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After reading this weeks Gazette, I am sure 1234chainsaw might know where this is going ......
So, What is Art? Don't be afraid. There is no wrong answer. In the end it is all subjective.
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I go this album from a friend of mine. I was quite shocked when I saw it in his library because I could not believe that anyone I knew even heard of Suicide, let alone own some of their music. I learned about the band from a documentary I saw on IFC a couple summers ago and that perked my interest. I had read about the album over and over through various sources, but wondered truly how good it would be or if I could even tolerate it enough to listen all the way through. ... MORE
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Originally released on Bronze Records in 1978
re-released in 2000 on mute records w/ eponymous L.P.
I originally published this on Julian Cope's Head Heritage site
“23 Minutes over Brussels” was recorded in Brussels, Belgium on June 16th, 1978. Friend of the band, Howard Thompson recorded it on cassette tape and it was later released on as a flexi-disc insert for a music magazine. Fortunately... MORE
A record of proof of an innovative band’s struggle with an unreceptive audience.
“23 Minutes over Brussels” was recorded in Brussels, Belgium on June 16th, 1978. Friend of the band, Howard Thompson recorded it on cassette tape and it was later released on as a flexi-disc insert for a music magazine. Fortunately... MORE
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I looked in the artist lounge about a month ago, and could find nothing on 70s synth punk band, Suicide. So I wrote a long post which I've just had to delete, 'cos I found contrabandwidth posted about them here in the meantime. Suicide's albums and performances in the late 1970s and early 1980s are regarded as some of the most influential post punk recordings, and helped shape the direction of indie rock, industrial music and dance music. Amongst others, The Sisters... MORE
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On the way home on the subway last night, I was listening to my iPod on shuffle, and Suicide's "Frankie Teardrop" came up. It's a creepy, minimalist synth-and-voice tale of poverty, desperation, and damnation. It sounds a little mannered now, but it was probably pretty edgy in its day. In interviews at the time, Bruce Springsteen said that he was listening to Suicide while reading Flannery O'Connor and writing Nebraska, and you can hear the echoes, especially in songs l... MORE
