Yeah, Tom's right.
And I agree, "Live in Japan" was pretty awful aside from the first song.
But yeah, I thought The Glow Pt 2 was good, if a bit overhyped, but Mt. Eerie might be one of my favorite CDs of all time, and I've got well over 500... |
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I think he means that he likes Mt. Eerie the album better than The Glow. |
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Max: What do you mean when you say that you like Mt. Eerie better than The Microphones? Cuz Phil hasn't actually released any music as Mt. Eerie yet (there was the album titled "Mt. Eerie" but released as being by The Microphones, and that latest "Live In Japan" album was also released as being by The Microphones, because Phil didn't want his first Mt. Eerie album to be that one, which I can understand cuz it's way by far his crappiest record). So are you referring to either of those, or do you mean that Phil playing live mid-2003 and beyond has been your favorite compared to his records and previous live performances? I'm just curious (I'm pretty obsessed with The Microphones / Mt. Eerie).
My favorite albums by Phil are "The Glow, Pt. 2" and "Mt. Eerie" followed by "Song Islands" and then "It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water". |
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You think it's weird to like Mount Eerie best? I think I like Island Songs the best, followed by It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water. They are all, of course, good, though. |
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Uhhh.. well, it could be a transient DNS problem. If it keeps up that may be bad news for me... |
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Everything is perfectly reachable from here... |
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Hmmm, when I go to spacebar.pc.cs.cmu.edu and 128.2.194.11, I get "No site is configured at this address. Did you want to go to..." (which I assume is what's supposed to be there).
However, going to www.spacebar.org gives me an MSN "We can't find spacebar.org" Search page or alternatively a "The page cannot be displayed" page.
Maybe my ISP has blocked tom7.org for some reason :-P
In any case, I was able to grab AAD18 using various anonymous web proxies. |
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The same computer is doing DNS as is serving the web pages. Can you get to spacebar.pc.cs.cmu.edu? That's done by CMU. There's really nothing funny about my DNS setup; I'm on a static IP on a multi-homed network, and connectivity is usually good here. You can try a traceroute to 128.2.194.11, too.
tom7.com is on a totally different server. (tom7.org, on the other hand, is the same as spacebar.org). |
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Grrrrr... for some reason, I can get to radar.spacebar.org fine from work, but it doesn't connect at home. Maybe it's a DNS server problem or something? www.tom7.com works from home, but spacebar.org doesn't. |
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Well that foghorn-like tone at the end did seem to sound a bit more plaintive... Actually, the Microphones have officially changed their band name to "Mount Eerie" so that should be proof enough of its inherent superiority. |
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What if it hurts The Glow's feelings? |
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Well you should check it out, just in case. |
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I haven't heard that yet, but I guess that means I can't like it better. |
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I think I am the only person in the world who likes Mount Eerie better... |
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I did. Several people have recommended them to me, actually! |
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Wow, it looks like you eventually did get to hear The Microphones. I remember emailing you about them a couple of years ago because they seemed right up your alley. I'm glad you ended up digging them. :D |
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Thanks Mike!! It's nice to get feedback after a long weekend of work.. |
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I love this. It's second only to Earthquake Glue.
"I want free from fear-from lawnmower skies"
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huzzah, a new Tom7 album! I must download it tonight after work, and put it on my new iPod and listen. And I must put my craptacular new non-AAD album up somewhere too. |
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1663. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-169.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
09 Aug 2004 19:05:02
[ Gender Test ]
I wouldn't use tests to determine stuff like that... |
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1662. Anonymous (82-43-195-98.cable.ubr08.newm.blueyonder.co.uk) –
09 Aug 2004 18:40:42
[ Gender Test ]
I was wondering if i was gay or straigt and two tests have said ima woman so i guess im gay |
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1661. Tom 7 (h-67-100-132-169.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
09 Aug 2004 10:35:47
[ Quake 3 Done! ]
I have beat him on Hardcore without hiding.. you just need to grab the BFG and then get pretty lucky. I would be floored to see someone beat him that way on nightmare, though. Let me know. |
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Mike: I don't have any special provisions against spam except deleting it, but it was pretty obvious yours was a joke since there are no links!
Heather: Sorry to impinge! Fixed!!1!
jetfuel: eesh, marc is right, The Glow pt.2 is a tough act to follow. Regarding production, this album is very loud and was recorded in stereo, which probably helps, but there are still levels problems all over the place. However, some of it was intentional (ie. Shithope, Mute Disc), in fact inspired by the Microphones among others.
Marc: Thanks for the encouragement. ;) |
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Mmmm, as much as I love many of Tom's albums, I don't really think there are any albums as good as "The Glow, Pt. 2" so that is a tricky one to follow. Anyway, am off to download Tom's latests... |
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Okay, this is probably the best-sounding Tom 7 album yet. I think AAD2-5ish still have my favorite songs (Nasal-crap, Roger Aberfoyle, Castle Waxmud, Success, etc.), but the production value on these is top-notch. Nice nice! |
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