Although I purchased this album at midnight on the day of its release, I didn't hear it as a whole until today. Part of the reason for that is that I have been listening to live versions of the tracks from the 1/9/07 show at Plush for some time now. But Matt LeMay's mediocre review in Pitchfork played a role as well. As I already wrote in "my Live Journal entry about the measure of my devotion"...
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The Sublation of Hippie and Punk
To Be Continued
I've been scarce of late. Sometimes I just don't have the urge to share, even where music is concerned. But I'm getting back into a more outgoing frame of mind. I have a huge backlog of records to write about, most of them members of the substantial collection of clearance specials, promos and freebies that I've acquired over the past decade. It's a lot to sort through, but I'm making headway. ...
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There Is Always a Trigger
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Over the summer "I wrote about rediscovering Superchunk's ??On the Mouth??":http://mog.com/cbertsch/blog_post/110738, a record I listened to a lot when it came out but hadn't paid attention to in years. I had reason to listen to it again today and remembered how much I adore "Swallow That," which is slower and longer than most of their songs but all the more intense because of it. I'd place it ...
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