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Forum: Avant Garde/Experimental 07-26-2009, 09:03 AM
Replies: 563
Views: 72,132
Posted By Neil Loots
The quality is superb, as I mentioned, but...

The quality is superb, as I mentioned, but perhaps it could be put to interesting use exploring themes other than merely being high and happy. Everyone knows by now that the hippies of the late...
Forum: Electronica 07-26-2009, 08:48 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 14,710
Posted By Neil Loots
I am quite the opposite, since I am familiar with...

I am quite the opposite, since I am familiar with the Bristol-based version of "trip hop" rather than its "instrumental trip hop" counterpart in the United States. I am not too sure that Massive...
Forum: Avant Garde/Experimental 07-25-2009, 01:58 PM
Replies: 563
Views: 72,132
Posted By Neil Loots
I must say that, upon reflection after having...

I must say that, upon reflection after having listened to much of the A C oeuvre, I find the "happy-hippy-on-acid-and-pot", er, "vibe" of these folks a little too cloying for my tastes. It is...
Forum: Electronica 07-25-2009, 01:50 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 14,710
Posted By Neil Loots
It is an interesting album, to be sure, but if it...

It is an interesting album, to be sure, but if it is trip hop, or a kind of ambient hip-hop, how does it compare to, say, Massive Attack? (Certain of the stylistic traits on 'Los Angeles' seem to...
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-21-2009, 06:43 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 17,053
Posted By Neil Loots
There are some interesting songs on the album's...

There are some interesting songs on the album's accompanying disk Weird Era Cont.: my favourite of the moment is "Vox Humana". I listen to it on repeat lately.
Forum: Electronica 04-21-2009, 06:37 AM
Replies: 134
Views: 20,424
Posted By Neil Loots
Is there any news circulating with regard to the...

Is there any news circulating with regard to the new album, which is (apparently) scheduled for release in June/July, further delays notwithstanding?
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 04-14-2009, 12:59 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 4,754
Posted By Neil Loots
Cursed consciousness! Consciousness and the...

Cursed consciousness! Consciousness and the capacity for reflection are the bane of existence (although without them, of course we wouldn't be discussing any of this at this forum, unhappy paradox!)....
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-14-2009, 12:36 PM
Replies: 371
Views: 44,745
Posted By Neil Loots
Australian gothic, I meant. "Goth" is something...

Australian gothic, I meant. "Goth" is something entirely different, clearly. I would consider aspects of Tom Waits' oeuvre to be American GothIC, for example. Perhaps I am wrong in this assumption,...
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-14-2009, 07:59 AM
Replies: 371
Views: 44,745
Posted By Neil Loots
I had a friend who worshiped Nick Cave (and, more...

I had a friend who worshiped Nick Cave (and, more peripherally, the Bad Seeds I suppose) as an angsty teen. She had posters of him all over her room; even had something approaching a shrine for him...
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-13-2009, 05:39 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 17,053
Posted By Neil Loots
I suppose I was merely responding to the negative...

I suppose I was merely responding to the negative response to this band, and there is a lot of it out there, which I can't fathom since I can't hear anything wrong with it. While I can understand...
Forum: Avant Garde/Experimental 04-13-2009, 05:07 PM
Replies: 563
Views: 72,132
Posted By Neil Loots
I have read that for some "Sung Tongs" marks the...

I have read that for some "Sung Tongs" marks the divide between AC's "rougher" early sound and their "more polished" later style, while for others this divide is definitively marked by "Feels"....
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 04-13-2009, 03:18 PM
Replies: 936
Views: 83,743
Posted By Neil Loots
The idea of perfect unity or oneness, in Hegelian...

The idea of perfect unity or oneness, in Hegelian terms a final Aufhebung which would ultimately signify the end of the dialectical negation of "the other" and the "resurrection" of the self, and...
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-13-2009, 09:52 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 14,299
Posted By Neil Loots
Also, I have heard the latest Animal Collective...

Also, I have heard the latest Animal Collective album, Merriweather Post Pavillion, which I adore, being compared to the work of The Flaming Lips. Is this a fair comparison? From what I can gather,...
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-13-2009, 09:19 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 14,299
Posted By Neil Loots
When I was considerably younger I tried listening...

When I was considerably younger I tried listening to The Flaming Lips, since I had heard of them by word of without having any knowledge of what they were "like", but found the music too "weird". The...
Forum: Pop 04-13-2009, 09:08 AM
Replies: 365
Views: 55,111
Posted By Neil Loots
Nina Simone

Nina Simone
Forum: Current Events, Philosophy, & Religion 04-13-2009, 06:52 AM
Replies: 936
Views: 83,743
Posted By Neil Loots
God is utterly unfathomable, beyond human systems...

God is utterly unfathomable, beyond human systems of order, cognition and reason: the infinite transcends the finite. However, this understanding fails to take account of the "becoming space of time"...
Forum: New Releases Ratings Forum 04-13-2009, 06:20 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 16,810
Posted By Neil Loots
To be fair, now that I've worked my way through...

To be fair, now that I've worked my way through much of this ouevre, in contrast to you from "Merriweather" backwards, I feel that "Sung Tongs" might be seen as a summation of their earlier more...
Forum: New Releases Ratings Forum 04-12-2009, 03:11 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 4,916
Posted By Neil Loots
I was skeptical at first, since along with the...

I was skeptical at first, since along with the good press always comes vitriolic blogging designed to put one off the band or album in question. Luckily, I enjoyed this immensely. On my list of...
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-10-2009, 05:08 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 17,053
Posted By Neil Loots
Point taken. "!Personality!" (in the capitalised...

Point taken. "!Personality!" (in the capitalised sense) was meant to be taken as any kind of band that thrives on the cult of personality, whichever form it may take. Most bands have some form of...
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-10-2009, 07:44 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 17,053
Posted By Neil Loots
I found "Microcastle" very pleasant to listen to....

I found "Microcastle" very pleasant to listen to. It's certainly not crowd-pleasing stuff, and so I can imagine why their live performances are maligned in the way that they are. If you prefer...
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-09-2009, 03:50 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 28,942
Posted By Neil Loots
While I can't say that I'm totally familiar with...

While I can't say that I'm totally familiar with Joy Division as an oeuvre, I've always heard that it, and following it New Order, are amongst those credited with pioneering, in inchoate form, the...
Forum: Avant Garde/Experimental 04-09-2009, 03:22 PM
Replies: 563
Views: 72,132
Posted By Neil Loots
Hope I havn't chased anyone away from this thread...

Hope I havn't chased anyone away from this thread with my clumsiness. I think I stipulated somewhere that I am not yet thoroughly familiar with this oeuvre. I have not, for example, listened to the...
Forum: New Releases Ratings Forum 04-09-2009, 05:15 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,986
Posted By Neil Loots
Scarlett Johansson may indeed be pretty, but...

Scarlett Johansson may indeed be pretty, but she's about as empty as Madonna in terms of having "the hollywood look" but no soul. Imagine Madonna attempting a cover album of Tom Waits songs because...
Forum: Indie & Alternative 04-08-2009, 03:08 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 7,219
Posted By Neil Loots
There are those who would argue, however, that in...

There are those who would argue, however, that in order for an artist to be considered underground in the true sense of the term would entail remaining outside all established modes of media and...
Forum: Electronica 04-07-2009, 05:50 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 14,710
Posted By Neil Loots
Flying Lotus

As is well known, it is difficult these days to determine what exactly a genre of music "is" or "authentically consists in". I have been listening rather incessantly to the recent(ish) Flying Lotus...
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