Comments on: Satellite of like http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2009/11/satellite-of-like.html Music in Seven Days from Seven Writers Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fan in Watertown Fan in Watertown http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2009/11/satellite-of-like.html/comment-page-1#comment-12606 Fan in Watertown Fan in Watertown Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:25:12 +0000 http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/?p=2629#comment-12606 Perfect for people like myself who have no understanding of music after Peter Paul and Mary, but who would like to. Not expecting to "like," but to have a bit of understanding... So this is perfect. A little bit about a variety of things. Next time we're around the same computer, I want you to point out just where those dips and swells are in "My Bloody Valentine." Maybe my old ears will just never pick them up out of the "miasma." Interesting to think that "miasma" in music might have appeal. And that we should be dismayed at the undelivered "promise of discomfort." Hmmm.... Perfect for people like myself who have no understanding of music after Peter Paul and Mary, but who would like to. Not expecting to “like,” but to have a bit of understanding… So this is perfect. A little bit about a variety of things. Next time we’re around the same computer, I want you to point out just where those dips and swells are in “My Bloody Valentine.” Maybe my old ears will just never pick them up out of the “miasma.” Interesting to think that “miasma” in music might have appeal. And that we should be dismayed at the undelivered “promise of discomfort.” Hmmm….

]]> By: Mr. Lost His Way http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2009/11/satellite-of-like.html/comment-page-1#comment-12570 Mr. Lost His Way Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:49:50 +0000 http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/?p=2629#comment-12570 I have to separate Gang Gang Dance from the pack but the other "discoveries" share one thing you see more clearly as you grow out of youth culture and that is a certain coziness for the trappings of their generation. It's as if the Middle East MUST use the whistling and the glockenspiel OR be banned from the treehouse. With the Middle East this is most disappointing, because they don't need it. Amusement Parks on Fire, on the other hand, might not have a spine, penis, vagina, or an original thought between them. I have to separate Gang Gang Dance from the pack but the other “discoveries” share one thing you see more clearly as you grow out of youth culture and that is a certain coziness for the trappings of their generation. It’s as if the Middle East MUST use the whistling and the glockenspiel OR be banned from the treehouse. With the Middle East this is most disappointing, because they don’t need it. Amusement Parks on Fire, on the other hand, might not have a spine, penis, vagina, or an original thought between them.

]]> By: mrshl http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/2009/11/satellite-of-like.html/comment-page-1#comment-12524 mrshl Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:31:28 +0000 http://www.nonalignmentpact.com/?p=2629#comment-12524 I listen to XMU quite a bit. Since XM came standard on my Honda, I've found it to be a worthy monthly investment (not one, but TWO full time NPR stations 133/134). XMU does what I wish terrestrial radio did. Yes, they have the typical new-stuff playlist educated by Pitchfork and music blogs, but they play a lot of older catalog stuff, too. It's a nice blend. And I don't hear the same crap over and over again. Plus they will do live coverage of festivals. I do wish they had a station that just played Jazz from 1920s through, say, 1975. I don't want to hear "modern" traditional jazz. But I love Willie's place (XM13). Unlike the traditional country station in Houston, Willie's Place will throw down a healthy chunk of deep tracks by dudes I've never heard of. That's educational. I listen to XMU quite a bit. Since XM came standard on my Honda, I’ve found it to be a worthy monthly investment (not one, but TWO full time NPR stations 133/134).

XMU does what I wish terrestrial radio did. Yes, they have the typical new-stuff playlist educated by Pitchfork and music blogs, but they play a lot of older catalog stuff, too. It’s a nice blend. And I don’t hear the same crap over and over again. Plus they will do live coverage of festivals.

I do wish they had a station that just played Jazz from 1920s through, say, 1975. I don’t want to hear “modern” traditional jazz. But I love Willie’s place (XM13). Unlike the traditional country station in Houston, Willie’s Place will throw down a healthy chunk of deep tracks by dudes I’ve never heard of. That’s educational.

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