― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 00:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 00:10 (seventeen years ago) link
he was right. "philophobia" was once my favourite album in the world but these days i can't listen to it: i've got a mint, unplayed vinyl version i bought to replace the CD my ex-flatmate's ex stole, but i don't think i'll ever put it on - at least, not for a long time. it was there for me when i needed it, and that's what matters. it exists now in my heart alone, and i think that's best.
"elephant shoe" was weak; "the red thread" was GODLIKE and is the one album of theirs to which i happily return. "hug and pint" bored me; i've just had to check to see whether i own "last romance" (i do) ... i've just started playing it and i remember nothing about it.
it's not them. it's me. i changed. i'm sorry, lads.
malcolm middleton's two solo albums, however, have rocked my world: i remember i spent a large part of 2005 bigging up the last one on ILM, but the only other person who cared was marcello. ach.
my mate big chris played bass with them for a while; i think an old pal of stet's played with them too. lovely blokes, from what i understand. for a short while, aidan seemed to be in every bar and club i visited; notably coming out of the cludgie in optimo (when it was at mas) with a copy of the record under his arm. at ATP 2005 (or was it 2004?) we had a "spot the moffat" competition; i think i got 25 points and tom got 23.
happy days, though. and they've done the right thing. honourable men. cheers!
― grimly fiendish (simon), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 01:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (simon), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 01:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Richard Docherty (fractal), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 01:09 (seventeen years ago) link
The acoustic finale with Packs of Three, (something else I can't remember - Here We Go maybe?), Loch Leven, Soaps and Shy Retirer was nothing short of brilliant - and it was fitting that they finished with just Aiden and Malcolm on stage for the encore following the mentalness of the First Big Weekend (with added balloons!).
Where should I start, discography-wise?
I'd start with the Cunted Circus live album (you really can't go wrong with any of the live releases) and Philophobia. Then, in no particular order - Elephant Shoe, The Red Thread, Monday at the Hug and Pint. There's always the new Ten Years Of Tears compilation as well.
― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 01:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 01:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― stet (stet), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 01:32 (seventeen years ago) link
We never did become the kind of rock stars we'd read about, but I would genuinely rather mean a lot to a little that a little to a lot.
― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 01:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― colin0Hara (colin_o_hara), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 02:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 09:30 (seventeen years ago) link
I missed this bit. I really enjoyed both of his solo albums. Possibly more than Arab Strap's output.
― tissp! (tissp!), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 10:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 16:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 16:36 (seventeen years ago) link
(actually, didn't he do the fukd id thing with the Exorcist theme remix on it?)
xpost
― tissp! (tissp!), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― tissp! (tissp!), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 16:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (simon), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
(xpost, or maybe not)
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 22:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link