evanyc

ive only bought one record off of ebay and it was Crimpshrine "lame gig contest". it's also the most i ever spent on a record, $70. so worth it

isotopesope

ieatrats,
another band i just thought of that really reminds me of orchid, but in a good way... not a derivitive way... kaospilot.

mascher

Whoa, floodgates. I guess I know what you guys are listening to now.

Of all the bands mentioned above, I know only Clikatat Ikatowi, daughters and an albatross, none of whom I really get into, though daughters or AA is the kind of thing I'd occasionally throw on for kicks. And don't ask me how I make a distinction between those bands and say Arab on Radar, Locust (whom I'm not against, I just don't get rabid about) and Some Girls (who I get rabid about). Mohinder I checked out a few months ago because of some of you and this thread; not really my thing.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Btw, I'm down for mixtape trading - anyone actually ever set up one of those trees that work like a chainletter - you send something out to 5 people on a list, add your name, and in a months you get 300 pairs of underwear in the mail? My buddy in Philly tried to get one going and it never actually happened.

The idea being: make a mixtape for someone you don't know. Whatever you want. Be funny, be obscure, be earnest, just throw on the last 15 songs you listened to, whatever. I think maybe only the uberhipsters might be into it though; how many people here are to the degree that if you got a mix with like Neu, Oscar the Grouch, Siege, Betty Harris and Dead Voices On Air you'd be all, yawn, I thought this was supposed to introduce me to new music?

Could be really easy with the 3rd party upload service... could move it onto the last.fm board...

drac_vamp

absolutely worth it.

crimpshrine / jawbreaker split, too... mmm.

evanyc

the last time i was supposed to see Ten Grand was at ABC NO RIO and the show got shut down right before they played. i was super bummed, even more so later.


a light in the attic and takaru were both great, as was quest for quintanna roo. Burial Year (most of takaru and danthrax and now josh from bullets*in) are pretty good too. i've set up a few shows for them and we've played with them a few times, another coming up in april for those of you in NYC.

also, i put out the Takaru/This Ship Will Sink/Assistant split cd if anyone wants a copy of wants to trade or something

jim-bob

I had that record. Then I had a roommate, and when he disappeared the record was gone.

..still have this one, but the lyric sheet's gone missing.

evanyc

give clikitat another listen. out of all of the bands you mentioned, they are by far the best.

drac_vamp

i'm so happy dan is still playing music and stuff. quest was such a great band, and good friends too. such nice guys.

isotopesope

austin is so rad. he used to live here. i'm coming to visit him at the end of september and getting my first tattoo ever by jef whitehead. sweet!!

takaru is such a great band. i love how they have a book distro! they stayed at my house a few years ago.

man, i love arab on radar. so many people hate them though. i saw them three times and each was magic. another hardcore band i love that many seem to hate is racebannon. they are one of my all time favorites as well. both of those bands are so unique sounding, which i love.

evanyc

yeah, i have all of the crimpshrine vinyl. Duct Tape Soup was the first record i ever bought ages ago and crimpshrine definitely holds a special place in my heart. i used to see aaron around brooklyn a good bit, but havent seen him in a while. maybe he went back west.

drac_vamp

i'd still buy it...

isotopesope

that sounds splendid. is that the last stuff the assistant put out then?

schnee

Amon Tobin, Ferry Corsten, Shpongle, Joe Henry, LTJ Bukem, Autechre, Adam Freeland, 65daysofstatic.

evanyc

we got asked to play with them last week but had a show last night already booked so we didn't. they're good friends with gospel and they played together with soe other friends but i couldn't manage to get off my ass and make it to the show. kinda regret it.

isotopesope

i love amon tobin and autechre. have you heard plaid or kim hiorthoy?

evanyc

yeah, it's their final song. 8 minutes and it rules. it was originally supposed to be a split with circle takes the square, then turn around norman, and TSWS and Takaru were gonna do a split but when the other stuff fell through we just decided to put the Assistant song on that split too.

isotopesope

racebannon will be playing denver soon. i can't wait. i've seen them twice before. i imagine you've heard rapider than horsepower?

evanyc

yeah dan is rad, and sean and josh are two of the nicest kids ever too. im stoked on hanging with them soon. they are over in europe right now! i'm jealous.

drac_vamp

those dudes are always in europe. funeral diner as well. lucky as can be.

evanyc

yeah, i'm actually a bit more into rapider than bannon, although i dont have much of their stuff. i have the tape they did and the sheryl's magnetic aura (meneguar) 7".

evanyc

haha we played a bunch of shows last spring with funeral diner and they were about to head to ICELAND! haha insane

jim-bob

It was a sad day when I had to retire that shirt, but it had turned into nothing more than a life support system for the silkscreening.

drac_vamp

^^ custom frame it and make sure it is completely archival. that and your zo stencil shirt.

isotopesope

drac_vamp,
i'll have to search the interwebz for marc anthony. i'm sure i saw them at some point then. i finally got the high speed interwebz at home so no more dial up at work!!! so i'll check soulseek for them. my roommate's 'puter is on soulseek... we have tons of **** on there. xleft4deadx is his screenname, so anyone interested should check it out.

evanyc

nice! i never figured out what happened to my shirt. i think a roomie ran off with it.