"It would be hard for me now, at this age and stage, to leave a song without a glimmer of hope… I always like to have a glimmer of hopefulness, even in collapse.” - Gord Downie, lost this day in 2017.
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Freebies for Wilco tonight. Almost 24 years to the day since the first time I saw them......... as an opener.
"I don't think you can be good in life without acknowledging the part of you that isn't good." - Jeff Tweedy
Mudhoney is alive and well and still smoking it live...
Live Music Is Better - The Taper's Thread
Gonna migrate a few of the posts from the old board to ye shiny newe forum... __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I had the utmost pleasure of attending a gig with @lee newman the...
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“Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting next to the turntable listening to a song at a time via 7-inch single is enjoying the sublime state of solitude.” - Henry Rollins
I fully expect Mudhoney to respond with their set but - Pissed Jeans, good God.
"After a couple bouts with cancer and everything, black cats are nothin', you know?" - John Prine
"If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal." - John Lennon
"We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression." - Johnny Ramone
"Keep searchin’ for your mystery note on the universal piano of life." - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
"Bono, as we all know, is in love with the world. He's enamoured by it. I'm enraged by it. He wants to give the world a great big hug. I want to punch its lights out." - Bob Geldof
"You can realign people's physical chemistry with sound." - Bob Mould
"Who isn't fascinated by evil?" - Marvin Gaye
"I think The Eagles single-handedly destroyed country music - well, now, country music has been killed by rap crossovers, so it's hard to say. Maybe we can just agree that money killed country music." - John Doe
“My father had an incredible stereo and a turntable, and I was told not to touch it. But I’d go back and touch it anyway. I gained a respect for the turntables when I was a kid.” - Grandmaster Flash
"Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator." - Jeff Tweedy
“I don’t think it’s real unless you put it on an LP. CDs aren’t real. Anybody can do that” - Bob Pollard of Guided By Voices
"I do know the effect that music still has on me - I'm completely vulnerable to it. I'm seduced by it." - Debbie Harry
"I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good." - John Coltrane
Looks like I'll be spending the evening with Bob Mould. -
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