night. We'll see whether there's something there or if I've been JD'd

‪Scrubs The Friend Zone‬‏ - YouTube

 

[bono_212]

Hey, after 8 seasons, halfway through which you forget the plot, you still get the girl in that case!

 

[lazarus]

No Scrubs, as TLC would say.

You're done.

 

[cobl04]

Yes, that is true Ashley, I was going to edit to say that...

I ain't done until I say I'm done!

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

No Scrubs, as TLC would say.

Great song.

 

[cobl04]

Is it pronounced A-phex Twin (A as in hey) or Aph-ex Twin (Aph as in graph, the name therefore being a play on the word affects)?