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tunghaichuan:

The new Opeth: Watershed

tung

Haven't listened to it yet myself. Is it as good as (or perhaps even better than) Ghost Reveries? 

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kmb117:

We don't have a cure for cancer but we've got 16 million different versions of the Lord of the Rings. What. The. Fuck.

Bloodaxe:

Haven't listened to it yet myself. Is it as good as (or perhaps even better than) Ghost Reveries? 

 Better than Ghost Reveries, IMHO. Not anywhere near Blackwater Park, but that is a tough standard to best.

 tung

 

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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

tunghaichuan:

Bloodaxe:

Haven't listened to it yet myself. Is it as good as (or perhaps even better than) Ghost Reveries? 

 Better than Ghost Reveries, IMHO. Not anywhere near Blackwater Park, but that is a tough standard to best.

 tung

 

Ok. Thanks, gonna check it out! 

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kmb117:

We don't have a cure for cancer but we've got 16 million different versions of the Lord of the Rings. What. The. Fuck.

Bloodaxe:

Ok. Thanks, gonna check it out! 

I'll be interested to hear what you think.

BTW, one of the young women I work with at my new job is into Black Flag and other assorted subversive music. I'm going to turn her on to SE and his subversive music  

tung

 

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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

tunghaichuan:

one of the young women I work with at my new job is into Black Flag and other assorted subversive music. I'm going to turn her on to SE and his subversive music  

tung

Excellent idea!

Here are a few tips:

Minor Threat

Public Enemy

The Nightwatchman

The Refused

The (International) Noise Conspiracy

...but you knew about all of them already.
 

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kmb117:

We don't have a cure for cancer but we've got 16 million different versions of the Lord of the Rings. What. The. Fuck.

Magnus,

 Thanks for the suggestions.

 BTW, have you ever seen The Decline of Western Civilisation (part I). It was about punk bands in Los Angeles at the end of the 70s. I have the soundtrack. It isn't out on DVD AFAIK, and I wish they would release it.

tung

 

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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

tunghaichuan:

Magnus,

 Thanks for the suggestions.

 BTW, have you ever seen The Decline of Western Civilisation (part I). It was about punk bands in Los Angeles at the end of the 70s. I have the soundtrack. It isn't out on DVD AFAIK, and I wish they would release it.

tung

No, haven't seen that one. I have seen Part II though, the one where all the stupid hair-metal bands are portrayed... *bleargh* 

Come to think of it, I haven't even seen the recent American Hardcore movie, oh boy... one more thing to add to my never ending "to do" list. 

But first and foremost, I am busy being The Lord Of Funk (at least this week).

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kmb117:

We don't have a cure for cancer but we've got 16 million different versions of the Lord of the Rings. What. The. Fuck.

All Hail!  The Lord of Funk is in the house! 

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A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us ~ Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Dire Straits - Local Hero

Rodney Crowell's "Fate's Right Hand" and "The Outsider", Bob Dylan's first three albums, a Townes Van Zandt compilation I bought, John Fogerty's "Revival", Emmylou's "Cowgirl's Prayer", Gram Parsons' stuff along with Flying Burrito Bros. stuff, anything by Steve, various obscure stuff I burned, but more recently, nothing. I've been playing and singing instead of listening.

I love The Flying Burritos but it's just a pity that there's so little of it, The Gilded Palace of Sin is a record that i always return to, there is nothing else like it and it launched a whole new sound. Steve Earle must've liked them because he likes to cover their songs.

Bob Dylans bootlegs are always worth a trawl through, I find something different every time I listen to them.

Anyone out there like Rory Gallagher? 

 

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"And it's legs to walk and thoughts to fly" Townes

I just got the new extended Copperhead Road set, the live disk is excellent, The cover of "Brown and Root" is my personal favorite.

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If You Break The Law Of Gravity You Will Be Punished.

Kind of obsessed with the soundtrack from "Into the Wild.(Eddie Vetter)," Kristofferson's latest (New West).

"Transcendental Blues" still my favorite Steve Earle cd, am a huge fan.

He has been "doing it" almost alone, socio-political blues, rockabilly, folk - now some other folks are coming around, awhole new generation of alt-country kids, very gratifying to see.  We are almost mainstream these days.

arrrgggggghhhhh, don't say mainstream!!!  steve is in a class all by himself

hey, rmcl, don't mind me, i'm from the weird side of the stage....

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Steve Earle fan, grateful recovering addict

Not to worry...I said "almost" mainstream.