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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:40 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Dickey Betts
- Replies: 0
- Views: 89
R.I.P. Dickey Betts
Dickey Betts, the longtime guitarist and singer/songwriter of The Allman Brothers Band, has passed away at age 80 of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/entertainment/dickey-betts-death/index.html Betts wrote and sang the band's biggest hit single, 1973's...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:09 pm
- Forum: Critics' Lists
- Topic: Uncut (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1990s (2024)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 375
Re: Uncut (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1990s (2024)
No hip hop albums in the Top 40 is wild. totally agree that's the biggest flaw of the list , the low rankings of hip-hop Keep in mind that this is Uncut - hip-hop is, unfortunately, not really in their wheelhouse. Given that, I almost don't want to see what lists they might compile for the subseque...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: EOY 2023
- Topic: EOY Albums: List Updates
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17878
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: Updated 1,000 Greatest Films (2024 edition)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 648
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: Updated 1,000 Greatest Films (2024 edition)
Not wishing to waste any time in the new year, TSPDT has already posted their annual update of The 1,000 Greatest Films list! ( https://www.theyshootpictures.com/ ) This is obviously a much less momentous update than last year's Sight & Sound-driven game-changer, with only 12 new entries (the hi...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:55 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Shane MacGowan (Pogues)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1008
R.I.P. Shane MacGowan (Pogues)
Shane MacGowan, the great (but incredibly self-destructive) frontman of the Pogues, has passed away at age 65 after a prolonged illness: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67546785 I recently listened to the band's two masterpieces again, without being aware of everything MacGowan had recen...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:45 pm
- Forum: Other magazines/websites
- Topic: PASTE (USA) - The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs Of All Time (2014)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1680
Re: PASTE (USA) - The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs Of All Time (2014)
Or Poison Ivy Rorschach: 19. The Cramps, “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”StevieFan13 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:54 pm Women don't make garage rock, apparently (unless their name's Meg White, I suppose)
Addendum: Or Alison Mosshart!: 47. The Kills, “Love Is a Deserter”
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:45 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)
- Replies: 73
- Views: 207128
Re: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)
You may have missed that Blonde on Blonde was #20... Your missing album here is The Queen is Dead.
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:16 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)
- Replies: 73
- Views: 207128
Re: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)
First off, I'm sorry I didn't participate in the poll this time around - just haven't been in the right headspace to compile a list. (At least New York Dolls still managed to make it into the top 1000 anyway!) So, we're down to the top 250. There's only one new entry (out of the announced 134) that ...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 9:00 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Robbie Robertson
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2151
R.I.P. Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson, guitarist and songwriter of The Band (and longtime Martin Scorsese collaborator), has died at age 80:
https://pitchfork.com/news/the-bands-ro ... ies-at-80/
Huge loss. That leaves Garth Hudson as the last surviving member.
https://pitchfork.com/news/the-bands-ro ... ies-at-80/
Huge loss. That leaves Garth Hudson as the last surviving member.
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 7:59 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Top 3000 Albums: Combined BEA/RYM List (January 1, 2022)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4697
Re: Top 3000 Albums: Combined BEA/RYM List (January 1, 2022)
The RYM chart has changed a lot in the last year ... As has my motivation to want to update this, LOL. But yes, RYM has certainly changed quite a bit - among other things, OK Computer has been dethroned at #1 by To Pimp a Butterfly. Here's the current (as of July 18) RYM top 10 (artist names not ne...
- Wed May 17, 2023 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Important Visual Novels?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2777
Re: Important Visual Novels?
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/drawn-out-the-50-best-non-superhero-graphic-novels-29579/puma-blues-stephen-murphy-michael-zulli-173404/ someone from the forum wanted to start a project like this maybe send him/her a message Visual novels (which I have only heard of just now v...
- Tue May 09, 2023 12:25 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2023: April 30
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3522
Re: MCCh 2023: April 30
Seriously though, I dislike how Jessie Ware's title does not have a exclamation mark after 'Feels'. It feels off this way. Same here. The album should be: That Feels Good! That! Feels! Good! That! Feels!! Good!!! That Feels...Good? That? Feels Good! But not: That! Feels Good! THAT Feel? ...S'Good!
- Sat Mar 25, 2023 2:31 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Your Sight & Sound Ballots
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8154
Re: Your Sight & Sound Ballots
Chronological:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Godfather (1972)
Mean Streets (1973)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Godfather (1972)
Mean Streets (1973)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Fri Mar 24, 2023 4:45 pm
- Forum: Specific lists (from broader sources)
- Topic: Independent (UK) - The 40 best song lyrics of all time, from Leonard Cohen to Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush (2022)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1585
Re: Independent (UK) - The 40 best song lyrics of all time, from Leonard Cohen to Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush (2022)
In case anyone else is vigorously shaking their heads in disbelief at some of these, it should be noted that these picks are for specific lines that are quoted at the top of each song's entry, not necessarily for the entire lyric set. It's a very subjective list, as anything like this would be, with...
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:42 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1087
R.I.P. Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul)
Doesn't look like anyone's posted this yet - Trugoy the Dove (real name David Jolicoeur), one of the two great MC's from De La Soul, passed away over the weekend at age 54 (no cause announced, but he had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure in recent years): https://pitchfork.com/news/de-la-...
- Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: Treble (US) - Treble 100: A Series on Our All-Time Favorite Albums
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4865
Re: Treble (US) - Treble 100: A Series on Our All-Time Favorite Albums
Updated to 91, pretty sure they never posted #95 #95 is Husker Du's Zen Arcade. It's definitely listed on the website, but the essay on the album has been made accessible exclusively on Treble's Patreon site. The intro says that approximately one album essay a month will only be available to subscr...
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:13 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
- Replies: 67
- Views: 87495
Re: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
Full critics' top 250 is up, and...they've already fucked up the presentation. As of right now (11AM Chicago time), the site is displaying a three-way tie at #84 that then jumps to #88 (not #87), and somehow Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinema - which was previously part of a four-way #84 tie - has disa...
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 4:55 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
- Replies: 67
- Views: 87495
Re: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
Full critics' top 250 is up, and...they've already fucked up the presentation. As of right now (11AM Chicago time), the site is displaying a three-way tie at #84 that then jumps to #88 (not #87), and somehow Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinema - which was previously part of a four-way #84 tie - has disap...
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 3:53 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Jeff Beck
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1480
R.I.P. Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck, one of rock's greatest and most influential guitarists, has died at 78 after a sudden bout of bacterial meningitis: https://pitchfork.com/news/jeff-beck-grammy-winning-guitarist-dies-at-78/ Beck first came to fame as the strikingly innovative lead guitarist of the Yardbirds (following Eri...
- Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:20 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Kanye West Praises Hitler & The Nazis on Infowars
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10511
Re: Kanye West Praises Hitler & The Nazis on Infowars
More madness. Two days after the Infowars debacle, Kanye (still decked out in that ridiculous Gimp outfit) sat for a just-released interview with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes (accompanied by his new BFF Nick Fuentes), on the pretext of McInnes trying to "talk Ye down off the ledge." Na...
- Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:57 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
- Replies: 67
- Views: 87495
Re: The Upcoming Sight & Sound 2022 Poll
Bad news for everyone who, like me, is eagerly awaiting the complete poll results and expanded top-films lists for critics and directors - this was just posted to the S&S Twitter account: "A lot of people asking when we’ll publish the individual Top 10 ballots - all votes in the critics’ &a...
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:46 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Christine McVie
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2302
R.I.P. Christine McVie
Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac has died at age 79 "following a short illness": https://pitchfork.com/news/fleetwood-mac-christine-mcvie-dies-at-79/ McVie, ex-wife of founding bassist John McVie, was the band's longtime co-lead singer and keyboardist. Among many other songs, she wrote &qu...
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:50 pm
- Forum: EOY 2022
- Topic: EOY 2022 - Rolling Stone (FR)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2655
Re: EOY 2022 - Rolling Stone (FR)
Yeah most French paper publications missed the poptimism train, or the indie train before that, and the electronic music train before that, and the rap train before that and the punk train before that (though they caught up on that one a bit). The old guard is still strong here ! Yeah, this feels a...
- Sun Nov 13, 2022 3:55 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Keith Levene (Public Image Ltd.)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1091
R.I.P. Keith Levene (Public Image Ltd.)
Keith Levene, the inventive and influential guitarist of Public Image Ltd. who was also a founding (if short-lived, departing before they ever recorded anything) member of The Clash, has died at age 65 of liver cancer: https://pitchfork.com/news/keith-levene-the-clash-and-public-image-ltd-guitarist-...
- Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:51 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3743
Re: Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87
... any Jerry Lee Lewis marriage that you get out of alive is a net positive.) Here's one of the strangest coincidences I've ever come across: Lewis once guest-starred on an episode of William Shatner's unintentionally hilarious cop show T.J. HOOKER (Lewis played himself, of course, and it wasn't j...
- Mon Nov 07, 2022 7:36 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Morrissey Capitol Record Deal, sees a new album featuring Iggy Pop
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4438
Re: Morrissey Capitol Record Deal, sees a new album featuring Iggy Pop
Grimes is another one making things difficult. It’s one thing to think the Earth is flat. It’s another to be literally married to the man trying to get humanity to Mars and still think it. Just a quick note that Grimes isn't with He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named anymore and hasn't been for quite some tim...
- Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:08 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3743
Re: Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87
Lewis was the last survivor of the inaugural 1986 class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (the other nine: Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, and the Everly Brothers). It is truly the end of an era.
- Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:33 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Loretta Lynn
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2830
R.I.P. Loretta Lynn
Just thought there should be a thread noting the passing, at age 90, of country legend Loretta Lynn. The Coal Miner's Daughter certainly had an incredible, singular life.
- Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:39 pm
- Forum: Other year spans
- Topic: Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 75 Albums of the Last 15 Years
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2378
Re: Consequence of Sound (USA) - Top 75 Albums of the Last 15 Years
Jim, there are four albums missing in your transcription (11-13 and 17). #11 is Kamasi Washington's Heaven and Earth, which means that, yes, the 11 albums from the last 15 years that are in their all-time top 100 actually match this one. That is actually distressingly rare in cases like this (Rollin...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 4:14 am
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2008)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11332
Re: Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2008)
I dunno, Stevie. I think Jesus could use a vacation now and then. He's earned the week and He should definitely take it!StevieFan13 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:46 am Couple of the song titles in the American Idol section seem misspelled.
- Sat Aug 20, 2022 9:13 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Don't let Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" crash your computer
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2246
Re: Don't let Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" crash your computer
Haven't clicked on the link. This is a Rickroll, isn't it?
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:23 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Blasphemous Country
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1512
Re: Blasphemous Country
And this is a critics' list how, exactly? Wrong forum.
Sounds like a hilarious song, though.
Sounds like a hilarious song, though.
- Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:09 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2022 (12) July 15
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7708
- Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:06 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Julee Cruise
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1968
R.I.P. Julee Cruise
Julee Cruise, the ethereal singer best known for her collaborations with David Lynch (“Mysteries of Love” was in Blue Velvet, and “Falling” was the basis of the iconic Twin Peaks theme) has passed away at age 65. She had been battling lupus for years, and a Facebook post by her husband quoted in new...
- Sat Mar 26, 2022 2:50 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters drummer)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5083
R.I.P. Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters drummer)
Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for Foo Fighters, has died unexpectedly at 50. Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia shortly before FF were to play a show there. No cause has been announced yet. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/entertainment/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-obit...
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:12 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Lost music
- Replies: 34
- Views: 18781
Re: Lost music
NetJade, a.k.a. JadePalooka, was a merry (and sometimes malevolent) prankster whose surrealistic word-salad posts enlivened and baffled this forum for a long time back in the bygones. They haven't been around for a while but it would not be at all surprising if that's who the HumphHive is.
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:39 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Lost music
- Replies: 34
- Views: 18781
Re: Lost music
Looks like the lightbulb went on for all of us at the same time!
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:39 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Lost music
- Replies: 34
- Views: 18781
Re: Lost music
I can't possibly be the only one who has a pretty good idea regarding the identity of the Humphrey family? (StevieFan likely hit the nail on the head with "sense of humor." If I'm correct, it may just be a long lost friend that's the head of the household.) ;) Hmmm... Jamie, I might have ...
- Tue Mar 01, 2022 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Forum spamming (again)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11848
Forum spamming (again)
Our mysterious (or maybe not so mysterious) Van Gogh/free jazz spammer is at it again, this time creating multiple accounts as "Humphrey" and having a conversation with themselves over at the Testing Ground forum. What. The. Actual. Hell.
- Sat Feb 26, 2022 2:55 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 263
- Views: 809242
Re: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread
New Big Thief and Beach House albums are good but why do they need to be sooooo long? I wonder if it's some kind of (coincidental) statement, saying that albums - big, ambitious albums - still matter. It's odd that this early in the year, two of the three most highly acclaimed albums so far are bot...
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:25 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P.: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4243
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:07 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P.: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4243
R.I.P.: Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)
Another distinctive voice has been silenced - Gary Brooker, the lead singer/pianist of Procol Harum, passed away over the weekend from cancer at 76:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... y-1310688/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... y-1310688/
- Tue Feb 22, 2022 8:19 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P.: Mark Lanegan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3804
R.I.P.: Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan, who in addition to his acclaimed solo work was the frontman of Screaming Trees (and frequent Queens of the Stone Age guest vocalist as well), has died at age 57 at his home in Ireland. https://pitchfork.com/news/mark-lanegan-screaming-trees-and-queens-of-the-stone-age-singer-dies-at-57...
- Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16257
Re: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
...And he's back again, this time as "Van Gogh's lost ear." Two posts in the "New to the forum" thread.
- Mon Feb 14, 2022 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16257
Re: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
... and he's deleted all six previous posts, leaving only this one.Van Gogh's final ear wrote: ↑Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:50 am It's all good. You're safe. I'm just an ear. I don't want to hurt anyone. Here's a picture of me:
remarkable
"Get out! Get out while you still can! The calls are coming from INSIDE THE FORUM!!!"
- Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16257
Re: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
- Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16257
"Do it for Van Gogh": Forum spamming
Well, this is unusual - a new user calling himself "Van Gogh's final ear" is spamming random threads all over the forum, simply posting images of Van Gogh paintings. Nothing harmful about this, but it's off-topic, to say the least. "You stay alive, baby. Do it for Van Gogh." - Fr...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:55 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 263
- Views: 809242
Re: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread
I always thought BCNR were considered post-rock - I can maybe see a post-punk edge to their brand of post-rock, but my most immediate comparison is Slint. Of course, the band would agree, self-deprecatingly referring to themselves in "Science Fair" as "the world's second-best Slint t...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:32 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 19749
Re: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!
2. The Demon’s Waltz (5239) This ( https://www.lecinemaclub.com/journal/nick-pinkerton-film-list/ ) is the only list I could find that mentions it. . Great detective work! Yep, that's it; the Hong Kong film Pinkerton mentions ( Trilogy of Lust ) is directly below The Demon's Waltz on the Starting L...
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:25 am
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 19749
Re: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: New list for 2022 available!
2. The Demon’s Waltz (5239) This film, directed by one Ryan Callaway, is the highest-ranked film from 2021 on the Starting List. I have never heard of it before, and I suspect no one else here has, either. I looked it up, and it's an extremely micro-budgeted (and, apparently, aggressively pro-Chris...