no talk of galactica

The Fratellas
This cd tended to wear on me with multiple listens. Good catchy pop at first, but then at times the cd tended to get a bit on the caberet side instead of driving the song home. I also found a bit of sameness to the songs with repeated listens. Not really a bad cd just nothing that stood out after a while 2

Archers of Loaf
Could not tell you what this guy is telling me, as I did not really like the vocals all that much. His somewhat yelping style reminds me of a modest mouse feel especially on the more structured songs. I did like those songs, the ones that had a distinct beginning middle and end. Too often the fills where endlessly repeated and it is not like the musicianship required to play them needed to repeated endlessly at times. The instrumental at times were more of an adventure in practice than really a song. But when they focused on a song, I found myself enjoying the sounds they created. I only wished they tried a little harder in doing so throughout the whole cd. 2.5

Ted Leo
A really good pop cd. But not a great cd. Not a bad song on the disc but not one you find yourself singing to yourself after you have finished listening either. I found myself liking it while it was being played, but not really yearning to put it back on either. 2.5

Material Issue
Material issue is one of the bands I always find myself going back and listening too. Their short extremely catchy songs seem to capture in a few words accompanied with countless catchy guitar riffs. The topic of each song can be repetitive but so what, I still see the picture Jim Ellison was trying to paint. These guys were a breath of fresh air compared to what else was available during the early 90’s. Unfortunately it was a short story with a tragic ending.

Question
Brittany Spears.
Was reading The NY Times about reunion concerts. And was reminded when music and concerts were an event. Along with that personas and stars were born. When did that change? Some say with Peter Frampton. When corporations decided that yes big money can be made from a cd. But there were many a rock star created after him, up to and including Kurt Cobain, and Eddie Vedder. But with Brittany Spears the music no longer matter. Flash instead of substance, hell live she didn’t even sing her own songs. Didn’t Milli Vaniili lose a Grammy because of that? Since her success we really haven’t had a great rock star emerge, or a new artist that because of their talent make people see what the really are about.

Tamborine
Because of the amplification used during a concert tends to focus on bass and treble, the sound waves created by a tamborine settle somewhere with in the middle. This allows us as listeners to hear the tamborine more clearly because its wave is less cluttered and less distortion compared to other sounds produced through the amplification.