Forum: General Music Discussion
December 30th, 2006, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 66
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How caiman seems to work
I've had decent luck finding really obscure releases from them, but their communication leaves a lot to be desired. My working theory is that they have a staff of people dedicated to scouring dingy...
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Forum: General Music Discussion
December 30th, 2006, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,777
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Forum: Releases, Recommendations & Reviews
December 9th, 2006, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,446
Freshly ordered
Along with last year's Paraphrase, which I missed because I'm lazy.
Anyway, wanted to comment on the raw sound. If you go back and listen to the Bloodcount recordings on Screwgun v. JMT, you...
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Forum: Releases, Recommendations & Reviews
September 5th, 2006, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 9,126
Aren't most of the Braxton House recordings of...
Aren't most of the Braxton House recordings of his Wesleyan ensemble made up of students? What I've heard of them are pretty bad. For a big chunk of GTM, I recommend the 4disc Six Compositions...
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Forum: General Music Discussion
October 20th, 2004, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,594
Here's the point that everyone is missing
There's nothing inherently wrong with labelling music as jazz or nonjazz. Nothing. Wynton has come up his criteria, and more power to him. My criteria is a bit more flexible, but even I have my...
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Forum: General Music Discussion
July 24th, 2004, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 160
Views: 7,874
Show of hands...
How many of you can tell the difference between a Cantonese musician and a Venezualan musician.
I thought so.
The very title of this thread implies there are only two "races" and that you're...
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Forum: General Music Discussion
July 7th, 2004, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 3,740
Loveless is really the only thing I like from...
Loveless is really the only thing I like from that style. Medicine's Shot Forth Self Living had it's moments (especially that first track), but that's about it.
The reason MBV's catalog is so...
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Forum: Non-Music Discussion
July 4th, 2004, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 6,642
None of this is new. It's just that with...
None of this is new. It's just that with megamergers of media corporations, the schlock is more incessant. What I find puzzling is the fact that I don't know anyone who owns a Britney Spears...
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Forum: General Music Discussion
July 4th, 2004, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 200
Views: 23,537
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Forum: General Music Discussion
July 4th, 2004, 06:34 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 659
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Forum: General Music Discussion
July 4th, 2004, 06:31 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 3,740
Not being of the 60s generation (grew up in the...
Not being of the 60s generation (grew up in the dreaded 80s so I feel nostalgic for Husker Du and My Bloody Valentine), I know exactly where this kid is coming from. I've never ever have gotten the...
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Forum: General Music Discussion
March 29th, 2004, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,854
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Forum: Current Events
March 27th, 2004, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,056
You missed the part where I said I was an...
You missed the part where I said I was an atheist. ;) Taoism is first and foremost a philosophical system that is practiced as a religion. If you want to call it a thought system, fine. If you...
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Forum: Non-Music Discussion
March 27th, 2004, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,934
Questions
1 - 8pm. Dammit, missed happy...
Questions
1 - 8pm. Dammit, missed happy hour. $10. That's about three pints of the good stuff, or four pints of swill. Life's too short. Barkeep, 3 pints of your finest ale!
2 - E Anybody...
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Forum: Current Events
March 27th, 2004, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,056
The pledge is empty, nationalist rhetoric. ...
The pledge is empty, nationalist rhetoric. That's American patriotism in a nutshell.
I'm an atheist, but frankly, I could care less. I've instructed my son to substitute 'under God' with the...
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Forum: Releases, Recommendations & Reviews
March 26th, 2004, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,207
Poor Fred. He's had a long and remarkable...
Poor Fred. He's had a long and remarkable career, but he just doesn't record much, so no one outside of Chicago seems to have heard of him. Thankfully, that is slowly being rectified by Okkadisk...
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Forum: Releases, Recommendations & Reviews
March 11th, 2004, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 939
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Forum: General Music Discussion
March 11th, 2004, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 3,559
Interesting discussion.
It seems that most...
Interesting discussion.
It seems that most equate virtuosity with technical ability. I guess I don't see it that way. I think a true virtuoso has not only a mastery of an instrument, but also a...
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Forum: General Music Discussion
March 8th, 2004, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,441
From an interview with Henry Threadgill:
"I...
From an interview with Henry Threadgill:
"I do music, period. Jazz, European orchestral music, American religious music, white and black, parades. All types of functional music, period. All of it....
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Forum: General Music Discussion
March 8th, 2004, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,748
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Forum: General Music Discussion
March 8th, 2004, 12:21 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,258
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Forum: Artists & Bands
February 5th, 2004, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,469
To be honest, I've never heard of a strong...
To be honest, I've never heard of a strong backlash either. I'm just trying to figure out why some people would consider him to be a polarizing figure like Wynton. Apart from jealousy over the...
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Forum: Artists & Bands
February 4th, 2004, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,469
One rather tenuous link between Vandermark and...
One rather tenuous link between Vandermark and Marsalis is a deep respect for those who came before. The MacArthur grant may have rubbed some of the older Chicago guys the wrong way, but to his...
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Forum: General Music Discussion
January 1st, 2004, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,638
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Forum: General Music Discussion
December 21st, 2003, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,541
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