in which i vent about bad rock writing and the band i love
kexp has been playing new spoon tracks for the last few days. my reaction is that i don't want them to play the new record too often. they never played the old albums much.what is it about us that makes us want to keep bands to ourselves?
i read an annoying tiny mix tapes article about the spoon/interpol pairing for the upcoming european tour. the gist of the article is that spoon supporting interpol is an odd pairing. now, the hubby and i had this conversation when i told him that the clientele is supporting spoon in the us. his contention is the combo of two more unlike sounding bands (spoon/clientele) is sometimes a better one than a combo of two bands that may be more similar sounding. his thought is that the clientele will only make my mouth water more for spoon than would a band who was trying to sound like them. in this situation, i assure you i will be salivating, clientele or not. but in general, i have to say, i have come around to his thinking.
with that said, however, i would love to see interpol.
i do not, however, believe that spoon should be opening for anyone.
anyway, the tiny mix tapes article was annoying for so many reasons:
"light indie rockers Spoon" AHEM, are you an idiot? what on earth is a "light indie rocker" and what does it have to do with spoon?
"Spoon plan to spoon it up with Merge labelmates The Clientele in June" i ask again, idiot?
"Britt Daniel and the Spoon crew will play disheveled hair and cowboy shirts to Interpol's dapper assassin. Maybe they'll have a showdown: super sleek NYC hipster vs. everywhere else hipster. Could you be more stoked?" holy cow, what is wrong with this guy? what the fuck is an "everywhere else hipster?"
and lastly, "Interpol released their latest, Antics, last September. According to SoundScan figures from a recent Billboard article, Antics has sold a whopping 287,000 copies thus far, meaning that even you probably own it." and why the fuck wouldn't you, it's a great record.
mrboots, you're a buffoon and you certainly don't deserve to be writing rock commentary! you can not possibly represent a group of people unified in their obsession with jim o'rourke. i won't accept it.
posted by bls @ 3:38 PM
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